Tugged and pushed roughly through the streets of Kuo Kuana and then out over rocky terrain with a bag over her head, Cattleya held her composure for as long as she could. She was getting really sick of being shoved around. Taking pleasure with her growing annoyance, the hand guiding her threw her through a pair of doors. Ripping the cloth off, she rounded on her 'captor' with a bestial snarl that made the wolf faunus backpedal. As much as she felt like hurting the overly aggressive woman, she was trying to be cooperative, so she settled for a sneer as she turned back around.
"Something wrong, poochie?" The copper haired man guarding Paty taunted, taking off his hood and leaning against the wall as the rest of them started across the room.
"Fuck you, Peter, did you not see that?! There's something wrong with this bitch."
"Excuses, excuses. I'll be sure to tell your boys how scared you were."
"Think about it and I castrate you!"
Ignoring the snickering of the others and the wolf-woman's hissed threats, the pinkette could admire the simple, yet elegant throne room. Crimson tapestries adorned in white with the head and slash marks of a wild cat hung in the center of the room on both sides of a carpet of blood and gold. Ensconced pillars of stone lined the walls, illuminating the dark room to reveal the walls that were engraved with angular patters. Thematically, it was the total opposite of the throne room back in her homeland.
On a raised dais at the end sat a woman, seated on her throne before another tapestry that stretched from ceiling to floor. Having been alerted by the slamming of the doors, the dark-skinned woman motioned her forward. Paty was looking around terrified, but Cattleya was well-versed in court conduct... if unpracticed.
Approaching and giving the woman a shallow bow, enough to show respect without subservience. From up close, she could see that the woman had cat ears much like Blake's, but they were black, white, and orange instead of just black. Both her human and cat ears were pierced with golden rings and there was a red dot on her forehead. To top it off, her already dark skin was covered in even darker bands. What could be seen beneath her outfit anyway, the black and white dress being rather concealing with it's shin length cloth, red cape, and large belt...thing. Still, the dress was sleeveless unless one counted her single long glove, lacked covering for much of her thighs, and exposed the skin just above her cleavage.
Just what kind of ruler would wear something so oddly revealing, yet concealing?
While Cattleya was observing the woman, she was being observed right back. Narrowing her golden eyes, the woman didn't rise as she asked, "Well?"
"Donn caught this... person snooping around the markets and asking suspicious questions." The wolf woman offered, receiving a nod.
"So a spy then." Sienna hummed, leaning forward on one hand. "Tell me, now that you've found u-"
Coughing, the canine faunus interrupted, "Umm... No... Not those kind of questions. More like a kid asking about traits. 'Can you pick things up with your tail' 'is it weird hearing with four ears', human stuff."
"You brought a human to this location?" The leader asked incredulously. "
You?"
"I don't know." The wolf growled back.
Unimpressed, the striped woman replied with a flat, "You don't know?"
"She says she's human, but this one-" She pointed at Paty's nervous form. "claims the bitch is faunus."
The one leaning on the wall back by the door, Peter, called out, "Don't forget her scent's not human either!"
"That... and when we entered, her eyes and teeth changed."
Her eyes and teeth? Why would those change? Well, they could if she was transforming, but she hadn't transformed in a while. The last time she'd... no, there was the time she'd been communing with Hircine. It wasn't a full transformation, but she distinctly recalled feeling the painful bone breaking and skin tearing of shifting forms at several points during that time. Was that what Paty had been talking about?
Status: Healthy
Magicka: (3000/3000)
Choose:
[] Well, if they're taking your werebear form as you not being entirely human, then that might make sense.
-[] For the sake of expedience, just agree that you're not human.
-[] Transform and ask if that's what they're talking about.
[] It doesn't matter that you can change, you're still human and refuse to be acknowledge as anything else.
-[] Though you admit to being jealous of those adorable striped ears.
--[] Ask to pet her.
---[] Forget to ask.
[] This Sienna woman is obviously the local Nobility, surely she can help locate the ancient ruins you came for.
[] Write in.
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A/N: As a reminder, the wolf chick's name is Asena, Cattleya just doesn't care for her right now. Her, Peter, and the big guy that caught Cattleya aren't just mooks, FYI.
Yeah, that could screw with people pretty bad in the right situations. Like the whole 'release 6 pigs into a school labeled 1,2,4,5,6 and watch them struggle to find #3' setup.
