Blackfoot Forest ROLE CALL · River seeks the deep

I wanted to post again to keep things moving, hopefully without leaving anyone far behind. If things start to progress, please slow down to make sure nobody gets left behind. I just... really want to push this toward a resolution!

Zombie answered her immediately, pointing out that the five of them had taken a blood oath and, though Jinx had broken her own oath, they were still bound by it. Hawkeye quickly seconded Zombie. Truthfully, Pied hadn't contemplated the verbal pledge she'd made upon joining Bon Dye until now. She had never run with a pack so invested in spirituality and other ecclesiastical trappings, so she was simply unused to the significance of such things as vows.

Yet she appreciated the reminder, as well as the new opportunity presented by the life she'd begun to cultivate here, even if Bon Dye had fallen apart at the seams. "You're right," she added. "So we stay together then." She glanced at Vires and Leto to see if they also agreed, her gaze begging they not challenge this.

"But do we stay here?" Pied asked in the next beat. As soon as she asked it, she realized she was leading the conversation and she didn't want to be mistaken for the de facto Alpha. Pied knew herself well enough to know that she wasn't up to the challenge of leadership. "Maybe, before we decide anything else, we should elect a leader in Jinx's stead..."