Her meeting Qualm had relaxed her (the cannabis may have helped too) enough to get her finally moving. She couldn't just lay down and give up, not after everything she'd been through. Alive or otherwise, Dai would want her to keep going, keep surviving. Her parents would too. She had to take care of herself, if not for her own sake then for theirs. Phim simply couldn't shame their memories that way.

Immediately after their search for herbs, Phim had returned to her shelter to gather what little she had before setting off toward Ivory Ridge. The least she could do was to go to Raba with a gift of herbs and odd food in tow, and see if the female would even be willing to welcome her. She still wasn't positive she wanted to join, but it was worth investigating. She had taken her time, walking slowly, but when she arrived at the base of Mount Volkan she decided it was time for a break. She had arrived in the early evening, found an old den and napped. Now, in the light of the moon, she wandered around the base of the mountain, marveling at its size and beauty.


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Things had grown silent since their first meeting and Tonrar felt a certain amount of irritation with it. He wasn't a wolf to be idle and the lack of things to do were rather irritating. He'd taken to exploring parts of Fenrir's Maw, but there was only so much of that and border patrols that he could take. He was a wolf that, while he was capable of working on his own, was used to doing things with the company of others. He had certain expectations that weren't being filled by his new pack members and it bothered him. So he'd slipped away from the territory to go see what else was around them. It was midnight when he did this - he didn't want to skirt his duties the next day. The night offered a cooler temperature than the day and creatures came out at night that you didn't see with the sun up. He hadn't traveled too far when he'd come across the volcano. At first he'd thought it was a typical mountain, but after he'd climbed to the top he realized what it really was. He peered down inside the gaping hole that eventually led to a pit of magma. The sweltering heat that radiated from it was overall annoying and eventually he traveled back down to the base. It was here that he stopped dead in his tracks. Not ten yards from him was a darkened wolf with white bits in her fur. He eyed her curiously but made no notion of wanting to initiate a conversation. Walk, "Talk" Think

As Phim gazed up at the mountain and the stars beyond, she remembered her family. She wished more than anything that they could be there with her, that her parents could tell her stories of the mountain and that Dai could marvel with her. For whatever reason, she was certain they had stories about this place. She could feel the connection in the air around her and the way it felt when a gentle breeze picked up around her.

She couldn't be certain if it was a scent that blew on the wind or the sound of a pebble rolling with a gentle kick, but something had her turning her head to find a male standing close by, watching. Her head tilted to the side slightly, eyes sparkling with unshed tears, and she turned to face him head on, still keeping her distance. "Hello," she greeted with a small smile. Hopefully he was friendly.


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