Snow tussle

He and Bowen had, quite unfortunately, finished making their way up to the northern territories to hold to their obligations of spending at least some time with the pack that resided here. He was still not fully convinced that this was what his little tigress needed, but he was happy to just spend time with her while she found herself in their journey together and was more than willing to let her figure things out on her own. He was mostly just happy to have someone to spend his time with after most of his life being spent in a solitary sort of manner with just short flings and moments in time. He knew most felines of his kind were not always the most social of creatures, which is how he had ended up on his own for the large majority of his life so far, but he was an oddity for the fact that he liked to have interaction and communication with others. He would not say that he really wanted to be around a large group all the time, but having Bowen with him to travel with and keep him company suited him just fine.

Now the only problem was that they had found themselves in the tundras of the north on their travels—in the winter none of the less. He walked with her through the wide expanse of open land, snow crunching under his large paws as he went. The land was dotted with pine trees and the air was filled with he scent of them. The sharp scent of the fragrant trees made his nose wrinkle at first, but eventually he adjusted to the strong scent and could mostly just ignore it. When the sun was shining it was not so bad because he could at least absorb the heat of the sun and not feel the chill quite so badly, but today the clouds had formed a thick and heavy blanket across the sky, casting everything in shadow around them. The clouds were gray and very clearly heavy with snow which wasn't an abnormal occurrence, especially this time of year. It seemed like every time he turned around there was more snow being added to the already white blanketed landscape.

Today they were doing as they always did and were simply wandering through the world around them to see what interesting thing they could find or get into. While they were walking and he was trying to think very warm thoughts, the snow laden clouds above them finally decided to let go of the precipitation they were holding on to and heavy snow flakes began to drift down around them. He sighed softly and glanced his emerald gaze up toward the clouds above them. "Ah, of course," he muttered with a chuckle and sarcasm in his tone. "Just what I wanted. More snow." There was nothing they would really do about it as long as she wanted to continue staying around this pack so he would put up with it, but that would not keep him from voicing his displeasure. The new found snow fall, which was growing heavier by the moment, was certainly going to put a damper on their exploration today, but he wasn't quite ready to head back either. Perhaps if there was something they could do to pass the time and keep their blood moving to help keep them warm...

"Do you fight, tigress?" he asked curiously, glancing toward Bowen with a raised, caramel marked brow. He did not think anything of her size on the subject. He had tussled with much smaller felines and creatures before that certainly gave him a run for his money when it came to fighting. Even still, it was not a subject that they had really discussed before and he had to admit that he was curious. Once she agreed that it was something she was capable in he tossed her a grin and turned to face her, pausing their walk through the pine tree forest. "Well, how about a spar to keep the heart pumping, hm? Surely a fight would help keep us warm." He hunkered down into a bit of a crouch like snow continued to fall down on top of them, dotting his striped form and causing him to blink and squint against the snow that kept trying to land on his face. It was an annoying hindrance that he did not care for, but once he got moving surely it wouldn't be so bad. "Think fast!" he said with a grin before he leapt forward, pouncing on top of her. He didn't try to really crush her though, instead landing with his large forelegs on either side of her and hooking a wide paw around her narrow frame, laughing has he scooped her up and went rolling with her through the snow, gently tossing her into a powdery snow drift.

WC: 819
Total: 819/1500

"Tej & Bo"