LET YOUR PAST LIVES THROUGH / joining

[RHINESTONE.]

RHINESTONESTAR ❝ RHINE ❞ LEGATE
"TALKING" || "TELEPATHY"

There had been a time, many months ago, when Rhinestone had thought that he had lost everything. He felt as though his world was collapsing, and he was going to lose everyone that he cared for. That had been when the hurricane had initially hit, and their territory had been ripped apart. Their camp had been scattered and their prey was in disarray, with the majority of their members dead, or missing. He had been forced to step up, then, even as his paws felt as though they were made of lead. He had felt similarly to Damianos, believing that things would never be the same way as they were before. In truth, he had been correct about that. Things weren't the same as they were before the hurricane, but that wasn't necessarily a bad thing. The group had changed for the better, at least in Rhine's opinion, and that wouldn't have been able to happen if he hadn't taken over. While he would never have wished for the hurricane to strike them, at least there was a silver lining in almost anything – something that Damianos would hopefully come to see.

The gathering crowd that had come to greet Damianos attracted Rhinestone's attention, causing the serval to slip smoothly over the sands and over next to Foam, sitting down and watching the ongoing interactions. Upon seeing what Foam was doing, a soft chuckle left the legate, and he explained, "I believe that he's using sign language... it's a different way to communicate, where you use your paws instead of words. Unfortunately, I can't translate..." He glanced apologetically at Damianos, a soft sigh leaving him. He would've liked to learn sign language at some point, but it was quite the daunting task now that he was an adult, and learning languages was so much harder. Not only that, but his legate duties kept him fairly busy, meaning he didn't really have the time to learn it, either.

Thankfully, the fox seemed to understand that not everybody would know sign language, and had written his request in the sand. Rhine glanced down at it, a faint smile coming to his muzzle as he did so. Another joiner, and quite the curious one, at that. He certainly wasn't going to turn the other away. So, he returned his dark gaze to Damianos, cheerfully welcoming him, "You're more than welcome to join us! I am sorry I don't really have the sign language skills to keep up, but maybe I can learn a little something sometime soon. My name is Rhinestonestar, and I'm the legate here. But you can just address me as Rhine, if you ever need to sign or write my name. If you need help finding your way around or getting adjusted, you can feel free to come to me." Even if the two of them couldn't communicate directly through sign language, at least Rhine was able to read the other's writings. It might make his conversations with Damianos a bit slower than his chats with others, but he could deal with that.

tags + roleplayed by stilly + the palm glades