Blacktail Deer Plateau all you have is your fire

his joints ached like those of an old man's, his nose constantly ran, and he occasionally emitted a chest-rattling cough. despite all this, aditya was on the mend.

it was fortunate, that he felt better so quickly, for if grayday had called for him a few days prior, he not only would not have been able to answer the cry--he might not have even noticed it for a cry at all. it would have been an illusion, a figment of his imagination, a scream from a land far off.

he sat bolt upright in the den, head pounding suddenly as he did so. wincing, aditya rose to his feet and took off, first at a fast trot, then a run. the alpha's call sounded an alarm, coming from the border: something was wrong. he gave a hoarse howl for @Dawn, though he knew her father had mentioned her already. he wanted her by his side, in case the worst should happen.

after a trip he did not much remember, he found the three relatives--grayday, shale, and sunny--all fighting two wolves that looked to have strayed onto the territory. his nostrils flared; he sought a familiar scent, and found none. these were wolves of no pack, likely newcomers to teekon.

grayday and shale were fighting a two-on-one fight with one wolf, so aditya raced to help sunny with the other, expelling a glob of phlegm from his mouth in a horrendous cough before slamming into the rogue female--did she have a tail? he couldn't quite tell in the fray--and attempting to rip her into shreds.

going for Haida. roll: 1