To Ashley's curt refusal, Jaiden merely shrugged his shoulders with a muttered [color=steelblue]"Meh, worth a shot,"[/color] eyes following her ascent upstairs, his eyes fairly focused on her ass for a good portion of her walk before he looked back up at towards her. [color=steelblue]"Have a good night, Ash, and see ya in the morning."[/color]

With Ash gone, and having solidly shut him down for any chance of having fun, Jaiden decided that it was around time he get down to business. Getting up to his feet, he gave a slight yawn as he stretched out his back, which still felt a bit stiff from the thrashing it had received earlier. He heard the sound of voices upstairs, probably the doc and the brat, but put them out of his mind as he made his way out the door. Upon making his way into the woods, he happened upon the dude from before doing some martial art moves while shooting fire from his hands as well as Boxcar attempting to make conversation. Jaiden himself didn't say anything as he passed by, merely nodding his head to Sam and giving Boxcar a firm pat on the head that may have been too hard, though whether that was on purpose or accident was hard to tell. Jaiden also made sure to pull his hand away quickly afterwards, not feeling like having to regrow/attach his fingers in case the wolf wasn't a fan of some friendly horseplay. . . or would it be wolfplay in this instance?

Either way, after his brief interaction with those two, Jaiden would make his way into the woods, telling them both that he'd [color=steelblue]"be back before dawn"[/color] as he slipped past the trees and brush. After some time spent walking through the woods, and only after he was sure that no one else was around, Jaiden quickly began to strip down to his birthday suit. After depositing his clothes in a nearby uninhabited tree hollow, he proceeded to shift his body into it's [url=https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/warframe/images/4/4c/NidusNewLook.png/revision/latest?cb=20161223053121]altered form.[/url] His flesh giving way to a hard carapace as his eyes, nose, and ears were all replaced with a much more precise and powerful set of sensory organs, all hidden beneath the surface of his arm. Looking around with a tentative air, Jaiden took a moment to enjoy the peace and quiet of the cool mountain night. It was only at the sound of a howling wolf that he began to move, ordering his body to limit pheromone production as he worked to remove his scent, slowing giving up his sense of humanity to the beast within, letting himself be swept away in the thrill of the hunt.