it's the singing // joining

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PINK RIBBON SCARS

THAT NEVER FORGET. I'VE TRIED SO HARD TO C L E A N S E THESE REGRETS.

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The leopardess had introduced herself calmly — Charlotte, or "Charlie". As they were still on a first-name basis, however, he would resort to calling her by her given name. She had smiled, though he hadn't returned one in response. Although she seemed nice enough, that didn't excuse the fact that she was a stranger and a possible threat to the Ascendants.

She was... looking to join. That wasn't a bad thing, was it? No. Titan wasn't sure if he could accept newcomers at this point, though, especially with the conflict with Sunhaven. "Oh..." The lion blinked, now not quite sure what action to take next. He quickly answered his name, "I'm Titan." before adding in, "I'm going to bring you to my—"

Then, as if on cue, the footsteps of Moonmade had sounded from behind them. Titan stepped back and glanced over his shoulder at the fellow lion, and he fell silent as he took control of the situation. He would assess the new additions of their group, surely.

"Tone." Titan flicked his ear, noting the new voice, but it took him a few seconds to turn his head fully to face Onision. Was... was he addressing him? He hadn't come off as that demanding, had he? Titan was just doing his job, assessing the borders and looking out for any potential threats. Although Charlotte hadn't come off as a dangerous creature, she very well could have attacked him right then-and-there had she been a Sunhavener. It wasn't wrong of him to be defensive of their borders; one could never be too safe these days, especially with all of the murders and captures and whatnot.

And besides, wasn't this "Onision" the one that was always snapped at and scolded, especially by Moonmade himself? He twitched his whiskers. It was a bit hypocritical—and frankly, a little amusing—that he was telling him to adjust his tone, out of all people. Titan was pretty sure that Onision outranked him, but in all honesty, he wasn't quite sure if he could seriously take orders from a petty, outspoken child that dressed up in maid outfits.

While he was tempted to calmly exchange, "I was just asking a question," he instead let it go. It seemed that the conversation had moved on already. This time, Charlotte had turned her own attention to Onision, and so had Titan. Why had she asked that of him, he wondered. Was something else going on here?