Dragoncrest Cliffs rhapsody in blue

feel free to skip slowpoke for a couple rounds if my replies are as slow as Suzu is <3

She hadn't expected for her net to survive her absence, but to find no shred of its existence left put an arrow through her heart. She thought of Swordfish, wondering ruefully where he was now- and Stingray for that matter, and even Quennell. She'd been surrounded by boys growing up- and while she held her own littermates fondly in her heart, she could not say the same for the other boys she'd grown up with; not since they had abandoned the pack. 

She trawled the shore looking for any remnants of the net, but found little in the way of substantial driftwood that she would actually be able to move on her own. She would have to start from scratch- perhaps scavenging further up the beach, or wait for a high tide to bring her new supplies. 

She lifted her head when she heard the sound of a snarl, though, and caught sight of an unfamiliar woman (familiar enough in scent that she didn't immediately assume the woman was a trespasser) and two of her niblings. The woman's expression was irate, which she could see even from a distance. She saw the flash of teeth- and given that she was striking for Lucette, Suzu decided to ask questions later, and intervene first. 

The only problem was that she was more than a stone's throw down the beach, and even in haste, she couldn't simply zip in and snatch Lucette out of reach. She ran as fast as she could- a bumbling lope for most- and called out with a loud bark, hoping to deter further interaction as she watched the events unfold.