The glorious sun was starting to rise from its daily slumber in the eastern waters and left pink skies in its wake as it rose and now the pink was beginning to fade into blue. Those who were awake at this early hour but those who were consisted of the forest creatures and not many of the canine inhabitants of Inaria as it wasn't quite past the crack of dawn. The forest was only icy blues, snow whites, and stark, leafless trees when under the thumb of winter, bereft of the purple flowered-trees that the lands of Inaria was known for.

       Across the frozen lake and within sight of the meeting grounds roamed a massive creature. Large paws connected to thick limbs carried a muscular, imposing figure, his height and bulk dwarfing most canines. A pair of thick and almost dull sabres hung from his jaws marking him as a sabretooth cat. A thickly-furred tail hung parallel to the ground, almost brushing against the snow that he was pushing through. His cream and brown canvas made him fairly easy to spot - not to mention his size alone was a beacon. The beast also wore a pink and white flower crown crafted from the flowers that blossomed in spite of winter.

       Perses was unsure of this new venture into pack life but he wanted to feel like it had been a good decision but it had been something that seemed like it was more bad than good. Everything was new and unfamiliar for him, not just the differences between felines and canines but his isolated upbringing made everything quite new to him and he didn't know how to feel about it. He wanted to fit in but he was so different, everything was so different for him. It made his head spin and his ears hurt with everything that he was hit with. All of the new knowledge and the experiences was overwhelming for the beast.

       The colossal feline was also painfully shy and easily startled. His first introduction to Inaria had almost given him a heart attack and he was afraid of the loud noises that would make his ears hurt and ring. He knew that just because one of the inhabitants of Inaria was loud, it didn't mean that they all were. But everything was new and scary to him and adding in his shyness made it even more difficult for the the brown behemoth.

       The oversized yearling caught sight of something in the tree and padded over to investigate it. With as much grace as was allowed, the beast reared up to his hind legs and braced one paw against the tree with one paw on the branch where the object of his interest was. An abandoned bird nest and feathers. The scarlet-eyed sabretooth was lacking some feathery adornments and the ones he found were a pretty shade of red.

       A massive sabretooth male padded through the evergreen forest, his large tail flicking behind him as he walked. He was a hulking creature and on the giant end of the spectrum of size and not yet full grown. He was a beastly male with large paws that crushed the snow beneath him and thick limbs that was connected to a strong and burly body. His frame was mostly strong muscle and layered over that was a thick layer of fur, meant for even colder climates than the dire straits. He had a thick mane that made him seem even larger than the average sabretooth cat. A truly colossal specimen.

       Perses was still trying to get used to his new pack that he decided to be a part of and assimilation was never easy. Especially being one of the few felines in the pack and having little to no knowledge of how canine packs worked. Honestly, he didn't even know how normal prides or whatever they called a group of felines worked - he had been raised as an only cub with a single mother and little contact with the world outside of his home. It was difficult to know how or if the dark-furred brute would ever acclimate to such a pack, time would tell.

       The titan wandered outside of his packlands once again as he tried to wrap his head around the comings and goings of the pack he had joined. By no means was he dimwitted but everything was so new that it quickly became overwhelming to the beast who had seen little of the world and what it had to offer. The brown behemoth stopped a couple of paces away from a frozen river and then it became apparent that he wasn't the only one there. And his eyes widened as he caught sight of another - or more of what he was doing.

       The male looked peculiar - not just his pelt, which did look pretty - but the blended features that he sported. The male had the long tail of a feline but his face was canine in appearance. Sheathed claws slid across the ice and the scent that blew towards the beast was a mixture of feline and canine. The giant's head tilted to the side as he regarded the man with curiosity.

       Reney saw the giant creature who looked at him like he'd just seen a ghost or something. The beast was massive and would be intimidating except for the flower crown that took away from the seemingly intimidating appearance and made him look no more threatening than a kitten. A small smile was starting to grow on his face and then he tried to slide towards the beast and make an introduction.

       Except the ice had weakened in one place not too far away from the shore and didn't hold all one hundred pounds of the multicolored male. He plummeted into the freezing, watery depths.

       Perses sprung into action the second that the peculiar male disappeared from atop the ice, stopping at the bank which was close to the hole. It was an instinct to help others in need, and this man was in dire need of it. The beast managed to snag the male's scruff tenderly with the teeth before his sabres and lifted him out of the water. Honestly it wasn't exactly difficult since the male was light - even soaking wet. The brown-furred Goliath gingerly laid the male on the ground who was spluttering the second that he had been hauled out.

       The oversized feline didn't know if the male he had rescued would be able to stand the freezing waters as well as he had. So it was in the beast's best interests to get the male dry lest he get sick. Broad strokes of a sandpaper tongue dragged through the male's fur as he cleaned him similarly to what a mother would do to their cub. Well, to the sabre, the male was about the size of a cub anyways.

       Reney came to with the feeling of rough tugging on his fur while feeling warmer than anyone who had just fallen through the ice had the right to be. He was dead, wasn't he? And the tugging on his fur was just some insolent, dead relative's way of waking up. He opened his forest eyes, expecting to see the gates of heaven - or hell but found himself seeing a fluffy, brown on brown ringed tail and he realized that he wasn't in the afterlife. He was on his stomach with his face almost in someone's fluffy tail.

       What's y' name, mon cherie? he almost slurred as he was still trying to get feeling back into his body.

       Perses was pulled out of his attempts to save the man by a soft tenor voice and a question ending with an unknown word. He moved his head to see that the wolf-cat was awake. His mind was brimming with questions but he decided to answer the question he had been asked.

       Perses.

       Pretty name for a jolie chose comme toi, he hadn't even realized that he had slipped back into his mother tongue. He was starting to get his mind back and slowly began to push himself back to his feet or at least off the ground. The beast - Perses - lifted his head and tilted his head again. God, that was adorable - wait what? He shook his head to clear his mind. Suave and charming, not whatever the hell that was there and he put on a more charming smile on his face.

       The titan was blissfully unaware of the attempts at flirting as he spent little time being confused by the change in tongue and instead changed the subject. Wh-What w-were y-you d-doing o-on th-the i-ice?

       The hellion was surprised by this change in subject but instead decided to answer instead of trying again. I was skatin', the man said with a shrug and then realized that he would have to explain it. It's somethin' where y' slide on de ice. Then he was greeted with something that looked suspiciously like an "are you crazy?" look. It was a big thin' where I'm from.

O-Okay.