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'No youths allowed' my tail! Sazoimun thought, creeping about the park with a smug grin. He had managed to slip away from the group when most of the adult had left to get whatever they all had ants in their fur for. Not like it was a problem for him to slip away unnoticed, even as a kit he had a keen ability to slip away, to practically disappear. Most adults had refused to tell the youth what was going on, yet a few had let tidbits of information slip. From what he had gathered, there were shady cats sneaking around and stealing cats. But they won't get their paws on me! He thought, a bit of a proud strut slipping into his stalking about. I'll bring them back all by myself, an' I'll be a hero!

However, in all of this thinking, he hadn't seen the tree root in front of him and... Promptly fell on his face.

For as long as the mystical feline had been sitting on the bench, the dark female lay hidden high above her on a tree branch, keeping an eye on the park and this particular Jellicle. Tricky business, being so far from the rest of the community but wandering so close..

As the older Jellicle seemed not to be causing much trouble where she was, the watchful cat above her did nothing. She was just about dozing off when suddenly a bright little fellow tumbled on a tree root. A tree root that just happened to be at the bottom of her tree. It woke her back up very quickly. She glanced up over her shoulder and turned with a grin to look back down on the scene below her. Charming little fellow, good natured lady.. she need not interrupt the pair of them. But she would keep an eye on them, hoping her dark fur would keep her hidden.

The corners Quietstion's mouth turned up in a small, reassuring smile and a shake of her head. Never mind that. Never mind that she'd never spoken her own name, much anything else. Never mind that this adolescent might not entirely understand why this female wouldn't talk to him. Her tail waving in slow pendulum motion behind her, she raised a paw and waved it encouragingly towards her. Here was no place for the kitten to be. She was certain he'd want to go home on his own later, and she'd accompany him if need be. But there were others about, horrible others that could do horrible things. The last thing she could do was abandon the little one to whatever was waiting under their noses (or above their heads, which the female was still oblivious to). She waved her paw again, then patted the ground, hoping the little one would understand the silent message and stay near her.

Interesting, very interesting. The larger one could not speak, but could she cry out? Had she been sitting here all evening keeping an eye on someone who actually posed no threat to them? She sent another quick look over her shoulder before repositioning herself on the branch. Her tail swayed and her ears turned as she continued to listen in.

Sazoi's eyes brightened at the gesture to play, tail flicking happily. He bounded over, but stopped mid-step as he got especially close to the tree. Something... Something didn't feel right. He furrowed his eyebrows and tilted his head in confusion. He just couldn't place it. Perhaps... He gave a quick glance over the tree's base, but abandoned it quickly. It was no matter, he trusted this cat greatly, perhaps more than he trusted his kin. He hadn't seen them much lately, anyway...

Sazoi shook that off. No need for deep thinking when there were trees to climb! A wide grin spread over his face as he stood next to the mystical, and joined her in standing on his hindlegs, though he was a bit shorter than her, and put his forepaws on the rough bark. He looked back up at her with a polite smile and a dip of the head as if to say 'Ladies first?'

With another flick of the tail and a playful expression that was generally reserved for younger felines, Quietstion began to scale the tree with surprising ease. She already had claws on all four paws buried into crannies of the bark when the wind gusted by. Her grip held fast, luckily enough; she had been in much rougher, more dire situations where having a good grip was imperative, so she was well trained. But even with the wind blowing into her ears, her hearing was still above par - enough so that she heard the yelp loud and clear. Quickly, she turned her head to the source.

There was something, some other cat up in the tree somewhere. It could have been a kidnapper, or it could have been another Jellicle hiding from the sudden London menace. But what to do? If they went down, they could escape, but in escaping lied the danger of being exposed to whoever was in the tree. Maybe there were even more of them; she wasn't sure. Scaling the tree would give them a better vantage point, certainly, but if whatever was up there was not on their side, it would be like walking willingly into the jaws of death.

But now was no time to ponder. Now was the time to act. Glancing down at the kitten standing at the base of the tree, she glanced upwards once more - her ears still tilted to the direction the yelp had come from - then nodded encouragingly for him to follow. They stood a better chance in the tree; or at least, so Quiet was desperately hoping.

They didn't see her, this was working out nicely. Her frown once again became a grin, and once the pair of them were in her tree, she did not hesitate in moving closer to the trunk of the tree. She listened carefully to the sounds of the two Jellicles climbing when she couldn't see them, careful to be still when she could.. they stopped below her and then she couldn't help but laugh.