Barrow Fields ukiu-pak

The dice gods are cruel

The deer balked when a white wolf sprung from its starboard side. With both exits cut off, the doe forged ahead. Unfortunately, the terrain proved more difficult for wolf than deer. With it’s long legs, the whitetail effortlessly sprang across the deep drifts. Kigipigak hit a patch of ice, but recovered, while Njord did his best to freight-train through the snow.

Njord managed to get close enough to snap at the deer’s haunch, but his body was already running at full capacity. Heat from the effort made his body boil, muscles quickly exhausting their reserves. His great effort was only rewarded with a few strands of hair caught in his incisors before he was forced to pull back. Their quarry had outpaced them.

Njord barely had the strength to curse as he watched the deer’s outline quickly shrink, and his heart sunk knowing he had failed Sapphique.