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The fastcold was making an odd sort of whistling sound, something that she wanted to replicate. It was nice and calming. She sat down near a roughcold and tried to replicate the sound. Instead, she coughed, forcing her to stay in that spot for a few seconds while she regained control of her breathing. She stood again, finding it much easier than the first two times.

Continuing onwards, the fastcold was much more prominent here, faster and harsher. She backed up- she had enough of cold and wanted to hunt instead. She swept her tail around, feeling the smoothcold that wasn't as smooth as the area behind her.

She searched methodically over the smoothcold, looking for something to stop the feeling in her stomach. She stopped her tail over a small, moving raise from the smoothcold. It buzzed, making an odd sort of tingly feeling in her tail that made her shift her tail. It buzzed again, the buzznoise going upwards before she lifted a paw and batted it to the ground. She ate it, feeling a bit better but not enough to call away the stomach feeling that she didn't like.

Still, she would rather rest than hunt, and so she curled up next to the roughstone, closing her eyes and sleeping for the first time since she had left her chrysalis.

Amras It had been a long day of practice; between mastering speech and magic the gryphon's days were busier than ever! Still, even if he was a bit mentally fatigued it would be a while yet before he would be ready to go back to his tunnels and sleep. As a result of that the bright blue gryphon found himself in a positon to explore the outer walls of his home cavern. He had done so before, of course, but now that there was light he could easily see cracks and crevices that had evaded his notice before, and perhaps even find secrets that had previously been unknown. There had been little of interest until he reached a location near the tunnel leading to the room of stars. There before his eyes was a small creature, barely coming up to where his front talon gave way to feathers in height. By all accounts something that small would usually be meal-worthy, but this one had a large red gem across its face; a tell-tale sign that it too was a greater one. Keeping his wings folded and his head low to the ground Amras approached, careful not to get too close lest he scare the creature. "Hello?" he whispered out, internally pleased that he had been able to speak an audible word at such a low volume without it turning into a chirp. Pouch 1: Black stones x5 (medium) Pouch 2: Black dust 50 in3 Pouch 3: Quartz sphere x1 (large, soft glow) Pouch 4: Quartz spheres x10 (small) Take hold of the power within "And shape the fabric of reality around you" Tags: @Ciani

She was stirred away from her sleep by a sound. She got to her feet, turning her head towards the source of the sound. Her mind translated it into a greeting- could this be a protector? "H-hi!" she stammered out, hearing her voice reflect around the roughcold. She felt out with her tail, trying to locate the source of the sound. It was something big, bigger than her. The thing had many, many feathers, ending in a roughwarm thing with pokey things on the end. She gathered her wits and tried to speak again. "Wh-what you?" She could tell that her words had been quiet, but then, so were the creature's. She crawled closer, feeling a bit higher for its head. More feathers and a smoothcold object at the end that was also pokey.

( @Amras )

Amras Amras held himself low to the ground as the creature before him stirred, reaching out first with its tail and then its entire body. A small part of the gryphon felt like backing away quickly, this one seemed not to have a concept of personal space. He quelled the instinct, however, as it was apparent that the gembound's eyes were covered by its very gem. It didn't have the option of utilizing magic to create a flash of light to discover the structure of things as he had been able to do in his youth, but instead could probably only experience the world around it through its other senses. After giving the creature a moment to discover what his face looked like Amras raised his head out of its reach. "I am a greater gembound, just like you." he spoke with a slightly higher volume. The wind was beginning to pick up again a little, so practicing quiet speech would be useless right now. "My species is that of a gryphon. What manner of critter are you?" Pouch 1: Black stones x5 (medium) Pouch 2: Black dust 50 in3 Pouch 3: Quartz sphere x1 (large, soft glow) Pouch 4: Quartz spheres x10 (small) Take hold of the power within "And shape the fabric of reality around you" Tags: @Ciani

"I'm a.. a-a.." she started, completely failing speech. "I'm a quo- quoll!" she said, unknowing of where she got the information from, but just innately knowing that she was quoll. "I.. I quoll!" she repeated, happy to know the information. "You big." she stated, her mind spinning in a completely different direction. "Do big-feather have food?" she asked. Her hunt had only provided her with a small squishy-thing, and after her hours of sleep, the stomach-feeling was back. She put her tail against the roughcold again, to get an explicit idea of where she was.

( @Amras )

Felina, a runty female bobcat, was doing some exploring today. She'd passed by a new-looking area, but just kept on going. She could always explore it later. Right now, though, two different scents made her curious.

After a moment, she found the source of both scents: A blue-colored bird-like creature and something she couldn't identify (Ciani). Keeping a proper distance, she introduced herself: "Hello. My name's Felina. What are your names?" Her voice was warm, kind and friendly-sounding.

((OOC: I just returned to ORIGIN after a very long absence. Please forgive me for writing such a short post.))

Amras The gryphon's silvery eyes stayed fixated on the small creature below, his brows raised in a mixture of curiosity and amusement at its odd mannerisms. "I'm afraid I do not have any food that you would be able to eat" he replied with some hesitance. The last meal he'd eaten had been a rodent of some kind, one that had been almost as large as the young quoll itself. As Amras pondered for a moment what the other might actually be able to eat yet another creature appeared, this one definitely a cat of some kind. She didn't have a gem as far as he could tell, but just like a gembound her voice rang out and implanted concepts through the power of language. An introduction, and quite a sudden one based on the gembound he had encountered before. The genial tone of her voice set him at ease though; she too had likely approached out of curiosity with no intended malice. "Felina?" he repeated, testing the name in his own voice, "Welcome to the room of howling winds. I am Amras, longtime resident." Pouch 1: Black stones x5 (medium) Pouch 2: Black dust 50 in3 Pouch 3: Quartz sphere x1 (large, soft glow) Pouch 4: Quartz spheres x10 (small) Take hold of the power within "And shape the fabric of reality around you" Tags: @Ciani @Felina

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"Pleased to meet you, Amras. Why do you call this place 'room of howling winds'? I don't hear any howling or feel a wind...not at the moment, at least." She was merely curious, of course.

The second scent still evaded Felina. She peeked behind Amras, but didn't move from her position. She knew better than to approach any closer without permission. "Oh! Hello, little one. I am Felina. Do you have a name?"

Her inquiry to the tiny stranger (Ciani) was in a gentle voice. Her intention was of friendliness, warmth and kindness. The smaller creature looked quite young. Her nose identified the other creature as female. Felina wondered if she could even talk yet.

tag: @Amras @Ciani