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The Encounter: Marked

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Catnap has finally made up his mind, or at least he thinks he has and he isn't too sure.

Catnap was sitting in front of the invisible wall of the dome, separating him from space. Today was interesting, Catnap met a stranger that was nice to him, who called himself The Smiler. An interesting name. Catnap could feel he was lonely, or at least Catnap thinks he is. Catnap's thoughts were interrupted by someone speaking to him from behind.

Smiler: "I wouldn't get to the edge if I were you."

Catnap turns his head to look at Smiler before he stands up and walks to Smiler, Catnap would then stop in front of Smiler looking up at him.

Smiler: "It was nice spending time with you, even though it was cut short because of something that needed to be taken care of. But either way I had fun and I hope you did too. I'll be sending you back now"

Catnap: "Yeah, me too. It was fun. Thank you."

Smiler would then nod and then step to the side to show a shadow puddle forming into a portal.

Catnap: "My friends will be asking me where I have been." He would say, and start rubbing the side of their left arm.

Smiler: "Don't worry. I'll send you back to where it will be the morning of the same day."

Catnap smiled at what Smiler would say, he didn't have to worry about explaining to his friends about where he had been. Catnap started walking to the portal, but would then stop dead in his tracks and turn to Smiler.

Smiler: "Is something wro-"

Simer would be cut off by Catnap giving him a hug, after everything that the Smiler had been through, a hug would leave him speech less. Smiler would feel something that he hasn't felt in a while, the feeling of being cared for, the feeling of being safe in one's arms, the feeling of being loved. A feeling he hasn't felt ever since...

After a couple of seconds of hugging, Catnap would be startled by a pair of arms wrapping around him, giving him a hug back. They would stay like that for a few minutes until Smiler pulled back, letting go of Catnap and him follow sut.

Smiler: "I would have never guessed a hug would make me feel better. Thank you... Friend."

Catnap smiled at what Smiler had said, he was happy to help a new friend feeling better. Smiler would then bring his right hand up cupping Catnap's left cheek and start rubbing his cheek with his thumb, making Catnap blush hard with the sudden affection. After a couple of seconds, Smiler would let go of Catnap's cheek. Catnap stood there, all flustered and putting a paw on his cheek that the Smiler was rubbing.

Smiler: "You know if you want to spend more time with me, just think about me, i'll bring you back. If I'm not busy that is."

Catnap: "U-umm.. yeah.. that would be nice."

After saying their goodbyes, Catnap was now standing in front of the portal ready to go back. Catnap would then turn, looking at Smiler for one last before entering the portal.

After Catnap left, Smiler would sit back on his throne staring at nothing. He was happy? A feeling he would never think he would feel again. After sitting there for a few minutes, Smiler would bring his right hand up and stare at it. Smiler would then close his hand.

Smiler: "I never thought I would feel this again... Don't worry little moon, I will protect you in the coming future..."

Catnap stirs awake, feeling groggy. He laid there looking at the ceiling, on his bed under the covers. As he laid there the memories of what happened to him flooded in, making him blush a little. Catnap would then giggle, happy he met a new friend. Catnap then sat up on his bed and looked at the clock, it read 8:15 Saturday. Smiler was right, he sent him back to the morning of the same day. With that, Catnap got out of bed and started walking to the bathroom to get ready for the day. As he entered the bathroom he immediately stopped dead in his tracks after looking at himself in the mirror. He was wearing a white mask with a creepy, toothy smile, and two wide eyes staring at him.

Catnap was marked.

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Dun dun duuunnnn. Hope you like. I'll make more in the future. But for now I'm going to try to get my mind more active, which I will probably fail qwq.

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The Encounter: Friends

Arthur's note: sorry for taking so long I just have trouble finding joy in drawing and writing stories, my enjoy-o meter is very very low.

Warnings: none.

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Catnap was laying down on the flower field looking up at the stairs in the sky, he was laying there with his hands on his belly. The meal he had was delicious, so delicious in fact, Catnap asked for seconds.

After eating Catnap picked a spot on the flower field to lay down and wait for Smiler, Smiler asked to be excused for he needed to do something and left. He also told Catnap that he doesn't need to worry about destroying any of the flowers, for he can restore them to their normal self after they were destroyed. Catnap is now waiting for Smiler to return. Catnap will ask Smiler questions once he returns, Catnap really wants to know more about Smiler and what he can do with his strange powers.

Catnap's thoughts were interrupted when someone came up and looked down at Catnap, ultimately giving him quite a scare.

Said person looked like The Smiler, black cloak, a white mask with a creepy toothy smile. But said person's eyes were different, their left eye was x'ed out and the other was half closed.

Catnap jumped and crawled backwards, his heart pounding in his chest after this stranger came out of nowhere.

Stranger: "So... You are the soul that found himself into our world. Sorry if I startled you."

Catnap slowly began to calm down, his heart slowly stopped pounding in his chest. The stranger then sat down in front of Catnap, the stranger was sitting five feet away from Catnap as to not startle him some more.

Catnap: "Uhh... Yo-... You're not Smiler.. are you?" He said in a fearful tone, still trying to calm down.

Stranger: "No, I'm not. You can call me Ralph."

Catnap: "alright then.. Ralph.. uhh.. what are you doing here?"

Ralph: "My master told me to check up on a soul that was in his home."

Catnap: "Master?" Would said in a confused tone.

Ralph: "The Smiler, is my master, my teacher, my savior."

That confused Catnap even more. 'What is up with this Smiler, are they like some god?' Catnap would say in his head.

Ralph: "If you wish to learn more about Smiler, then you will have to ask himself if you are that curious." (What do you think, should Catnap ask for more info about Smiler. 🤔)

Catnap: "Uhh.. ok." Catnap is very uneasy about this, should he really ask what The Smiler really is?

Ralph: "Of course, it is your choice. We are not forcing you to do something that you don't want to."

Just like what Smiler told Catnap, he can choose to refuse if he doesn't like it. Catnap sat there, thinking. He might be dragged into a rabbit hole that is very, very deep the more he thought about it.

Ralph: "Well.. you can sit here and think over your options." Ralph began to stand up. "Remember, no one is forcing you.. you have the right to choose."

After that, Ralph turned around and walked away leaving catnap alone. After he left, Catnap fell backwards onto the flowers staring up at the stars. Catnap would lie there thinking whether or not he should ask Smiler about his stories. The more he thinks, the more unsure he feels.

End of part 4.

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Here's a little Smiler lore, lazy. But hey, I think you can get the point.

Next part in The Encounter coming soon.

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The Encounter: Picnic

Warnings: none.

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*step, step, step* Is what Catnap can only hear in this long and mostly empty hallway. Why was he doing this, following The Smiler to a place they want to hang out. Catnap should just ask The Smiler to return him home, one side was telling him, but his other side said to stay and figure out more about this Smiler. Catnap wanted to ask so many questions about The Smiler like who is he, what is he, what is this place, and, judging by the many windows in this hallway, are we actually in space? All these, and many more, questions Catnap wanted to ask but decided to save them for later.

After what felt like twenty minutes of waking, they finally made it to a big door that looked like it was meant for a giant. Before Catnap could say anything, the big door slowly and loudly, not too loud but loud enough to let people know a door was opening, opened to the outside. Catnap was met with an interesting and beautiful view.

Catnap was shocked, he has never seen a place like this before, and it also answered one of his questions. They are in space.

Catnap: "W-wow."

Smiler: "Speechless hmm? Many are speechless when they see my home. My home is one that I made for myself to enjoy."

It looks like it's from a fantasy book, Catnap thought. It was something he had never seen before, all of this was new for Catnap.

The Smiler began to walk on the walkway that was in front of them, Catnap soon followed him. Before they reached the end of the walkway a shadow puddle formed on the circle at the end of the walkway, the shadow then started to form into something, it looked like a structure was being made and after the structure was formed the shadow then faded away leaving behind what looked like a gazebo. The Smiler walked up to the gazebo and sat at a table that was in the gazebo.

Catnap just stands there confused and trying to process what he just saw.

Smiler: "Confused huh? Please sit. *gestures to a chair that was across from him*"

Catnap shook his head and sat on the chair The Smiler gestured to. After Catnap sat down another shadow puddle formed on the table and it began to form into something, Catnap couldn't make out what it was, after it formed into something the shadow then faded away leaving behind food. After the food appeared Catnap was hit with the delicious smell of the food in front of him. The food that was on the table was spaghetti, garlic bread, bread sticks, and orange soda that was in front of him. As for The Smiler all he had was a cup of tea.

Catnap: "D-did you make this?"

Smiler: "Yes, and don't worry, it is safe to eat."

Catnap then noticed that he only had food, not The Smiler.

Catnap: "What about you, aren't you hungry?"

Smiler: "Food is not required for me, I can survive without it."

Catnap looked at The Smiler with a sad and worried face causing him to feel bad, something that The Smiler rarely feels.

Smiler: "...I don't need food but it does fuel me with joy every time I eat, it's enjoyable."

Soon there was food in front of The Smiler but it was chicken alfredo (rip kickinchicken XD). Both of them started eating and Catnap couldn't help but wonder, what else can they do, hopefully something amazing. The Smiler gave a small chuckle that confused Catnap.

End of part 3.

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The Artful Escape

Arthur's note: the title is from a game called "the artful escape" that I really enjoyed playing. If you like music, side scroller, and sci-fi then "the artful escape" is a game I would recommend.

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Mich was hiding in the shadows waiting for the perfect time to make a move, Mich managed to escape his prison when a critter came to check up on him.

Ten Minutes Earlier

Mich sensed that somecritter was entering the room so he pretended to be asleep, the critter noticed that Mich was fast asleep and began to release him from his prison. Mich doesn't know why he was being released maybe to move him somewhere else, Mich doesn't know. After he was released Mich pounced on the critter knocking the critter out without putting too much harm into them, after the critter was knocked out Mich put the critter in his place on the device that prevented him from moving, then leaving the room to try to find his ship and gear.

Mich didn't have to look far enough to find his gear that was locked up in a security locker, Mich easily opened the lock with his prior knowledge of opening security locks. After equipping his gear he began lurking in the shadows of the ship.

Present

Mich was waiting for a certain door to open that would lead him to his ship, Mich sensed that there was a critter in the room that he was trying to enter. After a while the door opened and a critter exited the room, after the critter exited the room Mich slipped past the critter and into the room then the door closed behind him, Mich was now in the hanger.

Mich looked around the hanger before finally finding his ship, Mich was relieved that they brought his ship but the problem was that his ship was locked up. Mich heads to a terminal, that was next to his ship, and tries to unlock his ship. While Mich was trying to unlock his ship, he found a file with a title "prototype cult battle logs", Mich was confused, "Prototype cult?", Mich never heard of a cult let alone battles with a cult. Mich's curiosity got the better of him and copied the file on a hard drive to read later. After two minutes of messing with the terminal, Mich finally unlocked his ship and now the next problem is to unlock the hanger doors.

After a few seconds of thinking the ship's alarms system started going off, seems they found out Mich escaped. Looks like it's going to be the hard way, Mich thought. What Mich means by "the hard way" is he is going to blow up the hangers door open. Mich then entered his ship to retrieve explosives to put on the hangers door, after setting up the explosives Mich entered his and started his ship's engines. But before Mich entered his ship he went to the terminal and put 10,000 credits in the ship's system to pay for the damages Mich was about to inflict on the ship.

After everything was online, his ship's engines running, strapped in his seat, Mich then pulled the trigger on the detonator he had in his paw. One explosion later the hanger doors were open and everything that was in the hanger started flying out of the hanger into space, Mich included. After Mich was in space he activated his hyperdrive and got out of there fast.

While Mich was in hyperspace he looked at the hard drive he had in his paws, prototype huh? Mich wanted to look through the file to learn about this cult but something was stopping him from looking through it. With a shake of his head Mich put the hard drive in his pocket, I'll look at it later, Mich thought. Right now Mich needs to report to his contract and deliver the ore they ordered.

End.

Space rider a from @ onyxonline

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I swear I'm drawing, it's just taking time.

Meanwhile my drawings are not even drawn

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Y/N found an abandoned cargo ship and is looking around inside, but little did they know they entered someone's home.

Don't worry Y/N was told to leave and never come back and to not tell anyone about the cargo ship.

Version 2:

Mich's encounter with a prototype follower.

Space Riders AU belongs to the amazing @onyxonline

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Accidental post!!!

Aaaahhhh whyyyyyy

Status: Captured

Arthur's note: this story is about Mich meeting the space riders, sorry if it looks like I'm bouncing around his story.

I'll have y'all decide whose space riders OC meets Mich.

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Mich stands there looking at the blacked out window in front of him. He could sense that there were critters at the other side of the window looking back at him. Mich then looks down.

Mich: "*sigh*, what have you gotten yourself into..."

Mich doesn't know where they are taking him or what will happen to him, but he knows it's not going to be good. It's been fifty minutes since Mich woke up, when he awoke he found himself standing on a device that prevented him from moving and stripped from his gear. Mich hoped they took his ship with them, for if Mich manages to escape he would have a ride.

6 Hours Ago

Mich was orbiting a planet's moon waiting for his probe to finish mining ore on the moon. As for why Mich was not on the moon, both the planet and the moon were completely covered in red smoke. Mich doesn't know what it is but he senses that the red smoke is not good. Mich would sometimes see this red smoke on other planets and would give off the same feeling, not good, not safe. So Mich would usually avoid these planets covered in red smoke. But not this one, Mich was sent here on a collecting mission for somecritter.

Al-ex: "Warning, three patrol ships have been detected exiting hyperspace."

Mich: "Great."

After hearing this, Mich told his probe to return back to the ship quickly. The probe started to return back to the ship but the probe's ETA ("estimated time of arrival" for those who don't know) would be ten minutes, another thing that worried Mich is that there was nowhere to hide while waiting for the probe, and Mich didn't feel like hiding in the red smoke. Mich hoped they wouldn't ask too many questions if they found him.

Mich spotted the patrol ships flying by, it wouldn't be long for the patrol ships to spot Mich and start flying towards him. Things couldn't be anymore perfect for Mich.

Patrol 1: "This is [space rider patrol] calling to unknown ship, do you know that this place is unsafe and restricted to be at, right?"

Mich: "oh.. uh.. I didn't know this place was restricted."

Patrol 3: "Then why are you here?"

Mich: "I'm waiting for a friend, he told me to wait here."

Al-ex: "*not being picked up in the call* Probe ETA, five minutes."

Patrol 1: "Well then, tell your friend they should pick a different spot to meet up alright?"

Mich: "Yes, right, I'll for sure tell them."

Patrol 1: "Great, you're free to go."

Patrol 2: "Not so fast, can you show us some identification."

Patrol 1: "Why identification? He's free to go."

Patrol 2: "To you, can't be too safe nowadays, well unknown ship?"

Mich: "uh.. Here's my identification."

Mich then sends them a fake identification that he prepared for these types of situations.

Al-ex: "Probe ETA, two minutes."

Patrol 3: "You're wasting time [patrol 2]."

Patrol 2: "can it."

Mich was starting to get nervous, will they see through his fake ID? Mich though. After a little while, Mich spotted his probe flying towards his ship.

Patrol 3: "Is that a probe?"

Patrol 2: "what? I think it i- huh? It has a drill, he's illegally mining!"

After hearing this Mich fired a missile at the patrol, the missile was an EMP ("electromagnetic disturbance" for those who don't know") that will disable their ship for a few minutes depending on their technology. After Mich's probe docked on his ship he started up his hyperdrive and entered hyperspace.

Al-ex: "Warning, two patrol ships are trailing."

This is bad, very bad, Mich though. After hearing this Mich then exited hyperspace and flew to a nearby platen, the planet he chose had very dense clouds that were very hard to see through and scramble radar. After entering the planet Mich then entered the clouds, Mich was flying straight down to the planet. This was very dangerous but Mich knew when to pull up, because he uses this planet to practice his maneuverability. Mich then exited the clouds and was met with sharp rocks coming out of the ground of the planet surface. Mich then pulled up and started avoiding the rocks, barreling left, barreling right, this would make a critter very sick but not for Mich.

After avoiding the rocks Mich made it to a clearing and stabilized his ship. Mich was looking around trying to see if the two patrol ships were still following him, nothing, or so he thought. Mich was then hit with an EMP making his ship stop flying, he was then tractor beam which made his ship stop dead in its tracks. Little did Mich knew there was a panel that came loose behind him, from all the barreling, and after stopping so abruptly the panel flew towards the cockpit window and then hitting Mich in the face, knocking him unconscious. Seems Mich didn't account for the space riders advance technology.

End.

(here's a song I think would fit the scene, fly into a planet, avoiding obstacles, while being chased, skip to 1:50 to hear it)

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(I love your side main character and your story)

FINISH THE LYRICS:

You make me feel like I’ve been locked out of heaven for to long

I love this song.

Thank you for your kind words.

I think I did this wrong.

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Short cuts for stories

Space Riders AU: Mich

Prologue

Home Sweet Home

Status: Captured

The Artful Escape

Smiling critters

The Encounter

Introductions

Picnic

Friends

Marked

[verybigdinosour]

(I love your side main character and your story)

FINISH THE LYRICS:

You make me feel like I’ve been locked out of heaven for to long

I love this song.

Thank you for your kind words.

I think I did this wrong.

[verybigdinosour]

Home Sweet Home

Arthur's note: I made up my mindz, I'll be making Adventures with Mich episodes for when I'm bored. Enjoy.

[Space riders own by @onyxonline]

Warnings: Major gore and creepy pasta

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Mich was lying down on top of his ship, soaking up the sun. (Reference drawing here) Mich was on a water planet, on the outer solar system, enjoying his free time. Mich enjoys this type of atmosphere, calm, quiet, and peaceful. It was also very cold, Mich was at the most northern part of the planet. Mich enjoys the cold, it makes him relaxed and comfortable.

This water planet is also Mich's home base. His hide out, or more like a home that can be seen miles away, was an abandoned cargo ship that crash landed on the planet. Mich found the ship when he was traveling to different planets to find a place to call his own. As for why the cargo ship ended up here. The ship's log states that the ship was going to be decommissioned and was on its last cargo run, but they forgot to refuel the ship to bring the ship to a scrap planet after its cargo run, so to deal with this they abandoned the ship, letting it drift into space. It was a lucky find.

Another lucky find was that the ship still had some cargo, not a lot but hey, who's complaining, not Mich. The cargo was some ship parts, all were high-end parts. Mich also found somecritter's music playlist that they left, one of the songs on the playlist is Bella ciao that Mich will listen to a lot.

After Mich's sunbathing he then began tuning his ship. Red nose, Mich's ship, was a special ship, one of a kind ship. Red nose is a fast and agile ship, reaching speeds above 400 mph with its four engines. As for its agility, the ship is able to cut corners very sharp. Making it impossible to keep up, unless somecritter has the skill and ship to keep up, but Mich hasn't seen a critter with the ship and skills to defeat Mich, not yet at least. As for how Mich was able to get his paws on this ship, that's a story for another time.

Hours later

As Mich was working on his ship he finally got up to look at the sky, it was sun down. Seems Mich lost track of time while working on his ship. After Mich put away his tools he then entered the cargo ship, his home. As Mich was walking down the quiet and empty corridors of the ship he started to get sleepy, this always happens to him because inside the ship was always very cold, the cold would make Mich sleepy. After walking for a while he finally makes it to his room, after entering his room he would then collapse onto the bed, he then started to drift off to sleep wondering what will tomorrow bring.

Dream

Mich would find himself in a familiar place, his office in the weapons factory, in the dark. Mich was confused, why here of all places. As Mich was trying to think, he would hear the faint sounds of what sounded like meat and fur sizzling behind him. As Mich turned around he was met with a familiar sight, his boss, missing his right arm, half of his face and torso burned off, he was standing there, staring at Mich, with lifeless eyes.

Boss: "Why did you do it?"

Mich: "W-w-w.. what?"

Boss: "Why, why, why, why, why...."

Mich started to slowly walk backwards as his boss kept on saying "why", this was too eerie for Mich. As Mich was walking backwards something grabbed his leg making him fall onto his back. When Mich fell onto his back he noticed that he fell onto a pile of bosses. Paws started to come out of the pile, they then grabbed Mich and started pulling him into the pile, as Mich was struggling to escape more paws came out of the pile and grabbed Mich and started pulling him into the pile. Mich didn't have time to scream, he was trying so hard to escape, but to no avail. As Mich was being pulled deeper into the pile the pile of bosses started talking.

Bosses: "WHY, WHY, WHY, WHY, WHY!"

Midnight

Mich: "AAHHHH!"

Mich screamed awake, he immediately started looking around to see if he was in his room, he was. Mich sits there on his bed confused, he never had nightmares, let alone dreams. Mich was very puzzled by this nightmare. Mich sat there for thirty minutes before getting up, going to the bathroom and splashing his face with cold water. After splashing himself he then stands there looking into the water, something was not right but Mich couldn't figure out why. After standing there for another thirty minutes he then did his business in the bathroom, after his business he then put on his gear, and started walking to his ship. After arriving he gets on, starts the engine, and starts going into space to do some mercenary missions. He couldn't go back to sleep after that.

End.

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Hehe. Look at em, chiling.

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The Encounter: introductions

Part one here

Arthur's note: I'm gonna be making more of this, so stay tuned for more in the future.

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Catnap just stared at the stranger that was sitting on a throne in front of him. Catnap didn't know what to do, what can he do?

Stranger: "What's wrong? Cat got your tongue?"

The stranger chuckles a little after what he said.

Stranger: "You might be wondering, why are you here, and I'll tell you why you are here."

The Stranger stands up and starts walking to Catnap.

Stranger: "But first introductions is a must. I am called many names, these names are, The God of Punishment, The Innocence's Revenge, The Crooked Man. And many more but I prefer if you call me, The Smiler."

The Smiler stands there, in front of Catnap. Catnap wanted to move, to leave, to escape, but couldn't. The Smiler was giving off a scary aura, something that prevented Catnap from moving.

The Smiler: "Now as for why are you here, you fell into a rift." Catnap knew he fell into something, he just wanted to know why he fell. "The rift is a door to my dimension, and you stumbled upon that door, and now you are here."

Catnap finally had the courage to speak.

Catnap: "T-then why was the door in my kitchen?"

The Smiler: "The door will appear in different places, I can't control the door, so I can't prevent this from happening."

Catnap: "Will I be able to return home?"

The Smiler: "Yes, if I allow it."

Catnap didn't like that part, The Smiler might be planning something, catnap though.

Catnap: "What do you mean if you allow it?"

The Smiler: "I want you to do something for me, you can refuse if you wish."

Catnap wanted to refuse, but his kind heart started talking.

Catnap: "What is it you want?"

The Smiler leans down, bringing his hand under Catnap's chin, making sure Catnap was looking at him. Catnap shivers by The Smiler's touch.

The Smiler: "For many years I have been in my dimension, alone. I have no one to talk to, to be with. But then, you showed up. I am not asking for a lot, only for a moment is all I'm asking. Will you spend time with me, in my dimension?"

Catnap: "......."

Catnap just sits there, before he started to blush. Did he just heard right, is this Smiler, asking him out? Catnap was going to refuse, but upon a closer look, he could see that The Smiler looked very very lonely. Catnap hated seeing other critters lonely even if they have a strange look to them. Catnap worked up the courage to speak.

Catnap: "S-sure, as long as you promise to return me home."

The Smiler: "I promise."

Catnap was then helped up to his paws by an invisible force, after Catnap tried to look to see what happened to him, he then thanked The Smiler for helping him.

The Smiler: "Come, I know a place where we can, hangout."

The Smiler started walking to a set of giant doors, Catnap soon started following The Smiler. Catnap started to wonder, where is he taking me?

End of Part 2.

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Here is part 2 of Mich's back story, I might make adventures with Mich series, who knows.

This was a fun character to make, thank you [@onyxonline]

Part one here

Warnings: major gore.

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Present

Al-ex: "Warning, two patrol ships have been detected, drawing near, fast."

Al-ex, Mich's ship Ai is what brought Mich back to reality. After hearing what Al-ex said Mich quickly powers down his ship, by doing this he will not be detected by their energy readers.

Mich sits there in his ship in the dark, waiting for the patrol to pass by. After a little while Mich spotted the patrol flying by, they didn't spot Mich hiding in the planet's rings. As they flew past Mich leans back in his seat, watching as the patrol pass by. Mich noticed that the two patrol ships had a logo that he didn't recognize, it was the space riders logo.

It's something worth mentioning about Mich, he is unaware of the conflict and the continuing wars with the prototype, it was something that Mich never really paid attention to, even before he was wanted. Mich never really caught up with the news, he did hear rumors about it but Mich doesn't really believe rumors.

Mich would spend most of his time on the outer solar systems, solar systems that don't really get visitors. It's a place perfect for wanted critters who want to lie low, and Mich can't really enter in space ports and cities because of the bounty on his head.

As Mich sits there in the dark, his mind would return to the moment where he killed his boss.

Six years ago

Mich was in his office, pacing around, wondering what to do. What can he do, he has never really been in this type of situation, how will he tell the authorities about what he heard.

Knock knock.

Mich stared at the door, he knew who was at his door he was just unsure if he should open the door. In what felt like an eternity Mich decided to open the door, which he will come to regret in the future.

Boss: "Ah! There he is, how's my boy been doing?"

Mich: "Doing well, I just came to my office to pack up for the day and later I was going to tell you that the order is ready to be shipped."

Boss: "Ah, yes, thank you. Hey do you mind if I come into your office? I want to tell you something."

Mich: "Sure."

Mich then stepped aside to let his boss in. As soon as his boss stepped in, the fur at the back of Mich's neck started standing up and he started to feel something inside him. It's a feeling that Mich knew something was not right. And it's another something to mention that Mich has. A skill, he is able to sense danger. If the area feels friendly, too friendly, Mich would use his skill to see if the area is really friendly. Mich can also sense if a critter is good or bad, something that he obtained after the incident with his boss.

Mich's boss would start walking around the room, talking about his good ol' days. A conversation his boss would start, to try to calm a critter down. It didn't calm Mich down he knew what his boss was doing and he was not falling for it.

Boss: "You know. I would always wish, when I see a shooting star, to relive those days. Don't you, Mich?"

His boss would turn to him, then pulled out a gun from his coat and point it at Mich, then pulled the trigger.

One explosion from the gun later, Mich was sent flying, his back slamming into the wall, then collapsing onto the floor.

That didn't go according to Mich's plane. What Mich did was when he sensed that his boss had a gun on him, and when his boss walked close to Mich. Mich used his tail to disabled the gun that was on his boss, by doing this it would cause the gun to not fire. As for the round that didn't fire, it would remain in the gun until it's enabled then it would fire the round. But apparently his boss was using a compound that was not suitable for the gun, which caused the gun to explode.

(major gore warning here)

Mich just laid there conscious but wounded, Mich could smell the blood, burning flesh and fur, and the gun compound that his boss used in the room. With what little strength Mich has he finally got up, as he got up he noticed something that was outside his window. As he looked to see what it was, Mich's heart sank deep, outside his window was a billboard and on that billboard showed the face of a wanted critter, Mich was on that billboard, he is the wanted critter.

The only conclusion that Mich could come up with, after seeing the billboard, is that his boss was going to use this as leverage to get rid of Mich, no loose ends, is what critters would call it. Mich couldn't really get an answer, because his boss is dead. Speaking of his boss Mich then looked at his boss to see what happened to him, what Mich saw didn't faze him. His boss was missing his right arm, half of his torso and face were burned off. His boss laid there, dead. Usually, critters in this situation would be frightened, scared, screaming, and emotionally scarred. That was not the case for Mich, another skill of his was staying cool and calm in situations like this. The sight of death would not scar him, instead he would learn from it, on how to survive and not meet their same fate.

After staring at his boss for a while, Mich then turned around and started walking out of the factory. The walk to the outside was a groling one, it was the start of something and to put an end to another thing. This incident would cause Mich to not trust a lot of critters and the only thing he could trust was himself. What felt like forever Mich was finally outside, at the back of the factory, Mich then looked up to the sky, taking in a big deep breath before entering the forest that was at the back of the factory. And from there on he would begin to live the life of a wanted critter, to live a life outside the law.

(song that I think would fit in this scene, Mich walking through factory wounded and broken)

End of Part 2.

[verybigdinosour]

Seems I forgot to add more background info about Mich, woops.

Anyway, here's a story about how he became wanted.

Space Riders OC post here

Part two here

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Mich was sitting there, in his ship at the cockpit watching as the other ships leave and enter the space port next to a planet it was stationed at.

It was dangerous where he's at but the thought of being spotted by a space patrol never came to his mind, he knew he was safe by hiding his ship in the planet's rings. Although dangerous it was the perfect spot to not be spotted.

As Mich sits there he couldn't help but remember the day he became a wanted critter.

Six Years Ago

Mich was or used to be a weapon specialist, his job was to test weapons to see if they function properly with no problems before they were sent off to the critters who bought them.

Mich was a workaholic often staying late, forgetting to eat, doesn't get a good rest, Mich was hyper focused on his job than anything. Some of the coworkers at the factory would believe he was a robot in secret because of how he works.

Mich didn't have anything else to do, he didn't have a family to visit or to talk to, he was an orphan. Apparently after he was born he was left at the doors of an orphanage 'so they've said' and grew up there. He never knew who his parents were, throughout his childhood he never really made any friends he was focused on school and history, agriculture, and manufacturing reading. The friends he did make were a group of critters that called themselves 'The Wild Bunch', Mich would chuckle every time he would think about it, Mich would never forget the memories he made with them forever. But things had to come to an end when the critters were adopted, all except for him. It was common for Mich to not be adopted and soon he would come to accept the fact that nobody wanted him, which would eat at him for the time to come. After coming of age he worked at a weapons factory as a helper, then worked his way to a weapon specialist. He was always fascinated by the weapons that were made, which would turn him into a gun nut/weapons expert.

It was another late day at the factory, Mich was finishing up checking on an order for a critter, after he was done he then went looking for his boss to tell him that the order was ready to be transported. Mich was walking to his boss's office and before he could open the door he could hear the sound of critters talking, he decided to listen in on their conversation, he could make out the sound of his boss and another critter that sounded familiar.

Boss: "I assure you that the critter who is checking up on your order is one of my best weapons specialists."

Mystery critter: "But does he know who the order belongs to? And are you sure he won't found out?"

Boss: "If it comes to it I will personally deal with it myself. And you make sure the money gets into my account, [Name of a wanted critter]."

Mich's heart sank, he couldn't believe what he was hearing, he couldn't believe that his boss was selling weapons to wanted critters. He didn't know what to think, but his mind would come back into reality after hearing the door to his boss's office open. Mich after seeing that the door was open, noticed that his paw was on the open button. After seeing it Mich begins to run quickly and quietly 'to not let them hear where he was going' to his office, as he was running he couldn't help but wonder {how many orders he was checking was from wanted critters}, in the future he would find out that half of the orders he was checking were for wanted critters.

End of Part 1.

[verybigdinosour]

The Encounter

Arthur's note: I had an idea and now I'm making it come true.

Warnings: none

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Quietness, is what catnap could hear when he woke up, then all of a sudden he was hit with a cold chill down his spine, if he wasn't awake then he is now.

Catnap then shot up quickly after the chill down his spine passed, he then looked around to see where he was at but he couldn't see due to the poorly lit room, his only source of light was coming from behind what looked like window curtains. As he kept looking he could make out that he was in a big and long hallway.

While sitting there Catnap begins to think 'How did I end up here?', as he tries to think he then remembers he was with DogDay and Kickin inside of his house hanging out. He went to the kitchen to get snacks and drinks but before he could retrieve them out the corner of his eye a chair fell through the floor, he then looks to see if what he saw at the corner of eye was true but it wasn't long before he too was falling through. He didn't have time to react, before he knew it he was already through the floor and passed out due to shock.

Catnap just sits there on the marble floor after remembering what happened to him, his ears began to twitch after hearing what sounded like someone moving, before he could say who's there someone started talking.

Stranger: "Well, well, well. Looks like someone has fallen through the rift."

All of a sudden light fills the room after the sound of curtains open, Catnap shields his eyes and hissed a little because he wasn't prepared for there to be light so suddenly, after his eyes began to adjust to the light, in front of him was the stranger.

End of Part 1.