Shifter RPG

Ava sighed and started cleaning up.

The graves were dug and the battle was in the past.
It was over. Finally over.
~~~

Raffaello wandered through the forest surrounding those paranoid bird-shifters' mountain. His friends had put out a prize somewhere in this forest, and they were having a contest of who could reach it first. The ones who placed it out in the thick woods weren't allowed to play, of course.
He wasn't told what it was, but he suspected that it was a weapon. Hopefully a sword. His last weapon broke after a horrible... accident. Yet he smiled, hoping he'd be the first to find it.

Difference trudged around the forest in wolf shift. Her senses had been messed up ever since she had fell off her bed this morning after having the same old nightmare with her brother's cold, dying face. Because of this, she had found herself almost completely lost, but she didn't mind. Something shone in front of her, intimidating her.
She sped up.

Jared, one of his closer friends, caught his eye. "A bit slow today, aren't you, Raff?" he called.
"As if!" he yelled back, "You know I'll be first!"
"We'll see," Jared sped up, trying to outrace Raffaello. They were the two most competitive out of their whole group, but it was mostly for fun. Mostly.

A sharp, shiny gunblade stood in front of her, and her overawe expression deepened as she shifted human and picked it up. "What's this doing here?" she marveled.

Jared caught sight of an outsider before Raffaello did.
"HEY! GET AWAY FROM THAT! IT'S MINE!!" He shrieked. Raffaello believed he was overreacting.

Difference looked over and stood, "Hah!" She said, toying with it mockingly. "Sorry, finders keepers loosers weepers!" she grinned.

Jared jumped her, pulling her backwards for possession of the weapon. Raffaello, however, pulled them both apart, ripping the weapon from their grasp and darting off towards the East God Tribe.

Difference chased after him, half laughing, half growling. She didn't care if she got it back or not, well, not really. She shifted wolf again and caught up to Raff easily.

He changed his tactics, jumping into the trees, leaving a screaming Jared behind.

She followed him from below. "Hey, no fair!" Suddenly, as she was watching the jumping Raff, she stumbled and fell on her side as she tripped over a rock. At first, she was quiet.

"You okay?" He called back, almost loosing his footing. He stopped on a sturdy branch and twirled the gunblade, amazed at its lightness and how powerful in felt in his hands.

"Just fine." she said, as she pulled herself up and shifted back human. Her sloppy, black hair slipped out of her ponytail, but she ignored it and continued running after Raff.

He laughed, gripped the weapon's hilt hard, and dodged an incoming Jared's kick. His friend whined, mentioned something about how he never got to have fun and chased Raff through this trees.

Difference managed to jump on a tree branch and chased after him, once she got close enough, she reached out and grabbed hold of the gunblade.

The sudden extra weight threw him out of the tree, but Raff pointed the blade so that, if it hit anyone, it would hit him.

Difference was thrown off with Raff letting go of the gunblade. She managed to gain balance in the air and land on her feet. She turned to Raff. "You okay?"

It struck the ground near his feet. He laughed and said "I'm fine."

Difference didn't hesitate to grab the gunblade and start running. They where nearing the East God Tribe..

With no regard for his own safety, Raffaello grabbed the blade by the edge and yanked it out of her hands, spinning it around until he caught the hilt. Ignoring his bloody hand, he tossed the gunblade in the air, shifted, and caught it in his teeth, speeding away.

Difference shifted as well, blind to the pain in her leg, and ran twice as fast in pursuit.

The buildings came into view, as did the bunch of his friends that hid the weapon. They seemed surprised when they saw Difference.
Raffaello shifted back, catching the gunblade by the hilt, and saluted.
"Found it!"

Difference huffed and slid to a stop in front of the group, still in wolf shift.

"She chasin' you for it?" One asked.
"Yeah, but she didn't know the rules. It's alright, she's cool." He answered, one arm in front of him. His grip had inconspicuously tightened on the hilt.
Jared appeared seconds later, screaming, "Aww damnit!"

Difference just shrugged, "Didn't know there was rules" she stated calmly, snickering at Jared's scream.