I Wonder When They Will Wake Up? (Open)

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AURUM

DO NO HARM BUT TAKE NO SHIT !

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This was hardly the first time that someone had been frightened of Aurum, much to his own chagrin. Despite being quite kindhearted on the inside – save for when he was dealing with Pittians – it was easy for newcomers to assume that he was a big and scary lion, intent on coming down upon them with his wings and tearing them limb from limb. To anyone who knew Aurum, it was laughable to even imagine such a thing, as was currently being demonstrated by Snarl, but apparently to this unfamiliar lynx, he was utterly horrifying. The proxy's ears flattened down against his head as Sterling began to ramble at him, not only seeming to be wound up by apparently being frightened, but also seemingly arguing with himself. None of it exactly screamed very mentally stable to him, but that wasn't what annoyed him the most about this particular little encounter. After all, it wasn't as if Tanglewood didn't have their fair share of weirdos who weren't quite all there at all times. No, what did annoy him, however, was the fact that Sterling had ignored every one of the questions that the larger male had supplied, instead just choosing to spew and sputter through his ridiculousness. Taking a deep breath inwards through his nose, Aurum found himself counting slowly downward before he responded, voice sounding tired, "Sorry to break it to you, but you really shouldn't be complaining when you're on someone else's territory. Not to mention the fact that I was hardly sneaking up on you." Sure, Aurum had flown down into the crater from above, but he had hardly made any sort of effort to silence his footsteps or his wing beats.

Looking up when Snarl spoke, the lion just offered a short nod to the other in greeting, figuring that perhaps having someone else around to wrangle the crazy would work well. Unfortunately for him, it seemed as though the hyena was intent on taking advantage of the situation in front of her, and only possibly making it worse. He grimaced when Snarl commented on him scaring all the newbies, but he wasn't given long to dwell on it, since the chaser was hurriedly moving on to the next part of this little dance of hers. Half of the proxy wanted to scold her for being mean spirited, but the other half of him just thought that perhaps this would actually get Sterling to answer questions. Deciding to let things just play out for now – it wasn't as if Snarl was attacking the poor guy, after all – Aurum turned his gaze back to Sterling. He said gruffly to the lynx, his wings folding down against his back and his tail twitching restlessly behind him, "Don't think I'd put it quite so... bluntly... but Snarl here is right. It's in your best interest to answer why you're here, and what your name is. Cause this is Tanglewood territory, and trespassers are not appreciated." Especially not trespassers that hadn't identified themselves yet, and could very well be from the Pitt for all they knew. Perhaps Sterling didn't smell of the Pitt, but it was hardly difficult these days to acquire another body, or just wash the scent off of your coat. If Sterling was really as out of his mind as Aurum suspected, he might even just offer that information up without a second thought.

━ I'M GONNA WIN.┆PROUD. WARM. PROTECTIVE. ━