This is a roleplay that me and a friend did. We each controlled a handful of characters, adding in others every now and then. I edited it into a story format to share. All cannon Cats characters are credited to T.S.Elliot.
Original Characters:
Triniten, Jingalizzy, Tsuki, Kamewati, random Henchcats - Credit goes to my friend.
Scarlottin, Lorien, Gristen - My original characters.
The night had fallen and the large moon rose into the sky, casting its soft silver glow on the junkyard. A number of eyes from the shadows caught the light and glittered in their own varying hues: Gold, green, yellow, brown. Cats began to slowl emerge from the darkness, gathering together as they often did when the Ball was drawing near. Pouncival was on of the first, jumping onto the wicker chair that balance high up on the rubble. Munkustrap sat upon the trunk of a squashed car, watching over those appearing around him with a protective glance.
A slinky female joined his side. Her fur was brown with grey-black lines reaching down her sides. Her chest and stomach was white, as well as the tip of her tail and muzzle. Red streaks shot through her head fur, making her green eyes stand out even brighter. Scarlottin was new to the clan, having joined after last years second Macavity fiasco. She was excited for another ball, but also fearful he would show up once again. After all, he had disappeared shortly after being ganged up on. With a small sigh she shook the memory from her head.
Mungojerrie was stretched out on the fence, letting the moonlight coat his calico fur. his green eyes were shut tight as he let out a wide and loud yawn, ending in a tiny squeak. He stretched his arms forward and flexed. Mistoffelees was curled in a tiny ball at the base of the fence and caught the yawn and growled as his mouth opened wide on its own accord.
Pouncy heard the yawn and went to investigate who was still sleepy. Maybe it would end with a good scaring. His tail swished back and forth as his bluish eyes blinked as he saw it was Mungo and Misto. Misto was easier to pounce upon since he was on the ground, Pouncy could use the fence to his advantage. Yet Mungo still looked out of it. Hmm. Wiggling his behind he jumped out of the shadows, landed just inches in front of Mungo with a loud thump and then pounced onto Misto before rolling to the side and darting back into the shadows with his mischevious laugh.
Before he was even sure footed Mungo was on him, pouncing him into the ground and rolling. Mungo's hearty laugh filled the air as the ball of cats settled and he had Pouncival pinned.
"Goo Evenin!"
"Yrow!" Pouncy cried in surprise as they rolled. "Hey! Get off me!" He said but a small laugh was embedded. Games had begun. Scarlot and Munkus almost rolled their eyes at the same time.
Mungo leaned down and licked Pouncival's nose before trotting away from him and towards a confused Mistoffelees. The two toms sat below the fence and yawned, waiting the invitation to be presented. It took a few moments and an elbow from Mungojerrie for Misto to realize that HE was the invitation again this year. He stood and trotted to the clearing in the center of the Junkyard.
Scarlot couldn't help a small smile a little at Misto's forgetfullness. Munkus stiffled a sigh but said nothing. He'd let it go tonight, after all it was a special night of celebration. Pouncy shook his head and rubbed his nose with his paw as Mungo trotted away. With a little crude look he stalked away into the shadows to wait when the rest of them could join, a little depressed that his stunt hadn't worked.
Mungojerrie smiled broadly as he waited for his mischief to play out. He hunkered down, ready to run and wiggled his rump a bit. Misto meanwhile was in the center of the clearing and let out a loud kitten-ish howl to alert the others to the start of the Jellicle Ball. He then began to preform a graceful dance that he had been precticing all year.
Pouncy crouched down, his disappointment giving way to excitement for the ball to begin. Once Misto was finished singing immediantly leapt out, one of the first yet again. The others followed quickly, including Scarlot and Munkus, who began speaking of how the ball was to start for the younger kittens who hadn't been to a ball before.
Mungojerrie waited until a few of the toms and two kittens were all lined up and tackled the one closest to him, who happened to be Pouncy. Pouncival then slammed into Munkus who twirled in an attempt to get out of the way and ran into Misto, Scarlot and Bomba. More cats fell until only a handful were left standing and Mungojerrie sat proudly, a shit-eating smile plastered on his smug face.
"MUNGO!" Munkus roared when he tried to move out of the way, only to add to the pile of twisted limbs and tails.
"Ow..." Pouncy groaned. He shifted, rolling on his back and swipping at Mungo's legs to trip him. With a sigh Munkus was able to rench himself out of the pile and help Scarlot and Bomba up. Shaking his head he began the introductory song for Jennyanydots.
Mungo appeared on the floor under Munku who had had his legs spread to let Jennyanydots jump through them.
"We do dees same sawngs eveh year Mate!" He grumbled and looked up at the elder tom. Mungo could help but punctuate the statement with a flirty wink as he held his position, effectively halting the planned song. Misto rolled his eyes, he sat on his perch ontop of the car and was both annoyed and curious as to how this would play out. Munkus rolled his eyes and glared down at Mungo.
"What do you propose we do then? These are traditional songs for the candidates." He replied with a growling undertone, obviously annoyed at the interuption. Pouncy sat down next to Jemima and Tumble and looked at each other. They too wondered what Mungo planned to do. But their interest and curiosity were obviously caught.
Mungojerrie thoguht for a moment, "Well my first idea is very inappropriate for the kits..." He chuckled and laid on his back under Munku, looking cute and comfortable. Misto lept gracefully from the trunk and trotted over to them.
"Really..." Scarlot said sitting beside Munkus. The sarcasm almost dripped from that one word. "I know I'm new, but I like it the way it was."
"I as well, but if everyone wants to change it then lets hear the ideas." Munkus said, looking around and gracefully lifting a leg over Mungo so he could sit beside Scarlot. "Though I wish we could have spoke of this yesturday." He mumbled. "Old Deuteronomy will be here soon."
Mungojerrie spun gracefully to a crouched position to think. "We'se could have'a stora tellin contes!" He said with a broad grin. Misto thoguht about this for a moment and nodded, joining him in the center of the learing, "I agree! Each cat tells a few lines of a sung story and then the next cat does and so on!"
Pouncy and Tumble looked at each other and grinned. Many of the other kittens did as well. "This sounds fun!" Pouncy said. They all nodded, as they were always up for stories. They joined the others, sitting behind Misto. Munkus let out a small sigh, but he did have to admit, it was a rather good idea. Better than what he thought Mungo would come up with.
"It sounds worth a try." Scarlot said with a small nod.
"Hm, why not. Since its your idea, why don't you start Mungo." Munkus said gesturing with one hand to Mungo.
Mungo gave his signature goofy tongue-out smirk and stood. He thoguht for a moment, an adorable sight sinc his brow and nose crinkled and his bottom lip jutted out into a small pout. He inhaled deeply at last and struck a starting pose.
"Dere wonse were a kit livin in a cellah! She would shake hers hips and call to many a fellah!" He wiggled his hips to demonstrate and blew a flirty kiss at Scarlot
Pouncy and the other kittens watched with interest, wondering how the contest was going to turn out, yet at the same time wondering what they could say as well. Scarlot however rolled her eyes and shot Mungo a look in reply to his kiss. Munkus knew better than to get upset over it, after all, Scarlot was one of the few females who didn't even fall for Tugger.
Misto stepped in, doing a spinning leap to land in front of Mungo and held his hands in the air as a self-presention, "She winks and nods to all the toms! She never thought if they were submissives or doms!" Mungo burst out in a fit of laughter as the kitten referenced sex and jingalizzy sputtered on the sideline.
"Holy Heaviside dat bois gots a mouf of heem!" She exclaimed.
Munkus shot a look first to Mungo for starting it and then Misto. There were many other younger kittens around but they didn't seem to understand. Well, it appeared so anyway. Who could tell what was going on behind their ears? Tumble suddenly lept up.
"But her confidence didn't sway and she kept on her merry way." He said as he did a little step dance. Pouncy grinned and nodded.
Jignalizzy backflipped into the center along with a few other dames and they all walked past the boys, shaking their hips a bit too well.
"She ne'er met a tom she couldn't tame. Her grace wash the envy o e'er dame!" She said as her movements caught al the boys attention and she rolled her hips slowly. This earned a drool from Mungo and a roll of the eyes from soem of the older dames
Pouncy summersaulted into the spotlight and rolled to his feet. "Then he strolled down the street. There wasn't any other that could match his beat." He said doing a back handspring to the beat of the rhyme.
"Then she saw him stroll down the street. There wasn't any other that could match his beat."
"That was the tom who repelled her style. He wasn't close to intersted, not by miles?" a small kit names Triniten chirped in. He was barely six weeks old and still unstable on his fet as he attempted a spin and landed on his butt at Munkus's feet.
"She smiled and shook her hips, but no replying smile graced his lips." A female kitten named Lorien, Scarlots younger sister who was about Jemima's age said landing beside Triniten and nudged him with a smile. Munkus couldn't help but begin to smile. At least this was a good way to get everyone to join in.
Triniten blushed at his clumbsiness and stratched behind an ear as Tugger joined in. "He watched as her attempts died. She couldn't entice him no matter how hard she tried!" He turned the harmless couplet into a seduction as a few kittens swarmed him as he shook his hips. Mungo then turned to Munkus with a knowning and cocky smirk as if saying 'told ya so!'
"Instead he swirled in his own dance, giving her only the faintest of glance." Gristen, Scarlots younger brother and same age as Lorian piped up and did a little tumble on the ground, landing next to Tumble. Munkus rolled his eyes slightly at Mungo's look.
Jingalizzy playfully bopped her behind an ear and smiled. "He twirled and spun in his own way. It infuriated her that she wasn't given the ime of day" Misto chimed it quickly. Demonstrating the dancing.
Scarlot finally stood and twirled around Munkus. "Time went on for hours and hours, Until she cried out quite sour." She was smiling though, the excitement catching like an infection. Even Munkus was still smiling.
Mungo appeared behind Munkus suddenly, the song had grown so exciting that no one had seen him leave and he grabbed their protector around the waist.
"She surrendad and ran up a tree, Soon to discova he liked sodomy!" He purred out in a mock flirty tone and every one old enough to know what he meant either blused, howled, or laughed uncontrolably.
Munkus let out a short growl and swiped at Mungo to get him away from both himself and Scarlot. He wasn't sure if he liked the direction this was going. Scarlot shook her head, though her cheeks burned from Mungo's latest lyric.
Mungo dodged the swipe and held his signature smirk as Triniten tugged at Munkus leg, "Munkustwap... Whats sodomy?" He asked with complete innocence that made the cats like Jingalizzy, Tugger, Rumpel and Mungo burst out in new laughter.
"I propose a new song!" Misto interjected just intime and sat down quickly, not wanting to go first.
"I agree!" Munkus and Scarlot chimed in at the same moment. He patted Triniten's head before sitting down. Though Scarlot sighed and stayed standing to start the song since it appeared no one else wanted to. "There once was a cat who owned a great big hat." It was simple and innocent enough. But she shuddered inwardly at what Mungo or Tugger might come up with.
Jingal, Tugger and Mungo smiled to one another at the mischeivious thoughts they were having but before one of them could start, Jemima jumped into the group of cats, "He was very very thin and a long beard hung from his chin!"
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