A yawn broke the relative silence of the early morning, pulled from her jaws by the absolutely exhausting morning she'd had. The birds that chirped occasionally were a stark contrast to her with their bubbling energy as they sung their good mornings, meanwhile Razi sat on the ground trying to get herself together again. Who knew pup sitting was so draining? It hadn't even been that long and already they'd managed to wander quite far and sap the normally put-together Razi of all her morning energy. Too bad she didn't have any herbs on hand for that. Oh well. Drawing her limbs into a bow so she could stretch long and low, Razi tried to get herself moving again. Glancing around, she realized she couldn't lay eyes on either of the little balls of fuzz that had been here moments ago. Well, good start to the day indeed. Huffing, she trotted through the maze, tracking the pups scents and trying to blink the rest of the sleep from her eyes. Some might panic at this point, but Razi was confident she'd easily recover the lost puff balls quickly. There was no way they'd make it out of this maze without some adult help anyways. Maybe they were hiding just around a corner... "Talk" "You" Think

OOC: Writing this while I have time, Luns if you don't want Ashiel in here I can edit and take out the mentions! <3

Asharya figured she liked her Aunt Razi well enough. Or perhaps she was just fascinating enough to hold the young girl's interest. She looked different than a lot of her family, and her coat smelled spicy and herbaceous, just like Lydia. The golden flecks in her coat were weird, but cool. Of course, the thing she liked the most about her aunt was that she had fallen asleep. Asharya cackled under her breath, and pressed farther into the forest. She didn't care that it might not have been safe; in fact that thought never once crossed her mind. All she knew was that this was an adventure she wasn't going to miss out on! Plus this forest was weird, and unlike anything she had seen before! Sure, she'd been tired after coming all this way but it was totally worth it! She turned to ask Ashiel what he thought of it all... And found that he wasn't there. The girl stopped, frowned, and then turned on her heel to see if he'd simply fallen behind. Unfortunately no matter what direction she looked, her brothers ashen coat was nowhere to be found. She grumbled to herself, irked that no one ever seemed to be able to keep up with her. After all, it definitely wasn't her fault that they never seemed to stay where she'd last seen them. Her knack for adventure was a gift, and one she planned to exhaust thoroughly. With a shrug, she continued on the way she'd planned on going from the start, convinced she would cross paths again with him soon. After all, this weird thin-stick-weird-leafy forest couldn't go on forever. Asharya almost called out for him, but she didn't want Aunt Razi to find her before she was ready. "Talk" "You" Think

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Ashiel was not the morning type. He'd been curled up happily next to their aunt Razi and he'd been sleeping like a stone when his sister tried to wake him for an early morning escape. He yawned and nodded and tried to make his limbs move but they just didn't want to go and he'd fallen back asleep before he even realized it. When he stirred again the memories of moments before came flooding back and he realized Asha had gone on without him. Ugh! No! He glanced at aunt Razi who seemed to be sleeping soundly and he quickly took off into the bamboo maze. "Asha?" He whispered. "Asharya, where are you?" "Talk" "You" Think

Nose to the ground, ears constantly on the move to pick up any hints of pups. She would not be outwitted by small bundles of fluff, not today! Taking slow stepson the dirt path, Razi attempted to be as quiet as possible. She'd hunt the little scamps down like rabbits. Wait a minute. Pausing a moment, Razi let her ears hone in on the sound. There, a soft voice. Ohh, she had em now.

Taking a long way around, through the winding paths that seemed to go on forever, Razi slowly approached the spot where she'd last heard them. What have we here? Why, it seemed a rather colorful lump was just up ahead. Slinking forward, Razi moved on silent paws till she was close enough, and- legs coiled under her, sending the woman springing toward the little fuzz ball.

Asharya was not worried in the slightest that her brother and Aunt were no where to be found. It simply made the adventure more genuine, more exciting. She knew that it would all work out okay one way or another (right?) so what did she have to worry about? But, maybe she ought to search for Ashi anyways, to make sure he was okay... But she definitely wasn't worried. Definitely not. She devoted her efforts to finding her brother, or maybe Aunt Razi, but probably just her brother. Her nose only seemed to work sometimes, and usually when it worked it wanted to follow new smells that seemed way cooler than what she was actually trying to find, so tracking wasn't necessarily her strongest suit. Still, she did her best to figure out where Ashi was. She pointed herself one way, to no avail, and then another. She meandered a bit in that direction to be certain she wasn't just missing something but nope, he wasn't in that direction either. Or was he? Fallen God's mercy, she didn't know. Asha sat down in a huff, officially grumpy, until she heard a low voice call out. She perked upwards and gasped. Spinning, she saw her brother emerge from between the weird grass-tree stalks. "Ashi! I knew I'd find you!" She pranced towards her brother, victorious. What the young ember didn't know was that there was another presence privy to their reunion. She had not closed even half the distance between Ashi and herself when she found herself bowled over and pinned. She let out a savage snarl... Well, more of a squeak, of protest. She flailed and wriggled, trying in vain to escape this vial predator who had caught her unawares. A flash of ebony and a speck of gold caught her eye and suddenly it made sense, but it didn't do anything to assuage her anger. "Lemme goooo! We weren't doin' anything! Ugh!!" Her wriggling intensified, as did her diminutive rage. "Talk" "You" Think

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Ashiel wandered for what felt like forever, his heart was hammering in his chest. Ugh! He didn't want to get lost because Asha couldn't stay put for one blessed nap. Finally, he managed to run into her. "You mean I found you… where did you go anyway? If you get lost and eaten mom is gonna be mad." He didn't have much more to say on the matter not that'd he get the chance when out of nowhere sprang Razi causing Ashiel's fur to stand on end as he stumbled haphazardly back. His ears pinned to his head and he sprang at his aunt, seeking to bite her on the rear with a ferocious cry. "Hey! You can't tackle my sister, let her go!" "Talk" "You" Think

Piece of cake, this pup-sitting stuff wasn't so difficult. She'd easily managed to get a hold of that fiery little spark Asharya, tackling the haughty little fuzz-butt and pinning her under a single paw. Grinning, she looked down at her quarry, but only for a moment as her attention was soon on the other little fireball that was charging at her. Keeping one paw on Asharya, she swept her head around t attempt to catch her brother by the scruff, the tail, whatever really. Okay, maybe this wasn't super easy, but she'd round up the little heathens eventually.

Quirking a brow, she chuckled, "Oh? Gunna stop me then?"