Watch your back and hold your own

Just finishing setting up her own humble abode along the shores of the Avian Estuary, Calliope was heading back toward the ravine. She was in need of some more furs to fluff up her bed and some raccoon or badger sounded perfect. Minding her own business as she stalked through the shadows, checking every tree, she was surprised to hear her mother's call. Since she's not an official member of the Raider's, Calliope would normally ignore the call, but something sounded... different.

While Calliope wouldn't typically worry about the well being of others, she also wasn't going to miss a death of her family or anything like that. Making her way through the woods, she arrives just as the initial message is finished. Standing at the back, dazed and confused, her eyes widen and mouth goes dry. The words of Ignis and Scald go unheard, even Flurry's appearance is unnoticed.

Dead? He's dead? He couldn't be... Fury rises as the bile does in her throat. Whoever had done this to her father would be dead by nightfall. "They'll fucking pay for what they did," the words seethed out through clenched teeth before she even realizes what she's saying. Muscles tense, fur bristles, ears pinning to her head. They would pay. "Where? Ethne you say? Point me in their direction," Calliope steps forward, eyes ablaze as she stares hard at her mother.

"Speech"