Redtail Rise jade

sorry that she’s so fickle!  I had the inspiration for this tonight, and want to get her set, so am forward dating this the week it would take for them to return

There’s no way she will win this challenge, so feel free to play it out however you see fit <3 and permission to powerplay at any point that feels appropriate

For the second time, Redd approached that familiar border, but this time she held no shame.  She need not apologize for her nature, nor for the reality that had drawn her back despite her intentions to never return.  Perhaps they did not need her.  It did not change that she needed them.

She had also underestimated the task of feeding two.  Alone she might have managed, but over the past weeks, much of what she caught went to @Ruckus.  It still was not enough, but he grew.  She might have done differently, but returning, she knew he would not need to persist on her hindered abilities alone for long.  She accepted no arguments.

Hollow, limping, she still strode across the border with confidence.  If they disapproved then she would meet their teeth.  Better that than to starve alone.  Raising her head, Redd called out a summons, a challenge to @Mulherin should he choose to meet it.  

Wealda had returned.  Determination burned within her despite her weariness, and she stood firm, waiting.  She knew how this would end.  Yet she would force him to prove it regardless, if only to appease her own pride.  

They wanted her to fight;  she would fight.

Although his thoughts sometimes strayed, Cambria remained resolutely faithful to his duties upon the rise. He fancied himself something of a guardian, often patrolling the borders. They were mostly uneventful, perhaps because the rise’s claim was so well-established. Cambria made certain he always refreshed his signature scent in with all the rest.

He didn’t see the two figures approaching the rise, though his leg was in the air when Redd cried out a challenge to Mulherin. Cambria stiffened, his foot dropping back to earth as if it was full of lead. But all four were fleet as he compulsively answered the summons meant for someone else.

He was curious why she’d come back and challenged the leader, though as soon as Cambria spotted her, he looked for her young cohort. Although @Etienne and even Mulherin had preoccupied his thoughts the most lately, he had never stopped worrying about young Ruckus. It was wonderful to see him again.

Beyond that, the yearling was torn. He halted a few dozen yards away from the pair, his stare fixed but his expression giving away nothing. This was Mulherin’s business and Cambria didn’t intend to overstep, even though he was well aware that Redd had walked right past their borders.

His body remained statuesque as Cambria silently willed Mulherin to appear.