Watsky
[ male ] [ five.five years ] [ lead scavenger ] [ tagged with -- ] [ on the beach ]
Watsky whimpered, his own cries beginning to wake him up from his light sleep. As he blinked his eyes open, panting, he could see the rest of the pack still sleeping. It was still dark, the sky was still littered with visible stars and not even the birds had left their nests yet. Unable to contain a deep groan, Watsky pulled himself up and walked a quietly as he was able (which wasn't very) towards the exit of the place where his friends were still sleeping. It wasn't uncommon for him to get up at this hour but, unfortunately, the nightmares were new. It seemed every night was fitful and his days suffered because of it.
Trying his best to keep his thoughts from overwhelming him as he made his way to the place he always went on mornings like these. The beach. The sand felt calming between his paws, the breeze from the ocean swept through his fur and he could smell the salt in the air with every breath. It was peaceful, so peaceful he could just...
Watsky awoke to the sound of birds. His body lay in the sand just far enough where the ocean was unable touch him with it's icy water. He stood up with a sigh, shaking his fur and sending a spiral of of sand all around him and scaring off a flock of seagulls that had settled nearby to him. It seemed the sun was coming up now. How far had he walked before falling asleep? He looked around, definitely further than he would've been comfortable. But he was familiar enough not to be worried about it in any case. But, as he looked out over the beautiful ocean he saw something that truly did concern him. A ship? He wasn't a scout but a ship was a ship and he was already running back to deliver a warning.
Gaia
[ female ] [ four years ] [ newcomer ] [ tagged with -- ] [ on the boat ]
Gaia was scared, she didn't know what to do or how to react. The pain was gone but... with it they had taken her leg. Now she was alone, trapped in a cold kennel and short one limb. Why did they have to take her away? She wanted to go home, to be with her pack, or at least to be anywhere but where she was at that moment. Suddenly she heard she sound of the door opening, she couldn't see who it was from her position in the kennel but from the jingling of keys she knew it couldn't be anyone good. She was right.
She was taken from one cage and brought directly to another. And from there she was forced into a truck, transferred from hand to hand until she found herself in the lower deck of a ship. At least that's what she assumed it was, it was difficult to tell through the small cracks in her crate. For a while she was silent, curled up and shivering with fear. But she could hear others begin to stir and, before long, she decided she ought to try her hand at escaping her own little box. After at least an hour of wriggling and gnawing she was finally able to get one board off. That's it, I'm too tired, she sighed and stuck her muzzle out of the window she'd created in hopes of finally getting some fresh air.