ioduanlogs | silent, in the trees [open]

Characters: Trahearne, open to everyone
Date: Early February
Location: In and around the Dreaming Bridge
Situation: There's a quiet plant guy lurking around. That might be a little weird.
Warnings/Rating: Nothing yet

A. During the day - outside the Dreaming Bridge
When he's not busy with other matters, Trahearne has been spending some time right outside the Dreaming Bridge building. He mostly walks around the outside of the Quayside wing, though sometimes he makes a circle around the Breakwater wing as well, to cover all his bases.

What exactly he's doing out there might not be immediately obvious. When he's not just walking around, examining the dirt and peering under bushes like he's looking for something, he's been leaving little pieces of jerky in specific, tucked-away places. Trahearne later returns to check to see if the jerky is gone, but even when it's disappeared, he seems to keep walking away with nothing to show for the endeavor.

Whatever kind of animal Trahearne is trying to lure out hasn't yet revealed itself, but he's certainly patient enough to continue trying.

B. At night - in the Dreaming Bridge lounge/lobby
Trahearne hasn't been sleeping well. Tossing and turning is one thing, but after the first night when he kept waking from terrible nightmares, he decided that persisting in a useless endeavor would only end in disturbing his roommates. The idea of having to explain what he was seeing in his dreams to two complete strangers wasn't just unappealing, he knew that it wouldn't help matters any. He'd still have trouble sleeping, and he'd still wake them with it, whether they knew what was happening or not.

Instead, he's taken to slipping out of his room after the others are asleep, taking with him a small pile of books on the Planes that he's obtained from one of the local libraries. Trahearne then curls up in one of the more comfortable chairs in the public lounge, reading by the light of a lamp, up until he dozes off or simply can't see straight anymore. Whether he's found awake or asleep, he's always gone before sunrise, either to get breakfast or to return to his room to prepare for another day.

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Half-bent over and peering behind one of the bushes, Trahearne straightened up abruptly when he heard that meow, looking over to them in surprise. "The cat!" It was real! Thank the Pale Tree, he wasn't losing it after all!

Aware that he must look at least a little strange, Trahearne approached Valdis with a small smile. "I'm sorry. Is this one yours? I only ever caught fleeing glimpses before. I wasn't entirely sure that I hadn't imagined it."

Valdis was not intimidated by the strange person's appearance in the slightest, Anani, however, did have a slight problem. He hissed, struggling out of Valdis' arms and climbing up onto her should, turning around awkwardly and hissing again, as if warning the newcomer to stay away.

"Anani," Valdis said sharply, somewhat shocked by the cat's reaction. "I'm sorry, he isn't usually like this."

For heaven's sake, the cat liked Bakura.

Trahearne stopped in his tracks when the cat started hissing. So that was why his attempts at luring it out into the open hadn't succeeded. He opted to stay where he was, not wanting to antagonize the cat any further, but he couldn't help but look a little crestfallen.

"No, it's quite alright. It must be that my appearance startles him." He does sound a little regretful, but there was simply nothing to be done about it. Trahearne knew better than to push at an unwilling animal. "Did you say his name's Anani? He's a beautiful creature."

"Yes, he is, I guess." She was still quite startled by her normally friendly cat's reaction. Then Anani dug in his claws, tail lashing as he continued to hiss. Valdis grabbed him by the scruff of the neck and pulled him off of her. He flailed slightly, and then mewed, falling limp as she gathered him up in her arms.

"Are you the one leaving jerky everywhere?"

Anani blinked, then ducked his head under her arm to hide his face.

It might be a little awkward to hold a conversation from this distance, but Trahearne was otherwise determined to do his best impression of a tree in staying put. He didn't want to accidentally prompt Anani into clawing her up, which seemed like a definite possibility.

He did have the grace to look a little embarrassed. "I'm afraid I'm guilty as charged. One of the forts I served in had a trio of cats that I quite enjoyed having around. I thought perhaps I could lure yours out with some sort of treat, but it hadn't worked particularly well. ... Ah, but I haven't introduced myself. My name's Trahearne."

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Trahearne, my name is Valdis."

She nudged her cat so he lifted his head, blinking slowly at the strange looking man.

"You should try some fish," she continued, "He just leaves the jerky on my bed, despite the fact that I've told him I am quite capable of hunting for myself."

Anani purred a moment at the word 'fish'.

"So that's where it's been going?" Trahearne lifts a hand to rub at the back of his neck, looking quite awkward now. "I'm very sorry about that, Valdis. I thought for sure the jerky was being eaten by something, if not your cat." Perhaps old jerky wasn't the worst in the way of cat presents, but it still didn't sound very nice.

"I could try fish, but I imagine that would be all the more unpleasant if he decides to leave it on your bed. Perhaps I should simply let him get used to my presence around the Bridge before making another attempt."

"Anani isn't exactly a normal cat," Valdis replied, "And he's generally not shy, so I'm sure he'll warm up to you."

Though she did wonder how much jerky he had been leaving in her roommates beds.

"I don't suggest you leave the fish lying around, but he is rather fond of it."

"I wouldn't describe behavior like that as shy, but I'll keep that in mind." After all, Anani had hissed at him, more than once. Perhaps Trahearne had only startled the cat, but he was still intending on taking care around him in the future.

"I do have to ask... does that mean he truly is the only cat here? That's a large part of why I was so eager to find him. When I asked the workers here, they couldn't put a name to the kind of creature I was talking about."

"As far as I know." Valdis shrugged, "Anani is from my world, not Konryu."

From her past apparently, though her memories were iffy on that. It was really only the word of her brother she had to go on. That and the fact that the cat wouldn't leave her alone. It also helped that the cat had probably saved her life once.

"I haven't actually observed his interactions with the native people, it's possible that he stays out of sight."

Trahearne frowned, loosely crossing his arms over his chest. "Nothing quite compounds the strange nature of this world like the animals not being the same. It's not the different peoples here, but such details that make it feel so foreign. I wonder if the plant life is even quite the same as it is back home."

Being in a city itself was a little familiar, but beyond that, this place didn't resemble Tyria much at all. It was strange to realize that he was becoming a little homesick, when that was among the least of his problems.

"It does get some taking used to."

She didn't have tree people on her world, so Trahearne was odd to her, but no more odd than the other races on Konryu. Perhaps it was simply that she was used to adjusting. Anani mewed softly, closing his eyes and purring, seeming calmer.

"Well, it was nice to meet you, Trahearne. I'm sure Anani will calm down eventually."

Trahearne answers with a murmur, "I suppose it does." It was still strange to think of adjusting to this place, and strange to be here at all, but it wasn't as though he had a choice in the matter.

Then he nods to her, speaking again in his normal tone. "If you need to leave, then don't let me keep you. It was quite nice to meet you as well."

Valdis leaned down to release Anani. The cat fluffed up his tail and darted away, turning the corner and vanishing from sight. Valdis watched him go, her head tipped in confusion. One more glance at Trahearne, a short shrug and she moved after her strange cat, thinking to head back to her room.

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