skunk · brusque · stubborn · fearless · suburban setting · animal companion · non-verbal · stink spray · scavenger · rounded
The moon hangs thin and silver above the rooftops. You step outside, the night air cool against your skin. A soft, persistent rustling pulls your attention to the trash cans lining the alley. There, caught in the faint glow of a distant streetlight, a small, striped skunk is hunched over an overturned bin, wholly absorbed in her scavenging.