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Chert folded his arms across his chest and leaned against the smooth bark of a tree. One corner of his mouth twisted downwards slightly. "I'm not really sure. Could be I've found him." It was an empty dig, borne mostly out of frustration at James' impenetrable stoicism.

*New Roleplay*

Emerwyn spent most of the next day wandering about, looking for Ian. The previous night had left her with such a feeling of helplessness. And fear.
And now, she found herself in the jungle, all day. All day she wandered, until she'd forgotten just what it was she was looking for.

The night was still frightening. No matter what she did or said to comfort herself, she still could not shake this terrible fear that she'd never known before. It wasn't even the knowledge that someone had been attacked, not the knowledge that there could be a killer somewhere.
True, it had began with all of that, but now it had evolved. Or more, simplified. Into the pure fear of being alone, lost and helpless. A small, weak animal.
This was not Emerwyn.

Her step grew slower as her cause grew lost. Her head began to nod as fatigue threatened to rear its ugly head.

Over the past few days Rex's routine had been interrupted by several obscure new things on the island. The storm for one, the harm of Aubrey for another. What had particularly happened to her?

As a way to soothe his mind and thoughts, Rex went for an evening stroll which soon led him into the jungle where things got alot darker. The lion's eyesight was superb in the shaded lighting and things were able to be seen as clear as day. The new smells of the jungle wafted into his nose and the slightest breeze alerted Rex's new whiskers, being a cat had it's advantages and disadvantages.

He crept along until two new scents came to his attention. The hair on the back of his neck stood stiff where had been zapped the other day for no apparent reason. Maybe the smells were the murderers...

Suddenly Rex's steps inched through the dense jungle silently, sniffing down the source of the odor.

Alec's heart was threatening to explode from his chest as he held his breath at the sound of approaching steps. He had actually slithered halfway behind a tree by the time he heard the female voice tentatively testing the air for any presence. He couldn't see a thing save for a few feet infront of him, and she didn't sound familiar.

"e...ello?" He hoarsely responded, finding it hard to spit out the word from his constricted throat. Rustling leaves shattered the silence and he could only assume she was making the noise.

Only seconds after the young man warily spoke to her in the dark, another voice came up behind her.
She jumped, and spun, and very nearly bolted.
Her breath caught, and she saw something not altogether familiar. Yet, she could have sworn she'd seen him before. Slowly, she backed up, to take both of the men into her view.

She smiled awkwardly. She'd been 'attacked' on either side by greetings. It was an uncanny coincidence that the three should all meet in this vast jungle at once.

Rex stepped out of the shadows and into a skinny moonbeam where he could make himself known to the public. It hadn't quite dawned on him that perhaps the others couldn't see as well in the dark forest as he could.

"Howdy Alec," he said, acknowledging the figured slumped on the bottom of the tree. Then Rex turned to the other woman, the deer. He could sense that he'd frightened her, or she'd been uneasy before hand. "I feel like I've met you before... but just in case," he offered a hand to the lady, "Rex." A smile creaked at his lips, toothy fangs baring themselves menacingly. The vicious connotation of the fangs was quite ironic compared to Rex's smooth and calm demeanor.

The punk teen calmed when he recognized the familiar greeting from Rex though he swallowed hard when he watched him step into the faint light. "He-..." His voice almost cut out but he forced himself to continue. This was Rex, he wasn't a monster. "'ey, mate. 'ow are ye?"

Attention turned to the woman who seemed clearly upset, somehow glad he wasn't amongst bad company. At least it didn't seem bad, since they were all pretty nervous of each other. "Alec." He nodded a greeting that was probably lost in the dark.