Open The Frost Fair of 1765

[Amnesty Greysoul]

Someone pushed up through the crowd beside Amnesty, and the white fox had only a moment to think that she had seen the sable before-- the orange-patterned blanket cape the mustelid had just unclipped was wonderfully distinct-- when someone shouted from right next to her and she became suddenly aware of both Cricket's proximity and the location of the little reptile's fingers. She didn't mean to. It wasn't dignified. But Amnesty yipped. The part that was intentional was her own paw snapping down with the goal of closing, firm and harmless, on the would-be pickpocket's wrist.

It wouldn't be disastrous if she lost the contents of her pocket. A few gilders she had hoped to spend at the stalls, a variety of herbs both medicinal and fragrant. Not disastrous, but absolutely annoying. And not the sort of thing that was going to do much in the way of longterm good for the little urchin, regardless.

"Oy, I don't think that's your pocket, now, is it?"

@Cricket

 

[Kinza Rainclaw]

Kinza was having no more luck than her brother on the ice. Sitting with her backside going numb on the ground, be-skated footpaws spread out, she huffed and tried to catch her breath and dignity. Maybe joining in the snowball fight would prove more fun if she could find her way over there without asking anyone for help.

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The approach of another large beast, a wolverine, surprised Zara. By his description she assumed he must be the new Minister of Commerce, being a well-dressed wolverine. She was out of earshot of the compliment paid to her, focusing instead upon the gift Ruffano opened. Some sort of drab old prosthetic hand. What a strange present. Far less beautiful than the bracelet the fox then gave in return.

"Oh, how lovely," she remarked, only to then be offered a gift of her own by the presumed-Minister. "Why, thank you, it's simply darling!" The trinket was immediately attached to her wrist.

Quickwhistle made his introduction and so she waited to hear the confirmation of her benefactor before she made her own introduction.

@Callisto Bluemoon @Ruffano Quickwhistle @Pomodu​