Lost in this World

Making progress on exploring the rest of the surrounding lands near his pack was taking some time, since he still had to do his other duties and ensure that the border was well marked always and no trespassers went unnoticed. He still needed more strong fighters to take some of the load off as far as patrols went, so he always kept an eye out for wandering loners who might be potential members and even went so far as to occasionally seek out and follow the scents of others when he caught them on the wind. He'd made a commitment in founding this pack and he planned to put his everything into building it up into something great.

Today he was on one such mission to follow what he'd thought was a trace of a scent. It didn't seem to have a pack smell, but the scent was so very faint since he'd caught it from a ways away, and by the time he'd thought he was getting close the wind shifted and Ig had no idea where to go from there. He'd wandered aimlessly across the lake of ice spires, trying to figure out why the concept of huge ice formations actually felt familiar since he knew he had never seen any before. So absorbed was he that he almost missed the other man standing nearby. It was only that tiny hint of unnatural color in the corner of his eye that got Ig to turn his head and finally spot the rainbow coated wolf. Unnatural colors weren't foreign to him, but seeing a rainbow painted on someone's back was certainly a new one.

Barking a greeting, Ig stepped closer. Closer inspection revealed how underfed the guy actually looked, and being the soft-hearted creature he was, Ig immediately wondered if he could help him get food or if there was some back in the gorge that would be easy to carry. Hmm... He turned his contemplative frown into a welcoming smile when he thought the other wolf had turned to look at him.