"It's this way," he directed with a casual shake of his head. Some days ago Jupiter and his companions had stolen a beehive. It hadn't ended well. The shattered hive now lay in the orchard with a pair of ropes tied around it. Bubbles had been intent on dragging it to the river and drowning all the bees in it to get to the honey, but he'd made it about halfway there before the stings had gotten to him and he'd been forced to cut himself free and run for the hills. The bees, to their credit, had done wonders to fix the mangled hive. The last time he'd looked at it he'd noted how quickly they'd managed to fill in the cracks with more comb. Their situation on the ground was still precarious but he had a feeling they'd adopted a fuck it stance since chancing off one would-be thief.

This time Jupiter was better prepared. He and his companions were draped in leather that had been wrapped tightly at the neck and anywhere else determined bees might enter. There was still quite a lot of exposed skin, but only so much could be covered without sacrificing flexible. Amadeus, his emperor tamarin, had also brought along a tinder bundle in the hopes a little smoke would sooth the savage stingers. Bubbles, having learned his lesson, was trailing far, far behind the others. He was coming along more as distant moral support than any real aid and in truth, he wouldn't even be offering that if Jupiter hadn't heckled him into it.

Viper had expanded her explorations near across the continent. Though she still needed to find the east and west coasts, instead she somehow found herself wandering in the center of Boreas for the most part. It was on her scavenging that she picked up a rather familiar scent much more familiar from their most recent encounter. And she wouldn't hesitate or pause to make her way in his direction. If she had been to this area or not was unknown to her and not on her mind. All she sought was to reunite with her friendly not-so-friendly guy. And she would quickly spot him in the trees with his companions with only a slant to her chin. While on the battle field she came across both a wolf with a fighting companion and also a wolf with the strange armor. She would see Jupiter blanketed in the leather which to her made him slightly unrecognizable but she knew it was him. She'd approach him from behind as he prepared for whatever he had planned, and Viper would be quick to approach him even too comfortably, her nose reaching out to gently touch and smell the odd armor near the shoulder, not caring or understanding the means of personal space regardless if she knew the wolf or not. "What're you doin'?" She questioned, raising her chin to look tall at the frame of his neck and head. Her gaze would move out to the trees, where the many of hives gathered high in the branches. She wouldn't be much help on the tall side, but she sure as hell could bulldoze through the pain and grab the hives without much of a complaint. Her few scars from back-to-back battles shown around her face and shoulders, she was a tough one for the most part. Whiny, but tough. Walk "Talk" Think

Sparrow had done her best to prepare herself for the tough task ahead of her an Jupiter. He had talked about this beehive and it piqued her interest so she decided to tag along. "Hey, think if we get good at this, we can use it to trade? Just asking for pirate reference..." She padded along after the older man for a while before getting distracted and heading off the trail for a bit. It was a good spot for looking at things in the bursting colors of spring. There were many trees and many bees wandering seemingly aimlessly as they pollinated around.

Eventually, Sparrow returned just in time to see an older woman sniffing at Jupiter's armor and asking what he was doing. "WE are going to harvest honey. A bunch of it. And then make huge profits. No big deal."