Stavanger Bay summer chillin.

[size=x-small]ooc: another request for someone (or two!) Surra hasn't met yet! :)[/size]

Surra's calm blue eyes opened slowly, still a little sleepy, but a ray of sunlight had peaked into the mouth of his den, as if to gently prod him awake. He couldn't resist it's warm touch on his shoulder, promising him a beautiful morning, so he pushed himself up and on to his paws. The grey-brown male shook his thick coat, dislodging bits of dirt that had stuck to him in the night, before ducking out into the world.

Surra was nearly blinded for a moment by the sunlight, blazing down from a clear blue sky, so he squinted while yawning deeply and stretching his forelegs out in front of him. As his eyes adjusted, he stretched his back legs, and shook himself again, attempting to wake himself up more. After such a long search, the young male had finally found what he believed to be the perfect place for his den. Below him, down the hill a bit, was the bigger of the two sibling lakes that sat in the center of the Bay's territory. It glistened and glittered in the sunlight, perfectly still, reflecting the crisp blue of the sky above it. Beyond it, over the trees that crested the hill on the southern side of the lake, the mountains and cliffs that guarded the southern border jutted up into the sky. He, along with the Bay's two captives, had dug his den behind him into the side of the hill north of the lake, above a massive boulder that jutted out of the ground beneath his paws. The boulder acted as something of a "porch", a place where the young male could lay and sunbathe and enjoy the view below him during the day.

Today, though, he decided to head down to the lake's shore. After a moment of letting his eyes scan across the land, the youthfully muscled male strode down one side of the boulder/porch, relieved himself on the nearest tree, and trotted downhill. Without a moment hesitation, Surra stepped into the shallows of the lake and strode in until the cool water kissed his belly, then he ducked his head down, letting his body follow, dunking himself in the cool water. As his head crested the water's surface again, his ears pricked, hearing a sound nearby. The water had plastered his thick fur to his frame, and dripped off his scruffy chin as his eyes scanned around him.