OOC-- A simple picnic for all of Fenmyre to come together, mingle, be thankful for what they've got, and to help Chimera refurbish an old beaver dam into a big den for anyone to use.--

The morning had been spent carting food from the island to the edge of the little river. A modest feast had been laid out on flat rocks and wide logs. The rain had held off for a few days so the green grasses were dry and sun-warmed. Perfect resting places for the wolves of Fenmyre. The tall reaching aspens spread their branches above, creating shade for those needing to retreat from that very same sun. Chimera looked forward to have his pack together in one place. He hoped that they could all enjoy it.

Word had been sent to each pack member, letting them know of the place, though there wasn't a set time. This was to be an all day gathering. The King of Fenmyre was hard at work, as usual. He'd discovered an old abandoned beaver den. With the river directed elsewhere by other dams, this one was high off the ground and quite dry. It was a pity to leave such a construction to waste, so Chimera had decided to refurbish it. He had been working on digging out the ground within the structure so that he could lay down a floor of soft saplings. To reinforce the internal structure of the crisscrossing trees and branches, ties had been put into place. Sturdy roping to hold everything together with no fear of collapse. When the dwelling was finished, it would be a second place for the wolves of Fenmyre to enjoy at their leisure as it as no secret that some of them were getting tired of being stuck on the island.

With half a day of work done, Chimera decided that it was time for a break. The giant man ducked out of the dam and moved towards the rest of the group after rinsing off his paws in the cool river water. The two-toned giant unceremoniously threw himself into the soft, warm grass, giving his long body a stretch. Soon he would fill his belly with the feast that had been prepared, but for now he would rest and spend time with his family and packmates.

"Chimera Klein"

Siren didn’t leave the island, not without Chimera’s invitation, it was the only law that she was asked to follow. She put from her mind her one instance of disobedience. Dalila was the only one who knew, so as far as the rest of the world was concerned, it never happened. Albion and Scylla were Chimera’s children, and she would never admit otherwise. The woman was a little hesitant as the King invited his whole family off of the island to gather here on the dam. Still, she had Dalila at her side and nothing to worry about. She was safe in the whole pack land, especially with both king and queen keeping their eye on her.

The grass was incredibly green and lush, and her tiny paws through the soft carpet brought a grin to her features as she leaned against Dalila. Chimera’s hard work was obvious as they meandered to the gathering area. However impressive their surroundings Chimera’s languid form had all of her attention.

The dainty queen rushed forward to join him there on the green sun warmed bed. She knew one of the pups would be better seated in his paws, so she resisted curling into her favorite place against him. Instead she lowered herself to her haunches beside him, a soft smile playing on her delicate features. "What a wonderful idea,” Siren whispered quickly, her silver and sapphire gaze lingering adoringly on his features. "You know,” she leaned against his shoulder and nuzzled into his cheek as she spoke. "I really love the man you’ve become.” She had always loved him, but those feelings only grew as they did.

"Chimera & Siren Klein"

Orthrus wanted to pass the day along his loved ones, siblings parents and other family members here in the pack. The monochromatic pup did his best to help, help with whatever he felt was okay. He helped to clean a few things, gather food(rats and bugs) and everything else. He has a new friend, a caracara who had liked his own fascination to the death. He haven't still given her a name, which will be done as he knew more of her. He followed his father on the ferry which he felt excited. This was his first time being out of the island he's been in the past weeks l, growing and learning more. Now he felt bold enough tk join his dad and aunt Siren. He was so excited to be out here that it was hard for him to set his kind in a single part, having it wander around along his paws. Sniffing, eyeing and enjoying the time to explore unless he was needed in anything else..

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When Chimera had told her of his plans to renovate an old beaver dam into a sanctuary of sorts for the wolves of Fenmyre away from the main island, Aliana had instantly begun coming up with plans for how to help reinforce the integrity of the structure while also coming up with ideas of how to improve what the beavers had already created. She'd headed out to the area Chimera described in the aspen forest a couple days before to study the structure before coming up with some schematics of her own, so when the day finally came, she could assist her king and mate in renovating it to all their desires. Just as she'd done with the beehives back in Ashen, Ali came up with some rudimentary designs and drawings, and she brought them along with her half dozen brood of sons to the picnic Chimera had set up for all of them.

While she and Chimera worked, she asked Siren, Dalila, and Erystotle to keep an eye on the boys. They were all rambunctious and high energy on a good day, but for their first time off the island, she imagined the boys would be manic. While Chi handled the majority of the heavy labor parts of their contracting work, Aliana held the sketches she'd made and began to remove small portions of the old logs of the dam to make small windows for ventilation in the sides of the dam. If she had any guesses about what Chimera would want to use this place for, ventilation would be heavily required. Ali had brought a few pelts from Fenmyre's stores to adorn the inside of the space with once Chi had laid out the floor of saplings, furnishing the interior with basic bedding.

When Chimera went off to take a break, Aliana stepped outside to join him, moving over to settle onto the soft grasses while she looked over her schematics again. She still wanted to dig out a drainage system around the dam so if any of Auster's heavy rains hit, it wouldn't risk getting flooded. Every so often Ali would look up from her designs, then sweep her aquamarine eyes around to find all of her children, making sure they were still present and safe before repeating the process again. "This is coming along very well so far," she said with a grin over to Chimera. Then the queen turned her attention to their children, watching Orthrus as he explored the new terrain. "Are you finding anything interesting, sweetheart?" she called out to the dark-furred pup.

"Chimera & Aliana"

For the duration of the ferry ride over to the mainland, Revenant kept disobeying his mother's directions to keep his paws in the barge at all times by trailing them along the water as the ferry moved. It wasn't that he was a bad kid by any means, he just wanted to explore things for himself. Plus this was their first time off the island! He was so excited to see the big wide world beyond the shores of their island home! The moment the ferry hit the dock, Revenant was scampering off the boat and launching himself into the sand, bouncing about on the mainland shore for a while before Aliana ushered him away into the aspen woods where the picnic was being held.

While his mother and father set to work renovating an old beaver dam, Revenant took his newfound freedom with gusto. The small black and silver pup began to explore between all the trees, sniffing everything he could find, taste testing a few other random things, and just having fun running about in the sunshine and chasing after his brothers. He took particular delight in chasing and play wrestling with Morendo, who he knew hated any sort of physical fighting and did it just to push his brother's buttons. "Surrender, Morendo! Or face your doom!" he demanded from his equally sized sibling, trying to pounce on him and pin him to the soft grass.

"Revenant Klein"

With the given notice, Cerberus was already over on the dam side of the pack helping run a practice patrol around the land. He was sure one day in the next couple seasons he would be doing a patrol by himself, and he was growing and learning as the days went on.

When he arrived to the old beaver dam they would be working on, Chimera was walking just a short distance off for a break with Aliana joining beside him. Cerberus approached more so Aliana and looked over her shoulder to view the sketches she had made. He observed quickly but then spoke with a smile, "Let me know what you need me to do." His paws moved forward though through the small stream as he went and joined his cluster of smaller siblings, just standing around and watching them.

"Cerberus"
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Quill had acted pretty calm as he and his siblings gathered to move over to the mainland by the ferry. It was their first time leaving the island, and he was definitely very excited but externally he acted cool and like it wasn't a big deal. He smirked as Revenant pushed his limits with what he could get away with, and for now he acted like quite a good boy as he sat calmly during the ferry ride.

He watched as his parents were preparing the new set up for the den, but he didn't do much to help. Instead he was looking around at the surroundings of the dam and wondering just how far their marked territory went. By the time he was paying back attention to his parents and other family, they were relaxing and playing among the warm and dry climates of the rainy season of Auster. He watched for a moment as Revenant tried to pin Morendo. He huffed a near silent chuckle before leaping forward and trying to pounce on Revenant by surprise maybe as if he was trying to help his other brother but that wasn't the case. He was just being a little shit.

"Quill"

Kione had grown used to the fact his new family was wolves.  Sure, they had more fur than his own kind, oddly short ears and their dialect was certainly different than his own but they were a good lot and now they were family.  It was a wonderful sensation that gave him peace of mind and heart.  There were a lot he still didn’t know well but that could happen with time.

Kione had been all too happy to work, walking along the outside of the dam, searching for signs of weakness.  Clay was used for a few holes between branches, the sun sure to bake it into solid clay.  Once the clay was dry he could come back and put more sticks or rocks or something else to protect the clay from rain or other elements as a bit of extra security.  

Eventually, he took a break for himself, finding a spot in the grass to lay down, stretching out, running his head across the grass to scratch an itch under his neck.  His two mastiff companions had come with him and were milling about on their own.  Kione’s eyes flicked from them to the other wolves about and finding a small grin as he focused on all the young pups.  Future of the pack and sure to be full of curiosity about the world around them.


"Kione"

Albion was trying to wait for Scylla to go to the island with her instead of their little brothers. He didn’t have anything against the younger boys but Albi was a quiet observant boy and almost all of them were more boisterous and loud than he was. Even if they were annoying he cared about them, and training alongside them was fun at least. Maybe it would be a good time off the island.

The young prince didn’t do too well with change, and he wasn’t familiar with this area of the pack. His wariness was obvious in his stiff movements as he walked up the beach with an unnatural gait. He was quiet, and looked around at the rest of the pack that had already arrived. Of course his father was a main attraction. Albion lingered on the fringes of the group, hopeful Scylla would show up soon.

Despite his solitude Albi did have a smirk playing over his features. His ghost like eyes watched his family interact before he would go to join everyone.

Albion Klein

Scylla had already been across the water on the mainland. Oops. The girl didn't exactly listen, as everyone knew. As her father messed about the old beaver home, the slate and snow girl picked about the area, deciding to stick close today. When her father eventually called for the rest of the pack, she was already there. She'd also been picking at the feast that he'd laid out for them. When reprimanded by her father, the girl scowled and slunk off towards the ferry. Albi should at least be awake by now.

Seeing her pale brother, Scylla came up alongside him, rubbing the length of her little body along his like a cat."Dad's no fun," she grumbled. "I'm never allowed to do anything." Allowed was the key term. She never had permission, but she did things anyway. Pawing her brother's foreleg, she motioned for him to follow her back to the group of wolves that had been forming around their father. "There's good food at least." If that was any consolation for being forced to mingle with everyone.

"Scylla Klein"

His family and underlings began filing in. Some members of the pack had been with him on and off during the day, aiding in the construction of the dam den. When he lay down for his break, Siren came and settled into the grass beside him. Her words brought a smile to his face and the behemoth nibbled affectionately at her cheek before turning his attention to Aliana as she lay down and looked at her plans on parchment. Her words brought a second smile from the man and he nodded. "It is," he agreed.

The pups were running amok and he felt safe letting them do so. There had been no trouble since he'd killed the intruding brute. Chimera had ousted the reptiles that had been washed up-river from the ocean. This place was safe. Ears flicked as Cerberus offered to aid Aliana. He was incredibly proud of the boy. The young man needed a challenge and Chimera would soon have one for him.

Rather than stand, Chimera stayed laying in the grass, though he didn't look any less noble while resting. The giant addressed the congregation, his voice raised so they could hear, but still level and deep. "I'm glad that we could all come together today to celebrate...us. This little feast is for all of us; a thank you for the hard work that everyone has put into Fenmyre. A thank you to everyone that has spent their spare time turning this dam into a den." As he spoke, the man's gaze swept back and forth, lighting on the face of each wolf and dog present. "This den is for all of us. Free use for any that wish for a change of scenery. Keep it clean, keep it in good shape, so that wolves of Fenmyre will be able to enjoy it for years to come."

With one big paw, Chimera swept outward, indicating the feast laid out for them. Venison, rabbit, smoked fish, cooked meats, summer berries, apples, other fruits... it was all there, ready to be eaten. "My thanks to you," he spoke his last, then pulled himself to his paws, pushing Siren and Aliana before him to the spread of food.

"Chimera Klein"

Kasos was herded towards the mainland by the authority figures in his if that weren't his mom and dad. Dal, Siren, and Erystotle wrangled them off the ferry and towards the gathering their father called them too. As usual his brothers were being boisterous, something he debated about joining in. He looked to his mother’s features for approval before he did anything. He felt so hesitant in himself a lot of the time, like he hadn’t quite found himself just yet. With a sea of other boys around him it was hard to find his identity.

Erystotle encouraged him forward with a gentle nudge to his hip and the boy hurried to his father and his family’s presence. They were all here together, ready to eat and celebrate in this place. This was their home, this was where he could grow and have fun with those he loved. Maybe he’d find a clue as to who he was supposed ot be and how he would stand out among the sea of boys he lived with. He wanted to be unique, special, and interesting, but that task was just so hard.

Kas managed to make it in time for their dad to start talking to everyone, eventually steering everyone to the food. That was an easy place for Kasos to find and appreciate.