Whitebark Stream And all I can do is just pour some tea for two

@Sativa and @Hiromi to tag along! @Artyom finally! Gotta get them one more thread before she's too fat to leave the vale!

On this morning the Empress' belly churned. With no food to bring up, bile bubbled up from her belly and purged not too long after waking up, the discomfort she felt in her stomach waking her up early enough to see the sunrise. A beautiful sight to see as the skies were painted in brilliant pastels of pink and purple with the center of it all a bright orange ball rising over the dark horizon illuminating the mountains from below if only she could enjoy it without the sour taste of bile lingering on her tongue. 

She had meant to visit Artyom in Whitebark as soon as the pack had settled within the vale - but as things arose it kept getting pushed back until today. Gathering up a couple to accompany her, the gentle Sativa and of course the beautiful Hiromi, they set out away from the mountains and travelled a good portion of the day to the stream. All the while Reiko's mind lingered on Hiromi the most, how she smelled stronger of Yuudai than before, aware of Yuudai's avoidance of her in recent days. She was suspicious, but not angry. Her own soul was filled with sorrow at the loss of the one she had admitted her feelings to, lost to a man who she couldn't see truly loving her. 

Pushing the feelings aside, she turned to both women as they finally approached the borders of the pack, Artyom's scent was enough of a marker to let the Empress know this was the pack he had previously welcomed the lost Uaine wolves after the pack's disbanding. We're finally here! Artyom has been nothing but kind to me since we first met back when Uaine Gorsedd was active. I cannot wait for you both to meet him.

Sending out a musical call, she waited happily to see the man she was quickly starting to call a friend.

Artyom, throughout the weeks of his hectic life, had thought only briefly of Reiko and her companions following the splintering of their pack. When her voice rose from the outskirts of his territory, he was reminded sharply of their last encounter and the extension he'd made of his home to her. Artyom hadn't expected their paths to cross again so soon though as the gilded Alpha slipped from his family den, he wondered if perhaps the snowy she-wolf had reconsidered his offer.

He spotted her through the white-barked trees, and noted that she had not come alone. A pair of pale-furred females flanked Reiko and, curious, Artyom moved swiftly to close the distance between them with a friendly sway to his dense tail. "Привет," he greeted with a smile, dark gaze resting on the fine features of the snowflower. "It's good to see you again, Reiko. And a pleasure to meet you," Artyom glanced to each of her comrades. "What brings you to Whitebark Stream today?"

Gonna go ahead and post without the other two, long enough wait!

Soon enough the kind man stepped out from the riverside pack's internal territory, her plush tail swaying in a greeting with a slight dip of her head on a salutation. As always, same here, Artyom. Smiling she seats herself from where she stood, gently draping the white plume of a tail of hers over her toes. Kavik and Grezig's scents lingered here still, giving her mild grief over their previous abandoning of Uaine wolves - but she wouldn't let that linger on her mind for too much longer than a brief note. 

Pleasantries. Her answer was simple, just a moment to meet a new friend to see how things were going, maybe share some news between them of any new happenings. We found a few of the lost members and settled in the Vale within the mountains, thought I could share our more permanent location should you decide to visit us one day. Happily, she chips her own news, something more upbeat and cheerful news than what they had the last time they met.