Roleplay- 23rd October

Linda keeps a good pace. She sees Maylene and Tank together and sighs, remembering Ninja. He said he would return, but when? Just knowing he's alive and well would satisfy her. The last she'd seen him he looked badly injured. He could be dead for all she knows.

Bravo walks with a limp, still in deep pain, but improving.

Tank stays by Maylene's side making sure her injury doesn't cause her to fall behind. He glances at her belly worried about the unborn pups. He hopes Maylene didn't sustain any injuries on or close to her stomach that could cause damage to the unborn pups.

Maylene grooms Tank a little and then chrips to him letting him know that she was alright and runs to catch up to the group, tyring her best to ignore the pain in her leg that was slowly recovering.

Tank quickly returns the grooming. He smiles, relieved about Maylene and the unborn pups' good condition. It would've been heart breaking if the results were different but the Willows are a strong and tight nit group and with each battle that comes to them just makes them grow stronger in bond and in strength.

Linda slows a little, the pain from the battle finally starting to catch up with her. They should get some rest soon.

Bravo moves along, holding back any uncomfortable feelings left over from the battle.

The throbbing wound on Tank's shoulder is starting to slow him down but no matter how much it slows him down he'll push himself to keep going even if he loses track of the group. If that happens he'll just make his way back to the main burrow.

Linda stops and sits. Now she needs to rest a little bit. She's tired and in pain. She'll catch up in a moment.

Tank pauses as he sees Linda stopping to take a rest. He pads over to her and gently nudges her coaxing her to keep going. He worries even a small amount of resting time could distance her greatly from the group and he doesn't want her to fall way behind and become extremely vulnerable to pradators.

Linda nods in agreement and gets going again. She's exhausted after a long day, and just wants to get back to the burrow. Her small stop as left her at the very back of the group.

Tank is relieved when Linda decides to keep going. It'd be a dangerous decision if she had chosen to stay behind. It's imparitive that every Willow sticks together especially at this time of year when predators won't hesitate to take the oppertunity to snatch a lone meerkat.

Linda starts to catch up again. She needs to stay with the others for the sake of her pups. This is all new to her, and she's still getting used to the notion that whatever happens to her affects her pups, and she needs to stay out of danger.

Tank works through the pain and picks up his pace, moving to the middle of the group. His shoulder pain has let up slightly but it's still noticable.

Linda stands to look out for danger, and gets back to following Buckeye. If they were to be caught off guard by a predator while on the move, the result will be disasterous. She's learned from experiance, and so has Bravo.

Tank swivels his head to the right and left feeling slightly wary. Several meerkats on the move out in the open can easily attract unwanted attention.

Linda catches up with the others, coming close to the front now.

Bravo keeps moving on, despite the pain and his limp.

Tank continues to keep up in the middle of the group whilst keeping an eye out for danger.

Jackie starts to walk at a slower pace, seeing that many others are begining to slow down.

Snowflake tries to walk faster, so he can catch up to Jackie, but his legs ache too much.

Linda slows again, the pain slowly increasing in waves. Her back and side took the most beating. Wilson also managed to bite her just under the eye, and it was starting to swell up.

Bravo continues to linger towards the middle of the mob at an inconsistent pace.

Tank begins falling back towards the back of the group. His injured shoulder has started to throb again. He's tempted to stop and rest but must keep going.

Buckeye decides to stop her troops, and they seek shelter under a camel thorn tree. It was getting late, and the fight had drained them. They needed food, but they also needed to start heading home.

Hutch, limping, decides to rest in the cool sand near Buckeye. Glade follows him, tired from the adventure.

Tank joins the group under the bush. He's too sore to forage at the moment and decides to rest for a little to gain some of his strength before deciding to search for food.

Bravo joins the others under the tree and lays down. A good night's sleep will do him good.

Linda sits with the others, debating what to do. She's tired and needs to rest, but she also needs food for herself and her litter. Despite her exhaustion, she heads out into the open and starts digging for food.

Unable to ignore his hunger any longer, Tank joins Linda in foraging out in the open. He pads over to a patch of matted down dried grass and claws into it looking for any prey that may be hiding under neathe.

Linda finds a millipede and starts to drag it across the ground to rid it of the toxic coating.

Bravo lays his head down. A little kat nap to pass the time won't hurt.

Tank catches a grasshopper as it jumps out from the cover of the grass. He devours it quickly.