Niyol had been ‘encouraged’ to participate in all the events he could by his parents and family in general. They had challenged him even to do the best at each event and take the best prizes so surely that would mean making sure to start quick with the scavenger hunt. This was like his backyard! He would most certainly dominate the competition right?! He had appeared almost as fast as Zelda had howled, quick to try and cheat his way in but annoyingly, Zelda was quite firm in saying she wanted to wait for a group of others before turning them loose. He wanted to get whatever prize he could to show off to his older sisters and his mom when he got home. Surely he would be great at this! The moment Zelda said the event would begin the boy dashed away, hardly remembering half the list she provided as he ran away.

Bone!
Feather.
Pebble...
Leaf...?
Cone……..?

He repeated the list until really the only things he remembered were the leaf and bone. Leaves were everywhere! That would be easy! Bone couldn’t be too hard right? Niyol was running around trying to find a bone when a girl, he had no idea if was at the gathering or not was making a racket at a tree. Why was she doing that? Honestly he hadn’t been paying too much attention to the competition he was just in it for the win! Still she seemed pretty mad, and up the tree he could see the squirrel chittering holding a… wait! Cone! Pine cone that’s right! Without hesitating the boy ran up the tree as fast as he could, nearly climbing up the girl in the process and throwing himself over one of the lowest branches he could reach. His claws scraped at the bark and his body twisted all around as he tried to right himself onto the branch and getting his paws under him. In shock the squirrel dropped the cone bopping Niyol in the head with it but he quickly snached it with his maw.

Gahhhtt ett!” He said struggling to keep his balance on the branch with all his sudden wriggling and movements. Wahhh-ohhh!” The noises were coming from his maw through his little stolen prize, trying his best to keep his balance still before falling panther like onto the branch and trying not to roll off it. It wasn't like he was HIGH HIGH up, but enough that he knew the wind would get knocked right out of him if he fell. ”Nononononono!” he rushed out of his mouth gripping the branch with his elbows and knees best he could. Though it seemed his future was pretty obvious and emmient regardless.