Hunting in the woods (Open)

[tesarikfive]

The morning light had just started to peak up over the tree tops near the edge of the forest, barely letting those glimmers of light sparkle against the fresh dew on the grass and flowers, leading to what could only be discribed as Warrens favorite time of the day. Speaking of, that tiny little fella was currently buzzing about, zipping around with a happy smile all over his face as he dipped down closer to one of the bigger flowers, it's bright yellow petels shining in the sunlight all the more and it made him giggle a little. "Ooooo. Pretty!"

Reaching out he tapped the petel to make a bit of a dew bounce in the air before it fell back onto the petel and then dripped back down to the ground. That brought another giggle from him before he scooped up some more of the dew and drank it. Sipping from his hands right off the flower for a cool refreshing drink. Ahhh. Yummy!

Doing a little twirl he flew up to another flower and played around with the dew on it, then looking around to make sure no one was around he stripped down and placed his items and clothes in a nice dry place before he started to wash up using the dew off the flowers. Singing and dancing a bit around while he washed up, making himself all fresh and clean as it were. Enjoying the early morning hours with as gleeful a attitude as anyone could really have. Ah, it was good to be so small and happy. Even the smallest things could be so much fun and useful. Once he was good and clean he started to dress himself again, thinking about just what he could do for the day. Hmmm. Maybe he'd go hunting and see what the animals were up to in the forest? Why not?

[Ferret]

Ferret wasn't usually an early riser as she preferred to sleep away most of the morning, especially when surrounded by the warm and fuzzy bodies of her mice room mates, but since she had ventured upon the Heart she found she woke up earlier and earlier just raring to start the day. There was only so much you could squeeze into one lifetime after all, and given how much fun she'd had so far she wanted to stuff in as much as possible. Why, if she slept she might miss something good!

So for this reason Ferret was out and about, her bronze sword strapped to her back and bits of mouse fur stuck in her hair as she zipped and zagged through the forest. Occasionally she'd dip down low to examine this or that item: a shiny pebble, floofy feather, or a particularly interesting arrangement of flowers, but always she'd pull herself away after a minute or two and whizz off with a twitch of her wings. She was hunting something (rather, someone) and was following those little telltale signs that indicated she was heading in the right direction. WELL. She thought she was tracking. Really it was just a combination of instinct and good luck. Faeries just knew how to find other faeries, and Warren had practically invited her over! I mean, he told her where he lived and everything!

Soon she would come upon him.

Leaves rustled in the distance. Blades of grass vibrated with the passage of tiny feet. A flock of birds shot up into .. actually, they didn't move in the slightest but let's imagine about five or so birds darted out of the underbrush and spread dramatically in the air. Every now and then a teensy weensy pair of eyes would peek up over an obstacle and then dart back down again. Up. Down. Step. Step. Step. Up. Down. Sneaky sneaky. Flowers parted as their stems were pushed aside, scattering dewdrops as they settled back into place.

Closer and closer she crept, as silent as the most silent of mice who had just won the annual stealthiest rodent contest for the fifth year running, our undefeated champion.

"Warren!"

Well, that blew it.

Just as he was all squeaky clean and most certainly fully clothed, Ferret dived out from behind a small pile of twigs and dived at the winter fae, her arms spread wide for an all encompassing bone crushing hug as was her custom. She was grinning from ear to pointed ear with more than a few smudges of dirt on her nose, and was certainly happy to find Warren on this morning!

[tesarikfive]

Warren was to busy playing about in the dew and getting himself all clean so he didn't even notice that someone was sneaking up on him. Getting his shirt buttoned back up and that belt with pouches and things all back in order while he thought for a moment on what to do for the day...Little did he know he was being stalked and hunted.

And then it happened, attacked! He gasped as he hop turned around at his name being yelled like it had only to see a blur of gold smash right into him with a big, strong, tight hug. Laughing a little he wrapped his arms around her in return, hugging her right back as he wiggled just a little from the squeezing she was giving him. Not that he minded any, after all he was getting a hug from a friend!

Once they both were able to let go of one another he offered up a tiny little cough that helped to get fresh air back in his lungs before he smiled all the more wide to her. "Hello friend Ferret!" Very happy to see her he bounced around just a little before reaching out and plucking one of those mouse hairs out of her hair and inspecting it just a second before letting it go to the wind.

"Oh! Did you come to play with the dew and wash up too?!" Well she was a bit dirty on her face, so maybe she did? Either way he was still happy to see her and beamed a smile before his left ear twitched just a bit and he turned to look behind him, squinting his eyes and leaning over closer to the area he was looking, his wings lightly moving to keep him from falling flat on his face, hands on his hips...Hmmm. Something was there.

[Ferret]

"Yay yay yay yay yay!"

Ferret was all energy this morning, full of beans, lively, vigorous, high spirited. You could even say she had moxie. She practically squeezed the life out of Warren and then some, but he was a very resilient and hardy fae (it was a fae thing, and a winter thing especially) so it worked out well in the end, the golden girl finally releasing him and offering up a grin so wide you could see all the way to her back teeth.

"Hello Warren! It's such a pretty day today isn't it? But every day is pretty but today is VERY pretty because it's all woodsy and sunny and not as cold as usual but you don't mind the cold much because you're already blue so that must be very convenient for you!"

A warm scarf was wrapped around her neck, and she tugged on both ends enthusiastically as she talked, pausing for breath only when he reached up and plucked one of the many mouse hairs that adorned her person like gemstones on a high class lady. She wrinkled her dirty nose curiously and laughed when he spoke of washing up, releasing the scarf ends from her fingers as she flew over to one of the many flowers that had collected the bright morning dew.

"Noooooo but yes! I came here to PLAY! The Inne is boring during the day time because bigpeople have other things to do than drink and the ones in for breakfast are too busy eating to engage in a game of leapfrog. Besides. I washed up long before I came here, so I'm all squeaky clean!"

She moved to examine her face in the dew: and it was as she expected. Long bright bronze hair (with additional mouse fur), copper eyes twinkling with merriment, warm golden skin, and a large smudge of dirt across her nose.

"...Oh noes!"

She harrumphed, and hurriedly started splashing her face with dew and rubbing away at the offending mark with her hands until it had vanished: leaving her skin clean and slightly red.

"There! All better."

Turning on the spot, she saw Warren suddenly go all still, creeping over as quietly as she could manage given that she was armed to the teeth and not very adept at sneaking. Well .. she could sneak up on bigpeople all the time, perks of being so small .. but they weren't particularly perceptive. Leaning over, she'd peer in approximately the same direction before whispering out of the corner of her mouth.

"....what are we looking at?"

Was it a bear? She hoped it was a bear! Warren had promised her bears damnit.

[tesarikfive]

Warren offered up a huge smile to her when she said she'd come to play! He loved to play! Oh what would they play? They could play stuff and things, or whats it do's, or maybe even this and that. Many things they could play. Of course he'd been distracted by the sounds of something in the woods as she went over to wash her face up. There was most definatly something there, but he didn't know exactly what it was yet.

Studing the sounds a little more as Ferret came up behind him, sniffing at the air some he then turned to her when she asked and gave her a bit of a grin before he looked back to the woods. "It's big. But I don't see it yet. Ohohoh! It made the tree wiggle!" He pointed then in the distance, incase she could see as well as him, at a tree that had been nudged to shake at the top. Yup, it was big!

Though before they could do much more about it a large blue hawk came streaking down, giving off a slight screaching caw before it landed with a hop, flutter of wings, and step to stop right at Warrens side. "Oh Bramble!" Clapping happily he turned to Ferret and then pointed to the bird. "This is my very good friend Bramble Cattwigs. He helps me with things and stuff and whatshaveits."

Nodding his head rapdily he smiled all the more before he umphed when he was nudged by the beak of Bramble right into Ferrets side. Then another nudge, a push, and a nudge again. Warrens arms went to flailing, careful not to catch Ferret in his semi-wild movements while he swatted at Brambles beak from that act. "Heydon'tdothatit'snotnice!"

After tugging down on the front of his shirt to fix himself back up he huffed at the bird and with narrowed eyes reached into a pouch at his side where he took out a tiny chunk of meat, making it unshrink as he tossed it to Bramble as a treat, snached right out of the air in the process. "He is nice....If he's not hungry." Insert raspberry blowing at Bramble here.

Never the less Warren wouldn't be upset for very long, and in a blink he turned back to Ferret and smiled just a little. "Want to go see what it is? I bet it's bigandfuzzyandfurryandfluffyandandandandand nice!" Poor big people, when a fairy got excited it must be hell to understand the buzzy nature that they spoke with.

[Ferret]

Ferret would wait. And wait. And wait. Then wait some more. She waited for days and months and decades for whatever it was to come out and surprise them, and she was sure that she would die waiting and was about to say as much when that massive bird burst out of nowhere making such a racket! Ferret near jumped out of her skin, so primed for an entrance was she, that she was startled by the sudden appearance. Hand on her chest, she felt her heart thundering a billion miles a minute as all of her breath wheezed out in a single push and Warren explained the long and the short of it. She looked up at the massive bird, grinned, and thrust her hand out.

''HI! I'm Ferret and I help Warren find cake!''

She was wondering if it would shake her hand with its beak or if she should pat it on the leg when Bramble began to nudge Warren into her like a big old bully, knocking the faeries around like they were a set of winged domino pieces on a pub table. Now that did not sit very well with Ferret at all, she didn't like it when bigpeople (or biganimals!) used their size to try and get one over the little guy: and she most definitely definitely did not like bullies! Even feathered ones! Why, especially feathered ones!

''Heynowyouseehere!''

Her tiny fists were smacked onto her waist and her eyes were blazing, the fae scooting forwards on her feet as her chest was puffed up and up and her face scrunched up. As she got closer to the bird she bumped its beak with her chest and just kept on going forward, forcing it to either back down or push back: if it felt brave enough!

''Don't you go pushing Warren around like that it's not NICE! You're just a big meanie bird now you apologize right this instant!''

Lips and cheeks were puffed out as she glared at the large feathered creature poignantly until Warren distracted her with the sudden question; her eyes going as round as dinnerplates and her mouth dropping open.

''Bramble wasn't what we were looking at? Ohohohohohohohohlet'sgoseenowbeforeitgoesaway!''

Laughing she moved up behind Warren and nudged and prodded and encouraged until he started moving towards whatever it was that he had seen shaking the bushes and trees and grass and flowers and .. everything! If Warren didn't start moving fast enough, Ferret would strike out in a random direction and begin marching off into the wilds on her own, occasionally flicking her wings so she could navigate over obstacles too big for her short legs.

[tesarikfive]

Warren gave a huge smile when she said she helped him find cake. Remembering that epic journey through the treacherous heat of the kitchen. The door that would not open on it sown, the lung and body covering powder of the flour that tried to suffocate them, and the fires of hell that burned hot as....Well Fire! And the Spoon lady! The horror of the Spoon Lady would be told many years to come. For her anger was unmatched. But they'd gotten the prize! Nice little fairy cakes just for them to enjoy for a while. Ah. The good ol days, just a few weeks ago?

Though when Bramble was smacked about on his beat he simply stood there, tilting his head to the side while he was beaten...Well, not really. Only slightly swatted at really. But it was enough to make the point that it needed to. Silly bipedals. Don't they know they should mate? Hmm. Well before Bramble could do much more than catch the treat that was tossed to him he had the female fairy bumping up against him, nudging and pushing at his beak. All it would take would be a quick flick of the neck to toss the fairy back from him, but instead he simply took what she had to give. Standing there, his head tilting down the more she bumped him as his neck bent, but being a bird it wasn't painful at all. Finally he gave a squawk before flapping those wings in just a few quick strokes to make a whoosh of air around them. Once taken care of he hopped and flew off, heading out to do a little hunting of his own as he'd been doing before he spotted the two tiny Fay in the first place.

"Oh he just gets grumpy sometimes. He's normally really nice!" Rapid nodding came from him at that. Of course the gust of wind had him fluttering his own wings to keep him from falling over on his rear. "Hey! No winding like that! You know it makes my wings all fruffled!" A word that was not a word, but it got the point across at least. Though when Bramble left he huffed and just shook his head. Not the best first impression made by the bird to his bestest bestest friend of the fairies.

Though it didn't take much, that first little nudge of hers was enough to send Warren off. Reaching back he took Ferrets hand in his to make it easier for her to keep track of him as it were, before he lifted off. Flying low to the ground, only a foot or so off and zipping through the area rather quickly. Dodging and darting past small bushes and tall flowers. Keen eyes jumping about to keep track of the signs, though he animal had gotten the chance to get a good ways off it wasn't moving very fast, so it shouldn't be to hard to track, right? Coming to the tree he'd seen shaken he stopped, flying down low he pointed at some bark that'd been knocked off the tree a good four foot high. "Ooo. See! This is the tree it bumped!" He poked at the bare skin of the tree just a little and then licked his finger with a smacking of his lips to get a good taste of the tree.

Sure, Warren could just talk to the tree to see what bumped into it and where it had gone, but that would just take all the fun out of playing the game of hunt! It was like hide and seek....Only....Slightly not. Letting Ferrets hand go he then zipped on over to the left, darted to the right, zoomed straight up into the air, and then bolted back down to land on the ground and walk in a small circle near the base of the tree. The entire time his eyes were working overtime to try and spot anything that wasn't normal. A fallen branch, smashed flowers or leaves. Grass leaning the wrong way or trampled down. All things he was trying to find to get a track and figure out just what way it had gone. "Hmmm. Hmmm. Hmmm."

Then suddenly he went right back up a foot or so from the ground and with a strong and confident act he pointed right at a half broken flower that was bending to it's side. "That way!" Equipped with a bottom wiggle and all he was then off, heading for the flower and stopping for only a second to find the next clue, a small bush, even by their standards, that had been trampled on. Making sure to point it out to Ferret as he went he went straight for it as well. Hot on the trail!

[Ferret]

If Warren claimed that Bramble was a perfectly Nice Bird Who Only Occasionally Got The Grumblies then Ferret would believe him, after all Warren would never lie to her! Though she'd still give the birdie a side eye as if to say 'i'm watching you punk' in case he decided to get even more grumbly, though her full attention would soon be focused on her not-so-feathered-friend. Her hand grabbed, Ferret unfurled her leafy wings and took off with Warren as they sped across the ground, her other arm outstretched and smacking any unfortunate flowers that couldn't move out of her way fast enough. She was full of giggles as she watched the flower heads bounce and wave angrily, one even startling a bee as it dipped down for some much needed breakfast.

''Sorry Mr. Bee!''

Whether the fuzzy old boy heard or not she never found out, as the two faeries were busy speeding off to parts unknown and soon the bee was miles and miles and years behind them, already forgotten. When Warren sped them towards a tree and pointed at the markings, Ferret moved closer and took a great big sniiiiiiiiiifffffffffffffffff to see if she could smell anything .. nope! Only tree! Ferret placed her hands on the tree and very nearly almost twisted her brain inside it so she could see what it had seen, but like Warren considered the implication of this making it not very fun at all, and so she stopped herself at the very last second.

''Oh oh oh oh what what?!''

She watched Warren zip and dart and dive and point, the autumn fae flexing her wings and dive bombing the already broken flower in her haste to look at it closely. Yes! It was indeed a broken flower! Looking around, she saw the second track when Warren had pointed it out and sped over to investigate, padding around the small bush and having a good think. She could track people for sure, but this forest was Warren's playground and he had the distinct advantage and the more developed skill set, and so she would gladly follow his lead. Her eyes bright, she whipped back up into the air with a whirling spin that rattled her brains she whizzed around until she was facing Warren again, and darted off to his side.

''What next?? Do you know what it is yet? Have you figured it out? Is it a chipmunk? A deer? An elephant? Antelope? Marmoset? Jaguar? Mammoth? OH WAIT DON'T TELL ME ITS A WHALE!''

Ferret got progressively more excited as she rambled through a veritable zoo of animals, most of which probably didn't even exist on this continent! And all the while she was looking and looking for the next indication that his animal had passed through here. A broken acorn shell. An overturned pebble. A harassed looking bird. Anything!

[tesarikfive]

Warren offered up a big of a giggle, well, a stream of giggles. One that only got more and more giggly the more animals she named off. But when she asked if it was a whale he came to a stop and nearly shook his whole body in the attempt to only shake his head with his hands holding his stomach in a tiny bit of a laughter. He didn't want to make Ferret feel bad, so he tried to hold back, but it really was hard for him in a situation like this.

"No silly! Whales don't have feets or legs or stuff. They swim!"

Reaching out he'd poke her nose with his index finger before sticking out his tongue, but then his eyes lit up and his head tilted to the side and he seemed lost in thought for nearly two whole seconds.

"Oh........Unless it's a Land Whale? Maybe.....Ohohoh! A Whalelephant!"

They were about the right size, well close enough anyway. It's possible! Ok, so it wasn't, but a fairy could dream now couldn't they? The marvles of a whale and elephant, falling madly in love, forsaking their parents to put asside all in order to be together and make big beautiful whalelephant babies! Dwaaaaaa, so sweet! But before he could really dwell on that for to long he caught something out of the corner of his eye and he turned and dipped down once more. Coming to stand right in the middle of a rather large footprint. Placing his hands on his hips he strutted just a little, walking along the obvious padded area where the paw hit the moist dirt, up and over the ridge made by toes, and then peering down and even poking at the claw marks left behind.

"Ohoh! I know what it is!"

Huge beaming smile was given as he looked back to Ferret and did a little dance off joy and happynies. Oh so happy to have solved the riddle of the forest time friend that was nearly knocking over trees and sent them on this adventure in the first place.

"It's a bear! A really.....Really.....REALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLY big one."

His arms streatched out as wide as they could go as he nodded his head rapidly. In fact it was a Dire Bear, but Warren didn't exactly know that word. Yes, he'd seen dire animals before, talked to them, even studied them a bit. But he wasn't familure with humanish culture as much as he'd like to be. To him they were just really big, and slightly different, animals. Smarter too. But that just made them more fun!

"I think it's a super awesome special kind of bear too!"

And then, unless Ferret had in ear plugs, she was bound to hear the creaking of a nearby tree that the dire bear had just bumped into and Warren was again off in that direction. And if Ferret hesitated, even for a split second, she'd have her hand grasped once more as he'd be fast on his way to tugging her along once more and only seconds into the flight they'd be able to see the bear in the distance as it walked along, minding it's own and not paying much attention to anything else really.

[Ferret]

Ferret's eyes gradually grew larger and larger, her lower lip trembling as moisture began to pool within bronzed peepers. No whale in the forest? Not even one? Not even the teeniest tiniest whale that ever whaled having been rolled in on a cart swimming happily in a saucer of fresh sea water? Her little heart just couldn't take the strain, as Warren booped her nose it seemed as if there'd be some serious waterworks in this verdant forest, and there was nothing more heartbreaking than a disillusioned faerie. And that is simple fact. Ask any scholar.

"A whalelephant?!"

Oh never mind, panic over.

Her eyes twinkled as new hope blossomed within, the little creature clutching her hands to her chest and squealing in delight at the thought of dozens of little whalelephant babies tootling all over the place with their cute widdle flippers and their cute widdle trunks and their mahoooooosive ears that wiggle when they're happy and whalelephants are ALWAYS happy because why not? They are awesome! Ferret hummed happily to herself as she imagined a content whalelephant family frolicking in the woods, spinning on her heels as she got carried away with the idea until she almost completely missed what Warren was saying next.

"A BEAR?!"

That was an even bigger deal than the whalelephant that now surely really existed somewhere. Truth.

She had screeched to a halt with her arms and legs akimbo, balanced precariously on one toe as she stared at Warren slack jawed and wide eyed.

"...I'm sorry. A bear???"

This repetition came out as a forced stage whisper that was regrettably not much quieter than her initial yell, creeping over to Warren as quietly as she possibly could (which frankly .. wasn't very quiet, if there was a leaf or twig or anything in her path you can be sure that it got snapped) so as not to scare away the elusive giantomgmassivespecial bear. When she was a hairs distance from Warren, she hurriedly smacked her open palms over her mouth with an audible slap and listened intently while barely daring to breathe .. and there it came. The bear hipchecked another tree.

"Omgisthatitisthatthebearisitgoingtobewoaaaaaaaaaaaaa--"

Her excited voice was .. slightly muffled behind her hands, but became clearer as he grabbed her by the wrist and bodily pulled her after him, the autumn creature initially struggling to get her wings under her in all her excitement but eventually succeeding so that she could keep pace with him: whizzing after his happy blue self and all the while giving up garbled tidbits such as "omgaspecialbear", "wecanhaveteapartieswhatteadospecialbearslike?" and "howbigofacupidon'thaveabigcup!"

Hopefully that poor dire bear has made peace with its gods, and did not have a full afternoon already planned! Especially as once Ferret saw that round fuzzy butt she'd let loose with a squeak of excitement and start dive bombing the poor creature.

"OhmygodthereitisthereitisthereitIS!"

[tesarikfive]

Warren gave a bit of a giggle back toward Ferret as she almost seemed to loose it. Granted he wasn't much different than her, but he'd been in the woods and mountians a long time, growing up in them in fact. So showing her new things was actually very fun for him! Oh how he liked to find and see and poke at new things! Poking things was fun. Tugging her along though he dipped down just a touch to dodge a low hanging twig from a bush before doing a little barrel roll spin and zipping right back up in the air, a touch higher this time.

"Don't know if it likes tea...Hmmm. Maybe?"

Good question! Do bears like tea? OH! Honey Tea! Yup. Honey he knew they liked! He found one trying to loot his secret stash of honey chips once. It ended badly for the bear, poor thing go quite the tongue lashing. Granted Warren felt bad and just gave it some of the honey chips anyway, but still! Tongue lashing before! Never the less they were hot on the tracks of their prey, and with one last little bend there it was, sitting down near a small stream looking down into the water. Probably fishing for food most likely. And with a wiggle of his bottom, a point to the bear, that Ferret obviously already saw, he push those wings into overdrive to get him to skid to a stop in mid air just inches in front of the dire bears face.

"Hello special bear friend!"

A wild wave offered to the bear as he smiled wide as could be. A soft little giggle and then a hand reached out, ever so slowly....Poke. Right on it's nose.

"I'm Warren! This is my very good friend Ferret."

Point toward Ferret incoming, then darting around the bear who'd snorted and shook his head at the poke to his nose. Inspecting that large beast Warren then came down to land on it's back where he fluffed up some of the furr before laying right on down and wiggling around to get comfortable.

"Oooo. Soft! You must like to swim lots and lots!"

Swimming was after all how they got clean and what nots. Then a giggle was given for seemingly no reason. Hands holding his belly before he looked back to Ferret and smiled with a pat for her to join him. Yup, the bear said something funny. Ferret couldn't hear it, but Warren could! He'd have to remember that sometime though so he could tell her what the things say to him.

[Ferret]

Ferret was .. less considerate about the bears personal space than Warren was. Unable to stop her dive bomb now that it had already started, she landed on the creatures rump with all the force of a bullet from a sling shot (though given the bears ample fur, padding, and the fact that Ferret weighed next to nothing probably meant it didn't feel a thing). Arms and legs were flailed as she swam through a lake of bear fur giggling all the while, eventually coming up for air when Warren began to introduce them. Oh! Yes! Manners were a thing!

The lissome fae zipped back up in the air and whizzed around to the bears face where Warren was, and promptly stuck out her hand for it to shake.

"Yes! I'm Ferret! Nice to meet you mr bear friend .. or is it miss bear friend? But still very nice to meet you!"

It took a moment for her to realize the bear wouldn't shake her hand, but her grin did not falter. Instead she just laughed and gave it a pat on the nose before whipping around in a circle and reaching her arms out reaaaally reaaaaaaly wide .. and smushing its muzzle together with her hands.

"Oh mr or miss bear is shhhooooo kyoooooooooot! Does mr or miss bear have any bearbabies? Littlebigbearballsoffluff? Yeeee!"

She left a trail of bronze sparks as she performed a gleeful circuit around Warren and the bear before dropping from the sky and onto the bears back and proceeded to roll end over end over end with a tangle of wings until she bumped right into Warren: rebounding a little so that she could lay on her back and stare at the sky, wheezing for breath. Which was when she noticed he had hold of his tummy and was laughing at something absolutely hilaaaaaaaarious! So up she was on all fours until she was nose to nose with the winter faerie, close enough to feel his chilly aura.

"What is it? What what? Is there something on my back?"

Pulling away she'd twizzle around.

"Wings! I have WINGS on my back!"

A bubble of laughter broke from her throat, the tiny woman amazed with this new information, before stopping suddenly as she fell back down to her knees.

"But that's not particularly funny. What is so funny? Tell meeeeeeeeee .. tell meeeeeee I have to know! It's not nice to keep funnies from friends~!"

Ferret began to bounce up and down on the bears back. That poor poor bear .. one faerie was bad enough, but it had two to deal with! Hopefully Warren's skill with animals extended to preventing faerie induced dire bear rage!