Through Pain and Perfection

[CosmicChaos21]

(What's up y'all I'm making yet another playthrough, and we have 1 rule right now but that may change at a later date. Roll 1 trait per lifestage (Babies/children have 1, Teens have 2, Adults have 3) so they grow and change over the course of their lives.)

Circuit, a pink nicheling with a white mane, turned around to watch the other three teen nichelings make their way onto the sandy shore of the new island. He tilted his head slightly as he noticed Bumble, a bright yellow nicheling with dark red markings, slightly miss the rock and slip into the shallow water that was only a few pawsteps away from the dry sand.

Bumble sat up while spluttering, with her belly and chest dripping from the wet sand and water that had gotten into her fur. Slug, a red nicheling with barely noticable spots, easily jumped over her and landed in the dry sand, spraying dry sand into Bumble’s face. Bumble coughed and spluttered as she tried to wipe her face with one of her paws, forgetting that it was also covered in wet sand.

“Sorry about that, but the stones are kinda crumbling behind us” Slug said without seeming like he entirely meant it as he looked over at the crumbling stones just in time to see Oat, a brown nicheling with darker spots and a platypus beak, jump onto the shore just in time for the last stone to crumble with the fragments sinking into the ocean. Bumble practically dragged herself up to the shore before shaking her pelt, spraying wet sand and water droplets everywhere much to the other nichelings shared dismay.

“Just because you fell doesn’t mean we need to suffer too” Circuit slightly growled as he squeezed his eyes shut to try and prevent anything from getting in his eyes. The other two followed his example to try and keep themselves safe from the splash but all of them ended up with some sand or water in their fur. After shaking her pelt Bumble just stuck her tongue out at them before looking at the grasses ahead.

“Here’s our new home I suppose” Circuit said as he stared at the grasses, feeling small as they towered over him and the other teens around him. The group just stared at the grasses for a little bit before Slug scoffed.

“Let’s go” He said as he pushed through the group and started to walk into the grasses making the other three stare for a few seconds before following. Circuit wasn’t sure just blindly going forward was the best choice but from the little he knows of Slug he knows it’s probably best to just let him lead them for now, until Circuit could get a chance to lead them in a better direction anyways.

On their journey they grew into adults, mostly because they were almost there already when they arrived on the island.

“Looks kinda thin but we could stay here for a while” Oat said as she poked the berry bush with her paw, causing one of the branches to snap off. Oat stared at the now broken off branch that sat on the ground with surprise as her paw was frozen in the same spot. “Whoops” She said as she lowered her paw back to the ground before turning towards the other nichelings to see their thoughts.

“Even if it didn’t just lose a branch” Circuit said as he stared at Oat for a few seconds, who simply stared back at him with an indifferent expression “I don’t think that’d be a good food source for all four of us anyways, and there’s no nests or anything else good around” Circuit continued as he stared at the leafless berry bush before idly pushing the broken branch. Slug sighed but couldn’t disagree, the lack of nests or other food sources made this spot less than ideal.

“Look” Bumble spoke catching the group’s attention and making them all look over. Bumble had parted some grasses and revealed a nest hiding inside, along with a dodomingo who screeched at the group before fleeing. Bumble winced at the noise for a second before inspecting the nest.

“Well well well, look at that. A nest” Oat said as she looked at Circuit with a smug grin, Circuit just responded by giving her the most deadpan expression he could possibly muster. Slug watched the two with amusement before looking over at Circuit.

“Well even if it’s not permanent wouldn’t it be good to get our energy or something?” Slug said while ripping up some tall grass so he could see a bit better. Circuit hummed as he considered it before nodding.

“A few berries and one nest is better than nothing” Circuit agreed causing Slug to practically push Bumble aside before laying in the nest, getting a pretty offended look from Bumble. Bumble easily shoved him out of the nest, causing him to let out a yelp of surprise, before laying down in the nest herself while giving him a smug smile. Slug narrowed his eyes at her and the two had a staring contest before Oat sighed and walked over to stand between the two.

“No need to fight pups” Oat said causing both nichelings to turn their glares onto her instead. Oat just shrugged as she noticed the looks she was getting. “Act like pups get treated like pups” She simply said causing Slug to slightly bare his teeth as Bumble looked away with a pout on her face while Oat tried to stare down Slug. Slug eventually rolled his eyes before walking over to the sad berry bush.

So the group had found a place to settle for now…

(I FORGOT A SCREENSHOT IN THE FIRST POST WOW- Lol)

 

 

 

 

After a few days of laying around and eating a putrid scent caught Bumble’s attention. Feeling curious, she decided to go investigate the smell as she assumed it was something like a smelly fruit or perhaps a chance at a free meal if it was a carcass. What she did not expect was a towering beast…a bearyena. She froze in shock which was enough time for the beast to bring its paw up before creating a slice across her left shoulder. She got knocked back from the force behind the blow before falling onto the ground with a growl of pain.

The sound of pawsteps caused Bumble to weakly lift her head to see Slug now next to her, snarling at the bearyena. He bared his fangs at the beast and when it didn’t back down he sunk his teeth into the bearyena’s hind leg causing it to roar in pain as it tried to swipe at him. He managed to dodge as the sound of more pawsteps approached, it was the rest of the pack.

They all took turns nipping and clawing at it until the beast fell onto the ground motionless. After making sure it was dead the pack turned their attention towards Bumble.

“Did it give you any other injuries?” Circuit asked as he glanced at the claw wound that ran across Bumble’s left shoulder. Bumble shook her head, not noticing any other injuries or extreme pains on any other part of her body. Circuit breathed out in relief as he realized that there weren’t any other injuries to deal with.

The pack took Bumble back to the place they were staying so they could keep an eye on her and her injury.

“You better not die from something like this, I mean if you did that’d be a pretty dumb way to go” Slug said with a teasing tone as he sat down next to Bumble, who just stuck her tongue out at him in response to that. “How did you even find a bearyena by yourself?” Slug asked as he wondered why she was out by herself anyways.

“Smelled something weird and went to find the source” Bumble answered with a shrug, which she immediately regretted as she felt a twinge of pain in her shoulder.

“Don’t make it worse ya idiot” Slug snarked, but there was an undertone of concern if someone was looking for it. “Just take a nap or else you’ll be stuck here for the rest of your life” He spoke again as he stared at Bumble, who just made a big show of rolling her eyes before settling down and closing her eyes.

Slug just sighed before scanning his surroundings and keeping his eyes and ears peeled for any sign of danger, deciding that he would keep watch just so nothing could sneak up on the pack.

[Stranger]

Are you going to be continuing this? 

[CosmicChaos21]

Apologies for not updating for literally months but I kinda lost interest in niche for a bit there- I'm back with an update! It's kinda small but I wanted to give y'all something for waiting so long.

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Along the edges of the territory Oat and Circuit were patrolling the territory. Oat’s ear flicked in irritation at the dead silence, so she turned her head towards the pink nicheling walking beside her.

“Do we really have to patrol again? I mean we’ve been patrolling the territory like three times a day since Bumble returned, I highly doubt there’s any bearyena around here or we would’ve noticed them by now” Oat said with a scoff as she dragged her paws as if that would get Circuit to stop his continual march forward. Circuit turned narrowed eyes towards her without a word for a few seconds.

“You can’t be sure of that, it’s better to patrol a few more times unless you’d rather a bearyena spring out and turn one of us into a meal” Circuit retorted as he kept his narrowed stare on her before snapping his eyes forward to instead stare at the ground in front of his paws. Oat glared at him for a bit before rolling her eyes and blankly staring ahead, just waiting for this patrol to be over.

“-I mean you can’t just kill the baby when the mom can see you y’know?” Slug continued to recall the memory of how an angry mama bearyena almost ended his life while Bumble nodded occasionally to show she was listening, having nothing better to do as she was all but forbidden from doing anything but resting until her shoulder healed.

“So yeah, that’s how I almost died because-” The sound of something emerging from the grasses cut off Slug’s rambling as he stood onto his paws with his fur bristling as he watched the shaking grasses. The sight of Oat and Circuit made Slug’s posture relaxed as he realized there wasn’t a threat emerging from the unknown. Bumble’s head tilted as she noticed the returning nichelings lashing tails and flattened ears.

“…What got those two in a such a foul mood?” Slug said as he also noticed the angry body language of the two as they split off to go to opposite sides of the clearing. Bumble continued watching the two before turning her gaze back to Slug and giving a confused noise to show she didn’t have any better idea than him.

“I know they argue but they don’t usually seem this mad y’know?” Slug said as he looked over at Bumble who nodded in agreement with his words as she watched the two nichelings.

As if sensing the stare, Circuit looked over at Bumble with a questioning expression to which Bumble just tilted her head in a silent question. The pink nicheling responded by scowling before ripping out some tall grass as he realized what the silent question was.

Bumble’s eyes narrowed in mild concern before she turned her head towards Slug, only to notice he was also staring at her. The two silently stared at each other for a few seconds before Slug awkwardly cleared his throat.

“Well you need food to heal so I’m gonna go hunt a rabbil for you” Slug said before walking into the grasses while Bumble watched him leave. Bumble had a feeling it was just to escape the awkward atmosphere the returning nichelings had brought but she just yawned before laying her head down onto the soft nest.