Something about the intertwined aroma of death and muck enticed the young boy, and it had managed to draw him out of Elysium merely because of his boredom. He would weave over fallen trees and overgrown roots as he traveled deeper and deeper into the swamp, determined to reach the heart and discover its treasures- only there were no treasures here. Deep within the swamp lay a ghastly creature, one Neios had never come across before today that was trying to cleave his head off. He had managed to step upon the scalely tail of what appeared to be an overgrown swamp lizard(crocodile), and it had instantly retaliated, swinging backward and snapping at him with a mouth full of deadly daggers. He would back peddle, and the monster would follow him, determined to seek revenge in the mutt who had dared disturb its peace. Neios would huff in amusement, as he would not cower to even this deadly creature. He would swat a paw forward in a cat like motion, daring the creature to slink forward and take a bite of his extended appendage. Surly should anyone come across this scene they would be mortified- a child playing with a crocodile.

Neika was busying herself with a luscious fat toad, pawning and stumbling about it as the toad tried his hardest to move it's large weight across the damp boggy mud. Nipping at it at first she decided to pick it up by its meaty leg which in turn offered a strange tingling sensation along her gums. Apparently she decided to pick on a toxic toad known to induce certain chemicals in the brain. Never minding the strange buzzing feeling wracking her head, she mulled allong the boggy wet lands and through its roots with the large amphibian dangling from her chops.

And there she stopped to witness something peculiar, another wolf who seemed to live on the edge as much as she . Never fearing a perilous adventure Neika wagged her tail viciously as she snorted through her nose. The white wolf's eyes dilated as colored shapes started to melt together. A muffled words came across an irritated ribbet sound " that log is gonna eat you" she said, while moving closer to investigate, trying her hardest to decipher what was really going on. With a shake of her head foam started to drip from the maw, but Neika was unwilling to let her prize go.Everything felt funny and everything looked HILARIOUS!!

' Feed it! That log looks hungry" She stated as a matter of factually, and then she realized she too was craving food.

Audits would swivel toward the strangers voice as his amused gaze would temporarily glance in her direction. His hackles would raise as he would begin to feel cornered, faced by a potential danger on each side. Though the woman had not made any lethal movements he could not help but feel defenseless, a low growl bubbling within his throat as he spoke. "No log. Animal." He would correct her foolishness, his amethyst stare falling back upon the beast before him that again had snapped in his direction. It would miss his paw by only a few meager inches, and he would again sneer in amusement as he pawed at the fiend once more. Suddenly a savage plot would cross the boys mind, and he would act upon impulse as he always did. She would mention that they should feed this "log", and he would begin to wonder why he hadn't just tried to kill and eat it the first time it snapped at him. Without hesitation he would launch himself forward just as the crock clicked his jaws shut in protest. He would manage to land upon the creatures muzzle and skull, and it would instantly begin to toss back and forth, which resulted in Neios plummeting into the swamps depths.

Her tail continued to sway back and forth being rather excited, but no matter how hard she tried to move by this point, Neika couldn't find the will to really put any effort into anything now, instead she started to breath heavily through her nose "animal?" ...pfffttt not like she had ever seen a five eyed, two tailed beast before, to her it was a monster that needed to be maimed. Again she muffled over the hanging toad 'you're doing it wrong" and couldnt help but become amused at the other wolfs antics.

Maybe like any strange lizard thing, it needed its belly to be rubbed, as it was widely known that if one rubbed a garden lizards belly long enough , it soothed and paralyzed it.

" Rub its belly' in slurring words she pointed out a solution as though she was trying to help.

Just then Neika caught the reptiles attention with its mouth wide one moment and the next it snapped at her. Neika's ears flattened in hesitation before a thought popped into her head. Flicking the large toad, she sent it spiraling into the crocs mouth. Maybe it just needed to feel something other than being pissed off and Neika decided to help.

He would writhe in protest beneath the waters surface as he paddled upward, his head finally bursting through the surface with a vexed grunt. With his mouth agape he would gasp for air, his gaze frantically searching for the crock who had managed to throw him in. He would manage to catch sight of the stranger tossing what seemed to be a toad at the lizard, and her feeble attempts at assisting him brought a displeased sneer to his face. Little did he know she had poisoned the crocodile. He would begin to paddle toward the waters edge, his eyes glancing toward the rogue beast as he continued on. Luckily he would manage to slip undetected due to its attention being set on the female. Once he felt muck between his toes he would launch himself forward in an attempt to get out of the water as fast as possible. He would shake water from his pelt, and his stern gaze would fall upon the female and the crock before her. Curiously he would watch, interested to know how she planned on taking this thing down. Certainly flinging a toad was not her only plan? Speech,

Now that she was in this creatures line of aggression it was barely possible to move from her spot. Her ears went down and her blue hazy eyes widened with uncertainty. If she hadn't ingested some of those toxins, maybe she might have been in the right mind to offer some defense against this creature. Neika tried to shake her head as drool seeped slowly from her maw and then backed away from the large intimidating beast.

Looking from the rows of vicious teeth to the pup that stood by to watch , Neika pivoted her focus back upon the gator. What would Sirus do? Well it was certain that he wouldn't get caught in tribulations such as these.

" you were suppose to rub its belly" she announced as her maw pulled back giving a cameo appearance of her own canines. How in the hell does one even fight something like this? " That ribbet was suppose to make it happy!" she squawked then snapped her canines in the air trying to discourage the beast away from herself.