Set immediately following his acceptance on December 05!
This land felt strange, foreign even between the thick pads of his feet but he decided almost instantly that he liked it. After getting accepted by the female lead, he excused himself in search of a body of water to rise himself clean in. It tickled him that the woman had not questioned the blood, given his feral appearance but he was content with letting the incident go swept under the rug; if she was not concerned, then neither was he in having to explain himself. He hadn't quite decided whether he wanted to discuss something that personal with his pack mates just yet, because as fresh as the blood had been on his chest, the horrific memory was replaying like a cinema in his mind, having replayed over and over again non-stop. Disappearing to find water was a way for him to get away from those thoughts and get a good layout of what was now his permanent home. His steps were deliberate and slow, the occasional twitch of his swaying appendage tapped a fallen tree or hanging brush with hopes of getting more of the Broken Timber Pine scent on his pelt, as well as rubbing his own stench off along the way, just in case a passerby wasn't aware that there was another male in the pack. As far as he could tell from scent alone, Iopah wasn't the only female and there happened to be one other male besides the leader that walked these lands--and he was curious to happen upon the male this evening. It was only when the sound of running water caught his attention that he diverted his path and moved deeper into the pack until the temperature seemed to cool even further from the brush, moss, and dampness that littered this secluded pack. He would like it here, he just knew it. He approached the water with the carefulness of a cat, testing the temperature and when he felt it was comfortable enough, he lowered onto his stomach in anticipation for the remaining blood to ripple away from him. The crimson that surrounded him was light, and the metallic stench was faint but he was excited to see the memory of that day disappear, he only wished that he could finally close his mind off of what had happened. Grunting softly, as the cool water had eased his nerves, his head lifted to the sound of approaching geese who were most likely migrating for the winter, and watched them as they made their way to more accommodating land--hungrily his stomach growled. If only one could fall from the skies, if only he were so lucky, and as if to make this wish come true he barked, yipped and howled with hopes that distraction would cause one to lose course and into his mouth. "talk" |