[Not Lost... This Time] (open)

[Synnøve Nevalainen]

[/i] powerful. Absentmindedly stroking the gem, Synnove tried to make a decision as to which way to go next... not that there was any real difference in the paths. One would take her closer to the Crystal Lake, and the other... where did that one lead?
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[Noro]

Azu sat in a branch high above the youth below her. She sat back on her haunches and regarded the newcomer that she hadn't really noticed before and realized why. A ghostly appearance had made the unknown person seem almost as if she were part of the forest to Azu. She continued contemplating the aspects of her physique. This shadow-girl was strange and unfamiliar. Azu was sure she had never run into her before, but that was common. Azu had a tendency to stick to herself, but there were exceptions.
Azuintaeya slowly moved, walking on all fours to another branch for a change of view. Her tail curled a little as she moved and her ice blue eyes twinkled. As she settled down again, her raven hair fell forward upon her shoulders. Her nostrils flared as she tried to catch a scent from the shadow-girl. Blood? she thought warily, but wasn't sure. After all, she was in the canopies. The earthy scents of the forest could have been weighing down the scent of the girl. She was so thin and pale, she was almost transparant in Azu's eyes. Not really, she could see her perfectly, but in comparison to her surroundings and the composition of a normal human being, there was something completely ethreal about the youth.
Azu began to feel a little awkward. She didn't usually take such interest in others. Still, she continued to look though. The necklace around the shadow-girls neck looked bigger than the girl herself. Also, it was a little tacky to Azu. She fingered her own necklace lightly. The pendant was small, a silver snowflake with a gold tongue of flame on top of it, swinging on two thin chains of silver and gold twisted together to support the charm. Azu cast her eyes down again. There was something about this girl that she couldn't get off of her mind. Azu decided to take a closer look and jumped off of her branch to the forest floor.
Azu landed on all fours in front of the girl, tail stuck out slightly for balance and ears trained towards the general area in front of her. She stayed in the same position as she waited for some sort of reaction.