by Flame » 09/22/2008 7:49 PM
For the most part, this morning stroll was turning out to be quite uneventful, which suited Syrvio just fine, as tranquility seemed to be something rather hard to come across these days. The faint idea that it might be nice to have some companionship niggled at the back of his mind, and he toyed with the thought for a while before casting it off again. He and the little Hex could make do perfectly fine without more people. After all, the Fear Kuhna still seemed to have an inherant petrification of strangers. When they had first parted from home, Hex had been so frightened upon the unexpected arrival of a curious, rather hyperactive Dalma that he had leapt straight into the man's arms, tails fluffed out to the size of bottle-brushes and eyes round with alarm. It had taken him the better part of half and hour to calm down again, and another before he dared set his feet on the ground once more.
A sudden movement caught the human-formed Serraptor's bright aqua-hued gaze, and a quick flick of his eyes showed a small group standing to the side of the road ahead. He heard a few vague introductions being exchanged, but as soon as he had begun to draw closer with the meandering gait of his, the cloaked man whirled, if somewhat inconspicuously, to place himself between Syrvio and the lady. Although this reaction pricked the man's curiosity, he decided that the best course of action was to just let it go, and act as if he had noticed nothing.
"A lovely day for a walk, is it not?"
The question came close to catching him off guard, as he hadn't really been expecting to get a greeting, but he took it easily in stride, slowing his gait gradually until he had come to an easy stop a few feet away from them, careful to maintain a comfortable distance, in case they didn't like newcomers. The man seemed polite enough, if slightly wary, and Syrvio could find no reason to not be polite in return.
"Indeed it is." His gaze watched the pair with a tranquil, yet intense scrutiny, as if he could read them inside out.
"Greetings Sir...M'lady." He dipped his head in a small, yet gracious gesture, a small, friendly smile touching his lips as he addressed each in turn. He still did not know whether or not his presence was welcome, so he held back on introducing himself, simply waiting for one or the other to speak in reply.
Hex, on the other hand, was not as eloquent when in came to first impressions. At the sight of the strange, Kuhna-like creature bounding towards him, which would be the second stranger that had come bouncing towards him, he came very close to clawing his way back up Syrvio's leg again. This time though, he simply let out a choked sort of squeek and pressed himself against the man's leg, black and orange fur puffed out to its full extent, ears back and small eyes round with fright. The poor creature was so scared that he didn't even see that the Kuhna meant him no harm, but simply wanted to play. In his young, innocent eyes, she might as well have been snarling at him and threatening to tear out his fur, for all he knew. So, he simply put his safety in Syrvio's hands, hoping that he would get to go home today with his pelt in one piece.