Starscream, Crow, & Starwhisper

The ice and snow that had begun to accumulate on the ground had wiped out most of the pups' odor, though here and there Starscream would catch a whiff of their familiar scent. His back coated in a thin layer of frozen pellets, the alpha pressed onward, struggling to keep on their trail, and finding most of the time that he'd strayed off of it. Somewhere in the mix, he'd also picked up the foul stench of human and horse, though it was so faint that he knew the two-legger had passed through here hours ago. Still, the alpha kept his guard up, with the weight of the tracking collar he wore giving him plenty of incentive to keep clear of the dastardly creatures.

Crow had fanned out several dozen yards to the right of his alpha, nose to the ground as he too tried to stay on the scent of his missing offspring. It was difficult going, and the longer they stayed out in the brutal winds, the more Crow wondered if the youngsters were even still alive in such harrowing conditions.

Starwhisper had fallen back, keeping up the rear of the pack as she tried to pick up on any clues or traces of the missing pups that the others might miss. Every now and then the grizzle-gray wolfess would stop and lift her head, listening for any howls or cries for help. So far, the only answer the wind brought her was the painful sting of ice striking her delicate auds and half-frozen nose.

Tayzeka

She howls every now and then as she moves across the land her nose twitching.

Hulia too fans out trying.

Khala

In this wintry landscape, Khala was all but invisible in the sky. Her white feathers were neatly contrasted with gray bars across her wings, and scattered in spots along her broad back. In the flurry of snow and ice, the falcon was perfectly camouflaged. The weather that aided her stealth was physically taxing for the bird though, with blowing winds and bitter temperatures forcing the raptor to expend more energy than she would have liked, but her efforts today would be rewarded with guaranteed food from the pride she was allied with. And on this day in particular, her vigilance paid off. She had chanced upon the wolf pack blundering through the prairie, and now was winging it back to the Cavern to alert the others...

Starscream, Crow, & Starwhisper

With the onslaught of ice pellets, Starscream was not looking to the skies right now. As it was, the alpha had his eyes half squinted against the barrage of icy crystals currently assaulting his face, and was relying primarily on his ears and nose to guide him. Khala came and went without detection. The aging lupine had slowed to a stop, and was now circling fruitlessly in one area, trying to pick up the scent he'd just lost. "Grahhh! Cursed weather!" He brought his head up for a moment and shot a concerned look to his mate, "I lost the trail."

Crow, too, was struggling to follow what little scent remained, and now wasn't sure if he was even on the right path. Pinning his ears back, he began to circle back as well, pawing at the ground here and there in hopes of dragging up some buried odor that would tell him his offspring had gone this way.

Starwhisper fanned out further from the pack. Occasionally, the wolfess would rise up on her hind legs and scan the area around her, hoping to spot the huddle forms of the pups somewhere amid all the ice-covered grass. Every now and then she'd bound towards a promising looking hump in the grass, only to realize it was just a small boulder or snow-covered shrub.