Desicions. [Eyei and Joker]

[Robin]

Joker ran at the stump again, nimbly disging the trap, waiting for Eyei, then rearmed the trap.
"They wont be able to get in." He said simply, and hopped into the tree. Smiling briefly at Eyri, he began to dig, and soon there was a small hole.
Joker felt preoccupied.

He had officially left his warren. He had lived there for hrair years. Had he done the right thing? He would miss his friends.
He had been wanting to leave for ages. But still.

He looked over at Eyei, and felt fear melt away. He wanted to stay with her. without them. He opened his mouth to say something, but closed it again.

"You can stay here, I always find that sleeping in a bit of sunken ground is comfier." He said, and indicating at his bed.
"Night." he said and winked at her. Hello, sleepless night.

[boutiquez]

Eyei faked a small yawn, trying to appear sleepy.
"Night Joker..." she mumbled.
Hopefully Joker believed her, and he probably would - Eyei was a good actress, and an absolutely amazing liar.
She snuggled down into the dirt, pressing her eyes shut with unneeded force. "Sleep!" She muttered to herself, so low that not even Joker, next to her, could her it.
But Eyei always had trouble sleeping of recent days, and somehow she knew tonight was no exeption.

[Robin]

They might go looking.
They might kill him.
They might kill Eyei.
They might kill his friends.
What had he done?
He pressed himself into Eyei's side, taking comfort in her presence.
He wouldn't let them hurt her.
He wouldn't let them hurt him.
He had a sense of self preservation. So what?

He chewed things over in his mind for hours, and he felt Eyei stir at his side.
"Are you awake?" He barely whispered. the words clambered out of his mouth and almost died, but managed to make the distance to Eyei.
He couldn't help hoping she was sleepless too. that he wasn't alone.
You might think, that at night, having someone else in the room, sleeping, is company, you're wrong.
Those people are further way from you than ever. they are beyond where you can go in consciousness. they are far, far away.

[boutiquez]

Eyei could almost see the ideas and worries swirling around in Joker's head. He lay almost rigidly, like he wasn't really alive.
He was cold, too.
" Are you awake? "
She took a deep breath. "Yeah, Joker, I am."
She wanted to say more, and her mouth even opened a little as if she were to say it, but she snapped her lips shut.
Briefly she wondered if she should have just pretended to sleep for a little longer, so she had some more time to think about what she was going to do. Inside her, her feelings seemed at war.
She would decide she wanted to stay with Joker - and part of her would warn her of the dangers he brought.
She would decide it would be safer without him - and her heart would shriek in agony.
She knew that deep down she wanted to stay - but love can only end in heartbreak, and that was something Eyei knew well.

[Robin]

Joker didn't say anything after this, but relaxed a bit.
"Screw this, then." He said, and hauled himself to his feet, stretching his stiff muscles.
He arched his back, and stepped out of the small hole. Hopping over to the hole in the tree trunk, He stuck his head out, and promptly drew it back in.
Cautiously, he stuck his head back out, and tilted his head to one side, catching the breeze. No, he didn't know them. The fierce gaze of the waiting rabbit met his, and he looked back into them stupidly. Thyalan.
Joker swore, and turned his head, looking at Eyei.
"There's someone outside."
His head spun. there were a few possibilities. They could be friendly, a messenger from his friends, a doe, interested in his speech ha followed them, or... someone who wanted to kill them.
It was only one rabbit. But from this distance, he didn't know who.
If it was someone coming to kill them, they wouldn't be too hard to kill, it seemed, at least overpower. Their silhouette was reasonably small.
"Wait here, Ill be back." He said to Eyei, and winked. He liked this. it was better than waiting. Immediate danger was fun, in the right proportions.
He left the tree stomp, and dodged the only means of defense.

[boutiquez]

'Joker, wait!' Eyei hissed as she got to grips finally with what Joker had told her. She was careful though, that the hiss was only loud enough for him to hear.

She pushed herself up onto her feet and followed him slowly outside. The small sillouhette looked easy enough to take, but she still didn't know who it was. For all they knew, it was somene they knew well and didn't want to harm.

But it probably wasn't.

A rush of energy swet through Eyei's body as she rushed to join Joker. "Don't think you're having all the fun, Joker..."

[Robin]

Joker spun around to face Eyei.
"This might not be fun." he said flatly, and unsheathed his claws, trying to prove his point.
"There could be a dead rabbit outside here in the morning, and I dont want you part of that."
He looked in her eyes seriously.
"Let me keep you innocent. Please. It anchors me. It helps me. I can't bear the thought... " He trailed off. "It'll probably be harmless. Its short, fat, and it doesn't look aggressive." He started to hop off, turned, took one look at Eyeis face, and hopped back.
"Im not doubting you could. You could. But I dont want you to."
He hoped she would understand as he locked her gaze with her.
He slowly turned, and hopped towards the stranger.


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Pepper shuffled her feet in the cold, shivering. Even with her fat she was cold. She could see the rabbit, apparently with another one. A doe? A mate? He had started towards her a few times, but stopped every time to talk to the other rabbit. It must mean something to him.
They talked for a long time. She felt herself starting to slip into a daydream, but stopped herself in time. She couldn't afford to be in lala land now. This rabbit could kill her. It probably would. she was a fool, coming here.
A fool.
You stupid fat little idiot. you're going to die here.
Jeered that little evil bastard in her head.
Fool. fat fat fat unheroic fool. Fresh meat. Soon to die. Dead. fat fat fat fool fool dreamer wannabe.

Her heart beat thumped, and she imagined her blood slowly seeping along the ground.

[boutiquez]

So, this was the real Joker. Felt he needed to protect her. Hmph. Fabulous, the one rabbit she found that she thought was different was exactly the same.
"You don't... want me too? Well that's great, Joker! As long as you get what you want! But what I love most about what just said was that you said I was innocent! Well, I wish I was innocent... But you don't know anything about me! You don't know what I've been through!"

EYei knew that she should whisper in case it somehow affected how a possible battle could go. But quite frankly, she didn't care. Suddenly breaking into a sprint she ran straight into the forest. She knew she was overreacting, but she had seen this all before.

As she left she saw that the stranger was in fact a fat doe. What a surprise.

A stab of regret hit her as she finally came to sto in the bush, but she knew she had escaed like this before.

She could do it again.

[Robin]

Joker watched her race off towards the trees.
Oh shit. nice job there.
What kind of doe was she?!?
He was talking about killing something.
Death. Irreversible, once you have killed, you've killed. There's nothing else to it. He was NOT about to watch Eyei kill something. Something like that leaves a stain.
And he would know.
He would know.
He remembered his brother killing his friend. slowly.
Apparently, it had been a necessity.
Apparently. Well, Joker still thought about that. It haunted him.
Ever heard a rabbit scream?
And she was angry because he was trying to keep blood of the perhaps innocent off her paws.
Well that was fine. Just fine.
Did he really want to be with someone who thought that way about killing?

[boutiquez]

Eyei didn't want to kill the stupid doe. It wasn't worth her time. If Joker wanted to do it, well that asshole could go right ahead. But she doubted he would go through with it. What was she even thinking, being with him? Thinking he was anything like her. Hmph, you just can't rely on anybody. Let alone trust them to kill something.

She thumped her paws along the dirt and ran as the thought of all this, before finally coming to a stop deep into the forest. "Stupid buck... doesn't know anything... far too innocent..." she mumbled as she dug out a small clearing and lay down among the dirt.

[Robin]

Joker groaned inwardly and ground his teeth. But started running towards the pathetic scrap of fur. It stood its ground, but he just kept running, he didn't think he would have much of a problem. It was someone from his old warren. A doe. As the cool night air slid across his back, He skidded to a stop a few feet away from the intruder who probably had cost him his relationship with Eyei.
That wasn't true. If it hadn't been this time, it could've happened another time. Plus, he wasn't really ready to give up. Maybe he should apologize.
He waited for the other rabbit to make the first move.
The rabbit didn't seem to be on the attack, so he relaxed, and nonchalantly combed his ear with a paw.
The other rabbit didn't say anything, and he grew tired of waiting.
"What do you want." Asked coolly, and stared the doe down until she looked away.
"What you said back at the warren..." She trailed off. "A few of us have a proposal for you."
If Joker had an eyebrow, he would raising it skeptically.
"Go on."
"You hide and house us, and we'll protect you, and other... favors, if you wish it. You can have your pick of the does."
Joker laughed. "What else can you do?" The second one he wasn't likely to take up. He wasn't turned on by whores.
"It would be practically your own warren."
"Im not into warrens right now." He said cautiously.
The other rabbit thought. "We can give you land-"
"I already have land." He cut her off. "I'll see what I can think of. Wait there."
He nimbly raced back to Eyei.
"It's a Rebel. From the warren. She wants shelter and a hiding place, and she'll do almost anything in return."

[boutiquez]

Eyei opened her eyes from the tense position they were in, only to see the stupid thing telling her something. She thought deeply and figured out exactly what he had said, though it was a challenge (she really hadn't been listening).

"Anything, huh? God, she sounds like a slut. Your type of doe, I assume."

But still the idea interested her. This doe sounded like she was willing to be a follower - and Eyei liked having followers. Her own race and warren. But if she were to allow it, it would mean returning with that no-good belittling asshole... Was that a bad thing? Her morals screamed abuse at her, for even playing with the idea. She, as usual, had left, in a rage, like always.

And she usually listen to her morals - they kept her alive, if she had ever truly lived. But maybe this time they were wrong. Or maybe they were right and the rest of her was wrong. When she thought about it, the latter sounded more likely.

But Eyei knew that she, Eyei, wasn't right either. Wasn't right in the head, body, or mind. So maybe being wrong suited her. Either way, she decided to find out.

Pulling herself to her feet, she gave a flick of a smile at Joker.

"Joker - I hate warrens. But this sounds different. It wouldn't be one of their warrens. And it wouldn't be my warren. It sure as Hell wouldn't be your warren either. It would be our warren."

Then, almost silently (though she was certain Joker could hear), she added,

"Our warren to torture these bitches all we like..."

[Robin]

"Anything, huh? God, she sounds like a slut. Your type of doe, I assume."
Joker bristled at this comment, but decided to let it slide. In a way, he didn't mind her cutting remarks. It showed she wasn't some brainless bimbo like the one over there.
Joker laughed quietly "Are you kidding? I'd rather kiss the old chief's fat lips than even imagine something like that with her. Unless, of course, that makes you jealous." He fluttered his eyelashes teasingly at her.
"Joker - I hate warrens. But this sounds different. It wouldn't be one of their warrens. And it wouldn't be my warren. It sure as Hell wouldn't be your warren either. It would be our warren. Our warren to torture these bitches all we like..." Joker smirked at the doe waiting over the hill.

"I like your way of thinking. We can also make them fight to the death on a slow day perhaps." He joked. "Or, we could use them for revenge purposes. I understand they want to try take on the chief. This is a stupid, foolhardy plan. We can send them out on a few errands perhaps... Tell them its for strengthening purposes."

He thought for a moment.
He was beginning to actually like this idea.
Maybe this wouldn't be so bad.
"IF we're going to keep these pets, and only IF, where? I don't think here will be big enough, and it isn't particularly well hidden."

[boutiquez]

It was as if she had returned from the dead.

Eyei.

Was.

Excited.

"You're right," she laughed cattily, "if we're going to have them fight to the death every so often, we need a little privacy - and it sounds like they'd like some of it with you too," she joked, "even if you'd rather get it on with the chief."

But with a little seriousness, she smiled at Joker. He was nice. He wasn't like all the others. Different. Like Eyei. It was nice to finally be in sync with someone - even if they were out of sync themselves.

"So we'll get out of here. Soon. Away from the chief and the stupid little bunnies that follow it." She took a deep breath, "if that's what you want, Joker."

"Oh, and, if getting it on with the chief doesn't interest you... I know someone who might..."

[Robin]

Joker mock gasped
"Are you INSINUATING something perchance?" He asked, and winked.
He felt relief that they weren't in fighting at each others throats mode anymore. He had been unbearably soppy, he supposed.
But hey, he had been half asleep. Blame it all on the sleep.
"These does have no experience, they'll be a handful but it also means they'll do anything with us. I suggest that we work with Narantha, just piss if the chief. I'm sure we could screw her over in some way once we're done."
He felt a sudden and unprecedented wave of affection for Aimee. She was funny, and they were on the same wavelength. And she liked him. And he liked her. She was no slut, though sometimes he thought she might want to act like one. If he had said that aloud, she would have probably severely dislocated his jaw for that. Thank god she couldn't read thoughts. He snuck a worried look at her, but then realized how stupid he was being. She might be epic in many ways, but mind reading was most probably not one of them.
"Shall we go tell those whores what we think of their plan?"