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Post by blackfox7 on Feb 22, 2008 9:59:23 GMT -5
Skyra Jet, a tall black vixen, stood on the crest of the last hill before the trees began. Drawing her mottled green-and-brown cloak about her, she scanned the woods. It seems like a decent place, she thought to herself, but I'll never know for sure if I just stand here. With that thought she slid down the steep hill and cautiously approached the treeline.
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Post by Wolfie on Feb 22, 2008 10:17:39 GMT -5
A young ferret with red fur and black markings ran through the trees happily as he followed his raven friend. He stopped dead when he saw the fox and stared at her with wide eyes. He shook his head to bring himself back to his senses and scrambled up a tree scaredly as he kept watching her.
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Post by blackfox7 on Feb 22, 2008 11:56:30 GMT -5
Skyra was awed by the glory of the winter forest but still very cautious about her surroundings. She knew that places like these were inhabited by two kinds of beasts: the well-off and the not so well-off. The latter she would need to watch for. The vixen was so lost in thought that she almost missed the fluttering of wings and a scraping sound, like claws on bark. She kept calm and discretly searched for the source of the sounds.
She was rewarded by a glimpse of something red and black in a nearby oak. Carefully she sidled up to the tree and peered up into the bare branches.
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Post by Wolfie on Feb 23, 2008 0:47:37 GMT -5
The ferret tensed as she stared at him and bared his fangs, hissing warningly. He watched her warily, wondering what she would do to him now that she'd found him. He hadn't been around many foxes, but the ones he had meant weren't ones he could trust.
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Post by blackfox7 on Feb 23, 2008 11:07:40 GMT -5
Skyra crossed her arms and frowned as the strange ferret hissed at her. "Hmph! That's no way to greet a stranger, young 'un. Come down here and face me if you've got something to say." She waited at the base of the tree, one hand on her dagger hilt in case the ferret meant her harm.
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Post by Wolfie on Feb 23, 2008 12:13:23 GMT -5
The young ferret's ears lowered nervously as he crawled down the tree. He stayed on a branch just out of her reach. How do I know you won't kill me if I come down close enough? Can I really trust you?
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Post by blackfox7 on Feb 23, 2008 12:53:19 GMT -5
Skyra held her hands up and smiled disarmingly. "Well, you don't have to come down. You can stay up there all night if'n you like, but that's at yore own expense." She sat down at the base of a different oak very near the one that held the ferret and opened her pack. The vixen took out a pair of russet apples and removed the cores with her dagger. She set them down carefully in a patch of clean snow and got to work starting a fire with flint and tinder. When the small flame was going reasonably well she took a half-filled jar of honey out of her open pack, winking at the ferret as she spread the sweet ooze liberally on the apples.
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Post by Wolfie on Feb 23, 2008 13:01:43 GMT -5
The little ferret's nose twitched as he sniffed at the honey and apples, and he licked his lips hungrily. He hadn't been able to find anything to eat with all this snow for the last three days. He leapt from the tree tentatively. Can Raven have some too? Raven's 'ungry....
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Post by blackfox7 on Feb 23, 2008 13:09:29 GMT -5
Now the fox was really interested. She speared one apple on her dagger and held it out over the fire. "Take what you need, young 'un. I've got plenty." Skyra withdrew the dagger as the honey was browning and thickening into a sweet glaze. She then held the dagger and apple out to the ferret.
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Post by Wolfie on Feb 23, 2008 13:14:53 GMT -5
The ferret took the apple carefully and munched on it gratefully. Thank you. You make really yummy apples. Could you teach me how? After he finished the apple, he licked the honey glaze off of his paws and scrubbed it off of his face. My name's Raventail, but everyone calls me Raven. What's your name?
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Post by blackfox7 on Feb 23, 2008 13:23:49 GMT -5
The black vixen smiled at the ferret as she speared the second apple. "I am called Skyra Jet, and as for the apples, well, it's nothin' special." She demonstrated by pouring honey on the apple. "Just enough so that it drips off a little, then cook it until it turns brown." She held the apple out to cook it and studied Raven while she did so. "Tell me, Raven, what brings you out into the weather on such a chilly day?"
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Post by Wolfie on Feb 23, 2008 13:28:13 GMT -5
Raven stretched out by the fire and pulled his black cloak and fur boots on. I'm a wanderer. It's what I do. I'm always out in the weather. 'Sides, I'm used to the cold anyhow. It don't make much difference to me.
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Post by blackfox7 on Feb 23, 2008 13:34:01 GMT -5
"Wanderer, eh?", Skyra said curiously. Then she was quiet. She drew her cloak around her and stared into the fire. Noticing that the flames were getting low she threw a few twigs on and looked up at Raven. "You haven't come across any vast hordes in yore wanderings, have you?"
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Post by Wolfie on Feb 23, 2008 13:37:09 GMT -5
Raven scratched his ear thoughtfully. Depends on what sort of horde yer looking for. I've come across quite a few, but they've never seen me except my old tribe that I used to live with. What sort of creatures are you looking for?
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Post by blackfox7 on Feb 23, 2008 13:42:33 GMT -5
Skyra stared levely at the fire."Oh, the usual assortment of bad creatures: searats, grounded corsairs, the whole savage lot. A few others thrown in the mix as well. But their leader is a fox like myself--a huge one. Have you seen any like that?"
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