It had been a pretty long time since he'd been here. The snow was melting on the ground since spring was soon to come, uncovering all the materials that littered the ground here. The strange metal objects that...sort of reminded him of the tractor he had seen in Fireside's old lands (but were much bigger) were pretty much uncovered with just a bit of snow melting off of them. He jumped up onto one of the contraptions, feeling the cold steel beneath his paws as he climbed up on top of the turret. Being as big as he was, and the fact he lacked the majority of his tail, he didn't quite have the grace or balance to go out onto the barrel of the tank, but this was as good enough a vantage point as any. He peered into one of the slits that were cut into the metal, noticing there were more objects inside that looked like they could be useful...Maybe he'd find some interesting things in there that he could use, untouched from the elements. "Speech"

This was a place that Corbie had never seen without winter snow covering it completely, but this late in the season the snowmelt had uncovered some very unusual metal hulks. She thought there might be something salvagable here that could be used to strengthen her sheep enclosures, or build tools to do so. She almost hadn't bothered - she'd thought at first they were some odd rock formations, but the dull shine of metal in a few spots where the rust and paint had recently torn away from the pitted metal had drawn her attention closer. Even if they hadn't, the sight of the bright red form that was standing on one, trying to peer into it, would have. Her muzzle quirked in a smile as she moved closer. "Have you found a mouse to hunt this time, Ignis?" she called out laughingly.

He was trying to come up with a way on how he could get the things out that he'd found when an all too familiar voice broke the silence around him. He turned to find the very familiar form of Corbie coming toward him. At this point, he supposed he shouldn't be surprised anymore that they kept running into each other. Maybe they were just sticking around the warmer areas of Boreas until things started to warm again. He couldn't help the slight grin and chuckle at her joke. "You know that'd hardly be a mouthful for me," Indeed. Ya boi needed to eat some pretty big meals! "I came out to find some materials to make some hunting tools this time. And it just so happens that I found plenty around here...but what I'm really interested in is in here," he tapped on the turret, ears perking when he heard the hollow sounds caused by his action. Well, he knew it was sort of hollow in there...he saw it, after all. "Just gotta figure out how to open this thing up so I can see what's salvageable. I can say for certain that whatever is in there, is probably better than what's out here. Protected from the outside elements and all that," He leaned against the contraption with a thoughtful look, and when he did so, the scraping creak of metal on metal. Surprised, he looked at the thing he had just been leaning on. Well...looks like he found the answer... "Speech"

At Ignis' words, her ears perked in interest. That was, after all, the thought that she'd had when seeing the metal there for the taking. The hulks themselves weren't much use, without a way to break up the metal, but there were surely smaller bits and pieces that they could use. Though from his words, the best things were inside, and difficult to get to. She didn't think she could reach through the small slits any better than he could, though she was smaller. The slits seemed pretty small. But a strange metallic scraping when he moved bore investigating, so Corbie circled the hulk to where she could hop up to join him. On the opposite side of the turret from him, she also reached her paws to press against it, and between the two it began to lift open. How odd! As soon as she stopped pushing it began to drop closed again, though, so she continued to push on it. With Ignis' greater strength it would probably pop right open and they could grab whatever was in there. Whatever hinge had once held the hatch closed had long rusted away, and only the rust itself had held it in place. Now it took only the muscle strength to shove it open and gain the riches it might still hold.

"Talk" Walk With his new discovery, he was eager to get this damn thing open so he could get the treasure inside! No doubt he'd find some good materials to make better hunting gear with, and with Corbie's help, he was well on his way to getting closer to that goal! She climbed up to join him, and together, they started to test the turret a bit before ultimately pushing off the top. With the outside of this thing rusted and worn after years of sitting out in the elements, it was easier than he thought it would be and the top of the turret had practically fallen off with a clang! With his greater strength and heavier bulk, (and with Corbie's help of course), it had been easy to open it up once they had figured it out. "Alright, let's see what we've got!" He sounded almost excited as he clambered up and into the metal shell. It was roomier than he initially thought, and just as he suspected, plenty of new and strange materials they could work with! "Corbie, come take a look!" His claws clicked on metal as he moved around, investigating some old bits and bobs that had been scattered here. An old, somewhat tattered green cloth that looked like it had been chewed on by rats but was still useable. Some odd metal bracelets that were attached with a small chain...hmm...maybe that could be useful in some way? He put one of them in his temporary pack for later. Digging deeper into his investigation, he found some bits of flint, some odd yet smooth-shaped bits of metal (bullets), and a variety of other things. "I think we've hit the jackpot here," He had never been more excited over objects than he was at this moment!

The piece they were shoving on finally toppled, almost taking Corbie with it before she caught her balance. It wouldn't have been a far tumble, but it wouldn't have been very much fun to land on top of that metal object that was for sure. Catching her breath she went to the hatch that had opened in the hulk that Ignias had already dropped into. He called out to her while she was inspecting it so we carefully dropped down to join him. A quick glance around revealed a surprising stash of items, like the long dead creatures who made these had simply stuffed it full of items to keep them out of the elements while they went off elsewhere, but they had never returned for them. As Ignis rooted around she stood still, only her eyes sweeping the contents, until they lit on something that looked like a thick silvery rope wrapped in a bundle. Whatever odd human mechanism it attached to presumably wound and unwound I, but had long since lost whatever mechanical ability to do so. Now it was just a long, long length of cable. Another spool, this of a metallic rope with spikes on it, was buried under rotting fabric on the other side of her. Between the two, she thought she could reasonably build a new sheep enclosure that could safely hold them in, and keep predators out. Her finds picked out she let herself look around just for enjoyment. There was so much stuff! And almost none of it could be replicated by wolves. "This is amazing," she breathed in awe.

"Talk" Walk There was a whole stash in here that had likely never been seen by most creatures. None of these were made from the work of wolves or any other creature he knew of, that was for certain. He had heard stories of humans from his uncle Acere...did this work belong to them? Nobody had seen them in years. Nobody had seen them alive for generations. He was fascinated for the first time in what felt like forever over this, and he was glad he had taken the chance to finally investigate. He glanced over to Corbie as she took it all in, too. She seemed just as enthralled, and surely there was a use for at least some of this stuff. "You think we could use any of this? If you need help taking anything wherever you're staying, I can help you get it there," He offered. After all, she had been a huge help every time they came across each other. And if it hadn't been for her help, he would have never gotten the chance to find any of this.

Corbie nodded to Ignis' question initial question. "I think most anything that isn't rotted away would be useful for something, even if it's just for trade goods. There's probably someone out there somewhere who has some use for the odder stuff. I'm a bit too far from here to take much more than I have an immediate use for though, even with a travois." He'd offered to help her carry things back, but all she really wanted to bring was the two rolls of wire, and she could manage that well enough. "I'll be ok - I'm probably just going to grab the two rolls of metal rope for enclosures. It'd be a good idea to grab anything you might want now though, because now that it's open I'm sure plenty of other scavengers are going to be combing through here." Suiting action to her words, she poked through the trove looking for other smaller items she might want. She surfaced with some thin green wire. Though she couldn't possibly know that it was trip wire that some long ago humans had used, it wasn't hard to think of many hunting uses for the big spool of it between making snares and fastening things together.