Something New

The slight noise she had heard suddenly shifted into a brief moment of chaos as a few snapping twigs gave away the heavy footfalls that were running toward the trees she was resting in followed by the distinct bleating from a panicked prey animal. Ah, so it was some sort of predator on a hunt that she had heard then. That settled her curiosity at least, but she still remained on alert just in the off chance that said predator was a tiger or lion that wouldn't take too kindly to her presence near its kill just in case it noticed her here. A brief thud and tumble just outside of the curtain of willow branches finally landed with a solid thump within the scope of her view here, the movement causing the branches to be disturbed for a moment and revealed the massive, pale brute that had a doe firmly in his clutches. She watched as he slowly drew out his kill, the doe uselessly fighting against its inevitable doom while he held its throat tightly between his jaws.

Her aqua gaze connected with the slightly lighter, more icy blue of his and a slight smirk pulled across her lips and a curious brow lifted as he continued to strangle the doe, taking his time with his kill rather than just killing it quickly and being done with it. She would catch glimpses of him through the leaves as the branches continued to lightly sway, his eyes not wavering from hers while he finished his kill. She got the sense that he would have slowly killed the deer regardless of whether he had noticed her here or not, but now that he realized he had an audience he was intentionally making a bit of a show of it. Her large, feline front paws crossed over one another neatly while she waited for him to release the doe, the smirk still lingering on her lips, throughly amused with this burly stranger and his unintentionally dramatic entrance.

Eventually the doe fell still and its hunter released it, allowing him to draw up to his full height. Even through the willow branches that obscured him she could tell that he matched Alastor in his height and build and that was only confirmed as the male decided to pick up his prize and drag it into the privacy of the willow tree she had been occupying. Now that she could get a full look at him she could notice the subtle, but interesting, gray and silver markings that speckled his coat and created a soft shadow across his face to frame his piercing eyes. While not her usual taste of dark or vibrant appearances, he was still quite handsome and certainly had the heavier, more muscular build she could appreciate. He greeted her politely and apologized for startling her before gesturing to his kill, offering to 'buy' her dinner to make up for it which made her grin and chuckle in response. She considered him for a moment before finally chuckling and giving in with a small wave of her paw. "Well, how could I turn that down?"

"Manea Mendacium"