December catch-all

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⌛ Who: General Ouyang, Henry Silver, Vegas Theerapanyakul, Will Lawan, James Cooper, AND YOU!
⌛ What: December catch-all
⌛ When: Throughout December
⌛ Where: Various
⌛ Warnings: Will be added to threads as needed

General Ouyang
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Henry Silver
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Vegas Theerapanyakul
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Will Lawan
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James Cooper

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JAMES

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If you want new or continuing CR with James Cooper, here are some places he can be found during the month of December:

• The woods and forests of the Western Kingdom - James was a hermit for many years before finding himself in Nippon, so he's doing his best to get set up in the woods. He's got some camping gear and (unbeknownst to him) someone helping him hunt.
• Around the Western Kingdom - going into town for supplies and such. Since he's only camping, he needs to buy stuff until he can get settled.
• Around Harmony Garden - Gaura offered to let him take some produce, so he'll be doing that. Feel free to notice him there.

Leave a starter or HMU at daozhangs or daozhangs#1296 on Discord to plot something specific.

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After their initial encounter with Silvio in his wolf body, he'd become bolder in allowing James to see him. As a wolf, of course. He would come to drop something off and perhaps linger nearby for a bit before trotting off to his own campsite some distance away. He wasn't there to invade the man's privacy, just make it easier for him to get through the colder months until the man had proper shelter.

But there where a couple of nights where the wolf didn't appear at all for James. The full moon meant that he had to lock himself away with silver so he wouldn't hurt anyone. After all, he went from a wolf with a high sentience to one that was completely feral. No one should have to end up with a bite they didn't want.

Silver meant that the next day he was always weak. Two days of not eating were not easy on his body but he ignored the hunger in favor of catching a fat rabbit to bring to James instead.

Limping into the camp, he went to set the animal at his feet before turning with plans to limp off. He'd just wanted to make sure the man had extra meat. But with burns around his neck and all his legs, he needed to go rest. Even this small hunt had tired him out. Silver would always do horrifying things to his body. Probably more so because he always had a little bit already inside his eyes to begin with.

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James was out organizing some things around the campsite when he happened to catch movement out of one corner of his eye. He noticed the wolf hadn't been around lately and hoped something hadn't happened to it. When he turned to look at him, he could clearly see that something had. James sucked a breath at the sight of the wounds and had to fight the urge to rush the wolf. He was, after all, a wolf not a domesticated animal.

"What happened to you?" he wondered aloud, more to himself than to the wolf.

[typhlotic]

The question made him pause. He hadn't expected the concern. Why? He really didn't know. Listening, he noted that the concern was very genuine though. As far as James knew he was just a wild animal. To have worry over an animal that in general was the sign of such a kind heart. Something he'd sensed already.

Hesitating a moment, Silvio finally decided he was just too tired to go right now. So he turned back to the man and ended up laying down with his eyes closed. A sign of him trusting James honestly. Then again, why wouldn't he? The man had been nothing but polite to him. In either form.

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Seeing the wolf give so much trust, James canted his head. He had to fight the urge to walk closer, lest he startled the obviously injured animal. But he needed to get closer to examine the wolf to see if he needed help. James is no vet, but surely such people exist in this world, too.

"Can I come closer?" He doesn't know why he asked. It just seemed to be a way for him to alert the wolf where he was more than anything else.

[typhlotic]

His eyes didn't open because there was no point in him using them to track movement anyway. Instead, his ears shifted to the sound of the man's voice and then he let the tip of his tail flop a couple of times. He wouldn't hurt him if he came closer and wanted to look. Not that he had the energy anyway.

Besides it would put James' heart at ease to be able to look him over so he saw no reason to resist.