Natasha DeForest | Werewolf | Female | Medic's Assistant | M: Group in living area, Shadow (ind.)

“Nobody was hurt”, Nat said to Carson. She was glad that at least he seemed as concerned as she was. Having some strange shifter in their territory was no laughing matter. Since they were both medics, they were likely looking at things from the same point of view; a stranger in the territory meant possible altercations with the pack, and that meant pack members getting hurt. Nat wouldn’t admit this to her fellow pack members, but she admired Carson quite a bit. She thought he was one of the few shifters in the pack who was willing to think things through rather than just jumping headfirst into a fight. Even though she was older than him, she felt as though she had gained invaluable knowledge from working as his assistant.

She turned her attention back to Ikaris and took a seat on the arm of the couch. “I think he ran back in the direction of town. I heard him going through the woods. And we saw him shift, so we’re sure he’s not just some human wandering around.”

Nat wasn’t sure if having a human or a shifter in their territory was worse. A human discovering the pack and what they were could be detrimental to their safety, but they were generally weaker when it came to physical means. With another shifter, there was no need to worry about hiding their identities, but they were on similar footing physically.

Speaking to Rowan and Kline this time, she asked, “Did you guys see what he looked like? Anything we could use to recognize him if we saw him around town or something?”

Sydney-11-Female-M: Shadow

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Sydney couldn't help the sigh of relief that slipped from her lips as she realized the man wasn't going to hurt her friends. She was a bit surprised when he offered to go into the store with her but also happy, usually the only one who understood her love of shiny things was the birds so to see that this man at least showed an interest in her favorite store was exciting for her. She was just a kid so she had no idea the man was a werewolf, to her he was just a very unique stranger that was a lot less threatening then most other people were to her. She quickly made her way inside the store her eyes instantly being drawn to all the shiny things around them in the old antique store as she said "It's nice to meet you mister Shad, I'm Sydney and this here crow on my head is Snow and the one on your shoulder Is Sunny. They're the leaders of the murder, the others don't really have names and aren't very well behaved but they're my friends so I still love them. Oh and I'm happy to show you around if you want, you seemed lost before and I know the town pretty well so I can help you find your way. Though I like taking the back streets cause the main roads get so crowded so if you don't mind not going the main way in sure I could show you where to go if you're looking for some place specific." Unlike how Sydney usually was the young girl seemed surprisingly confident as she spoke to the stranger while walking through the isles of old antiques. She'd never really had anyone seem to be as friendly with animals as she was so meeting this new stranger was like a breath of fresh air. Sure her pack mates were nice to all her animal friends but none of her flock had ever taken a liking to her pack mates like snow and Sunny had to this stranger and if the birds trusted him enough to land on him then Sydney felt it was only right she trusted him. Besides Shadow had an awkward air about him that reminded her of her so in her mind there was no reason not to trust him. The young brunette stopped in front of case of pretty ornate masks that drew her attention, she couldn't help glancing at the mask Shadow wore and she wondered why it was he wore It. However Sydney had been raised better then to ask such questions so instead she asked "do you like shiny things too mister Shad?" Snow was quiet as she peered around at all the shiny trinquets, one would think the two birds in the shop would be trying to take whatever they could get their beaks on but Sydney had made sure they knew they weren't to take anything from the shop without asking first. Snow seemed to demonstrate this behavior as she gently hopped off Sydneys head and down to the masks, quietly sqwaking at a particularly pretty one that was white and lined with ornate gold flowers. Sydney quickly looked at the price, seeing she had enough money for the piece that snow had picked out and said "ok snow I'll get that one once mister Finch gets done with the customer he's helping." Seemingly satisfied snow hopped back on Sydneys head and watch the old shop keeper from her perch waiting for the old man to finish what he was doing so she could have her new shiny thing.

Rowan looked over at the arrival of Tori and Carson, along with Kline. "Yeah, like Nat said, no one was hurt, but he did attack, if only once. I feel if the situation were slightly different, he would've fought." he said. He paid no attention to their sibling bicker, as it did not concern him. He got a bit lost in though about how they would find this loner again. He was fairly certain he could remember his scent, but he wasn't entirely certain. He snapped out of his thoughts when he heard Nat speak, and thought back to the details of the man. "He has a half mask over the right side of his face, and his eye that is showing is.....green? I think. Wears all dark clothes. Shorter than me by at least half a foot." he said simply. "I'm sure that helps." he added, beginning to pace slightly.

Hope looked up at seeing the dreamy smile on Zane's face as he thought of it, and felt herself smile. "Yeah, it doesn't feel like work, you're right. It feels like a hobby." she said, then perked up when she heard voices coming from the living area and she followed Zane into the living room. She frowned, worried when she heard their stories and the description Rowan gave. "Yeah, sounds like he won't be one for a friendly conversation with those of a pack. But, they did say he was headed towards town, so he'll probably want to lay low for a while knowing we're on the alert. We should be alright.....right?" she said, wondering about this loner. I mean, who wears a half mask over their face, she'd never heard of such a thing before, and she wondered why he did it. And why he ran when he clearly could've given them a run for their money by Rowan's description. "Besides, as long as we don't go alone, we should be alright. He probably wouldn't want to attack a group." she added.

Luna, still gripping her knife, walked along the trail. She smelled the air every so often to confirm the shifter wasn't behind her. Her nose, eyes, and ears, like many other shifters, had been trained to sense the littlest change in the environment, just like when they shifted into their wolf forms. Luna kept walking along the trail though, glad that she'd gotten her shoe back. This is taking too long walking. I never did finish my run. I guess I'll finish now. Luna thought as she started to sprint along the trail. Her short legs could take surprisingly long strides. She could run pretty fast too. She focused on taking as long of strides as she could. After about five minutes of sprinting, Luna arrived at the cabin. She walked in and the first thing that she was met to was several of her packmates talking about the shifter. Luna ran up the stairs quickly and threw her shoe on her bed along with her sweatshirt. She then ran back down the stairs and into the living room. By the looks, almost everybody was there. Luna heard lots of talking about a shifter, he's dangerous, attack, and tons of other nervous talking. We can't keep calling him "the shifter" ya know what? I'm going to call him Garlic since he was covered completely in it. Ick, I can still smell it. I think it's Rowan. Luna thought to herself not talking. This was great. Now they have a shifter on their hands and a hurt Alpha who didn't want to rest. Luna understood him though. She hated losing fights too. Many of her packmates hated seeing him come home covered in blood, scars, and bruises. Luna just hoped that he'd won the fight. Luna wanted to fight to protect and not just for the fun of it. But since there was "Garlic" in her pack's forest, she may be able to fight him.

Sydney-11-Female-M: Shadow

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Sydney was inspecting some pretty bracelets when Shadow questioned her. She picked out one of the more simple ones made of braided leather with a few silver beads woven into it. She walked up to the counter to pay as she said "yeah I usually buy whatever the birds pick out if I have the money. That way they know they don't have to steal what they want. Snow always has an eye for the prettiest things. I like the mask you picked to it goes good with all the black. I can understand wanting to cover your face I don't like my eyes so I keep them covered up but if I had pretty eyes like you or tori I'd never cover them up." The young girl was quick to greet the shop keeper when he came up to her and pay for the mask and the bracelet before turning and offering the bracelet to shadow she smiled expectantly as she said "here you go Shad I got this for you. And you can't say no its a friendship bracelet it means your my friend now ok so you can't take it off! Snow chose you to be our friend so you can't say no!" She had a stubborn look on her face as she held out the bracelet not taking no for an answer. She wanted to be friends with shadow and friends gave each other pretty gifts so the bracelet was the perfect start to their friendship. Besides she was hoping if he agreed to be her friend that he would introduce her to his raven friends.