~3 days later~
A large crowd had gathered at the Blue Badger gate - mostly consisting of guards with their weapons drawn. They looked afraid, which was understandable seeing as a large female coeurl was growling at them, with a large rust-red squirrel perched atop her head. The guards would be laughing if the female didn't look like she'd rip their faces off any second.
The squirrel was waving his paws at the guards, trying to tell them to lower their weapons, but to the gathered crowd, Big Red just looked like a silly little squirrel waving about. Suddenly, the Sergeant assigned to Ja'ren's group strode over, signaling the guards to back off, which they did, but kept their weapons out and ready. "Someone go get Red Eye! He'll know how to handle this."
At the Sergeant's word, a guard nodded and ran off to the Adder nest, returning shortly with Ja'ren in tow. The boy looked annoyed, eyepatch covering his signature eye, the scar showing, and marched over to the Sergeant. "Something the ma- Oh." He cut his sentence short as he noticed Big Red, who leaped atop the kid's head, then the large coeurl who looked at him with something akin to a grin on her face. It looked like she was saying, "Found youuu~"
"The hell are you doing here Big Red, and why did you bring her?! You -know- she can't come past the gate."
Big Red only chattered down at the boy, hanging upside down so he could gaze straight into Ja's eyes. His face seemed to say, "She made me! Threatened to eat me whole!" Ja'ren just laughed, "You'd get stuck in her throat, lardbutt. Yer too fat for one bite." At this, the squirrel huffed, crossing it's arms as it straightened and moved to Ja's shoulder.
The Sergeant watched the two with interested, before glancing at the coeurl then returning his gaze to Ja'ren. "This is that female from the poacher's den, isn't it?" Ja'ren nodded, slowly rolling his eyes, "She's been following me since that job. Alchemist calls her Co'latia - apparently her knew her when she was a kit, and she's gotten it into her head that she has to protect me or something."
The tall elezen chuckled, "Well, find a way to keep her from scaring the locals."
Ja'ren gave a mock salute, "Yes sir! C'mon you two, back to the forest you go. You can tag along for this assignment I just got." He ushered Co'latia and Big Red out the gate and into the forest, the guards looking on in veiled surprise as the boy climbed onto the coeurl's back. The female stretched, then bounded away into the forest, leaping lightly as if Ja'ren and Big Red were light as feathers upon her back.
A large crowd had gathered at the Blue Badger gate - mostly consisting of guards with their weapons drawn. They looked afraid, which was understandable seeing as a large female coeurl was growling at them, with a large rust-red squirrel perched atop her head. The guards would be laughing if the female didn't look like she'd rip their faces off any second.
The squirrel was waving his paws at the guards, trying to tell them to lower their weapons, but to the gathered crowd, Big Red just looked like a silly little squirrel waving about. Suddenly, the Sergeant assigned to Ja'ren's group strode over, signaling the guards to back off, which they did, but kept their weapons out and ready. "Someone go get Red Eye! He'll know how to handle this."
At the Sergeant's word, a guard nodded and ran off to the Adder nest, returning shortly with Ja'ren in tow. The boy looked annoyed, eyepatch covering his signature eye, the scar showing, and marched over to the Sergeant. "Something the ma- Oh." He cut his sentence short as he noticed Big Red, who leaped atop the kid's head, then the large coeurl who looked at him with something akin to a grin on her face. It looked like she was saying, "Found youuu~"
"The hell are you doing here Big Red, and why did you bring her?! You -know- she can't come past the gate."
Big Red only chattered down at the boy, hanging upside down so he could gaze straight into Ja's eyes. His face seemed to say, "She made me! Threatened to eat me whole!" Ja'ren just laughed, "You'd get stuck in her throat, lardbutt. Yer too fat for one bite." At this, the squirrel huffed, crossing it's arms as it straightened and moved to Ja's shoulder.
The Sergeant watched the two with interested, before glancing at the coeurl then returning his gaze to Ja'ren. "This is that female from the poacher's den, isn't it?" Ja'ren nodded, slowly rolling his eyes, "She's been following me since that job. Alchemist calls her Co'latia - apparently her knew her when she was a kit, and she's gotten it into her head that she has to protect me or something."
The tall elezen chuckled, "Well, find a way to keep her from scaring the locals."
Ja'ren gave a mock salute, "Yes sir! C'mon you two, back to the forest you go. You can tag along for this assignment I just got." He ushered Co'latia and Big Red out the gate and into the forest, the guards looking on in veiled surprise as the boy climbed onto the coeurl's back. The female stretched, then bounded away into the forest, leaping lightly as if Ja'ren and Big Red were light as feathers upon her back.
