An inexplicable, inexorable pull... a feeling that some part of her that had been missing for years was just a day's journey ahead... a growing sense of worry and dread...<br/><br/>These things had driven Night-Rending Howl on for the better part of the last three months, crossing terrain and countryside, following a strange, beacon-like pull from within her own heart.  The elder of her tribe had mentioned that something like this might happen, that it was a side-effect of the primary purpose the Lunar Exaltations had, which was to see to the safety and wellfare of the Solars.<br/><br/>She found it hard to believe herself, but if that's how it worked, then she was feeling the proof.  No matter.  Some part of her felt that whatever - or whoever - she was pursuing was worth it, and if she tried to ignore the pull for anything more than a few days, her entire body began to ache, as if she was slowly undergoing a constant pummelling.<br/><br/>So here she was, sitting on a hilltop with the city of Nexus in view.  She had just changed back to her human form, and was stretching slightly to make sure that joints and muscles that she didn't get to work much in wolf form were loose and limber.  Whatever she was being drawn to was somewhere in the city, but she had this strange feeling, like a premonition, that it wouldn't be for long.<br/><br/>She sighed, and headed down the hill, even as the moonsilver tattoos that covered most of her arms and face slowly faded out from view, leaving her with no mark aside from what couldn't be hidden.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>The pull had stopped her in front of the Harlot's Crotch, and even as she'd debated, stepping slowly toward the door, it had popped open, causing her hand to dart over, stopping scant inches from the handle of the wide blade she wore across her back.<br/><br/>The greeting and introduction that had followed left her head spinning as she stepped inside, one eyebrow raised as she scanned the room, looking thoroughly confused and out of place here.  "Uhm...  Someone... care to explain what just happened, and what I just got roped into?" she asked, her voice a soft contralto.<br/><br/>She froze, however, when her eyes crossed over one of the people sitting in the room, her body tensing for a moment as her eyes lost focus for several seconds, her mouth hanging agape momentarily.  She shook her head, though, and managed to snap herself out of it, studying this person she felt like she'd known for her whole life intently.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">2 motes spent on Hide of the Cunning Hunter, currently committed.  It is considered a disguise effect, so no, Andy, your Eyes don't see through it.<br/><br/>And yes, she noticed your character, Hyena.  :P<br/></div></div>