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It had been sometime since he had left Valhalla’s borders, nearly since the beginning of his stay in his new home. He did not mind it, he was happy within the borders but at the not so subtle prompting of the Spirit, Drachen left the plains behind at the sun’s zenith and traveled northward. Enzi traveled with him, his companion rarely ever leaving him be himself and he glanced up at the sky to see the red-tailed hawk circling lazily on the air currents above him. Focusing back on the land in front of him, Drachen did not really have a destination in mind and the brute almost like a leaf caught in a gentle breeze, following whatever whim that flared in his tan chest. The plains grass soon turned into desert sand and he grimaced slightly as the cold sand shifted in between his paw pads but he stubbornly pressed on.
By the time the sun started to make its way to the horizon, Drachen realized he was close to the oasis that he had stumbled upon before he joined Valhalla as a temporary hunter a year ago. A soft hum vibrated in his muscular chest as he stopped for a moment to scan his oceanic blue eyes around, trying to remember exactly which direction the oasis was. A sharp hawk’s cry had him turning his dark face to the skies and spotted Enzi changing direction and heading towards the east and he figured his companion knew what he was looking for. With a quick small smile, Drachen changed his northern course and turned east and he followed Enzi with a slight bounce to his trot. Soon he spotted the scattered palm trees he remembered from the last time he had traveled here and the sand soon gave way to harder ground with sporadic foliage that managed to take root and survive due water pool at the center.
The sun was now about halfway behind the horizon and darkness was beginning to fall on the sky when he noticed something strange as he neared the pool of water. The black and tan male blinked a few times as he thought maybe his vision was slightly cloudy from the dry desert air but the landscape remained the same. The plants around him gave off a slight bluish-purple glow, reminding him of the wolf he now served. His tan lips thinned as he pressed them together and he stood at the very edge of the oasis, his ears straining on his head as he went on high alert. His companion must have seen his sudden tense frame as she dropped from the sky and landed on his back, near his shoulders, and bristled along with him. "This was not like this before…"Drachen rumbled in his soft, deep tones and his ear gave the faintest of twitches when Enzi clicked her beak in agreement. Carefully, Drachen moved toward again, carefully placing his paws on hard earth instead of on the strange glowing plants. He had no idea if touching them would cause some sort of reaction or release some sort of poison. But as the Spirit’s informant, Drachen had a duty to continue forward and investigate what was going on here in the neighboring area to Valhalla.
Walk ---- "Speak" ---- "Hear" ---- Think
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