Stavanger Bay not broken

While Charon was a self-proclaimed bear hunter, he'd never actually hunted one. The closest he'd got was when he and Barf face had gone checking out bears at Horizon Ridge. They'd found one, but it had been asleep and they ended up leaving it be. Tall as his stories were, Charon had not actually wrestled, let alone beaten, any bears. Everyone in Stavanger Bay knew, and perhaps Charon was the only wolf that was actually fooled by the tall stories, in a way: so badly did he want to believe them, and so much did others pretend to believe the stories he'd been spewing since he was just a tiny blob whose mother'd been taken by a bear, that he was lying to himself first and foremostly these days.

When Charon arrived and saw the horrible scene unfold, he just heard Flóki scream for Jorunn, who had presumably been taken by the water, considering Charon did not see him. Atreyu attacked the bear that lumbered towards Flóki, and Charon was frozen in place for a moment while he considered whether taking Flóki away from the bear or helping Atreyu was higher on his priority list. Charon'd avoided Atreyu since his fall-out in the woods when they were looking into Ragnar's murder, and he didn't want 'I hope that stupid lying fuck kills you too' to be the last words ever he'd spoken to his pack mate. Shit, he wanted so badly to scoop Flóki into his teeth and drag him off somewhere safe, but he was afraid he might have to sacrifice Atreyu for it, and he didn't want to lose any more of the Bay's tiny family.

And so Sir Knight Starchaser the bear slayer dashed into the fray. He wanted nothing more than to be at Atreyu's side, or be in Atreyu's place -- distract the foul creature while Atreyu took Flóki to safety -- but the moment he crashed the party, Charon saw that he needed to prioritise bringing his brother into safety, or he might be engulfed into the ocean while he fussed over his brother or tried to run from the bear.

Charon tried to utilise the moment of distraction Atreyu provided by trying to grab Flóki's scruff in his mouth and dragging him away from the bear and the ocean, in the direction of the forest.

this is a bit awkward b/c i'm not sure if atreyu's distractions are working and if bear manages to catch flóki or not etc. the way i see it unfold, it's: bear goes for flóki, atreyu goes for bear, while bear is distracted charon tries to grab him. as it's up to flóki whether or not he would be grabbed by bear, feel free to assume that charon was either late, or gets knocked out of the way by bear if you choose to not have charon be able to pick him up in time, flóki. i hope that makes sense, but if anyone has any questions feel free to toss me a pm. :-)