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She could not force herself to stay even a moment longer. She had to get herself out of Valyn for good, and today was the day she would do it. She moved slowly, with no concern about her pack mates, with her paws carrying her in the direction of the Geysers. She had been here multiple times before, as a helpless pup, and as a more bold and foolish pup. This was not only the place of her first outing from the pack territory, but also where she had lost her tail to Lilith from Kairos. But today she returned stronger, bolder, and stronger. Her tail might have still been missing, but she was not about to sit around wishing for it to grow back.

She was not an idiot, nor was she a pathetic and weak female that needed to spend her life condemning the lives of males just because of their gender. No, so many females had taken on the view of Valyn because they thought females were superior, but many of them were weaker and more feeble minded than the males that they claimed were beneath them. It was sick and pathetic, and though she had grown up within the pack, she did not uphold their values. Instead, she turned her back on them and struck out on her own. And she was never going to return. Perhaps she would have cared if she had known that the wolves of Kairos were on their way to take the territory of Valyn at that very moment, but she knew that she would not mind at all. Hell, if they were to pass her on her walk from her mother's pack, she would not have even slowed her pace to watch them.

Her life in the female dominated pack of Valyn was over, forever. She was a lone wolf now, without a destination and without a future. At least not one that she currently cared about. No, she simply wanted to free herself from the foolish and feminist thinking of her former pack, and as she succeeded, she could feel the freedom and joy swelling in her chest. For now she just walked, heading through the geysers and inhaling the moist air that surrounded her. Here she was not a pack wolf, she was not a pup, but a full grown, self-sufficient adult. She would not bend to another's will again, at least not until she decided that they were worth her time and energy. For now, however, no one met her description of worthy, therefore she would remain alone.

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[Leviathan]

Things were different now.

While consciously the male was aware that Mother had not, in all actuality, lost the fight, the result was still the same. Valyn was no longer occupying the southern jungle, and Kairos was swarming their new lands with no hesitation. The male could not bring himself to follow after his mother, as she had not proved herself strong enough to fend off the invaders. He did recognize that, with such numbers, it would have been a lost cause. But he was not going to expend his energy chasing after a leader that would not fight to the death to protect her home. He was no longer a Valyn wolf. He was alone.

The male found himself aimlessly wandering north, no destination in sight. There was no real reason for him to remain on Tas'alea, but his thoughts of venturing out were stifled by the crackling of the fresh lava to the west. There would be no leaving any time soon for those who did not make it out before the eruption. And so he was trapped here, surrounded by the wolves that he was not sure he would pledge allegiance to, as their leader was not the one that bested his mother. He would not blindly follow someone without reason, and to this point, Goliath had not proved worthy of his allegiance.

It was strange to find out that the male was the product of two alphas. He arose from the joining of two wolves with vastly different ideologies, yet he did not seem to fit in to either. Instead, he would have to make due until someone worthy of his companionship came along. He was not dependent on anyone, particularly not a pack. He was capable of forging his own way until the right situation came along.

What the male did not expect was to encounter yet another Valyn wolf. His nostrils flared slightly as the great male strode up behind one of the tinier wolves of his season. While all the Valyn wolves were younger, most of them were quite small in stature as well. He was not certain what use they would be to the pack, apart from perhaps providing bodies for numbers alone. "Mint," he stated bluntly, not bothering with formalities."If you wished to follow Valeria, you have missed your window. There will be no leaving this place for quite some time." 


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Notes: omg my muse was awful on this

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Her leisurely exploration of the geysers was not destined to last long. In fact, only a few minutes after her arrival, the scent and sound of another permeated the humid air around her. "Mint. If you wished to follow Valeria, you have missed your window. There will be no leaving this place for quite some time." The voice behind her, although somewhat familiar, was not one she had heard often. The scent that surrounded her, though, was clearly that of Valyn. It did not take her long to realize who was standing behind her, and as she turned, the enormous form of Leviathan was unmistakable. "I have no intentions of following anyone anywhere." She said, barely concealing a snarl behind her words. To even think that she would follow Valeria as she fled across the continent was an insult to her entire being. "And why are you not tucking tail and fleeing with the rest of Valyn?" She asked, nearly spitting out the word 'Valyn' as it rolled off of her tongue.

It was clear she had no respect for her birth pack, but she honestly did not see why it was necessary in the first place. Sure, she had been born into the group, but she had never agreed with them or felt at home in the slightest. Clearly, though, she had not learned her lesson when it came to manners and respect when talking to wolves nearly three times her size. She had made the mistake the first time in this very place, when she had come across Lilith, a monster from Kairos, and she had lost her tail because of it. Yet, the experience did not change her personality, in fact, it had made her even more fierce. She might ave been small, but she was far from useless and weak like her mother. Or the other females from Valyn, for that matter. She had not been gifted with size, no, but personality and ferocity she had more than enough of.

Surely Leviathan had meant to follow his dear mother across Anikira to their hiding place. After all, was it not his duty to follow after the female that had given him life? Then again, Mint never believed she owed a single thing to Emerald, and leaving both her and her siblings behind her had been one of the most simple things she had done in her entire life. It had not been a long life so far, but it had been a miserable one up until now. She had hated growing up in Valyn, and nearly ever female that opened their mouth made her want to rip out their tongue. The brief thought of doing so made the tiny female smirk slightly, her blue eyes lighting up just at the thought of her former pack mates' discomfort and pain. To any other, normal wolf, perhaps such thoughts would have sent up red flags or rang warning bells. But for Mint, it was just another day in her own head.

Leviathan

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[Leviathan]

The tiny female's words met his ears with a slight curiosity. Leviathan was a bit interested in the fact that any female with Valyn would choose to leave. After all, the females were revered there, so it seemed unlikely that many would leave their birth pack. Thankfully, his annoying sister had done so fairly early, which was one of the only reasons the male stuck around as long as he did. The male could not fight off the small frown that dusted his lips at the smaller female's indication. "I am not a slave, Mint. I offer no allegiances," he stated bluntly, his voice as devoid of emotion as always. "I do not flee from anyone, particularly my siblings."

The idea was still new to Leviathan, finding out that he was related to nearly every wolf in the Kairos pack. It was no secret that Goliath sired a lot of packs, but the young male had never seen the great alpha of Kairos to identify the likeness between them. Had he ever caught sight of the male, it would be undeniable that there was a relation there. The brute was a carbon copy of his father in every way apart from his eyes. Those, he was cursed to always carry a piece of Valeria with him. "Perhaps you do not know things as much as your seem to believe," he stated evenly. "I have no urge to follow after Valeria and her pack, yet I cannot seem to reconcile the idea of going to Kairos. I know nothing of them, nor do I have any particular desire to do so. Right now I am... undecided." It was the only way he could explain it. There was no confusion, per say, as the brute was incapable of feeling those conflicting emotions. There was nothing there; his mind was a constant state of emptiness apart from the factual existence around him. At times he wondered what it would be like to experience emotion. The idea intrigued him: happiness, love, hatred, envy. Many times had these concepts been explained to him, but it was impossible to visualize emotion. Things either were, or they were not. There was no in between.

"I would ask what happened to you. But I am not sure you wish to explain, nor am I certain that I would care to hear. What do you plan to do from here?" Clearly the young female had no intentions to follow their birth pack, but she did not seem to be moving quickly in any certain direction at this point. They were stuck for the meantime, but that did not mean that she had no plan. Perhaps, if she could be less of an annoyance than Arya, she would be interesting company. If not, he could always ditch her at the door step of Kairos and allow them to deal with her as they wished.

Mara

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She could feel the strange warmth emanating from the strange natural disaster that was happening nearby, and it only seemed to be amplified by the geysers that surrounded the two wolves as they stood and talked. There was nowhere for them to go, unless they wished to forge their way right through the heart of Kairos territory. Now, Mint was not a complete idiot, she knew better than to go barging through the largest pack's territory, even though she had blatantly insulted one of their largest and most impressive offspring. She had lost her tail in the process, yet her temperament had not softened or silenced even in the slightest. In fact, she might have even grown more prickly and fierce since the encounter. She had healed up well enough, and obviously only learned a little bit from that day.

"I have no urge to follow after Valeria and her pack, yet I cannot seem to reconcile the idea of going to Kairos. I know nothing of them, nor do I have any particular desire to do so. Right now I am... undecided." His words were confident and stoic almost, and as she looked up at him, she could not help but tilt her head slightly in what might possibly be mistaken as curiosity and make one think she was even slightly impressed by the male. It was an impressive feat to impress the young female, and as quickly as the look crossed her face, it disappeared. "That makes two of us." She said, surprising herself with the use of the word 'us' in her sentence. She had not meant to lump them into the same category together, but it seemed regardless of whether she wanted it or not, they were in nearly the exact same situation. "I would ask what happened to you. But I am not sure you wish to explain, nor am I certain that I would care to hear. What do you plan to do from here?" She had let her eyes move away from his face, wandering down to his chest for a moment and then back up at his muzzle when he spoke again.

"Rise." She said, and as she listened to the word roll off her tongue, she had never felt so confident or strong. Sure, the male in front of her outweighed her greatly, and there was no chance she would survive a fight with one his size or even larger, but that did not mean she would not hold her head high and move onward with her life. She was meant for better things than Valyn, just as he was, and they would both go places, places that neither of them could possibly imagine. Her arrogance would typically be taken as an insult to any normal wolf, or any sensitive and emotional wolf at least, but there was something different about Leviathan. He seemed off somehow, but that was not exactly a bad thing in the pale blue eyes of the little female. Emotions and feelings got in the way of many things, and often times she found herself wondering what it would be like to live without them, to be unhindered by their weakness constantly dragging her down.

Leviathan

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[Leviathan]

So it seemed Levi was not the only one less than impressed with what had just occurred in the jungle. Valyn might have stood a chance against any pack other than Kairos, but their numbers made the pack an almost unstoppable force. The future may have been uncertain for the large male, but he knew without a doubt that he no longer had a place within Valyn. Maybe they had been outmatched, but he deserved to be around those who could command and conquer, not flee at the first sight of danger. For some reason, Leviathan had never really interacted with Mint when she was younger, and yet her attitude seemed right on point with his. Maybe if he had spent less time terrorizing the others, he might have realized he could have an acquaintance within the pack that did not look at him strange at every turn. He may have struggled with emotions, but that did not mean he could not tell when they were looking at him differently than the others. The whispers were always there, and they were always afraid of him. Now, he could do whatever he pleased, and there was no one to tell him otherwise.

With the small wolf's answer, Levi could only nod his head in approval. There was something in the way she carried herself that was much stronger than the male had seen in quite some time. She was not at all like Arya; while he might have initially compared the two due to their small statures, Mint was nothing like his sister. In a way, she was something like Zahaira, the young female he encountered in the jungle all those months ago. Somehow, his play thing got away, but perhaps this one would stick around. "I like the way you think," he retorted blandly, his bizarre-colored eyes wandering, unintentionally disinterested with the conversation. This she-wolf was quite frankly one of the only ones, apart from perhaps his half-brother, that intrigued the male. Valhalla and Valkyrie were always okay to be around, but he had been stuck with them. Now, he had the right to choose who he spent time around. Perhaps Mint would not be a horrible choice.

"If nothing else, we are stuck here until the lava cools. I won't go near there until the heat backs of," he mused flatly, his gaze drifting to the east. They were quite some distance from the land bridge, but even from the geyser field, he could feel the heat radiating over the ground. "But there is a whole world out there for us. There is a place somewhere," he declared, his gaze dropping back to the small mixed wolf. "That is, if you will tolerate some company."

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[attr="class","pltxt"]Lorem ipsum dolorHis approval was nice, sure, but she did not need to feel validated for her decisions. No, she did not need anyone to approve of what she did or how her mind worked. It was, however, nice to be around someone that held a similar view on the world, and especially on their former pack. "I like the way you think." She nodded her head at his words, but she was just as uninterested in the conversation as he clearly was. Yet, he did not walk away, and something about him held her there as well. Finally, as the female found herself focusing on the heat that emanated from the geysers and the volcano to the north, his voice grabbed her attention once more. "If nothing else, we are stuck here until the lava cools. I won't go near there until the heat backs off, But there is a whole world out there for us. There is a place somewhere, that is, if you will tolerate some company."

Her head tilted curiously, blue eyes blinking up at him for a few silent moment before she caught up with the conversation. "I suppose some company would not be horrible." She said, blinking a couple of times and even flashing him one of her habitual flirtatious smiles. She had not meant to flirt, nor did she even realize she was doing it, but what was done was done. As soon as it happened, the expression disappeared and her eyes moved to the direction of the lava that was no doubt moving slowly their way. "Of all the wolves I have met so far in my life, you are the first that does not make me want to vomit." It was not meant to be a compliment, merely a stated fact, but she had no control over how he took her words. Or her actions, for that matter. She knew that he was around her age, therefore there was little that either of them could do - even during this season - until the natural disaster ceased. They were at the mercy of nature, and though she was not particularly hungry, even the thought of hunting popped into her head for the briefest of moments.

They were stuck, forced to stay near the former Valyn territory as they avoided the wolves that were no doubt spreading their awful scents all over the place. Kairos was well known around the island of Anikira, though Mint found herself with absolutely no desire to associate herself with them, either. She had heard of their values, and though they were nearly opposite of Valyn's, she did not agree with them either. She would make her own way in this life, even if she died trying. She would now, however, follow any pack of Anikira blindly like her mother had. She had a brain of her own, and she knew how to use it. She was still learning and growing mentally, of course, but she would go nowhere if she was shackled to the packs of Anikira.

Leviathan

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Many wolves would have taken Mint's words offensively. Leviathan did not, as he could not.

The world was far more black and white than those around him seemed to realize. Where they saw the brilliant spectrum in between the right and wrong in the world, Levi could only see what is and was, what will and would be. There was no differentiation in his world, and that made him different. It made him an enigma, and Levi knew there were many in Valyn that had not only feared him, but hated him for his existence. Mint seemed to realize that there was something else out there for them, and that was a new idea to the large male. Where he had previously been bound to Valyn by birth, he was now linked to no one. There was an entire world out there to explore, and perhaps Mint would be the company that would not judge or hate him for merely existing.

"The others were never understanding of me. I must warn you, I will anger you. I always make those around me angry," the young male ground out blandly, his bizarre eyes nearly piercing the female's coat as he stared down at her, hoping that for once in his life, he might be able to identify... something. It was a strange world he lived in; no one could really understand him, nor could he understand himself. "Valyn hated me. I do not know why I stayed as long as I did." There was no power or advancement in Valyn. He would never have a place within their ranks, nor did he intend to. He stayed merely out of a blind obligation to his birth pack, and those ties had been freed as he watched the smaller females flee the jungle, striving to outrun the flow of lava. It would soon be clear for them to wander onward, but Levi did not dare chance anything. He might not have been able to feel emotions, but pain was something completely different.

Pain was refreshing. It was clear what it was; no one could mistake the sear of injury or the rush of blood for something else. They were concrete ideas. Perhaps he could bring some stability to the world, in his own way...

Mara

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[Mara]

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His eyes seemed to attempt to bore right through her, to read her like an xray and see into her very soul. But there was no true soul for him to see. At least she did not believe there was. As the male stared down at her, the female's pale blue eyes stared right back at him. His words, however, made her eyes close. But they did not close in exhaustion or irritation. No, there was a different emotion running through her tiny form. "The others were never understanding of me. I must warn you, I will anger you. I always make those around me angry." It started in her belly, deep and inaudible. A vibration that ran through her chest and up into her throat before bursting out of her mouth in a hearty laugh. Her head tilted back and her stump of a tail wagged slightly at the thought of him angering her. "Of course you will anger me, Levi. Everyone does eventually. We live in a world filled with idiots and fools. Just think of the pack we have left behind. You believe you cannot feel anger. I mean to test this theory." She said, finally bringing her laugh to a close with a small wink and a flash of a smile.

If Mint was anything, it had to be interesting. At least she thought she was. But she could no longer bring herself to sit still and waste the day away with small talk and chit chat. The lands nearby were cooling off and though she was sure it would be uncomfortable to cross them, she had no intention of sticking around to be found by the hoards of Kairos. Leviathan might have stood a chance against a couple of them, but Lilith proved months ago that Mint was nothing but a small creature that was meant to be crushed in the eyes of the Kairos giants. The future was not here for them, it was north. What it held for them she did not know, but she found herself oddly pleased with the companionship of the strange male. He was different from the other wolves of Valyn, he was somehow better, and she knew she liked him from the very beginning. There was a whole world out there for them to conquer and it was laying there helplessly for their paws to snatch it up and take it for themselves. They would no longer be slaves to a single-minded pack. No, they would strive to be more than that. They would be better, they would be stronger. And for once in her life, Mint was glad to say that they would do it together.

Leviathan - I have no idea where else to go with this xD

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[Leviathan]

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This little minx was likely to test his patience, but Levi was fairly certain that she would be far better company than the members of their old birth pack. It was bizarre to think that the two likely could have gotten along in their younger years, but because of the strange nature of Valyn, the two never interacted in youth. It was interesting to think how things might have turned out had he realized there was someone like-minded around the pack. Perhaps things might have turned out differently.

"I suppose only time will tell," the young male mused with a bland, disinterested look. Leviathan was curious to see what would become of the two. "But the better question is, where do we go from here? The lava should be cooled enough for us to cross soon. Regardless of our disallegiance to Valyn, I do not suppose that Kairos will like us to remain much longer," he stated with a cool, calm tone. Perhaps in time things would calm down and they could come back at ease, but the fact was they were at risk the longer they lingered. There were many Kairos wolves and only two of them. They would not stand a chance if the pack circled back around and found them. "Perhaps we should move on."

But to where? The options were limitless, but that did not mean Levi was prepared to make the decision. He was, in his own right, a follower. If Mint would prove herself a worthy companion, he would follow her lead. If not, Leviathan would not hesitate to abandon the she wolf for the next best leader. While he may have towered over her, Leviathan did respect her outlook, and that was something that Levi would be inclined to follow.

"Lead the way, Mint. It is time for us to see the world."

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