in a single day and night of misfortune

She couldn’t say why she was here, but after leaving Elysium her paws had wandered just a bit. Leaving Ikigai there was one of the most difficult tasks in her life. She was still reeling, and didn’t have it in her to return home yet. The northern reaches were the ones she had the least experience with. Unlike her tropical home the lands here were chill and cold. She wasn’t built for the cold, so the experience was thrilling. For the most part.

What was truly thrilling turned out to be the swim from the mainland. The water was incredibly cold, but thankfully shelter was easy to find in the mountainous rocky outcroppings around its edge. She could have sworn this island hadn’t been here on the way in.

Venom scrambled up the rocky shore, shaking out her coat and ducking into a cave to get out of the wind while she dried.

"Venom"