[PRP] Without a Trace [Moto'Seide x Veru]

[Kaelyndra]

It took Huo a precious few seconds to realize that Nono was not telling him what the crocodile had said. The juvenile was taking slow steps backwards, hoping he could simply shrink in size and the crazy black and white lioness would not even know he was gone.

A glance to the dune behind him shielded him from the toss of the cloak. He panicked, momentarily, as everything blurred and grew completely dark. The pressure on his head made his whole body flatten and he hunkered down there listening to the tail end of Nono's voice.

Die out there alone.

Was this what being kidnapped was like? The huria felt his stomach churn, and he tucked his paws carefully into the sand. He shuffled under the cloak, then understanding she could see this, he grew still.

And waited.

Mimsey

 

[Hopefolly]

Stupidity had its limits. These Firekin weren't such arrant fools they'd overlook a shifting bundle of cub beneath the makeshift hiding place. Once Nono was as certain as she could be the huria wouldn't do anything stupid, she left him there, heading for the guards at a pace leisurely enough to not seem hurried beyond simple etiquette. They were coming to see her, so it was only natural to meet them halfway.

Maybe she'd keep him if they didn't want him. It was getting tiresome out here and if he'd be forced to leave eventually under their laws anyway... This was assuming they didn't challenge her story she hadn't seen him.

Or maybe she'd use having caught him as leverage to gain entry so there would be no more nonsense battles.

Decisions, decisions.

Several feet from her destination of that imaginary halfway marker, Nono realized just who she was looking at. "Moto'Seide," she announced loudly, then without further ado, she irrupted into deep laughter, the kind that comes from the belly.

Mimsey

Kaelyndra

 

[Mimsey]

The pair finally met up with the strange rogue, but much of the force behind his steps was stolen by the sudden, awkward sound of her laughter. His tail twitched, uncertain if he had missed the punchline. With a glance towards his mate, he could only assume this wasn't the first time the two had met.

Seide wasn't exactly taken to joking, or strange rogues for that matter. He could only imagine what the prior meeting between the two had been like. The white lion stepped forward, his strange eyes oddly critical for once. This tension had wound tighter with each passing moment. "Something wrong?"

The laugh seemed to continue whole heartedly.

He glanced at Seide curiously, his brow raising in an unspoken: 'She's crazy, right?' gesture.

Kaelyndra