In the meantime, between fights you could train and socialize with the other slaves. Anda, Chonmo, Fimzi and Nuzri were content to just hang around by themselves. As a bloc, we had some safety and power. The group trained and ate together at all times. In fact, they were not very happy to be bothered by others. It was a fine strategy if they were fine with their own strength and speed. They had gotten through 2 fights already. Some dedication to the gladiator lifestyle was needed to survive. I would join them for a bit before wandering off on my own for the rest of my time. There were some that cat-called me as I passed by. That was not pleasing for me. "Dirty old man. I do not need this shit. Fuck that guy!" I muttered under my breath as I moved on. I felt a tug on my tail which made me freeze in place before jolting forward. Since the tail was literally an extension of my spine, it fucked me up to have it manipulated. I turned around and glared at who did it. It was a human that was smirking. "What's up, kitty boy!? Want some milk!?" the dark-haired young man said, gyrating his hips at me.
Doing something rash would not help me in any way. I just ignored him and continued walking. Obviously, it was not over for him. He chased after me and grabbed for a second time at my tail. I was not going through that again if I could help it. I yanked it out of his reach before he could talk hold of it. He just sucked his teeth at me and said "C'mon! We know all of you kitties are playing hard to get. All you have to do is get some of us veterans off. We will take care of you. You don't have to worry about it alright." Other humans watching us laughed along with him. I was going to enjoy killing the shit out of him. I rolled my eyes and turned to keep going to the training area for a bit of practice. That was when I bumped into someone. It was like knocking into a wall of stone and I fell on my butt. I looked up and saw the Golden Boy looking down on me. He was looking a bit smug as he offered a hand to me. "You must be pretty weak if just bumping into me knocked you on your ass like that." he said. That was probably true. I was still a low-level fighter. Picking myself off the ground, I sighed.
Even if I wanted to do anything about it, there was nothing that I could do to someone so much stronger than me. In places like these, you had to pick your battles very carefully. "Thank you for the concern." I said to him before I left. No one was left in my way. I got to practice with the net and trident as it seemed interesting to me. When everything was said and done, I worked up a good sweat. I was done throwing and stabbing and it felt good, I was sure that I would just be using the spears. It was just easier, and I felt that I was able to do more damage with them. I went back to the cell to see what my clanmates were doing. None of them were in the cell when I got there. I had to wait half an hour for them to return. They were talking together and making plans for the future fights. Since that was the case, we were able to form some strategies for the next time we would go out. Just before lights out, they guy who pulled my tail came over to our cell. He smirked at us while looking at our sleep pile. We blinked at him and waited until he got on with it. That was not the response he wanted.
Finally, he sucked his teeth and said "The name's Camus. You might think that you're the best fighters after your first day, but that's just luck. Being too prideful is what is going to get dumb beasts like you killed. When you see a human in here, you give them the right of way. You let the humans get all of the first picks at food." We had not been deferring to anyone when it was time to get meals or practice. It was not the way to make allies, but we were already a group of 5. "That's what you kitty boys are going to do from now on, alright!?" Camus finished with a menacing look. I just rolled my eyes. Like hell was I going to listen to him. Surprisingly, it was Clover that came to our defense. "It's a bit late to be wandering around this side of the pits." the mighty centaur said from behind him. Camus flinched and turned around. "He was with me. Don't worry." Alvin said with an innocent looking smile as he wrapped a firm arm around Camus's shoulder. That made Camus calm down immediately. "If you have nothing better to do than bother others, get lost." Cover said as he crossed his arms.
