Exploring the land;

[shadow]

Deep brown eyes flicked slightly with curiosity as the Ethiopian wolf explored this new area of Anikira. He had lived here all his life, yet there were still so many parts of the land he did not know. One of his mixed hued ears flicked slightly at the sound of running water. 'There must be some rapids near by.' He thought, patting along following the faint smell of water. The waters where fresh, yet the salty smell of the ocean lingered in the air. 'Well this is an island.' He thought, chuckling to himself, the water he was smelling, and hearing probably led out into he ocean. Most rivers did. Or they ended in a lake. 'And so Kaoru wanders the almost endless land mass of Anikira in hopes of finding something interesting, and perhaps some food...' He narrated himself as he meandered along. Some might have found it odd that he did that, but then again, who would know? He never spoke of his documentaries out loud, and was always kept in his mind, just for his own amusement. After all he had to entertain himself some how without anyone else to keep him company, or entertained.

Kaoru's eyes brighten with excitement as he came to the waters. The water ran quickly, and the rocks in the river made the waters rough. Rapidly, the water went down stream where he looked off and saw that it did indeed empty out into the ocean. Licking his chops, the Ethiopian wolf leaned down and dripped his muzzle into the rapids and greedily drank the water. How delicious it tasted. Then suddenly without warning the Ethiopian wolf yelped as something hard, wet, and slightly slimy whacked him in the side of the head. "Who's there?" He questioned, looking around. His brown orbs caught the sight of salmon swimming upstream. He frowned slightly, then smirked, crouching down slightly. Food! How wonderful! Exploring worked up quite an appetite.

A small smirk played on the multi-hued brute's maws as he watched the salmon swim along, leaping from the water every now and then. He watched intently trying to read their moves to see if he can catch one with ease. He doubt that though, he never had much luck when it came to fishing. 'And so Kaoru's journey brings him to the banks of an abundant river inhabited by dozens of salmon. Can Kaoru be swift enough to capture a bite to eat?' He smirked and with a swift movement the Ethiopian brute struck out with his paw, as a salmon jumped from the water. His paw made contact but it was not enough to drive the fish from the water. He snapped out, but not far enough, for he was afraid of falling into the running rapids.

"Rats," He frowned, sitting on the banks of the river and watched the fish continue to leap from the waters. Maybe he would be lucky and one would leap straight into his maw if he left it hanging open. He glanced around, no one seemed to be around. So, the Ethiopian wolf did just that. There he sat, looking like an idiot with his maw opened wide, waiting and hoping a fish would leap into his jowls for and easy caught meal. Little did the young brute know, that these lands where inhabit by other wolves, nor did he know that these lands where owned by another. hopefully for his sake, the alpha was friendly and understanding.

[ithy]

Ever so silently, the multi-hued femme known as Ithyph slipped along the lands. She had heard the claiming howl; she was now trespassing on the lands of one more powerful than her. Right now, this was the least of her concerns. Her brown orbs searched the surroundings, but her ears caught what she was searching for first. Water. Licking her lips, she shuffled towards the sound. Reaching a rocky ledge near the water, she wagged her tail happily. She dipped her head to the water's crisp surface, lapping up the liquid gratefully. It would be wise for her to howl, but she wasn't sure.

No pack had ever been on her record. Could she adjust to a new life? Ithy wasn't certain. All I've ever known was my brother and sister. I'm not sure what I could even contribute to a pack. She sighed softly. "This'll be rough." The words were barely audible above the roaring of the river. Suddenly, Ithyph heard the sound of another wolf. "Who's there?" Her ears flicked up. Another wolf? she pondered.

She could go over and see who it was... But that was not Ithyph's way. She was too shy, too skittish to approach another wolf. If this other wolf were to come to her, she would happily oblige to converse with him. But there was no way that she would ever step out of her comfort zone...

[shadow]

After a while Kaoru became bored, and frustrated. He did not expect any of the fish to just leap into his mouth, but he was sort of hoping on it. 'Oh well... I'll try again later I suppose...' He blinked slowly, his brown eyes watched fish leap from the water like wild. How much he wanted one, but he was not skilled in the fishing area. He never was. He could remembering fishing with his sisters, they would always come back with plenty and he could come back with little to none at all. Maybe he was not the water type altogether. He never was that fond of water. It was all wet, and cold, and wet... 'And so Kaoru discovers he has a small dislike for water, and no skills what-so-ever at fishing... Will he over come this problem or let it beat him into the dust?' Okay, the narration thing was starting to get a bit annoying.

Taking in a deep breath, his nose caught the faint scent of another wolf. This slightly startled him. 'There are other's here?' He questioned, well of course there was others here, but ... so close? His nose twitched slightly at the faint scent, and the fresh scent of fresh water. It almost over powered the other wolf's scent. However the stronge lingering scent told the brute that this was not just any wolf, but a femme. He smiled slightly, it would be nice to meet other wolves again. He was starting to get lonely, ever since his pack broke up. He enjoyed the company of others, expecially femmes, consitering most of his back was about seventy-five persent femmes.

Carefully, Kaoru walked along the bank of the river, being sure not to slip on the mossy rocks, and fall into the rapids. No telling what would happen if he did. 'I could hit my head and get knocked out, drown, be carried out into the ocean... Tons of things could happen.' He gulped slightly, he did not want to become shark food. Not too long, a multi-hued femmora came into view, and he smiled slightly patting up toward her. He nodded to her-respect was a big thing in his pack, specially toward faes. "Hello there." He said politely, and shyly. He was not too well around femmes, ones he did not know anyways. If he had learned anything about faes in his former pack, it was that they where unperdictable. Kaoru felt even more shy when he noticed the major height difference between them... Oh did he ever hate how small and less domain his breed was. Nonetheless he gave the femmora a kind smile.

[briya]

[ cause there ain't enough love as it is...

The rust-colored fae ran through the new land- her new land. She smirked, loving the sound of it. Perhaps she wasn't the best alphess material but she didn't plan on running a pack or anything. The territory was just... hers. She frowned, pausing. What would its purpose be? Her new home? Here all alone. She had never worried for boundaries much so why should it matter if she claimed these lands or not. Well, what was done was done. They were hers and she would fight anyone tooth and claw if they dared challenge her. An angry snarl rippled quietly from her. Maybe in time she would start a pack... The thought made her giggle.

She rolled her eyes- that thought brining back Kadhi's comment to her as she dashed off. 'Lady alphess'? She winced. No, she was not alphess material. Not at all. She was fickle and shallow and enjoyed winning brutes who she did not care about over just for some pleasurable sex and the pride she got in having conquered yet another heart. This open view of herself made her eyes widen in her surprise but she did nothing else for she knew it was nothing but the truth- something she did not usually find within herself.

As the scent grew stronger she realized there were two wolves here. Her eyes narrowed. She could take them on. She slowed down as she approached them. A brute and a fae. Her eyes locked on the brute, mentally disregarding the fae, not even wondering if she was his mate. It would not have mattered if she was so why bother? "Hello there, handsome," she said, eyes sparkling mischieviously as she grinned. As she padded over close to him the mischeviousness was replaced by innocence and she widened the smile. "Well what do we have here?" she asked, eyes running over his body. He was cute. A bit short maybe but cute. "I certainly have no objections," she murmured softly, not caring if she was heard or not. A smirk played on her maw.

im just adding a whole new dimension ]

[ithy]

As Ithyph had expected, the wolf she'd smelled previously headed towards her. As he spoke, she shied away slightly, scared by the fact that another wolf that wasn't related to her was attempting to make a conversation. She smiled weakly and whispered, "Hello." It was more conversation than she'd made with a wolf in months. Everything she had done was by herself; never had she spent time with anyone other than her brother and sister.

The sound of another wolf approaching was enough to frigten Ithyph out of her mind. She considered bolting; her eyes flicked back and forth, searching for a path that was unblocked. There were none. Quietly, she sat back and awaited the appearance of the other wolf. Maybe it was a member of the pack that lived on these lands. If this were true, it was likely that they would be swatted away from trespassing. The scent of a femme whafted towards her, and she backed behind Kaoru in fear, peaking out as another wolf materialized.

The femme's ears flicked back against her head in fear. What could this other wolf possibly want? She didn't seem angry, and she also didn't seem overly happy to see Ithyph; just the brute. But... She doesn't know him. Does she? she pondered in confusion. She curled her tail around her paws, shielding herself behind him. Perhaps the femme wouldn't spot her behind this brute. Of course, she didn't truly believe this, but... It made sense in her mind. "Who is she?" Ithy hissed under her breath into the brute's ear. As an afterthought, she tagged on, "Oh, I'm Ithyph." A weak smile followed this as she warily watched the other femme.

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Kaoru smiled softly as he got a soft shy hello from the femmora. She was shy too, just like him. It kind of made him feel more relaxed. He doubt she would get mad at him, she didn't seem like the type the way she spoke, and the way her body language spoke to him. His tail swayed slightly, excited to be meeting someone other than from his old pack. It was nice to meet new people, well sometimes. His eyes narrowed slightly, not angry but sadened, remembering Kyou. His dear friend, whom he would probably never ever see again. His dear friend, that almost ended his life. He was not over his lose, not over Kyou, nor the speration of his old pack.

Kaoru had been lost in thoughts for a bit, when the sound of another coming forward caught his attention. His ears erected forward, and he saw another femme come forward. She seemed so confident of himself, this made Kaoru become slightly submissive, and shy like the other femme had been toward him. The other fae's eyes were icey toward the first one, and Kaoru wondered why. He had heard femmoras went always friendly toward each other when brutes where around. He titled his head to the side slightly 'Iguess it must be true.'

"Hello there, handsome," The words left her lips like daggers to Kaoru, and his eyes narrowed at the mischeviousness smirk that turned into an innocent look. He knew the games femmoras liked to play, he was no fool. After all, over half his pack's population was females. He knew their ways. He noticed the other fae trying to hide behind him, he found it rather funny seeing as she was about ten inches bigger than he was. She hissed in his ear, and caused it to flick. He looked back at her and shook his head slightly. "I dunno." He replied, he had never met this femmora before, and something told him he rather have not. 'And so Kaoru learns the name of the first femmora, and has now come across a second femmora in these lands.' "Ithyph," He repeated the name, before adding, "That's a nice name." He told her, giving her a soft kind smile. "I'm Kaoru." He added once more, and his brown orbs turned to the second femmora. "MayI ask your name?"

[briya]

i s o l d e

Isolde raised one brow as the fae scuttled off behind the brute, resisting the urge to laugh. She was much larger than him, how did she expect to be unnoticed? If anything, she had just drawn attention to herself. The red fae narrowed her eyes in annoyance as the two whispered back and forth, resisting to urge to make some chilling comment. Why were they ignoring her! Ignoring was her thing. But she wouldn't be petty enough to remark on it. Nah, she'd be the mature one.

She flashed a sweet smile at the pair, though it dimmed slightly at the defensive look she was getting from the male. What was his problem? Hellloooo- she was being friendly. Ignoring that fact, she continued to grin, sauntering over closer. "Soooo, Itypth, right?" she asked. Her hearing had always been good- gossip demanded it. "And Kaoru?" Her expression was completely innocent. Without waiting for an answer she continued on. "Well, my name is Isolde. There's some brute down at the shore..." she shrugged. "Anyway, just stopping my say hello. Wanna explore my lands with me?" she asked, her eyes dancing happily at the thought of company.

[ithy]

Ithyph's eyes still flicked around wildly. Kaoru didn't know this femme; Isolde, she'd said her name was? so why should she trust her? She narrowed her eyes a bit, but the femme's tone wasn't threatening. I guess we're okay, then, she thought, carefully stepping out from behind Kaoru. She carefully searched the brute's eyes for any sign of security and managed to find some. There was nothing about this situation that was comforting...

"Ex... Explore?" Ithy stuttered quietly, her multi-colored pelt quivering from the chilly air around them. The quick moving water hadn't frozen, so either the water was moving too fast for it to freeze, or it was not cold enough to freeze over. Whatever the problem, it was dangerous to be standing near the water during the winter. If they were to fall in, it would likely be their death. Ithy had explored a bit earlier, and she'd followed the river all the way to the sea. Maybe it would be wise to stick with Kaoru. After all, he seems nice enough, she reasoned with a weak smile. "I guess th-that's okay," she whispered quietly, looking over to Kaoru to see what he would have to say. After all, she wouldn't go if he wouldn't.

((OOC: Sorry, dinky post. But I g2g Dx Lu, I need you to name your post so I can make ranks, fix your OOC board, and do the main header ))

[briya]

The reddish fae's orbs were fixed intently on the pair in front of her, searching them for any signs of a relationship. To all apperances they didn't know each all that well- perhaps friends-ish. Isolde had always been good at gauging relationships- though she never let the outcome interfere with her intentions, she thought smugly. As the fae finally found her voice, Isolde had to bite her lip to keep herself from giggling at how obviously awkward the fae seemed. Ah well. She'd shape her up in no time.

"Yeah, like go see what's around." She flashed her a grin but froze as the sound of a howl reached her ears. "What the hell..." Isolde swore and turned around with a sharp snarl. "Who is 'claiming' these lands? I already did!" She turned back to the fae- Itypth- and rolled her eyes as if this wasn't a big deal. "Sorry about that. Some little b**** seems confused." She narrowed her eyes. "Feel free to accompany me. Otherwise, I'll be back soon." She winked at the pair and wheeled around, loping off.

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‘Isolde.’ Kaoru’s liquid brown orbs scanned the femora who claimed herself as Isolde. ‘Some brute down at the shored. So there are more wolves on this land.’ This was great. The time of famine was over apparently then. Or maybe he had just wandered onto better land with more inhabits in them. Who knows but Kaoru was excited about meeting new wolves. His eyes gazed at Isolde. Well sometimes it was nice to meet new wolves, if you met the right ones. "Well, it's nice to meet you Isolde." He said nodding to her slightly, before her next words caught his attention.

‘Explore? HER lands?’ His brows furrowed, was this femme really the alpha of this beautiful land? His nose twitched and through about it for a moment. He would like to see the lands more. However… He turned to Ithyph she looked so scared. Why was she so scared? Was it Isolde? He gave the larger femora a comforting smile, and a confident swish of his tail. “Exploring sounds like a grand idea.” He uttered with a toothy grin. 'So Kaoru continues his new adventure with two femmes, Isolde and Ithyph.'

Then there was some short of howl in the distance. 'My, more wolves?' He thought, a little frightened as well. So many wolves in one place, he wasn't sure how to deal with it. He was, indeed shy. He was not used to being around others he didn't know so well. He had always been with his family and friends. Kaoru slowly nodded when Isolde said she needed to take care of this confused bitch and said they could tag along. "Lets go." He said softly to the other femmora and followed after Isolde.

[ithy]

Shuddering slightly, Ithyph resisted the urge to hide behind Kaoru again when Isolde spoke out. Yes, she'd heard the other claim as well. She's an alpha? she thought, furrowing her brow distressfully. How well could she follow an alpha that she wasn't sure she could trust? Well, I haven't officially joined the pack, so I can't get in trouble for leaving if there are problems, she reasoned, but she really didn't want to leave. She wouldn't leave Kaoru; she considered him a friend, or at least another wolf that she felt comfortable speaking with. Nothing was right anymore, so she'd have to make her own security.

Ithy watched, amused, as Isolde trotted off to confront the other femme. With a shrug, she glanced over at Kaoru. "I guess we should follow her," she squeaked, slightly louder than a whisper. The unfamiliar femme was gone, so she didn't feel the need to whisper. "Let's see how this turns out," she offered the idea, a little bolder than what she'd last said. The femme's orbs flicked in the direction that the "alphess" had headed and gestured slightly to Kaoru.

She'd follow for now. And she'd continue to follow until the time came where it would not work anymore. She was no leader; never meant to lead. She would be surprised to be anything more than a subordinate if she ever got the courage to ask the alpha to join. That was, if they ever figured out who the alpha was. The new wolf was likely in for a surprise; but Isolde wasn't overly large. How could she expect to win against a wolf that sounded larger? Ithy couldn't judge well, but there was always the off chance that it would happen.

If there was a fight, Ithyph already decided to have no part of it. Any fighting, she would bolt; never to likely be seen by the wolves of this land. Violence was not her thing; many things were not her things. Things will happen, she mused, slowly trotting after the femme who'd immediate sought Kaoru's company. And they will happen fast.