<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/oJihYM2.jpg)<br/></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Sorry for the delay... A lot of annoying real life things that needed dealing with all came up at the same time.</div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Rolls</div><div class="spoiler_body">None - Since it is the only sign of civilization in sight, she's too eager to reach it to consider that it could be something dangerous.<br/></div></div>Jasmine was a little shocked by the jaguars' reactions. It seemed that they were indeed capable of understanding her, at least on some fundamental level. Jaguars tended to be aggressive around humans... They were known as one of the more ill-tempered species of big cats, yet here two of them were, apparently perfectly comfortable around a human. Calling them friendly might have been going a bit far, but they certainly didn't appear at all distressed or displeased over her presence.<br/><br/>The heat was becoming more and more noticeable. While not intense enough to be distressing - yet - it was enough to cause a gentle sheen of perspiration to break out across Jasmine's body. What remained of her wrappings reacted rather unpleasantly with the moisture on her skin, small patches of the dust-dry material clinging to her body.<br/><br/><em>Might as well. It isn't like I need the extra layer, and it won't be long before it crumbles to bits anyway.</em><br/><br/>Jasmine slipped her fingers under the bottom edge of the wrappings, near her right hip, and pulled across her body and up to her left shoulder. She immediately regretted the decision, for she barely had a stitch on beneath the stuff.<br/><br/>However, she wasn't given much time to fret over her sudden dearth of decency. She jumped in surprise when she felt one of the jaguar's furred cheeks brush against her thigh.<br/><br/>"Hm? What is it?"<br/><br/><em>I'm talking to cats like I expect an answer. Maybe it's a bit hotter than I realized...</em><br/><br/>The cat pointed its head in the direction of the smoke. It took Jasmine a second to realize what it was, and then she looked back at the jaguar, then back to the smoke.<br/><br/>"Oh. Um... Thanks?" She hesitated for a moment and then reached out to give the jaguar a cautious scratch behind the ear. "You want me to go that way? I suppose you two are going to keep following me, then?"<br/><br/>Jasmine shifted the red-tipped spear from one hand to the other, then set out in the direction of the smoke.