What's this...? [Catrina] (Closed)

'Hyperion'. At least... this thing probably called the big thing that... right? It was the main word that really stood out to him, so that was really the best he could assume.

Not that it meant much, considering the fact that he couldn't actually understand a word that was said. That... was actually rather a problem. What did everyone else say about situations like this, where one couldn't understand the other...?

Oh, right... 'fight or flee'. Well, he didn't really feel like doing either, so that wasn't helping.

Nonetheless, a distraction to his lost thoughts (which were indeed lost, as they didn't know where to go) came soon enough. Blinking in curiosity as the possibly female (per the scent) thing spoke again, he glanced for a moment or two to the hand held out before giving a small nod and, indeed, holding still. For how long he was apparently supposed to, he wasn't certain, but the small sound from the whatever thing she was holding up certainly got his attention, his ears perking up in curious alert to it. Whatever it was, nothing... seemed to have happened, so it was probably fine, he figured. Though... since he was thinking about it again, there was still the issue of communication...

"Kai," he spoke with a little grin, pointing specifically to himself for the singular word in his vocabulary that would come out clear as day; that was, his own name. Pointing to the strange, pale creature in front of him for a moment after and giving a quizzical look, his attention soon turned back to the thing she was holding. "What's this...?" he inquired, reaching carefully out for said thing. "What did it do?" he followed with, glancing around curiously to see if anything had happened... which, indeed, if anything had, he wasn't spotting it.

Not to mention keeping his speech in rather short sentences, to maybe help for ease of communication. He was hardly the brightest being around, but he could at least consider that much.

'Cat'? Rather a short name, but he wasn't exactly one to talk on that. Maybe she was some sort of 'runt' as well? That was why he had such a small name, at least, but... who knew. He hadn't the first clue about what she was, what their normal behavior was like... anything, really. It was making things rather difficult, but he dared say he was getting by well enough so far. Nothing got hurt yet, at the very least.

And then this 'camera', or so they seemed to call it. Something there on it, and... it changed? Glancing back over to the ground it was pointed at after he swore he initially saw that in the little area there only to find nothing there had changed, he was... well, lost. Whatever it was, it was showing something that wasn't there. Or... maybe was? No... curiously tapping the little image didn't get anywhere; the thing was decidedly solid. Indeed, showing something that wasn't there... that was... different.

Failing getting anywhere in his little observations like this, he instead quickly but carefully swiped the thing, the camera, from the creature, Cat's, hands. Fiddling a little with the thing, he soon enough emulated just what this Cat had done, at least in terms of buttons. If he was right about his little guess... holding it out like that, pointing it toward the two of them, and pressing the button she had before... well, he assumed it could bring up an image of the two of them and he could then be certain it was capturing a reflection of what it pointed at... if not, then he hadn't the slightest.

Though if he was right, they'd probably want something good to capture a reflection of... right?

"This way, c'mon," Kai spoke with a cheerful grin, handing the 'camera' back to the girl before getting up and gently taking one of her hands to try and calmly lead her off elsewhere. If it was the little clearing a little ways off that he'd always liked spending a little time in to get away, and some of the little creatures of the region occasionally frequented, surely others would like it as well... right?

Admittedly his train of thought was losing things at a relatively fast pace, but oh well.

Indeed, it might have been one thing if he had the first clue what she was saying, but... well... he didn't. In a way, that left it to just be in one ear and out the other; no use paying that much attention when it wasn't going to get him anywhere, after all. True, she seemed slightly upset, perhaps, but he only took that 'camera' for a moment; it wasn't as though he'd damaged anything. Probably. Though if it was that easy to damage, perhaps it wasn't worth it in the first place?

Ah well.

At least for the next bit she spoke... well, he could assume he knew what she said. It was posed as a question, and she seemed to consent to go with him (at first, anyway), so it had to be something like... 'where are we going?' Maybe that was it... he'd have to at least try and remember those words as they matched to his own. If he could even start to understand them, this little expedition would be more than worth it!

"Somewhere nice," Kai assured... for what it was even worth given the language barrier. He could at least hope the continued cheerful expression he wore would do its part for assurance otherwise. With that and rather a lack of any sort of roughness left as all he could really do to the end of assurance that it would be fine, he continued on the way to that familiar area as Cat seemed to consent again. And... oh right, one other thing on the way, since it actually came to mind. "We friends?" he cheerfully inquired, pointing from her to himself and back again with his still free hand. With any luck, she might understand what he meant by that singular word, especially after putting it after a word from her own tongue (with him assuming he was correct on what 'we' meant), but... who knew, really.

No matter; his own little area was near, and better yet with no risk of being dragged away from it for the fact of his pack no longer being anywhere near after fleeing away from the giant thing that fell from the sky. Hidden by a thick layer of trees in the way though it was, he knew this familiar little area; he knew it was there, and it just took navigating between some of them to get there. There the jungle opened up a little for the small clearing that was formerly his place away and now just... his. Some minor color variance in some of the plants, a strange (though not to the fox man), small creature here or there, a few small noises from the very same... food, peace, and security alike. Nothing further the Creai needed in a place to call 'home'.

"Nice, right?"

She... didn't understand, it seemed. Well, he could at least say he tried, could he not? Of course there was also the problem that he didn't understand her, and whatever she seemed to be worrying about, he couldn't tell at all. For now, considering it didn't seem to him like she was going to hurt him, and he certainly didn't intend to hurt her, it was fine in his eyes. He'd just... figure things out as necessary, or something. If he could.

He wasn't doing terribly so far, at least.

Thus his cheerful grin widened a little at the female's reaction to the area he'd brought her to. No doubt about it; he still hadn't a clue what she was saying, but she definitely liked the place. If that was the case, then... more. Perhaps see her come back sometime, maybe even bring some of the others like her (surely there were some, judging by the multiple scents that surrounded that big thing that had come from the sky). Maybe even, by extension, work out the other's language or something of that sort. It was possible, surely. For now, though, it was just him and her struggling a little to understand.

And, in part, him trying to work out some better gesture of 'friendship' since the previous hadn't seemed to work.

"Wait here," Kai calmly requested, holding his hand out for a moment or to in the same gesture of 'stop' that Cat had used earlier. With that done, he darted off to a nearby tree... and up. A branch here, part of the bark he could grip onto there, all practiced enough for the majority of his life that he could manage it without any real issue. At least, during times like now when he was actually concentrating enough. Regardless of that, he reached his destination higher up on the tree to snatch a few things that grew up closer to the light above and might have been a bit hard to see from down below. A flower-like bit, a few little miscellaneous leaves and branches -- not that one, he knew that one was bad -- and back down the fox man came with the small collection of interesting and not entirely easy to get little gifts in hand. Straight down, in fact, to a spot he knew could cushion the fall well enough between it and his own layer of fur.

Home that he well knew, after all.

"Here... uh... some stuff for ya. Friends." So he spoke, once again repeating the last word in the same way of gesturing between the two of them. Would she understand it this time, or at least not be as worried? Maybe, maybe not. One could always hope.

Ah, she got it! Probably. Choosing merely to operate under the assumption that she did rather than put his brain through any more trouble of trying (and likely failing) to figure it out, then 'friends' was that particular translated word, to which he gave a cheerful nod. So far not bad; he now had (presumably) five or so words translated in his head. Possibly six if he counted what seemed to be a word for affirmation in that 'okay'. It... wasn't much, by any means, but it was at least progress.

Better yet, the female didn't seem to be worried any more. More beneficial progress still given that point.

Rather expecting at least a temporary use of that 'camera' afterward, and indeed seeing the same -- and moving over to confirm that it was in fact doing what he thought it did -- he blinked in curiosity and watched as Cat moved to apparently get something from her clothing. A few more words after... singular words, perhaps better yet. 'Eat'... that was easy enough to understand, given the gestures that followed. So it was... 'food'? Assuming that translated to the 'food' he knew, he nonetheless moved a bit closer, sniffing curiously at this presumable food. Different, vastly different to anything he was familiar with through appearance and smell alike, no doubt of that. But apparently it was for eating, so... why not? Nothing he could think of to do but to try it.

So Kai reached out to carefully remove a chunk off the thing between a few fingers, following that by giving that chunk a slight, experimental lick. His ears perking up almost immediately given the rather... surprising taste, he promptly popped the chunk he'd taken into his mouth, downing it with only a few bites of his rather sharp canine teeth. Though... if she was giving something like food, who knew how much of it she had to go on while she was out here? No, couldn't have her running out or anything of the sort after he'd taken some... surely he had to make up for that. The big tree was... there, so that was... over there. Briefly holding up the same motion to 'wait' as before, the fox swiftly darted off, just a short distance out of the clearing. Quite shortly thereafter he returned, bearing a few small items that would look like some sort of berry as well as another small, oddly-shaped fruit.

"Food," he offered in the female's own tongue, a friendly grin yet still on his face.

Wasting little time as the female held her hands out, he carefully placed the gathered food into them. Unfortunately oblivious to the fact that, like with the language barrier, his new friend probably wouldn't know what they were, he wasn't minding the fact nonetheless. He'd picked out things he liked, after all, pointedly avoiding those few things occasionally found around the place that weren't good for eating as far as he knew them. No doubt, given that, it would be fine; if it was good for him, surely it would be good for them... right?

Ultimately, it must not have been, considering she was eating it even after the first bite and nothing bad appeared to be happening (insofar as he didn't expect anything of the sort to happen in the first place).

"Er... up?" he suggested, pointing upwards... or more so, up along the nearest tree. Reaching up to grasp the closest branch to him in the meantime, he glanced up for a moment to make sure there would probably be enough to work with before dark green eyes returned to the female... whatever she was exactly. Mostly furless creature. That would have to do for a descriptor for now. On that, his other hand lowered again to be offered out to Cat herself, just in case she might end up needing some help. "Can... see the land," he suggested, shortly giving that same hand a small wave to try and denote the land in general. They came from the sky, so he somewhat doubted they needed to get a view of the land to have their bearings, but he could at least offer. The view was fairly nice nonetheless; he tended to enjoy it, at least.

Though as his thoughts drifted slightly, the train never quite following a straight path for him, he nonetheless lifted himself easily enough up onto that branch, his hand still offered to Cat if she wished to follow. If not, well... there were always other options, he was certain.