<div style="text-align: center">It was midwinter of that year,snow was falling down to the cold earth from the sky above and ice covered the trees like beautiful crystals. The forest that time of year was also very beautiful or rather it was considered to be in the eyes of the big fluffy cattin whom had been sitting by his living large room window staring out as he held a warm mug of cocoa in his claws.  Zebby then brought his pink mug up to his lips taking one last swallow of his drink before moving quickly away from the window and took the mug into the kitchen. He set it down in the sink rinsing it out and left it there to wash later before walking out of the kitchen. Zebby then was quick to head to his room, picking out some clothing,and got dressed.  He decided to go with his pastel baby fluff tank top,a pair of dark shorts,and a large pastel pink sports jacket. After having gotten dressed Zebby put on one of his chokers,tied back some of his blue hair into a bun,and walked out of the room.  He also made sure to grab his bag knowing well enough he would need it.<br/>
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Zebby didn't bother to even attempt to put on any shoes as he knew they didn't make and shoes that would fit over his hooves. He wished he could wear shoes though. Zebby absolutely loved fashion. he even made his own clothes  and often altered all the clothing he did buy just so it would fit him properly.  Granted he was amazing at sewing the one thing he couldn't make however also happened to be shoes. He tried before but it never really had worked out. However, that was only one minor set back and Zebby would not let that get in his way of his dream to create and design clothes. He even had somehow managed to get himself into art school.<br/>
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Walking outside his home, Zebby took in his surroundings and exhaled deeply as his warm breath became visible only for a brief moment in the cold air.  He took his time walking and even admiring the beauty of the forest that surrounded where he lived. Zebby lived outside of town away from everyone else.  He often would walk to and from places since everything wasn't too far either.  Zebby lived by himself for a long time and for a good reason too. Humans were usually very wary of his existence, Especially the humans that lived in this area. Anyone outside wouldn't probably even believe of his existence as the cattins only happened to be native to brookridge dating back to hundreds of years ago. Over that time the numbers dwindled until they merely no longer existed and became a sort of legend.<br/>
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The cattins became a sort of boogie man said to eat people in the night,that they ate children. There were many stories and rumors. Most of them only were stories and stereotypes however. Zebby however was the real deal and nobody in the town was exactly sure where he came from or how old he was. It was known that he was raised by a human family and lived in the area his whole life.  He used to even live in town before moving to the villa in the woods and selling his old family's house after also inheriting a nice sum of money from his adopted family. The move was for his safety as well as the safety of others. People didn't like him,They were afraid of the monster living in their town.<br/>
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After a little while, Zebby found himself walking on the sidewalk with his hooves lightly tapping on the concrete as he made his way towards what looked to be a convenience store.  He walked inside the automatic doors shaking off a little snow off himself before hand. Four eyes shifted over to the human sitting at the counter and He gave a small wave before going straight to the snacks picking up a few boxes of pocky and grabbed two bottles of strawberry milk. Zebby paused with eyes widening. He flushed and shaking his head.  A strange scent had caught his attention and he wasn't sure where it was coming from. Zebby quickly hurried over to the counter to make his purchase and the girl practically jumped up when the cattin slapped down his items.<br/>
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"Hey,hey you ok?! GEEZUZ! " </span>the girl asked very startled. Zebby shook his head. <span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4dffa6">"oh.no! i'm fine. i'm fine. uh is it just me or do you smell something...er weird."</span> he asked pushing his stuff over and she quickly scanned it and bagged it.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4da6ff"> "smell something?? uhhhhhhh....no. you sure you okay zebster ahaha...."</span> she asked handing him the bag and brushing her teal hair behind her ear. <span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4dffa6"> "yea,i think so...eh, i'll see ya later,sally." </span>he answered after paying and took his bag of snacks. Zebby took the snacks shoving them in his pack and continued to leave. He had more errands to run anyways. He pinched his nose with a huff and shook his head. He could still smell it but even stronger and he continued to walk.<br/>​</div><a class="username" data-user-id="1491" data-username="@Pinkberry_Cafe" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" href="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/members/1491/">@Pinkberry_Cafe</a><br/><div style="text-align: center">​</div>