Duck Lake prettiest girl in the whole damn holler

AW! set a bit after this thread, keeping it vague - SCC members more than welcome <3

thorn had been driven from swiftcurrent, and here he sat nursing his pride, pondering his next course of action. he was not a beast to despair, and while @Aria would come to find him a rather dogged pursuer, he was not so ready to call it quits.

it was more than his own willful determination that drove him. there was something about the season that compelled the wastrel to be more assertive than normal; to take stock of viable partners around him, and vie for their hard-won affections. he knew such masculine endeavors to simply be natural -- yet he surprised even himself with the lengths he was willing to go to capture his own fair maiden.

hulked down with the stiff form of a wood duck held between his paws, the black baron sat and waited - watching as the sun began its slow descent across the horizon.