[Kallile]

It had taken a lot of storytelling prowess on his part, but Oridin had finally managed to convince his favorite little huntress to accompany him to the Falls. On completely false pretenses of course, but she would not have followed him any other way. Irouz was something...fascinating. Strong willed, driven, aloof and yet alluring...Oridin could never truly put a metallic claw on why exactly he found himself drawn to her.

"We are nearly there, then you can proceed with your setup or whatever you wish to call it."

"Surveillance and perimeter scans. If you would prefer to not butcher simple terms." A strong female voice from the shadows behind him answered. Ah, right, part of it could have been that she was a total smartass when she wanted to be.

[Kallile]

The great golden cat--a marvel of circuits, wires, motherboards and flesh--turned his head and let his altered eyes scan the darkness behind him in night vision. Even as a blurry green mass she moved beautifully; every bit a trained huntress and killer. He could almost see her amazing array of markings that she had tattooed upon herself, a story he had never truly gotten to hear all the way.

"Right, silly me. Surveillance it is then. At any rate, we're nearly to the prime spot."

His pause had given her enough time to catch up. She was smaller than the Khimera, a Slynx by species and an oddity but most standards. Her rust and brick red coat was littered with golden markings that were permanently etched into her skin. The fur had grown back to adapt the color her skin had been stained with to create the patterns.



"I have yet to see anything impressive, Oridin. Nor have I heard of any such bounty in this part of the world."

[Kallile]

Oridin simply smirked and gave a casual shrug of his shoulder. "There are plenty of things that lack impressive appearances that happen to be something far more grand than could ever be imagined." He replied as calmly as he could. Oh, he couldn't wait. Irouz had no idea what was going to hit her.

"Mmhmm." The Slynx replied, still not sounding sold on all this hype her accomplice had put on this place. Her eyes scanned around with a distinct lack of interest as she continued to follow. "I used to think more highly of your skills, Oridin. Your transformation seems to have changed you in more ways than the obvious."

"Becoming a cyborg can do that to you, Irouz."

[Kallile]

Oridin paused, hoping that hearing him actually say it would be enough to spark conversation. Moments went by and turned into minutes before he gave up on his lady love to tackle the subject and instead went on with the conversation solo.

"I did it for you, you know. Always off on those dangerous bounties and hunts with only your skills against an unknown monster. I couldn't have helped if I was anything less. Now I can--a walking weapon of a bodyguard. Whenever you should want me to be."

Another long pause left the Khimera feeling rather defeated before the Slynx finally cleared her throat. "If you think it's a noble transformation then I can't agree with your choice. I don't need help--you were fine the way you were. Out of my hunts."