Sydney Perry (Sydney POV)

You are just walking down the road back to the college campus where the dorms are. Your home for the upcoming years. After you graduate you can see what is available on the grounds of Esperanza City for a home, be it a house or an apartment. But for now you are fine with staying in the dorms surrounded by other students.

You arrived here a little less than a week ago. Though it was good to hang out with other Fox Warrigals during your junior college years at a Warrigal college, you kinda miss the DRC. You grew up there after all. You were the only Fox Warrigal youngster, however there was a Fox Kindred gal there too. A few years younger than you but who cares? She was the only other Fox there so you kinda drifted towards each other and over time became quite good friends.

For the rest, there were Kith kids and all kinds of young Kindred and Warrigal running around. Among them was a Mouse Kindred family running the local mall. Actually now that you think of it, it was the distribution centre, but as a Warrigal kit you thought of it as going to the mall. You see, to avoid future trouble and ensure the independence of the DRC they grew their own food and stuff, because at the time not everyone was thrilled with the conclusions of the paper about the "Daughters of Dichondrial Eve".

When you are born into the diversity that is inherent to being a Warrigal, the Kith look like a pretty bland bunch. The only things that differ are some external features like height, skin colour, hair... but basically when you've seen one you have seen them all, their body form always stay the same.

But despite all this, you became friends with a Kith boy. What you remember most are his shiny, blue eyes. Not long after that, he became friends with your Fox Kindred friend too and from that day on you became a trio that basically grew up together. So much so that in time people found it strange to see only one of you. Because if they saw one of you the others were usually not far behind.

Because you were the oldest you also were the first to leave for college so it has been some years since you saw either of them.
When you got the invite for the Esperanza Isle project you took an educated risk that because you all were at DRC they probably got an invite too.

You were just finishing your thought when you feel somebody gently pulling your tail. You are just about to give the tail-puller a piece of your mind when you turn around and look in the face of some familiar blue eyes…

“… Jack..?” you stutter.

“Hi, Sydney!” he says with a mischievous smirk.

This can only mean one thing--he got an invite to the Esperanza Isle project too! Internally you pump your fist

“When did you arrive?” you ask.

“I just got off the shuttle from the harbour and was making my way to the dorms.”

“Great,“ you say. “I was heading back too and … I have a surprise you might like. But first let me take a look at you … how long has it been … two years … three?“ you ask while grabbing him by his shoulders.

“Something like that. I was still in high school when you left for college,” he says.

"You've grown..." you utter "... and not in a bad way " you like to add but don't voice it … surprising yourself with that thought.

It is common knowledge, plus your time at DRC told you that Warrigal, especially with the animalistic helix fully active, take after their animal counterpart. From the massive Bear Warrigal to the rather small Mouse and other rodent Warrigals. You as a Fox are considered medium size so your kind comes out at about the same size as an average Kith.

He is about your height, give or take an inch. Let's say 5 foot 9. He has a rectangular body shape. A diamond-shaped face with thin lips, an average nose, upturned eyes and black, short cut hair with fringes and covering the neck. Pale skin with shiny blue eyes beneath pronounced dark eyebrows. He's wearing a black t-shirt with v-neck collar, straight, dark pants ending in medium cut boots and a dark bomber-like jacket.