Can you feel the Heat? (Wolf Girl)

[MJ]

The sweat poured down her face and neck in heavy drops from the intense heat from the surrounding enviourment, every enhanced sense in MJ's possession was at their peak as she sniffed the boiling air around her. Eyes narrowed over the scene of a lake of lava up ahead as she watched creatures made from the lava emerge and walk across the soil. MJ turned to the left and ran down the rocky path in her way, meanwhile she kept a safe distance away from the fire nearby. The werewolf came to a stop when she detected something close by and followed her nose to find...

[The Wolf Girl]

With fire being her first element, Rina loved living out in the boiling waves of Ignis. In the heat. Where the sand shimmered under the blazing sun as it shined down with the intensity of a dragon's fire. It was wonderful. The half-human, half-wolf demon girl lay on a heated rock in her human form, her wolf tail flicking lazily at her side. So relaxed was she, that she didn't smell the newcomer until they were nearly on top of her. Surprised, she leaped up, about ready to shift into her wolf form, ears flat against her midnight hair and golden eyes narrowed.

[MJ]

MJ backed away and instinctively growled at the other female she had nearly stepped on, sniffing the air around them to get a whiff of her scent and picking up a somewhat familiar smell. It wasn't too different from her own in some aspects but it was dominated by a completely forigen smell to her. A smell that made the young werewolf uneasy as she tensed up and went into a defensive stance while looking Rina up and down with her eyes.

"Who are you?"

[The Wolf Girl]

The wolf girl paused when she scented the other female in front of her. She was a canine species too. Blinking at her, she listened to her as she spoke.

"Who are you?"

Rina blinked again and swished her tail behind her, not bothering to get into a defensive stance. "I am Rina. I'm a Dobutsu no Oni. An animal demon, my bloodline is wolf. What about you?" she asked in reply.

[MJ]

MJ was taken aback by the girl's honesty. She was used to people keeping secrets and telling her to mind her own business when she asked questions about home. It was a nice change of pace at least but MJ still didn't trust this person, not yet anyway. So far MJ didn't have the best experience with the people here just coming off her skirmish with Ayen back on the ship.

"MJ. I'm a werewolf. Are you here alone?"

[The Wolf Girl]

She nodded, flicking her tail. "Yeah. I don't really interact with others all too often." she said. She tilted her head to the side and returned to the flat stone she had been laying on. Unlike the girl, MJ, who stood before her, Rina was not sweating, nor did she feel hot. Her own fire burned within her, so this was nothing. "So what brings one like yourself out here? Aren't you hot?" she asked.

[MJ]

"I go where I want."

MJ didn't want to admit she was lost. She was too proud for that. Instead she tried to act like she meant to come here and that the heat didn't bother her nearly as much as it appeared to be, she failed.

"What is this place?"

[The Wolf Girl]

Giving the lycan a knowing look, but deciding to let her keep her pride, the wolf demon replied, "This is Ignis. It's hot and boiling...one of the hottest places in our world, I believe. I don't know it's history, just that I like it." she grinned, lifting a hand to reveal a swirling spark of orange red flame dancing between her pale fingers.

[MJ]

"Our world."

MJ repeated before looking back at the other female.

"So you're native to this place. Are there more of your kind nearby?"

[The Wolf Girl]

Shaking her head at the second question, the wolf girl said, "I am a half-breed. I half human blood running through my veins. This is rare...I have yet to find others like me."

[MJ]

"Half human?"

MJ raised an eyebrow, still not fully understanding that when the girl said demon, she meant an actual demon. Not just a term to use for what being an animal like a werewolf could be described as to others.

"How does that work? Were you only half bitten?"

[The Wolf Girl]

The wolf girl tilted her head in puzzlement when she realized that MJ did not understand. "Oh, I'm not a werewolf." she said, flicking her tail. "My father was a pureblooded Oni. He fell in love with my mother...who was human. I was born. Not created." she gave a little smile.

[MJ]

"So when you meant demon, you meant a literal demon."

MJ tensed up at the word demon having heard of the folklore back home and being raised by a Christian family didn't help her opinion of them any. But she didn't run away at the sole mention that she was a demon, that would have shown weakness, instead she merely kept her distance and continued the conversation.

"Are their many demons here? In general, I mean."

[The Wolf Girl]

She shrugged, noticing the girl become tense when she realized that she was an actual demon. She tried her best to not be threatening. "I suppose. I don't...get along with pure blooded demons..."

[MJ]

MJ began to relax around the female, remembering how people used to assume things about her just because she was from Texas. Assuming that everyone who came from the state fit the stereotype of a dumb redneck who loved guns. MJ was neither a redneck nor dumb, and she definitely didn't care that much for guns. MJ made a mental note not to make any further assumptions on the demon until she got to know her better.

"Why's that?"