strike a match and watch [re-joiner]

[VALE]

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The leopard’s nose crinkled, and she watched as the others approached. The Elysium scent carried on the wind, enough for her to know the group still occupied the territory. Would’ve sucked to come all this way, then turn right on back because of false information.

Her eyes drifted to Kade first, the tigress she recognized. Though Vale didn’t remember her name, she recognized the smell well enough. For a long moment, the leopard said nothing, and then sighed. “…Sure.” Coming back meant admitting defeat at finding Clarence, and she wanted nothing more than to wrap her arms around him in the fiercest hug of his life. After all, she dragged herself across dimensions to find him.

“Not the best day? It’s still an ocean, still a coast. Haven’t seen one in a while,” she said, with a shrug of her shoulders. “But I’ll come along. Didn’t know you guys moved to the mountains.”

Her paws dragged through the sand, and she changed directions to follow them. Muscles twitching, she shook her head as her flesh rippled. By the time she got to the party of Elysiumites, she shifted to a heavier jaguar body. Vale’s stride remained unbroken, however, and she did not appear much to care.

“I’m Vale Aston. Kade, I remember, but not you two,” she said.

Her gaze lingered on Nem for a while, one of her dark hazel eyes twitching. Vale hadn’t seen this sort of bird before, and her question came out quick and crass, “You’re a bigass bird. Haven’t seen your species before – what are you?” Some creatures, Vale couldn’t shapeshift into; she could already tell she couldn’t easily turn into one of these. And that was… odd.

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