Thunder Dome The flower that blooms in adversity

A few steps into the cave and the Darconid girl already started feeling at home. The scent of damp rock and moss was simply too familiar, to reminiscent of the Sumbeam Lair not to love it and a buzzing desire to stay there forever arose. But the fantasy did not last long, they never did for Shiori. She'd come all the way back down to the Teekon Wilds with a task in mind and she would do no less than to fulfill it. She would spend the night at the cavern to camp out the storm and at first light she would come out to find... Someone else in the cave.

Hello? rang her cautious voice as her ears swiveled around trying to find that bleep again. She could swear she'd heard a piping whine from within the cave and all her senses were out to hunt it. Her nose sniffed anxiously around, and the smell of wet dog was unmistakeable. She let her nose guide her back to the entrance where the scent became stronger, and sooner rather than later Shiori found herself standing but a few yards away from cloudy eyes staring back at her. Uh- Are you okay? she asked with her kindest voice, noticing the blood dripping from the gray male's paw.