Divided We Stand (A Packs Roleplay, OPEN and ACCEPTING)

[*~WolfSoul~*]

((Ummm? Can anybody tell me why everybody's avatar's have been changed to dogs with their tongues out? I'm not the only one seeing this right?))

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((Not only am I genuinely upset about my sudden icon change, but I'm terribly sad about the state that this RP so quickly fell to. What happened to us guys? We were all so exited for this, and our poor characters never had a chance:'(

[The Royal Mirage]

((Goldie, everyone, I'm sorry if you feel like I let you down. I never planned to drop this rp, I still don't, but life had been kicking my butt until just recently and it made me anxious to even post an explanation to everyone. My boyfriend and I have been living for a month without income, treating our cat's ear mites at home (and now a bad cut on his back), while trying to feed all three of us. It's been extremely stressful for me, and brought back a lot of the anxiety that I have towards rp-ing, and the messages I'd see here as I tried to build up the confidence to write one measly post only made me more nervous. I love this rp, and I love you guys, but I have issues of my own that can keep me from writing *and I know it's my characters holding everyone up*. For that, I'm truly sorry.

Now, my boyfriend gets his first paycheck on Thursday, which is helping me calm down a bit, so I'll go read over the past posts and try to turn out a reply today. I know I've said I'd try to post in the past, and didn't turn out a post, but I did in fact try every time. I haven't given up on this rp, and I hope none of you have either..))

[*~WolfSoul~*]

((I certainly haven't given up on this RP, Mirage, and I hope nobody else has. If you need a little more time before you make a post, that's alright with me. Life gets to all of us sometimes and it's understandable. I have only been RPing with you all for just a short while, but I hope you know that you don't have to feel nervous about posting here. I'm fine with waiting a bit longer if that's what you need to feel comfortable and write a good reply. Don't worry or feel too upset, we all have other things that have to come before an RP no matter how much we may love it. ))

[The Royal Mirage]

((Okay, I'm pretty sure I just need to reply with Opal and Amos, but if I missed anyone or anything, let me know okay? Sorry if the writing is less than what you're used to from me, I may need some time to feel out my characters again))

A sudden quirk of a grin was quickly quashed as Opal's pearly teeth nibbled her lower lip, an almost coy air in the simple gesture. A flute, she could hardly imagine the masculine, windswept Finch playing something so dainty - she had painted him as something more robust, though picturing his sandalwood complexion with a mahogany flute did bring to mind a certain rightness. The fae curled her lyre even closer to her chest, lengthening golden fur seeming to twine around the slender strings in an unconscious embrace of sorts. "I'd have never taken you as a flute player," she explained simply, that mischievous little grin frozen on her features, the proper dove unable to conceal her mirth, "though I'm sure you're quite skilled with it, despite your modesty." With words that may have made her mother faint with their disregard for propriety, Opal openly allowed herself to praise Finch's possible ability, in her mind only thinking there was little he could really do badly instead of focusing on how terribly embarrassed she should have been.

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Amos was slow to receive the softly spoken answer, his eyes trained on the heavily hanging moon - it was nearly full again, its radiance reflecting off the unusual smooth material of his eyepatch eerily. He realized then why the two faes must have taken such an interest in his presence - he was, after all, unfamiliar to them - and gave a quiet sigh, evading the omega's eyes for as long as he could by focusing on the little bird instead. "I'm afraid I've been terribly rude," he murmured, taking in her slender figure again as he spoke, just allowing his single orb to etch every subtle curve and slender stroke of fur into memory. "Maia has accepted my presence in your pack," he explained, careful to step around his own nickname for the streamlined streak of sterling quicksilver that was the mountain's perky alphess, "you needn't worry about a loner in your territory, at least not in the form of myself."

[Nellas]

((Hey, it's okay Mirage, Goldie, Wolf. None of us have given up on this rp or each other, life just gets in the way sometimes and that is completely understandable. I know that I myself have had hardly any free time recently, it's not just you who is busy Mirage, we understand c: Please, do what is best for you, and if that means the rp moves slowly or not at all for a while, that's a-ok. My best wishes for you c:

Wolf; the icon thing is because April Fool's Day, I know, it throws me off too. c:

Personal note; I'll start working on replies as soon as I can, but it's likely I won't be able to get much done until this weekend.

Thank you, everyone, for sticking with this and me.))

[*~WolfSoul~*]

((Mirage, I just realized after looking over Amos's form that he would have been alive when Emmeline and Clef (Saber&Amara's parents) were discovered and shunned from the forest. Unless he was very perceptive or saw/heard something he wasn't supposed to, he probably wouldn't know that Saber was secretly adopted or that there was another female pup left in the mountains for dead; though if you'd like him to have that information to make things more interesting that's fine with me. But I figured that I should bring this up for whatever reasons may arise in future. And I have one question for you - might this...problem that Amos has with omegas affect Amara directly in some way? (Other than Amos being uncomfortable around her?) If so then maybe I should think about keeping her in the mountains another month to let things play out. If not, I can send her on her way to the Forest.))

((^^ I'm still wondering about what to do with Amara, Mirage. Would you want to let Amos know that Saber's mother was a mountain wolf, and his sister was left for dead in the mountains after a snake bite? He seems perceptive enough to fit a few puzzle pieces together. If you would rather stay out of that, it's fine with me. And as I asked in the quoted section, ^^ is Amos going to affect Amara at all besides being uncomfortable around her?

Reply whenever you get the time, or take some time to think it through if you need to. If Amos was clued in about the abandoned sister, he might figure out a piece of Amara's story. (Of course, that would likely require him to spend a little time around her, and it seems that he'll be avoiding her. ) But then I would have to hold her in the Mountains for another month, unless he figured it out in the next 3 (2?) days that are left before they leave for the gathering.

I will try to get posts up for Amara and Saber sometime soon, I need to get back into their rhyme and rhythm.))

[The Royal Mirage]

((Around the time Amos would have known Saber and Amara's parents, he would have been going through his own... issues. If he'd had any time to pay extra attention to the lives of other pack members, it would have been for a very different reason than getting caught up in scandals. So no, I don't think he'll ever know of Saber's mother being a mountain wolf, or of the abandoned sister.

I'm not sure how the relationship between Amara and Amos will develop, seeing as I like to play these things out rather than plan ahead. If he's exposed to Amara a lot, or if she gets overly curious about him, it could definitely affect her, in the same way it could affect anyone who gets too curious about him. And I'm already revealing more than I want to just by saying this XD))

[*~WolfSoul~*]

Watching the baron carefully, Amara's ears flicked backward. Ah, that was why he seemed faintly familiar. Regardless of his acceptance into the pack, the skinny dove was uncertain about this brute - so bold to her one moment, and avoiding her gaze the next. There was something elusively dark about this wolf. There was a secretive cloud that shrouded him; it weaved between the glossy tendrils of his mahogany fur, and swam deep in his brown eye. Sensitive Amara felt as if she could almost see this cloud, as if it was almost hard to focus on the brute's striking form because of it - it was shielding him. Her eyes, still only showing a rather flat grey hue in the dim lighting, were focused on him intently as he spoke. His words were general, open to both faes, but his eye was all for Sparrow. "That's good," she spoke up, "I can't remember how many loners have arrived in the last two days." As the malnourished fae said these words, she could not help but subconsciously express herself. She felt fatigued and overwhelmed with all the new company, all the strangers. Her head dropped slightly, ears lowering without thought as her body language betrayed her emotion. She seemed to shrink a bit, as if a weight was on her back. The fae appeared impossibly small, and impossibly unhealthy, too, the moonlight hitting her figure just right to throw the bumpy rise and fall of ribs into relief against her side. In contrast to her body was the shine in her eyes, which had also caught the moonlight and reflected a cool silver glow which disappeared occasionally when she blinked. Even though it was difficult to read her eyes, her expression was, as almost always, gentle. Perhaps painfully so, with the soft sculpting of her features and the habitual look of submissiveness, Amara frequently appeared almost apologetic when she spoke.

((Saber's pretty much sleeping so I'll leave him be. I wanted to put this out for Amara because it's been so long since I played her. Sorry if she's too perceptive about Amos, Mirage, but she's just so darn sensitive. I didn't expect her to be, but she just has a way of feeling things.))

[The Royal Mirage]

((No problem - any wolf who reacts that way has got to be hiding something, and having Amara pick up on it is totally welcome. Also, I thought of something the other night, a way Amara and Amos could get more interaction. If Amara is thinking about trying to join the forest pack and finds out Amos was once a member, she could ask him how she would go about joining. I won't give away everything that it could cause, and it's totally up to you if you want to do it, but I assure you it would get one heck of a reaction out of him))

((Also, gonna wait for Nellas on this one - I need to hold in the need to speed forward in rp's XD))