for gold and glory

She fell. And the bird laughed at her. Calling her selfish. Mocking and cackling at her and saying that she hoped Medusa cut her paws on stones, trip over roots, and smash her nose in a coyote corpse. Okay, so the last part Medusa would do without any prompting anyway, but her ears folded back as the bluejay hurled insults, and called her a mammal! What was a mammal anyway!? She felt the sting of hot tears and her face flushed hot as well as the bird continued. It reminded her of the things some of the wolves back "home" in Habari said to her, and she just couldn't understand why everyone was so mean to her! Even a bird! All she wanted was to collect the shiny things and have a pretty blue feather like the bluejay, but of course, she still wasn't quite in the mindset of an actual adult to be able to socialize very well.

She sat slumped on the ground for a few moments until the bird started dive-bombing her, and although she wasn't actually being hit yet, the skeleton marked girl acted on emotional instinct. "Medusa just wanted shiny things and blue feathers to put in her fur so she's pretty like you! But birds and wolves are mean to Medusa! Medusa hates home and she hates birds now, too!" Okay, so the last part she'd likely get over. Birds were pretty, and she liked listening to them sing in the morning. But this one was rude! (of course, she had been rude first).

She got to her paws and launched herself in the air, teeth snapping wildly as she tried to snatch the bluejay from the air. It was a significantly smaller creature than what she was used to, but she was determined to make the bird eat her own words! Maybe she could knock some feathers off in the process and use them as accessories!

Medusa vs Aster for Dominance (shut up and stop being mean! Also...I want a feather...!)
Round: 1/?
Age: over 1yr
Size: Medium
Build: Light
Skills: Intermediate Fighter & Novice Hunter

"Speech"