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Ione padded across the quiet university ground, passing through the lengthening shadows of early evening. She preferred this time of day; neither too hot or too cold, and the fact that the sin was beginning to set meant that she could leave her umbrella at home. Given the general heat of the day, she had taken to languishing about until the later hours when she could escape and work off her cabin fever.

Ione began to head towards the area surrounding the Plaza. Perhaps there would be something going on tonight, though if there was too much of a crowd, she's have to either find somewhere else to go, or else hang out on the outskirts. She still wasn't too terribly found of crowds, though she wondered if that would ever really change nowadays. Too much bumping and jostling, and it just made her hot and uncomfortable. Crossing into the side streets of the Plaza, a breeze rustled around her, brushing coolly across the bare skin of her arms. She shivered a little and sighed, rubbing a herself with a gloved hand to work some warmth back into her limbs, still feeling rather listless.

Reaching the Plaza, Ione perched on a bench off to the side, considering where she would forage for her dinner. Some roasted almonds sounded really good, if she could convince the vendor to part with a few. Or perhaps one of the humans, but... She shuddered. It was a mark of how much she had progressed what she'd even begin to consider approaching a human, but she still didn't trust them as a whole. Not even close. Not since the facility... Ione absentmindedly rubbed her neck, remembering the feel of the cold metal.

Then a cry cut through her thoughts and the glanced, up, ears flicking towards the source of the noise. Over by a telephone pole was a mostly white female being harassed by a pair of crows. Looking around hurriedly, Ione spotted an empty bottle lying next to a nearby trashcan. Running towards it, she picked up with both hands and smashed it with all her might against the ground, turning her face away to protect herself from the shards of glass. Selecting a particularly long piece, she dashed towards the female and the crows. Leaping on one of the big birds, she slashed at it with the glass shard, hissing and biting at it's neck. Tumbling head over wings over tail, she jumped up, fur standing on end and advanced on the other bird, hissing and baring her fangs. "Go on, beat it, you @$&%!!" She shouted, brandishing her makeshift weapon. "And you too!" She added, kicking at the first bird still lying on the ground. Glaring and still making a show of aggression, Ione watched as the two black birds flew off, then turned to check on the female.

"Are you okay? They didn't get you too bad, did they?" The Oriental and Maine Coon mix asked with concern, checking the other over for injuries.

Ione smiled slightly at the show of manners, giving a brief nod in return. "Pleased to meet you too. I'm Ione." She replied, looking the other up and down. The glasses reminded her of Mirelle, but it seemed this female needed them more than her Aunt did and her hair was several shades lighter than the dark red Ione had inherited from her mother. "I'm glad you're alright."

Glancing down, Ione surreptitiously dropped the glass shard behind her and licked the edge of her mouth clean of the flecks of crow blood. Bleeech. Disgusting. She had hunted sparrows and the like before, but she decided she didn't much like the taste of crow. "Are you new to this area? I don't think I've seen you before." Looking Beryl over again, Ione didn't think she seemed much of a fighter. She seemed too... clean. Granted, that wasn't a definite indication of anything, but the other female certainly didn't look like she had gotten her barrings yet. Another breeze whispered across the shady Plaza, and Ione fluffed her tail, trying to protect herself a bit. She hadn't expected it to start cooling down this early.