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The look he gave the elder quite clearly spoke his thoughts on "belonging" in the middle of the desert. But...he wouldn't turn down the invitation just yet. No need to anger the semi-tribe whose land he was using. And really, he felt somewhat better now that the elder had struck his claim to the land. Now that things were going according to rules he understood. And still further, if he were to join, the green vixen would owe him, had sad as much herself. True, he didn't think he could gain much by having her in his debt, but he wasn't so foolish or hasty as to write that off yet.

Ate grinned up at Conundrum.

"Solarus and Miraja, hm?" She blinked, contemplating, and then settled on a soft and much shier, "They must be good gods."

She had turned her head to look at Sir and watch him - her face was contorted in a mini-pout of sorts, though she wasn't fully aware of it. Oh yes, Ate was feeling much better - so much so that when the new vixen appeared to drink of the oasis, she managed to restrain jumping into the air or hiding, and instead approached the female, sitting somewhere near her -- again falling into her habit of not comprehending the conception of personal space.

There was nothing more than this, however, which was perhaps a bit odd for Ate, but she was restraining herself - the only contact between the two was the anxious flicking of her tail back and forth.

She smiled kindly at the vixen. "Hi, I'm Ate... And that's Conundrum and.." Unsure on whether or not she should introduce the other two, she continued anyway. "And that's Helios and ... Sir."

Her smile grew a bit wider as she watched her. "And... And we're - well, Conundrum and I, anyway - are thinking of-of starting a tribe at the oasis...

"Do you live in this desert?"

Ate turned her head slightly and pouted a bit at Conundrum, "Oh, I know, it was just that since there are two, I picked the more masculine one and went with it, so that it would apply to both, but I guess it might have been disrespectful - she is a goddess."

She then blinked back at Furii, brain processing what she'd been told - the last tribe attempt had failed? It might have been enough to bring a fox down if she hadn't been so intent on this working that there was no room left to believe or even acknowledge that this tribe would fail.

"Might I ask what happened? Simply no one around in the desert?" She flicked her tail anxiously, intently watching the other's eyes and wondering what had been the cause of that eye roll.

"And yes, Sir - that's what we call him anyway, maybe he'll deign to give /you/ his name, I don't know." It seemed as though Ate was more than willing to continue talking, as she always did when nervous or anxious - and she was both, plenty of both.

"And I was just curious as to if you knew this desert well - I guess the question /was/ a little rude, since you don't owe me anything or even know who I am, but I want to learn this desert better and who better to learn it from than someone who lives here?"

As always, there was a pause, then quietly, "Sorry. A little nervous."

Her deep purple eyes skittered around before settling on the other vixen's black ones. "I talk too much, I know."

Sandy-colored paws padded carefully through the hot desert sands, with no real aim in sight. This was how the vixen had lived for as long as she could remember, only having visited forested areas a couple of times in her life. She liked the desert. Certainly, it was hot, dry, and deceivingly empty, but it suited her. She blended in well here and had long ago learned how to survive the rugged terrain. The occasional oasis was nice, but not always entirely necessary. Speaking of oasis...

Wow, it has been a while since I have seen so many others gathered in one place, Suna thought to herself, pale green eyes surveying from afar what appeared to be a tribe (there was an elder there after all). It amused her to find that she actually recognized one of the group members as her previous 'almost' tribe leader. Hm, might as well join the party, she thought to herself, padding casually over their way. Once close enough, she gave a polite bow to Furii and Conundrum. "Greetings, Furii, Elder," she said. "I do hope that I'm not intruding. May I pause for a drink?" The desert vixen had heard rumor before that some tribes were quite territorial of their land, so she thought it best to ask before simply stepping in and taking for herself. Water was a precious commodity in the desert after all.

Xiaoshi took a deep breath and looked around. She had been trying to find a place to settle down and just hadn't found the right place. So she had taken up to just wondering around hoping eventually something would feel like home. However in her current meanderings she had some how gotten lost. With a frown she looked around wondering when the forest had turned into a desert. well it didn't matter as long as she remained amused.

Looking over to the left Xiaoshi came face to face with a bunch of buzzards swarming down to land on a skeleton. With a sigh she shook her head. 'well isnt that a pleasant sight.' Xiaoshi thought and after clearing her head continued further into the desert. It wasnt like she had never had been been to a desert before. She had quite liked the last quick visit. The sun beating down on her fur and watching the heat rise up from the sand was one of the things she found amusing. Of course the dry mouth and thirst weren't too enjoyable. She figured she had probably been out here awhile.

After searching a few more minutes Xiaoshi walked over a sand dune to find a little oasis with a grouping of foxes gathered around. 'wonder if its one of those tribe things I've heard about'. Carefully she made her way down not knowing the nature of the foxes gathered. Perhaps they were of a nice sort and would allow her to get some water.

Rei hadn't known why she had went this way at all. Normally she stayed toward the wilderness but something about this desert made her want to enter it. She didn't know if it was because she had a death wish or if she would finally find a stable home. A sigh escaped her as she started walking into the desert.

It didn't take long for Rei's untrained body to start to feel the burn over individual portions of her fur where it was darkest. She couldn't help but feel it and kept moving toward what she thought was the center of it. Her mind drifted from different things from her sons to her brother back to how much of an idiot she was. She kept exploring though ignoring the head.

Finally crossing over a dune she started to taste water in her mouth and figured she was delusional. Finally looking to the side she found herself staring into an Oasis and feeling a gift from a higher power she walked toward it finding a pool of water she dranked from it carefully. She knew drinking to much would get her very sick in this heat. As she looked around she noticed other foxes in the area. But stayed by the pool of water enjoying it's coolness.

Helios had a bad habit of zoning out.

Today was no exception. The brightly colored Modiphim looked around to see many more new faces than had been there when he first arrrived at the Oasis--and all of them female. But before he could open his mouth to make more greetings or comment on the staggered ratio of males to females, Helios' ears caught the sound of a heavy thump outside of the shelter of the trees.

"Someone is out there," he murmured to Conundrum. Instinct told him the sound had been caused by a fallen fox, and not by another desert dweller. The powerful winged fox stood from the spot where he'd been lost in thought for...however long it had been...and stretched out the muscles of his wings and back before moving away from the group to take flight. It wasn't in his nature to leave a fellow fox stranded.

Spotting the gray and black vixen rather quickly, Helios touched down next to her and gently nudged the female with his nose. "Miss?" he asked quietly. "I can help you, if you'll let me."