isleofavalon | a wolf about town [open & closed]

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a wolf about town [open & closed]

Who: Juno & everyone else!
What: Quests, exploring New Camelot, etc.
When: Throughout December.
Where: All around New Camelot.
Warnings: None at the moment, will update as needed.

Open and closed prompts in comments! Feel free to hit me up for prompts through PMs.

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Now let's see...

[Juno stands for a moment seemingly lost in deep deliberation. She holds a mound of snow between her hands, brow furrowed and ears pricked forward as she debates on where to go from here.

The snow sculpture before her more or less looks complete, though it's less a snow man than a snow wolf but details, right? She's finishing up on the ears now and is apparently evaluating if they need more or less added to them.

Eventually she drops the snow which rains down over her Yamabiko companion. Not that the creature seems to mind really.]

Mmm, maybe a little here?

[Using one of her claws she starts making more detailed marks on the ears, her tail wagging a slow and sedate beat behind her. She might even poke her tongue out too in concentration.]

[Haru's taken up the task of building snow villas, being of the right size and stature to actually made...well, reasonably sized homes for small fairy creatures without having to put much thought into it. She's arrived, trudging through the snow in winter boots, seeming to struggle through larger snowdrifts, and immediately she spots Juno and her companion.

Haru is companion-less for now, too much snowy wind would blow her puffball away, but seeing Juno does make her feel less alone in this venture.]

That's a nice looking snow beast. [hands on her hips she tilts her head to look up at it.] Is it an Arctic Wolf?

[Juno can't help but beam in pride at the question, her tail picking up speed.]

That's right! You could actually tell?

[It's... not badly done but it isn't exactly high art. Then again were the snow sculptures supposed to be?]

Yeah, my next guess would have been a grey wolf like you but it's... [She gestures to the whole of it] ...well, I guess any kind of animal you make out of snow will look like an Arctic one, huh?

I'm more used to making snow rabbits. [Clasping her hands behind her back she does admittedly admire the not-badly-done ice sculpture] So, where are you putting the hole for the fairies to live in?

The mouth?

[ Stella's not exactly a delicate touch so her snow sculptures have been, uh... interesting to look at, to put it politely. She's gotten just frustrated enough to have abandoned her own efforts for the time being, so she's taking to wandering around a bit to get her nose into everyone else's business.

So when she comes across Juno so hard at work on such a neat looking snow sculpture, she comes hurrying right over to take a closer look. ]

Oh wow, check it out! This looks so cool!

[The crunch of the snow tips her off first but by the time she turns Stella is there praising her sculpture. And that just sets off the canine in her.]

Is it? Ah, I'm so glad!

[Her tail picks up speed behind her.]

[ Oh god, that's all it takes for Juno to get so excited... Cute....!!! ]

Yeah, yeah! I've been giving it a try too, but we don't get a whole lot of snow where I grew up so I've never really, uh, made a snowman before...

[ She comes over to inspect Juno's a bit more closely. ]

Ooh, but yours is so detailed, though! I really dig it!

Ahaha, I know how that is. I've always lived in the city so there aren't really a lot of open spaces for this sort of thing.

[Her tail bursts into a quick flurry of wags, tempering down after a second. She flusters a little as she laughs.]

Sorry, sorry! Canines really love praise so it really sets off my tail sometimes.

[She speaks of it like it's an entity only half in her control.]

Oh, wow! Really?

[ Stella leans herself back at an angle that seems almost sure to make her topple over so she can eyeball Juno's tail for a moment. Thankfully, she straightens back up before she goes plopping back into the snow. ]

It's not a thing you're doing on purpose?

[At that Juno waves a clawed hand quickly.]

Oh no, not at all! I mean I can control it but... ahaha, a wolf's tail tells you a lot about their moods.

Eheh, I was gonna say it must be hard keeping a poker face if you've got that to give you away but I'm not any good at keeping a straight face anyway and I don't even have a tail...

[ Though by the way she perks up a little as a thought hits her, she definitely already has some Puppy Energy. ]

Uh, it's not a drag me asking all kindsa questions like this, is it? I've been kinda bugging everybody about where they come from but it's probably gonna get pretty old before too long, huh?

[Oh the look on her face. It's all exasperation coupled with a big ol' sigh.]

You have no idea! It's just so... frustrating sometimes!

[She huffs another breath, puffing out her cheeks just a touch.]

I can't "play it cool" like a lot of other animals. If I get excited then there it goes, wag wag wag! If I get angry it can puff up too! Not as much as a feline of course but it makes it really, really hard to hide when you're annoyed! And then--

[... Oh. Oh wait! Oh no! Juno looks unabashedly ashamed over at the other woman, eyes wide.]

I started complaining again! I'm so sorry!

[She just has a lot of passion in her body! Honest!]

[ Oh, that's an impassioned little speech! It's absolutely not what she was expecting to hear, but she's so delighted and so caught off guard by it that Stella can't help but laugh. Not at Juno, of course, but she's so charmed that she's more than a little tickled. ]

No, no, you don't have to apologize! I can't even imagine what a pain in the butt it'd be to have something just giving all your feelings away like that, jeez.

[ She stops giggling and gives Juno a smile. ]

I wasn't expecting you to come out with all that, but it's kind of a fun side of you!

[Juno huffs out a breath before she instantly presses her hands to her cheeks, abandoning her snowman detail work to fluster.]

Aaah, how can it be fun!

[She puffs out her cheeks just a touch and swats a hand at the other woman. Not heavily and not meaning to hit, of course. It's all a playful gesture.]

[ And of course, that just makes her laugh harder. ]

It's always fun seeing somebody get all worked up about something! Not worked up mad I mean – but like, when somebody super cares about something, isn't it fun just listening to them talk about it?

[Oooh. Juno thinks on that a moment and then nods a little.]

I get what you mean. The way someone's eyes light up when they talk about something they have a lot of strong feelings about? That sort of thing?

Exactly!

[ She pumps her fists excitedly. ]

It's like– even if it's not something you'd be excited about in the first place, hearing somebody else talking about it and getting super into it ends up making you excited, right?

Mm, yes! That's what makes performances so exciting, right?

[Or so the wolf thinks.]

Right! No matter what kind of performance it is, so long as someone's having fun doing it, it's fun to watch.

[ She nods to herself, like she just dropped a real nugget of wisdom there and then grins at Juno again. ]

Man, just talking about it makes me wish we had an excuse to do something on stage while we're here, but what would we even do?

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