A Trail Gone Cold

by **Red** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 2:08 pm

It had seemed like a good enough place to hole up. An old estate in disrepair. Plentiful game in the woods. No groundskeeper.

Then the burned out shell of the lighthouse had bloomed with crystals, and the countryside went mad. Ghosts of people. Unfamiliar buildings.

So she went where things almost made sense. Out to the woods.

by **Theresa McMasters** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 4:55 pm

Someone was already out in the middle of the woods, a small cloud of fog swirling around her as she sat cross-legged on the ground, eyes closed.

by **Red** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 5:03 pm

The tall redhead frowns as she sees someone out there, sniffing as she circles around.

by **Theresa McMasters** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 5:06 pm

Her eyes open, blazing with energy, "I'm so not in the mood. So if you're looking for a fight, just keep on going."

by **Red** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 5:07 pm

"...making sure you're not a ghost."

"You still rather look like one."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 5:09 pm

"Why would I be... you know what, never mind. Why are you out ghost-hunting..." Her eyes narrow as she tries to place the face.

by **Red** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 5:15 pm

"I'm ghost-avoiding. These grounds got lousy with 'em suddenly."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 5:20 pm

"There does appear to be some sort of incident going on. A friend of mine who should have known me didn't recognize me and attacked me," she says, mulling that over.

by **Red** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 5:21 pm

"And you look more than a little like... someone I used to know."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 5:25 pm

"You look like a couple of people I know. Hard to place though." The young woman smells like wolf and also not. There's a distinct scent of rain, earth, and ozone hovering around her.

by **Red** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 5:28 pm

The redhead's nostrils flare as she nears.

"You're... damn it, you are, aren't you?"

The tall woman herself smells strongly of wolf, even through the damp.

by **Theresa McMasters** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 5:36 pm

She raises an eyebrow. "Am what?"

by **Red** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 5:40 pm

"At first I figured you were some sort of daft wizard, if you're being this bold with what you can do."

"But you're... this isn't your only shape, is it?"

by **Theresa McMasters** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 5:43 pm

"It is now. It didn't used to be. That's a long and not always pleasant story."

by **Red** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 5:45 pm

Her eyes widen a bit.

"...you were cured?"

by **Theresa McMasters** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 5:49 pm

"More like it was purged. It hurt like hell and nearly started a small tropical storm... in England."

by **Red** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 5:51 pm

"So you didn't... want to be cured?"

by **Theresa McMasters** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 6:00 pm

"I did, it was beginning to get in the way of other things and wasn't what I was meant for. That did not make it hurt less."

by **Red** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 6:02 pm

"...must be nice to know what you're meant for."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 6:18 pm

"I didn't say I knew that. I just knew that being a werewolf wasn't it."

by **Red** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 6:25 pm

"Still better off than me," she sighs with a huff, sitting down herself.

by **Theresa McMasters** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 6:46 pm

"People like to make it sound simple to find your place in the grand pattern of life. But I've know several werewolves, so talk to me."

by **Red** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 6:50 pm

"Not much to say. Been this way awhile. Don't know who bit me. Got the second puberty from hell and just... I don't know. Leaned into it."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 6:53 pm

"If that works for you, then go for it. My ex leaned into it and it seemed to work for her."

by **Red** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 6:59 pm

"Did for me for awhile," she shrugs. "Found a pack. Wasn't that lonely for awhile."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 7:00 pm

"What happened?"

by **Red** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 7:04 pm

"They're... dead now," she sighs.

"Should've known I'd end up back on my own sooner or later."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 7:10 pm

"You're not by yourself at the moment."

by **Red** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 7:16 pm

"Rather think you're not from around here, though."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 7:24 pm

"I don't know that anyone's from around here proper. I'm Tempest," she says, holding out her hand.

by **Red** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 7:35 pm

"You can just call me... Red," she says, reaching out a thick hand with long nails. There's a hint of tattoos peeking from her jacket's cuff.

by **Theresa McMasters** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 8:02 pm

"Pleasure to meet you, Red."

by **Red** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 9:08 pm

"Any idea what the hell all this nonsense is, or are you just ducking it like me?"

by **Theresa McMasters** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 9:15 pm

"Well, it's either some sort of world gone mad or I suppose it could be dimensions colliding into one another. It'd be hard to tell the difference between those two. I'm not even sure if any of the other X-Men are here."

by **Red** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 9:17 pm

"X-Men? Isn't that like... a movie?"

by **Theresa McMasters** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 9:28 pm

"No," Theresa says, "At least I don't think they've made a movie about us."

by **Red** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 9:32 pm

"It's the one with Hugh Jackman. You know all... snikt, bub."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 9:33 pm

"Hugh Jackman does musicals. Wolverine's a real person. I've met him... once."

by **Red** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 9:34 pm

"Okay, now this just got weird."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 9:36 pm

"My life is a never-ending torrent of weird."

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