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Originally Posted by Aster

Her grin coupled with the flirtatious tone was enough to get his heart racing again, so much so that Bristle had no time to react to her bolting off into the brush. It was enough for him to process her words only a few moments later, shaking his head and stamping the ground with an annoyed paw. She ALWAYS did stuff like this! But now, she had the benefit of prodding his hormones to get him thrown off. With nothing but irkedness in his brain, Bristle sprinted into the bush, clawing his way out of it and looking around. Her scent was fading and the smell of flowers was now pervading his senses. She had hid her scent from him quite effectively, and given her speed was off in who knows what direction. Taking a deep breath and sighing, Bristle looked around for the flower's scent, finding a brush of Jasmine. The leaves and tendrils looked like they might've been twinged slightly. Taking a guess, Bristle began in the direction adjacent to Apple in hopes to catch some sort of clue.

Appleshine had done a few loops, a couple of turns, and then she sat down under a shady bush and waited. If he could track her through that and sneak up on her, mission success. But now, behind him near the stream, Appleshine would pretend to be...a squirrel! She flicked her tail and curled it over her back and crouched, nosing the ground as though she was looking for nuts. One had to get into character, and she was supposed to be prey after all!