Iridescent Lagoon Hunger

Searching around for a meal, Thanatos lifted his muzzle into the air to search for any trace of prey. He picked up the scent of a hare and, with his head turned to the right slightly so he could lead with his good eye, he silently stalked forward toward the unsuspecting hare. He licked his lips, leaped forward after it and as it took off he chased it down and pounced on top of it, sinking his teeth into its fragile body until the body stopped moving and went limp in his mouth. He ripped into its flesh, tearing it apart. His mouth watered as he swallowed the flesh, a little blood tickling down his chin. He quickly devoured the hare, leaving nothing but bones for the scrap. Thanatos stood up and began to head towards Relic Lore.

Thanatos travled through Relic Lore fora few days. He enjoyed it here, plenty of prey and not too many packs so he wouldn't come into contact with too many alphas. He enjoyed fighting but if he got into a fight every time he met a male his body would get too worn down. Perhaps he could find a free spirited female that could keep him company. He hoped he would, he had begun to grow lonely.

He came across the Iridescent Lagoon and walked to the waters edge, looking at his reflection. He swatted, making the water ripple. He hated is appearance. Thanatos lowered his head, lapping up the cool water.

OOC: I believe this is the right one? ;)

Slow. That was all she felt like these days. Slow... Tired.. Oh, can't forget hungry. Vlarindara sighed, the puff of air whispering past her lips before she continued to move, trudging through the hip deep snow. Where was she? How far had she come from Riddle Heights? She didn't know.. couldn't tell. The white female had started on a hunting trip from her home and gotten turned around somewhere.. so all she could do was keep walking. Hoping to cross a landmark she knew - something that she could use to reorient herself..

But that wasn't going to be possible it seemed. The scream of a terrified creature perked her ears up and the half-blnd wolfess lifted her head, listening. Would it be possible to resort to mammonism and filtch whatever kill the other had made from them? ...Perhaps.. but only if she could do so in a way that wouldn't lead to a fight. Trudging closer, the bedraggled female stopped, frowning when she saw an inky splotch against pristine white. Wolf..Coyote..or bear? This far away, she couldn't tell, and began working her way closer.

Thanatos paced back and forth through the snow. Memories kept flashing through his mind. Memories of his past. He shook his head, trying to clear the thoughts from his mind.

The direction of the wind changed, bringing the scent of a female to his attention. He lifted his muzzle into the air, trying to pinpoint where it was coming. He grew cautious when he couldn't see anything. He kept searching for her with his good eye but found nothing. Perhaps the femme would come to him.

She stopped a few yards from Thanatos and frowned, then noted with dismay the bone pile a ways off from where he stood next to the water. Slinking closer, the white female moved, keeping her good left eye on the wolf, she reached out to attempt to snag a bit of bone in her jaws and skitter backwards with it. The bones themselves weren't nutritional really - but they held scraps of meat.. and marrow...something to at least keep her stomach stop pinching so tightly.

Should he not move to defend the remains of his kill, Vlarindara would scuttle backwards - hopefully dragging a decent portion of the rabbit remains with her.. so she could perhaps devour as much as she possibly could.. before he attacked her. He was large.. about her size - a little bigger.. certainly in better shape.. And could easily kill her, if he had a mind to - and that made her jumpy as hell.

Thanatos was finally able to pinpoint where the femme was. He turned his head so he could see her with his good eye. She was trying to get the scraps from his kill. He smiled at her and moved to the side, gladly giving it up for her. He sat down to make himself appear less of a threat which was hard to do. Her fur was a stunning white, which was why it was even more difficult to see her, she blended in with the snow.

The scars on his muzzle and the one on his throat made speech difficult but he wanted to at least try to speak to her. "Herrow." He shook his head at his horrible attempt at speaking. He slowed down as he tried to tell her his name so he would at least get that right. "rm..Th-anat-os.. Rua." He hoped she would be able to understand him.

Success! She clamped her jaws around one of the rabbits feet and scuttled away with it, dragging the thing a few feet away and crunching almost rabidly at the nearest bone, only lifting her head when Thanatos spoke. Vlarindara froze, a bit of the rabbits foot hanging from the side of her mouth as she looked at him.. the widening of her eyes the only sign of her shock. He was half blind.. just like her.. Except on opposite eyes.

Vlarindara flipped her ears forward, then back as she worked to hurridely swallow the remains of the rabbits leg.. not bothering to wince as the bones she'd not crunched well scratched a little on the way down. It was something in her belly. "Vlarindara.." She didn't give her last name. Why? Because she didn't have one...not anymore. The she-wolf kept a single amber eye on him before she lowered her head and greedily tore at the rabbits other leg, tearing away both fur and bone alike. She could taste some remnants of meat - but the male seemed to have eaten it all..which suited her fine.

Being quite literally the skin and bones covered fur-sack that she was.. she hadn't the strength to really hunt for herself.. and knew that any such exertion would most likely cause damage. Damage she couldn't afford.. so instead, she just did exactly what she was doing now. Scrounging the remains of other wolves kills.. and wolfing them down like the starving beast she was.

Thanatos eyed her curiously as she scarfed down the remains of the hare. She was blind in one eye as well but it seemed to be more recent. He remembered how difficult it was for him to hunt for a while after his injury. He walked over to the lagoon, slowly stepping into the water. He Swatted at the fish swimming nearby and was able to get two onto the shore. Thanatos looked at her as he spoke. "Fur roo." A horrible attempt.

He backed away from the two fish, giving her room. She clearly didn't like having others close to her. Thanatos sat down, wagging his tail, and attempted to smile. He ended up looking more threatening than friendly though. He watched her with his good eye, hoping she would take the fish. She was beautiful but too thin. He wanted to help her in any way that he could.

OOC: Lmao.. she doesn't know what to think.

The wolf moved and Vlarindara flinched, jaws snapping closed over the remains of the hare and dropping back a few paces, ready to run.. as if she could. Her heart felt like it was going to hammer out of her chest.. but when he simply chucked a pair of fish from the water, landing them on the bank with ease, she relaxed a bare few seconds. It was the 'Fur roo' that brought her closer to the fresh water-dwellers flopping on shore.

Vlarindara crept closer.. almost slowly enough that she wasn't moving.. at least until he moved away, then she made her way over and nearly dropped on the things, dropping her body to the snow and placing her thin legs on either side of the fish to protect them. The white wolf savagely tore into the things.. nearly swallowing them whole.. then proceeded to bite the snow where the blood and bits of flesh had fallen - intent on finding *every* scrap of fish that was possibly left. Only after she finished... did she lift her head and frown, ears folding over her neck. "I....thanks.."

Thanatos smiled as she devoured the fish. He crept closer to her, hoping she would allow him to get at least a little closer. He stopped when he was about two wolf lengths away. Thanatos watched as she ate every last bit of fish. He turned his head to the side, admiring her. "Rr roo sill hugry Vl-arin-dar-a?" He took more time saying her name, trying to get it right so he wouldn't insult her.

If she was hungry still he would gladly get her more fish, or even a hare if he could manage. He began to wonder how she had become blind. It appeared to be more recent. Thanatos shook his head, it was none of his business how it happened. Instead of asking her, he stated the other thought that was on his mind. "Roo arr brutful." He paused and then tried to say the word again, slower this time. "Be-a-uti-ful."

Silver padded along the shore, looking for any remains of food. She stopped digging throught the snow in hopes to find left overs that had been buredy. It had worked once, why not again. Grizzly Hollow would benifit from from the food she found. Well at least if it wan't moulded or been dead for so long it could make you sick. She sniffed the air looking for food. On the air was the smell of wolves, "There not anywhere near Grizzly Hollow," she thought, "But it wouldn't hurt to check it out."

She shook her paws to ride herself of the snow that stuck. Turning herself she padded in the derection of the smell. Silver had trouble spotting the wolves, in the snow,"They must be white," she thought. It frustrated her that she could smell them, but not see them. She swished her tail against her legs like an angry cat. She shook her head in a circle then took another glance at the landscape. When she could not spot them she lifted her head, and let out a low howl. "Perhaps they will howl back?" she asked herself pleadingly.

(This post was last modified: Feb 18, 2012, 12:51 AM by SilverWintercoat.)

"If I had to chose between you and me, well it depends on my reason."
-Silver
Grizzly Hollow