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am I alright? Am I alright? Am I? - Marrah - Feb 12, 2023 AW! Noon, Overcast, 21F/-6C
[dohtml] [/dohtml] RE: am I alright? Am I alright? Am I? - Malien - Feb 23, 2023 He keeps wandering, too- roaming, looking for interesting stories (not involving freezing rivers, but murder attempts are still on the table) and just... special places. Places that would be worth saying "hey, let me show you something!" to someone, and leading them there. So far, he's found a few, but he wants - needs - more. And though he'd like to loop back west, into the cradling arms of the Daybreak Peaks and the rivers and islands there, he's a bit hesitant to. What if the other wolf he'd tussled with had survived? Malien didn't fancy his chances if he were outnumbered. So he stays away. Pretends it is because he is content to explore the immediate surroundings here, but, really, it's just cowardice. He had cut north through the willows, out onto another open expanse, wandering towards the treeline. Snow stretched, pristine and pale, towards the distant horizon in the back and the darkened trees up ahead: a blanket, covering what else might be here. Curiously, the closer he gets to the trees, the more old, bleached tree trunks poke out of the snow, like gnarled finger-bones. He hadn't seen them from afar, only the looming darkness of the forest up ahead. He wanders among those pale and dead remnants, finding the day quite drab and dreary and the place not exactly appealing. Huffing out a sigh he suddenly stops dead in his tracks, because- right there under his nose are other tracks. Fresh, too. Slowly, he steps in a circle around himself until he faces the direction they had gone, and upon the crust of snow picks up a fairly easy jog to catch up to them. Why? He's not sure. He just kind of trots along until a mostly black blot of a wolf shows up on his radar. "Hullo," he barks in greeting from somewhere behind her. RE: am I alright? Am I alright? Am I? - Marrah - Mar 04, 2023 [dohtml] [/dohtml] RE: am I alright? Am I alright? Am I? - Malien - Mar 04, 2023 Well. Awkward levels are high. Concern levels are unexpected. Now that he's up close.. she doesn't look all that great. Young, for sure, but skinny-seeming even with her thick winter coat, which seems more lackluster than it should. She's not looking like she'll keel over and die, but definitely like she's fallen on harder times. Down on her luck. That kind of thing. Does he care? No. He tilts his head somewhat to the side, considering her. "Are you alright?" Dumb question, but between her physical state and how she seemed almost.. confused? By his presence? This, at least, was a way for her to either tell him if she needed help, or to tell him to shove off. RE: am I alright? Am I alright? Am I? - Marrah - Mar 19, 2023 [dohtml] [/dohtml] RE: am I alright? Am I alright? Am I? - Malien - May 08, 2023 Is she.. nervous? Concerned? Malien, a man of many machinations and an incessant stream of thoughts yet a complete lack of self-consciousness or anxiety (except where a certain red-and-tan man was involved), finds it both natural and somewhat perplexing. Of course a lone animal does not want to appear weak, but also, why the seeming anxiety? She says she's fine, then asks why he asks, looks around, looks at him, and then down. He doesn't quite understand it, but figures if he wants anything positive out of this he'll have to be a bit careful, or at the very least, non-judgmental. Then again, not everyone responds well to facts either, if they're facts they don't want to hear... "I'm alright," he finally says. It felt like years, but had just been seconds. Sure, he's in that weird stage of missing/giddy about Artyom, but with the way that's been eclipsing his attention..getting to focus on something else might be a nice break. "You're young, and look a bit thin, that's all. Left your pack?" His head tilts a little to the side, and he hopes that what he conveys is just- curiosity? That he doesn't mean to offend? A little bit of friendly concern? RE: am I alright? Am I alright? Am I? - Marrah - May 28, 2023 [dohtml] [/dohtml] |