Northstar Vale zero to studying in less than sixty seconds.

For a majority of the day, Rannoch had spent his time in the northernmost portion of the Vale. A lot of things had been on his mind since returning from the Caldera, and with no new members joining their ranks, sans Genie's visitor, Chusi, Rannoch often found himself preoccupied with a simple routine as he attempted to work out his thoughts. This habit consisted of him patrolling, checking in on some of his members, and then escaping from his claim to the undocumented lands that laid to the north. It was here that Rannoch found himself with his thoughts and it gave him the silence that he needed to work his feelings out. 

His feelings for Liffey had continued to grow, and at this point, there was very little room for anything else. She was his muse, his inspiration, and what drove him to do the best thing. And it was these intentions that drove him away from the heart of Northstar Vale. He had had a conversation with Elwood, in a thread that Chan was supposed to start ages ago and still hadn't, regarding his future with Liffey. It was from this conversation that Rannoch had conducted a plan: make her both his Beta and his girlfriend.

But he had no intentions of asking her this today, especially since his scouting had been sidetracked by a pile of Moose droppings. He wasn't sure just what animal it was. Due to his uncertainty, and his fear of something savage running amuck near his land, Rannoch swan-dove into the pile so that he could get the scent on his pelt and carry it back to his pack members to see if they could recognize the smell. 

Satisfied with his day, once the right side of his mane was caked in the remains, Rannoch returned home. As he entered the territory once again, the wolf found himself sidetracked once more by the scent of Liffey and because of this, Rannoch rerouted his steps in an attempt to catch up to her. Her perfume was intoxicating, and he found himself caught up in thoughts about her once again to the point that he didn't notice the reek that clung to him. 

"Hey, Liffey!" He called once he had reached the cherry blossoms as he lowered himself to army-crawl under the millennial pink foliage.  "Wait up!" he asked as the gentle rapt of his heart quickened.