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Moonsong smiled at him, her head tipped slightly to one side and her ears drawn back. "Alright. I'll hold you to that."

Her brows furrowed and she gave his face a lick. "I will. Always. Be safe."

While the signal was given for them to go, the monochrome doe stepped back to allow everyone to leave without having to go around her. She fluffed her fur up and put on a smile for Cowslip. In truth, she was terrified and prayed for her mate's safe return.

The signal was given to head out. Bramblebur gave a nod to Bracken-rah before moving to stand with his group. He took several deep breaths. There was no point in getting overly worked up this early in the raid. He would stay alert, calm. He would protect those that would need it and would strive his best to do well for the Down.

She caught Bracken-rah's nod, and was slightly comforted. Althea looked away as his eyes focused to Cocklebur though, she already knew of their dislike for one another and didn't need another thing on her mind. And while on that topic, she shook her head and stretched before taking her clip up a notch to catch up with the Captain. Focus, she needed to focus. She took in the smells and sounds, slipping into her Owsla role with pleasure and comfort.

It wasn't always easy, but it was home to her. Keeping pace with Cocklebur as he called out orders, she marched on the Down. Frith would watch over this day, and she would too.

What's this? Had someone already beaten him to aggravating Gingko? Crow approached Foxtail with curiosity as he seemingly yelled at his foot. Suddenly the young Outskirter's opinion of the raid soared.

Ginkgo's smaller yet powerful foot attracted the attention of her sensitive ears. Her nose wiggled a little at his tone, it surprized her a little, actually. Commanding and firm, yet. . . a little kind. She could understand the need for encouragement as it appeared many of their group were first timers like herself, but she was far more expecting the owsla to be much more. . . strict and disciplined.
She wasn't sure if she liked this approach, yet an order was an order. Ginkgo was their leader and if she planned to keep her tail, she'd best do as he say, even if he sang it.

She looked to Crow and Foxtail with a questioning glance, before moving out with the other's, unsure what other surprises there would be along the way: good or bad.

Foxtail stopped trying to hold in his energy, once Ginkgo’s attention was no longer on him. His body shuddered slightly with anticipation as he began to follow the group; remaining as quiet as possible but still somewhat bouncy as he noticed the young male outskirter approaching him, “Hi there! I’m Foxtail. You’re quite big for your age I must say. Are you in my group too? It’s exciting isn’t it? We get to help our warren!” while his voice was somewhat squeaky with enthusiasm, he keep it at a low volume so as not to annoy Ginkgo or attract any unwanted attention.

As the groups both headed off, Bracken moved away from the majority of the rabbit throng to sit on the edge of down. Watching as the figures of his rabbits shrink into the distance, he then turned his gaze towards the sunrise.

"Oh Frith, please... please bring them back to me safely. Every one." Bracken's voice was low and soft, but not without its underlying tone of anguish and worry. Bracken's heart was heavy and he had a feeling of dread in his gut.

Yet if a Seer had been present, they might have seen a brown figure sitting next to the chief. Watching and having echoed his words.

(( And NOW we will be splitting off into teams! No more posting in this thread please! RP will continue in the threads for each respective team. :3 ))