[Quiet Man Cometh]

"Mirri looked across at the window where the other cats had gone back in, hoping that it wasn't really for something as frivolous as a bell that might be retrieved later, assuming enough of the place remained intact. She listened carefully to the noises coming from the inside of the window and wishing that more cats would be coming outside.

She looked down at the small kitten under her chest and said quietly, "I think we're going to have to find a new home for ourselves."

[Wicked]

Simone startled awake. Coughing violently.
She squinted through the smoke into the face of a strange cat.
She aimed a questioning sound at the new feline.

"Prrr?"

So many questions contained in that one small noise.
Who are you? Are you helping me?
Can we get out safely? Where's the window? What do we do?

Simone's eyes were wide, she was terrified. She began panting lightly
and her sharp little teeth were slightly bared.

Not in a threat to the stranger, simply a grimace of worry and confusion.

There was a terrible groaning sound above them.
The heat was causing the ceiling to warp, buckle and bend
but the silvery feline didn't know any of that.

To her mind the shop sounded alive and in pain.

Simone flattened her ears to her head and tried to shut out the sound.

[DarkForbidden-Love]

Kage was glad the other cat was still alive. Now she needed to get it out out of the burning building. She ingnored the sound the cat made, it would be better if they did not know who she was. "The windows this way." She said to the cat before it could lose consiousness again. Her voice was horse from all the smoke. "We need to hurry the building will colaspe soon."

[Wicked]

Simone was hardly aware of where she was being directed. She felt numb all over. She found the window and was ready to hop out into the alley when.. "What about you? You need to get out too!" The smoke was pouring out into the alley in an enormous storm cloud. Not being low to the ground now the acrid smoke was choking her again. She deftly leapt off the sill and found herself on the familiar pavement. There were other cats here but she didn't think this was the time to make introductions. "Hey! You need to get out of there!" She called up to the empty window.

[DarkForbidden-Love]

Kage had heard the cat's call but ignored it. There was two cats still inside and if she had time she wanted to grab that bell. Kage jumped when a piece of the building came down near where she was. "Hey, you guys need to get out quick, the building is falling!" She shouted into the smoke and started coughing almost imediatly. She lowered her head until it was touching the floor and went to find the two cats and hopefully a bell.

[Funkduder]

Quintus circled the room , heading towards the window as fast as his tired legs could carry him. He was starting to feel hot, hotter than usual, especially on his face. "This metal will be my undoing if I don't get out faster," he thought as he heard another platform break behind him.

He saw the black cat jump down onto the ground just before he reached the sill. Standing on it, he looked down and called out, "Let's go! There isn't much time left!"

[Espy]

Ciaran felt Quintus sweep past him as he slunk through the shop towards where Rin usually slept. After several long minutes, the smoke and acrid odor was starting to get to him, burning his nose. He shook his head violently to clear his eyes, and his earring clanged against something metallic and sent it spinning away. The bell...! With a soft *cling*-ing, it hit a wall on the far end under a bookshelf.

...Well...shit. Agile as he was, Ciaran was still the largest shop cat, and would never be able to get that bell. Unless...

He was beginning to become a bit disoriented, and ran headlong into the broom, propped up against a wall, he was looking for. He easily dragged it back to the bookshelf and without much of a hitch proceeding to sweep the bell, now dusty, out from under it. He ran over, picked it up gently in his jaws, turned around to leave...

...and stopped. For the one who spent the least amount of time actually indoors, Ciaran was still strongly attached to his mound of rags that he called a bed. Padding over, he nuzzled it lightly with the tip of his nose, then flopped into it, despite the growing heat and smoke. After some time of tossing and turning, he reluctantly clambered back out, a bit unsteadily, then stared at the pile.

...Really. Why am I doing this...? Ciaran wondered a few moments later as he gingerly dropped the bell in the middle of one of his rags, then took the corners in his mouth. The only way to carry both...

He turned to leave and nearly ran headlong into a strange black cat with a slight limp. But his vision was starting to blur; no time to ask questions. He heaved himself out of the window at a slight run and landed ungracefully outside, sense dulled.

[Quiet Man Cometh]

When Ciaran fell out the window it was as much as Mirri could stand not to just leave Rin where she was and check on her other reluctant, but even though her last litter was long since grown, mother instincts where hard to abandon and she picked up Rin again and gingerly carried the kitten as close as she dared to the burning building. She tucked Rin into a small nick in a wall far enough away from the building to not pose any danger and hoped the young kitten would stay put for once (( :p )) before approaching Ciaran. Black smoke from decades of packed items and antiques swelling out the window.

[Espy]

Breathing heavily, Ciaran slowly got to his feet and staggered towards Mirri, not bothering to walk what seemed to be a very long distance to Rin, then dropped the bundle and coughed. He'd done his job, but...who was still left inside?

[DarkForbidden-Love]

Kge had seen the reddish-borwn cat had gotten themself out of the building and collected the bell. Kage was worried for the other cat she had heard earlier but not seen. Kage was seaching amoung the smoke when she accidently ran into what see assumed was the last cat, "Come on," She urged the cat who might have been gray or it might be covered in ash, "You don't have any more time to dwaddle, the building is falling." Kage would push the cat out the window if she had to. "Get out quickly."

[Demonskid]

Rin heard it. It was muffled by the cloth but she heard it and she ran to it.

"My bell! Ciaran saved my bell! Yay!" She pawed at the cloth.

[Quiet Man Cometh]

When Ciaran hobbled his way towards Rin, Mirri jumped up to put her paws on the window, trying to keep her head clear of the smoke. Her voice still clear from being outside she called out:

"Is their anyone still in here? Quintus! Sekhmet! Jinx!"

[Wicked]

Simone slipped away from the other cats. This was hardly the time for "nice to meet you" and she knew they must be terribly worried about whomever remained in the shop. The crate wouldn't be big enough to accommodate everyone so she couldn't exactly offer much in the way of hospitality. She sat, a few feet removed from the others, and waited - hoping everyone got out okay.

[Demonskid]

Rin heard Mirri call out inside the shop but she was to busy checking her precious bell over for any hurts it may have sustained. satisfied that it was only covered in soot and dust she laid down and hugged it to her.

"Thank you."

[Espy]

"Mmph," Ciaran coughed, slightly peeved. Quintus, you idiot, quit your yowling and get you ass down here... He'd like to think he didn't have ties to anything, but he'd be lying to himself if he did.

[Funkduder]

Quintus sat from the fire escape as he watched his home, his first and only human home, burn and crumble under the flames started by who-knows-what. Although he was feeling sentimental, this was no time for sadness. He began climbing down and situated himself next to Ciaran, although his attention was drawn astray to someone else, there's one that was not with the group before.

The leopard-grey cat seemed to be more focused on the other building than on the group in front of her, and seemed less hostile, almost like the a certain other stray that disappeared. Turning to Ciaran, his eyes wanted to show interest in the newcomer...but his face was masked with sadness.