Even as excited as she was Skuld could be a bear to wake up in the mornings or at any time of day while she was napping, she tried to retreat further under her blanket sanctuary from the prim Maleena’s early bird-ism but it was a losing battle and she had been yanked out, her ears cleaned much to Skuld’s distress.  She fought tooth and nail to get away (“tooth” being whining and “nail” being trying to claw up the wall) but, as always, Maleena’s will won out and Skuld got ready.<br/>Hardly as keen on fashion and appearance as her roommate was she dragged some clothing or other onto her spry body (first being whatever was closest but that was immediately intercepted by Maleena who berated Skuld that those were worn yesterday!), settling on a pair of hotpants, which gave a generous view of those long legs, and a black tank top with a crude jolly roger skull and crossbones stenciled in white over her bust.<br/><br/>As usual Skuld was forced to sit by the door with the child’s safety lock meant for over-excited kittens, strapped in and with no way to play with the window (Doreen had had this disabled long ago), her face plastered to the window leaving smudgy face marks much to her amusement while simply not paying attention to Doreen while smearing up the back window.<br/><br/>Upon their arrival – no, their homecoming - Skuld simply flew out of the door with a whoop of excitement and landed on fresh springy grass, her senses lovingly assaulted by the virtual rainbow of new scents, sights and smells.  Her delicate ears were perked high and her mis-matched eyes wide, catching the familiar not-so-familiar bird-songs.  Skuld had to fight a very strong urge to just run and gamble, momentarily forgetting in her excitement that she was to go inside first (and about what was waiting for her inside, too).  This was just too good!<br/>