Jeanne-Marie

@SpliceThingsUp *Her cheeks pink, out of sight, fingers curling carefully around Chimera's*

@DivineFlight *Filled with warm and it might just be endotherm-on-endotherm bodily contact but no, she thinks there's something else, something she only feels with Jeanne-Marie and it's very, very nice. The purring ratchets up a notch. Somewhat shyly, she finds the other girl's hand*

*Runs around throwing leaves into the air, then comes in out of the cold to wrap an extremely fluffy tail around @DivineFlight*

@SpliceThingsUp *Squeaks softly in response and nuzzles at her hair*

@DivineFlight *Shifts something in her throat, so she can answer without words, her chest beginning to rumble, the soft noise filling the air. There. That's better*

@SpliceThingsUp *Wraps narrow, endlessly gentle arms around her and rests her own head on Chimera's* Thank you for warming me.

@DivineFlight > girl's shoulder*

@SpliceThingsUp *Beams at her!!!* I love it. Je t'adore, Chimera.

@DivineFlight *Fluffs it in her face with a toothy grin. It /is/ a squirrel tail, so it keeps twitching, but it's sooo warm*

@SpliceThingsUp How! *Eyes SO wide they fill half her face, mouth pulled up against all protest*

@DivineFlight *Oof! Squawk and laugh and roll and grin up at her* Flying. You were flying.

*Stalk stalkstalk. ... Sneaksneaksneak*

@SpliceThingsUp and shivers and her cheeks are bright, eyes brighter, all aglow like the moon and she throws arms all around Chimera's neck*

@SpliceThingsUp *The laugh buoys her up, higher faster-. And then a laugh of her own trips out of her and the ground calls her back and she trips onto her feet, running, running, spinning and catching onto Chimera and spinning with her, feet still flying in the dirt, kicking it up in scatters --

@SpliceThingsUp *She is a bird. She is, suddenly, a bird, and slipping free of earthly chains, flying over the leaves and flying, flying--*

@DivineFlight *Chimera has the impression for a second that Jeanne-Marie's feet are just barely touching the ground, her footsteps lighter, like a bird's. She doesn't say anything, but keeps running, heart leaping like a hare in her chest, an odd giddy feeling like a laugh trying to burst out*

@SpliceThingsUp *Whee~! Bright trees and bright Chimera and bright bright speed faster faster whipping up leaves the breeze fiercer past her ears-*

@DivineFlight *Grins, teeth bright, and tugs gently to lead her off the path and into the light, open woodland, early autumn leaves now flying beneath their feet*

@SpliceThingsUp *Squeals at the sudden flight, filled with bright joy at the sight. Her feet grow lighter, faster, until she's almost pulling Chimera along*

@DivineFlight *Run, run, embracing the wind and letting out a little laugh and a breathless "Sorry!" to a bird they disrupt at the edge of the path, as it takes off in a small explosion of feathers*

@SpliceThingsUp *Heh. She's still not so sure about running. Once she's /doing it/, yes, but. There's a dread attached to starting, to trying, to beginning. She grips hard to Chimmy's hand to encourage herself before extending long legs out. Run, run*

@DivineFlight *Come on! Hair flying in the rising wind, Chimmy running slow enough on her paw-feet to not leave Jeanne-Marie behind*

@SpliceThingsUp I ⁠—. *Her fingers briefly work in Chimera's* Yes...

@DivineFlight @BendAndSway *Glances after Erik and then up the path, and back at JM* Want to run?

@SpliceThingsUp @BendAndSway *Flushes and her lips pull up like a bow. Erik excuses himself and JM twines her fingers with Chimera's*

@DivineFlight @BendAndSway *Shakes her head* It's not here yet. Not for a while. *Takes Jeanne-Marie's hand and grins. They can keep walking*

@SpliceThingsUp @BendAndSway *Follows her finger. Oh yes, those do look foreboding* Should we go in, or do you want to be outside a little longer?

@DivineFlight @BendAndSway *Nods, ears swiveling* I hear it. Coming from that way. *Points to the darkened horizon on their right. The clouds are obvious, they've been there all day, but they do seem to be thickening now*

@SpliceThingsUp @BendAndSway Can you tell? *Stares at her ears — so pretty! So clever...*

@BendAndSway @DivineFlight *Quick flash of sharp teeth in a smile as she hugs JM back. She's mostly human at the moment, with traces of cat* Hi. It's going to storm soon.

@SpliceThingsUp @BendAndSway *Squeals softly--! And it's Chimera, so even though her heart is pounding she's laughing and looping an eager adoring arm around her* Chimera! Tu m'as surpris!

@DivineFlight @BendAndSway *Silent leap pounce! Careful careful so she doesn't knock her down or really scare her*

@BendAndSway @SpliceThingsUp *Though everything about /Chimera/ is interesting...*

@SpliceThingsUp *He's taking Jeanne-Marie for a walk around the grounds and talking quietly to her about theology. Nothing too interesting, Chimera*

@SpliceThingsUp *Gazes at her laughing, and smiles very brightly, shyly, brightly at it*

@DivineFlight *Sympathetic response pulls a smile and a short laugh out of Chimera, too, without her having to try. It's a good feeling. That's a good sound. She enjoys it for a minute, lets it roll around in her ears like wren-song*

*Slithers down from the tree, checks out the tracks left in the wet grass, sniffs the air curiously. Huh... Puzzled. But also hungry. Putting the curiosity on a back shelf, re-absorbing her claws, picking a bit of bark from under her fingernails, and heading back inside*

@SpliceThingsUp *The laugh splits and spills past her hand, bright and twinkling* Oh no, oh no, how awful..!

@DivineFlight *Yesss. Maybe if she makes an "ew" face while batting away an imaginary smell?*