Out For A Run

[psychowolf]

Going for a run away from Stonehaven and so close to civilization is uncomfortable but it's been eight days since his last change. He can't put it off any longer. Clay took the 15 minute drive to Los Padres outside of Santa Barbara. Clay finds a secluded spot behind some bushes and does one final check for any humans that might find him while he is changing. After a few moments he is confident he is alone.

Taking off his clothes he finds a place out of sight for them, bends down on fours and begins the change. The transition smooth and painful, but a pain he has known for most of his life, as natural to him as back pain is to others.

After long minutes in place of the lean, six foot, blonde haired professor is a large blonde wolf. With no-one else around he starts to run off the beaten path, listening to the new sounds and smelling the new smells. Even from here he can smell the ocean. He picks up the scent of a squirrel and begins to follow it.

The chase for the squirrel is a cautious one, always being careful of humans. The last thing he needs is to be spotted.

Comments

[theresnodoor]

Squirrels are tricky. The second you get the scent, they're up a tree and gone. Tobias says they're a challenge but they're not a guaranteed meal, and that makes him stress, even if he won't admit it.

Especially during drought season.

Rachel won't put up with anyone's ego at the expense of their own life, and especially not his. It's hot, dry, hard weather for any predator and she won't stand for it.

There's a teenage girl leaving an open, beautiful meadow holding what is now an empty McDonald's bag.