Pump your veins with gushing gold,

after announcement + talking to jun, but before boar arc comes through

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Though the isle was not lushed with prey, it was in-fact galored with flora. The trees stood tall, and fresh water blessed them were they needed not to worry about roaming to the mainland — the birds flocked for the occasional treat, and every so often would a rare smaller morsel come to play. Though their diet continued to mostly be fish, or otherwise dragging prey from the Behemoth's Brim. Only within that way could they possibly live adequately.

Though surprise surprise, as spring came and soon summer.. Even more started to bloom.. Bushes were scattered across the island, and slowly in the midst did the blueberries start to grow. It couldn't settle the primal hunger within their bellies, but what a delicious snack it was. Vendrussel as well was one of those individuals, as she found a bush simply glazed over with plenty of berries..

And she looked over, chest stained with some berry juice, "hey there @Campion."

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 The man's ears perked at the sound of his own name. Said sweetly and plainly by his respected leader, to which he lifted his head from the ground to look at her.

 A smile grew large across his face, seeing her normally dark blue and white chest stained purple. She was eating like a messy pup, which clearly amused him. His chuckle was hearty and full in his chest, to which it would quickly die with a sigh. "Ah, good afternoon, Ven. Enjoying those berries, are ya?"

 To which he rose up on his front paws, using all his strength to finally get up for the day. Having been lounging about and being overall fairly lazy for the better part of the afternoon. He sat for a moment, listening to the ocean wind brush up against the foliage before he stood to approach the leader and inspect these berries she appeared so fond of.

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"They didn't grow where I was from. It's rare to taste them." She licked her paw and rubbed her face akin to a cat, shoving off any of the leftover residue upon her blue face ; although it blended in lightly with the purples of it so. Yet the stains on her chest from the fallen waste of the munch would not easily be gone, not against her more light silver. Unfortunate for a bath, as she looked down and chuckled lightly.

Campion was someone though relatively knew, he was promoted like the rest. In a batch as they been around long enough — and enough for the group that held a few. She couldn't say she knew him well besides that few times they met, within the forest, and the dive, and the occasional meets here and there. Though Vendrussel knew that was her own well-doing for not seeking him out more.

"Try some," she urged, a paw gesturing to the bush before them, and even all around. Endlessly so they scattered about, blessing this island lightly. It was a wonder though when they'd grow off season.. She placed her paw back down and gazed at them lightly.

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 He grew closer, inspecting the berries with an interested eye. Blueberries. He hadn't tasted their tart sweetness since he was a pup. Before him and the rest of his family migrated more north to follow the herds and establish better land. Alaska had a lot of berries but, blueberries were always some of the best and sweetest.

 Trying not to seem too eager, he leaned in and tenderly gathered a few berries in his maw. Pulling up more subtly to snatch them off the stem. "Very good!" He spoke in the slightly muffled voice of a mouth full, smiling as he munched away. The juice threatening to drip out if he didn't occasionally swish his tongue out to catch it.
 Swallowing, he followed Ven's blue eyes to the bush and back again to her face. Observing that look of thought, easily detectable- especially on such an intelligent young woman.
 "Watchya thinkin about?" His head cocked to the side, ears flopping slightly with it.

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"Everything." Lately her mind hasn't seem to shut off, and constantly on the run. Even in her sleep she couldn't think of 'what ifs' or the eventual future that can come, some within the mixture of self pity and hate, and other time anger toward it all. All she could do was smile, as she was right now, "but at the moment wondering when they'll be off season."

As she licked one up, the woman thought for a moment, "actually, I recognize these, i'm wrong." maybe because it had been so long she thought otherwise. Her tongue licked her maw as she hummed lightly, something about them was familiar, she felt like she was forgetting something.. Although tree-fruits could not grow within her homeland, various berries did. But there was a reason why she didn't recognize them at first.

"But my homeland fermented them."

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