Moonspear moonlight outshines the brightest stars

since this has become such an impactful thread, it's probably the easiest if we don't do a post order but instead post only once per 24 hours to avoid it dragging on really long. hope you're all ok with that.

Charon had made sure that there weren't any steep falls here; he knew this place, he'd come here before, and he was sure that it was safe for the pups. They weren't all that far on up the mountain, so it should be a safe place for them to experience some of the more mountainous terrain without more than a painful bump. He settled on the mountain with the family and looked up at the sky, amazed by everything. Jarilo seemed to think it cool to, making Charon feel a bit proud; he hadn't seen much of the youngest of the litter so far, but his interest in the sky made him feel happy.

He watched as the pups played along the plateau, keeping a watchful eye on them, but was distracted by Julia's question. He turned to look at her, looking annoyed and impatient as he answered, "Those are probably the stars that were wolves who asked annoying questions when they were still alive." He felt like it was about time for Julia to grow up. The triplets didn't do much to help her along there, but he didn't blame them, because Charon himself found it incredibly hard to muster the patience and will to spend time with his slowest of daughters, too. Although he never did tell her this, Charon always felt it — and it showed in his actions that he loved Hydra, Lyra and Alya more than Julia in every moment they spent together, safe perhaps a few moments here and there that they shared together star-watching with just the two of them when they were both quiet.

He heard Galaxy call out for Vela and an ear turned sideways, but when he turned away from Julia it was too late to react. He saw as she seemed to be sucked in by the earth, swallowed into a crack and only then did he come into movement. "Galaxy!" he called out, panic rising to his voice as he got to his feet and sprinted towards the crack. "This is what you get when you ask dumb questions," he snapped as he turned to Julia, uncontrollable anger rising in his voice. "Don't worry babe, we'll get you out, we'll find you!" he called out, feeling as though the hole couldn't be that deep considering they weren't very high up the mountain at all.

But when he looked through the crack that seemed too impossibly small for her to even fall into Charon didn't see anything, and he felt hope quickly sink to his toes. He looked up, searching for Amekaze in the crowd; one look at his face was enough to tell that they weren't going to find Galaxy again.

Only after seeing Amekaze he quickly looked around, searching for Jarilo and Vela, so that he could draw them away from the dangerous gap.