Walk | Talk | Think
Unsurprising, it was the newest addition to their pack, the young man Australis, who was the first on the scene, the look about his face suggesting that he already knew why they were together. So he had seen. Rune continued to frown over the impending bad weather and the implications it meant for his family and the whole of Secretua. Likely they would miss the brunt of it that would strike right there off the coast, but there was still the severe storms, the wind and rain, that would be moving inland as soon as it was done there along the shoreline. At least the other members of the pack were taking note of it and getting their senses alerted just as he was. It meant fewer of them would be caught off guard and more of them would stay safe through it.
The young man's question was answered with a curt nod as Rune twitched his tail in aggravation, a sudden impatience stealing through him at having to wait to address everyone. "It's going to be here soon. I'm afraid there might be flooding," he informed the hunter, glad to finally have his thoughts out in the open. And likely it was all something that Australis had been thinking as well, so they could be on the same page with it in preparations.
Warja was quick to arrive next, coming up from behind him, and the grey wolf turned to glance over one shoulder and mark her progress with his frosty stare, not entirely surprised to see her either. Of his children, she had seemed the most dedicated from the start, the most liable to step up should the need call for it. With Keiki, the family had a growing certainty that she could not hear, and as for his son...he needed to remind the boy to be more prompt when it came to important matters. His little mate was still missing, as was his sister and her two sons, but for the time being that was fine. The message could always be passed along to them later.
"The storm's creeping up fast," he stated to the pair of them, following his daughter's vibrant gaze skyward to catch the little hints of darkened clouds above the line of the trees as the wind blew them about. Time was against them. "It's going to start unloading any minute now. We need to be careful about traveling through the Gulley. It's basically one big hole in the ground, and the lower points are going to flood, probably fast. If you see any of the others around, let them know, and be sure to avoid the low points. I don't want anyone getting caught in a flood or worse." Of course, he did not want to considered what could be worse - his family was too precious to him for those thoughts, but it was still a harsh reality they lived in and it would have been foolish to think they could get out of this unscathed without first taking precautions.
With the major part of their small meeting taken care of, Rune felt a little lost even with the attention of only two of his pack members seeking his direction, and on a whim, taking into consideration what they knew and what their own worries were, he opened the floor to them both. "Is there anything we should do now before the real storm hits?" Whether it be a quick hunt to gather up whatever game they could manage for their caches or scrounging up plants if there were some that might get lost in the bad weather, Rune was up for anything if it meant bettering their chances of survival.
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