Please let Chan post first. Second round begins 10/30
@Chan @Aleister @Aquene @Siyet @Jethro @Mavis @Moonshadow @Landen @Noriaki @Flair @Daesamir
This was very, very, concerning. Nash had been patrolling the borders - shocking, he was sure - when he came across the pungent scent of feline. It had pulled him up short, and Nash had paced back and forth across the border to make sure it wasn't just wafting in, or that the cat hadn't simply wandered up to the border, smelled the markers, and left.
No such luck. It had entered their land.
His heart immediately jumped into his throat, thinking of Aquene, the puppies, his own aging mother. Instead of calling for backup, Nash began following the trail. he needed to be sure. If he sent out the alert that they had a cougar in the territory and it had already left, he'd be causing undue panic. That was something none of them needed - especially the mothers, who were already having to fuss over increasingly adventurous pups.
A few paw prints were pressed into the soft earth, and Nash found a tuft of fur stuck in the branches of a firm shrub. His nose wrinkled. He did not like this at all.
Finally, when he came upon one of their caches, dug up and looted, he knew there was no other choice. The cougar was inside, and it didn't seem to be leaving any time soon. Before he could call, however, he caught sight of a familiar agouti man headed his way. "Chan," he called, simultaneously hoping his woof carried and trying to stay hushed. If the cougar was close, he didn't want to bring it down on them. It seemed his brother heard him, however, as Chan joined him.
Nash indicated the raided caches. "We've got trouble," he said. "Smelled it at the border, followed it in to see if it left on its own. I don't think it's going to."
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