Ravensblood Forest Happy up here

OOC: Thank you! I'd actually thought you'd always been pretty good at it, personally. For me, it's an attempt to make my posts sound less self-righteous about everything, even though Jinx herself is being self-righteous to the nth degree. >_>
And yep, perfect ending!

IC: It was frustrating to have a wolf who she had once commanded blatantly ignore her — more frustrating still that Pied did so with the knowledge of a pack's presence in the area — but Jinx felt herself justified in all things. She felt herself supremely dedicated to Sos, and that put her above other creatures that refused to understand the extent of her god's power. So it was that Jinx came to view Pied as somehow lesser, even though truth would point out that Pied, at least, had not abandoned her pack.

That thought was put aside, for Jinx had already explained her reasoning, and felt it was acceptable. She no longer cared for the mottled wolf's opinion. What she did care for was the blatant way that Pied proceeded toward her, as though she would merely pass. Her stance stiffened, and as Pied approached she snapped her jaws in the female's direction, but otherwise didn't move; it was no use pursuing the Blacktail Delta, for Jinx didn't believe she had anything to prove.

When Pied had passed by completely, and Jinx felt satisfied with her warning display, the Kappa looped back into the forest and made a beeline for Horizon Ridge. She might inform her Alpha of the meeting, or keep it to herself and merely pace the perimeter alone. After all, there was no reason to drag Akhlut into it. It was not his affair. Had she been privy to Pied's intent to share the news with Hawkeye, she might have been more certain of her course of action, but by the time her paws touched the welcome incline of her pack's territory, Jinx had already chosen to forget the exchange.