Redhawk Caldera WSS: Prologue

The skies had begun to turn tumtultuous and dark, but Bronco was no naturalist and therefore, passed it off as yet another grey, wintery day. The clouds boiled as they spilled across the sky from the North, but the wind had yet to catch up; thus far, it was simply ushering its companions forward so that they might make the landscape just a bit darker; literal foreshadowing. But it was still only mid-morning by the time Bronco reached the borders and caught sight of a blonde figure marking the territory borders with deft kicks of her hind feet, and he sighed. Well, there was no avoiding her now, she'd already caught sight of him. 

But fortunately, she was content just to give him a quick greeting, only ask a few dull questions, before she went on to resume her border patrol. She had business to attend to, and he'd managed to appease her by saying that he hoped to spend some time with his siblings. He knew any mention of Fennec would raise an eyebrow and encourage more questions so he omitted any mention of her name. He felt a bit guilty about it, but figured his Mom probably already knew that he was here to see her, as well. He asked her where he might find a cache, as travelling made him hungry. His mother snorted and flattened her ears in response, before she strutted off in a huff. That pleased him a bit; he knew his mother was protective of food. But he'd be able to find a cache on his own, or perhaps hunt something down while he was there. Travelling made him hungry. 

So he meandered up the slope toward where the earth levelled out at the top of the broad, bowl-shaped mouth of the extinct volcano. If Bronco knew what a volcano was, and that he was now wandering past the teeth of one, he probably would have freaked out and left, such is why ignorance is bliss. He was interested in tracking his siblings down, to see what they were up to, and if they had any plans for their impending ascension into adulthood. So, he meandered through the Caldera, head down and tail swinging as he attempted to track one of his family members down, now that he'd already left the most stressful one to patrol the borders.