Dragoncrest Cliffs Snapdragons

@erzulie @rosalyn @aminthe @quennell hoping to have this set a bit after the birth, a day or so. Can be assumed Chacal has been patrolling. 

Like a gift left upon the shore, Chacal had found a few sea urchins ripe to be harvested. She gathered a few strands of kelp and lay them out, and once she had cracked open the urchins she spilled their precious eggs onto the kelp. As a gift, she carried her parcel carefully as she headed toward the den. 

She was sure her mothers were likely exhausted. She could smell that others had crowded around not long ago; her siblings, Meerkat and Njord had come by. She felt a pant of jealousy, knowing they’d all been close enough, and free of duties, to go and congratulate Erzulie first. Ruefully, she felt it might have been more considerate of both Meerkat and Njord to allow the family to greet the children before going themselves. Njord, perhaps, could have been sent off on a patrol to relieve Chacal. A small grudge blossomed within her. It would have been nice if someone had called out, and told her they’d relieve her of her patrol so that she could be with her mothers. 

Too late now. She had obligations, sure, but she wouldn’t allow those obligations to keep her away from her family. 

She knew her siblings would be lingering close by, standing guard, and she was proud of them for stepping in to provide a bit more protection, should Erzulie or Rosalyn want to step out for a bit.

She paused outside the den. Meerkat’s scent was still fresh, and she lifted her lip slightly. The grudge she harboured coiled like a snake. She did her best to take it. She placed the bundle of kelp-wrapped urchin eggs on the ground and woofed slightly, hoping she might get the chance to meet her siblings now.