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Ready, Ready? - Corinna - Jul 29, 2010 [dohtml] gone tomorrowOverhead, there was nothing but bright lights against a dark sky. Most nights were cloudy, throwing the world into an even further state of darkness. This was no such night. The storm that had broken over the forest of Relic Lore was nowhere in sight. All that could be seen that proved it had once existed was the trail of destruction it had left in its wake. The storm had been a behemoth, the largest that most had ever seen. The amount of destruction...it was devastating. So many had lost their homes, driven out by the fires that had raged on for what seemed like an eternity, but was really only a day or so. Where once had been a place of safety was now a memorial built of ashes — a testament to what was and what would never be again. Cori looked up at the clear night sky, her sage green eyes reflecting the twinkling lights that shown from a million miles away. She had not lost her home in the fires that had consumed the dry timber like it was nothing, at least, not her permanent home. She was a drifter, and had been for a couple of months now. Driven out of her birth pack by an over zealous alpha female, the three year old had come to Relic Lore with no particular goal in mind. It was just another forest to her, there was no emotional value attached. However, the fire had changed things. She had been scouting out the resident wolf pack, the Hidden Tree wolves when the fire broke out. Her lithe legs had carried her as far away from the source of the blaze as possible, with no concern for the pack wolves who could very well be burning alive as their home burst into flames. She had been on the verge of seeking out their leader and looking to join their ranks, but nature had decided some different plans were in order. Looking back on it now, it was for the better. She had been able to escape alive and in one piece. Reclining down onto her slim haunches, the she-wolf gazed out over Blackberry Fields with mild interest, her gaze directed towards the location of the fire: the Wildwood. The entire area was just a mass of ashes now, even from a distance she could see that. Were the wolves she had meant to join escaped, or had they all perished? Ready, Ready? - Ruiko - Jul 29, 2010 [dohtml] [/dohtml] Ready, Ready? - Coquelicot - Jul 30, 2010 Night neither perturbed or pleased Coquelicot. On the other hand, his mother had hated it. She had hated the way the moonlight failed to illuminate her rich dark fur to gold and reveled in the light where she spent her days staring admiringly at the silver mirror of water, entirely caressed by her vanity to care much about the world. His siblings had paid the dichotomy of light and dark no heed. Whether the moon or sun rose to dominance against a backdrop of dark blue or robin's nest swathed with clouds it did not matter, for night was merely a factor of life to them. Ready, Ready? - Corinna - Jul 31, 2010 [dohtml] Gone TomorrowGreen eyes drank in the darkened scene readily, slowing moving to maximize her field of vision. But it didn't seem to matter which portion of the field she was occupied with, the view remained the same. Wild grasses that grew tall in some places and short in others dominated her view. Sporadically placed clusters of blackberry bushes dotted the landscape, their wild branches creating dangerous shadows that could hide all manner of fiends. For some, being on their own at night where a potential enemy could be lurking behind any shadow was no a comforting thought, but Cori was not particularly afraid of the dark. Her sight at night was probably better at night than it was during the day; and the rest of her senses were highly tuned as all wolves' were. And even then, she wasn't particularly afraid. Her life experience had been fairly uneventful when it came to dangerous situations. As far as she was concerned, she was a top predator who could handle herself in any given situation, including those that involved self defense against an unforeseen attacker.Granted, her skills as a fighter had not come to light since her days as a puppy fighting for dominance amongst her siblings, but, she had faith in herself. Chancing a random glance around her, she took her eyes from the burned horizon. What met her gaze was not a random shadow cast by those of the blackberry bushes, but rather a particularly made shadow - a lupine shadow. Instinctively, the hair along the back of her neck and shoulders began to lift; the first of her defense mechanisms when meeting a stranger. Her travels had taken her far, and while she had wanted for another to talk to, she was spooked that he had managed to get so close without her noticing previously. Rising to her feet, she faced the male. Tail hanging limply against her hocks, she simply stared at him for a moment - completely oblivious to the second stranger that had also come out for a chance look at the midnight sky. "Are you of the Hidden Tree wolves?" she asked to the big male she was facing. If he was, there was a good chance he would inform her of the condition of his pack after the accident. And if he wasn't, then she would no longer be the only lone wolf in all of Relic Lore. Ready, Ready? - Ruiko - Aug 04, 2010 [dohtml] [/dohtml] Ready, Ready? - Corinna - Aug 09, 2010 [dohtml] Gone TomorrowHe was clearly lost in thought; using the night as a cover for his thoughts. She had no way of knowing what it was that plagued him, and she would not bring herself to ask. It was none of her concern, either way. She had no idea who he was, other than that he was one of the pack wolves who she had followed. If she had paid more attention, and tracked them closer, she would have been able to place him as one of the elder brothers of the alpha pair. But, she didn't. She had no idea that he had been ousted by his brother for the role of gerent of the pack. Though, he certainly held himself as a wolf with some sort of position, even if it might not have been the one he had wanted. But still, he was not a nobody in the pack. Swift River. Interesting. She had not expected for the pack to take on a new identity with their move. But she used the name change to verify what she had already suspected; that somewhere in the confusion of the fire, the old leadership had been lost. The new name was symbolic of the new leadership that had taken place. "I see. My apologies," she told him, resisting the urge to ask for further information. He didn't seem to want to discuss it. Instead he was focused elsewhere. Breathing in, she thought she could smell the elusive midnight lurker. "We're not alone, are we?" Ready, Ready? - Ruiko - Aug 09, 2010 [dohtml] [/dohtml] Ready, Ready? - Coquelicot - Aug 12, 2010 [dohtml] From his sheltered gap in the bushes, Coquelicot observed the exchange between the two. Having no knowledge of Relic Lore's history prior to arriving, the words that the other male had spoken enlightened him on the background of the vicinity. So apparently there was a pack by the name of Hidden Tree that no longer existed to be replaced by that of Swift River. The tawny male seemed to have been an inhabitant of Relic Lore for a long enough duration, while the inquiring female seemed less than informed about what had occurred in the past.[/dohtml] Ready, Ready? - Corinna - Aug 17, 2010 [dohtml] Gone TomorrowHe was concerned, though for what real reason, she couldn't decipher. Granted, he had recently lost his home, it was no surprise that he was on edge. Every movement of the shadows was the twisted movement of the flames and the rising of smoke. So really, she couldn't really blame him for being wary. But, she wasn't really sure that all of this growling and snarling was necessary. Even so, she also rose to her feet and turned to face into the darkness. Her fur remained flat, unlike the male's beside her, but her gaze was intense, and her ears were perked - she was not going to be taken unawares. It seemed that her unknown companion's threatening appearance did the trick, because only a few moments later, the shadows shifted to take on a lupine form. Another male took shape and stepped forward, into visibility. He came forward enough so that they could see him, and while his words proclaimed peace, there was tension in the air. Cori could almost smell the testosterone in the air. Stepping forward, she moved away from the bristling male beside her and towards the new arrival. "Calm down," she told them both, her voice calm, but firm. "You're going to ruin this." She added, gesturing to the sky above that had drawn the three of them together as if they were fireflies. Ready, Ready? - Ruiko - Aug 18, 2010 [dohtml] [/dohtml] |