Kefka didn't come down to Auster often, but when he found himself close to the land bridge by day's end, he would make the journey to the southern continent when the morning came around in order to find some prey in the slightly warmer lands outside of Boreas. It would be too hard of a trek to take the kill back all the way to the northern part of Boreas at Dreamer's Col, but still would give him and Relm a nice full belly to keep them satisfied for a good while. Relm would always be so eager when they came across the land bridge, and so much so that now Kefka would just let her take off to explore instead of waiting for him at the end of the narrow path. If he was honest, he would want to move down here not only for himself but for his daughter. He didn't remember much of his young days living here in the empire, but his body was accustomed to where he was born considering he didn't puff up during the cold seasons and he much rather preferred to be warm than cold. Relm on the other hand was getting a thick puppy coat even though she was born in the eastern lands of Boreas. They spent almost her entire life up north so her young body was learning to grow to such temperatures, not that she wanted to stay up north herself either. Kefka spent some time in the Wildberry grove while in search of his prey. The animals seemed to like the plentiful berries found there, as did Kefka and Relm. The prey were pretty plentiful in that land but considering the pack near by and the land being so close to Boreas where wolves from the northern continent could just take the trip to hunt, it seemed prey was still scarce here. If Kefka planned on staying in Auster for a long while or even forever, he would travel farther into the lands, of course. But his only task was to get a meal for him and his daughter and then go back home. Kefka easily caught a deer at the grove, tracking and stalking quickly and quietly to take it down with his stealthy self. It was a pretty small doe, but still plenty enough for he and Relm. He dragged the deer south by it's two back legs. He was on the search for Relm so they could start to head back home and make it over the land bridge before night fall. She knew to stay nearby and away from the neighboring pack, but finding her once they hit the lands of Auster was a bit challenging since she didn't really want to go back home. Dragging the deer behind him left a trail in the thin layer of snow over the ground. He wouldn't be hard to track himself if someone was on the prowl for things to chase. Hunting Seasonal Total Word Count: 496 Words Word Count Goal: 1,500 Words Walk "Talk" Think

Jane has always wanted to know what was out there, what could be found out there away from The Hallow's borders. As with each day that passed she felt more and more excited to explore the outside world, ignoring the dangers it could bring if she did. But well, no one could blame a child whose curiosity to learn about her world was taking over any sense if she had some yet at this point of her life. But well without much thought she left but not too far, to the land adjacent to the castle. So this wasnt as far as to be worried about. She ran and ran feeling her eyes shine in wonder with the prettiness of the garden. All was just too beautiful for her to stay still. There were parts that felt stone-cold, just like the castle's floor. So it felt fun under the youngling's feet. And she couldn't help to allow a loud laugh to escape her chords. As she went further, she found someone carrying a deer. Happily, she ran as she wondered if he could be her friend. She wanted all the friends! "Hiiii!" She greeted wagging her tail. "Whatchu doin'? Wanna be my friend?!" An smile full of joy formed in her ashen lips. "Speech" WC- 213 WCT- 709/1500

The sound of a laugh in the near distance would catch Kefka's ears, and just as he went to turn toward the voice, an eager little pup was hopping up toward him. She clearly came from the pack north of here, but either way that would have been assumed if Kefka happened to stumble across her rather than the pup finding him. She was eager to get to know him, be his friend as she had stated. And where as Kefka was generally evilly aligned, he truly wasn't evil at heart. It was his brain or his thoughts that made him do what evil things he had done. Or rather he was possessed by some sort of evil. It must have been relative to his bloodlines no doubt, not that he was completely aware of this. Only common sense would tell someone not to mess with or injure a pup from a pack, but the way his evil alter ego worked, it wouldn't have mattered. But he still kept a firm sound of mind, and he did well since Agria's death to control his more dominant emotions, for Relm's sake. Gently putting the deer down, he would start, "Now, it isn't wise to approach or talk to strangers. Didn't your mother teach you that?" He went to teach the pup a lesson, as an intelligent and aware adult should. He'd look back towards the new pack that he noticed moved in while he and Relm traveled Auster. Looking back to the pup, he'd raise a brow while she was just too eager to meet new wolves, probably those outside the pack too. And he could say he understood the feeling considering Agria kept him basically imprisoned for most his life. "It's good to get to know someone before calling them a friend." He'd take a quick glance to his kill before returning his black eyes back to her. "Tell you what, I'll show you how to make this deer last a while, and maybe you can take some of it back home every once in a while to impress others and maybe make friends that way, hmm?" He waited to see her reaction but there was no doubt he would have her attention. He'd grab the deer back by the leg and turn to go towards the tree line somewhere near the corner so she could find the spot easily. He was able to find an old dug out den that would make it easier for the both of them. Dropping the deer down again he would start, "So it'll stay colder if it's underground. So this should be fine for now. But Auster doesn't usually get snow, so make sure you take all the meat home before the winter is over." Not putting his attention on the pup, he'd go to the kill and start to skin it. He thought little of what the little girl would think scary or gross, Relm after all never seemed to care about those things. He took one of his sharp teeth and stuck it at the throat of the deer before going straight down the center, careful to only cut the hide and not the meat yet. He worked around the legs of the deer until he had the whole back piece skinned. He brushed the snow off the top of the den before placing the hide of the deer on top of it for isolation. "Now if you made a den like this back a home, you wouldn't have to isolate it because you would be taking care of the den often." He turned back to the skinned deer and started to break the meat into pieces. He tried to be as careful as he could, but since he didn't have tools or rather he preferred to go a natural way, the cuts of meat wouldn't look entirely pretty. He tried to make the pieces small enough for her to take back home by herself without having too much difficulty. After the meat was cut into pieces, he would start to fill the small den with the meat, letting the pup help if she wanted. But once the den was full, he would look to her again just to try and make it a little fun after all the gory stuff. "You can help me cover the den now. Just scoop the snow from around the den and place it on top. Make sure you pack it tight so the snow is more like ice and not fluffy." He would demonstrate quickly first, "Like that. I'll cover the places you can't reach." And he would start the work on covering the den. Once they were all done, he pulled the hide over the opening of the small den. "The hide will isolate the den, and the ice on top will keep it cold. Maybe you can make some friends now." Though Kefka was attuned to his daughter Relm as a pup, he wasn't entirely "pup friendly". But he still looked down to the girl with a small grin, if only because she was happy if nothing else. Hunting Seasonal Total Word Count: 1,565 Words Word Count Goal: 1,500 Words (Complete) Walk "Talk" Think