03-20-2018, 06:31 PM
He might have expected her to get irritated at him, to pout, or even just to walk away. He certainly had not expected her to invade his personal space, sniffing him and gushing loudly about how beautiful he apparently was. Stumbling back and reaching a paw up to his right ear, the jackal stared at her incredulously, unsure of how to respond. How was one supposed to take being called "beautiful," anyway? It wasn't a word he heard often in the desert, and it was reserved almost exclusively for places, not for people.
When she lowered her voice, Papercutter blinked, then nodded. "Better," he muttered, twitching his good ear. Before he could say anything else, another member- Guru, he vaguely recalled- approached and began speaking. He supposed he could interrupt her, but he saw no benefit to doing so, choosing instead to listen and take note of any important details that came up. Like, for instance, the fact that the newcomer's name was Georgie.
When Georgie requested that they become friends, the jackal lowered his head, musing to himself. If he was going to start forming another squad soon, which he most likely would need to, then he ought to begin looking for potential squadmates. This one didn't look like much, but then he hadn't amounted to much before coming here, either. She claimed that she was unable to find "nicer" people to spend life with, as well; that didn't come as much of a surprise to him.
"The world can be cruel," Paper spoke up finally, lifting his head and fixing his gaze on Georgie. "So I suppose I'll be your friend." That... hadn't come out nearly as poetic as he had hoped it would, but whatever. Hopefully he (or rather, his ears) would not come to regret befriending her.
When she lowered her voice, Papercutter blinked, then nodded. "Better," he muttered, twitching his good ear. Before he could say anything else, another member- Guru, he vaguely recalled- approached and began speaking. He supposed he could interrupt her, but he saw no benefit to doing so, choosing instead to listen and take note of any important details that came up. Like, for instance, the fact that the newcomer's name was Georgie.
When Georgie requested that they become friends, the jackal lowered his head, musing to himself. If he was going to start forming another squad soon, which he most likely would need to, then he ought to begin looking for potential squadmates. This one didn't look like much, but then he hadn't amounted to much before coming here, either. She claimed that she was unable to find "nicer" people to spend life with, as well; that didn't come as much of a surprise to him.
"The world can be cruel," Paper spoke up finally, lifting his head and fixing his gaze on Georgie. "So I suppose I'll be your friend." That... hadn't come out nearly as poetic as he had hoped it would, but whatever. Hopefully he (or rather, his ears) would not come to regret befriending her.
[font=trebuchet ms]some weirdo