Om Nom Roadkill
08-13-2016, 03:43 PM
Peregrine was having a grand ole time clambering about in the branches, but not nearly as much fun as Tsiry. Despite the somewhat cool temperatures, the lemur seemed perfectly at home there in the canopy... well, of sorts. Trees clashed against one another, laying about and weaving so that even creatures such as herself could climb up towards the sky. She had spent much of the morning attempting to get as high up as she could, but a close call on a patch of slippery moss had sobered her up and she'd retreated down to the lower branches. Earlier she'd even managed to scavenge a half eaten kill, a young deer likely claimed by a mountain lion by the looks of it, but was spending just as much time looking out for the cat as she was enjoying the meal. Tsiry was helping with that as well. She alerted to the approach of something, but it had none of the alarm Peregrine would have expected at the sight of a cougar. She lifted her head and peered around, hoping to find either the lemur or whatever it was that was heading their way.
08-13-2016, 04:33 PM
Áki wasn't exactly the tree-climbing type. He'd considered it before, but he was as tied to the ground as any wolf could be. He was not a swimmer, he was not a climber; he simply was not built for it. The large-built man traveled lazily through the pines, making no real effort to hide the sound of his pawsteps crunching through the underbrush. Quietly he hummed an aimless tune under his breath as he walked.
His attention only wavered when he heard the sound of creaking branches from up above. Perhaps it was a bird, or some other small rodent? It sounded louder though, and his brows pulled together as he walked and tilted his tusked head upwards to the sky. His red gaze searched the treetops, nose crinkling as the sound grew louder with each step. It didn't sound like a bird, but something much larger. He braced himself, fearing it might be a more vicious animal - but after a long moment he spotted something alarmingly wolf-like in the foliage. Uhhh. "Hello?" he'd call out, in his heavy accent, making no bother to hide it. "Climbing trees seems quite unsafe to me," he'd call out in greeting, his voice tinged with both amusement and uncertainty alike.
His attention only wavered when he heard the sound of creaking branches from up above. Perhaps it was a bird, or some other small rodent? It sounded louder though, and his brows pulled together as he walked and tilted his tusked head upwards to the sky. His red gaze searched the treetops, nose crinkling as the sound grew louder with each step. It didn't sound like a bird, but something much larger. He braced himself, fearing it might be a more vicious animal - but after a long moment he spotted something alarmingly wolf-like in the foliage. Uhhh. "Hello?" he'd call out, in his heavy accent, making no bother to hide it. "Climbing trees seems quite unsafe to me," he'd call out in greeting, his voice tinged with both amusement and uncertainty alike.
08-13-2016, 04:56 PM
It was not long before the shape of a wolf could be seen ambling through the forest, and Pere's ears perked upwards in interest at the newest arrival. Anything less than a mountain lion was fine by her, of course! Then again... she squinted. What exactly was coming out of it's mouth? He lifted his head, obviously having seen her as well, and called out. She couldn't help but smile back, amused at his somewhat obvious observation. "Oh, you're definitely right about that. I used to climb higher, but I don't like to cheat death more than once in a day if I can help it." She spared a quick look to the ground. "I think the most I'd get here is broken bones, but at that point death almost seems more merciful." She'd broken most of the toes on one paw once, and that was plenty bad enough! She didn't want to think about breaking an entire limb, or worse. Tsiry clambered down from higher up to sit next to her on her own girthy branch. "Besides," she tilted her head in the lemur's direction. "I've got a good teacher. Say, you haven't seen any mountain lions around, have you?" She through an overly-cautious glance over her shoulder, despite the fact that this brute looked plenty big enough to fend one off it the kill's owner returned now. Maybe she'd stick close to him for a while.
08-13-2016, 06:49 PM
Perhaps some might like doing such strange things - like climbing the treetops like squirrels might, for example - but he was a wolf. Not a bird, or a squirrel, or a lemur. His lips pursed as he looked up and a wolf's voice did, in fact, echo from the treetops. Perhaps he shouldn't be quite so quick to judge, but it seemed strange to him. Yes, to Aki, the tusked wolf. His stiff expression lightened, an amused laugh falling from his throat at her words. "I don't blame you for that," he'd call out lightly.
Her question about a mountain lion brought the fur on his back to stand on end for a moment. "Mountain lion?" he'd half-exclaim, swinging his large head to the side and taking a deep breath in, as though searching for the scent. "Can't say I've caught any whiff of one. Think there's room for one more up there if one shows up?" His voice was full of mirth - there was no way in hell those branches could hold them, even if they tried. Still, his gaze held a fair bit of curiosity. "Why, did you catch sight of one?"
Her question about a mountain lion brought the fur on his back to stand on end for a moment. "Mountain lion?" he'd half-exclaim, swinging his large head to the side and taking a deep breath in, as though searching for the scent. "Can't say I've caught any whiff of one. Think there's room for one more up there if one shows up?" His voice was full of mirth - there was no way in hell those branches could hold them, even if they tried. Still, his gaze held a fair bit of curiosity. "Why, did you catch sight of one?"