[PQ] Into the Woods Without Delay

KIADA

She does not realize the man is a bird until she hears the croak of her name. As she looks to him, she finally sees the pale feathers and not pale hair she had previously thought she’d seen. Luckily for her, he doesn’t appear to mind too much. She shifts back into the vulture, stretching large blood tinged wings out as Jigano gives his orders. Auni, happily, joins Isuma under the tree with a curious sniff and wiggle of his tail. Kiada notices the leopard that appears with somewhat wide eyes, recognizing her from the day Kiada thought her life was to fall apart. The leopard that had comforted her in such a desperate time. And she croaks a guttural sound of hello to Amalia even if the leopard seems too engulfed in what was happening. She doesn’t yet realize who the leopard form belongs to, focusing instead on the task at hand.

She nods her bearded head in response to Jigano, wings flaring as she takes off and they both stay in their respective sides, following Amalia as she crosses the scar with determination. Her scarlet gaze scouring the ground below and trees for any signs of anything other. When she notices when Jigano does that they’ve returned to the same place. Huffing a guttural, gravely croak of frustration, she pulls her wings in tight to dive and follow Amalia as Jigano instructed, stopping here and there to use her dark beak and scratch small x’s much like her scar in the bark of the trees.

All the while, she keeps an eye on her spotted friend, darting from canopy to canopy to mark and follow.