Phoenix Maplewood nobody with a body can reach ya

NPC'ing a random wolf for Tavi to chase off. Open to anyone!

In an effort to keep busy (or at least that is what she told herself), Tavi began to do rounds on the western edge of the forest. She did some stretches and warmed up her muscles with a brisk run outside of the den, and then took to the trees - winding a route between them as she headed west, then southwest, towards the swampland. There wasn't much to look out for; some caches caught her attention, a few geese flew by overhead and honked loud enough to make her pause to watch, but otherwise it was a quiet day. 

Then, the scent of something odd slipped through the air. She thought it might've been Ukko - so she put aside rational thought and plunged through the forest, excited to be reunited with him. There was a dark figure at one of the caches (she could smell the freshness of loose dirt), and as she pulled up behind the stranger, she was holding back the desire to shout a hello and go barrelling in to Ukko's hind end. When Tavi was a few feet away from the stranger's tail, she realized there was a bit of silver in the creature's pelt - more than that, the creature wasn't black like Ukko at all, but a mix of dark sterling grays.

Immediately Tavi's fur spiked. She was confused for a split second, which was long enough for the stranger to notice her, wheeling about and snapping. The girl managed to dodge, but just barely. Clearly she wasn't a fighter - and as soon as she moved to swiftly avoid a bite, the stranger (or rather, intruder) seemed to relent in their own assault. With a tucked tail, the beast grabbed something from the cache and tore out of the tree line, heading for the wetlands in earnest.

Tavi stumbled, but pursued. She tossed up her head and called out for help - but the sound was swallowed by the trees, at least until she was out from beneath their boughs and charging across the grass. By this point the call had died in her throat, and she was intent on one thing: stopping the vagabond and retrieving whatever they had stolen.