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Xani
- Female - 21 - Beta -

After responding to Hrafn's call, Xani turned to face Attican. His words were definitely full of wise advice, but she was still loathe to follow it. After all, she was Beta. It was now her duty to protect the pack. Hiding and sleeping, even while in pain, was not something she particularly wanted to do. Still, she figured it would be best to follow it. It was starting to get hard to keep herself upright and her eyes open. With a huff, she turned her back on the older brute and made her way slowly out of sight.

The other wolves had found hidey holes down between the rocks, but climbing down was not something that Xani particularly wanted to do. Besides, being cramped up with other wolves wasn't something she enjoyed by any means. Instead, she moved a bit to the side of the pack, finding a few boulders a bit higher than the rest. They offered a small hideout between them, but it was full of smaller rocks. Snorting, she simply sat where she was. "The one place I find just has to be uncomfortable, doesn't it?" she mused to herself. Still, her coloration would help her blend in a bit. Instead of crawling between the rocks, she remained simply beside them, allowing their great height to block her from view.

Slowly, Xani eased herself down to a lying position. It was somewhat hard, given that she hadn't done it in a long time. When she finally made it, a deep breath escaped her. Just as she eased down her head and closed her eyes, the sound of approaching paws made her peer up curiously. It was none other than Hrafn. With a quiet snort, the beta pushed herself to her feet just in time for the brute to reach her. She remained still as he came near, only able to nod once at his words. "Same to you."

As Hrafn cleared away a spot for her, Xani slowly made her way towards it. Before crawling into it, she turned and looked at Hrafn with a face that tried to hide anything she might be thinking. "When I wake up, I want to know what happened. All of it." It was obvious by his presence that at least some had made it back. If they survived, then her rouse would have worked a bit. If it had all been for naught, she would forever be angry at herself. As it was, she wasn't even sure if she would be able to use her leg as well as she had before.

After speaking, Xani slowly limped into the nook and laid down, back pressed up against the ground. She kept her eyes trained on Hrafn for just a moment, trying to see what he planned on doing- watching her, lying with her, or leaving to check on the pack. In the amount of time she watched, he didn't move. Her eyes quickly closed, and she instantly felt herself drifting to sleep.

[Resin]

((Happy Valentines Day!))

[purpledirewolf2019]

Happy Valentine's Day!

[BlackJaguar]

[Soriams]

((Pfff, you guys crack me up! XD Sorry this took so long. Been having trouble concentrating on writing like I’d like. Unfortunately, I’m not up to it tonight either. Hopefully in a few days I’ll be able to get it out.))

[Resin]

((We've got a new member. (: Welcome .The Bootless Box. with her characters Minx and Monk!))

[purpledirewolf2019]

(Welcome! Raka can have some friends now!)

[.The Bootless Box.]

(Hi there, thank you! qwq I'm Boot, or Alky, nwn it's so nice to be a part of this!)

Minx
| 10 | Pup | Female |

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Minx tugged on her brother's ear, tired but unable to get
any sleep. "Monk?... Monk?" She prodded and he grunted,
opening one eye. "Minxy, go to sleep, everyone is very
tired, now is not the time, Sis." he mumbled and she saw
his eye slowly go back down, she huffed, and began
to yawn, a small whine coming from her throat. "But I'm
not tired Monk.." She licked her sore paw, having twisted
it on their journey. Her tongue paused and her green
gaze moved up, and sparked as she saw Attican come
down from where ever he'd been holed up. She didn't
stop to think that he may have been going to do anything
important as she leaped up, careful not to step on Raka or
Monk. She was cautious of these odd looking grey things
and tried to maneuver around them as she made her way
to Attican, hoping for a story so she could sleep, that's
the only thing she remembered about their mother was her
stories, besides her frightened eyes when the evil monster
came, they were crystal blue and shocked, much like
Monk's in color but a bit lighter.

When she reached Attican she noticed Lani and then
Hrafin headed towards Xani and Raka and everyone else.
She moved up and sat on a grey thing, testing it with her
small paw first. She wouldn't interrupt him for a story, she'd
already learned that lesson. Monk hadn't let her forget it
for an entire moon! It had really made her feel bad, but
then she hadn't known what interrupting meant or that
she shouldn't have done it to Resin at all, like ever in all
her years. Her tail swayed off the rock as she sat quietly
behind the two adults, she began to lick her paw again, it
didn't hurt as bad as a few suns ago.

Monk
| 10 | Pup | Male |

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Monk was so tired, and Minx had already dang run off,
which meant he had to get up and follow her, seeing as
he was the only one who saw her go off. After all that'd
happened lately you'd think for once Minx might be tired,
you know like everyone else! But, no she wasn't so the
tired and grumpy pup yawned and followed her with a
deathly silence, planning on getting her back for this.

He almost immediately knew what she was after now,
seeing as she was headed straight for him. "Great...
why, why must you Minx.." He muttered under his breath,
she was after a story, a stupid story in the worst time
possible. He understood why she wanted a story from the
Keeper, but he knew Attican was probably just as tired
as everyone else and only wanted sleep. Even so, he made
no move to stop his sister, he was up now, might as well
get a good story out of this. He yawned, making sure to
keep very quiet as he maneuvered around these cold
grey stones, they were very unusual to him and made
him very weary of his surroundings. As Minx sat down
he was glad to see Hrafin and Lani make it back ok. He
was a bit worried about the Alpha and those separated,
but convinced himself they would be fine. He moved
into a pouncing position and coiled up wating till his
twin was comfy perched on the stone before tackling
her with a low growl, hearing her gasp and yelp. So
much for not interrupting Attican and Lani.

They hit the hard ground and Minx was so surprised.
"Minx! It's too late for this! And rude! can't you see
how tired everyone is!" He knew his voice was kind
of mean, as was his surprise tackle, but he didn't
expect her eyes to water like that. "I-I just wanted
a-a story! I can't stop remembering Mama's stories,
Monk!" Minx whimpered and he immediately felt bad.
He sat back and let her up looking away. "I'm sorry,
I'm tired, I didn't mean to hurt you.." His maw closed
before opening again and grumbling, "It's still rude ya'
know Minx.." She giggled at him and he rolled his eyes
as she yanked on his ear and then he wrestled with her
playfully, and carefully since she twisted her paw. His
playing was to make up for his scaring her.

[Soriams]

((Yay! ^^ Welcome Alky!))

Ahote
Male | 46 | Fighter
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Ahote stifled a keen that rose up in his throat as he listened to Resin speak with Vali. Now was not the time for grief, no matter how much it still tore him up inside, the fighter had to push it away and focus on the task before him. Right now, that meant getting this little group of survivors back to the rest of the pack. Looking grim and determined, he took his place next to Resin, and pressed his hip to hers, drawing at least some small comfort from the physical contact.

After a moment, they continued on and Ahote walked onward in silence, calming his sorrowed mind by concentrating on keeping Resin upright and in as little pain as possible. He fully trusted Pilot to be able to lead them back to the pack, and so he simply followed her blindly, letting his senses reach out behind and around them to make sure they weren’t followed. It wasn’t until Resin spoke that his head came up, and he tested the air gently with his nose before slowly following the others up the side of the mountain.

The grade became steeper, and he could feel that each step Resin took was becoming more difficult for her. He was considering asking her to rest, but before he could, the Alpha spoke up and Ahote turned to look at her, his golden eyes resistant to the idea, but in the end he simply nodded. At any rate is wasn’t long before she gave up the struggle to climb further, and when she sent Vali and Pilot on ahead, he lingered behind, waiting for them to go before following her.

Seeing her look of irritation, he smiled a little and shook his head, speaking before she could chastise him further. ”Don’t worry, I’ll see to them soon enough, but first I’m going to see to you. You didn’t think I’d let you just limp away alone, did you?” he said, his voice soft once again holding much of the gentleness that had vanished earlier. He then pressed his forehead to hers, and let out a soft murr, letting some of the tension he had built up pass out of him before pulling back to lick her face.

From there, he moved on to tending her wounds, gently pressing her back so she could rest while he licked them clean. Once he was satisfied with that, he moved on to the rest of her, smoothing her fur and tending her aching muscles as well before laying down next to her, pressing his back to her’s. ”Rest well, and I’ll be back for you soon,” he said, his voice soft while he soaked up what he could of her presence, before leaving her with his warmth to climb the rocks after the others.

Lani
Female | 57 | Hunter
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Peering around curiously at the large rocks around her, Lani didn’t notice Hrafn had disappeared to look for the Beta as she was still concerned with looking for Attican. Wondering what was going on, a skittering noise sounded above her and she quailed in surprise, looking up just in time to have the Keeper drop unceremoniously from the sky next to her. Never in a million years would she have thought to look up for a wolf, let alone the normally well-grounded target of her affections.

Seeing who it was though, her wide-eyed expression quickly faded from surprise into amusement, and she couldn’t help but bark out a quiet laugh. ”Thank the spirits, they’ve answered my prayers and sent me Keepers from heaven!” she exclaimed, her tail wagging like a pup’s behind her. She was on him in an instant then, wedging her way under his chin to slide up next to his chest, licking at his face happily.

Luckily, Hrafn seemed too have been drawn back by the commotion, and he actually took the time to actually answer the Keeper, and Lani was far too distracted with inspecting him and reassuring herself that he was indeed there. However, before much more could be said, he excused himself and disappeared into the rocks, once again taking up the search for the Beta no doubt.

Now that Attican had appeared, it seemed as though wolves were literally coming out of the ground around them, and a pair of pups appeared. Their play was heartening after all she had seen today, and it totally made her forget about the spattering of crimson that still stained her chest and muzzle. Looking back up to the Keeper, she grinned up at him. ”Yeah, that’s right, I’m more than happy to answer ALL of you questions…” she replied, making sure he knew from the twist of her words there would be no small amount of payment involved for each one.

Wolf
Male | 20 | Straggler
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Wolf froze in place where he was, his brown eyes locked on what seemed to be a pair of small eyes of the palest blue he had ever seen. Wide eyed and curious, he stared, but they didn’t move and finally he decided he had to see what it was. Slowly, he stepped into the shadow of the little cave, and a tiny shriek rose up, startling him so that he smacked his head on the stone above it. ”Ow…” he whined, the noise drawing a fearful gurgle of whatever it was he had trapped back there.

Now even more determined to figure out what it was, he pressed in further only to have his face smacked by tiny little long toed paws. They either were so weak that they couldn’t hurt him, or simply had no intention of doing so, and overall were not deterrent at all, as even being on the smaller side, he was nearly four times the size of whatever it was inside. After a moment where he thought he’d get stuck, he was finally able to get inside and down at there, between his paws, he found a strange little creature, curled in a tight ball with its strange forelimbs clasped to its head.

It was an odd little thing, furless in places, and with bits of hide hanging off it in others, and it keened pitifully as he looked over it, and as curious as ever, Wolf didn’t hesitate to prod it with his nose, sniffing it and pulling in its strange smell. Every time his cold nose came in contact with its skin, it would cry out, flinching away from him. ”Now now, little… Thing. I’m not gonna hurt you,” he said, curious to see if he could get it to look at him again so he could see its face better. However, at the sound of his soft growls, it suddenly froze and curled in itself further, if that was even possible.

Now throughly determined to get whatever this was out in the open so he could have a look at it, Wolf settled down next to it and began to lick at it’s strange hairless skin, his warm tongue flicking out over it. Poor thing, whatever it was, seemed to be cold, as it began to shiver against him when the wet from his licks met the cold air, and after a moment, he began to take pity on his plaything, and just curled up next to it, placing his heavy head next to it.


((I’m sorry this sucks, but unfortunately, it’s what you’re gonna get for now, hopefully things get better on the next posts. ono))

[Resin]

Initially I decided to close the RP. I don't have time for it. However, you may still wish to go on without me and so I'm posing this question: Would you like me to leave RAN open or would you rather I closed it? It's entirely up to you. This isn't just my story.

And... should anyone care to check it out... This is where I've been spending my spare moments. http://noctis-umbra.com/index.php? I'm a prevalent member there and I help people get themselves set up and whatnot, so it's time consuming.