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Now that Apollo had the rank of Warrior placed on him he really wasn't sure what to do. Koli was off leading a hunt, and Apollo had nothing to do. He could have gone along on the hunt, though he didn't really want to get in the way...

'Maybe I'll go and see how they are doing later...' He thought to himself as he walked along the Boryz Prairie. The place looked much better than it had when he first came here. Most of the dead life was thriving and growing back and a once barren land was now flourishing.

It was actually really beautiful.

At least, Apollo liked to think so.

Stopping Apollo stretched his body out across the ground, first his upper half and then his lower half until his whole body just flopped itself down into the ground. The earth was cool under his body and the sand felt good inside his fur. Rolling onto his side and then onto his back Apollo successfully covered himself in a nice layer of dirt before standing back up on his long stick-y legs and shook the dirt off slightly. There was nothing like a good old sand bath.

Standing there for a moment Apollo frowned and realized he was quite bored and a bit lonely. There wasn't much to do around here, most of the other members where off doing their own thing but here he was with nothing to do and no one to do it with. Sighing, Apollo lied down on the cool sandy surface of the earth again and lied his head down between his front paws. Maybe he would just take a small nap before going to check up on Koli and his hunting party.

Yeah, maybe he would do just that.

So, closing his blue eyes, Apollo allowed himself to drift into a light sleep.

[Angel]

Angel limped through the grass, completely lost. She’d been driven out of Acerbus, and had been wandering aimlessly for a good week or so. So now here she was, in an alien landscape with no food or water in sight.

With a big smile plastered onto her face, she walked continuously forwards, occasionally wincing as the pain shot up her injured leg, but overall in a good mood.
Angel was always in a good mood. She just didn’t do bad moods; or at least, that’s what she thought.
A couple of times, she’d woken up in a completely different place to where she was before, with no knowledge of the previous day. She never remembered anything that happened when she was in a bad mood.
But Angel didn’t care. Her positive attitude wouldn’t allow her to worry over things that were probably unimportant.

These injuries really were a bother though. She didn’t know how she’d got them; one moment she’d been inviting a strange white femme to play, next thing she knew, she was lying in a ditch miles away from any other wolves and she’d somehow acquired a fair number of bites and scratches.

Angel shook her head, and the thoughts were lost to the cool breeze that swept across the prairie, ruffling her pure white fur. She took a deep contented breath, and froze; not in terror, but in joyful anticipation.
A wolf was nearby. His scent wafted through the air, making her nose twitch as she tried to locate him.
Angel’s tail wagged happily as she turned her head and bounded over towards where the smell seemed to be coming from.
When she arrived at her destination, the first thing she saw was a lanky-looking male lying on the ground not far away from where she was.
Angel grinned, happy to have company. She didn’t stop to think that perhaps this wolf was like the last one, and would chase her away from his precious territory.
“Hiya!” she chirped, unaware that the stranger was asleep. “My name’s Angel. What’s yours?”


((Sorry, I really needed to post with Angel :/ ))

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With his blue eyes closed and not a care in the world, Apollo had already drifted off into such a peaceful sleep that he didn't even notice the scent or presences of another wandering onto the territory. Not until they were practically on top of him that was, not in the literal sense.

Thus when the chipper female chirped a greeting to him, Apollo was to say the least more than a little surprised. Her high pitched voice cut right through his sleep entering in through his his large ears, startling the poor Red-Maned hybrid brute.

“Ah!” He yelped in surprise, jumping right to his long slender legs. Wide eyes searched widly around for the source of the voice before finally landing on the white female.

There was a pause.

“Ah!” He yelled again surprised taking a couple large clumsy steps backwards until he flopped right back onto his haunches. He blinked at the white figure before him a couple times before a frown over took his maw. “W-what's the big idea, waking up someone like that...!?” He felt heat raise to his cheeks, embarrassed to be caught off guard. What if this female were to take advantage of him!? What if it had been a nasty rogue who wanted to steal his innocents or even his life?! He cursed himself for letting himself be an easy target. He shouldn't be sleeping out here in the open plains with no protection! He'd just opened himself up for all. So vulnerable...

Apollo blinked again realizing he was spacing out. He was only making himself more vulnerable! Shaking his head violently the Red-Maned hybrid stood up on all four of his long thin legs and stood tall and proud. Clearing his throat he grinned sheepishly at the female. “I'm Apollo, and... You're Angel right?” He thought he'd caught her name in the mist of all his panic... He wasn't sure though, it would be rather embarrassing if he'd heard wrong.

Shaking his head slightly he went on to address a serious manner. “I hope you know you're trespassing on Haishin land, Miss Angel. I'm going to have to ask you to please state your business here or you will have to leave.” He tried not to sound too strict or rude but he didn't want to be too soft either. He was a warrior now and ol' Zeth was counting on him to do a good job.

[Angel]

Angel giggled as the strange male yelped in surprise.
“Oh, I’m sorry, sir, I didn’t realise you were asleep” she said, pausing for a moment to look apologetic before the smile was on her face again. She watched, intrigued, as he changed from clumsy and startled to proud and authoritative.
Angel nodded enthusiastically when he repeated her name, and told her his.
“Apollo… that’s a nice name” she wagged her tail cheerfully, enjoying the conversation. It was nice to talk to a sentient being again. The last ones she’d met were those mean wolfies from Acerbus who’d chased her away. Meridian had been nice though; and she hoped that she would meet her again in the future.

Angel’s tail drooped fractionally as Apollo told her that she was on claimed territory.
“I didn’t know… I’m really sorry, sir Apollo…”
She hung her head, trying to think up a reason for why she was here. How had she missed the scent markers?
“I… I suppose I’ll leave now, then?” She looked up at the strange wolf with big pleading eyes, then after a long pause, turned away and limped back the way she’d come, still hoping that he’d call her back to talk again.

But with almost all of her attention on the wolf behind her, she didn’t notice the rock until it was too late. Angel yelped in surprise as she tumbled forwards and collapsed on the ground.
“Ow!” She gasped as pain shot up her wounded leg. Twisting her head, she addressed the other wolf once again.

“Do you by any chance have a healer in this pack of yours? My leg was injured a while ago but it hasn’t had a chance to recover. A shaman might be able to tell me how to fix it”
Angel smiled hopefully, using her positive attitude to hold back the pain. “Of course, if you don’t want me here I’ll leave right away. But could you at least tell me whether there are any other packs around here who would be willing to help a loner like me?”

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A soft grumble left the leggy brute when Angel said she didn't realize he was sleeping. It didn't take a genius to know when someone was asleep. Then again, this female did seem like a bit of an airhead. Though he would never say that out loud. He wasn't that mean, sheesh!

Then to stroke his ego a little and get on his good side the Tundra female had to go and say he had a nice name. He smiled a little sheepishly, embarrassed. “Thanks.” He muttered softly, his fur heating up under his cheeks a little. He'd always been proud of his name. Named after a god he was, sure it was one of the humans gods but still it was a great honor and something Apollo had always been proud of.

Clearing his throat a little, Apollo forced himself to get serious again and pay attention to the matter at hand. He couldn't allow this female to distract him from his duties. He frowned at her when she said she didn't know and apologized. While she seemed sincere he wasn't sure if he could just let it slide like that. This was a rather big deal! One shouldn't just run around on lands claimed by another willy nilly like! It was... blasphemous!

Apollo was about to open his mouth to say something before she spoke up again, saying something about leaving. Apollo stared at her, blinking a couple times his mouth still held ajar before closing it once more and frowned. Was she trying to guilt trip him? He eyed her suspiciously. Well if she was he sure wasn't going to fall for it! He stared into her pleading eyes as if it were a challenge. Then after a long pause and a long staring contest the Tundra female turned around and started to walk away.

Apollo was shocked. Just shocked! And now he felt a little bad too. Guilty even. Pulling his ears back slightly, Apollo glanced around and mentally kicked himself for what he was about to do. Looking back to the Tundra female as her white silhouette began to get smaller and smaller as she walked away he called out to her. “W-wait, Angel-” He was abruptly cut off when Angel proceeded to trip over a teeny tiny rock and tumble over.

Apollo watched her fall with wide eyes before snorting and he bit his lips to suppress the laughter that wanted to bubble over. Clearing his throat, the Red Maned mix strolled over to Angel. He looked at her as she began to talk to him, asking him about a shaman though he couldn't help but let his mind wander off as his eyes landed on the rock that had caused her to tumble over like that. It was a rather amusing and puzzling at the same time. It was so tiny compared to either one of them! How anyone could possibly trip over it was beyond him.

Shaking the the line of thoughts from his head he looked back to Angel and frowned a little when she mentioned him wanting her to leave. “I never said that.” He said before sighing. “Unfortunately we do not have a shaman in our pack currently but I'm sure there might be someone around that could help you with your leg...” He trailed off a little as he thought, then a light went off in his head. "Oh...! Wait, I do know someone." He said with a grin, wagging his tail slightly. "I could take you to her if you'd like." He gave the white female a lopsided grin.

[Angel]

Angel blinked up at Apollo, watching as he made his way over to her. Her mouth curved downwards, mirroring his frown, but exaggerating it so that it looked as comical as possible. It was her way of trying to cheer him up. She didn’t like it when other wolves were sad. Why was he sad, anyway?
She couldn’t hold the frown for long, and it was quickly replaced with a grin.
“Yes, that’s true, but I never said that you said that you wanted me to leave”
A smug expression crossed her face as she beamed, proud of her ‘clever’ reply.

Her face returned to normal when Apollo told her that he didn’t have a shaman in his pack. “Oh well, that’s okay sir Apollo. Of course you’re right; there must be a pack nearby with someone who would be able to help me…”

Angel stretched out her injured leg and began to lick. The taste of fresh blood made her scrunch up her face in disgust, and she made odd spitting noises as she tried to get it off her tongue. Nobody had ever taught her proper etiquette so she had no idea if this was something considered rude by other wolves.

Luckily Apollo didn’t seem to be watching her strange antics. He looked deep in thought about something, almost zoned out, and Angel resisted the childish temptation to leap in front of him and make a loud, scary noise.

It was fortunate that she did resist, because what Apollo said next could have been the difference between life and death.
Angel leapt to her paws at his offer, forgetting that she was wounded, and almost toppled over as she winced in pain.
“Yes, thank you sir Apollo! I would like that very much!”
She grinned up at the lanky male. Her tail wind-milled happily behind her as her body swayed to its rhythm. Everything was going to work out just fine!

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Angel's exaggerated frown worked in just the opposite of what she was probably hoping for, as Apollo was a little weird-ed out by her elongated frown. It looked like she was constipated or something. 'Well, she is in pain...' He thought, guessing that must be the reason for her odd facial expression. To farther the leggy brute's confusion her idea of a witty reply left Apollo utterly confused and questioning. He shook his head slightly, giving up trying to even make sense of it. 'Why do I even bother?' He wondered to himself with a sigh.

Lucky for both Angel and Apollo that he didn't notice her odd licking habits as he'd been thinking of someone who could possible help her. Apollo didn't want her to leave, she might make a good addition to the pack. What would he tell Zeth if he'd learned Apollo had turned away or scared a potential pack member away? Besides her startling him and seeming a little weird she didn't seem all to bad.

Blue eyes widen slightly at Angel's reaction, he winced slightly as she practically toppled back over after jumping up in her excitement. Apollo shook his head slightly but smiled at how happy she seemed at the idea.

A smile spread across Apollo's muzzle when Angel confirmed her appreciation as said she would like it if he took her to the wolf he had in mind. He personally didn't know the female he had in mind all too well, but she seemed capable of taking care of an injured leg. Hell, Apollo could probably help her if he wanted to, he was sponge for information. He took it in and retained it easily, he knew a lot of things, though most of them were random and pointless knowledge.

“Good, I'm not sure where she is now, but I'm sure she's around.” He gave Angel a grin, matching hers and wagged his tail slightly, though not as fast as she was wagging hers. Standing up the leggy male took a couple steps towards Haishin's den site to find Revan. Though he hung back a little to make sure Angel was okay to follow him and was there to help her if she needed a little extra help to get her towards their destination.

It was only then as they were leaving that Apollo seemed to notice that he wasn't feeling the familiar overwhelming pressure of this other wolf's emotions on his. This brought a smile to Apollo's face and he continued onwards towards the dens with a little extra bounce to his steps. Though he had a feeling this feeling would not last when he would actually get back to Haishin...