GRAVELLY WAYPOINT ☆ OPEN

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I HAVE MY SHADOWS AND MY COLORS
AND THERE IS THE SMELL OF TIME PASSING

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JIN . 20 MOONS . HE/HIM . LONER
BEWITCHED

His crestfallen expression twitches, a predator's satisfaction glinting behind his dark eyes. Snake would hunt. Good. That boyish glee is back, energizing him, and Jin is stretching and idly scuffing at the stones underfoot. He glances about as if he's decided to appreciate the nice day, making sure his final look is aimed back toward the overgrown shed.

"There's shelter there," he mentions sweetly. "A good place to sleep after you've eaten. Nobody else is using it." Nobody besides Jin, of course. "So you can, if you'd like."

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Snake-He/They
15 Moons


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Snake gave a good look at the area that Jin was talking about.
“I’ll go there, after I hunt.” He responded bluntly, before going off to do exactly that.

He padded off somewhere in the area, before scenting a mouse.
That would do.
He crouched, and slowly moved towards the scent.

He spotted it.
Jin wasn’t lying, the mouse looked pretty round.
That just meant it would be slower, which was useful to him.

Snake got just close enough, before pouncing.
[roll=18]
[Success!]
He grabbed the mouse with his teeth quickly, and gave the killing bite.

He picked it up, before heading towards the overgrown shed.


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[nyme]

I HAVE MY SHADOWS AND MY COLORS
AND THERE IS THE SMELL OF TIME PASSING

── ⋅ ⋅ ── ☽ ── ⋅ ⋅ ──

JIN . 20 MOONS . HE/HIM . LONER
BEWITCHED

Jin takes another step back, this time turning some to indicate that he'd be off, now, leaving them to the hunt.

It isn't that easy to avoid prying eyes, though.

While Jin knows not to intervene, knows when his overshadowing presence might spoil a hunt or throw another cat's focus, he has other ways to keep himself busy and to just—check. To make sure that Snake hasn't wandered off quite yet. If not by staking himself in another handy vantage point to catch a glimpse of black-and-white then by checking the perimeter, haunting all the places his visitor shouldn't be, just to...to, yeah. Check.

The boundaries of Gravelly Waypoint are paw-stamped and heavy with scent. Jin circles the fringes often. Today, though, he's almost embarrassed by how evident his pacing is out here at the edge; hopes his guest doesn't think him a desperate (he is that) cad waiting for just anyone to wander on in (he is that). Then they wouldn't feel special.

Jin swallows thickly and puts the matter out of his mind. These are small worries. Pointless ones. He can always just lie if questioned, which is not a bad thing to do if it's done to put another at ease. And so that he can get his way. Two very good, very important things. Nobody could begrudge him for wanting those things.

He wonders if Snake has finished hunting. He hasn't yet caught their scent somewhere it ought not be, and ample time has passed for a hunt. Part of him wants to finish checking, to tread the entire path around the entire border, just to be sure, or even to see if someone else will be joining them (the idea of two guests at one time has him over the moon). But, then, suppose Snake is all alone and waiting for him right now? Wondering where he is?

It doesn't seem very likely that Snake would fret over Jin at all, but Jin's suddenly so compelled by the make-believe that Snake is sitting around, lonely, waiting on a friendly host to entertain them...how pitiful.

Not projecting at all even a little bit, Jin hurries back up the slope and bounds across the tracks, headed for the shed.

"Hello?" He chirps, wide-eyed until he spies Snake again. Oh, good. Good. Still here. He feels silly for ever doubting them.

"What a catch!"

@Idiotic.Bean101

[Idiotic.Bean101]

Snake-He/They
15 Moons


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Snake had already begun to eat when Jin arrived in the shed as well.
Odd that he took longer than himself, but that wasn’t Snake’s problem.

“Thank you, I guess.” Snake replied to Jin complementing his catch “And thanks for letting me hunt here.”
He decided it was better to at least show a bit of gratitude.
He didn’t need this cat disliking him either, just in case they met again in the future.

He was full, already, he never really ate much at once, so he silently offered Jin the rest, if he wanted it.


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