[Marvel] Choose your own way

Da was leading the way for an adventure! The colourless nymph plodded through the snow after him, trying to keep her paws in his tracks. Otherwise it was too much work, and she got tired. Mama had taught her that trick. Before she left. Why was mama going so far away? Even though it hadn't been too long, the little one missed mama. Fresh blood stained her lips, dripping from the warm carcass of a small bird. With its body clenched in her teeth, it was hard to focus on the pretty stuff all around. Wide eyes drank in the scenery as they moved even further north. There was nothing up here, except snow and ice. Where were the mountains? They were back there, already. Until now, she hadn't considered that the mountains weren't a backdrop for the entire continent.

Up ahead, loomed an immense... thing. Was that a small mountain? Leery gaze would narrow at the strangeness, and she looked to her Da. He didn't seem afraid. In fact, her father was entirely unperturbed by the monster that lay up ahead. He did pause, for a moment. The youth caught his gaze flicking back toward her for a moment, before he continued onward. Her Da wouldn't lead her into danger without getting that weird look on his face, though. It must be safe. She kept her head high, and trudged after him. No one would see her afraid.

Ever so faintly, she could smell her family here. As she stepped through the ravenous, gaping maw of whatever beast lay in this wasteland, she could only look up. The overwhelming air of power rolled over her like a wave as soon as she entered. It was like when she saw the wolves in her dreams, the ones who talked to her and showed her things. It made her want to be quiet, and listen for them. Auds tipped back, wondering if they watched her from above. Would they approve of her?

Thud. The soft body of the rabbit in Da's jaws dropped loosely onto a flat stone deep within the belly of the strange, possibly dead monster. She stared blankly at him as he spoke. "Come Marvel, place the bird I caught for you to offer here, it shall give us good weather in our future. And the rabbit will give our hunters swift feet when they hunt. Many mouths will be fed this way." He had a strange look in his eyes. She stepped cautiously forth, gangly limbs out of proportion to her growing body. The carcass lolled from her jaws onto the dais, and lay still.

"Who's the hunters?" She questioned softly, scrutinizing her Da. She didn't know who they were, at least not by that name. Who hunted for them? Wasn't it just Da?

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