The little scrap of a pup bounced her way through the layer of snow, making messy holes in the other wise smooth surface. The heavy snow flakes falling around her clung to her fur as she went, turning her into a moving snow ball. She found a spot where a rock hidden under a thin layer of snow made the perfect perch for her to get out of the thickest part of it for a moment. Agrippa scrambled onto the rock and gave herself a quick shake to get some of the snow off of her with a huff. From her new found vantage point she looked around at the snowy landscape, including the lake that seemed to be completely lost in ice and snow.

Honestly winter seemed kind of boring. Everything was all one color, it was cold and hard to get around. Plus, it was all cloudy and sad looking outside. She just wanted to play! Every once in a while she’d shake off more snow as it continued to fall around her and form a little pile on her back. Her fluffy puppy fur kept her warm for the most part, but the longer she stayed out of the den the more the snow was melting on her and seeping through to her skin. She shivered a little and tried not to think about it. If Momma or Uncle Ulric saw her shivering she knew they’d make her go back inside and she definitely didn’t want that!

She started to imagine that the snow was actually covering something else... like the ground underneath had somehow transformed into something fantastical. She grinned at the idea, her little tail brushing against the rock as she tried to decide which was better - a ground made out of fluffy deer pelts or piles of squishy berries. Agrippa giggled and hopped back down into the snow, pretending that she was mashing all these imaginary berries under her feet as she bounced.

Location: Firefly lake Leonce had been wandering the East for quite some time. The snow had begun to pile and felt cold underneath his paws. In all honesty the male had forgotten why he had come here in the first place, but he was here so he might as well enjoy it. As he wandered his eyes caught on a small wolf that was prancing around in the snow. It was a pup! Leonce's eyes lit up as he saw the little one. He absolutely adored children and how fun they could be, one might even consider himself to be one. Leonce happily approached the little pup and smiled. "Hey, what's your name? Do you wanna play together?" He asked the questions with only good intentions not knowing how strange they could come off. After all, fun was one of the few things he actually knew how to do. speech action

Her brief game of squish the imaginary berries was interrupted when a black and white guy came into view to ask if she wanted to play together. She was sure that her Momma would have told her someting about not talking to strangers, but she was too excited to have a playmate to care. Agrippa’s tail wagged as she smiled up at the man. Sure, she could probably convince her siblings to play with her or at least Uncle Ulric would. But now she got to meet someone new!

”Yeah! I’m Agri!” She didn’t like how she couldn’t say the “ppa” part of her name just right so she just skipped it all together. ”What do you wanna play? I was just pretendin’ that the snow was berries and I was smooshing them all! But we can play what ever you wanna play!” She bounced in place while she waited on his answer even though she was already imagining up her own games they could play. Bad guy and the hero, tag, hide and seek, snow fight... It was so much easier to think of stuff to do when she had someone to do them with!

Leonce would not be able to wipe his smile from his face for a while. The pup had agreed to play with him and that was all the joy he needed. Pups were much easier to talk to than those boring adults with their smile-less faces. What did he want to play? Maybe he could take this opportunity to teach Agri a new game, one that he had loved when he was a pup. Now if only he could remember the name of it, Circle town! that was it! "Hey Agri, i'm Leonce! Smooshing snow berries sounds fun, but have you heard of Circle town? It's a really fun game." He really hoped that Agri would take him up on playing Circle town, it had been too long since the last time he had somebody to play it with. speech action