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Neela huffed in amusement as Kiara tripped over the protruding wood, the white wolf coming to rest on the ground. Tail wagging Neela made her way over to Kiara, peering at the wolf to check that she hadn't hurt herself badly.
"You alright?" Neela questioned as she reached Kiara, giving the dazed wolf a quick lick on her nose as she checked over. Seeing nothing worrying she gave Kirar a mischievous grin before turning her tail and fleeing, wondering how long it would take the younger female to realise that she head been tagged.
Feet pounding on the wooden floor Neela skidded through a doorway at the back of the shop, leading out into a narrow corridor. To her left lay the rotten, splintered remains of the door so she veered sharply to the right, lightly skimming the wall as she did so. Just ahead of her she could see a metal door hanging loosely half open. As she ran towards it Neela began to shift into Secui, focusing on converting her upper body first. She didn’t manage to complete the shift in how much time she had but she gained enough weight to ram the door open before she reverted, slipping back down into full Lupus.
The room beyond, which seemed to be some sort of storehouse, was full of boxes and shelves as well as a heavy coating of dust. A quick scan of the large room revealed that other than a pair of large, securely barred, metal doors on the far side the room was completely secure. With tools and about half an hour Neela could have probably gotten the door open, but that wasn't particularly helpful for a game of tag.
Deciding to hide and observe, Neela dashed towards a large stack of cardboard boxes which had been stacked into a rough pyramid. Unfortunately she misjudged the strength of the cardboard and as she started to climb the pyramid the rotten material disintegrated beneath her feet, sending her crashing down into the boxes contents, some old dog toys, with a loud squeak.
Neela cursed at the loud noise, but soon had other things to worry about as the misbalanced and disintegrating pyramid tilted dangerously towards her before falling town onto her head. Fortunately the pyramid hadn’t contained anything heavy, else it would have collapsed long ago, so Neela was merely stunned as she lay beneath the pile of cardboard.
