Hideaway Strath 7 Deadly Sins

busts up into this tender moment like the kool-aid man

xD In all seriousness though, if I've pped/ assumed too much either of you please PM me and I'll make edits accordingly.

For the first time in what felt like nearly a moon, Towhee appeared at the rendevous site. Rue hadn't seen hide nor hair of the Rehawk wolves for some time now, but that was quite understandable. They were out looking for Fennec, of course. In their absence Rue had attempted to keep the pack running normally-- which she saw as her duty as Pulsar-- but with every passing day that the child wasn't returned, Rue's heart sank a little more. 

Rue moved to approach Towhee, but Rye was quicker. The Pulsar hesitated, knowing Towhee would likely be better comforted by an older friend. However when Towhee cried out in anguish, any thought Rue had of hanging back disappeared. Rue darted forward, fearing the worst. Had a body been found, then--?

--No, no... it wasn't that, thank the stars. From the way Rye was comforting Towhee, it was clear that the mother was not grieving the death, but rather the continued absence of her daughter. As Rye finished with his words of comfort, Rue nodded encouragingly to him. Most people felt very uncomfortable when faced with the pain of others-- the counselor knew this all too well-- but Rye was doing great. However, it did seem like something was blocking Rye from comforting Towhee in a physical way. He seemed to be almost frozen in place, which Rue found odd, but her curiosity about that would have to wait. 

Rue stepped forward and lowered her head, pushing her crown against Towhee's shoulder in a show of wordless solidarity. If Towhee was back at the rendevous site empty-handed, that probably meant that they had run out of ideas for where to look for Fennec. Perhaps Rue could provide some assistance there. 

"Towhee," Rue would say in a low voice, once the leader seemed to calm down a bit. She also nudged Towhee somewhat pressingly, nonverbally urging her to look up in order to listen to Rue. This was important, and she didn't want the leader to miss anything. "What if Fennec isn't.. isn't alone?" Rue made the signs for took and Fennec. "There was new recruit here, dark blue-black pelt, scarred face... He's disappeared too, Towhee. Not a trace anywhere." Rue used her paw to draw a slash across the left side of her own face, providing a visual to represent the scar she had seen on the new recruit.

Rue drew in a breath and glanced up at Rye, eyes filled with worry. Perhaps two diappearances at once was a coincidence, but Rue wasn't so sure. What would Towhee and Rye think?