[h3][color=orange]TEAM CARROT[/color][/h3]
[color=DDA0DD]"Peaceful, yes,"[/color] Lily replied automatically, eyes once again closed as someone crested the stairs to the temple. [color=DDA0DD]"Quiet..."[/color] Her words were, as if on cue, punctuated by the [i]pop[/i] of a disappearing felidrake. [color=DDA0DD]"...not quite."[/color]

She finally deigned to look up, glancing over the other redhead with a critical eye. Painfully tall for a girl, really, and she carried herself like a bird ready to take flight at the slightest sign of trouble, but she had a sweet face—and as far as Lily thought, redheads were clearly superior in every way.

As she finished her quick assessment, she idly scratched the felidrake's head with a finger. She'd learned—quickly—that were she to pause in petting the little beast for even a moment, there would be some very sharp claws digging into her legs. The cat dragon seemed to think it had found the one statue in the entire forest that was warm, soft, [i]and[/i] came with petting limbs. Marvelously lazy creatures. She knew she always liked cats.

The other girl crouched down, and Lily raised an eyebrow, glancing down to make sure the drake wasn't startled into fleeing.

[color=BB5457]"It seems to like you, doesn't it?"[/color]

[color=DDA0DD]"Oh, I certainly hope so,"[/color] she grumbled, nonetheless continuing to gently stroke the soft fur, carefully avoiding the spines on its back. [color=DDA0DD]"This little monster gobbled up half of my pork jerky, burped, and went straight to sleep. If it [i]doesn't[/i] like me, it's playing games with me, and I don't appreciate that."[/color]

As reluctant as she was to disturb the little thing, Lily glanced over to where she'd set down her cage. [color=DDA0DD]"Seems a shame to cage them,"[/color] she muttered, then turned back to Scarlett. [color=DDA0DD]"Wouldn't happen to  have any iron bracelets on you? It'd tickle me pink to have one of these things on a leash."[/color]

[@Jay Kalton]