Carnivores are a Thing?

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Breeze
Energy: 16 - 10 (entrance) = 6
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A mudkip stalked through the grasses at the base of the Pricklemist Hill dungeon. The mudkip was a pokemon known by the name Breeze of the Morning Rain. Breeze wasn't originally from this continent -she had been born on an island many miles across the sea from the main continent.

She was still very new to this land, and was learning as she went along. She was also trying to teach herself how to fight and hunt, since she had been the medicine pokemon of her previous Tribe, and medicine pokemon had been forbidden from such acts, as they were considered to be distracting from the main focus of healing.

But since Breeze had lived in the Tribes, who had all been either carnivorous or omnivorous pokemon, she had developed a taste -and even a need- for meat in her diet. She knew the basics of how to hunt, just by watching training sessions while hiding behind bushes, but she'd never been able to try it before.

Now, on this strange new continent, there didn't seem to be any pokemon around that ate meat, and so she had no one to teach her. So here she was, trying to teach herself how to hunt and get the meal that she was so craving for.

From his stationary position within the clearing, Deimos waited, calmly and quietly... At least that was how he appeared. The sheer thought of what he'd gotten an obscured view of was disturbing to say the least. He had sensed movement, first predicting it only as a continuation of the feast... But then he felt footsteps being imprinted into the soil, approaching.

The Absol did his best to clear his thoughts and prepared himself, planning to lash out with a quick attack at what he believed to be a predatory feral. When he heard a voice however... He wasn't so sure. He hadn't predicted that much for certain. Before what gets to what it asked... How could it be oblivious when it was just tearing into an innocent Pokemon's body just a few moments ago?

Not trusting it at first, despite how modest it tried to sound, Deimos got up and moved forwards, letting off a faint growl. "You should know full well what I mean, considering you were just doing it" The Absol spoke, seemingly not amused in the slightest. Continuing to advance forward through te ocean of white, he stopped before his full body became visible, the unmistakable black horn of the Absol species being visible at most.

Breeze was now even more confused. The pokemon had revealed itself to be an absol; a species she was familiar with, since one of the leaders of the Tribes had been an absol, not to mention several others in that tribe were also absol. To her limited knowledge, Breeze assumed that the absol before her was a predator just like her, since the only absol she knew before were also carnivorous.

"Um... what I was just doing..? I was just eating the prey that I caught? Err -I didn't notice anyone else hunting, so, uh, if I stole your kill, I do sincerely apologize about that, if that's what you are meaning," Breeze stated awkwardly. "But, uh, I was searching for a while; if you're gonna catch something, I'd suggest actually catching it before someone else comes along and takes the prey... I mean, didn't you ever hear that the early pokemon catches the prey?"

Hunting? So that was what this was to the Pokemon... Just an exercise in killing for food and sport. Deimos felt somewhat sickened still, especially with how the Pokemon thought he was just like her... How wrong she was. He didn't have the stomach nor the courage to do something like what she had. Not only that... He couldn't mentally take it, the feeling of that liquid flying through the air... another life taken for barely any reason beyond 'being hungry'.

"I am not like you... I am not one who kills a being purely for food, one who potentially ruins the lives of several off a simple whim. And as I said... Take it elsewhere before eating... Here it's a little more excusable due to the visual cover, but elsewhere... You'd be a sitting Psyduck and easy prey yourself to an aggressor" Deimos spoke, not advancing any further. He intended to keep some distance at least so that he could react if it tried to attack... He had a lot more meat on his bones than the Spoink after all.

Breeze blinked at the absol's passioned speech. She had never thought about it that way before, but she didn't really understand how the absol could survive without meat. Pokemon like mudkip could potentially survive on just plants, it was true, but pokemon that were only carnivorous, like most canine pokemon?

"I'm afraid I don't understand. How can you not survive without meat? Don't you need it to survive? I know there are pokemon species that need meat. They simply cannot digest plant life. What do you suggest these pokemon do? I've grown up all my life eating meat, just because you find it distasteful doesn't mean I'm just going to stop what I've done all my life." Breeze felt rather indignant. "Also, there are plant pokemon. How is one supposed to eat anything without offending someone? I eat a sitrus berry, and I offend a Tropius for eating its growths; you can't win when you think like that!"

Deimos merely shook his head at the Pokemon's response... He'd never said to stop it or anything akin to that, just take it elsewhere... That was all he'd asked. "I never said 'Stop eating meat' Like you're acting, I said that if you are going to, take it elsewhere. In regards to what you are saying... I'm omnivorous... It is how I was raised. I am capable of eating both, but I much prefer not to eat meat... Sensing liquid flying through the air as one tears into a Pokemon does not particularly feel great to me after all... It's sickening" The Absol spoke, his tone generally calm and composed in relation to how he acted earlier. He couldn't start doing that again.

My other point however still stands... Even if you're tearing into something, eating, you're reaction time wouldn't be as fast as otherwise would it? Best to be somewhere safe and out of the way... correct?" Deimos added on afterwards, shrugging slightly.

Breeze tossed her head. "Well I suppose you didn't say that in those words," she acquiesced to the absol's point. "I jumped to conclusions, and for that, I apologize. I also apologize for making you uncomfortable; it wasn't my intention. I honestly didn't know anyone was around; it is a bit misty, after all," she pointed out.

"I suppose you do also have a point about being out in the open for other predators. I was listening though; that's why I heard you, after all." Breeze sat down and licked her front right paw, rubbing it on her cheeks, to get rid of the flecks of blood still on them.

"In any case... My name is Breeze of the Morning Rain. But you can just call me Breeze. What's your name?" she asked casually.

The Absol merely did the equivalent of a shrug, shaking his head slightly. He could appreciate that it was willing to stick with what it knew, just as he would. However... he still didn't like the idea of it. Even if it is for food and it's just a Feral, a life is a life. He personally didn't have the heart to do it, unless he would literally starve to death otherwise. Having lost a loved one personally, he could understand it from the standpoint of the family of the killed one, so to speak.

"Deimos... a traveler is all" Deimos merely responded, making certain to not overly go into detail... No need to influence any actions from the carnivorous Pokémon after all.

"Deimos, huh," Breeze hummed, nodding her head. "Well, it's nice to meet you, Deimos. Though the circumstances could have gone better," she said, shaking her head. She stuck out a paw and laid it on her chest as she bowed her head; a traditional greeting among the Tribes, though the absol had no way of knowing that information.

After a moment had passed, Breeze put her paw down and rose up her head again. "So what brings to to these parts, Deimos? Just passing through? I was just here to find some real food for the first time in a long while," she said.

Deimos simply nodded his head respectfully as a response to her sspeech, completely agreeing that it could be on better terms. Considering what he had originally came her for, he'd not particularly had a a chance for a great deal of rest. When the Mudkip questioned why he was present, he merely made a motion akin to his species equivalent of a shrug.

"As I said, I'm a traveller. However, one can't keep going forever without rest. The natural terrain here along with the constant mist and fog provides perfect visual cover for one of my species. Thus, it serves as a decent place to rest and recover" The Absol answered, being honestly truthful. Despite how civilised the Carnivore appeared after their little arguement, Deimos had remained on guard, ready to lash out with one of his two Priority options of necessary.

Breeze nodded at the absol. It made sense for the white-furred pokemon to come to a place covered in mist to hide and rest. She wondered what he was hiding from, though. It would be rude if she were to ask, however, so she kept her mouth shut.

The other pokemon seemed to still be uncomfortable around her, and sort of standoffish as it were. She couldn't really think of anything else to say to such a closed-mouthed companion. She shrugged. Oh well, she could go back to her meal, after all, she was still sort of hungry.

"Well, it was nice meeting you. I'll return to my meal, then. I'll try to keep it down for you squeamish types," she said humorously, winking at the absol before turning around and heading back down the hill, disappearing into the fog easily to return to her meal. Her bites were smaller and less vigorous now, attempting to 'keep it down' as the absol had requested.

Turning to move away once the Carnivore moved away, Deimos let out a very faint sigh. Beings like these weren't really what he'd set out on his travels to meet, even though it'd happen regardless. The Absol retreated back towards his prior resting spot, wanting to just take some to recuperate and try to determine what really to do now.

Returning to the clearing, Deimos lay down amongst the mist, Hoping that he'd be left alone for a time.

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Breeze continued her meal until she was comfortably full, most of the spoink gone from the bones by the time she was finished. She stopped to collect a rather clean bone and stuck it in her pack - no need to waste such useful items, after all. Then she dug out a grave for the remains and buried it quickly.

Then she began to walk through the misty hills aimlessly. She didn't know what she would find now, but she was comfortably full and in a good mood, so whatever happened, she was going to meet it head-on with a good attitude.

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As Deimos lay flat on the ground, engulfed in the white sea of mist around him, his mind wondered elsewhere. Of acts done and gone... Of what he could have changed, what he could have done better. He understood that he'd already made some mistakes, abandoned some moments that he really should have fought through. He always thought in the thick of the moment, never overly on what effects it would have in the future until he was in the clear.

He understood that in time he'd need to slowly break out of that way of reactionary thinking and acting. His line of thought was soon interrupted by a form bouncing straight into him. Due to being so lost in thought, he'd not been actively checking his surroundings. Raising from his position, he glared down at the form that had ran into him, a Spoink.

The Pokémon seemed to have two items in hand, and yet.. From what he could see through the thick mist, he saw aggression. It seemed a young Pokémon, full of life and possibilities, however he felt that something had to be done as it attempted to use some form of odd wave against him. Letting off a faint sigh, he forcefully slammed his front left paw into the Pokémon, sending it backwards and into unconsciousness. As he walked over to what it left, he could see an Apple.

He was relatively hungry, so he picked up the Apple and started to eat, much preferring that to the bloody carnivorous ways of Breeze.

Breeze hummed happily as she walked along, no fear in her step, as she believed herself to be skilled enough to deal with any pokemon she might come across. And as a carnivore, she was used to being the predator rather than the prey. Why would she be scared of the prey, then? It would be silly for her to fear that which she ate on a regular basis.

Therefore, when a linoone streaked out of the mists, aiming long claws at her face, Breeze merely sidestepped the striking pokemon. She knew that linoone often had trouble turning at sudden angles after their evolution from zigzagoon -who knew why, but it worked against the evolved pokemon. The linoone streaked past her, giving Breeze an easy target to its back. She took a deep breath in, concentrating on superheating the water around her. Then she focused her power, causing the water in the air around her to collect, superheated, and fell upon the linoone. It shrieked loudly as the heated water struck its side, and it threw a disgusted look at Breeze.

The mudkip just chuckled, sending another wave of superheated water at her furry opponent. The linoone streaked away from the water, and then stopped, turned, and ran at the mudkip again. Breeze just watched calmly as it raced towards her, and then sidestepped the linoone again as it nearly reached her, this time leaving her tail laying in the linoone's way. The linoone tripped over her tail, and went tumbling head-over-paws. It snarled at her angrily, but Breeze was unaffected. She gave it an unimpressed stare, and launched another wave of superheated water at it, whilst it was still on the ground from tripping over her.

The linoone shrieked again, and this time it gave up, deciding on an easier prey, and streaked away. Breeze watched after it with an air of amusement, before licking her front paw and running it over her cheek fins calmly and confidently, not even bothering to look out to see if it would come back.