Rattleskin Redoubt is it like a fight club thing?

for @Candle but aw

Just a little further—!

Tiny paws flail feverishly towards a songbird. Already halfway into flight, Hazel’s quarry had seemed to take whatever bit of her confidence with it. But maybe — just maybe —if she could reach just far enough in time—!

Down comes the coyote a large thump. Panting heavily, she looked to the loose feathers between her toes, then frowned up at her would-be lunch.

“Damnit…” The ‘fake it ‘till you make it’ pep talk fails again.

Hazelnut hoisted herself from an unforgivingly scorched earth. With tail between her legs and ears flat on her head, she scuttled off to find… something. Literally anything. Another stray bird, a bit of leftovers. Hell, she’d even tear up a lizard right now!


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Ok, maybe not a lizard.