Useless Exploration

Walk | Talk | Think

Finally! Callisto breathed in deeply the cool air of the north as she traipsed along the border between its region and the east, her spindly grey legs adding to the distance as she put more of it between herself and home. Ebony had grown stuffy in the wake of the storms, putting her right in the middle of the pack with little to no privacy at all. She was tired of being around them, of having to follow the little girl's direction, of the fact she had no time to pull Max aside and complain to him. She had been biding her time, doing the barest minimum of what was required of her until she had seen a break in the weather, and the moment she had spotted it she ran.

Though not first before stopping by her den. She had shuffled a bit through what was still available to her, what had been left behind as the winds tore through and disarranged the plants she kept tucked away neatly and orderly inside, until she had found something with a pale perfume. Max had dropped the suggestion to her once that wolves from his original pack had used plants to perfume their scents and now she thought to do the same. Anything to try and mask the gross scent of her heat.

Perhaps that was part of the reason she had been feeling as stir crazy as she had at home, but here she felt better, almost comfortable. The cool air stirred around her as she traveled further north, intent upon getting as far as she could without crossing any pack borders. There was one close, she could smell it upon the air defined and warning against intruders, but there was still enough space on this side of the regional border for her to keep going, and to her surprise she actually found something of interest.

It was an opening in the ground, a cavern that seemed to stretch deeply below the surface where she stood. Curiously Callisto peered within, narrowing her silvery blue eyes. On any given day she was normally not the adventurous type, choosing to stick to what her focus was on: plants, healing, and learning how to treat injuries. But today was a free day, the first day that she had finally found to be able to get out of Ebony and away from her pack and its members. Why not do a little useless exploring? Making a spontaneous decision, Callisto glanced about before heading into the earth, following the tunnel further and further into the deep, dark tunnel, eventually turning more to her nose and ears to guide her along rather than turn back right away.