Phoenix Maplewood Automatic joy

@Bunyip 

Wraen had never wandered as far North in the valley as she had done today, but the neccessity to find more suitable food sources and new hunting grounds for her pack as well pushed her further. She was not entirely convinced that both Terance and Rannoch understood the full gravity of the situation, but rather than mulling these matters over and over in her head, she preferred to ease her mind by doing something.

Therefore she found herself here - in a forest not too far from Morningside. A beautiful place and her expert hunter's eye told of promise for good hunting opportunities. If not for... many scents of other wolves that was criscrossing the area. And yet nothing spoke of the place as a claimed one, therefore she walked inside the forest boldly.

He bounded through the place with energy that seemed unending. He hadn't explored much outside of the sanctuary but it was about time he did! There was a whole wide world calling to him and terrifying him all at once. Monsters were everywhere but he'd do his best to face them bravely.

The short, stubby male halted in his track when he spotted a form. A loud yelp escaped him. There was a stranger! A monster!

Wraen had been in the process of examining a particularly tempting mouse's nest, when a scream nearby got her scared, made her jump and the small rodent, who had been hiding just nearby and waiting for the opportunity to disappear in the little hole, took the moment of confusion and slid inside the nest. 

With the first fear shaken off and away, she looked around to seek the culprit and her eyes fell on a stocky, agouti pelted male, who was staring at her as if he had seen a monster. "What's wrong with you? Why are you screaming?" she asked, feeling a little annoyed by the other's lack of good manners.

When the guy did not reply, she decided that she did not want to either ask any more questions or spend more time in his presence. She turned around and went.