Post by Maezikyn on Jul 31, 2014 5:08:32 GMT
(20:22) * &Saigh nodded some peering at the visiting beta as if to be sure he wasnt broken or badly damaged in any place. She had not bet their new alpha formally but knew if she returned him to Teiko in anything less then the condition she had received him in he would have her tail, though she seemed satisfied that he wasnt too badly off. To his question she shrugged and spoke dismissively A few scrapes and bruises here and there but nothing that will do any lasting damage she said, flexing the toes of her tender paw as if subconciously making sure she wasnt going to loose them. Ill survive she said in conclusion. Infact, I was going to get a bite to eat, care to join me? she offered as she got to her paws and started over to the cache. Her tail swished and swayed behind her as she dipped her muzzle into the cache and extracted a portion of the bison, before settling down to -eat wondering if Trystian would join.
(20:22) <&Styx> || Saigh deducts a portion of Bison from the cache ||
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(20:23) <&Styx> || Kivanuu || Female || Unpaired || Unlisted Gender || When life knocks you down; get up, dust yourself off and tell life it hits like a bitch. || Health: 95 ||
(20:23) * Leif` sets mode: +h Kivanuu
(20:24) * Trystian smiled and seemed satisfied that saigh would be all right, he nodded to her request to join her. So he padded up to the cache with her and took out some bison to -eat also.
(20:24) <&Styx> || Trystian is stuffed! ||
(20:24) <&Styx> || Trystian deducts a portion of Bison from the cache ||
(20:29) * %Kivanuu had been snoozing nearby the cache, her head hidden beneath her tail and her earthy tones blending effortlessly with the foliage around
her. However, the sound of movement and voices roused her. Perking up she blinked her bluegrey hues heavily and huffed, a bit proturbed at having been woken up. Though she supposed it was her own fault for sleeping so close to such a well traveled part
(20:29) * %Kivanuu of the territory. Regardless she rose, stretched out and shook her head, her limp right ear flopping about as she did. Awake enough to socialize she ambled over, her tassel whiping about eagerly as her ears pulled back submissivly as she approached her mother. Running her figure alongside the silver female she would nose her lovingly. 14Hello Moma. she said sleepily and smiled to Trystian.
(20:29) * %Kivanuu 14Hello Twist she said, the remaining bits of her puppy slurr tugging at the word.
(20:34) * %Frost is snoozing under a tree, finally catching some really good zzzz's. She is curled up, nose to tail, though every once in awhile her ears twitch to the sounds of their home. She looked every inch the overgrown silverwhite puppy. She yawned, on the edge of being awake and asleep, then her jaws snapped shut and she continued to dream.
(20:35) * &Kazmarez had been gone for two months... two months longer than he'd ever want to be away from his family. While the time had been forced on him, and while he would have rather been elsewhere, somehow he understood to some extent how good it was to have been kept away. He was alive, albeit still not the top of his game, but he -could- return home now and that was the most important part. The scars of ...cut
(20:35) <00&Kazmarez> contin... his highly extended scouting venture were visible on his slightly limping foreleg as he ambled through the forest. His fur was slightly shorter there and it was painful to press down with his entire weight, but it was nothing like a few weeks ago. No, now he could walk... even run if he absolutely had to... and now he choose to walk home. Lifting his head skyward, he breathed deep as he passed ...cut
(20:35) <00&Kazmarez> contin... into the territory. It would take hours to amble his way toward the clearing, but once he detected the scent of his family, a smile spread across his face. He was so close to home... somewhere he never thought he'd be again... Kaz wondered how he would be greeted... Being gone this long, they probably thought he was dead - he did too at one time... More than anything, he hoped Saigh was alright. ...cut
(20:35) <00&Kazmarez> contin... He knew how painful it was to loose Aza... Saigh had been on his mind every moment of every day, just hoping she was alright and that he wouldn't come home to her being lost. It had every step closer to the clearing that much more difficult. But he had to return - no matter the circumstances.
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20:40) * &Saigh smiled as Trystian came to join her in the meal. She was glad he was open to the offering, many visiting wolves had problems sharing the spoils of hunts, though she supposed maybe it helped that he had assisted in the kill. She gnawed idley at the portion she had before perking up at the sound of a familiar voice. She grinned as her daughter turned up, sleep still evidant in her features Well hello there sleepyhead she teased kindly pressing her nose lovingly between ehr daughters ears before letting her pass. She watched as her daughter moved past her and grabbed her own bit of midnight snack before settling down. They ate in companionable silence for a while before her ears twitched. Something deep inside her told her she needed to go... something called her out to the forest. She had felt like this many times, mostly in the middle of the night when a dream of her mate would compell her to search the forest desperately for him only to end up empty pawed once more. She folded back her ears and frowned some, concidering ignoring the enternal pull but as she ate it pressed more prominantly against her mind. Finally, discarding the remains of her meal she stood and cleared her throat. I need to finish my rounds. I trust you two will be alright here. she said kindly, nosing Kivanuu and nodding to Tryst. Hope to see you around more she said politey before turning to the forest, her heart pulling her that way, and up toward the badlands where her mates scent disappeared. She knwe the disappointment that would follow... but the hope that fueled her was almost enough to take the edge off the pain.
(20:41) <%Kivanuu> D
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(20:45) * Trystian nodded to saigh and looked over at kivanuu, he smiled at the pup. "Good to see you too, young one!" He smiled wanting to make a good impression on the pup.
(20:48) * %Kivanuu frowned slightly as her mother rose but quickly forced a smile as she nuzzled her. She had been worried about her mother for a long time... she did this alot, only she knew she was not scouting or 'doing her rounds' at this hour... she knew what she was doing. Looking for her dad... again. It wasnt that she had lost hope that he would return, just accepted that he was not there. It
(20:48) * %Kivanuu still hurt her to think abut so for the most part she just tried not to. She just sighed as her mother departed and looked to Tryst and smiled once more, though it was clearly weak You too... she said but not wanting to be a downer she nibbled a bit more of her dinner before speaking You havnt left yet? she asked, tilting her head. She didnt mean for it to come off as rude as it sounded
(20:48) * %Kivanuu but she was curious. He had been here for a while now....
(20:51) * &Kazmarez continued limping towards the clearing - still quite a way off from it at this time. Even if he had been upwind of it, they would have never known he was there. But that would change soon as he approached with renewed strength. His leg hurt a lot and normally he would have stopped to rest as he had several times already. But he was so close to his home, he didn't want to pause. Scents of the ...cut
(20:51) <&Kazmarez> contin... pack now grew stronger and his smile increased as he detected the scent of his mate. It was old, but within the last day or two. She was still alive... his tail began to sway faster. "Almost home..." *he whispered to himself* "...it's almost over..." *he said with a chuckle - in good spirits considering all that had transpired. He thought about howling... but he didn't want the entire pack to ...cut
(20:51) <&Kazmarez> contin... run into him. he was hoping one or two scouts might be out this time of night instead. It would be easier for him that way* ...end
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(20:58) * %Frost was still dozing, for now anyway. She was actually having a really good dream and it brought a smile to her lupine lips. She was in that hazy state of sleep where you're dreaming but not too far from waking up. Every now and then a little snore would escape her.
(21:01) * &Saigh was rather proud of herself, she had managed to extract herself with some amount of dignity though she knew she was not pulling the wool over anyones eyes, at least not those who knew her best. She had overheard that there was some concern for her.... wellbeing. Her frantic searches and departures had not gone unnoticed. She knew her wolves did not question her leadership.... just her over all wellness. She ahd been barely holding it together for the last few months and she was greatful that no one had confronted her about her excursions, for fear she may loose it and actually crack infront of someone. No... she saved that for the forest. She managed to hold herself together for a short distance into the woods but once she was sure she was out of sight of everyone, and no one had followed her she did what she could never bring herself to do infront of the others..... mourn. She could not bring herself to the conclusion that her mate was dead, that would kill her Spirit, a fate worse then death. No, but he was lost. Lost to her and their pups. She closed her eyes, feeling the all to familiar rush of emotion pour over her, dragging her under like the current of an under toe and finally.... release. She broke into a full out sprint through the forest. Bobing this way and that, weaving through the foliage and letting her paws assult the undergroath. Her emotions poured from her as she ran. Anger. Hurt. Sadness. Loss. Everything. She let it all flow as she navigated the terrain at breaknecking pace. Eventually she felt nothing except the burnning of her muscles and the slight cramp that formed in her chest from pushing her body just past its breaking point. Eventually she slowed, Panting heavily until she simply dragged her paws, totally worn out... She perked her ears to the sounds of the forest and realize how far she had come... she was nearly on the other side of the lake now. She concidered going back but... she didnt want to. Not yet. As she had so many nights before she sat back and tilted her head back. A song pouring from her very soul, a song that called longingly, almost frantically for her love to return... Her sad song carried on for many long minutes before her baying alto was reduced to nothing by the breeze and she let herself lay down, curling in on herself, needing a moment to compose herself before getting the energy to return to the pack once more.
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(21:02) <&Styx> || Trystian || Guest || Unpaired || Gender: male || Let them hate, so long as they fear me! || Health: 100 ||
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(21:24) * &Kazmarez had almost reached the lake when his ears perked up to the sound of a howl. It wasn't just any howl though... a howl dripping with mourn and sorrow - of loss and a broken heart. Delivered on the winds with a voice of longing... It took Kaz a moment to collect himself after hearing it. He had only been gone for a couple months, but it didn't matter - it had felt like a lifetime. To hear her ...cut
(21:24) <&Kazmarez> contin... voice again was just about a dream. Even yesterday he had no idea he would ever hear it again... nor did he think his paws would ever step into their territory. But that voice was the one voice he'd never forget. Unconsciously, his paws turned and he moved in her direction. Even though his right foreleg burned out in pain, he carried on after the sound as if he had to capture it. Breaking into a ...cut
(21:24) <&Kazmarez> contin... lope he decided it was time... she was there, he knew there was no other way and no other time to break his silence. He didn't want her to leave. So he lifted his head up as he ran and let out a howl of his own. Not a howl of mourning or sorrow - no those howls had been abandoned and they were cold and stale somewhere on the winds of the past. This howl was joyful - a howl in celebration after ...cut
(21:24) <&Kazmarez> contin... finding something wonderful. And he had... the most wonderful thing in his life... the most wonderful wolf in his life - he found his mate once again. And though he couldn't see her or not even smell her yet, he knew she was there. He could feel it now - somehow in his heart he knew where she was. And as painful as it was, he would not stop until his eyes beheld her*
(21:35) * &Saigh lay in a silver heap on the forest floor, slowly feeling herself coming back together, her composure returning. When she no longer felt like the slightest move would shatter her all over again she slowly shifted to pull her legs beneath her and then pushed against the ground, rising stiff and sore. The run had really done her in but, as always had served its purpose. She had turned to start the lonely trip home. Though she had hoped to find her mate, she did not expect the venture to merit any grand results. Time after time for the last two months, she had done this exact thing with no change in result. In essance... the exact definition of crazy. She didn't think she was crazy... but she supposed most that were didnt know they were... she was so caught up in an internal debate that she almost missed the howl that was returned on the breeze. When it finally resonated through her thoughts she found a spark of ember laired in her chest. How dare someone send up such a joyful song so soon after her cries. What rude, inconciderate, jer--- Her thoughts came to a screeching hault and she felt her leg joints faulter for a moment. She stumbled forward a few steps, looking back over her shoulder, her jaws parted in a mixture of shock and awe. She stared blankely at the forest, as if the trees had all just spoken to her.... The voice of her mate climbed higher and higher, filling her ears until she shook them into silence. This was it. She had finally lost her mind. She had awoken many times in the night, having caught a lingering bit of his scent or having thought she felt his body pressed gainst hers, but she had never heard him..... she looked around a bit frantically, she couldnt go back to the pack like this... they would dethrone her for sure if she told them what she had heard.... again his song rose in her ears and this time she saw a large owl fly upward from the treetops, clearly disgruntled by the noise. Though, if the avian heard it as well.... she may not be crazy... it may actually be... "Kazmarez.... "she said her beloved's name and took a few tentitive steps forward. She dared not get her hopes up but her heart would not bend to reason as it thundered in her chest. "Kazmarez!!!" she called louder as she headed back toward the sound of her mates call. Al thoughts were lost now, all rationality lost. All that mattered was finding the source of the call she knew so well.
(21:50) * &Kazmarez kept his paws thundering against the ground - now wincing with every step of his foreleg, he had to slow down a little bit to prevent from keeling over in pain or tripping over something - especially this late at night. He then let out a second howl just to make sure that she heard the first one and didn't think it was just her mind playing tricks on her. He hoped that, in short time, he ...cut
(21:50) <&Kazmarez> contin... would be within sight of her, but it was difficult at night. Slowing down a bit to allow his leg a little reprieve, he heard the faint voice of his name on the winds. His heart lept - hearing her howl was one thing... it was a distant contact. But hearing her very words... it was such a wonderful moment* "Saigh!!!" *he shouted back into the darkness of the forest, hoping she would hear where he ...cut
(21:50) <&Kazmarez> contin... was. he continued to slow down to a walk now that he knew she was near - his leg gave him a choice of stopping or collapsing, so he attempted to make the best of standing there just waiting for that silver-coated wolf to come bounding through the forest toward him. It didn't take very much time... as if the moon itself was bounding through the forest, Saigh's form shown through the night - a ...cut
(21:50) <&Kazmarez> contin... little glimmer at first, but bigger than bigger* "Saigh!!" *he shouted again taking a few steps closer. shiny glints starting to fall from his eyes*
(22:01) * &Saigh searched frantically, she wanted so badly for this to be real and thought if this was a trick her mind and heart were playing on her that it would be a cruel one indeed. Her heart was leaping out of her chest and she was so overcome that she didnt even think to use her other senses. As a former huntress, her nose was he greatest aid. She took a moment to scent at the air and to her releif a familiare scent that reminded her of home, and family and love filled her. It was him!!! She knew it was!! She followed the scent and as if it were not all the confirmation she needed, his voice echoed out, calling her name. It was possibly the most amazing, wonderful sound she had heard in so long. She couldnt possibly move fast enough. Despite the grueling feat she ahd put her body through, the pain and soreness had been forgotten, her body and mine revialized by his voice and as if the devil himself were on her heels she ran as fast as she could. She skid to a hault atop a nearby knoll, her dark rimmed ears perked forward and her salt and pepper frame bathed in silver moonlight. Her chrome hue searched the landscape until they found what they were looking for. There, just past the trees was a face she had longed so badly to see for the last few months. Her heart swelled and after months of being so fractured it ran the risk of shattering but she didnt even care. Kaz... she said, her voice full of disbelief. Her brain seemed to have slow receptors at the moment because before she kenw what was happening she was barreling down toward her long lost mate and left claw marks in the earth as she skid to a hault but not before plwing her face into his neck scruff. She couldnt manage words, only a series of high pitched whines. She breathed in deeply ,drawing in his scent. It was still so familiar to her. Tail lashing about behind her with enough force to knock out anyone so foolish as to stand behind her or whip the leaves clear off an unsuspecting branch. She nuzzled and licked him all over his face, whining almost pathetically and jabbering stupidly "Kaz... How have you... Where did you... I never thought.... Your here .... I didnt.... I cant.... OH Ive missed you!!! "she finally settled on, unable to complete a single thought except that.
(22:17) * &Kazmarez smiled so wide at the sight of his mate he nearly tore a hole in the side of his mouth. He whined up at her and woofed, trying to get her to come to him as his leg just wasn't going to have any more of that moving thing. Luckily, he barily needed to prompt her before she was bounding at him. A momentary withdraw from her came as she arrived as he anticipated an impact. Luckily she stopped ...cut
(22:17) <&Kazmarez> contin... just short and the withdraw was followed by an immediate onslaught of nuzzles to her ruff. He whined joyfully and made an assortment of cute sounds that were for her alone - so overjoyed to see her again. Her words were heard but not processed as he asked similar jibberish, just not sure how to answer or ask in plain wolfspeak* "Saigh... I can't believe...I never thought.... how are you... I ...cut
(22:17) <&Kazmarez> contin... missed you!!!!" *he concluded in tune with her as he held his head against her ruff, only sincing a time or two as their weight shifted back and forth between each other's forms. Not to mention the tails that were acting more like windshield wipers. He withdrew only to lick at her cheek and muzzle, covering her face with licks and kisses* "I never thought I'd see you again..." *he managed to get ...cut
(22:17) <&Kazmarez> contin... out before responding to one of her questions* "I'm wonderful now that I am home... I almost didn't make it..." *he said with a deep breath and smile, just happy he did*
(22:17) * Cyote is now known as Cyote
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(22:24) * &Saigh seemed to be hyper sensitive to everything about him. His scent filled her and overpowered everything else, though there was something strange about made it no less familiar. His voice seemed to echo in her ears, literally music to her ears. Everywhere he nuzzled or kissed seemed to radiate heat from his touch and her entire body sang with joy at being near him. She nuzzled so closely
(22:24) * &Saigh into him that one might think she were trying to fuse into his frame. As he tried to speak she lathered him in affection, nosing, nuzzling and kissing his muzzle and cheeks. A little bit more coherent now, she heard his words and echoed them. "I never thought Id see you again either. I thought you might be..." she trailed, unable to even let the thought cross her mind even as he stood flesh
(22:24) * &Saigh and blood well in front of her. Her heart still thundering in her chest as her blue-grey hues widened. "Almost didn't make it?? What do you mean??" she said, tilting her head dramatically, looking him over and only now noticing the prickles of newly grown fur around his leg and that he seemed to be favoring it. "What happened..." she finally brought herself to ask, though she found it physically
(22:25) * &Saigh impossible to separate herself from him now that she had him before her and sat directly in front of him embracing him in a wolven hug she refused to release him from.
22:40) * &Kazmarez stayed close to her, neither wanting to loose contact with her form nor wanting to depart from the softness of her fur. He stayed glued to his mate only settling to his haunches to let some pressure off of his foreleg. He stayed tucked next to her, leaning slightly into his mate's form. It was a little comical - the giant leaning into his much smaller mate. But he knew he could always lean ...cut
(22:40) <&Kazmarez> contin... on her and she would help him through anything. He let out a soft sigh and nosed her muzzle before looking to his paw* "I was out on a scouting trip... there's a place we had not gone before - farther from here... and I smelled something unusual, so I decided to check out what it was..." *he said before shaking his head thinking it was so stupid* "The next thing I knew, some sort of creature ...cut
(22:40) <&Kazmarez> contin... grabbed my leg and just about broke it! It was like a... bone beast that had it's vine in the ground... teeth as sharp as cougar's, and the pressure was so great..." *he winced just thinking about it* "I can't describe how painful it was... but I couldn't get out of it and it just tore my leg all to pieces..." *he continued*
(22:45) * &Saigh 's eyes grew wide as he described the beast that had bit him and managed to find the ability to tear her muzzle from his coat to examine his leg it looked alright, though the skin was sinched strangely in one spot, like a healed wound though it looked rather.... clean? She couldn't describe it. She had seen bad wounds like that heal.... assuming they did heal... and they usually looked much more jagged and puffy but this was different. Still... the leg was there, Kaz was there... that was all that mattered... well almost. She felt guilty, Only now thinking of her youngest son "And what of Verloren?" she asked, her eyes wide as she looked about for her apricot colored offspring and felt her heart begin to sink again as she realized not even his scent lingered on Kaz. She began to panic... perhaps the ground creatures with teeth had gotten him... he was so tiny... just about anything larger then a bird could swallow him in a gulp. Her vision began to swim in front of her at the possibility.
(22:55) * &Kazmarez shook his head to her about Verloren and gave an odd expression, one that explained that there was so much more to the story than he was able to explain* "Verloren is fine... all of our pups are. None have been hurt - yet, unfortunately, none are really accessable... I have found out so much in these two moons I have been away... all I can say is that they are alright and are being cared for ...cut
(22:55) <&Kazmarez> contin... and looked after. I even saw my older brother..." *he said with a chuckle knowing she probably thought he was hallucinating. Perhaps there in flesh and blood, but completely out to lunch in the brain* "I promise, I'll explain everything... but we should get back to the clearing. My leg still hurts a lot and at my pace it will be almost morning..." *he said with a soft smile and nuzzled against ...cut
(22:55) <&Kazmarez> contin... her ruff softly murring* ...end
(23:01) * &Saigh was at the breaking point of a panic attack but his words brought her back from the edge... though she didnt understand them. She wanted to know more, especially when he mentioned "all of them" but she understood that he was likely as exhausted by all of this as she was and trusted that he would share his knowledge with her when the time came. She nodded, pulling her composure back into place before circling aroundh im so that she stood on his right side. Though she was smaller then he was, she was no pushover. She would brace herself to help her mate as they went along, bearing some of his weight to help keep the pressure off his injured limb. They moved along in slow, companionable silence. She wasnt sure what was on his mind, or what all he had been through but one thing was certain. In this very moment it was as if her soul had been put back together, She was still in denial though... and while she realized that she would likely wake up, sprawled out on the forest floor curled up and alone come morning, it was nice to live in this moment, this precious amazing moment in which she was reunited with Kazmarez and leading him back home. To their pack and to their family. Of course... that would make the shock of him still being therei n the morning all that more amazing. The two moved slowly through the forest, back home. Reuinited once more.
(20:22) <&Styx> || Saigh deducts a portion of Bison from the cache ||
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(20:23) <&Styx> || Kivanuu || Female || Unpaired || Unlisted Gender || When life knocks you down; get up, dust yourself off and tell life it hits like a bitch. || Health: 95 ||
(20:23) * Leif` sets mode: +h Kivanuu
(20:24) * Trystian smiled and seemed satisfied that saigh would be all right, he nodded to her request to join her. So he padded up to the cache with her and took out some bison to -eat also.
(20:24) <&Styx> || Trystian is stuffed! ||
(20:24) <&Styx> || Trystian deducts a portion of Bison from the cache ||
(20:29) * %Kivanuu had been snoozing nearby the cache, her head hidden beneath her tail and her earthy tones blending effortlessly with the foliage around
her. However, the sound of movement and voices roused her. Perking up she blinked her bluegrey hues heavily and huffed, a bit proturbed at having been woken up. Though she supposed it was her own fault for sleeping so close to such a well traveled part
(20:29) * %Kivanuu of the territory. Regardless she rose, stretched out and shook her head, her limp right ear flopping about as she did. Awake enough to socialize she ambled over, her tassel whiping about eagerly as her ears pulled back submissivly as she approached her mother. Running her figure alongside the silver female she would nose her lovingly. 14Hello Moma. she said sleepily and smiled to Trystian.
(20:29) * %Kivanuu 14Hello Twist she said, the remaining bits of her puppy slurr tugging at the word.
(20:34) * %Frost is snoozing under a tree, finally catching some really good zzzz's. She is curled up, nose to tail, though every once in awhile her ears twitch to the sounds of their home. She looked every inch the overgrown silverwhite puppy. She yawned, on the edge of being awake and asleep, then her jaws snapped shut and she continued to dream.
(20:35) * &Kazmarez had been gone for two months... two months longer than he'd ever want to be away from his family. While the time had been forced on him, and while he would have rather been elsewhere, somehow he understood to some extent how good it was to have been kept away. He was alive, albeit still not the top of his game, but he -could- return home now and that was the most important part. The scars of ...cut
(20:35) <00&Kazmarez> contin... his highly extended scouting venture were visible on his slightly limping foreleg as he ambled through the forest. His fur was slightly shorter there and it was painful to press down with his entire weight, but it was nothing like a few weeks ago. No, now he could walk... even run if he absolutely had to... and now he choose to walk home. Lifting his head skyward, he breathed deep as he passed ...cut
(20:35) <00&Kazmarez> contin... into the territory. It would take hours to amble his way toward the clearing, but once he detected the scent of his family, a smile spread across his face. He was so close to home... somewhere he never thought he'd be again... Kaz wondered how he would be greeted... Being gone this long, they probably thought he was dead - he did too at one time... More than anything, he hoped Saigh was alright. ...cut
(20:35) <00&Kazmarez> contin... He knew how painful it was to loose Aza... Saigh had been on his mind every moment of every day, just hoping she was alright and that he wouldn't come home to her being lost. It had every step closer to the clearing that much more difficult. But he had to return - no matter the circumstances.
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20:40) * &Saigh smiled as Trystian came to join her in the meal. She was glad he was open to the offering, many visiting wolves had problems sharing the spoils of hunts, though she supposed maybe it helped that he had assisted in the kill. She gnawed idley at the portion she had before perking up at the sound of a familiar voice. She grinned as her daughter turned up, sleep still evidant in her features Well hello there sleepyhead she teased kindly pressing her nose lovingly between ehr daughters ears before letting her pass. She watched as her daughter moved past her and grabbed her own bit of midnight snack before settling down. They ate in companionable silence for a while before her ears twitched. Something deep inside her told her she needed to go... something called her out to the forest. She had felt like this many times, mostly in the middle of the night when a dream of her mate would compell her to search the forest desperately for him only to end up empty pawed once more. She folded back her ears and frowned some, concidering ignoring the enternal pull but as she ate it pressed more prominantly against her mind. Finally, discarding the remains of her meal she stood and cleared her throat. I need to finish my rounds. I trust you two will be alright here. she said kindly, nosing Kivanuu and nodding to Tryst. Hope to see you around more she said politey before turning to the forest, her heart pulling her that way, and up toward the badlands where her mates scent disappeared. She knwe the disappointment that would follow... but the hope that fueled her was almost enough to take the edge off the pain.
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(20:45) * Trystian nodded to saigh and looked over at kivanuu, he smiled at the pup. "Good to see you too, young one!" He smiled wanting to make a good impression on the pup.
(20:48) * %Kivanuu frowned slightly as her mother rose but quickly forced a smile as she nuzzled her. She had been worried about her mother for a long time... she did this alot, only she knew she was not scouting or 'doing her rounds' at this hour... she knew what she was doing. Looking for her dad... again. It wasnt that she had lost hope that he would return, just accepted that he was not there. It
(20:48) * %Kivanuu still hurt her to think abut so for the most part she just tried not to. She just sighed as her mother departed and looked to Tryst and smiled once more, though it was clearly weak You too... she said but not wanting to be a downer she nibbled a bit more of her dinner before speaking You havnt left yet? she asked, tilting her head. She didnt mean for it to come off as rude as it sounded
(20:48) * %Kivanuu but she was curious. He had been here for a while now....
(20:51) * &Kazmarez continued limping towards the clearing - still quite a way off from it at this time. Even if he had been upwind of it, they would have never known he was there. But that would change soon as he approached with renewed strength. His leg hurt a lot and normally he would have stopped to rest as he had several times already. But he was so close to his home, he didn't want to pause. Scents of the ...cut
(20:51) <&Kazmarez> contin... pack now grew stronger and his smile increased as he detected the scent of his mate. It was old, but within the last day or two. She was still alive... his tail began to sway faster. "Almost home..." *he whispered to himself* "...it's almost over..." *he said with a chuckle - in good spirits considering all that had transpired. He thought about howling... but he didn't want the entire pack to ...cut
(20:51) <&Kazmarez> contin... run into him. he was hoping one or two scouts might be out this time of night instead. It would be easier for him that way* ...end
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(20:58) * %Frost was still dozing, for now anyway. She was actually having a really good dream and it brought a smile to her lupine lips. She was in that hazy state of sleep where you're dreaming but not too far from waking up. Every now and then a little snore would escape her.
(21:01) * &Saigh was rather proud of herself, she had managed to extract herself with some amount of dignity though she knew she was not pulling the wool over anyones eyes, at least not those who knew her best. She had overheard that there was some concern for her.... wellbeing. Her frantic searches and departures had not gone unnoticed. She knew her wolves did not question her leadership.... just her over all wellness. She ahd been barely holding it together for the last few months and she was greatful that no one had confronted her about her excursions, for fear she may loose it and actually crack infront of someone. No... she saved that for the forest. She managed to hold herself together for a short distance into the woods but once she was sure she was out of sight of everyone, and no one had followed her she did what she could never bring herself to do infront of the others..... mourn. She could not bring herself to the conclusion that her mate was dead, that would kill her Spirit, a fate worse then death. No, but he was lost. Lost to her and their pups. She closed her eyes, feeling the all to familiar rush of emotion pour over her, dragging her under like the current of an under toe and finally.... release. She broke into a full out sprint through the forest. Bobing this way and that, weaving through the foliage and letting her paws assult the undergroath. Her emotions poured from her as she ran. Anger. Hurt. Sadness. Loss. Everything. She let it all flow as she navigated the terrain at breaknecking pace. Eventually she felt nothing except the burnning of her muscles and the slight cramp that formed in her chest from pushing her body just past its breaking point. Eventually she slowed, Panting heavily until she simply dragged her paws, totally worn out... She perked her ears to the sounds of the forest and realize how far she had come... she was nearly on the other side of the lake now. She concidered going back but... she didnt want to. Not yet. As she had so many nights before she sat back and tilted her head back. A song pouring from her very soul, a song that called longingly, almost frantically for her love to return... Her sad song carried on for many long minutes before her baying alto was reduced to nothing by the breeze and she let herself lay down, curling in on herself, needing a moment to compose herself before getting the energy to return to the pack once more.
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(21:02) <&Styx> || Trystian || Guest || Unpaired || Gender: male || Let them hate, so long as they fear me! || Health: 100 ||
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(21:24) * &Kazmarez had almost reached the lake when his ears perked up to the sound of a howl. It wasn't just any howl though... a howl dripping with mourn and sorrow - of loss and a broken heart. Delivered on the winds with a voice of longing... It took Kaz a moment to collect himself after hearing it. He had only been gone for a couple months, but it didn't matter - it had felt like a lifetime. To hear her ...cut
(21:24) <&Kazmarez> contin... voice again was just about a dream. Even yesterday he had no idea he would ever hear it again... nor did he think his paws would ever step into their territory. But that voice was the one voice he'd never forget. Unconsciously, his paws turned and he moved in her direction. Even though his right foreleg burned out in pain, he carried on after the sound as if he had to capture it. Breaking into a ...cut
(21:24) <&Kazmarez> contin... lope he decided it was time... she was there, he knew there was no other way and no other time to break his silence. He didn't want her to leave. So he lifted his head up as he ran and let out a howl of his own. Not a howl of mourning or sorrow - no those howls had been abandoned and they were cold and stale somewhere on the winds of the past. This howl was joyful - a howl in celebration after ...cut
(21:24) <&Kazmarez> contin... finding something wonderful. And he had... the most wonderful thing in his life... the most wonderful wolf in his life - he found his mate once again. And though he couldn't see her or not even smell her yet, he knew she was there. He could feel it now - somehow in his heart he knew where she was. And as painful as it was, he would not stop until his eyes beheld her*
(21:35) * &Saigh lay in a silver heap on the forest floor, slowly feeling herself coming back together, her composure returning. When she no longer felt like the slightest move would shatter her all over again she slowly shifted to pull her legs beneath her and then pushed against the ground, rising stiff and sore. The run had really done her in but, as always had served its purpose. She had turned to start the lonely trip home. Though she had hoped to find her mate, she did not expect the venture to merit any grand results. Time after time for the last two months, she had done this exact thing with no change in result. In essance... the exact definition of crazy. She didn't think she was crazy... but she supposed most that were didnt know they were... she was so caught up in an internal debate that she almost missed the howl that was returned on the breeze. When it finally resonated through her thoughts she found a spark of ember laired in her chest. How dare someone send up such a joyful song so soon after her cries. What rude, inconciderate, jer--- Her thoughts came to a screeching hault and she felt her leg joints faulter for a moment. She stumbled forward a few steps, looking back over her shoulder, her jaws parted in a mixture of shock and awe. She stared blankely at the forest, as if the trees had all just spoken to her.... The voice of her mate climbed higher and higher, filling her ears until she shook them into silence. This was it. She had finally lost her mind. She had awoken many times in the night, having caught a lingering bit of his scent or having thought she felt his body pressed gainst hers, but she had never heard him..... she looked around a bit frantically, she couldnt go back to the pack like this... they would dethrone her for sure if she told them what she had heard.... again his song rose in her ears and this time she saw a large owl fly upward from the treetops, clearly disgruntled by the noise. Though, if the avian heard it as well.... she may not be crazy... it may actually be... "Kazmarez.... "she said her beloved's name and took a few tentitive steps forward. She dared not get her hopes up but her heart would not bend to reason as it thundered in her chest. "Kazmarez!!!" she called louder as she headed back toward the sound of her mates call. Al thoughts were lost now, all rationality lost. All that mattered was finding the source of the call she knew so well.
(21:50) * &Kazmarez kept his paws thundering against the ground - now wincing with every step of his foreleg, he had to slow down a little bit to prevent from keeling over in pain or tripping over something - especially this late at night. He then let out a second howl just to make sure that she heard the first one and didn't think it was just her mind playing tricks on her. He hoped that, in short time, he ...cut
(21:50) <&Kazmarez> contin... would be within sight of her, but it was difficult at night. Slowing down a bit to allow his leg a little reprieve, he heard the faint voice of his name on the winds. His heart lept - hearing her howl was one thing... it was a distant contact. But hearing her very words... it was such a wonderful moment* "Saigh!!!" *he shouted back into the darkness of the forest, hoping she would hear where he ...cut
(21:50) <&Kazmarez> contin... was. he continued to slow down to a walk now that he knew she was near - his leg gave him a choice of stopping or collapsing, so he attempted to make the best of standing there just waiting for that silver-coated wolf to come bounding through the forest toward him. It didn't take very much time... as if the moon itself was bounding through the forest, Saigh's form shown through the night - a ...cut
(21:50) <&Kazmarez> contin... little glimmer at first, but bigger than bigger* "Saigh!!" *he shouted again taking a few steps closer. shiny glints starting to fall from his eyes*
(22:01) * &Saigh searched frantically, she wanted so badly for this to be real and thought if this was a trick her mind and heart were playing on her that it would be a cruel one indeed. Her heart was leaping out of her chest and she was so overcome that she didnt even think to use her other senses. As a former huntress, her nose was he greatest aid. She took a moment to scent at the air and to her releif a familiare scent that reminded her of home, and family and love filled her. It was him!!! She knew it was!! She followed the scent and as if it were not all the confirmation she needed, his voice echoed out, calling her name. It was possibly the most amazing, wonderful sound she had heard in so long. She couldnt possibly move fast enough. Despite the grueling feat she ahd put her body through, the pain and soreness had been forgotten, her body and mine revialized by his voice and as if the devil himself were on her heels she ran as fast as she could. She skid to a hault atop a nearby knoll, her dark rimmed ears perked forward and her salt and pepper frame bathed in silver moonlight. Her chrome hue searched the landscape until they found what they were looking for. There, just past the trees was a face she had longed so badly to see for the last few months. Her heart swelled and after months of being so fractured it ran the risk of shattering but she didnt even care. Kaz... she said, her voice full of disbelief. Her brain seemed to have slow receptors at the moment because before she kenw what was happening she was barreling down toward her long lost mate and left claw marks in the earth as she skid to a hault but not before plwing her face into his neck scruff. She couldnt manage words, only a series of high pitched whines. She breathed in deeply ,drawing in his scent. It was still so familiar to her. Tail lashing about behind her with enough force to knock out anyone so foolish as to stand behind her or whip the leaves clear off an unsuspecting branch. She nuzzled and licked him all over his face, whining almost pathetically and jabbering stupidly "Kaz... How have you... Where did you... I never thought.... Your here .... I didnt.... I cant.... OH Ive missed you!!! "she finally settled on, unable to complete a single thought except that.
(22:17) * &Kazmarez smiled so wide at the sight of his mate he nearly tore a hole in the side of his mouth. He whined up at her and woofed, trying to get her to come to him as his leg just wasn't going to have any more of that moving thing. Luckily, he barily needed to prompt her before she was bounding at him. A momentary withdraw from her came as she arrived as he anticipated an impact. Luckily she stopped ...cut
(22:17) <&Kazmarez> contin... just short and the withdraw was followed by an immediate onslaught of nuzzles to her ruff. He whined joyfully and made an assortment of cute sounds that were for her alone - so overjoyed to see her again. Her words were heard but not processed as he asked similar jibberish, just not sure how to answer or ask in plain wolfspeak* "Saigh... I can't believe...I never thought.... how are you... I ...cut
(22:17) <&Kazmarez> contin... missed you!!!!" *he concluded in tune with her as he held his head against her ruff, only sincing a time or two as their weight shifted back and forth between each other's forms. Not to mention the tails that were acting more like windshield wipers. He withdrew only to lick at her cheek and muzzle, covering her face with licks and kisses* "I never thought I'd see you again..." *he managed to get ...cut
(22:17) <&Kazmarez> contin... out before responding to one of her questions* "I'm wonderful now that I am home... I almost didn't make it..." *he said with a deep breath and smile, just happy he did*
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(22:24) * &Saigh seemed to be hyper sensitive to everything about him. His scent filled her and overpowered everything else, though there was something strange about made it no less familiar. His voice seemed to echo in her ears, literally music to her ears. Everywhere he nuzzled or kissed seemed to radiate heat from his touch and her entire body sang with joy at being near him. She nuzzled so closely
(22:24) * &Saigh into him that one might think she were trying to fuse into his frame. As he tried to speak she lathered him in affection, nosing, nuzzling and kissing his muzzle and cheeks. A little bit more coherent now, she heard his words and echoed them. "I never thought Id see you again either. I thought you might be..." she trailed, unable to even let the thought cross her mind even as he stood flesh
(22:24) * &Saigh and blood well in front of her. Her heart still thundering in her chest as her blue-grey hues widened. "Almost didn't make it?? What do you mean??" she said, tilting her head dramatically, looking him over and only now noticing the prickles of newly grown fur around his leg and that he seemed to be favoring it. "What happened..." she finally brought herself to ask, though she found it physically
(22:25) * &Saigh impossible to separate herself from him now that she had him before her and sat directly in front of him embracing him in a wolven hug she refused to release him from.
22:40) * &Kazmarez stayed close to her, neither wanting to loose contact with her form nor wanting to depart from the softness of her fur. He stayed glued to his mate only settling to his haunches to let some pressure off of his foreleg. He stayed tucked next to her, leaning slightly into his mate's form. It was a little comical - the giant leaning into his much smaller mate. But he knew he could always lean ...cut
(22:40) <&Kazmarez> contin... on her and she would help him through anything. He let out a soft sigh and nosed her muzzle before looking to his paw* "I was out on a scouting trip... there's a place we had not gone before - farther from here... and I smelled something unusual, so I decided to check out what it was..." *he said before shaking his head thinking it was so stupid* "The next thing I knew, some sort of creature ...cut
(22:40) <&Kazmarez> contin... grabbed my leg and just about broke it! It was like a... bone beast that had it's vine in the ground... teeth as sharp as cougar's, and the pressure was so great..." *he winced just thinking about it* "I can't describe how painful it was... but I couldn't get out of it and it just tore my leg all to pieces..." *he continued*
(22:45) * &Saigh 's eyes grew wide as he described the beast that had bit him and managed to find the ability to tear her muzzle from his coat to examine his leg it looked alright, though the skin was sinched strangely in one spot, like a healed wound though it looked rather.... clean? She couldn't describe it. She had seen bad wounds like that heal.... assuming they did heal... and they usually looked much more jagged and puffy but this was different. Still... the leg was there, Kaz was there... that was all that mattered... well almost. She felt guilty, Only now thinking of her youngest son "And what of Verloren?" she asked, her eyes wide as she looked about for her apricot colored offspring and felt her heart begin to sink again as she realized not even his scent lingered on Kaz. She began to panic... perhaps the ground creatures with teeth had gotten him... he was so tiny... just about anything larger then a bird could swallow him in a gulp. Her vision began to swim in front of her at the possibility.
(22:55) * &Kazmarez shook his head to her about Verloren and gave an odd expression, one that explained that there was so much more to the story than he was able to explain* "Verloren is fine... all of our pups are. None have been hurt - yet, unfortunately, none are really accessable... I have found out so much in these two moons I have been away... all I can say is that they are alright and are being cared for ...cut
(22:55) <&Kazmarez> contin... and looked after. I even saw my older brother..." *he said with a chuckle knowing she probably thought he was hallucinating. Perhaps there in flesh and blood, but completely out to lunch in the brain* "I promise, I'll explain everything... but we should get back to the clearing. My leg still hurts a lot and at my pace it will be almost morning..." *he said with a soft smile and nuzzled against ...cut
(22:55) <&Kazmarez> contin... her ruff softly murring* ...end
(23:01) * &Saigh was at the breaking point of a panic attack but his words brought her back from the edge... though she didnt understand them. She wanted to know more, especially when he mentioned "all of them" but she understood that he was likely as exhausted by all of this as she was and trusted that he would share his knowledge with her when the time came. She nodded, pulling her composure back into place before circling aroundh im so that she stood on his right side. Though she was smaller then he was, she was no pushover. She would brace herself to help her mate as they went along, bearing some of his weight to help keep the pressure off his injured limb. They moved along in slow, companionable silence. She wasnt sure what was on his mind, or what all he had been through but one thing was certain. In this very moment it was as if her soul had been put back together, She was still in denial though... and while she realized that she would likely wake up, sprawled out on the forest floor curled up and alone come morning, it was nice to live in this moment, this precious amazing moment in which she was reunited with Kazmarez and leading him back home. To their pack and to their family. Of course... that would make the shock of him still being therei n the morning all that more amazing. The two moved slowly through the forest, back home. Reuinited once more.