It never sat well with Skana to miss a hunt. Even if she could justify not going due to her arthritis, it still left her feeling rather useless. To make up for it she had hauled her half broken body around the borders on a patrol. It had been a rather uneventful round, and her worries about the sign of disease she'd seen in the Wildwood had not yet manifested on the Ridge's doorstep... At least not yet within her knowledge. It was after this that she was napping soundly within the dark confines of the rocky den, her noisy snores echoing throughout, when Elettra's rallying howl boomed from above.

Skana snorted and huffed into wakefulness, her grizzled brown head lifting and glancing about in a somewhat dazed fashion before she realized what was going on. A pack meeting had been called, for some urgent matter which Skana did not know of, and she rose to her sore paws to amble towards the mouth of the den. Looking out towards the willows, she could see the first to arrive was Kiche. She hadn't seen much of the man, but it was clear he had been hard at work around the outskirts of the territory. It was honestly a bit surprising to see him here, so close, and her tail and spine stiffened in response.

As Skana moved out of the cave and into the daylight, she grumbled quiet disapproval at Guiness's rather friendly greeting to Kiche. The man had earned his stay, perhaps, but he was still the lowest. Skana didn't sit far from the rocky overhang, but was tilted enough so that she mostly faced Elettra. She looked up to Elettra's eyes, before averting them downwards and off into the surrounding forest as she waited for the rest to arrive.

The howl brought her attention back down to earth. She had been trying to hunt rabbits around the edge of their territory but couldn't concentrate worth a damn. Nari had too many thoughts and emotions running through her head. Mostly thoughts about her future.

On her way back while trotting towards the howl Narimé managed to scare up yet another white furred rabbit from it's hiding place. Distracted from her homeward bound walk the young wolf chased the rabbit until she finally caught it a few feet before its burrow. Lifting her head with the rabbit in her jaws Narimé cursed her chasing instincts and routed herself trotting back towards the meeting place.

I'm going to be late just because of this stupid fellow.. She snorted and squeezed her jaws tighter around the limp body feeling bones creak and crack under the pressure. Why couldn't I catch one of you before I had to go to the meeting huh? When I was actually trying to hunt for you huh? Teasing herself the silver wolfs tail twitched left and right as she delved deeper into Willow wolf territory.

When she arrived at the scene Nari noted the presence of Elettra, Skana, Guiness, and Kiche. She padded forward first to her leader and then dipped her head respectfully. The ears of the rabbit scraping the ground as she did so. Then the gray wolf padded to Skana and did the same. When she got to Guiness she gave him a smile and a little wag of her tail before dipping her head in greeting.

Then she got to Kiche. Last time Nari had been warned about going near him. She passed the male slowly tipping her head higher than his holding the rabbit proudly. No aggression was in her stance but just a reminder of his status. Her blue eyes caught his for a moment then turned to look for a nice place to sit. Or maybe I should put this in the caches first? She paused unsure of what to do for a second. Then decided to sit and wait until after the meeting was over.

A strong call sounded through the lands of the Willows. Two white ears flicked softly as the listened to the dark woman's call. Elettra. Kyrie rose her head, her muzzle dark brown from the wet ground. Blinking she watched the sky, as if the voice of her alpha was showing in the clouds. There was a pack meeting? She watched the gap in the ground she had made, with difficulty. Though the ground was much softer than in mid winter, she had still to work her way through hardened earth before she could harvest the roots and hidden seeds beneath it. Shaking her white head to shuffle of the mix of snow and dirt she took her fresh plants and roots before she would head back home.


Seeing already some of her sisters being there she fastened her pace. First she saw Elettra and she smiled as much as that was possible with her muzzle claimed by the herbs. She dipped her head in proper manners for her second and alpha before she gave El another fast look. Asking for permission to go inside the Den first before attending the meeting. The white girl fast went inside the Infirmary. Placing everything were it belonged, she didn't want to make the Infirmary into a mess of herbs and plants with rushing. When she came back she looked around. She saw Skana, Narimé, Guinnes and one male she did not know. Her hazel gaze fell upon Kiche as she tried to see if his presence just had escaped her on that he was a new addition. She couldn't say for sure, Kyrie averted her gaze to give Narimé a soft lick between her ears. Happy to see her friend back and harmless. It saddened her she had not much time spend with any of the new members or old ever since she came back from her trip in the mountains. Soon she would make some more time to make her bonds stronger. Softly her voice whispered in Narimé's ear; 'Who is that brown male? I've never seen him before though his scent had passed me some times before. Is he new?' After that she went silent to watch and wait.