Closed starter for @spacedxg
A fresh dusting of snow had coated Gajou overnight. Perfect for tracking. Esme trudged through the deep snow, nose down to the ground. She’d been assigned as one of the dogs sent to search for food during the time they had to recoup between attacks. Every so often raising her head to allow the snow that was still falling to land upon her nose and tongue.
The tiny dog loved the snow. Blinding blankets of white that had no regard for what lay beneath it. She regarded the winter landscape for some time before she returned to her hunt. Hot on the trail of a tanuki that had awoken from hibernation for one reason or another and had now returned to its den. A perfect target for the corgi, whom though skilled in herding was not fully adapted to hunting.
As she tracked the raccoon dog her snout picked up the odor of something else. Another dog. A strange dog at that. Grey and black hackles raised and ears perked up as the newcomer seemed to draw closer to her current position.
“Wha? Who’s there? This is Ohu territory!” Esme warned the other who had not yet come into view.
