The Mist- Wolf pack rp (ACCEPTING! PLEASE JOIN!)

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Nix gave him a kind smile, "Rook, its as if you have never seen a queen before. Honestly the cold isn't the best, but I expect the pups shall be healthy. What I require is simply to talk, but maybe we could retreat to a den? I still do not wish my pups ill will, and our conversation would not be for any others of the pack to hear." Her crystaline voice trilled out, as the white female neared the black male. As a leader, he seemed adept and just. A good alpha. "Oh, and call me Nix. Who wants to say my full name all the time?" Her comment an afterthought, as she wagged her tail once. A quick glance to the side showed Infernum, seemingly irritated, but he declined his head respectfully to her, and Rook as an afterthought. Nix's eyes darkened at that, knowing the male from her pack still did not accept his new alpha. A simple glare was all it took, and Infernum was off to the relative safety of his den. Sighing, the former alpha looked back to the current one.

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ScarletHart(Rook)
He nodded, "Fare enough, no one will interrupt us in the alpha den." He said after a moment, his gaze following her to the dawn hunter, he kept his expression neutral and dis-sided to let the action slide. He could feel the eyes of some of his betas follow the exchange, no need to make them think anything be amiss. He was thankful for Nix to keep her pack in line, hopfully he would be able to return the favor. "Nix, Alright then, I can relate to that." He said with a smile, since he too went by his nickname. "Follow me," The black wolf trotted to his den.

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Nix followed, her tail held high. She bowed her head to enter the den, and was instantly rewarded with warmth from the snow and wind. Soon, the queen had laid down with exhaustion. Nuzzling her stomach once, the white female looked to the other wolf. "I am worried, Rook. The packs aren't settling. My wolves are hard-headed, stubborn. They don't forget easily. "A sigh. "If they don't stop being like this, fights will break out, and we can't afford that. It's winter, and that's the whole reason we merged. " She stood and paced once before laying back down. She never really voiced her concerns, usually only to her mate... He was gone... It hit her like it did every time. Mercilessly hard. She let none of that show in her body language, but her eyes she couldn't control as easily. The pain showed quickly, before she schooled everything in her expression into perfect neutrality. She looked over Rook, taking him in. No matter how nice he was, he was still the enemy. The one whos pack killed her mate. This was simply a temporary thing, to keep them all from dying in the hard winter. But she could control her emotions, and did so easily most of the time. OK, some of the time. She was getting better at hiding behind a stone wall. But the others... She was truly worried for her small portion of the pack that she had once ruled as alpha. They were loyal to her, but they weren't as controlled as she, no. They needed to solve this problem now before anything came of it.

Infernum watched his alpha disappear into the alpha's den. He was humiliated, and that is how she wanted it. That way, she would be the afterthought bow. He sighed, the Hunt had been unsuccessful, and that angered him. Slowly, though, he fell into a light sleep.

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ScarletHart(Rook)
He thought for a moment about what she had said. It was very clear the packs were having a nearly imposible time settling down but that was hardly a surprise, they went from war to living together in a very short amount of time. Both packs had had losses and it wasn't exactly the popular option to merge them. Still, Rooks eyes focused out the face of the cave and into the distance, they had a greater enemy than each other. These days it felt as though the world was closing in around him, his pack, the land, nothing was safe anymore and all he could do was struggle to keep it all together and endure. The black wolf let out a sigh and turned his attention back to the female, who had likewise grown silent. "Our packs aren't the biggest threat here. We've been backed into a corner." The black wolf shook his head and growled in frustration before taking a deep breath to quiet himself "I know tensions are high, and old grudges die hard. But this, what we've been through... what we've lost. Its nothing compared to what ahead of us at this rate." He said quietly bringing his gaze to meet her eyes, "And besides, they still see you as alpha do they not? I don't think they would rebel against your wishes."

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Nix gave a tired and sarcastic laugh at his last statement. "Yes, most see me as their alpha still, which could be good or bad. But as for rebellion, I had that even as my own pack's alpha." She closed her eyes, "No, not all respect me, in fact many are angry that we merged, some happy. Not all would be happy for the right reasons. Some want revenge. " Nix opened her eyes, which were filled with unfiltered grief and tiredness. No anger lurked, but underlying hurt stayed behind the other emotions. She kept his gaze with her's, eyes showing the emotions she normally held down. Then, she schooled her expression once more. Looking down, she began to speak again, "They think you pity us, for you were winning. Many plot against you, I would guess. I speak not to them for now, prefering to simply sleep and eat until I have my pups, and until I am once again useful. But I will tell you, They are hurt. Many of our elders, our parents and siblings, were killed in that war." Pausing, she growled for a second in frustration, "I don't know what to do. We need to find some way to get them to understand. You're right, bigger things are out there. We need them to see the common enemy here. " The white wolf stood and paced, frustration lacing every pawstep. "And here I am, sitting in the depth of the pack, safe and sound, when all I want and need to do is go hunting. " She growled so fiercly, many out of the den could hear it, and a barked voice asked worriedly what was going on. Nix glanced back before looking to the alpha. "Look, I'm going to go back to my den. I need to be alone for a bit. " Her voice was tinged with mixed emotions as the female turned out of the den, glancing back once to bow to him respectfully. The only surprising thing about it was, it seemed whole hearted. Completely and utterly respectful, as if he had been her alpha for her whole life and had proven himself to her sevenfold. She let her eyes reveal sadness as she bowed, but then her face returned cold and motionless as she padded out, not waiting for his answers. Head and tail high, the former Alpha female trotted out into the cold snow, heading towards her den.

Infernum padded out of his den and looked around. The white queen had went back to her den, so maybe he could get off with more hunting. But, maybe, he could get someone else to come. That way, he would have backup. The chocolate colored male looked around, hoping one of the other hunters were around.

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ScarletHart(Rook)
The black wolf felt the force of gaze, Her eyes were like a glass wall holding back some suppressed fire within her. Compared to that he knew his eyes probably looked cold and distant like that of prey right before the final blow, or at least that was how he imagined he looked. That was how he felt too, but stubborn pride was holding on to hope with a death grip and ScarletHart had no intention of going down without a fight. He hoped she could see some of that determination too. Her words made him stiffen, the dawn pack had been no weaklings, they had taken more of his own then they cared to admit. But on one hand, it was the dawn who had been driven from their land into his territory. It was only when the northern hunting ground was lost did they realize what was going on. Pity had nothing to do with it. Rook wanted to say something but she turned around and left before he could. Nix bowed but the way she did it made him feel cold and very much alone, despite everything, she trusted him. For the time being at least he was her alpha and she was going to respect that. The weight of that responsibility made him close his eyes for a moment and when he opened them, she was already gone.

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Nix turned last minuite and ran, just ran. Her paws pounded on the ground like bullets as she went to the edge of the mist. It caused a heavy ringing in her sensitive, but she cared not. The route she had gone was familiar, towards her old home. Towards the site of where she had left her mate, dead. She was stopped short, but could see up to it. The foggy stuff hadn't covered it completely. A single grief filled howl was all the white queen allowed herself before retreating, the ringing in her ears disapating as she grew further away from the Mist. Suddenly, she was a love-struck hunter, exploring for prey in the dead of winter. Soon, the former alpha, despite being not only alone but with pups, had caught a rabbit, no matter that it was weak and already dying. Filled with emotions too numerous to name the she-wolf started attacking the killed prey, eyes clouded in the moment. When she came to her senses, the rabbit was torn into shreds, completely and utterly inedible. Breathing hard, blood still on her coat, the female started back for home. Before she did, far enough away that she felt they wouldn't hear her, but they probably would, a long drawn out howl escaped. It was a mourning song, for her lost love, her lost home. Everything familiar was lost to her. But, someone else was familiar enough. Rook. He was so much like... him, in looks... personality... but not in action. The way he had looked at her, cold and distant. She could feel familiarity in the way he was. In his actions he was so much like herself, that it made her pause in her song of despair. When her mate had died, it had been at the hands of a wolf she didn't know, but she had killed them in a blind rage, and injured many others in the process. But she didn't let herself properly mourn her lost mate. Knew if she did nothing would stop the flood gates. even now she held back, knowing that if she fully mourned him she wouldn't be able to care for her young, her lovely pups. She shook her head and trotted back into camp, bloody, but with a look on her face that said, ask, and you'll regret you ever even looked at me. She sat in the middle of the cold snow, not even caring anymore. Her air was that of a very dangerous wolf to be near.

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ScarletHart(Rook)
He stayed in his cave a moment longer after she left before leaving himself. Rook frowned when he still saw that wolf from before looking around as though he lost something and the alpha grunted, "If your looking for something to do, I gave chestnut and another hunter permition to go scouting for deer over by the lake, that's east of here. They haven't reported back, so if your going to go out you might as well meet up with them. Blazing Flame is around here to, so if you see her take her with you." He said briskly then began padding off towards the ocean before the other wolf could respond. He needed to clear his head. The wolf relaxed as the sounds of the wave grew louder, there rhythmic crashing giving him some sense of peace. The black wolf stood alone on the snow riddled beach. This world could take everthing from him at any moment, but the ocean, they would always be the one constant. Rook walked till his paws were in the water and he stood there for a moment, his soul drinking in the peacefulness when a mournful howl pierced the holowed sanctuary he had made in his mind. He walked forward and plunged his head into to water to escape the sound. The raw grief in the howl coming dangerously close to parts of him he had hidden deep within himself. Rook stood like this for a while, let the water rock him back and forth comfortingly before heading back to shore. It was far to cold for a swim like this, he cursed himself for being a stupid sentimental. As he made it onto the dry sand he shook till his fur was as dry as it was going to get then headed back to camp.

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Blazing Flame

Gender|Female|Rank|Hunter|Tags| Rook

"Are you okay," Blaze asked Rook with some concern as she spotted him enter the camp. She knew he was her alpha and the question wasn't exactly appropriate but she couldn't but feel slightly concerned about him as his pelt looked damp and the weather was far too cold to go swimming in as it would be only to easy to get sick from either the freezing water or having a wet pelt for the rest of the day and whilst she knew that it wasn't her place to worry about him she couldn't help herself from doing it. It wasn't like anyone else did as he didn't have a mate or anyone who he'd allow to worry about him. Rain had said she was an idiot for worrying about the other wolves but Blaze couldn't help but care about the other wolves in the pack and want to look after them and make sure they were all okay. She looked down as he hesitated to answer had she overstepped her mark as a mere hunter it wasn't like she was an important wolf in the pack.

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ScarletHart(Rook)
He turned to the source of the voice to see Blazing Fame and smiled, it was a little forsed but he was genuinely pleased to see one his pack members care enough to ask. "I'm fine Blaze, just a little ocean water." He told her. Her head was down submissively and he walked over and nudged her head up higher with his nose, "Come now, your a hunter, one of the top ranks in the pack, no need to be so shy about it." He told her gently then took a step back. "Blaze if your not Buisy would you mind going with Infernum to go check on some hunters in the Easter hunting grounds, they haven't come back yet and I'm getting a little concerned." He asked.