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[b]Los Angeles - Obscure Alleyway[/b]
[@Count Cuddles] & [@The Harbinger of Ferocity][hr]

[i]It happened in a whisper.[/i]
Scarcely a sound to introduce the approach of the massive creature. He registered the eyes before he registered the creature, actually became fixated on them for a moment which wasn't hard to do when he was being scrutinized. Golden eyes, frighteningly intelligent golden eyes. An entirely feline look of disdain that was accompanied by an orange and black striped body. A heavy, elegant body that was corded in muscle and much larger than any house cat that he'd ever had the pleasure of knowing. 

He stared, and he stared, [i]and he stared.[/i] Eerily, he didn't really react, just kept staring at the creature that had imposed itself into the alleyway. He had seen tigers before, in zoos and in documentaries but he had never been [i]this[/i] close to a tiger before. A more primal instinct wanted him to react, to run or to back out very slowly. That more primal instinct was overridden by a sort of hazy hissing in the back of his mind, a sort of growing television static that seemed to only get louder and louder as he stood there and took it all in. 

[i]Well[/i], he thought, almost sullenly. [i]I'm going to need more whiskey for this.[/i]

Unfortunately, he had already finished his flask and he didn't think he'd have the time to duck by the nearest liquor store. He'd have to bare with this and hope his pleasant buzz was enough not to over-analyze it. He'd seen enough weird things in his life that a talking tiger shouldn't have surprised him but here he was- [i]mildly surprised[/i] by a talking tiger. He focused on details of it, the long white whiskers, the burnt orange color of its coat, the hyper-intelligent eyes. 

“[color=a0410d]Eh bien, putain.[/color]” He said, sounding strangely detached. He was [i]far too relaxed[/i] in his stance, completely unprepared for any attack that the creature might throw at him. “[color=a0410d]You're [i]really[/i] a tiger. I don't believe I've ever been this close to a tiger before. Do you have a name?[/color]”[/center]