Sera pressed her lips together. "I'm worried he'd get hurt by the branches," she said, eyeing the cat thoughtfully. "But it may be worth a shot. Let me try this first." Hopefully the kitten would like the scarf enough to be lured out — it was the best idea Sera currently had.

She crouched as close as possible to the ground and dangled the scarf over the kitten, waving it so that the tasseled end wavered in the air. It caught the kitten's attention. He was tracking the tassels with his big green eyes, clearly interested in the young man's fun piece of clothing. Seraphina paid no mind to the mud that was now getting into her wet skirts — she could deal with getting herself clean and dry once she was at home.

She let the scarf lay on the ground in front of the kitten. Carefully, Sera backed up, (getting even more mud on herself.) She slowly tugged the scarf in prey-like stop and starts, and let it lie still in front of the bush. "Once he comes out," she whispered to the man, without looking up — she was worried additional body motion scaring the creature, "grab him."

She gave the scarf one, two, three last little wavers. This had to work...