THIS IS THE LAST TIME | o, joiner

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blind the face with beauty paste

Company had been a little slow to appear, but for Jayden that was totally fine. It may have built up unwanted suspense and caused him to double take at even the slightest hint of a shadow within his forest-green visionaries, but at least he didn't have to talk after times of extended solitude. Until he saw the first glimpse of a creature heading over a hill, and he was forced to swallow all remnants of hesitance back down into a churning belly swarming to the brim with anxious butterflies. Adrenaline flooded his veins once more, a grim warning for him to leave whilst he still could, but like a deer in the headlines the lupine stayed in one place. Wide-eyed stare slowly fixated upon Imperia and his head shrunk down even lower, as if he had already consented to a death warrant. But... senses did not witness the expected response.

It was a smile instead that graced the features of a stranger, one that almost made him sick from the sweetness of it, as if his mind was exaggerating all of the emotions of those around him. Jayden couldn't look the she-wolf in the eyes, instead finding an unfocused gaze landing somewhere around the top of her legs, heartbeat roaring in neat ears. It's ok... breathe... you're gonna be fine... he told himself, as if he was a friend talking to someone else who felt as nervous as he did. Jay seemed to only be friends with himself at the moment, so perhaps there was a method to his self-induced madness. "Um..." shocked to hear that his own voice was still working even despite the intense emotions welling up inside of him, Jay paused before he caught himself rambling towards a stranger, head tucked like a turtle.

A name... she wanted to help... her own title was Imperia... it was a lot to take in and it seemed to echo over and over again within him. Why would she want to help you? She doesn't know you, she has no reason to care, just do it yourself. But he couldn't do it himself, he wasn't strong enough to figure out where he was. "Jayden... My name's J-Jayden..." he murmured quietly. It was a name that had to do, the lupine was not sure if it was an entirely appropriate fit, but it was better than being a weird anonymous beast of the wilds. "It's so... so nice to meet you... I...". An alabaster pawstep was took forwards before he caught himself, mouth in a permanent gape of surprise. No, he couldn't be so desperate. "I just don't know where I am... I... I w-w-woke up here and...". Everything I ever knew is now gone.

A quiet but high pitched whine erupted from him, gaze flickering away to try and recollect himself when something shining against the summer light caught his vision. It was massive, and though it was exaggeration on his part, Jayden swore the ground shook with every quaking pawstep it took closer to him. With a few of those horrible steps, the canine found himself taking a few back away from the two, lean belly practically touching the ground now with how close he had crouched towards it. Ears were pinned back as he stared up at the looming being, and as a nod was given to the other stranger his throat went bone dry. "I... I'm sorry for i-intruding. I-I'll leave if you want me to just please... I don't want to fight,". He was not in the right frame of mind for such a heavy commitment.

JAYDEN

#psychosocial.