Redhawk Caldera i went to the moped store, said f*** it

hoping for @Eljay or @Maia <3 Tadhg is a considerable ways away from the boarder, but happy to oblige by any pack rules if he is breaking anything!

this shit... was insane. 

tadhg had never ever ever not once left the safety of his own home. actually, he had once, but it was with his grandfather who was an absolute G with an insane amount of rizz. homeboy was positively not fucking around when it came to an adventure. but otherwise, besides that, this was the ride of a life for a fresh yearling who maybe just mouthed off to his sweet southern bell of a mother one too many times to finally be told "FINE. YOU CAN GO." this was not, i warn you, the only time tadhg had gotten away with something using this method.

let me give some context - tadhg, the freshest face in the @tegan relevant blackthorn line. technically, he should be tegan the third, but his mom had such a rabbit up her ass about having a 'junior' (despite marrying a junior) that they had to settle for one of the irish ass names that apparently a lot of blackthorns got that just sounded like tegan. tadhg. kind of not really. apparently having two tegans around was already confusing enough, much less a third one. but like! they all look identical, so tadhg didn't really see the problem. 

regardless, there's your important backstory. tegan / bat = living happily with their kids and their kids' kids. somewhere else. bringing us back to the kids' kid that stood at what he believed to be a respectful distance from the redhawk caldera border. tadhg is his name, as established. tadhg had spent the last 3 months BEGGING to go on an expedition. something about 'when i turn one! i will be old enough! i'll be an adult! i want to explore the world!' typical. helicopter mom usually said no, free-spirit dad was typically on board but also liked to be regularly laid so tended not to object. but as previously stated, the young gremlin broke spirits, and so he was given a mission by good ole grandad himself. 

find the redhawks. 

there was something about firebirds and something about maybe not leaving on good terms and also something about the name tristian that tadhg was absolutely NOT listening to -- but he didn't find any of that relevant or important. he was told to find the redhawks and just see what was up! he had a list of names that he did actually put to memory, including towhee and.. oh shit what was his relationship? an uncle? gruncle? tadhg would not remember, but he did remember he was named eljay. 

so that's what he was going off of -- find the redhawks find someone named eljay or towhee. tadhg had even been given a really brief crashcourse in what grandpa tegan called ptero. but the old man was a little rusty and tadhg was not an awesome listener. so, if we cross that bridge it'll most definitely be on fire. 

he got some initial directions that he tried to remember before he would eventually have to resort to asking strangers. a few different loners (not hot ones, FYI) had heard of the redhawk caldera and had pointed him in this direction, and so he had eventually hopefully figured it out. and this place definitely was marked the hell up by some pack wolves. 

so, jumping to present day, tadhg was feeling optimistic that maybe he had gotten this one right in one easy go. he was so fuckin' good at this shit already!! he certainly looked like a yearling. tall, a little gangly, and oh so bright eyed. his fur was light and fluffy and his tail constantly wagging. as a full-fledged adult, it was maybe hard not to look at him without going awww, bless him! but tadhg would accept no such treatment! he was cool and sexy and ready to find the redhawks!! and then what? actually, tadhg wasn't so sure, but again, crossing bridges later. 

and so, excited to be absolutely winning at the game of adventure, tadhg raised his nose and howled for a member of the pack to come greet him. his howl obviously had no words, but his soul was screaming i am tadhg blackthorn and i wanna talk to you!