My, my.

[dandelion]

They tell me how easy
It is to confuse me

A small bundle of tufty black and white fur made its way down a narrow road. The sun was just rising and most of the humans were asleep in their houses. The kitten paused in its bouncing to stare around, a quizzical expression on her face. "Left, right... no right then left. Straight.... left..." she mumbled before her expression collapsed into a pout. "I'm never gonna get there," she whimpered softly. Dandelion Sunseed, known by most as Dandi, was looking for her home - that is to say, her ex-home. She had been given away to another family with two boys she was extremely afraid of and so had run away, even though she was being foolish if she thought they'd accept her right away. But, then again, foolish was not exactly an adjective that had never been applied to little miss Sunseed.

Dandi frowned and then sighed, her tiny shoulders sagging with one realization. "I think," she said softly, in her usual breathy voice. "-I'm lost." Her voice rose into an even higher than normal pitch on the last word - let out like a wail. She sighed. "Well, this sucks." The breathiness of her voice - she even sounded ditzy - carried through the streets like a whisper from the wind. But within a moment her mood had flipped. So what? She'd be okay. "I'm fine," she said with a little grin, skip-dancing forward. Her gold eyes were big, as always, and searched around hungrily. "Helloooo-oooo?" she called out - it was more of a question. "Anybody heeeee-re?" Of course, humans might not like the meow the went out but, like always, Dandi was only managing to focus on one issue.

And confuse me even more.

{ Reserved for Calypso Matchmaker }

[calypsomatchmaker]

After Calypso had eaten his fill from the dump. He scurried along the road, making sure that "Rowan" wasn't there. But in Rowan's place was a small kitten. Calypso turned back around and hoped that she had not seen him. He hated kittens, they were always happy and, they didn't understand most things. Calypso forced himself to turn around. Fine. I'll go see if she's OK, and even if she isn't, I'll leave. Caly Walked up the narrow road towards the little kitten. "Hello, little kitten? Are you OK"Caly heard no response, so, he thought she was fine, and he could continue on his way

[dandelion]

Bing
Bang

"Hello, little kitten? Are you OK"

Dandi's eyes widened at the sound of an approaching voice and she spun around quickly, tripping and falling flat on her stomach. She gave a tiny giggle and got up, bouncing over hurridly to the tom who had asked the question. "Ooh! Ooh! Mister!" she cried in her breathy little voice. "Noo-ooo," she said slwoly, shaking her head to emphasize her point. "I don't think I'm okay." She pouted. "I'm -" she paused. "I'm lost!" She let out another little wail before realizing that the tom probably wouldn't appreciate her sobs - a novel idea - and clamed her mouth shut. But it couldn't stay closed for long and she let out a tiny whimper.

"I was with these mean - no, not mean, whats the word... scary! Scary humans. And so I runned away but then..." she let out another wail. "Now I'mloooos!" But Dandi Sunseed was a generally optimistic kitten and never ould stay unhappy fo too long. Her eye lit up. "Well you can tell me where to go! Ooh, or better," she paused for a breath. "Youcanplaywithme!" She grinned and began to prance around, her tufty fur sticking up. "Puh-leeeeese, Mister, can you- Hey! I don't know your name!" She giggled. "What' your name, Mister?"

"My name's Dandi. Well, actually it's Dandelion. Dandelion Sunseed. But nobody calls me that," she said with a laug - as if such an idea were silly beyond belief. "My mommy called me Dandelion cause of my fur - see how it sticks up all over?" She grinned. "I think it's pwetty. Whadda you think, Mister? You thinkit's pwetty, too?" She grinned up at the tom.

BOOM!

[calypsomatchmaker]

One black heart...

Calypso stared at this little breathy ball of energy and matter. Uhhgggg, stuck with another cat. "My name's Calypso" He could see a little bit of confusion fade from the kitten's face. "Umm....I uh think it look quites.....ummm..... nice, maybe even.......pretty?" Calypso motioned for Dandi to follow him, He walked along the neighborhood until he realised that this cat was NOT going away. He finally sat down under a small tree and decided to tell her.

"K, Dandi, if you haven't already noticed, I'm not really a social cat. I don't really like kittens, so I really can't take care of you. Ummm...... bye" He stood up and started on his way to nowhere. "Well, fine...... I'll take care of you, just try not to be an annoying little pest?" He could see a smile broaden on her little face. He returned it with fake smile.

Deserves another

[dandelion]

Let me hear you say...

Dandi grinned up excitedly at the tom. "Hey Calypso!" she said breathily with a wide grin and a wink. She giggled to herself. Her eyes widened. "Ooooh, really? Thanks, Mister Calypso. Though it is a no-brainer, eh? I mean come awn, my fur is easily goooooorgeous!" She burst into another set of giggles and scampered after him as he began to walk away. "Wait, Mister Ca-" she started to laugh-tease when he sat down and spoke.

Her bottom lip jutted out into her signature pout. "Whaa-aat?" she whimpered. She sniffed as a tear rolled down her cheek. "You don't wanna st-stay with me?" she asked, wide eyes begging up at the tom. But at his sudden change of mind she leapt up enthusiastically, tears and misery forgotten. "Oh really, Mister Calypso? We'll have tons of fun!" she exclaimed, eyes grinning along with her expression. They darkened. "I'm nawt an annoying pest!" she huffed. She giggled. "Oh alright I am," she said with a laugh. "It's one of my many great qualities alongside goddess-like beauty and cuteness... And charm. And charisma. And social-ness. And a good heart," she continued, reciting off all the qualities her mother had instilled in her from a young age. She had them memeroized. "And a fair mind. And a quick wit..."

[calypsomatchmaker]

Calypso realized how high this cat thought of herself, she was just a tad arrogant, but hopefully as she grew older, that trait of arrogance would leave her. Calypso just waited and smiled at Dandi. "Ok, so if we want food, we go to the dump, if we want prey, we go to the forest. " He hoped it wouldn't be too confusing for her. "So, if we want to sleep, then we either go to an abandoned alley, or a forest or park.... Got it?" He realized soon enough that, she probably would not get what he was talking about. He started walking towards the dump. "Now, I'm going to show you where everything is cause you might get lost" He continued towards the dump.

[dandelion]

Dandi frowned as the tom began explaining everything - in like as least words as possible. She snorted. When she was explaining stuff, she used like the most words possible. They were polo opposites! Or however the saying went. Polo...Pola? Polon?? Poland? Poland opposites? She shrugged, dismissing the question. It wasn't important. She blinked at the tom. "Calypsooooooo," she started, smiling sweetly. "Where are we going? Ooh! Everywhere? Wow!" She grinned at the tom.

"You know, you're really nice for showing me around. I should so pay it forward and like show others around," she mused with a giggle, nodding to herself in approval of this ah-mazing new idea. "You're a sweetie at heart," she declared with a smirk, nudging him playfully.

OOC: Dandi's treading on thin ice

[calypsomatchmaker]

Calypso could see that something was bothering Dandi, but he could care less. Her thought train slowly chugged out of the station as whatever she was thinking of she stopped thinking of. Calypso was beginning to become very annoyed by her breathy little voice and bundle of enthusiasm.

"You're a sweetie at heart"

What thought Calypso, this cat did not know him at ALL!

Quickly he thought of something to say to break the silence. "You wish, you WISH i was a sweetie at heart..... you wish"
Calypso stood breathlessly staring at Dandi, was he actually nice, it couldn't be happening. He always had thought of himself as a meanie, someone who didn't give a damn what anyone else thought of him. But, just maybe, he thought, change could be good for him. Just maybe.

[dandelion]

Dandi blinked, a little surprised by his outburst. Violent outburst almost. She pursed her lips. Hmm. Maybe Calypso was one of those strangers you weren't supposed to hang around - the dangerous type. Hmmmmm... Nah, she decided with a little shrug. He just obviously had a problem with being called a sweetie. That was reasonable, wasn't it? Personally, Dandi didn't understand why but that didn't mean he didn't have reasons. She'd just meant it as a compliment - she certainly appreciated being called a sweetie. It annoyed her that he was angry.

"Fine then," she said in a haughty tone, lifting her head up so she was as tall as possible - and still much shorter than Calypso. "You're a meanie who seems to have a problem with adorable, gorgeous kittens like me!" She stuck her tongue out before realizing that it would probably look immature. So what? He didn't seem to be a huge fan of kittens - a little childish behavior would serve him right. Dandi giggled - not even intending to add to her attack of kitten-attitude.

[calypsomatchmaker]

Calypso rolled his eyes at this immature note. "Never mind about taking you around the town. I'll just go by my- self!" He glared at her, turning around to leave. "Oh, and by the way. Your tongue is ugly!" Calypso stalked off, happy that now he wouldn't have a stupid little fur ball following him around anymore! Freedom! Freedom! Freedom! Freedom! That was all Calypso could think. He ran against the wind, and felt it cleanse through him. He felt free!

He turned around to see where Dandi was. He sighed, he couldn't just leave her there, she would get hurt, but he also couldn't go back. He suddenly had an idea, he would circle around her untill he was behind her, than follow her and make sure she was safe. That way he wasn't guilty, but she was still scared and sad. He turned the corner making it not look suspicious. Quietly, he came up behind her. And waited for her to move so he could follow.

[dandelion]

Ah!" Dandi's offended squeak issued from her and her eyes widened from slits to wide and disbelievingly. "Fine!" she snapped, her tail lashing back and forth with irritation. "I didn't want to hang around with someone as uncool as you anyway!" she huffed, trying to quell the wave of disbelief and sadness that was rushing up inside of her. What had she done? Why didn't Calypso like her? She wanted to ask him that and whimper but she wouldn't let herself. Ahhh!" Dandi let out another offended shriek that quickly turned into a hiss.

"Nuh-thing about me is ugly!" she yelled after him. "You're the ugly one, Caleeeepso!" She gave an angry yowl and ran forward, quivering from ears to tail-tip. Stupid Calyspo. She hated him! How could be so mean to her! He'd called her - or at least her tongue - ugly! And said that he wanted to go around without her! She gave a low whimper, too quiet for him to hear, but then bit her lip anyway. It didn't matter how far away he was, she wasn't going to break down until she was all alone for sure. She glanced over her shoulder to make sure it was safe to brust into tears, expecting to see an empty street, and gasped.

"Calypso!" she jumped in surprise but quickly narrowed her eyes. "Leave me aloooone!" she wailed, darting forward to glare at him. "Go yell and be mean to some other kitten!" She reached down at his tail and bit down with all her might before jumping up quickly and running away from him. It wasn't like he'd do anything to her though. She was a kitten. Adults couldn't hurt kittens. She felt a slightly smug air. Ha, ha, ha.Dandi made a face and, even though he couldn't see, stuck her tongue out.

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Admin's Note on January 29th, 2009: This thread is being archived since it's way old news now and Calypso and Dandi have new stuff coming up.