The man now known as Jean Cernunnos was walking home after a delivery.
Of sorts.
Anyway. There had been books and invitations involved, and they had intrigued him enough to close shop early and go out for dinner. He was whistling cheerfully, and taking the scenic route home to enjoy the park. He still remembered when it had been woods. If he looked, he could probably find a tree or two with a familiar name carved into it. There were enough isolated areas that locals sometimes liked to engage in… well. A lot of things. And most of them interesting enough to make it worth wandering through, when given the opportunity.
He'd decided to wear a blue suit with a floral flocked waistcoat, white leather gloves and white shoes and a white ribbon in his hair. It was not as tidy as he could be, but he was willing to be seen. He thought the color flattered his eyes.
A familiar, bitter fear caught his attention. Usually, he was the target of this particular person's terror. Or maybe he only thought so because she so consistently found ways to be terrified in his presence, when she wasn't busy being indignant or mortified.
He was working on it. It was a project.
There were wolves about.
It was not necessarily a habit of his to go interrupting someone else's hunt, not if they were staying out of his business and keeping their trespasses brief. But the target – and he could only assume she was the target – was not their prey.
When he spotted the source of all that terror, he grinned wide.
What a wonderful turn of events. What a fantastic day.
She was running to and fro, frantically hunting for some kind of hiding place, circling under benches and scrabbling at trees, trying to follow strangers. She was too skittish for him to sneak up on her properly, but he had a height advantage, and it wasn't difficult at all to scoop her up off the ground. Little legs all flailing, tiny form all overwhelmed with panic. He tucked her against his chest, her ribcage resting on top of his palm.
"And who do you belong to, pretty puppy?" he asked aloud, as if he did not know perfectly well who she was.
Of sorts.
Anyway. There had been books and invitations involved, and they had intrigued him enough to close shop early and go out for dinner. He was whistling cheerfully, and taking the scenic route home to enjoy the park. He still remembered when it had been woods. If he looked, he could probably find a tree or two with a familiar name carved into it. There were enough isolated areas that locals sometimes liked to engage in… well. A lot of things. And most of them interesting enough to make it worth wandering through, when given the opportunity.
He'd decided to wear a blue suit with a floral flocked waistcoat, white leather gloves and white shoes and a white ribbon in his hair. It was not as tidy as he could be, but he was willing to be seen. He thought the color flattered his eyes.
A familiar, bitter fear caught his attention. Usually, he was the target of this particular person's terror. Or maybe he only thought so because she so consistently found ways to be terrified in his presence, when she wasn't busy being indignant or mortified.
He was working on it. It was a project.
There were wolves about.
It was not necessarily a habit of his to go interrupting someone else's hunt, not if they were staying out of his business and keeping their trespasses brief. But the target – and he could only assume she was the target – was not their prey.
When he spotted the source of all that terror, he grinned wide.
What a wonderful turn of events. What a fantastic day.
She was running to and fro, frantically hunting for some kind of hiding place, circling under benches and scrabbling at trees, trying to follow strangers. She was too skittish for him to sneak up on her properly, but he had a height advantage, and it wasn't difficult at all to scoop her up off the ground. Little legs all flailing, tiny form all overwhelmed with panic. He tucked her against his chest, her ribcage resting on top of his palm.
"And who do you belong to, pretty puppy?" he asked aloud, as if he did not know perfectly well who she was.
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