Lay of the land

Posts : 2 Join date : 2017-08-19

Lumi padded carefully up the hillside, mindful of the ground being potentially loose beneath her step. This particular area seemed to be well-packed indeed compared to some of the previous trails along the valley Lumi had scouted. A brisk wind picked up signaling the setting of the sun and the temperature along with it. Eager for a bit of shelter, Lumi ducked behind the sturdy trunk of an old pine tree and was pleasantly surprised to see that an overhang with a flat boulder leaning against it formed a small cave that perhaps a bear had once hollowed out in days past for there was neither scent nor sign of other inhabitants in the area. It was this very rocky outcropping that Lumi decided to lay claim to as her den. Within its cozy confines she could very easily envision pups sleeping safe and sheltered. Although, considering the odd ensemble that had formed around Lumi as a pack, a group of drifters and outcasts, fate might not have such a tame future in store. Being completely honest, Lumi did not mind the way things were going, her birth-pack would be appalled if she ever told them such and yet, so long as her pack could grow and hold onto their piece of the world they had found for themselves, she would be content. Normalcy was not everything life had to offer and, come what may, Lumi was prepared to meet it with her tail held high. It was with such heavy thoughts that Lumi looked over what would be her new place of occupancy, upon being satisfied she had investigated all it had to offer, she took up a position of rest just within the entrance, deeply satisfied as she amused herself by observing the goings-on of the valley below.

Posts : 2 Join date : 2017-08-19

From the clearing below, Dante watched his leader pad up to what seemed to be a well-sheltered den-site that Lumi had chosen for herself. The Delta was pleased by his leaders choice but hovering over her was not his reason for seeking her out. Their pack had only four members and that was a fragile state for a new pack looking to lay territorial claims to be in. Alpha Lumi had made a wise choice in picking an area that would sustain them yet was not too obvious that another pack was likely to come roaming through. He was concerned what would happen to such a young pack should a fight brew. Dante knew the other two could handle themselves yet Bodhi was the youngest of them all and Mara, while a gifted healer, was not at an age where she would be eager for violence. There was no way of knowing if other three of them could work well together, untested as a pack they were, and Dante had got to thinking that a pack hunt may be what they need to get a handle on each other's strengths and figure out how to work as one should push come to shove. Padding up to Lumi with his head low, Dante sat a respectful distance away, not wanting to move closer without permission. "Alpha, I've been thinking a pack hunt would do us all good. Would you be interested should I find any scents on patrol?" Dante tilted his head slightly, waiting for a response.