Tyranis Just as Bass had told him, the leaves began to redden and fall on all the trees save the cone-like evergreens. The Rustling Thicket had become a regular destination for him, often navigating through the long grass and brushing against the tree trunks just as Bass had taught him- As a Primo would. After a long, particularly hot Summer the weather had begun to cool and already the long grass of the thicket was beginning to yellow. The bugs seemed to have all but disappeared, especially his favorite; the butterflies, but he supposed they would be back when the trees “woke up” as his juvenile mind understood it. He stopped for a moment to rest and found himself unable to keep himself from darting through the small piles of leaves accumulated at the base of the sparse trees, giggling wildly as he rolled onto his back and kicked the crunchy leaves into the air, and rolled onto his paws to catch them. He shrieked with laughter as he was showered in various shades of red and orange, a wide childish grin on his face. He hated the idea of playing with his sisters but never missed an opportunity to play with small animals like mice and bugs, and of course whatever adults that would pay attention to him. text Speech

Holy hell what was that sound. The shriek pierced the air with a vividness that made Vali freeze, and her mind automatically went into overdrive as she tried to figure out the tone behind it, even as she found herself racing towards the sound. It was only moments after the shriek that she was able to discern the laughter behind it... mostly because it started up again. Her pounding heart slowed, and the woman paused to gulp breaths down to calm it further. The panicked, instant adrenaline rush was something that she'd not experienced much before, and she hoped to the gods that it would never happen again. Even knowing it was laughter, the fear was slow to leave her heart.

Still, there were only five children in the pack, which means the shrieking likely belonged to one of them... and she was, after all, already on her way there. With the colors changing into the vibrant hues of reds, golds, and browns, it wasn't hard to see the grey-blue boy writhing in the loose piles of leaves. The white female bounded closer, her yellow eyes sparkling as she took a flying leap... and landed with a thump in one of the other piles of leaves, her paw already swiping at them to fling them at the boy. She didn't say anything; she didn't need to with this.

Tyranis His eyes widened as he saw the white woman sail noiselessly over him like a swan and land effortlessly in a pile of leaves. For a moment all he could do was stare at her with his mouth open until she started to kick the leaves. That made him snap to his senses and realized that she was playing with him, she had to have been the prettiest creature he’d ever seen and she wanted to play with him . Derecho could stuff it, he knew he wasn’t ugly now. With a playful growl he bowed low and leapt into the storm of leaves, standing on his hind legs and batting noisily at the foliage with his too-big paws. He hopped through the torrent of red and yellow, catching whole mouthfuls of leaves and throwing them in the air, laughing so much he could feel himself becoming light headed. With a clumsy charge he ran into the white woman’s front leg, holding it in place with his wrist and biting playfully, trying to get her to wrestle with him. text Speech

Okay, seeing the absolutely shocked expression of the young boy was just... priceless, and Vali snorted, smirking. It was definitely worth jumping over like she did. The shock only remained for an instant until the boy rolled with it, immediately responding with his own attack... which was more biting the leaves around him. Vali laughed herself, kicking up more leaves to assist with the child's enthusiastic tumbling. So many bits of leaves and such were in the air that she didn't even see the attack coming until she felt the force hit her leg and teeth gnawing on her skin. She immediately went with it, staggering back as if his attack truly was that vicious, and she leaned down and growled at him playfully. She shook her leg and tried biting at him gently, and not so fast that he'd not have time to bite back.

Tyranis He returned the playful growl with a growl of his own, his tiny jaws snapping at her muzzle before he collapsed in a series of shrill giggles as her fangs tickled him. He rolled onto his back and batted at her with his large paws, a wide grin on his face then rolled onto her side to snap at her large fluffy tail. He had seen her at the meeting but aside from his proud declaration of someday becoming Abaven’s leader had never formally met her. He was far too young to understand  just how important he and his siblings were or the change they had caused in Bass and what that meant for Abaven. He could only be himself; playful, loveable and cute…Around adults anyway, his sisters would never receive the same warmth and love he showed the grown-ups. He rolled onto his paws and ran in a clumsy circle around her, laughing and giggling until his chest hurt and his face ached. text Speech