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![[info]](http://www.greatestjournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) man_cub
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When Mowgli woke up late morning, Swan was nowhere to be found. It didn't concern Mowgli too much; he merely assumed the other man had gone off to find breakfast, or bath by the lake, or something he may have been accustomed to doing well before Mowgli showed up. So the empty cabin didn't bother him. In fact, Mowgli went exploring the large room with its singular section courted off. Of course that didn't make for much exploration. It was one giant room after all.
Hours slowly slipped by and as they did, Mowgli grew concerned. He left the cabin searching the surrounding areas, but not once did he catch glimpse of the man he'd met the night before. Mid-afternoon found him at the lake, perturbed expression on his face, half-watching a cluster of swans in the water, like the same cluster as last night. He cocked his head. He hadn't gotten that good a look at them in the moonlight, but he felt certain there was one more today. He idly wondered where that one had been before, as he chewed on a piece of bread and some berries. Where had Swan gone? Would he return? He considered going to look for him again, but what if he returned while Mowgli was gone? He sat at the edge of the lake and gazed out across the water. If Swan wasn't back by nightfall, then Mowgli would look. But until then, he would wait.
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mowgli, swan
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From:
_tama
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Date: 03/15/2007 22:39:07 |
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"Mowgli." What a strange name, Tama thought. "Nice to meet you."
She sat down next to Mowgli, tucking her legs neatly under herself. She could sense that something was different about this man -- he looked somewhat dissheveled, for one, but that didn't stand out as much as the look in his eyes. He didn't seem very...human, even if she was pretty sure he was from the way he smelled.
The shape-shifter swung her tail this way and that, brushing it lightly against Mowgli's arm. "Sorry for scaring you a bit earlier; I didn't mean to. I'm...um, not really that capable of speech as a cat, you see, so I thought it would be better for me to turn into a human." She decided to leave out the part about eel-juice getting on her dress.
"What're you up to around here, if you don't mind me asking? I haven't seen anyone wandering about these areas except for a couple of hunters. And you certainly don't appear to be a hunter."
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From:
man_cub
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Date: 03/25/2007 08:47:53 |
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Swan's hiding place had been just good enough. The angle Tama and Mowgli were at, across the lake, hid him well in the reeds. Mowgli turned back, and saw Swan swimming over, stepping onto the shore, and his face lit in a bright smile. "Swan!"
Mowgli didn't seem to mind Swan was naked. Completely naked, and still dripping wet. Other people may have been embarassed, averted eyes [or considering how attractive Swan was, stared harder], or gave a gently modest reminder that the blond man was, in fact, wearing nothing. Mowgli seemed not to notice. Instead, he met Swan halfway,and rested warm hands on both his shoulders, speaking without words. You were gone all day. I worried.
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From:
man_cub
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Date: 03/28/2007 19:20:42 |
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Mowgli followed the glance and then gestured from Swan to Tama, pointing at each, and saying their names aloud for each other. He could read the apology in Swan's eyes, but it didn't need to be. Swan was unhurt, and he was here, and that made Mowgli happy.
After the brief introduction Mowgli said to said, eyes bright, "She can change." And clearer than he could form in words, his body language seemed to say, She was a cat and now she's a woman. He seemed surprised by it, not at all disturbed, and more than a little curious about it. And to Tama, "He found us, so we don't have to find him."
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From:
_tama
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Date: 03/28/2007 19:54:19 |
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"That's good." Tama smiled at Swan -- he was mute, she figured, but Mowgli seemed to understand him fine, and it was as if they were having a conversation without words.
She looked up at the naked man, about to make a quip about how he could swim so fast through the cold water, when she spotted something peciliar stuck in his hair. It was something small and white and fluffy -- "looks like a swan feather," she said, and plucked it out of his hair for him, letting it float in the breeze.
It could've easily gotten in his hair while he was swimming, she thought, quickly dismissing the other thought she had.
"Well, since it's getting kind of dark out, I think I should head out..."
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From:
man_cub
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Date: 04/05/2007 10:43:13 |
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Fish. Fish was easy. Fun was good. Mowgli was a great fisherman, and he seemed eager to show off. He could swim like a fish himself, and on more than one lazy morning had been shown by Baloo and Bagheera both how to snatch or tickle a fish right out of the water.
Excitement radiating, he tugged Swan back to the lake and waded right in, edges of his loincloth getting wet. He stood completely still, eyes flickering back and forth watching the lazy circles the creatures swam in. One hand, finger curled, slid into the water wiggling like a worm. It caught some decently sized fish's attention, and it swan over. Mowgli let his finger brush along its scales, once twice, several more times, until the fish seemed not at all concerned about the dark brown human it was attached to.
And then Mowgli moved, fast, snatching the fish out of the water, holding it while it suddenly writhed and struggled, surprised by its sudden inability to breathe. And in no time flat, Mowgli and Swan had their dinner.
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