Useless Exploration

Walk | Talk | Think

Desperately Callisto's blue eyes sought a shadow, some movement, anything within the blinding pitch around her to give away where it was the white wolf was hiding. But though she had been confident when she turned that she would now be facing him, each second that followed brought with it a growing uncertainty. How could she possibly know when she could not even see the nose at the end of her muzzle? He was a wraith in the darkness, the living, breathing monster who had haunted her steps no matter where she went, and she was blind to him now. But...he was blind to her too.

She wanted to take more comfort from the thought than she did, but it was a hard thing to do. Even as she stilled her growl, letting her own silence mask her position, she knew being sure of either of their locations was going to be a challenge. Her ears strained to hear him and he made it relatively easy, chuckling openly as he moved about in relation to her. Trying to keep her wits about her, Callisto returned to scenting the air, using what information she could gather to create a better layout of where they were next to each other.

It took the male speaking again for her to better pinpoint where he stood. To her left, and a lot closer to her tail than she would have liked. Resisting the urge to hurriedly turn herself away, the shuffling sounds of which would have been much too telling, Calli slowly turned herself in place, aligning her left side once again with her aggressor. No way was she going to let him get the better of her, not in these conditions, not in good conditions. Not ever.

Staying quiet was her new plan. If he could not hear her and she moved around as little as possible, he was less likely to guess exactly where she was within the darkness. Really, it was all much harder than simply that, but in theory it felt sound. Only she had not counted on her temper. Perhaps it was her heat causing her to feel a stronger sense of irritability than normal, or just a sudden burst of recklessness, but she found herself unable to stick to her plan. Unaware of the quiet steps he had taken to draw himself closer to her left side as she stood still, Callisto snarkily remarked, "Shut up, hellspawn, I'm not playing your games today. Go back and tend to your little "pet" before the brainless thing hurts herself. I'm sure she's hopeless without you." She hoped that the dimwitted wolf was still with him and that Lel's opinion of her had not faded. Maybe, just maybe, targeting her would get under the white monster's skin.