Snack By the Ocean

Evanthia,

Lioness of Prideless

Played by Gemini

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evanthia

ioulita mavridi

While this was not the first time that Evanthia had seen a beach, it was the first time that she had been to this particular location. Salt tinged the air, making her pelt feel gummy, making the longer parts of it try to curl as moisture in the air tried to saturate. Her tail lashed slightly, absently, as her paws sunk into the sand with each new step. She could feel the grit between her toes, and admittedly she could not figure out whether she enjoyed the feeling or not.

She rounded a rocky outcrop, and almost instantly stepped into a pool of water. She looked down, watching as fish and crustacean tried to move away from her in the shallow water. A small cut on her paw pad burned as salt from the water touched it. Watching the small creatures trapped, unable to escape, the woman licked her lips. She pounced forward, capturing one of the larger fish between her paws. A quick bite tinged the water red for a moment before it dissipated. She lifted her head, fish between her jaws. It was small, but a mere snack, but a pleasurable one indeed.

Thin bones crunched beneath her teeth, scales sticking to her tongue as she munched through her catch. Beneath the scents of salt and blood and fish, she noticed a new scent -- another lion, it would seem. She lifted her head, looking around with muted curiosity upon pale features.

"speak"

@Melinoe ( @vae )

Melinoe,

Lioness of Junior Member

Played by vae

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Melinoe had similarly visited beaches before. She had never been too keen on them. The scent of brine tainted the air, and the smell of sea creatures turned her stomach. Suffice it to say, they weren't her favorite locations. That being said, they did arouse a certain semblance of nostalgia. The sand provoked memories of battle, as she had fought over desert sands with both comrades and enemies. It didn't matter that the texture and overall consistency of this sand were different than the kind from the badlands. All that mattered was the sensory memories they helped recall.

So, as she stepped out onto the dunes, she found herself slipping back to a different time - the period of her life before this chapter. She was reminiscing about some of her more harrowing battles when a splash of color caught her eyes. Her gaze quickly honed in on the source of it: a lion. Her eyes narrowed with calculation. It seemed the other had noticed her first. Melinoe gave a flick of her tail and huffed a low greeting. As far as she was aware, this land belonged to no one; so, she wasn't concerned about trespassing.

"Odd place to hunt," she noted gruffly, neither passing judgment nor insulting her. To her, it was addressing the obvious.

@Evanthia

Evanthia,

Lioness of Prideless

Played by Gemini

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evanthia

ioulita mavridi

Evanthia found herself gazing upon a purple-hued pelt, various shades of plum. Dark rimmed ears twitched slightly, head tilting to the side as the other approached her, huffing out a greeting. She flicked her own tail in response, giving a pointed blink.

"Odd place to hunt," the other woman stated, her voice gruff, but not something that the paler of the two found herself offended by. She offered a small smile, tilting her head slightly to the side.

"Opportunistic, rather," she offered up. "Try some if you would like. There's plenty of things in the pools around." She had no claim to the land, so she cared little if the other induldged herself a little on what the pools had to offer. Evanthia was sure either way that their stock was replenished with each outbound tide as creatures became stuck as their saltwater retreated from them, leaving them behind faster than they could think to scuttle out.

"Who are you?" She questioned next, curious as to who she had the pleasure of being with in the present moment. The other seemed pleasant enough -- and broke the bordeom that the pale woman almost always felt as she moved through life. "I am Evanthia." She would not hope for a friend. But, she would also not hope for an enemy either. Something in the middle, as most things floated with her.

"speak"

@Melinoe ( @vae )

Melinoe,

Lioness of Junior Member

Played by vae

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The other lioness' response to her was promising. It was in Melinoe's nature to want to assess the potential threat in every lion she met, and so watching this stranger's behavior came as second nature. She was mindful of every small mannerism; her lavender eyes could easily be watched as they tracked across Evanthia's form, though she focused heavily on her face. At the mention of 'things' in the pools surrounding them, she averted her gaze only briefly. She looked away just long enough to note flashes of color in a pool nearest her. She had never heard of such a practice before.

"Where I am from, we only hunt the beasts from the land," she stated the words, again, simply as a fact. "Do these sea creatures really satisfy you?" Melinoe queried with muted albeit genuine interest. She had never tasted fish before her, or crab. The practice wasn't unheard of, but she personally had preferred the hot flesh and blood of a freshly felled land animal. She struggled to see the appeal in something that was likely cold and slimy.

"Melinoe," her name was given as trade; although, she had never been the sort to deny it to others, even enemies. She wore it like a title. "Are you native to this place?" The warrior went on to ask as she took a step toward one of the pools near enough Evanthia that they wouldn't have to talk, but far enough away that she wouldn't encroach on the unfamiliar lioness' space. If she wanted to move closer, that would be her choice.

@Evanthia

Evanthia,

Lioness of Prideless

Played by Gemini

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evanthia

ioulita mavridi

As she ate, Evanthia kept her eyes on the other woman. While she did not immediately distrust, she didn't know the woman. Didn't know her intentions. Which, surprisingly pleased the pale coated woman to no end. It was a level of unpredictableness that lent itself to the type of chaos that she enjoyed wholly.

"Where I am from, we only hunt the beasts from the land. Do these sea creatures really satisfy you?" The woman seemed sincere in her question. Evanthia flicked her tail slightly.

"Land and sea work well enough for me. And not fully. Suppose if I ate enough they would. But they do offer an interesting little snack. And the opportunity was there since they're unable to leave that little pool. A poor fish's luck, I suppose," she stated, a slightly smug look crossing her features at the last statement.

"Melinoe."

"It's nice to meet you." Interanlly, her mind questioned her statement, but she gave no indication of the thought, the mild contridiction.

"Are you native to this place?" Evanthia tilted her head to the side slightly, licking her lips clean for a moment, observing as the other woman stepped forward.

"To this beach, no. To the realm as a whole? Yes. And yourself?" It was only fair to return the question. Part of her assumption was that the answer was no, going back to the woman's earlier statement, but, one could never quite assume.

"speak"

@Melinoe ( @vae )