08-26-2021, 11:45 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-27-2021, 11:27 AM by Saturnelle.)
Her nose twitched, black velvet skin slipping over the rough bark of a pine with an abstract sort of desperation. They weren't here either.
For all she could sense, her mother and father had fallen off the face of the world. No scent, sight or sense remained of the pair, and she was growing weary of searching. Weary of walking, too. It was better than idling away in Loess, though. Cheri said they'd be safe there, and that seemed true enough. Her elder sister was increasingly busy with her own responsibilities these days, taking up a heavy mantle a little more every day.
All while Nelle and the rest were meant to settle in, stay safe. Stay put.
She hadn't meant to wander off the first few times. She'd simply wanted to find the edges of her new world, and then a little more. Exploration turned into purpose as her wanderings took her further afield, sometimes for days at a time.
Some days, like today, she wondered if it was worth going back, or if she should just go back to the Taiga and embed herself in the forest she'd spent her first year of life in. It felt like home, but her family was no longer there. Versus Loess, which was nothing like home, but held a good chunk of her kin.
Grumbling a discordant note, her antenna flicked in the chill breeze. North, maybe? There was more family there, she thought. Even if it was all ice and snow. The truth was, she didn't know what she wanted.
"Any ideas?" She mumbled to the rattling branches overhead. A few drab leaves spun to the ground. Not the answer she'd been hoping for, and if it was a sign from the universe, interpreting it was beyond her.
For all she could sense, her mother and father had fallen off the face of the world. No scent, sight or sense remained of the pair, and she was growing weary of searching. Weary of walking, too. It was better than idling away in Loess, though. Cheri said they'd be safe there, and that seemed true enough. Her elder sister was increasingly busy with her own responsibilities these days, taking up a heavy mantle a little more every day.
All while Nelle and the rest were meant to settle in, stay safe. Stay put.
She hadn't meant to wander off the first few times. She'd simply wanted to find the edges of her new world, and then a little more. Exploration turned into purpose as her wanderings took her further afield, sometimes for days at a time.
Some days, like today, she wondered if it was worth going back, or if she should just go back to the Taiga and embed herself in the forest she'd spent her first year of life in. It felt like home, but her family was no longer there. Versus Loess, which was nothing like home, but held a good chunk of her kin.
Grumbling a discordant note, her antenna flicked in the chill breeze. North, maybe? There was more family there, she thought. Even if it was all ice and snow. The truth was, she didn't know what she wanted.
"Any ideas?" She mumbled to the rattling branches overhead. A few drab leaves spun to the ground. Not the answer she'd been hoping for, and if it was a sign from the universe, interpreting it was beyond her.