Heron Lake Plateau The still, cold world.

Time stamping -72 hours (Nov 30).

There were some new (and old) faces in the ranks. Although they were relatives, Towhee didn't bother tracking them down right away. She let them settle in and reunite with Rory, whose real name was apparently Bat. Through @Raven, the Beta found out that Wildfire had never sent Rory Bat to them. She and @Tegan had lied about that and about her age. She supposed it was sort of moot now. Bat had proved herself an asset to the pack, regardless of the past's untruths.

All the same, the mercenary wanted to find Bat and ask her some things. She also wanted to start training the girl who insisted on traveling so much, oftentimes without accompaniment. Coincidentally, the young scout proved to be next to impossible to find. Towhee spent more than an hour nosing around the plateau, only to come up empty-handed. She huffed her annoyance.

She went looking for Wildfire instead, finding the spry redhead rather easily and asking if she knew Bat's current whereabouts. With a frown, Wildfire reported that she hadn't seen Bat and that she actually suspected the youth might be avoiding her. Oh great, thought Towhee. She made idle conversation with the Iota for a few minutes, then said she was late for her patrol. Did Wildfire want to come along? She seemed to consider it but shook her head, so Towhee disembarked for the borders alone.

After a routine circuit, she decided it was time to seek out some of the new folks she didn't know yet, seeing as Bat likely wouldn't turn up for a day or so. Towhee leisurely began to seek the scents of @Buckshot, @Kaala, @Kiwi and @Sequoia, familiarizing herself with them and deliberating who to try tracking down first.