Put On (Chaika)

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[atrb=background,http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo18/GreenEyedMonster101/Anikira/Requests/KidMid.png?t=1344230995] Kiddo was ready to get this over with. All of this testing was taking up most of his time. He couldn't wait to have all of his subordinates actually doing something to help out the pack instead of free-loading off of the rest of them. That wasn't really their fault though. It was his job to make sure they had things to do but the pack had grown so quickly that he hadn't found the time to get all of them where they should be. He hated having talent sitting around and doing nothing which was why he had gotten Chaika to come out here to hunt for him. Kiddo followed his nose to where he thought that some moose were grazing. The Oriens didn't have moose so this would be a nice meal for the pack. Kiddo had lead the subordinate male down-wind from the herd and stopped behind a hill so they couldn't see or smell them coming. He was such a nice alpha. He had done most of Chaika's work for him already but Kiddo wasn't terribly concerned with the tracking ability. Most adult wolves were good enough trackers to find food on a regular basis. He turned to look at Chaika and said, " I want you to kill one of the moose grazing just over this hill. You will select it and bring it down on your own as well as deliver the killing strike. I will stay hidden and watch you and if you do well, there may be a hunting position open for you." His voice was in a hushed whisper so he didn't sabotage the hunt by having the moose hear him. It may have been a little mean to have the wolf take down a moose by himself but that was all a part of the test. Would the wolf choose a smaller cow which had a higher chance of taking down but less food for the pack or, would he choose a large bull which would have less of a chance of taking down but more meat for them all. Kiddo was no dummy. He designed this test to be more than whether or not this wolf could take down prey. He needed to test his judgement. A wolf hunting on his own was much different than hunting in a group. Kiddo would wait and see what decisions this male made.

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Pure anticipation overran Chaika as he padded briskly behind his Alpha to wherever the brute decided to lead him. ”Where are we headed? What will he have me do?” Questions similar to these distracted the Timber male from reality as they swept through his senses. Of course Kiddo would have him complete some sort of hunting task, but what sort of game and circumstances would there be? Deep within his skull, Chaika hoped that the hunt he would need to perform would be a mixture of challenging and doable. He wanted to show Kiddo that he was a skilled hunter, but he also did not wish to simply be gifted his position. He wanted to have the opportunity to work hard and maybe even haul a large kill home to his pack mates to make a meal out of. The ultimate purpose of this test was to assist the pack in reducing hunger, not a promotion in rank. That was what Chaika believed, anyway.

As the pair of canines turned the bend to position themselves behind a fairly large hill, that’s when the scent intruded all of these flaming questions. A heard of moose was located just beyond the mound of grass, snow, and earth they were behind. That was his target. As Kiddo spoke to him, Chaika’s audits took in every word of his whisper and thoroughly processed his commands. His Alpha would not find himself viewing the cheery, bubbly wolf that he may had observed in the past. No, a working Chaika was nearly an entirely different wolf. The male was focused, determined, and utterly serious about the upcoming hunt. With a firm nod of agreement and a respectful whisper of ”Yes, sir,” he was ready for anything nature decided to throw at him. He turned his body away from the Mackenzie brute and padded his paws softly against the snow. Thankfully the white stuff that had blanketed the rolling hills was fresh and powdery, meaning less of a “crunch” sound as his pads made contact with each step forward.

The brute crouched himself just in the right angle so he was able to peer around the hill to view his targets with the landform still used as a shield so that the moose remained oblivious to the fact that the canine was even there. Luckily, he was already placed downwind of the animals, so he did not have to worry about them catching a whiff of his own scent. His chocolaty brown orbs focused in on the herd to properly select which moose would be aimed for. From what the Timber Wolf could see, there happened to be one large bull with massive antlers and two smaller cows. Weighing his options, he knew that it would have been much easier for a group of wolves to take down the large male. For all he knew, it could be weighing in at anywhere from nine hundred to fourteen hundred pounds. With the brute still slim from his near-starvation days, he was merely one tenth of that. There was no chance he could bring down game that large independently without severely injuring, let alone possibly killing, himself in the process. He scratched the bull from his list of options. The remaining two cows were both in the range of five hundred to six hundred pounds, a much more reasonable choice. Plus, these options subtracted the horn factor. It was still going to prove a challenge to haul down the prey, but it was still a good amount of meat for Amar.

As he selected the slightly plumper of the two cows, Chaika determined the approximate distance the moose were grazing from him. He estimated that they were about two hundred feet away. Remaining nearly a half inch from the chilly snow, the canine closed the distance at a mediocre pace as to not frighten the cluster of wiry-furred prey too soon. When he was about thirty yards away, the bull caught sight of him. His tail swayed with evil delight, this hunt was most certainly going well so far. Almost instantaneously, the two cows also focused in on Chaika who was crouched on the ground. However, the large game did not even budge, which was to be expected. Standing upright and using a series of snarls and growls to spook the herd, the Timber brute finally caused them to flee. Attacking a large animal such as a moose was not smart to do in a head-on collision.

The herd wasn’t moving too quickly, for they weren’t overly intimidated by a single wolf. Chaika kept pace with them, nipping at the target-cow heals as he attempted to tire her out a little before going in for the kill. In result of his poking and prodding, the cow strayed to the left of the other two moose making her a much easier target. After a solid fifteen minutes of high-energy running, the stamina of the cow began to slip away. Her movements were more wobbly and she could not seem to prevent herself from stumbling every few steps. This was the perfect time in which the brute should strike. He pounded the earth with quick-moving paws as he brought himself to the flank of the cow. With one mighty leap, he grasped the moose at the sensitive area behind its head and dug his claws into her blubbery skin. At first, the female had attempted to fling the canine off of her, but she quickly gave up once the method proved fruitless. Chaika would not allow himself to detach from her back until she was on the ground, instead his jaws clamped down harder. Finally, with a snort of despair, the game collapsed into a heap on the snowy ground, her chest heaving out of pure tiredness and pain.

Releasing the cow from his grip, Chaika’s orbs noticed the blood-stained powder surrounding the pile of meaty flesh. Without second guessing himself, the brute leapt forward and delivered a sharp bite around the now vulnerable throat of the moose, and the life that had been lying in front of him slipped away into a pile of nothingness. Well, a pile of food. Grasping the carcass more gently now, Chaika began to haul the heavy moose towards the spot where he had departed to begin his hunt. It was farther than he had originally thought, he must've been too focused on stalking his prey rather than keeping track of where he was. None the less, he arrived before Kiddo in a matter of minutes. He dragged the body about two feet away from his Alpha and then proceeded to walk backwards from the brute with his head lowered out of respect.

"Had he done well enough to become a true Amar hunter? Was Kiddo pleased with the work he had done?" More questions boggled his mind as he halted his walking. Quickly he showed them out of his brain and used this time of suspense to lick his muzzle to cleanse it of the crimson blood that has smeared itself onto his brown fur. Once he was finished, he stood patiently waiting for Kiddo's approval. In Chaika's mind, he had done well in the sense that he had brought down a moose by himself, but there were always points he could improve upon. Nobody was perfect, even the legendary Chaika whom his former pack had believed would save them. Only, he had failed to do so.

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[atrb=background,http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo18/GreenEyedMonster101/Anikira/Requests/KidMid.png?t=1344230995] Chaika seemed to have a total personality change when Kiddo gave him a job to do. That was a good sign. He hadn't made the mistake of accepting the overly happy male. He was showing signs of purpose and reason inside of his pack. Chaika then turned away form him and Kiddo made himself hidden to the prey. It would be cruel of him to sabotage Chaika's test. Following the eyes of Chaika, Kiddo noticed that the wolf had ruled out the large bull, a good choice. Chaika was small..not even a hundred pounds and the large bull was at least 900 pounds. Kiddo would have been thoroughly impressed with Chaika if he managed to take down the bull but it would have been a potentially fatal decision. Kiddo couldn't see any detail beyond that so he would have to wait until Chaika made his first move. It wasn't long before the male's first move came. He made snarling noises to spook the moose. Not the move that Kiddo would have made but they would see how it would work out. The moose started at an underwhelming pace and Chaika began nipping at one of the plumper cows. Kiddo suspected that he was trying to either tire out the cow or irritate her to the point where she would stray away from the other two. His tactic worked. Impressive. Soon the wolf and moose were out of view and Kiddo was left by himself for a good solid ten or fifteen minutes. I hope he hasn't gotten himself killed. Kiddo thought. He truly cared about his members and didn't want them to die. However, Chaika returned with the cow in his jaws. Kiddo was pleased. It took a lot of stamina to keep up a high speed chase such as that one for so long. Chaika had dropped the warm, steaming carcass two feet from him. He looked at it and then at the male with a please expression. "You've done well Chaika. I'd like for you to be a hunter for us." Kiddo gave a short nod before taking a few bites from the cow. Kiddo had been hungry. This reminded him of how badly they needed hunters. The rest of the pack must be famished. Kiddo raised his blood-stained face from the carcass. "Eat and then bring the rest to the dens for the rest of the pack." He told the new hunter before turning to head back to the Oriens himself, to see how things were going. Having two territories was more work for sure but it was worth it. Tiayr had more space and more food for the growing pack which was vital. The Alpha was glad that he had solved at least one of their problems but worried that he had started a new one in doing so. The work of an Alpha was never done.

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Hunting was Chaika's passion. Gathering and healing had been long and tedious work that often ended with him needing to chew up foul tasting plants to spat onto the weaker wolves' wounds and such. Any wolf could do that, why did a so-called legend need to be stuck with that job when he could be doing more important duties, like hunting to feed the pack. He was a decent fighter as well, but he despised acting violently towards other canines. He would fight for what he loved, but would shy away if it wasn't for a true purpose. However, violence towards say a deer or moose was what he loved. He loved the rush of chasing down the prey, the triumph of making the final strike. He especially looked forward to the happy faces of his pack mates as they gobbled down the meal he would set down in front of them. Even if it meant he received less, he would give his pack enough until they were full. Just because he was the one who had acquired the meat didn't mean he could be selfish and gobble down half before returning home.

The brute could sense that his Alpha was pleased with his work. His tail swayed slowly with relief, he was beginning to return to his normal bubbly state. He wouldn't fully reach his full casualness until he was away from Kiddo. Alphas needed to be dealt with professionally and respectfully. Though, he was respectful to any wolf, this brute was special. He was his leader, and he needed to be pleased in order for Chaika to be happy. When words left the other Bruce's muzzle, the Timber wolf couldn't help but wiggle his audits in disbelief. He had just been offered a hunting position, he was sure of it. "Thank you, Alpha. I am looking forward to hunting for your pack. You will not be disappointed with me, sir, I assure you that." To be honest, Chaika could barely stand still with the amount of excitement he was feeling. The brute now had a purpose within the pack, and he would do his job to the best of his ability, and more.

After the canine watched patiently as his leader ate his fair share of the cow lying on the ground between them, he was instructed to eat before returning to the dens to feed the rest of Amar. He nodded in response, his eyes focused in on the canine for every word that he wished to spew. "Yes, sir."Once Kiddo turned towards the Oriens and headed off, the Timber male eyed the carcass uneasily. He usually did not eat his fill before presenting the food to the pack, but this was a different situation entirely. First of all, Amar was much larger than his former pack and if he did not feed himself now, there probably wouldn't be any left for him once the hungry wolves were finished. Not that it would bother him, but he was feeling particularly hungry after the long chase that had occurred in order to bring down the prey. Plus, he had been ordered to eat his share by Kiddo.

That was what had caused him to cave, the fact that his Alpha had specifically told him to eat before returning to the Kinath. He bent his neck down to the cow, taking only half as much as the other male had before licking the blood from his lips once again. He grasped the now lighter moose's neck and started towards the Oriens. He wished he could remain within Tiayr for a bit longer, but he had a pack to provide food for. And on his way over, his tail wagged to and fro with joy.

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((ooc: unless you wanted to do another post, Scout, but I didn't think there was any more to say.))