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[moonlightrepose]

[*Hige's walking around aimlessly and occasionally sniffing the air... He stops, seemingly catching a familiar scent but shrugs it off, thinking it too good to be true and lets out a defeated sigh.*]

Jeez. There are too many scents around here...

What's a guy gotta do to find some food around here?

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[calledaftermath]

...H-Hige?

[moonlightrepose]

...Blue?

[filter;]
I thought I picked up your scent, but...
-- Are you okay?

[calledaftermath]

It really is you! [yay tacklehugs]

[filtered]
Yeah, I'm fine! What about you? And the others?

[moonlightrepose]

Of course it's-- oof! [*And is tackled! Not that he minds. :Db*]
...me. [*returns the hug.*]
I had a feeling I would see you again...

[filtered]
But I...can't pick up their scents. Not even Cheza.

[calledaftermath]

I thought you'd gone to Paradise.

[filtered]
I can't either... I thought maybe with your nose you'd be able to, but...

[moonlightrepose]

I promised I'd stay with you...I'd go where ever you went. I just didn't think it'd be this soon but, hey, I'm not complaining.

[filtered]
No... The first scent I picked up was yours, but aside from you, food, and the human stench along with a few other weird scents-- none of them.

[calledaftermath]

[WINNING POINTS, HIGE! Have a hug and a snuggle] I'm not, either.

[filtered]
Maybe they made it to Paradise, then?

The weird thing is, no one seems to care about whether or not we're wolves here. One kid thought I was a "wolf ninja", or something, but he also thought I was a guy, so I don't think he really counts.

[moonlightrepose]

It almost feels like we can relax...

[filter]
Are you sure people don't care here? What if this IS Paradise?

-- Wait, what do you mean someone thought you were a guy? [*Wolf form or not, Hige knows a female when he sees one and lets out a small growl. :|b*]

[calledaftermath]

Well, not completely. Strange things happen here.

[filtered]
No. I've changed back and forth in front of people and they were surprised that I could change, not that I was a wolf. Or, half, anyway.

Heh. Don't worry about it. He said he didn't see my skirt.

[moonlightrepose]

Hey, I'll take strange over what we've been through any day. I doubt it could be worse.

[filtered]
[*Getting extra protective here. :|b*]
Are you sure you should have done that? How do you know they aren't scheming about how to capture you right now?

Hmph. I don't need to see your skirt to tell you're female.

[calledaftermath]

No, I mean... Really strange. For the past week or so the city looked a lot like our world at the end, and people were seeing things. I thought I saw Pops, but I couldn't smell him, so...

But, anyway, it just changed back today. It's sort of... Pretty though, isn't it?

[filtered]
Well, the first time was an accident. I got really tired. But I haven't talked to a single person that comes from a world where wolves are "extinct". They all say wolves are just like any other animal. One girl even said it was illegal to hunt wolves where she was from.

Heh. Thanks, Hige. But I've been mistaken for a boy before.

[moonlightrepose]

So...kind of like an illusion, huh? At least this place cleans up nicely if that's the case.

[filtered]
Hm. Well...I don't think I'll let my guard down just yet and I don't think you should, either. But at least I'm here to make sure nothing happens to you.

And clearly those humans are stupid.

[calledaftermath]

Well, the people we saw were illusions, but the city... I don't think it was. People got hurt because of how run down and unstable some of the buildings were.

[Filtered]
Okay... Thank you, Hige.

No, humans are just bad at telling what gender other species are. When I was with Pops, people would say "good boy!" to me all the time.

[moonlightrepose]

That's...weird. It looks like any ordinary city right now. How is that kind of transformation even possible?

[filtered]
And that's what makes humans so stupid. I can tell the difference between their genders.

[calledaftermath]

I have no idea. A few people said stuff like that happens a lot.

[filtered]
[quietly] Humans aren't all that bad...

[moonlightrepose]

Sounds like kind of a nuisance but not all that hard to avoid if needed.

[*Now he just kind of looks down at his feet and digs the toe of his sneaker into the ground.*]
Yeah...I guess some of them are alright.