Shaa-Tahn

_\|/_ The lethargic cobra slowly drug herself through the area, and over the hardened snow, her color blending in it rather well. She's be difficult to spot unless someone was rather close or knew she was already there, due to her light ivory color. Since she could show no emotion it wasn't apparent, but she was growing very desperate. It was below freezing, there shouldn't be a snake out, and she was growing slower and slower. Though it may've seemed ridiculous, but she was part of the local zoo's reptile-house which there had been an accident while cleaning and some snakes were set free, herself being one of them. Most hadn't left the area but she had been dense enough to do so. With a heavy head she looked around, now even bothering to lift her head up, nose took in the surroundings, not sensing the heat of anything that was alive, her gray tongue sliding out of her mouth to taste the air, not catching anything living there either. She was tired, for understandable reasons as well, and paused, laying down to take a break in her search from warmth_\|/_

Vevisca

The adolescent had bolted down his food quickly. Now he was in search for a good place to rest or for something to do; which ever he found first. His large paws carried him over the heavy snow slowly because his bulging stomach now made him sluggish. His light golden eyes scanned the terrain before him in a casual manner until they caught sight of a faint movement. It was the flicker of Shaa-Tahn's tongue. Because her color blended so well with the snow he would have walked right past her. But his canine eyes were adepts at picking up motion and now he could see the serpent.

Vevisca had never seen a creature like this, and it aroused a great interest in him. Tilting his light gray head to the side, the wolf gave a light bark and took a few steps closer to Shaa Tan. He was just out of her strike range, but curiosity would probably draw him closer.

Shaa-Than

§- Shaa-Tahn had seen the heat of the wolf approaching her, but she knew she was in no position do really do anything. She gave no movement as he neared her, but at the sudden movement as well as sound of his bark she finally moved. She was extremely slow, for the cold was making her stiff, slowly her body curled itself back over the snow into the typical cobra S shape. Her head lifted itself from the ground a little, the blue-black tongue flicking from her jaws once again. She spoke, quietly and slowly, as she spoke her hood slowly started to spread, making her head appear larger, the scales over the flexible bones spreading apart as well as if they were over elastic "What isss it you want..." as could be expected for a snake her "is" sounded more along the lines of a reptilian hiss. -§

Vevisca

He watched, intrigued, as the serpent seemed to morph shape in front of him. In his mind, it was kind of like a wolf expanding its ruff when Shaa-Tahn spread her hood. His tail waived faintly when she spoke, "I've never seen anything like you before. You must be cold, too! No fur! And no legs, how odd."

Shaa-Than

§- Her hood stopped in mid-spread, flattening itself back against her. She didn't want to waste energy, it was far too cold for that. She was half frozen, since she didn't create her own heat. Her head lowered back to the ground and she curled herself up defensively, her blind eyes still locked on him, tongue flickering from her mouth every few moments to sense if others were coming "Yesss, cold... oh ssso cold. Sssuch a misstake I made... leaving the warmth of the zoo. But now... I'm afraid I haven't the energy to return. If only it wasss warmer... I would be fine..."-§

Vevisca

He tilted an ear to the side in a quizzical way. The mention of a zoo made him think of humans, but he could not remember exactly why; he couldn't remember that his father told him about zoos when he was very young. "Too bad you don't have fur." Vevisca pointed out, and narrowed his eyes as he thought. "I bet my mom, or maybe someone in my pack knows of someplace warm." The young wolf tossed back his head and howled out a mellow note that wavered. He was calling for anyone within earshot of his howl. Finished with his call, he turned his attention back to Shaa-Tahn. "What is your name, by the way? And... what are you?" He was rather blunt with his questions.

Shaa-Tahn

§- The snake kept herself quiet as he spoke at first, pulling back quite suddenly as he threw his head back, for the sudden movement startled her, for with her vision she had no true depth perception, so she didn't know whether he moved or didn't, all she saw was a large mass of heat that suddenly grew larger as he howled making it seem like he came forward. As she pulled herself back even further her tongue flickered out in the same pattern that it had been "I... am Shaa-Than, and I am what isss called a cobra... Thank you for your help..." Her voice was rather breathed, making it seem like her words lasted longer than they truly did.-§