AN AUTUMN MOUNTAIN ☆ open, fox "attack"

[RHINESTONE.]

[glow=#b8dcf8,2,300]▶ NATURE'S CORRUPTED IN FACTORIES FAR AWAY ◀[/glow]

It wasn't often that Palmclan found themselves having to deal with animals from the forest. Although one of their boundaries was very much in the middle of the forest, it wasn't often that most were brave enough to explore very far into it. In addition to that, it was exceedingly rare for anything to come out of forest, either. Most animals were perfectly happy where they were among the thick trees, and they saw no reason to leave their safe area and head out onto the beach. In most cases, this worked out well for both parties. The animals within the forest remained undisturbed – save for a bit of forest prey that the clan hunted – and Palmclan never had to worry about getting invaded by feral beasts. Rhinestonestar was particularly glad for that as of late, seeing as the clan was only just beginning to recover from the chaos that the hurricane had wrought upon them all. If they had bears or wolves coming out of the trees trying to hunt them, then they would've had far from enough warriors to even begin to imagine fighting them off. While they now had a dinosaur on their side in the form of Stormspine, Rhine still wasn't exactly about to go beating on the trees looking for trouble.

Unfortunately, sometimes trouble came looking for them. It had been the early hours of the morning when Rhine had emerged from his den, shaking out his pelt and taking in the salty morning air. He had stretched his lanky body out, claws digging into the sand as he did his usual wake up routine. Turning, he headed towards the freshkill pile, intent on getting himself some breakfast to chomp down before he maybe went for a swim. However, he paused in the middle of his search for food, startled by the sound of shifting rocks and sand from up above. His gaze narrowed, moving upward to the edges of Palmclan's sandy valley camp. To his horror, there were two red foxes standing there, their long snouts up in the air as they sniffed about, obviously having caught scent of the clan below. With the fur along the back of his spine standing up, the leader found himself yelling around the camp, tone desperate, "Foxes! There are two foxes out from the forest, someone make sure that the nursery is defended!" The foxes hadn't yet attacked, but one of their heads shot up when Rhinestone spoke, letting out a high pitched yip as they began to descend into the camp below.