an eye for an eye 乂 Tanglewood

[merlin]

⛥ there's talk going 'round this town ⛥

Bunching of muscles under fur ruffled by the wind, glowing eyes of determination belying the lioness pushing through the greenery within the cold territory. It hadn't been that long since her last visit to this land, and this time the visit was made with more serious intent. The time she'd spent in these lands was pleasant, getting to know the locals and the culture they came from. Perhaps that's why she had offered herself as an Ambassador a moon or so ago. The Coalition wasn't the same as it was so many years ago, work had gone into fixing the group's image and bonds with other groups. She'd seen the results of it, in the end.

Peace never seemed to last for long within the Beyond. Be it rogues, loners, in-fighting or stupidity. It never lasted long enough to make a grand difference. The breaking of peace is what brought her to the border now, breath misting around her muzzle and bowing her whiskers. Spring was coming, and with it, changes. Lungs heaving and exhaling, pausing until she caught her breath from the trek, taking in the scents of the Coalition, searching for the path that she had followed of Agrimony and Inferno.

Talon like claws peeked from her paws, scratching at the ground, marking a path for herself if only to remind herself of where she was. The flora and fauna of the Coalition were strange and twisted, but she knew the inhabitants. In fact, there was one she sought out. She remembered him, they'd met a few times when she had stayed here to recover and when she had come to visit to announce her return. Taking a breath, weighing her options, the scent of blood strong in her nose and the fresh image of Ximen's corpse in her mind's eye. Finally, the lioness spread her jaws and took a deep breath, releasing a chest-shaking roar to announce her arrival on the border.

She had previously expressed to those from Tanglewood who had discovered the body, that if they were to follow after her, they had to behave to a degree. Bloodshed would not be permitted this visit, she would not allow her group members to fall into the rage of revenge yet. This visit was to bring forth the crime and make it known to all of the Coalition. Those who had murdered Ximen deserved the judgement she knew they would be given, by the few she felt she could trust here.

Listening to the echo of her roar shaking out over the territory, dual colored eyes sweeping over the greenery. She knew that her call would summon someone. She began to walk the border, stretching out the aching muscles as she waited for the arrival of someone, calling out into the Coalition's territory, "Someone find Byriath, Plexus or Romulus! I come here on official and dire business from Tanglewood!", she would wait now, until someone came forth. She was furious over the murder, but she would not take it out on the innocent members of the Coalition, they were not the ones who had committed murder.