Pookastone Scowle [BWP] Still sore

This is a special hunt thread purchased with BWP points, after this post the prey will be controlled by the participants of the thread. Participants can gain 20 health points, and also all the traditional lp associated with pack hunts Tagging @Morganna and @Celandine as leaders of the pack.

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?

She was a beautiful beast of a buffalo. Majestic and boy was she large, honestly she would probably be mistaken for a male if it wasn’t for a lack of a certain appendage. But, she was vision impaired, the world to her was a confusing array of blurry lights and colours and it was a miracle she had made it to adulthood at all. Her herd had done a lions job of raising her and keeping her safe but now that she was an adult they had gotten frustrated and left her behind. Technically, had she been able-sighted she could have kept up and wouldn’t have gotten so far away, but she was still trying.

Only problem was she had somehow gotten confused and started following the trail of a different creature altogether. She had walked right into a wolf pack’s territory and still hadn’t realized she had been following a canine and not a herd of buffalo. What could she say, she was practically blind and apparently not that good of a tracker either.

We Aren't Afraid

It was a usual day for the Artemieva in the scowle. Now that he had a role to call his very own Tikhon was taking it seriously with doing border patrols and keeping an eye on the comings and goings of his packmates. With the coyote's numbers still great in the lore he didn't want one of his packmates to he caught unaware.

Making his way through the territory something caught his eye. A buffalo without a herd, well that was something. He knew his pack could most certainly benefit from taking her down. The dark Agouti thought to call them but didn't want to scare her off. He also didn't want to attract the attention of the herd so he settled on watching her for a bit to perhaps gain a better idea of if she was actually alone and a plan in taking such a beast down.

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you rollin with us or you gettin' rolled over

The pup hadn't been paying attention to what was going on behind her, if she had, she might have realised that lunch was following her straight past the borders and home. It wasn't until she spotted Tikhon ahead, her tail waving merrily at her back in greeting that she realised it wasn't her He was looking at but rather something something behind her.

A flash of anger crossed her silver marked face before she glanced behind her to figure out just what could be worth more attention than her when everything fell into place. From here she could see the clouded eyes of the lumbering beast and knew why he didn't want to give her a headstart by calling for the others.

The child made up her mind, running to the older wolf and whispering in passing "I'll get ma!" After all, it seemed the buffalo had managed to sniff out one of the lingering patches of dandelions and was happily nosing at those instead of the heavy scent of wolves within the borders.

A quick glance at the sun told her she should be in luck, she might even manage to catch @Celandine and her father sunning themselves at the same time. "Ma! Mamama! You won't believe it!" The small child gushed.

the gloves are comin' off

This is my kingdom come

You won't believe it! Morrganna sleepily lifted her head, the joking thought of not believing her nap was interupted to hear about some fish splashing in the lagoon or some moth emerging from the caccoon her favourite catepillar had disappeared into bought a smirk to her face as she stretched, toes extending forward with a yawn as she waited for her daughter to get to the point.

The words that tumbled from her mouth, however, had the leader up in an instant, a glance thrown to her companions that were making the most of the daylight hours to absorb the last decent sunlight into their bones before autumn came and stole the warmth away. "Lets go then," It was clearly a direction to all of them. Their caches would need to be full with the impending winter.

The leader slid in next to Tikhon, observing the unexpected boon and trying to ignore the weight of her daughter trying to get a better view by throwing her paws across her mother's hips. "I wonder if she thought we were a safer bet than th' coyotes or if 'er herd just got sick of waiting fer someone ter take 'er down?" At least her clouded sight might work in their favour... it could also make her extremely dangerous though.

this is my kingdom come

(This post was last modified: Sep 21, 2018, 10:47 PM by Morganna.)

The pale queen had been in that odd state before sleep, where one is much more engrossed in their thoughts than they are aware of their surroundings, when Sedna's voice touched her ears. Bright eyes flashed open, violently blinking the sleep away as she listened to the words rushing out of the silvery girl's mouth. Celandine was already lifting herself from the ground, a smile painting lines in her features, when Morganna's order came. What luck that such a large creature would make it's way over the borders. And if they were successful, then they'd hardly need to move to put the leftovers in the caches. 

Celandine momentarily fell behind, sending a call for @Anduin and @Vaeda in hopes that they'd find their way to the borders. If the hunt were planned she would have waited for them, but every second would likely count, and it would be such a sin to miss an opportunity when it quite literally knocked on your doorstep. "Maybe they left her as a gift in hopes that she'd tide us over a while?" Oh, this was too good. Honestly.

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Anduin had rushed to his mother's call almost instantaneously. There weren't many in their pack, so the boy had learned that even one missing wolf could potentially cause something to go south, he'd be damned if that wolf were ever him. It hadn't required words to figure out what today's plan would be. After all, kind of hard to miss a big fat buffalo walking around all alone. What was it doing? Did it have a death wish or something? Well, if that were the case then it sure had come to the right place. The boy couldn't help but smile as he closed that last lite bit of space that was left between him and his mother. "It's so big.. " the boy whispered to her, never having seen an animal of this velocity up close.

now i'll be bold, as well as strong

Macha was a decent healer. Under her care he felt mostly at ease. When he'd returned she'd set to work patching him up and now he felt almost as good as new. On this particular day he was enjoying doing absolutely nothing in the warmth of the sun. Eventually it wouldn't feel the same when the frost, ice, and snow stuck around. A thought that he shoved aside. He didn't want to think about the cold.

His light nap was interrupted by Sedna's voice. His head raised as he wanted to hear what she was so excited about this time. One thing was for sure it changed a lot day by day. What would it be this time?

As her tale unfolded he sprung to a stand, quite awake now. It was pretty crazy such a blessing had come this way but at her age he didn't doubt. He nudged Vareth who had probably been the deepest asleep. Once the boy's bright eyes greeted him, Ren made way to the borders with the others. Standing beside Morganna, taking the creature in. The sight of her made his stomach ache. She would feed them for a good time, and left overs to spare. Perhaps they could even send some to the Ridge. He wondered how they were fairing in this season with the coyotes but he was getting ahead of himself.

For the same reason that made her so delicious was daunting. It wouldn't feel great if she decided to plow one of them over and he didn't doubt how she could toss them aside. It was clear Morganna was thinking it over. She had hunted creatures similar in the north and had her list of strategies. He could only think how they needed to wound her so she struggled to move too swift. His biggest question was what would be best for the pups? The beast didn't look like she saw too great. Would  it be enough to keep her slow?

and use my head alongside my heart

(This post was last modified: Oct 13, 2018, 08:29 AM by Renier.)

it's in my blood, it's in my water

Tired from his adventures he wasn't aware anything was going on until someone was bumping their wet nose against his head. It was the one thing he truly disliked. Without thought he batted at it, wishing to stay asleep. He was having the most interesting dream but the nose persisted and with a rough huff he opened his eyes to see it had been his father all along. Whoops. With a meager sweep of his tail he picked himself up and tried to keep pace. He too was eager to see what Sedna had found. What everyone was so excited about as if they'd never seen it. As the beast came in sight hf he wasn't seeing it with his own eyes he wouldn't have believed it. "Wut..is it?" He murmured, not taking his eyes from the thing, clearly awed and yet a hint of fear lingered. Was this another lesson like the one with the beaver?   

i have been blessed with a wilder mind

This is my kingdom come

Between @Celandine, @Tikhon, @Renier and herself, she felt confident they could manage the buffalo. Sedna, Anduin and Vareth only needed to keep themselves useful she was certain. Keeping her voice low she laid out their plan. "We'll have ter be careful, yer get underneath 'er an' yer won't be gettin' back up." They advice was offered for the children's sakes. "If we bleed 'er out from th' back we'll do better'n tryin' ter get through the wooly stuff at th' front. We don't want 'er gettin' in th' water either, she'll be too heavy ter drag out, so you three," She addressed the children again, "Get between 'er an' the lagoon. Wait fer us ter get 'er movin' an' make a lotta noise." Not only would it be likely to drive her in the direction they wanted, but it was also likely to make her think there were far more to their numbers than there really were.

Turning her attention back to the adults she considered their options. It made sense for the girls to go in first with their speed, and then once she started to slow allow the males to step in with their extra weight to pull her down. She voiced as much to the other wolves before moving into position. Provided the wind remained on their side, they wouldn't even need to push hard to land the first blows. She could already taste the blood.

this is my kingdom come

Tikhon had just been in the process of deciding of he should go and get the others or stay and continue to watch when one of the pups appeared. Perfect, and when she realized what was going on he didn't have say anything. She declared she would go to get her mother. Before he could say anything she was gone after her mother.

It didn't take long for a few others to arrive and already Morganna had a plan. It all sounded like a reasonable one too so he had nothing to add. The pups would be involved too which he felt they would do well at the job they were given. After having been given his instructions Tikhon fell into position along with Morganna.

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