through the looking glass

Larus · August 29, 2014, 11:39 PM

Territory discovery - Larus is going to stumble across a very old, very large, rotten tree. One of the large roots has been hollowed out over time (termites or something) and it is big enough for puppies to crawl through (anything bigger than a 6-month old wolf won't be able to get in). Also, he smells foxes.

Okay, so maybe this wasn't as bad a place as he had thought. Or maybe the forest was actually filled with the big, the bad, and the ugly. Larus could smell a very pungent aroma on the wind and was keen to investigate, but at the same time he was apprehensive. His dawdling steps led a roaming nose away from the den once more, but this time towards the flower fields - where an array of colors and smells lay in wait for him. As he navigated, Larus picked up another smell. It was like a wolf, but also not, and instantly caused the boy to worry. He stopped his waddling and gave his surroundings a cursory glance, but... There was nothing there. Just an old log that had turned soft and red; he gave it a poke with one careful paw, and then quickly withdrew as if the decaying object had snapped some unseen teeth in his direction. What was that smell?