Word Count :: 371 :: Luna! Yay! This happens in the northern part of Arachnea’s Revenge and it’s late morning. Zalen is in his lupus form. I left the post open ended for obvious reasons. ;-P
For once in a long while Zalen felt pretty good about himself. So good in fact that he was scouting the surrounding area for a suitable place to establish a den. He liked it here more than any place he had been in for some time and him knowing that he was now full grown and in his prime perhaps he should let go of his wanderings and become a settled loner. He knew that this area of land was unclaimed by any pack or group and it was well situated being close to both water and food sources. And now having run into his share of individuals he felt more confident in his social skills.
He had been wandering in what he had learned was called the Damp Woods and had chanced upon an eerily blue lake, it was here that he had decide to search for a home. Any kind of hollow or cave would do, he didn’t mind roughing it for a while until he could find creatures comforts. His search didn’t last long and soon he found a shallow cave in a rocky alcove of a hillside no more than a mile north of the blue lake.
Quickly he began to assay the whole area with his senses and finding no scent of any other creature he decided it was good. The cave was deep enough to avoid the rain but shallow enough to let in light. Ivy and other matter of undergrowth created a bit of an overhang across the entrance created a natural privacy screen. He also had noticed the growing abundance of spiders in the area, in fact a beautiful orb weaver had created her web in a corner of the cave entrance. Spiders were Zalen’s good luck charm, his totem if you will, and their presence brought him confidence. Yes this would be perfect. Zalen sat down, a smile on his canine mug, and lifted a leg to scratch behind his ear. Ahh yes that felt good.
Then there was something. A sound broke the usual forest sounds. His ears perked, eyes sharp in the direction he had heard the sound. “What was that?” He stood, muscles now tensed, breath held and listened for it again.
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