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What a dark cave that is. What a dark cave in the dark woods that is. Might that be whimpering coming from said dark cave in the dark woods? The whimpering of a frightened woman? The black mouth forming the entrance invites those who come across it to find out for themselves. The lion is waiting.

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action ][ because the god of the sea needs to meet a jesus lion

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[Sometime after his net-making escapades on the Network, Finnick returns to the woods to resume his search for vines and other materials. He's reasonably armed with his spear, his net, and the borrowed sword from his first day in the City, but he's not looking for trouble--and certainly not for a lion.

The whimpering, however, makes him pause. It's not the one voice in the world that could inspire him to rush to the rescue with reckless abandon, but the sound of a frightened woman hiding in the woods will always hit close to home with him, and he creeps a little closer to see where it might be coming from.]

action ][ aw hells time to be dazzled

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[Closer, closer, closer....too close and Finnick might catch a shine of light in two eyes, if he has a torch on him.]

action ][ get your towels ready it's about to go down

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[No torch on him, alas, but he's slowly making his way closer. That spear in his hand is ready and waiting, though; old habits die hard.]

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[One...two...three.

The crying of the victim silences, having never existed in the first place. Then there's the movement of a large shape in the shadows and the massive lion leaps for the armed human with a throaty growl.]

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[Buffy is in stealth mode. She's wearing all black and is carrying the scythe. She pauses slightly at the entrance, head cocked to listen to the whimpering before taking a step inside the cave.]

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[Whimpering from one side of the cave, slow steady breathing from the other. What could be more suspicious? The lion watches closely, his eyes will catch a shine of gold from any lightsource.]

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[Buffy pauses, letting her eyes adjust to the light. She takes a deep breath and closes her eyes. A step to the breathing side of the cave. She'll deal with the whimpering later. The scythe lashes out in an arc revealing her position but she's not stupid enough to believe Aslan didn't know where she was to begin with.]

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[The space here is a narrow one and just as her scythe reveals hers, his reaction to it has him retreating to the opposite wall, growling low. That's when the whimpering stops, vanquished by his own focus shifting from the ruse to the fight. In Buffy's favor, there's no real victim to save, thus no victim to endanger in a battle.]