How long had he been running? This damned area had little in the way of time-telling method, not even in the Beast families scent factors. The method was known as the Olubezza, a method of turning the scent receptors up to a rather high amount, and sniffing out the minute changes in smell associate with the amount of present sunrays, moonbeams, or any other factor. Time here, it seemed, literally did not exist. 

As he was slowing down, about to turn down his sensitive receptors, before a strange smell assaulted and knocked him unconcious, which was known to happen when the Beasts thought they could roam freely with it ramped all the way up, he caught the whiff of something not... natural. 

Someone was here, and they were trying to hide. That meant only one of two things, they were a predator, or they precieved themselves as prey. Fruzio let his receptors go back down to normal levels, marking the scent in the glands just behind his nose. Perhaps subconsciously, he thought back to the lionmen of his world, and how they hide before striking - he would not fall victim like his cousin Werl had so long ago. 

Fingers gripping halfway down the shaft of his spear, he began to move slowly. His heightened strength and the almost abnormal fluid silence of his steps helped him move into a protective stance. Even before moving, his body was capable of several things, enhanced hearing and smell, somehwat enhanced sight, and a respectable level of taste. His body lacked defense, but his strength was nothing to shake a stick at, nor his speed and reflexes on the move. 

Now that he was in danger of being attacked by this unknown source of smell, whatever it belonged too, he had to adequately prepare himself. 

The physical [b]Novas[/b] determined they could utilize things called [b]steps[/b] to open up a world of offensive and defensive capabilities. They weren't always classified by the classic definition of steps, but by actions taken. Fruzio had four possible moves from his first step, which he was now executing. The steps were simple, but what they could do from them was anything but. With his first step, he could enhance his strength or speed, execute an attack, or ward off a somewhat weak attack. With enough steps, he could even attack incorporeal beings, or defend against magic. 

With no outlying reason to use any of the steps he could activate now, he calmly continued to move around in a left to right circle, letting his body slowly turn towards the scent. 

[b][color=Goldenrod]If anyone is here, you can come out. I mean you know harm, but would like to know what you're doing on the path opened from one multiverse to another.[/color][/b]