A Penny for Your....Memories? (Gotham)

[Gypsy]

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[atrb=background,http://i50.tinypic.com/34z0jf9.jpg] A dark shadow moved through the sunset, wiry limbs stretched across the beach as the sun moved behind her. Once again she had wandered to the ocean's edge, yet for some reason, walking away, she was almost disappointed. Her small ears were pinned on her small head, her antenna curling down her neck. Why did she think he would be here? It had been almost a month since she had seen the male sennyo. Here she had spent most the day lounging at the beach, hoping he would show up. She hated to admit that she wanted the company of her own species, all the wolves in her pack were all pumped for the fighting matches. She had been given a higher rank, maybe she wanted to brag to someone that would not challenge her for the position. It didn't matter now though, the cold hearted female was calloused once more. Her jewel like eyes gleamed in the fading light as she was aiming to head back home. Yet the last rays of the sun were warm on her back and made her reluctant to slink away. She opened her blue wings and paused long enough to let herself lay down in the soft sand. She closed her eyes, sitting like a regal sphinx so as not to get sand in her nostrils. Once the sun was gone...then she would head home. She liked living life at her own pace afterall.

[Gotham]

As the light faded in the west, Gotham found himself wandering on a familiar shore. He was bored of his pack again and wanted something to do. But it was no accident that he had found his way here. He felt a bit foolish thinking that she would be here. This was not her home, and there was no real reason why he should expect to find her here. Any yet, here he was.

It wouldn’t be long now before he was unable to find anything in the dark. He laughed at himself bitterly for a moment and considered returning home. And then he saw her. A dark patch on the sand with a splash of blue.

He had been looking for someone and actually found them. He felt a strange rush of excitement and joy. Surely it would be nothing compared to the elation of finding his mate, but Gotham could not remember that last time he had felt even slightly happy.

He smiled and began to walk slowly in her direction. His small paws were nearly silent on the sand. Her eyes were closed and she looked rather peaceful soaking in the last warm rays of the sun. His grin widened at the idea of sneaking up on her and his light, wispy tail drifted back and forth slowly. He waited until he was as close as he thought he could get without her hearing his approach and said, “Sit like that too long and you’ll get washed out to sea.” He paused and smiled. “Nice to see you again, Gypsy.”

[Gypsy]

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[atrb=background,http://i50.tinypic.com/34z0jf9.jpg] She had the oddest feeling of being watched. She tried to listen, but the ocean waves made it hard to hear anything else. She opened her eyes just in time to hear his voice emit into the twilight. She tensed, not wanting to jump with a start. Her ears folded back on her small head and she grumbled a little. "Seems that I would hear the ocean coming before I would hear you, Gotham." She gave him a playful smirk. She was unsure why she was happy to see him, maybe it made her feel like less of a fool. She stood up on her willowy legs, gently shaking the dry sand from her dark, silky pelt. Her cold eyes met his, though there was not really ice to them at the moment. Her white-tipped tail floated up with the sea breeze, bobbing slightly. "Fancy seeing you here, and surprising that you remembered my name." She gave a short chuckle, bringing her antenna up to dangle above her shallow forehead.

[Gotham]

He chuckled at her comment. He had used her name for just that reason. “No, I haven’t” been using my powers, he almost said. Then he remembered that he had yet to share that information with her. “I haven’t forgotten,” he finished with a small smile. “Not yet.”

He had the sudden urge for physical contact. He remembered the way her tail had brushed against him on their last meeting, and how he had enjoyed it. He wanted to touch her, to connect with someone. And that made him very uncomfortable. So instead, he fought the urge and sat down in the sand, scratching his ear with a hind leg to play it off as a natural action. Although he kept an outwardly cool and calm demeanor for the most part, his blue wings fluttered nervously.

“So,” he said, trying to distract his mind from uncomfortable thoughts, “how is your life among the short lived ones? More interesting than my own, I hope.”

[Gypsy]

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[atrb=background,http://i50.tinypic.com/34z0jf9.jpg] As she stood, he sat, which was fair considering he had just walked this way. There was an odd look in his eye that she didn't particularly understand, however she wrote it of as something she didn't need to know. Her world revolved around her for the most part. Her tail floated on the sea breeze as he spoke to her. When he brought the conversation back to being about her she gave a cool smile, "Seems at least one of them likes me. I got promoted to beta of my pack. Didn't really do anything for it either. Everyone else has to fight for their place, I just sit there and look pretty." She gave a slight shrug of her slender shoulders, she was very good at looking pretty. She did help the alpha female give birth to her pups, and she did offer advice and opinions where others mind their tongues. She looked back at Gotham, wondering how he would react to her new found position. She was mildly curious as to why he could remember her name and not the name of his mate.

[Gotham]

Gotham raised a brow. “A promotion, eh? And beta no less…” He looked over her slender form again. “Well, the power certainly suits you, my dear.” He smiled and silently consented that she was, in fact, very good at looking pretty. His tail wagged lightly behind him.

He silently pondered the strength of Gypsy’s leader, who apparently gave away high positions but then relied on only physical strength to settle the rest. He shrugged it off though, as he did have rather limited, biased information. After all, Gypsy must have done something to deserve the rank. As good as she was at it, looking pretty did not a beta make. Unless the alpha male was trying to get close to her, but then, Gypsy would not be so proud of being a trophy beta. No, she had surely done something to earn it, but was down playing it.

“It’s fortunate that your leader demonstrates such wisdom,” he teased lightly, but his mind wandered to his own situation almost immediately. “My own seems to be…” he paused until he found a word that he felt summed up his current pack, “unpredictable.”

[Gypsy]

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[atrb=background,http://i50.tinypic.com/34z0jf9.jpg] She was indeed a vain bitch. She liked being complimented on her looks, she worked hard to maintain them. Her feather-light tail twitched slightly, she gave him a sly smile. "Thank you." Whoa, a polite response? Strange, maybe her heart was not as callous as it once was. She raised a slender brow, "Wise? Well, She seems to like me more than some. Maybe it's because I helped her give birth. And speak my mind." Rhia did seem to look up to her, and well she was the only reason that Gypsy hung around. Was this a friendship? The idea made her puzzled. A feeling she did not like very well. Most her relations were fleeting... She decided to throw that thought out of her mind and change the focus to Gotham, "Your alpha huh?"