Our paths are twisted

[Finally brothers meet? Dating to be 10-6-13 as of 10-6-13]

So they dug your graveAnd the masquerade

Aeolus Argyris

Will come calling outAt the mess you've made

A heart, or maybe two, three or four, they made no difference to him, his eyes locking with the border he had merely stumbled upon. That was not what had made him stop though, the strong built Pitch Pine Trail subordinate had been stopped by the scent of his brother near the creek that he had been heading towards. His eyes filled with unease, he wondered if it could possibly be true? Was his journey really over? Was he going to get the answered that he had craved for nearly a year, maybe even longer? His sombersided expression had somewhat of a curious look mixed into it. His orange eyes had his thoughts that had been pushed back to his mind, shoved into the front. He found that he had issues with his brother that he could finally solve, and although he would stay with Pitch Pine Trail, perhaps he could smooth things over with @Phineas... if Phineas apologized and had a good reason for making the pack Aeolus loved disintegrate before his eyes.

There had better be one good damn reason, heartbreak is not a reason. A cold shoulder is not a reason to have not gone in there and kicked the two out of the pack. He told himself, making sure he knew exactly what he was looking for before raising his muzzle towards the pack territory and howling for his brother, and only his brother. His Pitch Pine Trail scent heavily on him. He had found that he only knew Ace and Anastasia, but there was no doubt tension amongst the air back on their territory, like something had happened. When he had gone to the den, the children had been sad, almost depressed and it had made Aeo wonder what had happened to them, was there an alpha set before Ana and Ace? Had they abandoned the pack? Had they passed? Aeo would dig into it later, he had to focus on the present for the time being. He needed answers.

(This post was last modified: Oct 07, 2013, 03:41 AM by Aeolus.)

I'm so sorry for how long this took! </3 Epic fail.

The day passed by like any other that Magnolia Glen had grown accustom to – Borlla was still injured and lying low, though it seemed for now she was out of any immediate danger. Relief had come to him when they had found the dark she-wolf, @Eek, on the borders – she had proclaimed her knowledge of healing, and that was all Phineas needed to usher her past the borders and accept her with an extended flourish he had perhaps not offered any others yet. Lucero had agreed at the time – she too was hopeful in gaining insight of the talent, and the Argyris male could only hope she would become a willing student to the swarthy female, despite her newfound rank due to Borlla’s injury.

Despite this, the ivory male felt confident that the Glen wolves remained in a good state, especially with the upcoming winter. Kyros and @Hypatia were at the age of learning, and while his daughter was avoiding him, he could only hope to spend more quality time with her to not just close the gap that had grown between them, but to teach her all she needed to know come time to enter the adult ranks of her home. Would they stay within the pack? Or would they disperse, come time that the rites of mother nature called to them, beckoning them to produce as well.

These thoughts were interrupted by the call of another. Hauntingly familiar, yet the regal male was unable to quite place the voice for now. Swinging his muzzle in the direction of the call, his own muzzle tipped up, releasing a song of his own – he would answer their demand and was on his way.

Because he was in the heart of his home, the moments passed all too quickly before he had closed the distance between the two. Moments drifted past, and soon an hour passed. Finally, with the scent of the other increasing with an aching familiarity, Phineas caught gaze of the male who had called for his attention. Aeolus stood before him – as large and proud as he recalled his littermate. Blinking stoically, the Argyris wolf hesitated in his pace now, his fiery eyes regarding the other with hesitance. Erebos had remained indifferent to him. Thanos had welcomed him warmly. How would Aeolus react?

<3

So they dug your graveAnd the masquerade

Aeolus Argyris

Will come calling outAt the mess you've made

When Phineas had come into view, reacting to his call, Aeolus knew that it was the moment to find out the truth. His body was faced with nothing of the sorts of Phantasmagoric, what he saw was what Aeo felt. He let his hackles raise slightly, standing tall as he faced the one brother that he had searched for. "Why?" The words were almost snarled, confusion had been evident. Answers, that was all that matter. Phineas had recognized him, at least as far as Aeolus could tell, there was hesitance in his brother's eyes, it made Aeo wonder if he knew why Aeo was even here.

"One by one we left, all of us. I stayed home until it fell to ruins. Everything our family had worked for, our parents, every Argyris. Its all gone because you left. Its all gone because Thorne and Desdemona left it in ruins." He was angry, furious, words couldn't even describe it anymore. He wasn't sure why his brother had left, he didn't know much about what had happened to him since Aeo had last seen him, but he honestly hadn't cared much. "First it was Erebos, than Thanos, they all left after you. If you had stayed, if they had stayed, Asphodel Meadows wouldn't be trampled to the ground with blood and ash." He was just venting, venting everything that he had held inside himself. He was figuratively speaking when he spoke of blood and ash, well, he was and he wasn't. Many had died or ran under Thorne's rule, in fact, all of them had. Even Aeo in the end was forced to flee. It had been like his world had come to an end.

Aeolus -- almost as large as himself -- bristled the moment his eyes fell to rest upon Phineas. It was the only indication he needed to realize how this meeting would go, and Phineas lifted himself taller well, his own hackles bristling dangerously as he took a step threateningly closer to the silver male. Each one of his siblings had sought him out -- each asking the same question, with their accusations. They were entitled to, naturally. He had left without a goodbye, and yet as the words spat at him, the accusations stretched further than his simple leaving. In turn, he was being accused of being the ruin to his birth pack.

"Are you done yet?" The words hissed past his lips as a snarl bubbled in his throat. Phineas' ears flickered dangerously back to his skull, his figure taut as he held himself back from pouncing at his brother and forcing him to stand down. "Don't play the fool and blame me for single handedly ruining our birth pack, Aeolus," he began, his voice low and laced with a growl. "I was no heir to a throne. Any of you three could have challenged him and taken my place. Instead, all three of you left as well." Snorting, Phineas took a pace back, his orange eyes ablaze as they studied his littermate coldly. "That's on all three of you just as much as it is me." Tired of playing the one solely responsible for bringing a pack to ruins, he awaited his brothers next charges, his lips pulled back in a sneer.

[I put it in there, but I'm not sure that Aeo could tell that Phin was a leader of the pack. If I need to change it please PM me!, sorry this took so long </3 @Phineas]

So they dug your graveAnd the masquerade

Aeolus Argyris

Will come calling outAt the mess you've made

Aeolus shook his head as he listened to Phineas, of course Aeolus had some fault in the fall, but he refused to admit to himself. He filled his head with his own thoughts, thoughts that pinned everything on his brothers and not him. "I tried Phineas, I stayed until the end trying to keep it afloat. But none of you tried, Erebos and Thanos didn't try. The fact was that I was the only man left when Thorne and Desdemona left. How does a pack survive with only one man?" He pressed his brother with his own thoughts. He honestly was so mad, with Phineas and himself, that he couldn't think straight. He proudly displayed the Pitch Pine Trail scent that he had picked up maybe 3 weeks prior.

His eyes narrowed a bit and he offered a bit more. "I didn't come here to start a physical fight with you Phineas, no matter how much I want to. I came for answers to three simple questions. Why the hell did you leave? Why didn't you tell any of us? Why didn't you simply banish Thorne? I don't care if you think that you weren't an heir to the pack, your a leader. Look at you, from what I can tell by your posture alone, your off leading another pack." His hackles rose up, like Phineas' this time, but he didn't look at his in the eyes. He was his brother still, even if Aeolus didn't like him one bit. He had to calm himself down, but that took time.

(This post was last modified: Jan 06, 2014, 05:16 AM by Aeolus.)

Look Out!

There are several fresh rabbit tracks in the snow. Hunt Opportunity

@Aeolus . So sorry for the wait.

It was as if everything he had said had went beyond Aeolus’ grasp in his anger. The ivory male uttered another growl, his muzzle lifting as his fiery eyes locked upon the male before him – a wolf so familiar to him, that he knew the exact pattern of his pelt, the intricate weave of grey to brown to cream. “Why didn’t you throw him out?” He would try once more – Aeolus, @Thanos, @Erebos.. each of them stewed in their own form of anger, yet none of them had attempted to overthrow the one wolf who was truly to blame for it all. Neither had he, but somehow, as he was the first to leave, that had laid the blame to rest on him.

A snort escaped him at his littermate’s statement. Not once had Phineas mentioned a physical fight, and where the notion came from was beyond him. Yet he was derailed with more questions, and with flashing eyes that rounded upon his brother’s own, a sneer fell to his lips. “I left because it was all I could handle at that point,” he allowed, his tone soft and yet dangerous. “Everything I had fought for, everything I had worked for had all been destroyed by the she-wolf I had thought to love. There was no point in banishing him, or her.. or their bastard children.” He winced slightly now at the mention of the cubs – pitch black fur, adoring eyes. He had loved them so, and yet he was tainted by them. “Because at the end, he had already taken my home and everything from me, whether he was there or not.”

He fell silent then, his figure lifting even more so as Aeolus continued. “You, Erebos, Thanos.. you all came here, hunting me down, flinging your accusations as if it will mend however you feel wronged, when in truth, you all should be pointing to yourselves. The day I found Demi with him I lost my family, my everything. All three of you still had something to fight for – your birth pack was so important to you and yet you stood aside and let it fall to ruin. That’s on you.” He regarded the male quietly now, his hackles bristling as he tensed. The altercations he was partaking with his so called ‘family’ was all the proof he needed that his decision had been right. “This here,” he swept his muzzle do the direction of Magnolia Glen, his eyes narrowing. “They are my true family.”

(This post was last modified: Jan 23, 2014, 07:46 PM by Phineas.)

There is a moose carcass that has been scavenged by coyotes nearby. +15 Health

It's fine @Phineas <3 I was thinking one more post from Phin and 1 from Aeo than archive?

Aeolus hissed slightly at his brother; scoffing as his brother decided to go on about how his new pack was his new family. Aeolus narrowed his eyes with a retort. "Thorne had more support than I did. If I had some support from certain brothers of mine than maybe I could have overthrown him Phineas." He snapped at the leader of Magnolia Glen. This pack he was in, it was his new home? It was his true family? How long would that last before he made it fall to the floor like he did Asphodel Meadows. "Remember when we were your true family Phineas? Remember when we were the ones you were fighting for? Remember the pack that we had all put our heart and soul into?"

His voice leaked with venom as he left one last comment for the man. "How long until you run off again? How long until this new home of yours no longer holds your true family? How long until you abandon them? I'm not denying that I could have tried harder, but it's a little hard to try and save something you lose hope in Phineas." The pain of everything lost held in his eyes as he caught a faint scent of moose. He didn't care at that point. He hoped he was done with his rageful comments. He waited for a sincere answer from his brother before he was to leave and hopefully never see the brute again. Phineas had said it himself; they weren't really brothers anymore.

Aeolus countered an argument – a moot point, in the eyes of the ivory man and he snorted in response. “If you had no support than it was clearly what the pack wanted,” he responded in turn. It was disappointing to hear – bitter in the end, knowing that the loyalists of the pack he had once lead had accepted the dark man as their Leader rather than Phineas’ own flesh and blood. It was likely the doing of Desdeomona and Thorne – the two had wrapped the entire pack around their paw, and the regal could already sense his demise had been on the way.. he had just come across them sooner than expected.

What was done was done – the ivory wolf could easily admit he never should have left without a goodbye—had done so to Thanos, even. But he would not shoulder the blame of the entire pack crashing and burning – not when his brothers had all did the exact same thing he had. “You call this family?” He stressed the words, his paw lifting t sweep the ground below him in the distance between them. His brothers had not revealed any worry for him – they only held on to their anger. Everything they had once been was long gone now.

“Don’t begin flinging around accusations, Aeolus,” he advised quietly, his eyes regarding his brother sternly. If the male wanted to go toe to toe, all he had to do was mention his mate and kids – that fuse alone would set the ivory beast off. “You don’t even know them nor have you asked about them. Don’t pretend to care.”