jackal's playing hard to get~
SNOW WAS A DOUBLE SIDED SWORD TO HUNT IN. It tended to dull the scent-- - though unlike the rest of the Jackal Squad, he was still able to catch it. However, it also meant unless the target was built for // OR PREPARRED // they also slowed down... not to mention most got comfortable with the assumption they wouldn't be trailed in such conditions. EVIDENCE FOUNDS SHOWED THE LATTER. They were getting close.
HALTED WHEN COLD IMPACTED THE SIDE OF SHOULDER. Clumps sticking to tufts of fur, other flakes falling down. Head whipped in attention // SWORD RAISED // only to fall upon the blue colored youth. Scrutinizing, seconds collecting upon one another... until lowering weapon and turning attention away in slight. “&– - Run along, I have no time for childish antics.” Any time wasted was more time for target to get away.
was really rare that sonic ventured this far out into the ice caps. he usually didn't particularly enjoy snow - at least, never to this capacity. bit hard to run in compact snow because it wouldn't break up properly, or his feet'd sink in the thickness of it all. still, sonic was ever up for a challenge, and the only way to learn was to do. or so he'd learned! & that was why, on this particularly chilly evening, sonic had been running around in the snow. destination? none really, he was just sorta doing laps until his feet, shoes and legs had acclimated to the weather and the conditions.
it'd make the search for ivo all the easier, after all. who knew where the 'good' doctor had ended up, he might be holed up in one'a the nearby caves, for all sonic knew!! tch, what a jerk~. sonic sighed, the sound equally as wistful as it was frustrated. they hadn't seen or heard anything from ivo robotnik in a few years now. given he was only 17, that shouldn't bother sonic terribly much, but it always did. the memory of ivo robotnik left what felt like a gaping hole in his chest and not the fun, painful kind.
maybe that was why, when sonic finally spotted somebody else in these winterlands, that he jumped at the chance to distract himself. after all, the pain couldn't hurt him if he didn't think about it. so, thoughtlessly yet with purpose, sonic had rolled up a snowball and tossed it toward the jackal mobian. his target - naturally - hit it's mark. & sonic was about to turn tail and hide, but he felt himself rooted to the spot under the jackal's gaze.
oh, he was hot. great~! sonic grinned, leisurely, and then was suddenly beside the jackal in a flash as the other had only just started to turn away from sonic, "aw c'mon. what're you up to anyhow? on the hunt for somethin'?" he figured, you know, from the sword and everything. sonic eyed the blade, wonderin' how much it'd hurt to be stabbed by. hmmmm.... // @feareborn