Borderlands [P]

[Pepe]

Having a warren during these times was very dangerous. Pepe knew it the best, yet he had still dug himself one. Sure, it was no true warren of a whole colony or such, but it was still homely and enough to house himself from the constant snow and cold, especially during the nights. Inside his warren were simple things. Things like a bed (rarely used), some pots and kettles, a shelf with nothing on it and lastly a lot of gnawed down vegetables and fruits, along with a few slabs of meat on top of a little slab of rock.



There was also of course Pepe himself as he sat in his taguel form, staring out into the snowstorm. It was a surprisingly bad one today. Made him feel bad for some of the humans that had no comfy warren like he did, har. He slowly scurried over inside as he stared at the meat, his back leg striking against the ground a few moments as he then scurried over and grabbed one of the slabs, beginning to nibble on it.



He then quietly wobbled back over to the entrance of his warren, eating his meat in peace as he stared. Poor, poor humans with no warren.



suna

[suna]

Suna thought that nothing could beat the Feroxian cold. The chill was the best to be running about in, especially in her beast form, and she had enough fur to feel comfortably warm in most cases. Suna had to eat those thoughts for breakfast today. It was snowing. No, more than that, it was an outright snowstorm, and the taguel was forced to change into her beast form to even have a reasonable hope of not being buried in the falling snow.

Though maybe, she could just make a slight addendum to her thoughts instead of outright eating them - there was absolutely nowhere like Ferox. Certainly nowhere quite as effective at being cold. Perhaps Suna had just been spoiled by her recent soujourn in Plegia - or maybe she wasn't used to hopping and sinking into several-foot-deep piles of snow. Whatever the reason, she was thoroughly freezing by the time she could make out something through the snow.

Something. She wasn't actually sure what it was. Snowstorms were good at putting a haze around everyone's senses - it smelled like snow to her, no matter how she tried. Suna hopped - tumbled - whatever you want to call the incredibly ungraceful way she managed to traverse the large snowdrifts - her way over, cautiously approaching the dark something  - which turned out to be a something in front of a cave that smelled... faintly of meat... when she drew nearer.

Wait... Suna recognized this. She knew a taguel when she saw one, and this big... black and white thing, even if it wasn't the type that she grew up around... hello! She finally greeted him, though she was probably already way too close for comfort. She shook herself, scattering snow onto the ground, and then raised herself up onto her haunches. sure is... snowy today. She observed the obvious with a casual air, before rather obviously trying to sniff at the other taguel, without actually having to move. There was something to be said for curiosity, after all.

HAZEL EYES, I WAS SO COLORBLIND, WE WERE JUST WASTING TIME !

[Pepe]

Pepe tilted his head ever so slightly as he noticed a brown shape, a rather large one if he could say, hopping trough the snowstorm. The hell was it? His eyes furrowed a bit until the shape became clearer and larger. It was... Oh, look at that. Another taguel it seems. A rabbit of sorts was her form, and she greeted him and mentioned how snowy it was with a little pause. He answered with something akin to a laugh as he finished his slab of meat, leaning a bit closer, but hopefully too close as he eyed her up and down once.

"Aye." He turned his head to the side, looking off into the distance for a short while. "'S snowy enough ta' almos' make me wan' have a hooman' house, eh? Har. Bu' eh, greetin's greetin's." He raised one of his paws into a wave of sorts before dipping his head down apologetically. "Ach, 'm sorry if thar' be a lil' smell, aye? 'Tis a natural... Ech, ho' do a' say it, thing t' skunks, ay'? Me papa always tol' me tha' it was horrid ta' smell in front o' strangers, ay', bu' when ya jus' can't controll it, eh..."

He quickly shook his head, noticing he was trailing off as he then returned his glance to the other taguel. "Ach, 'm bein' oo'fully rude. Name's Pepe, ay'. Eh, yer wan' come inside me lil' warren, stranger? 'S cozy an' a lot warmer inside, thaa' I can say fer sure. An's git sum' meat if yer wan' some o' tha, althoo' a' got sum' veggies too, aye."

suna

[suna]

Oh, my. This taguel had a funny accent - and by funny, Suna definitely meant 'for a moment she thought he was speaking some sort of different language'. But then, she understood - something or other about wanting a human house. Well, Suna had stayed in a human house before. A big, big castle! And she could say with surety that nothing quite beat cuddling up with her siblings in a big pile back in her warren, but you know, a big soft human bed almost counted.

She could go for either, honestly, in this sort of weather.

So... wait, he was some sort of skunk? And, unlike the skunk animals that Suna met only once or twice and mostly just heard horror stories about, he smelled all of the time, instead of simply spraying as a defense mechanism? Well, that was a little funny, but considering she was a huge meat-eating rabbit, she didn't really have much room to complain, did she? oh, it's fine... she responded, anyway, trying to assuage this big skunk's insecurities. More importantly, how rude is it for someone to ask to stay inside their house when you just met them?

Thankfully for Suna, she didn't have to ponder that for long. She didn't have to ponder it at all, actually. The skunk offered both his name and his little cave-room, and Suna took it with little question, bounding around him and into the cave. It was warmer inside, at least! If only by a little bit. She sat herself down and then turned to face the other. i'm suna! she offered, and then sniffed. what kind of meat is this? and um, do you normally live here?

HAZEL EYES, I WAS SO COLORBLIND, WE WERE JUST WASTING TIME !

[Pepe]

He smiled ever so slightly as the rabbit ensured him that the smell was not THAT horrid. Always warmed his heart, the way people were polite sometimes. He himself knew that he was not the... Finest person in the group, as one could say. Smelly, yes, accent that not that many people got, and most of all horrible manners sometimes. Such as inviting random people to your own home whenever possible, although that COULD be just based on the fact that he was a nice man. Or well, who knows. His mind was rambling at this point, and it took a few seconds for him to snap out of it.

He then went on to answer her question about what kinda meat he had in his little humble home. "Uh, lesse'. Am' got sum' cow, yer, sum' thae here near th' border, an', uh'... Bear?" He nodded once to confirm that there was indeed bear meat. His personal favorite, really. Who wouldn't eat bear, was good for the teeth and all. "An' uh, ay'. 'M livin' here b' m'self, althoo' 'm been thinkin' o'..." He trailed off for a moment before shaking his head, motioning with his paw for the bunny to follow him as he went inside.

suna