She could hear more outside the walls of her realm. Pressing herself just slightly against the pulsating violet walls. The sound of wind, rustling of the leafs. Occasionally she would see something crawl across her home. A liz...lizard? Yes that seemed right, the way they awkwardly danced across the pulsating shell. Now even with this knowledge that other creatures [d]did[/b] infact live outside. She was in no rush to leave. Even when the room had gotten a tad smaller it just made her all the more cozier.

After all it wasn't like anything spoke to her, at least nothing had made much of an interesting sound. Just the calming hums of nature itself. Yeah she would wait till the time was just right. No need to rush out when you have a good thing going on.

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@Firenze

He frowned, hearing Vicktor's voice in the fog really quiet and low to the ground, and it wasn't till it was too late and he caught a glimpse of those white eyes pouncing at him, laughing at him. He yelled in surprise, laughing along with him, and ran after Vicktor again. This was fun! Clearly his new friend was really good at this!

They played tag back and forth, back and forth, but Vicktor was completely wiping the floor with him! Firenze was hardly any good at finding his new friend in the fog, but it was as if the jaguar could see right through it! Firenze tried every now and again to light up the fog with his fire, but it was only heat rather than fire, and weak heat at that (since he was rather careful after the last time of almost setting the green forest on fire) and it only served to help the jaguar find him easier.

He heard Vicktor's laughter in the mist and tried to chase after it.

But then he skidded to a stop.

He remembered the aardwolf's words. The dark-coated demon. The laughing. The blood.

He watched with clear eyes as Vicktor disappeared into the fog. He called after them, "H-hey! Do you know a girl that's, ah, mostly white? I'm looking for her, actually! I don't know her name...."

He had no idea where Vicktor was, and he got a little nervous. Vicktor was his friend by now, but monsters could play pretend too.

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They played for what seemed like hours! Back and forth tagging each other with uproarious laughter! Vicktor found that he was practically the king at this game! Clover would be so proud! He could practically hear her praise! Though he couldn't take all the credit. At times Firenze gave themselves away with their magic. The heat and easy source to locate and sneak up on him. Leaping over to taunt or even giving them a tap with his paw to pass the 'it' status.

This time was just like all the others, a quick bolt into the mist and an uproarious laughter sand seemed to nearly bounce around the place. Only the coyote didn't chase after him? Turning around he watched through the thick fog, able to locate his friend. Who seemed worried?

'H-hey! Do you know a girl that's, ah, mostly white? I'm looking for her, actually! I don't know her name....'

Excitement rushed through his being, one could say it was electric! He knew someone like that! It had to be Clover! Rushing out of the fog he came to a grinding halt. Smile as wide as can be, eyes filled with joy because boy oh boy did Vicktor have some thing to tell Firenze!

Plopping his rear end firmly on the ground he smoke with nothing but excitement! "I know them! I'm five hundred percent sure! They are so pretty! Ethereal even! She is so kind, so sweet and a voice like silk! She tells great stories too! OH and the best part! Her name i-" As if on queue vicktor was tackled to the ground! Or, well more like ran into by something rather soft and fluffy!?


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"Thought"

Pulsating veins stretched across the pale violent sky. She nearly took up all the room this place had to offer. And yet, she still did not wish to leave. Still she was lulled in peace by the sounds of nature outside her realm. Only...there was laughter now? Loud uproarious laughter!? From others!? Like her? Just outside? No, this couldn't be! There were just lizards and leafs! She was joking about waiting for actual other living beings such as her!

She could hear them, moving around. Their voices all over the place! It was hard to determine but there was two of them. Each distinctive in their own means. One held a interesting accent, the other was warm and inviting! They were playing something? 'tag youre it!' Tag? Is that what was going on outside!? Well she wanted to play too! With a loud huff she began to push against the walls of her realm. Just before her very eyes she entered a place thick with fog. She could barely even see! How was this going to be much fun without her sight!?

Ears flickered as she could hear one of them speaking. They were looking for someone? OH and there was the other! Eager to help, well that was a good sign! Especially when it came to new friends! She didn't pay much attention to the words but rather their location. Being quick on her feet, enjoying the sensations this new realm had to offer her little toes she was free of the thick fog! Only to run straight into someone else!?

Fumbling over their body she had rolled to a stop. Looking up she could see a...a coyote? They were staring back at her, and now something else was walking up beside him. Something very dark in color. Were these the two who were talking before? She hoped so! Greeting them with a warm smile she gave them a hearty "Hello!!"


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@Firenze

Vicktor had come up to him really excitedly, telling him about the girl he was looking for. She sounded so beautiful and wonderful! Stories? Ethereal? A voice like silk? Kind?

He melted inside. She sounded perfect! Vicktor obviously wasn't the demon; he was probably the farthest from the word he'd ever seen! So Vicktor could take him to find her! He grinned wide and started towards his new friend, when all of a sudden, a white flash crashed right into the jaguar and they both tumbled towards the ground.

He blinked. They were a tumble of black and white and....purple.

White.

Purple eyes.

"Hello!" She said sweetly, with a warm smile. She stared right at him, and she was the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen in his short life. Time to say something back, Firenze! His mind fizzed and restarted itself, all thought going blank when he saw her. He couldn't take his eyes away, locked onto her every movement. She was better than his imagination supplied, small, dainty, happy, and his size, with a long playful tail. She was perfect.

He made several false starts before stuttering out actual sounds. "I-I-" He shuddered. He found her! He couldn't believe his eyes! "I've b-been looking for you! I dreamed about you, I-I can't believe you're here." He wanted to move closer, raising a hesitant paw, but he was afraid she would run away like a fleeting ghost again.

"Speech"

Firenze was listening so intently! He was so excited that Vicktor knew about this white beauty! Well of course! This white beauty was Clover! Though getting caught up in his own excitement and love for her, someone had snuck up on him completely! It was a swirl of white! Excitement rose in his chest as he collected himself from dirt. Only within just a second for it to sink, this wasn't Clover as he had hoped. This was someone else, the scent was off. This was someone new. Still he grew excited, though why had they ran into him like that?

Turning around to actually see who or well what it was, they spoke up as he had walked up right beside Firenze. She was white...and had purple eyes? She was pretty herself! But she was so young, she must have just hatched! After all she seemed so tiny to be a cat? She seemed like she would be close to what he was. But Vicktor had met plenty of other gembounds. Of all shapes and sizes!

She greeted them! But before he could repeat the hearty hello, his coyote friend had already begun. Except he was shuddering? But the next words that flew from his maw put together the pieces of the puzzle. So he wasn't talking about Clover. Just...this new girl? "Firenze this is the mostly white girl you were talking about? Thats so cool!?" He stood there, idly dancing from paw to paw a moment or two before he greeted the new gembound himself. "Hello!! What's your name?"


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"Thought"

She sat there for a moment or two, the red one was just staring at her with wide eyes. The black one, he was adjusting himself. Turning around with a smile on his face that seemed to leave and come back like whiplash. She sat there, nerves began to build. Or at least that was until one of them spoke to her, stopping with a shudder. Though she never would have expected the response that left his mouth. He had been looking for her? Dreaming of her? How nice was that!

Had he known where to find her? Here in the mist? Was this all planed out? It certainly seemed that it wasn't. But felt more like fate, to meet both of them. The red one's name she picked up was Firenze. What a lovely name she mused; listening to the cat? He reminded her of herself. Tail and all, but he was also a complete contrast! Stark black fur were her's was white as well herself!

"Fir...enze...Firenze! What a lovely name you have! And I am so happy that you found me! Well...I found you? By bumping into your friend there! Hello you! This feels like fate! Oh I am so happy!" She jumped around with joy, already in this new word with people who had been looking for her. Or well, it seemed only one of them were. She stopped, staring back at Firenze, she hadn't given them her name! Though...she didn't have a name? Smiling wide maybe it was up for fate to decide! "I don't have one!...How about we choose right now! What do you think?"


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@Firenze

Vicktor walked up to him and asked if this was thee girl he was looking for, and Firenze looked at him with a confused frown, snapping out of his reveries. "Wha-you mean this isn't who you were talking about? Yeah, this is who I dreamed about a few days ago." He looked at her and sighed, and said quietly to Vicktor, "Isn't she wonderful?"

He practically melted to his paws when she said his name was lovely, and his brain felt like it was leaking out of his ears. It was fate! Fate that the three of them had met like this! With a stupid grin on his face, he said, "No name, huh? Well, I got my name when I woke up, and this here is Vicktor, which sounds like a battle name. My name is kinda like a city name - like the Orion room! It's really pretty there, I could imagine me being named after whatever city name it might've had," He blathered on and on, noticed it, then shut his maw, feeling self-conscious.

"I think your name would be really pretty and elegant! Most of the time it just comes to you, from what Leon and Grimm told me." He added, staring right at her, hoping that any of this was helping. Gosh, she was so pretty. Such amaranthine prettiness, neverending and lovely and just so happy!


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@Vicktor

'Isn't she wonderful?' Indeed this stranger was! Firenze went ahead and took care of the introductions. Vicktor having enough time to step a bit forward when he was introduced. His coyote friend seemed absolutely memorized! Especially when she complimented his name. Though when he was excited to learn her name, she confessed to not knowing it. Even though she kept an excited attitude, he felt a pang of sorrow rush through him. He knew what it was like to not have a name, but Clover eased that pain. She had called him Pounce till he found the real thing.

Firenze continued to speak, only to maybe catch that he was rambling. Vicktor didn't mind, and it seemed she didn't either! It already seemed as if Firenze was so attached to her! Just like Vicktor was attached to Clover. A smile pulled his features as he whispered to his dear friend. "I think she wants you to help her find a name!"

I mean that's what it sounded like afterall. 'I don't have one!...How about we choose right now! What do you think?'. Maybe she would elaborate what she wanted? Though Vicktor felt like he just knew. It felt as if they all had been friends forever! Their lives seemingly coalesce at this moment.


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"Thought"

'Yeah, this is who I dreamed about a few days ago.' Her heart practicaly leaped from her chest! He dreamed about her! Oh she was so happy, he was so nice too! Adorable even! Red coat and those soft brown eyes! A dazzling gem tucked away at the front of his chest! She was so focused on him! Until Vicktor was introduced at least. Black fur, subtle spots laying across his coat. At least it seemed he had spots, it was so hard to tell. She moved her head a bit. Catching what minimal light the fog let in, seeing just a glimpse of those stark markings. How interesting! And his eyes, they were so bright!? Maybe even whiter than her fur! She was practically memorized!

Though he didn't talk much? Was he nervous? Firenze seemed much more open; though maybe its because Vicktor didn't had a chance to speak yet. 'Orion' "Orion sounds so pretty! But I dont even know where to begin on what my name could be...I...feel like you might know? One of you...I have a strong feeling!" She watched Vicktor whisper 'something' to Firenze. Maybe they were discussing names!?

She had an overwhelming feeling that, she herself would not find her name. Rather find someone who knew it; as if they had already found it before she even existed. What a strange concept if this was reality she mused.


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@Firenze