Nocturne

*Artemis* · 03-07-2017, 07:04 PM

So this was a man of few words, hmm? Artemis gave him an appreciative once over. His earthen coat was typical of the region, and his features relatively handsome, as far as she was concerned. Her curiosity burned as to the nature of his scars, but she knew better than to ask. She pined for younger years when she wouldn't have hesitated to blurt out the question. Instead, she took his invitation to lead with a smile, turning with a dramatic flick of her tail. He could grump around all he liked, it wouldn't save him. "So Ruthgar," she began, turning the words over in her mouth before she went on, debating. "How are you liking our new home?" Normally she wasn't one for small talk, but neither was she going to call any man like this 'ally' if he wasn't willing to at least attempt some ghost of a partnership. The fact that he was willing to come along at all was surprising, but... good! Artemis was surprised to find herself pleased by his acquiescence to follow at all.

As for herself, she felt immediately and immensely infatuated with the wild lands Chaos held claim to. The mountains were savage, but beautiful. The steppe was a fertile land but wild as well, endless tracts of moorland and grassland and stone fields. Artemis was finding herself greeting each misty morning with a deep breath of crisp, fresh air. Currently they moved through a forest of pine and cedar, the signature flaking bark of their trunks releasing a sharp, sweet scent. Artemis reveled in it, embracing the situations she had somehow found herself in. She hoped Ruthgar felt the same enthusiasm, but something about his dour persona made her doubt that. "Still haven't dug out a den of my own," she confessed as they went. "Nothing less than perfect will do," she quipped with a sing-song bit of laughter. After all, if this was to be her home from now on, why should she put up with anything else? All she could do was hope that Ruthgar would put up with her subtle househunting as they went along their way.

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