drink the poison lightly

Oh how she loved this mangrove, particularly at night time where it glowed so brilliantly that she could only stop to marvel at it. She was back yet again, snuffling amongst the bushes to make the light dance all around, not a care in the world. Life was too precious to be worried all the time, and she took every opportunity to have some fun and be carefree whenever she could. Inoki thought she was alone, but with the shift of the wind the scent of someone vaguely familiar caught her attention, and she stopped what she was doing to look around.

Ears flicked forward, she stood as tall as her short legs would allow, until finally a wolf figure appeared. But they were... not someone she recognised. The fur was dark and fiery, with glowing crystals around the eyes and embedded in the thick neck fur. Inoki had never seen this wolf in her life, and yet the scent was so familiar. "I'm sorry do I... know you?" Her nose was scrunched up in confusion as she spoke, eyes squinting slightly as she looked over the large wolf. Something here was not quite right, and she just couldn't figure it out.