[align=center][div style="width: 51%; text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: georgia;"]Suffice to say that the overjoyed welcoming manages to startles the poor girl. Silver eyes widen, startled, and her paws skitter backwards of their own accord. Moonmade is not exactly terrifying, by any means, but Imperia is the sort of creature who is very in tune with her flight instinct. It has kept her alive thus far, at least. A frantic heart still thunders in her ears as she attempts to calm herself, focusing on the barrage of words launched at the moment she entered. As usual, she finds herself becoming amused at the nonsense which flows from Moon's mouth. "Expiry date?" she repeats softly, fascinated by his dramatics. Unfortunately, she has yet to realize the true meaning behind his words. Imperia is not stupid. In fact, she is far from it. But she is nervous and in the moment of fright only a couple seconds earlier, she moved out of the way of the door, allowing it to swing closed without anything to stop it.
"Oh, I don't think you're a stupi--" she is trying to reassure him, but is interrupted by the metallic clang of the door swinging shut. Much like the handsome, if not disheveled, lion, Imperia turns to stare wide-eyed at the closed door. She begins to panic. Not like how she was before when Moon startled her. This time, she clearly begins to tremble, silver eyes becoming watery with emotion. "No, no, no.." it is spoken as a low, frantic whine as the girl desperately tries to open the door, but to no avail. She stares at the door several seconds more, her lithe frame tense and rigid. This is why she has been avoiding this place for so long. She hates being confined. She hates it more than anything else in the entire world. All she ever wanted was to wander free, and now she's trapped once more.
She does her best to calm herself, taking a shaky breath and slowly turning to face Moon. So this is why he was in here all alone. Small paws make nary a sound as she drifts over to the male's side, sliding onto her stomach and a sigh (not nearly as melodramatic as Moon). The sound of his voice draws her attention once more, and Peri peeks up at him from beneath long lashes. "I don't think I had very high standards to begin with.." she says softly. It is strange being trapped in here with him. Not in a bad way just...she feels a little shy.
"Oh, I don't think you're a stupi--" she is trying to reassure him, but is interrupted by the metallic clang of the door swinging shut. Much like the handsome, if not disheveled, lion, Imperia turns to stare wide-eyed at the closed door. She begins to panic. Not like how she was before when Moon startled her. This time, she clearly begins to tremble, silver eyes becoming watery with emotion. "No, no, no.." it is spoken as a low, frantic whine as the girl desperately tries to open the door, but to no avail. She stares at the door several seconds more, her lithe frame tense and rigid. This is why she has been avoiding this place for so long. She hates being confined. She hates it more than anything else in the entire world. All she ever wanted was to wander free, and now she's trapped once more.
She does her best to calm herself, taking a shaky breath and slowly turning to face Moon. So this is why he was in here all alone. Small paws make nary a sound as she drifts over to the male's side, sliding onto her stomach and a sigh (not nearly as melodramatic as Moon). The sound of his voice draws her attention once more, and Peri peeks up at him from beneath long lashes. "I don't think I had very high standards to begin with.." she says softly. It is strange being trapped in here with him. Not in a bad way just...she feels a little shy.