09-11-2021, 09:38 PM
MAURTIA
Maurtia pauses her own investigation to watch Malik rise up from the ground, which is a much more interesting endeavour than just watching ordinary birds take off. She's a little jealous, even though she can only imagine that her long tail would get all tangled up in trees and branches if she ever tried to fly.
So just like that, her jealousy disappears and she returns her attention to the ground so she can find her lost companion.
She is just checking under a fallen leaf - you never know with shadows - when Malik asks about her luck. She shakes her head, forgetting for the moment that he might not be actually looking at her. Her eyes widen and her heart jumps at his exclamation and she cranes her head up to watch as he dives through the trees. Hope swells and then disappointment causes it to sink a moment later when the shadow her new friend was chasing wasn't the shadow they were looking for.
Maurtia offers him an encouraging smile anyway and continues to root around near the trunks of the trees until she hears some rustling and her head snaps towards it. Malik is still in the corner of her eye so it's not him - and she's not sure where Birdbrain got to but the darkness that shifts is not as solid. She leaps, disregarding the way her tail collects leaves in her rush, and there's a short awkward scramble before Maurtia turns around beams at Malik as a sheepish-looking shadow wolf slinks into the dappled sunlight.
She is too relieved to be annoyed at her companion anymore so her voice is bright when she makes the introduction. "Malik, meet Deebee."
So just like that, her jealousy disappears and she returns her attention to the ground so she can find her lost companion.
She is just checking under a fallen leaf - you never know with shadows - when Malik asks about her luck. She shakes her head, forgetting for the moment that he might not be actually looking at her. Her eyes widen and her heart jumps at his exclamation and she cranes her head up to watch as he dives through the trees. Hope swells and then disappointment causes it to sink a moment later when the shadow her new friend was chasing wasn't the shadow they were looking for.
Maurtia offers him an encouraging smile anyway and continues to root around near the trunks of the trees until she hears some rustling and her head snaps towards it. Malik is still in the corner of her eye so it's not him - and she's not sure where Birdbrain got to but the darkness that shifts is not as solid. She leaps, disregarding the way her tail collects leaves in her rush, and there's a short awkward scramble before Maurtia turns around beams at Malik as a sheepish-looking shadow wolf slinks into the dappled sunlight.
She is too relieved to be annoyed at her companion anymore so her voice is bright when she makes the introduction. "Malik, meet Deebee."
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Malik