Phoenix Maplewood Oops (medic trade thread)

5 <- even is successful hunt.

The mountain was not so kind to her these days. She felt put off by the social struggles; keeping out of the way of Gyda was one thing, but the more she did it, the less she wanted to. And yet Thuringwethil's warning remained fresh in her mind - overworked every night as she replayed the conversation in her head. Seregryrn grew tired of it quickly. All of it. Her desire to rise up the ranks may have been strong, it may have all hinged on her incensed feeling of self-importance, but it was true to her. Being treated like a lesser next to outsiders was an insult.

To ease some of the stress from her mind - and perhaps feed her hungry belly - she chose to abandon the mountain for the day. She crossed the river without thinking, and changed course so that she could venture through the maplewood where their enemies once slept. Seregryn remembered those days. Waiting back at the encampment upon the mountain, eager to find out how the battle had unfolded - being jealous she could not attend - and then the let down, because no battle commenced. What was the point of living if not to fight? Why build a home here if it was going to be easy? These thoughts riled her further; she was distracted, and thus did not notice the stranger in her midst.

Not until she smelled blood upon the air — it was fresh, and she was alert to it as soon as her nose caught the taste. She bypassed where the wolf was hiding, not realizing it was a wolf nor that she was injured, and vaulted her body over an array of fallen trees; they were dried out by the sun and bare, but something had made a home on the other side. As soon as her paws touched down the creature bolted, and it was scurrying off in to the mess of forest before Seregryn could get even a glimpse. Behind her was Minna, but she did not know that the blood was lupine and not in any manner edible. Not that she'd have minded.