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A dark Feli had situated himself beneath the gnarled roots of a tall and somewhat withered oak, nestled between some of the larger ones that formed a small bed of sorts. He lay there, rolled onto his side with his underbelly protruding outward for all to see, his glinting red eyes half-closed. Multiple Feli had passed him, shooting him awkward but cautious glances as they meandered by. He'd merely grinned back at them, a maliciously deviant expression that looked wholly out of a very well-done horror movie.

Of course, looks were always decieving, and Enigma was most certainly not as fearsome as he seemed to enjoy making himself seem.

Enigma shifted a bit as a dark, furry something flopped down onto him, gazing up at her as she bowed with a quirked brow. He sat up, stretched from head to tail, and yawned - all very, very slowly, as if doing so deliberately, though why was unknown. He smiled at the female, seating himself in the grass before her.

"It's quite alright, dear," he said, his thick voice quite unlike that of most Feli. "You meant no harm, and therefore did none."

He shook his head, his long ears flopping around. "No, no, I'm fine." He stood up and circled her, wiggling a bit as he did so. "See? Nothing's broken."

He chuckled to himself at the irony of such a comment. Why, a dead Feli getting hurt... how absurd!

"What's your name, love?" he asked, plopping back down in front of her. "And don't be afraid - I don't bite." He grinned at this.

His tail gave a long, slow flicker, as if it had been caught in some random updraft.

"Ah, Reina - a lovely name. Does it mean anything?" He glanced down and stretched out the toes of his paw, observing it idly for a moment.

"I'm but a shadow with no name, but those who know of me call me Enigma." He smirked at her. "It's a pleasure you meet you, Miss Reina." He extended that paw for a polite shake.

"It would do you a great justice, I think, to have a meaningful name, made-up or not." He smiled at her as he returned his paw to the ground.

"A shadow, a whisper, nothing more than a dream..." He flexed his wings a bit. "The pleasure's all mine. And please - just Enigma." He wasn't a fan of unnecessary formalities.

"New? That would depend solely upon your definition of the word." He winked at her. "I've been around longer than you, that's for certain, even here in this place for as long as I can remember; but I've been - ah, sleeping - for quite some time, and only recently was I reawakened to be reintroduced to the world."

He chortled, throwing his head back to allow him a full-blown laugh.

"Ah, Reina darling, such a clever one you are!" He regained his composture a moment later, settling back down. He folded his wings about his back.

"To put it bluntly, I am indeed dead." He smiled curiously at her. "Even so, do not judge a book by his cover, however gruesome it may seem."

"How? Again, darling, that depends on your meaning." He smiled at her, lifting a paw to his face to give it a few casual licks.

"If you're wondering how I died, I can hardly remember. It was ages ago. I remember vaguely the taste of jealously, fear, anger, hate, and remorse on my last day among the living.

Now, if you want to know how I'm still alive, per se, that I truly could not explain to you. Only one with far greater knowledge of such things could tell you. I do know, however, that I am not the only one of my kind."