[OrP] Pulled away [open to plot]

[lanimari]

It had been a couple days since Cunning Lily last went out in search of flowers to mix in with the dried grass she used as her bedding and so she went out today to look for a new type. Something that would smell sweet, of course, but also look beautiful and bright. With this in mind the young doe had wandered farther than ever before and having forgotten to mark her path had gotten herself quite lost indeed. At the sight of the dunes in the distance a hint of panic began to set in. How could she already be near to the plains, hadn't she only started walking when the sun was halfway across the sky?

Suddenly the doe took in the darker shades everything had began to take on and glanced up to the sky to notice that the sun had already began to set. Twilight was nearing and here she was, stuck out in the middle of nowhere, lost with no one to come and look for her. More than a little flustered the young Kimeti turned to walk back the other way, hoping maybe if she re-traced her steps well enough she could get home that way when she noticed two figures just a little distance away.

Relief flooded through her and she walked in their general direction, cautious, but not really hiding her presence. Perhaps they could help her find her way home! A little unsure of herself, she ducked her head down, clearly embarrassed as she stuttered, "H-Hello?"  

[lanimari]

Cunning Lily's head dipped slightly at the startled response of the doe before her and she felt the heat rise under her coarse fur in her face. She felt horrible for having disturbed the sleep of the Kimeti and shrunk back just a little out of shame. When the doe spoke to her, Cunning Lily raised her head and gave a soft smile that she hoped would be taken as apologetic. Now that it was mentioned, she was tired. And lost. And more than a little confused on just how she'd ended up in this area - she wasn't usually so dazed while walking and it startled her that she'd wandered so far.

She skittered slightly to the side when her eyes caught sight of the lynx and her eyes grew wide in both fear and surprise. Cunning Lily hadn't thought a lynx would do so well with a Kimeti and she grew curious as to how such a thing could occur. Did that mean that this doe was also a meat eater, like the lynx? With a toss of her head, she shook the questions from her mind and moved carefully closer and stared out at the dunes she had wandered so near to. Something about them felt like they were pulling to her. As if...it was okay to investigate them. She was a curious doe, and that curiosity began to tear at the part of her that screamed at her to turn tail and run. Surely such an adventure should be left to does better suited for such!

But the part of her that wanted to know more gave a slight nod, "If you're sure you wouldn't mind my company..." The doe gave another slight toss of her head, to shake off the nagging feeling of discomfort and shame and gave a more confident smile, "Then yes, I would like to join you."

Her gaze went back out over the dunes and she tilted her head slightly at the duo she had just met, "What..brings you out this way..?

She paused, then, and dipped her head in an awkward pause, "If...you don't mind me asking that is..." Cunning Lily felt bad for waking up the doe and her friend, and felt worse for being so bad at striking up a conversation.