Nuclear Family. [Daliath spawn]

[Erebos]

The water on the cavern walls was drip, drip, dripping into the crevices on the floor, following the scattered pathways into the grasses just beyond the broken rock underfoot, and submerged within the trails of traveling liquid was tiny pieces of his passion, as though to symbolize how a piece of his humanity depleted by the second, carried away from him by the poor excuse for a current, and to it he would gladly wave goodbye had he not the knowledge that stirring, if even the slightest, would awaken a sibling or, dare he ponder so recklessly, his mother. Erebos did not wish to risk the diminutive fem.ale’s wrath - he had learned to attach the word small to her features shortly after he had begun to understand how language functioned, for the males of Kairos, his father, Goliath, included, towered above her at an astonishing rate, and with how quickly he was sprouting, like a seed burrowed in the earth receiving plenty of sunlight and water, he could only imagine that soon enough he would tower above her, too. He would not awaken her though, he was certain of it; he slept away from the others because it took him longer to fall asleep, finding that the others often submitted to their fatigue long before his ey.elids would even begin to droop. His mind was constantly awake, reeling with insight well beyond his years, often blinking pale blue e.yes in the dark from his corner of the room and watching the others intensely as they slumbered, lulled by the blissful rise and fall of their chests.

He had the inklings of an idea as to what would occur if that blissful rise and fall of their chests was to come to an abrupt stop. Frequently, his paws itched to test his theory, and even now he found that he was struggling to remain still. Sometimes he could picture himself looming above one of them, off to the side just enough so that his shadow would not risk hovering over their closed ey.elids, forewarning of his nearness, and he would stand there, quietly breathing, so close to doing it and yet so far all the same. This, however, was but a simple dream - perhaps others would have called it a nightmare - and so he disregarded it completely whenever he happened to wake up on the other side of the room.

He had hardly noticed the seconds between having stood and having expertly navigated his way around his sleeping family, sitting in the mouth of the cave with no intention. It was odd, this lack of emotion inside of him; he felt like there was nothing inside of him at all, and like he would be found out to be a collection of dusty bones if to peel back the fur and witness with a start that he did not immediately bleed. It was too early on in his lifespan for anybody to confirm what was going on with him, even he was utterly perplexed as to why he had the thoughts that he did, why he wanted to do some of the terrible, terrible things that he wanted to do . . . there was no way of explaining it other than that he just felt different.

Felt like he could be scary if he wanted to be, and each day it sounded more and more appealing.

There was the slightest sound of movement behind him, but he had heard it as clearly as if someone had been snarling at the top of their lungs. The large puppy arched his neck over his shoulder at an agonizingly slow pace, and the fixation of his ghostly ey.es upon the moving body was instantaneous.

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Word Count: 618.
Tags: @lilith , @beleth , @pandora , @samson , Typhon
OOC: EEEEEEP. Oh, and sorry but there will be a random period in the word "fem.ale" and "ey.elids/e.yes" because it was correcting to "cabbage" and "laser beam(s)" -_-

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Her dreams were vivid, always filled with plenty of action. Every night, splashes of color and blurred action filled her young imagination. She saw faces, many many faces that she did not recognize, and exotic lands she had never visited. The pu.ps. were allowed to go only so far from the cave, and always under their mother’s watchful supervision. It was as if Datura had several pairs of ey.es hidden beneath her fur, never letting her young offspring stray too far away from the safety of their cold den. Lilith o.blaser beamd, despite her immature impatience. She could hardly stand the anticipation of seeing what the outside world was hiding, just waiting to be discovered and claimed. Their mother sometimes told stories to soothe the energetic litter, sparking the imagination of the youngest of the large brood of six. Lilith’s favorite stories were about their father, the way he had taken lands for himself and for Kairos. She was proud to be her father’s child.

Ivory paws kicked blindly at the air above the youth, running and running. In her dream, she was moving swiftly through a forest, but she was not running away from an unseen monster or something scary. No – Lili was on the hunt, on the heels of an enemy of Kairos. She was only two months old, but already, Lilith had enemies waiting beyond the borders of her father’s homeland, the safe haven of Ina’mos. They were enemies the girl did not fear. She did not know their names yet, but she knew they were out there: foreigners and lesser groups, wol.ves standing in the way of her father, foolishly.

She dreamt that she was closing in on her target, moments away from catching the thing… Just as she was about to sink her teeth into it, the pu.p giggle.ed out loud. The sound woke Lili with a start. Mismatched orbs opened with a start. She blinked hard, realizing that it was nothing more than a dream with a touch of disappointment. She peered around the darkness to see the ear.s of her still-sleeping siblings, but there was someone missing. One set of dark ea.rs, absent. Lilith knew who it was right away.

Erebos was weird. He never seemed interested in playing with Lilith. She played hard – though her idea of play was different from most spawn. When she was awake, she preferred to spend her time eating or practicing her pouncing and pinning on her elder siblings. She was easily as large as her barely-older brothers, and each of the boys were fair game. She was pretty good at it, too, even though they always fought back. Pandora, however, was not to be touched. Though she was the firstborn of the litter, she was also the smallest. Pandora was different from the brothers. She was a girl, soft and gentler than the ruffians she had proceeded into life. Lilith would never dream of hurting her only sister, instead saving her vigor and wild behaviors for each of her four brothers – including Erebos, even if he would prefer to sit by himself like a weirdy-wo.lf.

The stocky youth, fur mottled with shades of black and auburn, crawled out of the warm pile of siblings hastily. Her bulky form stumbled carelessly over one brother’s ribcage. A forepaw stepped blindly in the scant light, treading right over the squishy belly of another brother’s. She made her escape from the warmth and comfort her slumbering littermates offered, instantly awake. Her ey.es, one a warm chocolate hue and the other, icy blue, darted around each crevice of the cave, searching. Lilith spotted the dark boy sitting alone in the jagged maw of the cavern, staring out into the night beyond their home.

Slowly, the fe.male youth slipped closer to her errant brother. Lili still had not learned how to be completely quiet as she moved, to sneak up on unsuspecting prey like a silent shadow. Creeping over toward Erebos, she nearly tripped over a paw that seemed too big for her growing body, a testament to the massive beast she would become as she neared maturity. In months, she would be even bigger than her mother. If she was lucky, she would be as big as her father. She could hardly wait to be a big br.ute, too.

words: 727

tags: Erebos + @samson + @beleth + @pandora

ooc: yaaaay!

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Drip, drop. Drip, drop.

The cavern was dark, humid… Beleth always listened to the different sounds around him--not only those that came from his siblings, but also from his surroundings. The water droplets, the distant chirping from those weird winged animals that lived in the cave, and the distant howls and conversations that happened around him. It was such a big world, and yet he only knew about the cavern. Opening one eye only a little bit, he saw himself surrounded by his family, and a feeling of comfort began to overwhelm him, making him close his eye and fall back asleep.

Two rust ears moved unconsciously as the young pup who owned them stretched in his spot. The two month old pup's legs were getting longer by each passing day, and in this rate, he would be bigger than his mother by the time he was eight months old. His pale body was still, resting, and his breath was still and relaxed. He was having a great sleep, and there was nothing that could interrupt this moment now. Except for Lilith's heavy paws that made their way on to Beleth's stomach. Yelping in response, a soft growl emanated from his maw as he opened his seafoam eyes; his vision was blurry, but it was getting better as he blinked. Once fully clear, he saw his sister walking towards his brother, Erebos, and instantly curiosity invaded the pup. Lifting up, he made his way around his resting siblings and walked towards Erebos and Lilith.

His brothers and sisters were weird, but Erebos was even stranger. The pup was always distant, always in a different tune from his brothers, and Beleth didn't understand why. His sister, Lilith, was brave and careless, and sometimes he wished he was like that. But Beleth was quiet. Awfully so. He didn't want to speak without a reason to, and he preferred to be silent and to watch. And thus, he did. Walking next to his siblings, he didn't speak a word--he just observed them. They were so different, but they came from the same place. Sitting down a little bit distantly from his siblings, he sighed and waited to see what they were up to.
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tags: @samson @pandora Erebos
words: 378 words
ooc: Yay! First Belboo post! <3

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It was a cool night. The cavern in which the small pup slept was dark, and wet.

Drip, drip, drip.

The sound irritated him, even in unconsciousness. It irritated him so much that he awoke with a quiet growl. The sound continued, however, and it only made him angrier. Laying there, he tried to ignore it, and instead focus on the rhythmic breathing of his siblings around him. It was quiet, and comforting. None of them were in sync, and so he focused collectively on them all, until those were the only sounds that enveloped his ears. He had almost lulled himself back to sleep when something punctured his ribcage. Growling loudly, he immediately sat up, opening his eyes. As his eyes came into focus, he spotted his youngest sister, Lilith, walking away. She stepped on his brother, Beleth, and it made a soft chuckle escape the two-month old pup. Ha. At least I'm not the only one getting trampled by the clutz. He glaringly watched Lilith approach their brother, Erebos. Typhon had already grown to dislike this brother of his more than the others. He had a hard time sleeping soundly when his brother was near, but an even harder time when he wasn't. He always felt vulnerable in sleep when his brother disappeared. He couldn't hear him, and it made him nervous. He almost always awoke and remained awake unless Erebos returned to the huddle.

His brother, Beleth, followed his sister, but remained slightly behind. Silence prevailed throughout the night. None of the three spoke. Typhon rolled his eyes. Such silliness. Slowly, Typhon heaved himself to his massive paws, and followed Beleth. He took care where he placed his paws, however, and, to his great joy, accomplished the task with decent silence. This made his heart proud, and he became even more haughty as he neared the group. He only made a very small noise, as his body proportions disabled him from accomplishing complete silence, as well as the fact that he had had very few opportunities to really practice as of yet. However, he had been quieter than Lilith, and that was enough to make it almost total silence in his own mind. He sat down next to Beleth and looked towards Lilith. Immediately, he broke the silence; his voice was filled with haughtiness at his own triumph and the fact that he was the first to speak.

What is all this childishness? Lilith, try to watch where the hell you walk next time. When you grow up, you'll wake the whole pack anytime you decide that sleep isn't your thing, Clutz. Why are we all slinking over here in silence? Come, let's at least discuss something more interesting than silence.

words four.six.one
tags Erebos @lilith @beleth @samson @pandora
ooc omg so exciting (8 Ty's such a brat xD