Dead Empress Backwater Oh, brother!

Backdated for the 25th, Euna is age 10 weeks. For Eros only.

Tiny paws crept forward through the trees in slow pursuit of her unsuspecting target. The child was managing to keep herself from making a sudden noise, and just so happened to be downwind. Something she didn't understand yet. The animal ahead meander about munching on grass. Never in her wildest dreams could she have imagined getting so close to a living rabbit. She was a real hunter! Like the grown-ups! Euna halted, wiggling her butt in the air, and sunk her front end ready to pounce. It was then that she let out an excited squeal. She sprung forward to land on nothing, her startled prey already taken off from its spot. The pup scrambled to chase after it with a giggle.

Euna was certain she was going to get her first kill today. There was no room for doubt in her mind even as she fought to keep the rabbit in eyesight. It was much faster than her growing limbs could hope to carry her. To her great disappointment, it disappeared down a dark tunnel. She slowed, curiously smelling the entrance. Did bunnies have dens too? "Where go?" She questioned out loud as if a response would meet her little ears.

The girl started to dig at the dirt half-heartedly. She was losing interest the more work that had to be put into being a hunter. Maybe this was better left for the grown-ups, they liked boring stuff anyhow. Yet she remained persistent with an apathetic mannerism.

Dead Empress Backwater
— through trials to triumph.

(This post was last modified: Jul 31, 2023, 10:07 AM by Euna.)

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Eros had come here to hunt, and found that one of his little sisters had beaten him to it. He watched the girl from a distance for a moment, an amused smirk on his face. They certainly were cute little buggers, though they seemed to be taking more after their immediate predecessors rather than the calmer two litters that had come first. It just meant he had to protect them all the more.

He approached the hole she was working on, pulling back a few large scoops of earth himself before asking, "watcha up to?"

It was obvious, but he wanted to give Euna the proper practice in talking and answering questions. Moments like this, it would cross his mind how weird it was that he was now the adult, teaching with confidence he hadn't had the previous year.

Her efforts were met with assistance and Euna turned her tiny face to peer up at him with a smile. Perhaps she could get him to do all the work! She wagged her tail, yipping out a greeting with her ears pressed down, her tongue exposed as she eagerly licked at his chin. "Bunnies! Bunny disappear. I go find!" She explained enthusiastically, a plan forming in her mind. How could she take the work from herself and put it onto him? While still getting the praise of being a hunter...

She sat with a whimper, "It hard though, big bubby help find bunnies?" She asked him with innocent eyes, her lower lip pouted.

Dead Empress Backwater
— through trials to triumph.

One Kiss away from Killing

BACK OFF, I'LL TAKE YOU ON, HEADSTRONG TAKE ON ANYONE

She was happy for his presence, and Eros deeply appreciated that. A small part of him had worried that maybe they wouldn't see him as a big brother the way he saw them as his little siblings. Like how @Archer hadn't been receptive to Ma at first, or how @Oleander had always kept him at a distance. It was a relief each time he was embraced.

"Of course," he answered her without missing a beat. Saying no was not even a thought.

"That's what I'm here for," the young wolf added with a wink, before starting to heft away the earth, and with real intent now. She was young enough, he didn't mind doing most of the work himself at this point. Just by watching, there was plenty Euna could learn.

Of course, the rabbits weren't simply waiting for them. He did good work in destroying this tunnel, then stepped back and give his sister a simple job;

"Tell 'em how ya feel, Euna. Make 'em run away from ya."

If she obliged, he would sniff out another hole and begin to work at it. He hoped to cause at least one hare to panic and bolt out from a third (or fourth, fifth, sixth...) hole. If it didn't pan out, maybe it'd end up being a lesson in tolerating denied access. Eros wanted his baby sister to get her prize, though.

(This post was last modified: Dec 13, 2023, 06:17 PM by Clouse.)

Euna smiled big when he agreed to her request. She was learning that just asking things nicely got her exactly what she wanted, half of the time. Perhaps that's all she had to do to get her way with her family. She wondered how it would work with strangers, or even more frustrating wolves like Tori.

She wagged her tail and copied his wink with a giggle. He was here to help her! She loved having a big brother around when he had time outside his duties. Euna went silent, staring hard at him while he dug up at the earth. Waiting and hoping for a rabbit to emerge. Her brows knitted when no such thing happened. In fact, Eros was backing up, and she gave him a funny look. He wasn't giving up, right? She looked between him and the burrow.

Oh! Euna jumped, her front paws lifting off the ground before landing, with an excited yip. This was something she'd be glad to do! Zealously she darted to the entrance. She let out the fiercest, meanest, growliest puppy bark she could muster followed up by a series of overly excited yaps.

Dead Empress Backwater
— through trials to triumph.

(This post was last modified: Dec 13, 2023, 06:15 PM by Euna.)

One Kiss away from Killing

BACK OFF, I'LL TAKE YOU ON, HEADSTRONG TAKE ON ANYONE

Euna seemed very happy to oblige his request. Eros smiled fondly at her before setting about his own task. It took a few cave ins, but then luck did strike. Something darted in his peripheral and he launched his long, muscular body sideways in blind chase. It's indecisiveness (zig-zagging instinct?) was its downfall, allowing him to just barely catch it. His forepaws came down first on the little beastie, and then his jaws closed down around its skull, easily crushing the life out of it.

"Ha!" he chuffed triumphantly, lifting what was now a meal with his small teeth and sending it sailing through the air toward his little sister. Peach eyes watched it arc and fall, while his salmon tongue panted.

"Tada! Euna's first rabbit!"

Euna gasped and shrieked with excitement as her brother launched after a rabbit. She jumped up and down on her paws with chattering teeth. She watched the way the bunny darted to and fro before he landed a bite and quickly crunched its head. Her tail moved in a blur behind her, a big mischievous grin encompassing her face.

"Euna best hunner!!!" She squealed at a decileble loud enough to flatten ears. Her tiny body launched into the air as he tossed the rabbit her way, legs springing up in motion. Her jaws parted and clamped down onto soiled fur before the animal could reach the ground. A gentle thud resonated as she crashed down, shaking her head violently. Puppy growls filled the air as she announced her first rabbit to the world.

One Kiss away from Killing

BACK OFF, I'LL TAKE YOU ON, HEADSTRONG TAKE ON ANYONE

"Woah!" he exclaimed as she caught it, his whole body wriggling and writhing with happiness for her. Eros didn't mind helping to pad her ego; after all, a confident child was one who learned quickly and turned out ready to take on the world. Right? Maybe if he could see the future, know the lessons that his newest litter of baby siblings were actually learning, he might have acted a bit differently. As it was, he was oblivious to the negative potentials of indulging their antics.

He pranced closer, giving it a sniff as though it were new now that it was in Euna's grasp.

"You listened so well," he praised her.

"We have got to tell Ma and your dad about this."

(This post was last modified: Mar 08, 2024, 04:56 AM by Eros.)

Her brother's excitement fueled her own, his contagious wiggling causing her own body to sway with the wagging of her tail. Proudly she lifted the bunny for him to see, as if he hadn't been the one to catch it. This was her prize! Eros drew close to sniff the rabbit and her body became tense. A puppyish growl emitted from her, easily mistaken for play to the untrained ear, but Euna was serious. She wasn't going to share, or let anyone else touch her trophy for that matter.

She was back to being a wriggly pup when he spoke, giggling and shaking her head violently so that blood splattered on them both. She had done the best job! Euna was the best, therefore, anything she did was the best too! She was perfect, clearly her brother saw that too! She nodded in agreement to his words. "Daddy first! Daddy first!" Her squealing voice was muffled by the fur in her mouth.

(This post was last modified: Mar 01, 2024, 02:20 AM by Euna.)

One Kiss away from Killing

BACK OFF, I'LL TAKE YOU ON, HEADSTRONG TAKE ON ANYONE

Eros saw her still, the body language clear enough on its own. He ignored the behavior, continuing as he had been, trusting that Euna would see he meant no harm, nor was he looking to steal from her, and relax again.

'Daddy first! Daddy first!'

He rolled his eyes while a wry smile sat beneath them, beginning the trot back to the pack's gathering space where they were likely to find @Vayko's trail. He expected his sister wouldn't hesitate to keep up.

"Yes ma'am..."