*There is a beast behind you, as you turn around, it seems to be a griffin*
"Ember."
She blinks, staring at the large creature.
"Uhh... hi?"
*Selena stared down at ember, letting out a small murrr*
"this, is intriguing."
*The griffin seems to have the front half of a secretary bird and the back half of some kind of cat, their plumage is up as they carry a small satchel on around their neck, their front talons are hunched seemingly like in a pouncing position.*
"Do you know me..?"
She tilts her head a bit, humming a little.
"No, I don't. Sorry."
"Hmm."
"Sorry to have bothered you."
*The griffin turned slightly, heading to leave*
She tilts her head more, watching the griffin.
"Wait, you know me, though?"
"Yes."
*the griffin turned to ember*
"I know you ember."
"I went through a portal.. it was strange, it wasn't like the others portals."
She hums, nodding slowly.
"We must be from similar universes, then."
She smiles awkwardly.
"What's your name?"
"Perhaps"
*the griffin lowered their plumage, looking around*
"Selena."
"The turtles gave me that name."
"Do you know what a griffin is?"
"Selena... that's a nice name."
She nods a little.
"I've heard about them a little. Eagle-lion hybrids of a sort, right?" She examines Selena for a moment. "You don't seem to be an eagle or a lion, though..."
"A common misconception, Griffins can be a mix of bird and animal, mostly feline but they don't have to be, my sister is a pigeon rat for instance, but they have to be mixed with a bird, otherwise they are just a hybrid"
"We don't talk about the lion eagles, they are stuck up anyway"
*Selena made a squawking sound, similar to a laugh*
"If youare interested, I can tell you more."
"Huh." She tilts her head a bit. "Felines and rats are both mammalian. Do griffins need to be bird and mammal? What about bird and human? Would that still be a griffin, or would that then be a siren?"
"Hmmm I never thought about that."
"I never seen sirens before."
"Maybe. I don't think i have seen a griffin that wasn't mammal and bird."
*Selena tapped her talon on the ground*
*moon squirmed, now having become a pocket moon, staring at the giant beast and squeaking loudly, trying to scare it off*
*Selena examined the turtle*
"A red-eared slider?"
She looks down, smiling a little at Moon's antics.
"Moon, it's alright. She's friendly."
She nods to Selena's question.
"Another universe's Master Leonardo from the past. Except he got de-mutated, and I'm not sure how to fix that..."
*Selena nodded slightly*
"Intresting."
"I assumed that the portal i went through was leos, but it was the wrong color."
*moon clicked, grumpy and wriggling free from the pocket, landing on the ground and squeaking*
She hums, nodding a bit. She doesn't remember going through a portal, interesting.
"Oh-! Are you alright, Moon?"
[I love how some of the characters came through portals and others were just. Poof. They're here now lol]
*Moon clicked at Selena, growling and trying to walk off to escape from ember as well*
"Intresting"
*Selena picked up moon, examining him before ploping him back with ember*
"Does your world have griffins?"
She carefully takes Moon back from Selena, thinking for a moment before shaking her head.
"I don't think so... Maybe we did once, but I've never met one before now."
"Our kind is unfortunately dying out due to the yokai in the hidden city."
"That's unfortunate. Are they hunting griffins?"
"Who knows, I was separated from my pack so long ago."
She nods.
"I'm sorry to hear that."
