by Kifo » Tue Oct 26, 2021 4:04 pm
Noticing Tasuki making his way over to the small family group, Raimundo got to his feet and turned to his brother and sister in law.
" I don't want to be a pain, but I also don't want to cause world war six. We need to figure out a safe way to befriend Tasuki. And I mean you two need to make it up to him. So, Ritara, Caldwell, we're going to go have a little talk. Away from here."
" I swear things have changed." Ritara grumbled.
" Tasuki is still afraid of you two, even if he seems to like Clemens." Sarabi said softly, so as not to anger anyone. " Go. I'll look after the cubs. It's just until he leaves again, not to sound horrible or anything. You can start brainstorming on ways to make it up to him while you all go for a walk and delivers food. It looks like he has food."
Without needing to be told twice, Caldwell stood up and nudged his wife to do the same. Ritara could only sigh before following suit and getting on her own two feet.
" Just make sure that nothing happens to the twins." She sighed.
" Tidus and Aquile are going to be fine, Ritara. Now go. The most dangerous one here is Luigi." her sister in law ordered.
With a lick on his own wife's forehead, Raimundo led the other half of his family away from the approaching kitsune.
Sarabi watched them leave with a silently hopeful look on her face before turning at the sound of Tasuki's voice, her paw swiftly landing on Luigi's tail when she noticed him beginning to sneak his way past her to try and launch himself at the blue kitsune before them. Despite literally having grown up over night, the now three year old still had the tendencies of a young cub and wanted to pounce on everything that moved. She wasn't sure if it was because whatever happened to him may have left his brain to catch up or if it was because of the human transformation they had given him when he had not long started eating meat had left his toddler brain in his jaguar body. She didn't even know where that thought came from despite it feeling right. All she knew was that she did not want her son pouncing on the clearly traumatised blue kitsune... especially seeing as that trauma had been caused by members of the Rebels. And high ranking ones at that, too.
" Thank you, Tasuki. I'm sure my son would enjoy the rabbit. And Tidus and Aquile their meals as well." She smiled kindly at the kitsune. " I also heard from Kubikuro that you helped with feeding my grand-daughter, Rakel. So I thank you for that as well."
Jace looked up at Evie, relaxing slightly at her touch, before turning his head to Krystal with still wide eyes.
" They... no...?" He whimpered, unable to get his words to form a somewhat recognisable sentence through his fear.
A long whine shortly after had his small body shaking as he realised the number of unfamiliar faces around him. And there were a lot of them. Even worse was he could sense the concerned awkwardness that was rolling off Anjou at the sight of a troubled child.
" It's okay, Jace." A familiar voice called from off to the side. Instantly, his eyes landed on those of his father who was sitting on the very edge of the gathered group, content in just watching everything after having arrived shortly after his son had barrelled over there himself. " No one here is going to hurt you. And you can eat. They're not going to take your food, either."
" I-I... I good?"
" Yes, Jace. It's okay. You're okay."
Tentatively, Jace returned his gaze to Evie and Krystal, still unsure of everything despite what his father was telling him.
When Uphere spotted his sister's hello, he returned it with a smile and a wag of his tail before returning his focus to Hunter.
" I'm not sure if that's lucky or not. Most of the Rebels here only have one animal morph. Other than myself and my siblings, Uncle Kaygis is the only actual Rebels member here to have more than one form. And all four of us have two animal morphs besides our human."
It wasn't long before the two had arrived at the food pile, just in time to witness Mana and Bane leaving with their own carcasses to help with the distribution.
" That would probably be an idea." Kaygis muttered, embarrassed that he had been caught not doing anything but telling others what to do. But before he could do anything, Uphere arrived with Hunter. " Ah, Uphere, Hunter. Welcome to breakfast. Has everyone been alerted, Uphere?"
" Yes, Uncle Kaygis. Hunter's actually here to take one of the carcasses into the barn for those still there." the red wolf replied.
" Then you are most welcome to do so." he said with a smile to the orange wolf. " I was just about to help the others myself. If you're done, did you want to help as well, Uphere?"
Uphere nodded his head before turning to face Hunter, noticing out of the corner of his eye that the black panther had taken a zebra by the hind leg and drag it off into the campsite. " Would you like some help getting the food to the barn?"
Please help these little guys grow