Mount Apikuni someday

SO sorry for the wait. <3

 

Like Nikai, Rannoch had felt the yearning to get out and explore. The rounds that he had done earlier in the day had done little to satisfy his need to move about, and as a result, the Alpha found himself leaving the Vale for the afternoon to scout out the territory that surrounded the packlands. Though he had sought these lands previously, Rannoch wanted to know if anything had changed in the perfume of the range. He wondered if any new prey had come to claim this area of their own or if the scent was as it had been when he had traveled here previously. 

For the most part, it was as it had been before. The local creatures provided their aroma to the area, indicating to Rannoch that nothing had drastically changed in the days since his last expedition. The only exception to this was the familiar tang of somebody he'd met before: Nikai. Curious to know what his friend was doing all the way over here, Rannoch sought him by following the trail his scent had left. 

It did not take him long to clear the distance between them, and when the other came into sight, Rannoch paused at a distance. "Nikai?" he asked despite his certainty in that fact that it was Keeni's brother.