Go Forth And Have No Fear

The plan to have Ikigai and Poe's relationship solidified soon and the mention from Merrick of possibly bringing his own pup into the world with Keelin made her take a look at the space and resources that Elysium had at the ready and while she thought they would be sufficient for a while longer still, especially if Asla and her brood were not planning on lingering here for the long term, she still would rather be over prepared than not be ready for when the day came that their family decided to grow again. She still hoped to have at least another litter or two herself and Avacyn and Saracyn both would be old enough to have their own children before she knew it. Plus with so many of her family still without their own partners she would need room for them to bring in their mates without issue... It was a lot to plan for.

Luckily Avacyn was on board with assisting her in the process and together they planned out the possible expansion outward into the Firefly Lake. She hadn't had a strong feeling one way or another on which land they chose, but Avacyn seemed to feel pretty strongly about this one so she was willing to put in the work to see if it would work for them. First up was a trip out with their lead navigator to get his opinion on the land and she brought extra sets of eyes with her to get their opinions. Avacyn and Chade had good heads on their shoulders—Avacyn for the perspective of the pack's needs and Chade for his eye on prey and resources. Ricin brought them to the lake and mentioned the availability of fish in the frozen lake which she was of course happy to take advantage of. It wasn't a good time of year for it now unless they could figure out a way to fish though the ice, but she knew that wasn't unheard of.

At the offer to go out onto the ice she nodded and stepped forward. "Sure, that sounds like a good idea. We need to make sure we can made advantage of this land year round." She stepped onto the ice first, feeling it to make sure it was safe before she continued. The ice was indeed quite thick right now, but she still kept fairly close to the shore either way. There was no reason to make big risks for anything right now when they were just scouting out the land.

"Manea Mendacium"