As if the very simple thought of his name from Vathmos had summoned him, Aurum appeared on the scene not too long after the hyena, his heavy pawsteps signaling his approach before he actually came into view. The winged lion was moving slowly from log to log in a similar manner to what Eulogy had been doing, although the proxy had the added advantage of the large golden and red wings that sat upon his back. These were what enabled him to leap over larger distances than the tigress had been able to, and also pretty much entirely negated the threat of getting stuck in the mud, since he could always just thrash his wings in order to pull himself upward. The male had been patrolling through the territory when two different scents entered his nose, one familiar and one foreign. As he had headed towards the combination of different smells, he had heard Eulogy's soft and mildly panicked voice, although she sounded more embarrassed than anything. Aurum sped up his pace a little bit, the big cat eventually finding himself situated beside Vathmos, whom he was very glad to see was actually attempting to help the poor trapped female, rather than try and eat her – even if the hyena had very much considered doing so. Hunkering down beside Vathmos, Aurum tried not to wince as the sound of her sharp and loud chortling went off right beside his ear. There were many parts of Vathmos he loved very dearly, but any hyena's laughter was not exactly the most pleasant sound in the world. As he waited for Eulogy to grip the log that was being held out in offering to her, the proxy rumbled softly, "Hello there, Miss... are you alright? I mean, obviously you fell in the mud, but besides that. You're not injured, are you...?" If she was, it would be most convenient for the male to just hop up now and get someone, like Selby or Abathur, or even Moth if he could find her, although he hadn't seen her in many days.

Border patrol was a bit gloomier for the newly-crowned chaser. Not because of his newfound position, no, that didn't bring his spirits down, just confused them - in reality, the true culprit to his foul mood was his faulty eyesight. A downer for anyone in his position, for sure, but he disliked dwelling on that thought, even if it did put him square in the middle of a metaphorical sinkhole full of mud that he couldn't climb out of no matter how hard he tried. Speaking of that incredibly specific metaphor, he happened upon such a scene - a large tiger, sunk down in the muddy landscape of Tanglewood's signature swamp. His first instinct was to help, but such help was already being doled out by one of their resident hyenas, Vathmos, with Aurum uncharacteristically sitting on the sidelines, along with the small Kiira, whom he didn't really know that well. The spider came to sit alongside Aurum's form, gazing down at the tiger with as much force as he could muster, doing his best to focus the image to no avail. He was quite used to that process, trying to see, then, subsequently, failing to. It only got worse as the days went on, unfortunately.

"Greetings," he said, to the subterranean tiger, trying to think up something to talk about. "How is mud?" Nobody said he was good at small talk, but he did his best, even if it sort of... failed. He realized it, after saying it, but decided to abide by his question, imagining that the situation would get more awkward if he backpedaled. Hopefully she could just laugh about it.

tags - "speech"

[div style="background: #646160; padding: 8px; ext-align: justify; color: #D3CECB; padding: 8px; font-family: Courier New;"]EULOGY - Female - Bengal Tigeress - Tag - [member=8943]Eulogy[/member]

This newcomer certainly seemed... interesting. It was far from the first time that someone had fallen victim to Tanglewood's swampiness, and the proxy very highly doubted it would be the last time, but normally not so many people showed up to help out. Aurum watched carefully as Vathmos assisted Eulogy back up onto somewhat solid land, and the female shook herself out, clearly a bit embarrassed by the predicament that show had found herself in. Aurum couldn't say he blamed her, although his own reaction to the mud and muck of Tanglewood had been one more of anger, rather than embarrassment. Putting that aside, Aurum knew that there was more to be said to this newcomer than there already had been, and he found himself sitting up upon Abathur's arrival, stretching out his tired limbs and shaking off the last bits of drowsiness before focusing on Eulogy. Offering the newly freed female a calm and warm smile to welcome her into the group, Aurum tilted his head to one side before speaking, "I am glad that you're alright... I'm sorry you ended up trapped in there in the first place. But now that that's resolved, would you mind telling me your name? As well as why you might be here? Because even if you're just passing through, this is Tanglewood territory." He tried his best to be a mixture of calm and helpful while also maintaining a sort of intimidating and commanding air, considering the fact that Tanglewood needed to make sure their borders were firmly protected and enforced. Couldn't have people thinking they could just wander through without a reason and without consequences. That's how they ended up with scenarios like the fight with Kydobi and Astiar. Just the thought of that whole damn incident made a scowl want to curl its way onto Aurum's face, although the proxy held back from doing so, not wanting Eulogy to think that she had done something horribly wrong to anger him. He could always just fume silently about that later, as if he hadn't done enough of that.

[div style="background: #646160; padding: 8px; ext-align: justify; color: #D3CECB; padding: 8px; font-family: Courier New;"]EULOGY - Female - Bengal Tigeress - Tag - [member=8943]Eulogy[/member]

Thankfully for both Eulogy and the currently quite tired proxy of Tanglewood, ot didn't seem as though this would be one of those events at the border that would end with some sort of trouble. Rather, Eulogy seemed to recover her confidence before she smiled at him, laying out why she had crossed over into the muddy mess of a territory in the first place. An instant smile came to Aurum's muzzle when he heard her words, always glad to welcome in a new joiner. They had been getting more and more of them lately, and it was never a bad thing to Aurum, who was always eager to have new friends within Tanglewood's lush town. Before he was able to confirm that Eulogy could join without issue, however, Miller beat him to the punch, a fact that only slightly aggravated the lion. It wasn't really that big of a deal, but part of him wondered if while he was healing from his wounds, he could just leave Miller and the other's in charge of welcoming people in and taking care of the more mundane things. He swiftly quashed that thought, resisting the urge to shake his head. No... making sure people knew the smiling faces that would be around them at all times now was important too. So, instead, Aurum dipped his head in a nod, smile lingering on his face as he spoke, "As Miller said, I don't see any reason why you can't join. Welcome to Tanglewood, I'm Aurum, and I'm the proxy around here... I'd offer to fly you back to our town so you could entirely avoid any possible mud pits, but I'm afraid I'm not supposed to do much physical lifting right now..." Aurum couldn't even begin to imagine the absolute conniption Abathur and Selby would have if he flew into town with a whole tiger on his back with his current wounded condition.