<div class="floatright"><div align="center"><em>Jaz</em></div>(http://i.imgur.com/IhOjOQp.jpg)</div><br/>Jaz bowed her head slightly and moved towards Pipa.<strong> "Thank you Pipa,"</strong>the shifter said as she approached to a distance that some might feel uncomfortably close.  Close enough that Pipa could detect a very slight scent coming off the woman's skin.  It was hard to place at first, and Jaz only a foot away raised her hand in a greeting shake.  When Pipa went to shake the woman's hand, she found the woman clutching her forearm instead of hand, grasping it as she looked into Pipa's eyes.<strong>"It is a pleasure to bunk with you, and I hope that we will learn much these next few months."</strong><br/><br/>It was when she spoke at such close range that Pipa recognized the scent, the scent of alchohol light on the woman's breath.  Still her eyes were sharp at that moment, her skin smooth and creamy, and not hairy as she'd expected from a woman whose bloodline included lycanthropic ancestors.  She could see too that the woman had no tail, no claws, no fangs, no slit eyes.  Were it not for the large ears above her head, she might suspect that the woman was just a human.  Pipa's glance at those ears must have give light to her thoughts however, because Jaz chuckled lightly and said<strong>"No."</strong><br/><br/>Pipa slightly confused asked,<em>"No?"</em><br/><br/>Jaz let go of Pipa's forearm and brought her hand up to the ragged mop of blonde hair above her head,<strong> "People always wonder if i have normal ears in addition to the furry ones." </strong>She pulled her hair back and Pipa could see in fact that the woman did not have what Pipa would have considered 'normal' ears on the side of her head.<strong>"No, I don't have two sets of ears, just the big ones.  I also don't turn into a wolf or a cat on the full moon, and I don't eat babies or drink the blood of travelers, or any of that other nonsense that people think when they see me."</strong><br/><br/>Pipa felt a bit flustered and uncertain about the woman's flat tone,<em>"I didn't... I mean, I wouldn't..."</em><br/><br/>Jaz slapped Pipa on the arm then and began laughing,<strong>"Relax Pips, Im just teasing.  I'm sure you get your fair share of looks with that lovely green skin of yours.  I'm sorry. Come on show me around.  Maybe you can show me the kitchen first?  It's been almost a day without a drink and I'd like to see what this place has in terms of libations."</strong>She shuddered and looked at Pipa very seriously then and asked,<strong>"They do have something to drink, don't they?  I mean... I could set up a still... but..." </strong>she shuddered and for a moment Pipa thought she saw a look of true terror on the shifter's face.