TEMPTATION - open

[Keona.]

✯ — female. minnow of the typhoon. blind. rusty spotted cat.  ref. bio.

Ferals were... Somewhat foreign to the tiny feline.  The young fae had certainly heard of the raptors but had, as cautioned, avoided them.  Successfully thus far.  That said, it was a matter of time before she ran into something.  Completely unwittingly.  After all, Keona spent a lot of time wandering.  Independent exploration came naturally to her.  Small as she was, nothing - aside from that one crab on the beach - had confronted her violently in the jungle.  Luck perhaps.

So it was in confusion her sharp ears perked, catching an unfamiliar - extremely loud - sound from only a little ways a way.  Her sightless hues flickered.  She was close enough to taste her crewmates' scents and another.  Unknown.  Her petite paws took a single step forward, uncertain.

There was an air of anticipation in the air.  Apprehension.  It made her fur prick.  Her paws shake.  Her spotted tail flicked sharply to the side, then dropped, wary.  A question danced on her tongue, but did not leave her throat.  Instinct demanded silence.  Caution.  A predator was too close.  Slowly, she backed up, certain how close she was or if any of the others had even been alerted to her presence.

She went back until she found a tree.  But climbing was not a skill she had mastered.  Still.  It was dangerous on the ground.  Keona hooked her claws into the bark and skittered up, nearly losing her footing more than once until she found a branch.  Lower than preferred perhaps, but the child was fearful of going any higher, frightened of falling.

At least she was up higher than before.  Not as easy a target and she was an easy target.  A snack really.  Perhaps she was too small to be interesting, as much as Keona would normally find that offensive.  The fae only wished she knew what they were dealing with exactly here.

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