Oh rats!

Fuji hadn't been expecting the sudden cold snap. She scowled at the shelves while her golden cat pounced on another rodent that had dared to darken her door. It wasn't just the small critters that were trying to take shelter, but visitors of the creepy crawly variety.

Her ibis had gorged herself on spiders and scorpions, but still they came. If only she had a little more lemon balm or peppermint, perhaps she could make some scented bags for the other members of the pack to hang as deterrents, even catnip to encourage the felines from the island back into the bamboo to help deal with their little... influx of uninvited guests...

The small healer sighed, trying to come up with a solution, but perhaps she would need to travel north to track down what she needed...

"speech"