She sighs, mutters a quick incantation under her breath, and squares her shoulders. There's definitely something approaching by now, animals fleeing past them, trees creaking in a wind they can't feel.

Mora turns to face whatever's coming. "Especially together," she says.

Eliana steps to her side. "Together."

She grins, fondly, at Eliana.

And then a huge black wolf, bearing someone in brilliant crimson robes, with an exceptionally familiar face - though the coloration's different, saturated, intense and leaving her hair and skin glowing a bloody red - bursts through the trees like a whirlwind, darting to circle around them. The woman's laughing, glancing at them.

She's followed by another woman on the back of a large spotted cat, which leaps into the clearing with more grace but no less menace. She's less deeply colored, less overt with her enjoyment.

"And what have we found?"

"Some rather brave prey, seems like. Two of them, even!" A teasing glance at her companion. "I'm going to be practically spoiled with how many have stood up to me this year."

"Good things tend to follow each other."

Eliana glances at Mora.

"...Who are you?"

She grins at Shade.

Then, to her prey: "I'm the Yew Queen. This is Shade Eclipse Heart. We're leading the Wild Hunt, for now."

Her wolf paces, circling them. "I wonder who the two of you are, to be so confident against us? Do you think you can put up a fight?"

"More of one than you're expecting. Or at least of a different sort."

"Is that a challenge?"

"A statement of fact. We are visitors from another world."

"Oh? An unusual claim."

"We are unusual people. And we've met your faces before."

The wolf keeps pacing, circling closer.

"Another us? What are they like, then?"

"Of your face in particular, we've met three. Of your alts in general, I believe we're up to nine or so."

"Oh? And do you have any of my darling?"

"That would be Shade? Yes, though slightly fewer. I am one of them."

"Shade is my darling, yes. You don't seem much like her, but I suppose there's a certain ring of similarity - she was the first to stand up to me in centuries. And you two are the second and third."

"You are not the first pair of us that has gotten together."

"Are you a me, then?" she asks Mora.

"Yes. One of the more reserved ones, but - we're all different."

"How fascinating!" She glances back at Eliana. "So you two are exploring? Or are you hunting for something?"

"We are looking for a vacation."

Shade snorts in amusement.