Poppy Claws
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Poppy hesitated as she entered the flower shop, wide-eyed expression freezing in place when the scent hit her up close. There were all kinds of creatures living in this city, werewolves and everything under the sun-- but a werewolf was working here, her sunny smile bright enough...
Poppy Claws
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Poppy stretched in the beam of sunlight that was reaching down through the trees, curling and rolling onto her back with a purr. Her things were hidden up in a tree, and she didn't know how she would ever meet up with that boy again for the tour he'd offered. She supposed if he...
Poppy Claws
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"Lukas," she repeated with another small smile. She heard the caution in his tone and thought she could understand it, somewhat, and wondered if they were of the same mind when it came to giving their names to strangers. Even if those strangers were nice and offered pleasant...
Poppy Claws
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"What, really??" she asked, surprised even though it hadn't seemed very hard for him to make. In fact, she mused briefly, if he had more metal, he could probably just make it again. She just wasn't very used to people giving her things like this, especially pretty things she...
Poppy Claws
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Poppy hummed in response to the man in lieu of speaking, hands still fiddling with the bottle of tea. It was a savory blend, and though she didn't have tea often, she found herself enjoying it. She turned the bottle slightly, picked at the label as she listened to the man...
Poppy Claws
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"Oh!" Poppy reached for the bottle without thought, mostly driven by instinct, before taking pause and hesitating, her expression taking on a serious edge for a moment. "Um, thank you," she said, and then took it politely, relaxing and offering a small smile to the man after she...
Poppy Claws
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Little wisps of clouds inched slowly across the sky as Poppy watched, arms wrapped around her legs, chin resting on her knees now as she relaxed alone. It was almost mesmerizing, the night sky. She preferred watching it without light pollution, but no matter what, it seemed to...
Poppy Claws
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It was getting late, now, the sky darkening as a nighttime chill bit the air. Poppy had been wandering for most of the afternoon, and as light began to drain from the world, she found herself standing outside of the open gates to a city park. The wanderers inside were sparse...
Poppy Claws
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A large red cat, roughly the size of a mountain lion or half the size of the average person, was lounging by the river, somewhere tucked back in the forest nearby Circhester. Its tail twitched this way and that, one arm stretched out to dangle over the flowing water as icy blue...