ode to sleep // joining

[ophelia.]

[align=center][div style="borderwidth=0px; width: 65%; line-height:120%; text-align: justify;font-family: verdana;"]Ophelia appeared next, walking out from behind a tree and picking her way carefully toward the two. Her steps were cautious, as she was trying not to get her paws and body too dirty with the muck that coated the terrain around them. It was a difficult task, in all honesty, to be this far from town and remain clean. She normally wouldn't bother, but she didn't want to get the bandages on her wing dirty and have to redo them out of fear of the mud seeping through.

"Alligators and Tanglers who may not take well to trespassers on their territory. It would do you well to be more cautious of borders. If you weren't joining, you could cause quite a stir." she remarked, tilting her head lightly at the joiner. She still hadn't forgotten about how her attacker had seemingly been a joiner, so there was a certain cautious air to her. Even so, she felt much more calm this time around. She wasn't alone out here now. She gave her head a quick dip, reminiscent of a nod. "Welcome to Tanglewood, Myriadus. My name is Ophelia."