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up in flames - Ava - Apr 02, 2012 (i figured i would do something fun with the random event :p anyone's welcome!) Today had been a bad day for the Poison Path female to head out of their packlands. She had originally intended it to be a stroll but with her renewed vigor and strength she found that she couldn't help but run through the territories like the wild animal she truly was. She had left immediately at sunrise, when the sky was nothing more than cloudy. Now it was mid-day and she was in need of a rest, and what worse the sky had gone from hazy and grey to near-black. There was no sky poking from behind the clouds; instead they lay like an ominous sheet across the sky, hiding the sunlight from her. Thunder rumbled above her, announcing the start of the rain fall, as she slowed to a trot and she crossed on to the gentle slope of land before the lagoon. avA came to sit at the edge of the shore, the growl of nature ringing in her ears. She found the rainwater soothing as she rested. Amber eyes watched the sky as the blackened clouds began to flash gold behind them, a great crackling sound coming immediately after. She rose to her feet quickly. Well that was strange. Usually storms didn't advance so quick. Then out of no where the rain began to come down in sheets. Within a minute the black female was soaked. Irritation sprung from her throat in the form of a snarl - this really wasn't how she wanted her delightful stroll to end up. But then the water at the lagoon's edge inched forward and began to touch her toes. Alarm shot through her veins. Was it really raining so hard that the lagoon was beginning to flood? She shook her head vigorously to clear the water from her eyes and looked around for shelter. Above the ridge there were a few sparse trees, but it was better than nothing. A crack of lightning broke through the sky and head started her race for cover, her heart pounding into her ribcage. Just as she reached the tree, a great flash of yellow appeared before her. The last thing she heard was a horrifying snapping sound and suddenly her ears dulled out and there was nothing but a high-pitched ringing. avA sprang backwards and raced toward from where she came, but she couldn't see anything. She blinked rapidly, trying to clear the yellow from her eyes but she couldn't. Disoriented and short of hearing, avA felt a wild panick begin to flush through her. She supressed the stiffness in her limbs, refusing to allow fear's paralysis to come over her. Backing up she felt her paws hit the water of the lagoon. She scrunched her eyes shut furiously as the ringing in her ears began to subside, and suddenly she felt it - the intense heat upon her face. Eyes now wide open she could see what the intense yellow was - lightning had struck her to-be shelter and knocked the tree straight from its roots, setting it ablaze as it rumbled down the slope and came to a stop just about two yards from the flooding lagoon. The fire was too strong to be put out despite the pouring rain. avA was unable to comprehend how she can't set on fire or died or something. But her situation wasn't exactly the greatest outcome either: she was stuck in between a rock and a hard place. No, fuck that - she was stuck inbetween a flooding lagoon and a burning tree. She looked around furiously, her amber-colored eyes reflecting the wild-burning fire as she tried to come up with a solution. up in flames - Triell - Apr 02, 2012 [dohtml]
Since the departure of sisyhR, ariaN, and anehtA lleirT had doubled his patrols often seeking out past the Swift River to figure out where they had settled. It bothered him greatly not to know where they were now, and he was hellbent on finding out, and soon. He was aware it probably for the best to leave them be rather than shoving a stick into a hornet's nest and hoping not to get stung. How could he pretend it didnt matter? It did. Though the Tainn might not claim it as war, it certianly did not mean what they had done was something to look the other way. They were enemies were they not? One had to keep them close, and he had failed to in this. Not anymore. He thought gruffly, pressing himself onward in his scouting of their winding trail. up in flames - Aniu - Apr 02, 2012 She had been sheltering in a small copse of trees, napping quite contentedly until the thunder startled her awake. Leaping up to spindly legs, the under weight twig of a girl looked about with wide eyes, panting in fear as the rain began to pelt through her meagre cover she settled. The world wasn't ending. Nobody was after her. It was just a storm... She was about to settle herself again, until the loud crack left little but a ringing in her ears, so loud it had covered her yelp of fear and the blinding light left spots dancing in her vision. Not all of the wetness beneath her was from the rain. How embarrassing. up in flames - Ava - Apr 03, 2012 Thunder rolled through the clouds, but it was the grouse of the fire that took over her ears, its flames licking dangerously near to her nose. Ava shrunk from the lit up tree, now up to her ankles in the freezing water. Stuck between the opposites, her world seemed to come to a screeching halt. The cold seemed to freeze the fur on her back as it crawled up her legs and on to the slope of her spine, while the flickering flames came teasingly close to her face and chest; it seemed like her skin was about to bubble with how intensely the heat spread across her skin. It felt like she was stuck in time, like she could see everything at once and yet she was completely blind. The flames would have come to engulf her had it not been for a jarring voice, cutting through the smoke and flames into her ears. Get in the water! Suddenly Ava came alive. She could barely see his form through the wildfire, and suddenly he disappeared. Ava reared to her back paws and wheeled around, the sudden temperature change feeling like a physical smack in the face. The flames took the tip of her tail, singeing the dark fur for a moment before she crashed into the lagoon. The intensity of the situation and the wild, cold water prevented her from feeling the pain of the burn - for the moment. Ava, through all the smoke and panic, hadn't been able to see how rowdy the lagoon had become. As soon as she was chest deep in the water, a huge wave threw her under. A large lump of water lodhed itself in her throat. The dark she-wolf painfully choked it down, her strong limbs seemingly useless as she flailed toward the service. Finally her maw broke through the surface, jaws parting wide to gather as much air as she could. Her heart was pounding while her lungs felt like they had been tossed into the fire of the tree. With her head finally above the water, she turned toward the shore. The blazing tree was no longer larger than life, yet it was still so frightening. Frantically, she searched for the voice that had called out to her earlier - where he could he have possibly gone? He hadn't been trapped with her. He could have literally turned around and walked away and been safe for life. Suddenly Ava's body collided with another's in the water. A high-pitched yelp of fright escaped her - which she would deny ever happened if confronted about it - and she splashed her legs furiously to try and take control of her body against the water once more after she had been pushed from equilibrium. She snorted, shaking her head so the droplets of water would come away from her eyes and blinked rapidly until the creature she had hit came into focus: it was a pair of vivid yellow eyes, attached to a teeny, grey female - it could not have been her deep, booming voice that rang out through the flames and forced her back into her mind. "Where did you come from?!" She exclaimed, taking a moment to regain her self control. "Sorry, I don't know what's happening, but we need to swim that way," she cried out, looking toward a further shore. Safety. Survival. Life. All so close, if not for the wildly crashing waters of the storm-upset lagoon. Her legs screamed for her to go, head for the land, but her mind was in turmoil. She looked past the small wolf she had just verbally assualted, trying desperately to tread the violenr waters. Ava needed to figure out if the other wolf, the one who had called to her, was out there still. She struggled with words for a minute, unsure how to address him, but then urgency took over her vocal chords and she screamed, "Where are you?!" The shriek of her voice rang across the blackened sky, so if he was around, he would surely hear it. up in flames - Triell - Apr 04, 2012 [dohtml]
His past nightmares were trying to grip him just as the very dark water lapped at his body, threatning to pull him under. He worked his thick appendages, concentrating on the sylph. If he could distract himself, and ignore his fear maybe he wouldn't die in this place, this way. He was hardly making progess to the she-wolf he saw her break from the hypnotising flames, and enter the thrashing depths. She went blended in with the shadow, and Triell wondered could he really save her? He saw no other option, and put out his moment of pesimisam. He would save her....he had too. up in flames - Aniu - Apr 05, 2012 Where did she come from? What sort of question was that at a time like this? Her mind was all over the place, she had been so terrified she had pissed herself, but all evidence had been quickly washed away when she launched herself into the water. Better to piss yourself than be struck by lightening...Where do you come from? a small voice in her head questioned as she continued to battle against the feral water. Her mother? The dark pack of her birth? Yukon? The mountains? or did the girl mean more recently? From the small group of trees that started the blaze? This was no time to be getting distracted. up in flames - Ava - Apr 05, 2012 (lmfao, I love Ani...) Squinting against the smoke she tried to find the howl's source, though in the dark and the trashing waves almost anything looked like another wolf to her. But suddenly he appeared through the storm, taking over the situation. For once in her life instead of feeling belittled she felt relieved. She had always known she would die another day, until that moment right then when she had been surrounded on all sides by danger. Now she was willing to throw her entire life in the other's hands (regardless of whether he wanted it or not) because damn it, she was terrified and did not want to die! Doing her best to drown her fear with logic, she stared at the male as he spoke, repeating every word of his in her head. Stay together. Hang on. Make it over there. Don't look at the scary thing. Look at me. Hang on. Sounds reasonable. Ava turned and began to swim, once again running straight into the other wolf. She had entirely forgotten about her existance since she hadn't made a sound since Ava's initial discovery of her, besides her occasional attempts to drown herself, but over the crackling fire and the distant thunder and the roaring waves she couldn't hear the female's sputtery breaths at all. Ava kept her body close to the smaller female's now, in case she decided to head under the waves for good. She dark she-wolf was so stressed out she felt as though she might have a psychotic break at any moment, but she wasn't going to watch this wolf die or else she'd definitely lose it. Staring straight ahead toward the safe land was incredibly difficult when the waves were constantly jumping in front of her face. For every few paces she managed to swim, something would come and knock her back halfway or toss her under or try to spin her around and get off course. Her dark legs were fighting with all their might to remain above the surface and toward the right way, all the while she kept looking back to make sure the grey female and the ephebe who had saved them were still there. Fatigue and smoke blurred her vision. Half the time she had no idea if she was even going the right way at all. All she could do was keep dragging herself forward. Eventually, she would reach land. Ava could've sworn she was hallucinating the occasional gust of torrid storm wind that brought with it the scent of wet earth, but she preferred to hope it was real and she was going the right way. After what seemed like years, her paws scraped the bottom of the lagoon. The feeling nearly stopped her heart, both from fear and relief. To remain dignity she pulled herself from the water, walking a few yards up shore. Well, walking was a flattering way to put it. What Ava was actually doing could be better described as hauling her sorry ass pitifully away from the water. There was so little strength left that her knuckles dragged against the wet ground when she attempted to pick her feet up. When she was far enough away from the terrorizing waters she slowly lowered herself to the ground, gritting her teeth as her muscles screamed, until she was laying on her belly. Then she let her body completely fall apart, her long legs splayed out in front of her and her dark head resting on one cheek between her shoulders. Her chest hurt as she struggled between panting and controlling her breathing to get deep breaths into her lungs and calm her heart. Her tired eyes would remain on the other two. There were words to say and thanks to be given, but first she needed to make sure she hadn't died on the way over. up in flames - Triell - Apr 10, 2012 sorry guys i'm suckishly slow over here. Aniu is very cute. Powerplay, but I can change it. And Ver you put {word } [/ word] around the word of the day. It'll change colors to be counted. :)[dohtml]
The dark and silver lady was quite terrorized by the sight of him. He was both puzzled, and hurt. She looked like she'd seen a ghost or something. He tried to assume he had surprised her. She seem more collected by his tones, she scared him when she started to go under. She came to before he could grab her, and he had his own relief when she swam a little closer. She was such a little wolf he did not want her to drown. The ldy coated in pure black did well to hang close to the other, and togetherthey worked their way to shore. up in flames - Aniu - Apr 12, 2012 She was helped to the other side by the large black male and she begun to wonder if this was all just another one of those terrible dreams and that Chulyin was here in spirit at least helping her through it. Once her paws could finally reach the bottom however, it was obvious that none of this had been a dream and she had very nearly been struck by lightening, burned in a fire and drowned in a lagoon... Well they say all bad things come in threes. With that realisation and the recognition there were three wolves gathered her very shaky legs that were threatening to give way in the shallows granted her one last burst of energy to propel her a short way up the bank, safe from the rising choppy waters and a small bubble of a hysterical giggle made its way from her mouth. up in flames - Ava - Apr 12, 2012 (Thanks :3) All the feeling in her body had left her, as though the raging waters had stolen it from her the same way it tried to steal her into its depths as well. She was entirely exhausted; heaving the breaths she needed to live almost felt as if they would kill her. When she coughed all she tasted was water and smoke, which mixed and felt like sludge in her mouth. She was almost certain her lungs and throat were coated in the disgusting mixture and she might as well just give up now because there was no living through the dirtiness on her insides. But then she opened her eyes (she hadn't even noticed when she'd closed them, honestly) and peered over her surroundings: the dark, stormy sky and the harsh pelting rain, the angry lagoon and the two wolves nearby, and somewhere across the waters, a flickering orange light. From here it didn't look so scary, but from here she couldn't feel or hear its wrath either. She shuddered involuntary, wincing from the pain of her muscle movement. Ava attempted to ease her spirits by cracking a joke to herself: oh, you'll be feeling this tomorrow. Then it dawned on her she'd probably be feeling it the next day. And the next. And probably several days after that as well. The joke wasn't so funny anymore. Her ears picked up on the smaller female's hysteria, but she was honestly too tired to feel strange by it. In fact, she could barely hear it; to her it just sounded like a macaronic cacophony in her ears. Ava felt much like she wasn't even in reality any more. This was some alternate universe where she felt only like she half-existed in her body, barely comprehending anything but the soreness of her body. Just as she considered how surreal the moment was did Ava grow angry with herself. Ugh, everything hurt and they almost died but for goodness' sake, she had to be stronger than this! She gave her head a ferocious shake, droplets of water flying from her dampened fur, and forced her eyes to focus. Now she could see clearly the shape of the dark male, exhausted just as she was and laying in the sand, and the peculiar grey female that was having some kind of conniption. Luckily, she managed to curl herself up and speak before Ava had to consider some form of preventative action. The girl's words were hard to hear, but she couldn't figure out if she was just talking quietly or if her ears were full of water too. Catching the name, Aniu, she made a conscious effort to remember it, though honestly she was so tired she might forget entirely. Following the female's words, she cleared her throat (an action which was both disgusting and painful) and coughed, "Ava." It was much more difficult than she anticipated it to be and honestly, she almost laughed at the damn fact. The dark she-wolf loved to talk, but at that very moment she just loathed it with all of her being. If she could've she would have run to the edge of the water and rinsed her mouth until all the smoke came off her teeth and tongue, but Ava was far from having the ability to run anywhere right now. Instead she cringed, having to bear it. Her amber gaze sought out the dark male once more, a little curiousity burning in their depths. He had been the most calm of the three, and certainly wasn't having a fit when they pulled themselves from the water. "We have you to thank," Ava said as loudly as she could, "And I owe you my life." That would make him the second black male she did... she was really going to have to work on that. |