Figured I'd post 6: Ambush, since it's 1 am for me right now (technically Sunday!). Unfortunately the is-Riven-going-to-maul-Sprite-alive thread is still hanging, haha. Hopefully he'll be polite enough to at least give her a head start. Anyway, hope you guys enjoy seeing a lil Toma pep-talk, a bit of background on the year before, and of course the events leading up to our (rather disastrous) ambush. Fun stuff!
@Guest: Thank you, glad you like it! Yep, Sprite is really bad at taking care of herself, mostly because she pretty obviously failed to save her brother in the past (and possibly the rest of her family, too, since they're all dead - who knows what went wrong there??). In a perfect world, Sage would charge in at the exact right moment...but then again, in a perfect world, fox kits aren't murdering each other. ;)
@Swyfte: Wow, cold. As lovely as it would be for Riven to get his ass kicked (by peppy girl Sprite, no less), I wouldn't count on it (at least not for now). She's definitely not happy with him, though; Sprite has no patience at all when it comes to bullies. Tbh, "The Fox" kinda gets on my nerves, but it has caused an increase in people watching fox videos to hear their calls, which is pretty amusing in itself. There won't be any ringadinging in this story, though, I can promise you that. xD
@Bookworm: If Riven hurts Sprite and Sage finds out about it, I don't think Riven will be around for an eternity, haha. You could kick his butt in the afterlife, though.
@Woods Warrior: Pssh, you're only a month late. Hardly any time at all, haha. You're here now, though, and that's what counts! I'm super-glad to have you. I did scour the interwebs pretty thoroughly before starting the story, and although a few things will be ignored (coughcolorblindnesscough) hopefully it should stay fairly true to form. Foxes are interesting to write about, in either case, and I'm glad you're pumped for the story. Unfortunately, we won't be seeing any gray foxes, as they're pretty rare in eastern areas (the story is very loosely located somewhere in the hills of Kentucky [i.e., where I live; write what you know, and all that xD]). I didn't even think about it, to be honest! It would be interesting, though, as I imagine their culture would differ from red foxes' in a few ways. Maybe they'd even speak a different "language" (or at least dialect!). Hmm. Now I'd kinda like to push them into a side project or something. It would be tons of fun. For the main story, though, there will be no gray foxes. Unless you count Musk, but he's technically silver. ;)
Please share your theories! You know I'm always delighted to hear them. :D
@Lynxeye: No worries! Hope the move wasn't too stressful; first days are always kinda weird. At least you get to see all your buddies though, right? I really like the "in their own range" thing you mentioned, as that's really a good way to put it. When it comes down to brass tacks, characters are the things that interest me most in a story, and I like to invest a bit of time into all of them as much as I can. Each of our four POVs have their own "circles" to run in, which means lots of minor characters for me to play with, including Koulder. Good stuff. You know me, I love squeezing in little folklore things wherever I can (Sprite gets that from me, I guess xD). And yep, Trick pretty obviously fumbled the ball on this one. She's trying to rush herself, is the problem; those with her sort of nature do much better when they take things nice and slow, but she's too ready to overflow her banks, as it were. Hopefully she'll get that sorted out before it catches up to her. I'm in the opposite boat regarding the Hunger Games, as I've read the books but not seen the movies. He fits any of the Careers pretty squarely though, I think. Funny that you mention him like that, though, since I just finished writing his third chapter the other night....
Anyway, that's all I've got for this week! See you guys next Sunday. :)
