Skaði

While on a daily hunt, you pick up the scent of an elk… or what you think is an elk. But there's also the scent of two predators. One of which is wolf and the other is of a fox.

Drawing closer to the scent, you can hear the humming of a dame. Sounding like a song to soothe young pups/kits. Then finally, you saw it. A red fox nestled up to what appears to be an elk calf. "Friend or foe?" The fox asks as she pushes herself off the ground with her tail starting to prickle.

Choices:
A: Friendly
B: Foe

Choice A:
With a slight wag of your tail, you lower your frame onto the ground. "Friendly" was your response. She sits next to the creature while keeping her guard up. Noticing your gaze, she looks down at the creature "I am Artis and my kit is Skaði" (Kit..? Did she really say that thing is her kit) feeling her gaze shift to you, you greet hers "I am _____, a pleasure to meet you both". She sighs and looks back down to her kit "I suppose you're curious about my kit… I'm not sure what they are but I found them abandoned in the forest. I went to the grizzly to leave them there but they feared no wolf would take them other than for a meal. So, I became their mother." She produced a small smile at Skaði as the kit crawled closer and nuzzled into her fluffed tail.
"I believe you made the right choice. The.. kit smells of prey but also has the scent of wolf. Hopefully the wolf will be strong enough to ward off predators". Artis meets your gaze again "Well your curiosity got the better of you and it didn't scare you away" she lightly chuckles as she grows more comfortable around you. You can feel her energy and it comes off sad. Raising your frame from the ground, you go closer to Skaði, and attempt to cover them in as much of your scent as possible. Artis licks your muzzle to thank you and with that you part your separate ways. Hoping to run into them both one day.

Choice B: (WARNING: Reading contains violence!)

Feeling wary of you, the fox stands over the creature. Licking your chops "Foe" you answer with a low growl. The fox bristles her fur to make herself bigger and bares her teeth. (So much for an easy meal) you think to yourself. You lunge at the fox and she evades your attack, but she sinks her teeth into your hind leg. It was a painful bite but it only made you angrier. Reaching around you quickly sink your teeth into her back. Gripping tightly, you yanked her off of your bleeding hind leg and threw her as hard as you could against a nearby log. A loud and painful yelp came from the fox. She laid on the ground, bleeding from her puncture wounds as you looked to the creature and walked to it. "NO!" The fox yelped in agony "Leave them alone". Annoyed that the fox dared to speak to you after defeating it so effortlessly, you change direction and walked closer to the fox. "You've done it now, say goodbye" as you were closing in on the fox to end it, you were stoped at a loud call produced by a VERY large bull elk. Looking up as you stand next to the fox, you've realized you're surrounded by elk and foxes. "Leave" the bull elk huffed. Deciding this wouldn't be a fight you could win, you take your leave quickly.


Unsure of what happened that day, you can still smell their scent and more wolves talk about that creature that was found in the forest with a red fox as its mother. "So they survived" you grumbled..


(Sorry if that was a long read, it's the best I could do ^^ but I hope you enjoyed it)