Snowbell nodded. "We can *censored*ign ranks, or groups for them. But if you want, we can have pairs." she told him. "Or, because we have no specific territory, we can all hunt, fetch water, and find places to stay, like all at once." Snowbell added, nodding.

Scar rubbed his neck, then spoke up. "I'll go with pairs or ranks. Ranks would mean we are stooping down to vicious wolves, but it would work well because we have enough foxes for such ranks." he said.

"Well thought out, Scar." Snowbell praised with a grin, making him smile back.

"I agree." she whispered back. "We'll need a warm, safe place to sleep and maybe a little bit of food later if we have the time and energy." she said with a nod. "And for now, we can eat some snow for water if we can't find any." Snowbell added. Her tail swished on the snow again. Instead of a shy smile, a grim look was masking her face.

Scar yawned. He sat down on the snow again and tried to stay awake.It wasn't night yet, but he felt drowsy...

Snowbell nodded. She shot a glance at Scar, who was yawning as if he hadn't slept in weeks. "Desperate times call for desperate, cold measures, right?" she asked with a grin.

Scar's head collapsed on the snow. He had fallen asleep. His tail was sticking up like a pole, but then lowered slowly as the rest of his body went limp.

"Umm. Scar?" she whispered in his ear. Snowbell grabbed a lump of snow, then stuffed it into his mouth. She began backing away.

Scar's eyelieds flew open, his face paled. He spat out the snow in surprise. "What was that for?!" he asked, spitting out the bits of ice stuck on his tongue.

"We still need to find shelter." she explained, glancing at Dawsen. "And you need to co-operate, too." she added.

((Im deleting kitani, ok? she doesent say much.))

Kitani nodded to the other foxes, then wandered in the opposite direction, this was no place for her. . . .((fail delete xD))

Hintah gave Onii a glance, her outburst would be discussed later, but for now, Hintah smiled happile. Kuro wandered toward Dawsen, "Where do you suppose we look for shelter?" He glanced around.

"There arent even trees around here!" Ryu chipped in. He sighed longingly. Would winter last forever here? he hoped not.

OOC/ Lol, I usually don't pay any mind to deleting characters anyway. Just shove 'em off the stage and we're good to go...XD BIC/

"Well..." he started, thinking of ways to improvise a camp. "Where there's mountains, there's dens, right...? We could try just climbing until we find a dip in a mountain suitable for an abode. Everyone's okay with a little mountain climbing, right?" he asked around, confident in his solution.

Kuro shrugged, "yes but the mountains are dangerous, and ther is a chance we may not find anything at all, Onii's little stunt gave me an idea, burrowing, this snow is obviously deep, and underneath it is warmth and no wind. Its iffy, but it is getting dark, tomorrow we can explor the mountains, but for today." he paused to yawn, "I'm too tired." After it was said, he wished he had bit his toung, he was talking back to the leader.

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Hintah smiled encouragingly at Kuro, "It makes sense, at least for tonight." She glanced at the sun, "we would have a better cjance at finding things after a good, long nap." she smiled shyly at Dawson.

Snowbell knew he was right. "We''ll have to anyways, it's either wasting a bit of energy to find somewhere to stay for the night, or freeze to near death." she said. It wasn't reas,suring, she knew very well, but it was the truth. The raw, hard truth. She turned to Dawsen, giving him a grateful nod for the idea.

Scar nodded, too. "Sure, sure." he said sleepily, fighting to stay awake. His tail swished weakly on the snow, brushing up some of the white powder.

Kuro nodded, looking at the ground, he started to dig, ripping the snow up, soon, he had a space big enough for him and about another half, he jumped in, grateful for the barier it provided beween him and the cold, he curled up and put his tail over his face.

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Ryu, Hintah and Onii dug together, formins a tunnel like structure big enough for the three of them, the curled together, grateful for the extra warmth, "G'night all!" Hintah barked, laud enough that all other could hear her.

"Yes, Dawsen's correct." she said with a grin. She stepped forward a step. "We will fight for survival!" she exclaimed proudly, fur ruffling in the wind.

Scar nodded. "Survival!" he called, putting a paw beside his sister's. "So we just tunnel and sleep?" he asked, curious to find out as much as he could about the den.

"Yes. Make yourself a cozy little burrow, and sleep in it." she answered. She began digging away at the snow.

Snowbell was already lying in her tunnel, near Scar's. "You can room with me." she offered, tapping a paw on her tunnel. "The snow can be tricky. You never know when it's weak." she said with a grin. "Just come in. There's enough space for the two of us." Snowbell added, tail swishing calmly.

Scar was already curled up, asleep. His paws were tucked neatly behind his tail, warm and as if waiting for dawn.

Half of Dawsen wanted to finish his tunnel, but he didn't want to be rude and turn Snowbell down. He grinned and hopped down into the tunnel with her, digging out just a little more for some extra paw room. "Thanks," he said, laying down and curling his tail over his nose

"No problem." she said, grinning. Snowbell ruffled her soft fur and curled up beside him, calmly falling asleep. Her white paws tucked under her fluffy, warm tail (which might've been brushing against Dawsen; she didn't know). Snowbell yawned inwardly and imagined the little tunnel was like a leader's den. She felt proud to be one, and smiled but she didn't know.