ooc: hey guys! sage first, then gabe, if you don't mind mel :3 anna, if you're reading, feel free to leap in. clover could have spent the night with them also if she wished.
wc: 200+
It was a beautiful morning. Crisp and cool, fresh and... Alright, so maybe it was a little bit chilly. China brushed away the thought with an absent wave of her hand. The Earthmother was beautiful in all seasons, not just those who were kinder to those of low body-fat. However, the cooler each morning grew, the more the young Lykoi wished that she and her sister had a more permanent place of residence - Somewhere a little less drafty that a canopy of trees, perhaps. The Forest of Nod sure was beautiful, but with winter bristling her ivory teeth, it was time they moved towards the heart of Inferni lands.
China rose from where she had been lying, on a rather comfortable bedding of rotting pine leaves. Shaking herself briskly, the rather skinny optime female stretched out luxuriously, yawned widely, and opened her tranquil Lapis Lazuli eyes to the wondrous lands of Inferni. Home.
As usual, her sister seemed to have risen before her, but the body warmth still lingered from where Sage had been - She mustn't be far. With habitual worry before setting out after her kindred, China checked the bandage on her upper right arm, noting with a sigh of relief that her treasured reed pipe was in it, as always. Then, humming a lilting and somewhat absent tune to herself, the starry-eyed girl rose to her feet gracefully and wandered out from her haven of trees. "Sage? Where are you, honey?" Gentle sing-song voice called, her feet treading a lackadaisical path which she suspected her sister had previously.
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