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[Resin]

Resin-Alpha Female

She hadn't slept well and, after waking up for what seemed like the billionth time, decided to stay awake. The rest of the pack was still asleep and she'd allow them to continue sleeping for a while longer. She would allow them this bit of peace before they started their trek.
Snuffling through the snow, Resin happened upon a brace of snowshoe hares. One escaped, but she managed to quickly kill the three remaining ones. These would be no more than an appetizer for a Great Wolf, but beggars couldn't be choosers.
Taking the hares in her maw, she moved back towards camp, moving silently between the sleeping wolves. Seeing Attican awake, she moved and sat beside him, curling her tail around her dark paws. On her way in, she had dropped two hares near Junco and River. The third she gave to Attican. "You'll need your strength today. They look up to you. If you can do this, so can they."
Dropping to her stomach beside him, she held her head high, looking over the snow covered sleeping forms. She flicked one ear. This was a tick that she'd had since she was a pup. It usually meant that something was on her mind.

[BlackJaguar]

Attican

73 - Brute - Keeper

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Resin had been so quiet and the snow had eaten up her sounds so well that Attican hadn't hardly noticed the Alpha until she was practically right next to him. He bobbed his large head welcomingly, happy for the second presence. She dropped a hare by his paws, to which he sniffed curiously. He was going to protest, but her words hit him quickly and it quieted the older wolf. He nodded his head once again in a silent thank you and laid down next to her to begin his meal.

Attican had known Resin as a pup, and knew her family even before that. He had literally watched generations come and go and being as observant as he was, knew a lot about all the wolves in the pack. But most of all he especially knew the tics of the Alpha and Beta siblings. He tore through the fur of the hare gently as they both seemed to look out towards the continually rising sun. "Pretty isn't it?" he asked, creating light small talk. He did not expect a reply, instead he continued to eat, letting the silence speak loud enough for the both of them.

A few minutes passed and the brute had pretty much cleaned all of what he could from the mini meal. He truly was thankful for it. With delicate care however he had left the vitamin-rich liver, nosing it towards Resin in offering.

"Okay golden girl, what's on your mind?"

He couldn't remember the first time he had called her that, it seemed that the name had always been there for her, in respects to her brilliantly yellow-like eyes. It was a name that was never spoken unless in their two company, if anyone else was around he knew it'd be disrespectful. But when it was just them he took it as a name of endearment. He wasn't sure if she liked it so well or not, but she seemed to never protest the point, so the name remained.

He looked to her kindly, hoping to ease whatever was swirling around the wolfess's mind. "Your ear is doing your flick you know..."

[Resin]

Resin- Alpha Female

While Attican ate, she'd dropped her head between her paws, watching the sunrise, but not actually seeing it. She'd been living in her head the entire time. When he'd mentioned it being pretty she'd given him a noncommittal 'Mmm' in response.

She kept replaying bits and pieces of dreams. The red leaves kept showing themselves, but last night the ground had run red as well. White fur flashed through the red. It was all so confusing. It would be much easier if dreams just said what they meant rather than beating around the bush.
The smell of blood drew her attention back to the real world. Looking between her paws, she noticed the liver and stared at it, almost ready to delve back into her thoughts.

When Attican posed his question and included her nickname, a slight smile formed upon her dark maw. He'd always been more of a grandfather to her than an adviser or Keeper. Attican had watched her grow. He'd seen her in her awkward stage and her selfish stage. He'd seen her mated and devastated.

Resin was fairly certain that the older wolf had no idea just how much she valued both his friendship and opinion. Above all others she knew that he was wise and kind. He was a very, very good wolf. Some thought him weak as she'd overheard yesterday, but she would never think that. The only reason she hadn't said something about it was simply because she knew that he could handle himself. If someone had said that directly to her, however, she'd have put them in their place.

Finally she broke her silence. "I have a great deal on my mind. This journey, of course, but also Ash. He mentioned staying behind. He knows that he's a liability." Again she flicked one black ear absently. "I feel slightly selfish insisting that he come. I know that the pack looks down upon both Ash and myself because of his actions. But... in the end he's my brother. My only living family. I can't abandon him." She wasn't really expecting Attican to say much. She was simply talking out loud since he'd asked.

[Hannah Elise]

River
4 summers; female grey wolf pup

River woke up to the smell of something nearby, eventually the smell was to appeasing to ignore it. Opening her eyes River could see Junco's side looking slightly around everything else was dappled light, sniffing the air River realized that Junco had covered both of them in snow. Yawning she slowly dug her way out to see two rabbits in front of her and Junco, flicking her ear slightly she wondered how they got here in the first place.

Looking around River finally noticed that both the Alpha and Attican were sitting a couple of bounds away from them and by looking a bit closer River noticed another rabbit at their feet. Sniffing the air again River smelt something ... something other than rabbit, curious River pushed both rabbits closer to Junco's paws in case someone took them and bounded off towards the interesting smell. Of course River never left the pack this early in the morning or so far, after climbing the big hill of ice River froze in the distance was a figure laying down near some water. Sniffing the air again River slowly made her way down towards it, pulling one ear back incase someone called her back eventually she made her way closer to figure still sniffing the air slightly ... the scent was getting stronger making her cough.

River stopped and froze there in front of her was a big male wolf, moving her head to the side River couldn't see any sign of breathing after awhile River started to think that the wolf was asleep so she started to yip at it but nothing seemed to happen. She moved slightly forward and tugged at the wolf's ear "Wake up! It's morning! Wake up! My pack is going south you can come to if you want" River started yipping again and again getting slightly louder at every yip.

[scootercore]

{{ Argh, so sorry I haven't been able to RP yet, my life went insane after I got a surgery and a massive cast! :'( (The ironic part is I only needed to fix my pinky, yet the cast nearly reaches my elbow!) }}

Bellow::4 Summers::Hunter in Training

Bellow padded around, looking for something to kill for his pack. He was the runt of his litter, but he had grown strong and his paws became powerful. He heard a yipping in the distance, and as he pricked his ears to the sound he recognized it as River's voice. He yapped in her direction and bounded over to her. She was crouched over a dark and motionless figure, yipping and biting at his ears. "River, what's going on, who is this wolf?" Upon closer inspection, he saw that the stranger wolf wasn't showing any signs of being conscious, much less aggressive. The dark wolf was cold to the touch, and he was soaking wet. He turned to his denmate and cried, "River, this wolf looks hurt! He needs help. We need to find Resin!"

[Resin]

((No worries, Fuzzy. I hope you recover quickly.))

Resin-Alpha Female

Hearing two small, yipping voices, she excused herself from Attican and ran towards them. Ears swiveled about, catching the sound. Down a snowy incline she slid until she landed next to the icy water. Her yellow orbs scanned the area, hunting for the source of the commotion. Paws carried her over the land. Coming around a bend, she saw River and Bellow next to the still, freezing form of a wolf.

Rushing forward, she placed her body between them and the wolf. "Get back to camp, both of you."
Turning back to the frozen form, she looked it over. The wolf was dead. Very, very dead. It's body was already frozen solid and was being devoured by snow. Placing her muzzle beneath the wolf, she flipped it over and gave it a once over with her eyes. No wounds. It seemed that this was another victim of the sea swallowing the land.
Again, using her muzzle, she pushed the frozen wolf into the sea and watched as the dark depths ate it.

Moving back up the steep incline, she searched for Bellow and River. She felt that they may have taken her order as anger, so she sat before them, curling her tail around her paws. "You did well letting me know about the wolf. The ice and the ocean took him. That's why we have to leave our home. Do you both understand?"

[Hannah Elise]

River
4 summers; female grey wolf pup

River flicked her ear at the sound of someone yapping in the distance, instead of turning around to head back towards the sound. She stayed put still trying to wake the male wolf up ... "River, what's going on, who is this wolf?" flicking her ear again River turn to see Bellow standing next to her ... Bellow was the only other pup within the pack and although both of them are runts of their litters River admired Bellow's strength, she started wonder if this male wolf would ever wake up .... hearing her name River blinked before looking back at Bellow "Well i knew ... he wasn't asleep" River didn't want to leave the male wolf alone so River ignore Bellow and started tugging at the wolves ear again.

"Get back to camp, both of you." hearing that strong voice River could tell it was the Alpha's without hesitation she bolted back towards camp without looking back in case she got ordered or even yelled at again. Eventually River reached the steep hill and crouched down and watched from the distance at what the Alpha was doing and was shocked that the male wolf was pushed into the water. River's ears dropped as she still stared at where the male wolf laided wondering why the male wolf never woke up.
A shadow came looming over her, looking up River laid her eyes on their Alpha with her tail wrapped around her paws ... "You did well letting me know about the wolf. The ice and the ocean took him. That's why we have to leave our home. Do you both understand?" hearing the Alpha's words, River suddenly understood why they were heading south ... it was because of the water and hardly any food, slowly River bowed her head "I ... understand" looking up slightly River tried to show she was sorry for leaving the pack.

[Apocalyptic_Punk]

[center]Curse
||Fae||Straggler||Alone||

Curse was asleep, but it was not a pleasent sleep, blackness hovered over her, then a flash of white, and a splash of red, hot against her, again and again it happened, she snarled thrashing in her sleep, muscles tensing under her ashy coat a she flung herself to her feet, murder in her eyes, tongue lapping at bared canines as she sought the blackness, what had taken everything from her. She growled low in her throat, panting heavily as she twisted her head from left to right, nails digging into the icy ground as she searched, then slowly she came down, her heart slammed around in her ribcage as she snorted and shook herself hard, another growl escaped her, but it slowly silenced and became a pained whine as she remembered the loss of her children.

[BlackJaguar]

Attican

73 - Brute - Keeper

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The brute bowed out, letting Resin go as she seemed to have some place to be. He couldn't blame her, she had a ton on her plate and a lot to think about. He wished he could take even just part of her stresses away during this time, but for now all he could do was offer support.

He sat around for a few more moments, looking about and taking in the last of his surroundings. He was strangely peaceful about leaving. He had lived here all his life, but he had no attachment to a place that gave hardship to his species, it was time to go. Suddenly the Keeper heard a noise to his right, causing him to crane his head anxiously. It came from a wolf, but the 'voice' of it was strangely unfamiliar. He tipped his head to the side, following the sounds.

Attican found himself padding quietly up to the wolfess straggler that had admitted herself to the pack yesterday for the journey. She was whining and there was evidence of her having been scraping all around her sleeping spot. The snow was disturbed and scattered, scratch marks placed all over. A worried expression fell over his features, not knowing what thoughts plagued the female to cause her to act like this.

"Miss?" He asked, voice soft and attempting to be soothing. He did not want to startle her and cause an involuntary attack, but at the same time he did not like seeing anyone be in this sort of state. He sniffed her gently, laying down to her side. He tried remembering her name... what was it? "Curse, are you alright?"

[Apocalyptic_Punk]

Curse
||Fae||Straggler||Alone||

Curse blinked slowly the whine still coming from deep with in her, she could still see her brothers, her parents her pups, She lowered her nose to the snow sniffing, searching for something she knew was no longer there. She jumped a growl replacing the whine at the gentle voice of the elder, then shook took a deep breath turning her gaze away, studying the snowy landscape, wishing to see them all just one last time. A long, low draining sigh escaped the wolfess and she turned her yellow gaze back upon the Elder.

"I am alright," She said slowly her muscles relaxing, her claws now longer digging at the ice under them. "I am sorry if I disrupted your sleep,"