heavy were the pawsteps, once intentionally light but now loud, not to terrify the child with silence but the sound, letting the youth know of their approach. the kingpin had been in search of their cider not long ago, much in need of such a thing in the hours of the night when rest would not find them. jaws stretched in a yawn, the jaguar bodied shifter trolled along, the child's slightly milky scent giving them a trail to follow. rumbling softly, they came across the jack-o-lanterns sitting upon the doorsteps of each village house. the trail led forward to the largest one of them all, the kingpin's maw twisting into a chuckle, eyes taking in the half emptied bottles of orange liquor and apple cider.

they hoped that the cub residing inside hadn't drunk them, if any of it. shaking their head with an amused huff, their nose picked up on the scent of oranges, their blue eyes sparkling with amusement - so this was where their orange candies had gone. someone surey had a sweet-tooth, and who were they to judge? raising a paw to their mouth, they smothered their chuckle, "oh my, i wonder who took my candy? oh where, oh where, could the culprit be hiding?", they grinned, purposefully turning their back to wuyi's jack-o-lantern hide out.

Further prosecution may not be forthcoming from the child, aimless in hir solemn walk, but such may not rule out the probability of other issues. Compared to Wuyi there seemed a severe lack of affection for more sweet confectionery items, even foods with an above average sweetness off put, but did not dull hir senses to such things. Heavy the tang of citrus, sweetness clinging until nose wrinkled in apparent disgust, origin as of yet not apparent. As with many known the growing supply, of no secret later planned events that would necessitate such high quantities, ignored for the most part. This ze knew in a more personal manner, private the store Bai Shi kept.

Ze slowed in pace as laughter arose in a quiet murmur of amusement, overindulged the smilodon that rushed past without much a care for where xe was going. Escape seemed the main concern and Sloan was forced to stumbled out of xyr way, left watching in stunned silence as the younger child skidded into a hiding place rather quickly given away by xyr continued laughter. Briefly Sloan pondered over the possibility of following Wuyi, more evidence indeed good for ratting out the other, better thought of the notion when attention turned and focused upon Bai Shi.

"Father! Uh…" Hir voice trailed into uneasy silence as ze looked to where Wuyi continued to poorly hide, once more left to ponder if simply giving in and telling hir father where xe was may be better or assisting the other may prove more worth hir while. The decision was not hirs to make, however, another approaching and seemingly set upon further extending the game. Perplexed the fox slunk towards Bai Shi and allowed Playerone her fun, watching with barely hidden curiosity.

amusement rumbled through the mighty chest, head turning to each sound and noise that wuyi made, xyr body contacting the ground alerting them to the child's location though they pretended not to notice. tail curling slightly with a flick, they chuckled as xyr laughter floated through the air, slowly turning to track the child by scent, slowly beginning to follow after with a purr in their throat. pausing, they let wuyi pull far ahead, alerted by the sound of playerone's wings to her arrival to this game. looking up at the goddess they rumbled in humor, grateful that she had stuck around to raise her litter. not that they would have minded, already looking out for all of the children in the group.

ears turning as they heard the small steps of their own pup, they turned their head to watch sloan approach with a warm and welcoming smile, "hello sloan. do you want to play?", they greeted hir with a warm rumble, bending to groom hir head fur, rumbling a gentle purr. tail curling over their back, they heard the soft sounds of aker slipping into the jack-o-lantern, amusement in their chest as they observed the other cub sliding into the carved pumpkin. "aker, what are you doing?", they couldn't stifle the soft mrow of amusement welling upon their lips. what a curious sight, seeing what they could of the cub's fur as he licked the insides. they wouldn't want to be in the pumpkin themself, having had memories of the past and carving pumpkins and the strange feeling of guts between their toes and against their claws. shuddering slightly, they gave a light chuff of amusement, looking back to sloan with a soft hum, turning to aker, "did you want to play a game of hide and seek tag?", they offered.