Birds sing their summer songs, the perpetual noise of fledglings leaving their nests and the newly freed parents cry out in triumph as they see success flying away. The forest is alive and early afternoon sees the mists of Malignant Felicity have lifted, giving its residents a clear view of their paradisiacal home. The forest floor was thick with needles and fronds from the evergreen trees, branches that had sloughed off the giant redwood trees during winter's freezing temperatures lay upon the ground. Green and brown were everywhere, and the thick foliage kept most of the sunlight out of the territory. Today sees the massive streaked devil lounging on the banks of the river near the edge of his kingdom staring down at the plateau below him. The waterfall nearly drowned out all other noises, so much so that the familiar call of Katniss was only a faint vibration on his majesty's eardrums.

There were things on his mind, a laundry list of tasks needing to be done that seemed never ending and a constant bother. It seemed to be disappearing, this stagnant atmosphere of inertia. His wolves were at least all here, save a couple of them. The demonic king rose from his reclining spot and tilted his head to let the girl know he was on his way to her. Tracing the boundary line, Lucifer wondered if there were any wolves who might be willing to live with monsters, true monsters. They had yet to show if they were worth all of his blood and pain, it left the king of darkness wondering if the wolves under his care would pay his sacrifice back with hard work. There was hope, things were starting to pick up, more wolves were going about their tasks.

Katniss was one of those wolves, and Lucifer hoped there was news from the neighboring packs. There was no true need to have an alliance with another pack, Lucifer just wanted to ensure no other pack would attack his without having some sort of backup. The bulky emperor comes upon his subject with an effortless stride that spoke magnitudes about his confidence and power, his striped tail raises to wave to his subordinate. "Good afternoon, Katniss." Those hellfire eyes stare at her with a kind flame to them, a smile gracing his white lips as he greeted her. "What news have you brought me today, hm?" Sitting to show he was relaxed, Lucifer waits for Katniss to report her findings to him. She was the first to come to him like this, with the progress made, he was proud of her and glad she had come home to him. He had not seen many wolves in his pack until the meeting. He needed them all to be busy. Winter was coming, the cold was approaching and Lucifer needed his pack to be well fed, well worked, and comfortable.