Heartleaf Creek Hunt Opportunity - West RL

Lalani watched as the amount of wolves in the area steadily climbed. Wolves of the rivaling pack continued to appear from the trees, but so did Lani's own. She was rather surprised as Maksim came up beside her, nodding at her, almost with what seemed like respect. Several more showed, including those of a few other packs. Howl carried through the air as they called for their families.

Her eyes narrowed as the other wolves continued to remain where they were, and a few of them even had the gall to go after the elk. As it turned out, there were several wolves from different packs that were eager to sick their teeth into flesh. A little too eager it seemed. She watched anxiously as some of her own pack members entered into the frey. What started out as trying to take the animal for themselves turned into a scuffle. The wolves were going back and forth, snapping and pushing at each other. Lani glanced at the other members of her pack, wondering if anything was going to be done. Lani wasn't necessarily ready for a fight at the moment, but if she had to protect the pack, she would. Her eyes searched the faces around her, wondering where her two friends could possibly be.

It didn't take long for the number of wolves to completely skyrocket. There was no way that the one elk could feed this many. It was likely that it could feed a couple of them, but not all of them. The action was escalating and she new it wouldn't be long until this turned into an all out brawl. As it was, Lani wasn't sure how they were going to recover the ground lost to Hollowheart Keep. They already had several wolves after the bull, outnumbering those of Cut Rock River.

That's when Maksim spoke. He turned to them and started giving instructions. One was to go to find the leader of another pack, their allies. This gave Lani some hope. Maybe they did have a chance after all. If they teamed up with the smaller packs, then they might be able to chace off the pests. Those of the Keep wouldn't be going home with just hollow hearts but with hollow bellies too. Maksim also sent another one of their wolves after the elk to join those already on the hunt. Lastly, he told the rest of them to move back, back into the trees. They were to hide, to move down wind, and continued from there. It would be an ambush. Lani wasn't sure whether this plan would actually work, but she didn't have any better ideas, so there was no reason not to try.

As Maksim turned back towards the trees, Lani followed suit. She wanted to get into place, to try and be able to contribute somehow. Her eyes trailed over those that had come at her call. They didn't know her well but they had trusted her enough to believe her, and they came. She was slightly disappointed that Anna hadn't come. As her gaze landed on Quil, she moved closer. The pup was growing up fast, but Lani did not feel comfortable having her in danger. She didn't know the girl personally, considering they had never spoken, but she knew who she was. "Quil, if you'd stay close to me, it would make it easier for me to protect you." She didn't know how the girl would react, considering that Lani was telling her she needed protection, but Lani hoped that Quil would see sense and comply. Lani decided that she would watch out for the girl, that's how she was going to help. CRR wasn't going to loose the remaining female pup.

SUMMARY: Lani watches the action, hears Mak's orders, and goes to follow them, while deciding to protect Quil.

(This post was last modified: Feb 14, 2014, 05:36 AM by Lalani.)

Lost my nice 500 word post. So now you get summary form. - Titan comes in not knowing whats going on a part from the fact that he was called.

The dark wolfs paws thrummed underneath his lanky body as the gray misted black child loped along the trail. His path was anywhere not near the older silver male that had argued with Titan earlier about staying in the den. Besides, the call from Minka had been to him as well as Tokino. So the young Thorben had no problem leaving the smaller shorter male in the proverbial dust as Titan used his mothers' and fathers' long legs, strength, and stamina to outpace the older shorter Lagina male. Titan's mind thought like so: "Kino would get there eventually..." but sometime after Titan had already arrived and greeted the other adults.

He had come across his mothers scent and tracks shortly after reaching the area where heartleaf creek would be come the spring thaw. Knowing that she had also been called out to Titan instinctually followed the silver queens paw prints towards their rusty alpha Minka.

After the long journey Titan's pace began to slow. He could smell a lot of things on the air. Wolf was the main component. There were a lot of wolves around. So many that the young male couldn't register the scents of packs he'd possibly met in his mind. So instead he focused on his mothers winding trail which took him to the top of a tiny hill.

As the child looked down he spotted the silver shape loping towards a clump of trees. He could barely make out the other still bodies of wolves beneath the trees below. So quickly the boy pelted forward after his gray furred mother.

Upon arriving Titan creeped forward into the circle of wolves from behind his mother and Namara's rear ends. Not aware that they had been talking the child spoke up.

"Is there food nearby? Or are we hunting rabbits again?" Titan asked innocently enough. His paws gripped the snow as hunger bellowed from within the depths of his belly. He always got riled up when food was concerned.

WHISPER Caverns

(This post was last modified: Feb 14, 2014, 05:37 AM by Titan.)

what you don't know, won't hurt you

Tokino Lagina

what you can't see, won't blind you

Dammit! Tokino snarled as he lost sight of Titan over the gentle curve of the glittering white landscape. He should have known that Titan wouldn't stay like he was told to do so. Instead the child had bounded off as soon as he turned to leave. His snarl echoed loudly as Kino remembered the young Thorben brushing past him as Titan ran forward towards the howl. He'd tried to catch up, but unfortunately for him the pup was well fed compared to the rest of the pack and himself. Kino just didn't have the energy to go sprinting after children anymore.

So instead he loped slowly behind keeping his pace steady so as not to tire himself out. It was very possible that Minka had found something to hunt, which would be why she called pretty much the whole pack out. He thought silently while watching the gray clouds pass overhead. Every once in a great while a little blue would show through the clouds, but then be covered up again as the minutes passed.

Much time went by before the older male found himself following Titan's trail to a strange place. It was a place he had never been to before. At first Kino thought the boy was lost until he sniffed his nieces scent and Inali's older smell on the same trail. Inali girl must have carved out this trail first, then Nari, and finally Titan and I. He sniffed the snow gingerly then scented the air. As the male neared the large groups of wolves he began to fidget. Lots of wolf scent meant danger to everyone. He wondered quietly how many packs he could scent in the breeze encircling the forest, and all of them were nearby.

Quickly he found his way to the rest of the group. The male narrowed his eyes at Titan's waving tail and attempted to nip the boy on the rear. Get yer act together and be serious about this. It's not a game. Tokino let his teeth show to the youngster. Then he looked to the females gathered. Nari and Minka were there which made the male chuckle on the inside. Nari seemed nervous,but then again everyone seemed on edge right now. What with all the other strange wolves about and everything.

He greeted Minka first licking the line of the right side of her jaw up to her cheek. His blue gaze seared knowingly into her own gaze. Kino knew that she needed backup and that was exactly why he was here. He would help her with anything should she ask it. Then his gaze slipped to Nari. Technically they were both seconds now so he had the right to try and dominate her. However the male didn't want to start something that might distract them from whatever job, fight, or hunt they would be helping Minka with. So instead he gave her a respectful nod while keeping his head and tail level with the younger Lagina's own display. Then he greeted Inali with a warm lick to the top of her snout and a chuckled but sarcastic "nice day isn't it?" to her.

Lastly he turned to Namara whom the gray man didn't know. My name is Tokino Lagina young miss. He greeted her with a warm smile then looked back to the little group waiting for somebody to fill him in on what he had missed.

SUMARRY: Kino shows up and greets everyone nipping Titan on the butt while doing so. Then he's quiet waiting for orders/information.

(This post was last modified: Feb 14, 2014, 06:54 AM by Tokino.)

everything that kills me makes me feel alive

Sumarry: Karpos realizes he might have to fight his aunt and uncles and he quivers a bit before realizing that he could not appear weak in front of his packmates. He hears Titan talk and so he leaps at him and aims to knock him off his paws.

He couldn't take it. His uncle Aeo was there, fighting him. His uncle Lachesis was in the fight on the opposing side. His eyes widened at his Aunt @Naia showed up as well. His breathing staggered but he couldn't lose his cool. Not in front of Aponi or her parents. He might come off as weak. A loudmouth pup from some other pack showed up and with that Karpos took his move. He lunged at the pup as Aponi had at some of the adults. He was never too far from her in case he was needed to help. Titan was a pup and Karp knew to not bite off more than he could chew. Pups versus pups unless he was fighting with an adult.

He would fight for what was his and his packs until he was commanded not to. With his time in Pitch Pine Trail he learned the cruelness of the outside world. If they did not stand up for what belonged to them than what did they have? He was worried about his aunts and uncles on the other side but he was more concerned about his pack and those whom he pledged his loyalty to. Family was forever and packs were a family too. When he lunged at Titan he aimed simply to knock him off his paws to get him to stop talking and possible run off. There were so many enemies there and he feared for his own life, Aponi's life, everyone's life.

EVERYONE CAN POST ONCE MORE AS A CLOSING POST IF DESIRED. The elk escaped unscathed -- there is currently an extreme blizzard and wolves are forced to withdraw from their fights and their attack on the prey. They should now seek their leaders and try to make it home safely. White out conditions make it impossible to see.

This thread will close on the 4th. Everyone can claim LP for participating.

The flurry of motion -- the howling, the yowls of angry voices could not possibly be missed by the beast, even as the cold winter wind swept past him. How quickly he had become surrounded was terrifying, and with a snort of dismay, he stamped, his head tossing back as his eyes fell upon the wolves that now moved toward him with the intentions of ending his life and fueling their own.

He would not wait for this fate to unveil.

He moved, and quickly -- the weakness that surrendered his bones from the winter seemed misplaced as he pushed forward quickly. He did not hear the snap of jaws that aimed so close to his ankles -- his hooves kicked snow as he fled with surprising agility.

As if mother nature wished to cocoon him in protection, the grey skies suddenly opened up above. The storm hit like a fierce tsunami -- the snow did not start with mild flurries before building to a true blizzard -- the white out swooped down with the fierceness of the sudden winter wind, and in only a few moments the wolves had vanished from his sight, whitened away in the storm.

The elk would live to see another day as it slipped through the foliage, running without looking back. Not stopping until certain it's attackers had been hindered far too greatly by the storm.

His attempt to scathe the elk had gone without success. Teeth closed around air and...Was that snow? With this realization, he faltered somewhat in his chase, only to try and pick up the pace again, painfully aware that his heels were quite biteable. But the snow fell harder and harder until the elk was no longer visible before him and the presence of his packmates was no longer palpable. Chulyin considered himself a calm man, but it was as though he had suddenly been struck blind and had no choice but to stop in his tracks. Catching a scent was nearly impossible. With so many wolves about, he was forced to turn in the direction he hoped home was in. A few hefty barks catapulted through the white blanket that certainly had them all in the figurative dark, and he hoped to find his packmates. Ears were alert, hoping to catch some sign of a howl from his sister, though when he thought his calls went unanswered, he let out his own summoning sound.

It was some time and distance before he found the dark presences of trees around him and finally paused. The elk was gone, and if it was not, he cursed those that were fool enough to continue after it. And it was among the trees that he waited to be reunited with his pack.

/chulyin exits

Lurking until the end of July - Please PM/tag me to get my attention

Speech.

Greetings were exchanged, strategies talked about, and choas ensued. But in the end, nothing had been settled. Right as she was about to annouce 'screw it all' and join the chase, a snowstorm appeared out of nowhere. Snow started coming down. Hard. One moment Inali was standing next to Minka, te next she was surrounded by blurring white. She tried to bark, but the storm just swallowed it. Trying not to panic, Inali started to jog away, trying to find her way out of the storm. It just got worse, until Inali could barely see one paw going in front of the other. Fuck it, she reasoned in her mind, the panic consuming her.

Breaking into a hard run, she prayed to the Fates to let her get out of this alive. She didn't know where she was headed, and frankly, she didnt care. Her only wish was to get out of this horrendous storm. Inali didn't know how much time passed until she noticed she had begun to weave through trees. Stopping in her tracks, her eyes adjusted to her surroundings. The snow was still flurring all around her, but she wasnt at the thick of it anymore. Breathing deep, shelet loose a howl that ricocheted through the forest. Inali hoped her pack mates heard her urgency. She wanted to see them all in one piece, because the sooner they appeared, the sooner they could get back to the saftey the Caverns provided them with. Letting loose another howl, the woman tried to forget that she was surrounded by snow and on unfamiliar lands.

{Inali exit}

Fuck. Eek faltered as more and more wolves swarmed in like flies to a rotting carcass, all with eyes that smoked from their hatred for her adopted pack. She did not understand this ferocity, being completely ignorant to the events of this side of the mountain even during her stay. There was an obvious decision to be made, but she wasn't given time to puzzle over it. As Eek slowed to consider whether it would be wisest to keep her promise to @Naira or save her own hide from the horde of angry foreigners, the elk was already out of reach and a sudden storm hit with such passion that Eek pressed herself to the ground and wondered if the entire world despised the wolves that had given her shelter. With a frightened yelp, Eek reacted by instinct; she turned tail and ran.

what you don't know, won't hurt you

Tokino Lagina

what you can't see, won't blind you

Well fuck... The gray man uttered as his eyes chanced a look to the skies. He hadn't even noticed the young pup spring out of nowhere to attack Titan. Instead the gray male couldn't get any other words out before a wave of snow nearly flattened him to the ground in a rush of fierce wind. Grabbing the wolf closest to him with his jaws Titan blinked his eyes practically shut before he realized the scent that invaded his nose. He had grabbed Titan but the smell of it, but the male wasn't sure what of the boy he had grabbed. It was so thickly white around the Lagina male that he couldn't even see Titan's starkly black coat through the snow blinding him.

Feeling the snowy earth with his claws Tokino tried to calm himself down. He realized that whatever part of Titan he held between his teeth was thin as it wigled around on one end. Realizing dimly that this was the boys tail Tokino pushed himself forward to stand practically on top of and next to Titan while simultaneously releasing the Thorben's tail. Feelin for his head with a cold wet nose Kino found Titan's ear and barked an order in it hoping the boy would listen for once.

Stay next to me like sap! Don't leave my side or you'll be lost to death in this blizzard! He barked the orders so that they were loud enough to be heard over the wind while standing next to Titan then stepped forward once. Now follow me! Tokino led the way forward unaware of whether Inali, Narimé or Minka had also begun to march away. His main concern was the youth of the pack and Tokino was not about to let the child get lost once more in a dangerous freak blizzard.

(Exit Tokino)

(This post was last modified: Mar 02, 2014, 05:51 AM by Tokino.)

As they crept through the tree line, a hideous storm had decided that they would still be hungry today. Fuck. It seemed as if it happened immediately and Maksim snarled in frustration. They would all be without a warm meal in their bellies. The thought incensed him. That elk had been so close but now it was fleeing and the snows were blinding the wolves of the Lore. Without another thought, Maksim raised his head and released a summoning howl. All the Cut Rock River wolves were to retreat immediately; it was not worth risking their lives for. Anger had settled into his bones and he damned the whole world.

Maksim waited for the others to join the small group before he turned and snapped his orders loud enough for the wolves to hear him. “Stay close—do not stray too far, unless you are wishing for a slow and icy death!” Without another word, he began to push through the snows, leading the wolves of Cut Rock River to their territory. He wasn't an expert tracker but he knew the way, even blinded by swirling powdered snow. It would take quite a while to make the journey back home, that much the River king was sure about, and each wolf would need to rest immediately. This had been a tense ordeal for all involved and energy had been burnt up, wasted chasing a now impossible meal. No doubt there would be quite a few cases of aching paws. The agouti leader could only pray that frost bite would not settle in.

/Maksim exit

we are shining in the rising sun, as we are floating in the blue