RE: There are an unusual number of foxes being sighted around Relic Lore.
The young Thanne had been missing from Whisper Caverns for quite some time. It had been perhaps three months or more and yet the dove had little intention of returning back home, not yet anyway and not now. Getting lost in the blizzard had frightened the young babe, but it had also given her the opportunity to live exactly as her parents had after their departure those many months back. Leaving behind the Caverns did not mean that she had not thought of @Ash daily, she worried constantly over his well-being, and knew that she had been the only wolf he had left in the Caverns to care for. He had done everything in his power to protect and love her, even shielding her from her mother and yet she had done exactly as Athena had by disappearing without a word to him, and this time around it seemed like forever. She bore a thin frame and patchy coat, the lively color of her yellow eyes seemed sunken in their sockets as she traveled alone over the Stonewatch Timber mountain range, having left behind @Vaeta and @Nios nearly a month ago. She was fending for herself, rather poorly, and yet she had never felt more brave before in her life.
A few paces forward brought the stench of pack to her nostrils and she was careful to avoid them as best she could, a wandering loner could easily died from scavenging off the land of a well established pack and the ivory girl wanted to live long enough to see her father one more time. Her stride paused only when she heard the tumble of a medium sized rock, it slid easily down the mountain side and stopped only when a patch of thick grass stood in its path. She ducked, half expecting a creature of her equal size to glare at her, questioning her existence, but nothing stood to stare back at her and she released a sigh of relief knowing that she had gone undetected up the side of the mountain. It wouldn't be long before her scent would travel up the side of the mountain to where the pack stood to guard its treasures and she was ever the more careful to ensure that she kept downwind for fear of becoming a captive in their ranks. It didn't take long though, perhaps a few moments of silent contemplation before the Thanne woman caught the trail of fleeing rabbit and followed it in hopes of trying her hand at hunting. She desperately needed the nutrients and was certain that what ever lay before her could sustain her for at least a few more days or more.
(This post was last modified: May 31, 2015, 11:27 PM by Rory.)
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