1x3 Agression Rising

Zaphora's lost her youngest son in a brutal battle with a rival mob, and is angrier than ever. But, it appears that her bully daughter Gwen has fallen pregnant from an illegal liaison with a mystery male, probably a rover from a neighbor group. Zaphora is grumpy, but that's not the only problem inside the Currents.

Meet The Currents
Zaphora, The Dominant Female
Walker, Her Partner and Dominant Male
Gwen, Rebellious
Adalla, Loyal
Thing One and Thing Two, The Twins
And the curious pups

Two days ago the Currents family fought a brutal battle with their sneaky and traitorous neighbors, The Skeletons. The Currents emerged victorious in the end, but with the winning of new territory, Zaphora lost her youngest son emerged from the burrow, Willer.
The battle has had its effects on every member of the family. Willer's litter mates Cally and Snowdrift have not been very active lately. they tend to sulk around in each other's comfort away from the rest of the family.
Zaphora is furious. She clearly wants to tear out the throats of every member in the Skeletons, but knows her mob is too weak to challenge them to avenge the seven month old male's tragic death. Zaphora is still limping from a heavy bite to the leg she received. Walker has a gash in his face that's healing over, but has made it difficult for him to eat the last few days. Many other members have received painful injures that would make it almost impossible to fight these evil neighbors again. But, the Skeletons are probably in to condition to challenge or fight away the Currents again. But it is only a matter of time before more blood is spilled between these two families.
But the loss of Willer isn't the only anger on Zaphora's mind. Her rebel daughter Gwen is pregnant. It is barley noticeable, but it's there. She's the first of her litter of four females to fall pregnant. Usually Zaphora evicts the females and allows them back in, only to kill the pups, but Zaphora is more worried this time. Gwen is a vicious little female- Zaphora's worried she might actually challenge her Mother. Gwen wouldn't need a new mate by her side. Walker isn't her Father. The pups over two years old are fathered by the original Currents dominant male Sparky, who disappeared two years ago, leaving a clear way for Walker to step up.
Walker is at ease with Zaphora again, so they must have mated in the two day span since we haven't been following them. That doesn't mean she's pregnant, but Walker is much more laid back now than he was after their recent litter reached one year of age.
Thing One and Thing Two are sticking together again like super glue, even though they were already two peas in a pod before. After the brutal battle that left their brother dead they refuse to leave each others sides.
Quail and Qwen, Gwen's littermates, are terrified of their sister. Gwen has always bullied them around, but now that she's pregnant they can only tell her behavior will go from bad to worse in a sudden flash.
Adalla is also wary of Gwen. She's been picked on too, even if she's the oldest female int he group besides her Mother. A lot of the females agree on one thing- Gwen must go before her hormones kick in. But it might already be too late.
Zaphora is still angry, and targets her pergnant daughter to take out the anger on. She hipslams her roughly, then pins her to the sandy earth. She snaps at her face and scent marks her before backing off of Gwen. She's putting her in her place, but it's unknown how long her normal hissy attitude will last before the pregnant Gwen emerges from the vicious subordinate.
Zaphora issues lead calls, still eager to start the day. She's going back to the Skeletons border, where her mob will forage in peace for once. She knows the Skeletons will be watching with hate. She's going to enjoy mocking them for a while. Both mobs are too injured to fight each other for a while. peace will stay on that side of the territory, but the Currents might fight with some other neighbors soon.
Walker stands sentry first, but is greeted with an unwelcome site. Not too far off, trying to stay discreet in a bush is infamous rover Rick. He's from another one of the Currents's neighboring groups, The Arrows. The Arrows are known for their laid back but still vicious attitude. Rick is a large male, and is known around the patch for his roving skills. He's the only rover the Currents seem to ever encounter, which means there is a good chance he's Gwen's litter's father.
Walker watches the male for a while. He doesn't do anything. Rick seems to be unaware that the Currents are nearby, but Walker knows he's there. Maybe Rick is watching another group. His back is turned to Walker. Walker can't tell, but he knows Rick is looking at the Currents border with a much smaller and newer family called the Greens.
Walker looks down and catches Saturn's eye. Saturn is not Walker's son, but has respected the dominant male as his father since Sparky vanished. Walker points his head to Rick's bush, telling his adoptive son to investigate. Saturn nods and approaches Rick softly.
Saturn decides that he wants to rove for a while. He's been a useful addition to his family, but is getting tired of family life. Instead of seeing what Rick is up to Saturn decides to sit next to the infamous rover. He wants to learn from him.
Rick turns his large head to face the Currents male. He chirps softly, and seems to get that Saturn isn't here to chase him off. Saturn follows Rick's gaze and sees what he was eying up- The Greens family is foraging close to the border. There is only about ten or so members to the Greens. Most of those members are female, as well. The Greens are a constant target for rovers, but the two males in the mob, brothers Tick and Tack are successful is chasing off most of them. But they are sibilings to the Greens Dominant Female Paula, and cannot mate with her. this might be the rovers' lucky day. Saturn has never roved before, and doesn't know Rick well. But his litter mate brother Pluto has roved many times before. Saturn heads back to his foraging family and catches Pluto's attention. He's just finished gobbling up breakfast, a juicy gecko.
Pluto grins and follows his brother. The two males return to Rick's outlook bush and sit beside him. They continue to watch the Greens. Paula is surrounded by Tick and Tack, so she's out of the rover's possibilities for the moment. But, foraging away from the group, very close to the three males' bush is Paula's sister Latisha. Latisha was the starting dominant female of the Greens, but was overthrown by her litter mate. Ricky is the largest, but he still has eyes for Paula, even if it's almost impossible to get to her. Saturn wants to try, but wants to watch a more experienced male try it first.
Pluto decides to test out Latisha's desires to mate. He steps boldly out of the bush and takes a few steps towards Latisha. She still hasn't noticed the rover. Pluto takes a few more bold steps and coos to her. Latisha looks up. He doesn't do anything, but stares at Pluto. She backs away and heads to her foraging family. Pluto hisses is frustration and returns to the stakeout bush.
Rick is still watching Paula. He doesn't seem to want to accept it's difficult to get to her. But now Saturn knows what to do. The only problem is all of the eight females are foraging under the eyes of Tick and Tack now. Now all the males can do is wait for a female to wander away again.
the sun continues its journey across the sky. The Currents are foraging in peace. The three rovers, two from Currents Saturn and Pluto, and a male from the Arrows Rick are watching the Greens. They are a small family, consisting of only ten members and two males, Tick and Tack. They are both related to the dominant female Paula, and thus cannot mate with her. The males are waiting for a female to stray away from her family so the males can rove safely. After what seems like hours, a female finally does.
Once again it's Latisha, Paula's litter mate. She had strayed from the group a while before, but Pluto failed to seduce her. She's foraging again. Rick still has his eyes on Paula, but she's still under guard by Tick and Tack. Pluto fears she might recognize him, and has no desire to try to seduce Latisha again. that leaves Saturn. He's a first time rover, but is still eager to get his first mate, even if he might never see her again.
Saturn approaches Latisha. His approach might be a little too bold though. He might just blow it all. Latisha hears him approach her clumsily through the brush and lifts her head, but doesn't calmly walk away like last time. Instead she continues to watch him intently. Saturn makes a few more steps, but goes no further. Latisha is already there, chirping to him. Even though Saturn knows just a little about roving, he knows they can't meet each other out in the open. She heads to bush, hoping she will follow.
Back at the Currents the family is already at home and getting and early start to the night. They had an uneventful day out foraging, and are now sitting above ground grooming.
It has been a peaceful day.