Sunburst & Others

Though long, the trek back from the Canyon was easy enough for Zanarah despite the canine that she carried. Ursa was so weak and emaciated that the liger had stopped several times during the journey to make sure she wasn't going to fall off. With Sunburst at one side, and her own doting brother to keep an eye on her, the group eventually made it back to the Ruins just before nightfall.

Zanarah padded down one side of the still empty moat and up the other, stepping into the Temple courtyard. There she stopped, both to look for what Haunters might be around, and to question Aizen, "She's very ill, Aizen. Should we take her to the den?"

Aizen

Aizen kept to the other side to help make sure ura didn't fall.yes, velvet or father may know something we could do.... they have toSure he had thought Ursa dead to begin with but finding her even if barely alive well he didn't want to loose her.

Ursa had slept hte whole way and only now opened her eyes.

It wasn't long before Azula showed up and onced across the dried moat lowered herself down to let the aging canine off.

Velvet & Others

The dim light of the incoming dusk did not bother the keen eyes of Dally, despite his preference for daytime. He'd spotted the incoming group and darted away to alert Senka and Tersek.

Another pair of eyes, dark in hue and distinctly slanted, watched the procession approach the Ruins. While Dally flew off to gather the leaders, Velvet slipped down from her perch on a fallen pillar and crossed the length of the forum to meet Aizen and the others. "I was beginning to worry." She murmured as she turned a twitching nose to Ursa, finding very quickly that the dock-tailed canine was hanging onto life by the slimmest of threads. Her gaze slipped to Azula and Cavan, then flicked to Zanarah, "Take her to Basement. Aizen, find Nightshade and head to Tabumrot Scar. Quilikahm should be there somewhere, we'll need her help tonight if Ursa is to have any chance of survival. Find her and convince her to come back, by whatever means necessary."

Zanarah had merely nodded to the Oracle. Though she was no longer the leader, Zana would listen to her if Senka and Tersek were otherwise not around. Quietly, and with Sunburst at her side to help keep Ursa steady, she padded off to the Basement.

A short distance from them, Cavan stumbled off of the big cat. With a grunt that was just as much for pain as it was for the effort of it all, the elderly wolf raised his head and looked unflinchingly to Velvet, clear mistrust and hatred in his eyes. "I was told Senka and Tersek were here?" His words came out gruff, and perhaps a bit too acidic towards such a powerful predator, but age had not done much to temper his attitude.

Azula

Azula shook herself out after.they areShe said calmly.

Ursa opened ohne eye as velvet sniffed her and then she was brought to the basement.

Aizen nodded and head off to find nightshade.

Velvet & Others

Velvet watched as Zanarah trailed away with Sunburst at her side, knowing that by tomorrow, the little hybrid would be departing for good and joining with the Parnassian wolves. The loss of the spunky hybrid made her all the more keen to preserve Ursa's life, even if she was not particularly fond of the weakness she and her brother Aizen presented. Right now they needed numbers, and Ursa was one more set of fangs to help them defend their land. As they disappeared into the shadows of the stone complex, Velvet's sharp gaze honed in on the old Commander, "Thank you for bringing him, Azula. Senka has not returned from her scouting earlier today, but Tersek should be in the Tem-"

"I can find him." Cavan interrupted, earning him a slight glower from the much larger lion. Walking with a pronounced limp and stiffness, the elder wolf was bull-headed enough to keep his tail flagged high in the air, and his head lifted proudly as he shuffled past Velvet and headed for the Temple.

On the outskirts of the Temple, Aizen would soon come across Nightshade's trail. The black-coated buck was making his rounds, dutifully inspecting their borders and ensuring that no unsavory creatures invaded their turf.

Aizen

He followed he scent.Nightshade I need you to come with me to thehe said.

Azula dipped her head before heading off.

Nightshade

Nightshade shuddered at the thought of the Tabumrot Scar, never having a liking for such a foul and deathly place. "To the Scar? Why are we going there?" The buck was in no position to refuse orders from any predator of the Shadow Haunters, knowing his rank to be below their own, but he wasn't shy in showing his reluctance. "Just the two of us?"

Aizen

He nodded. WE need to find Quilikahm and fasthe said. yahhe said and then he'd turn and take off for the scar.

Nightshade

The deer groaned internally, but showed none of that anguish on the outside. Alert and diligent as ever, he merely swallowed his fear and nodded to the canine, "I'll do my best." And with that, he trotted along after Aizen.