[Mugen Ikura]

Sometimes, Itsura cannot accompany her human on their outings. It's always one excuse or another - "you're too big for this one, baby" or, worse, "you're gonna scare the recruit, itsy." Bah! Unbelievable. Itsura can squeeze in tight to fit through smaller spaces, and she can definitely be cute and not at all unnerving.

Maybe Itsura just doesn't understand that humans are inclined to fear too big, scary cats.

Regardless, that doesn't stop her today from breaking out to explore the world and meet new people while Ikura is somewhere dutifully. It's not something she does often, but sometimes a cat just needs to stretch her legs. So she meanders the streets, ignoring the people who gawk at her or who yelp. Some people make a point to turn and almost run, while keeping a casual stride as not to arouse her primal instinct to shred. The black panther keeps her pink nose to the sky, sniffing out the scents available to the stoney streets, not at all offended by the mixed reactions to her presence. Some, luckily, recognize her as Mugen Ikura's partner.

She follows a warm, meaty scent, turning down different streets until the savory smells grow stronger and stronger. There's also the smell of people, of sweat and too-many perfumes, some sweets assaulting her olfactory and causing her to give that great, thick head a little shake. Still, she continues on until she comes across a bazaar of sorts, vendors plotted along the corridors of the village.

It's surprising that some people are so unfazed that they don't move out of her way, and that is more jarring than the few who squeal as she parts the sea of people, searching for one of these stalls that might be serving meat.

Eventually, Itsura plops her head down on the counter of one meat stand, butting ahead of the next one in line. She asks wordlessly for a treat, but the vendor, apparently more afraid of losing money than the giant cat, tries to shoo the beast away.