Esplorin'! [open]

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Stalking through the eerie trees, a mighty hunter prowled the lands. Big and strong he was truly a force to be reckoned with: Protector of Descai! Golden paws trudged through the ashy soil, looking for any intruders or evil-doers. Sypher, powerful warrior of Descai, locked onto an intruder: a big giant monster! It had tons of legs and snarled up horns! He would not let this being destroy his homeland and family! NO! He would vanquish this evil even if it meant his life! "Back down beast! You face a the brave and awesome Sypher, great warrior of Descai!" He gave shrill barks as he announced his titles - all made up of course - and pranced back and forth in front of his dark foe. "Oh? You want to challenge me? Fool! I will destroy youuuu-ru-ru-ru!" He ended his sentence in a wavering howl-growl, and charged forwards. Giving a little snarl, pointy puppy teeth barred ferociously. He leapt onto the monster, his jaws closing around one of its legs - the gnarled root of a bush - and began tugging at it viciously, all the while still growling.

Leaping backwards suddenly Sypher gave another run of barks, feinting side to side as he battled with the monster. Running around the bush-creature he jumped up on a rock to bite at the more brittle branches of the dead bush, snapping them off and letting them fall to the ground. "Haha! You are fatally wounded and at my mercy!" He gave a guttural (sort of) laugh and leapt up at the monster, trying to grab one of its 'horns'. Sypher was successful in grabbing the horn-like branch, but it snapped and he fell inside the bush, crashing down inside the branches. "No! I've been swallowed!" He gave a whimper: Sypher didn't want to be monster lunch! But there was no one to save him! He was the only hero here today! Giving a charged howl he began to snap through the branched, black muzzle thrashing wildly as he but at the twigs of the bush until he burst out of the stomach of the bush. "I've vanquished you, foe! I've survived the belly of this beast, and am victorious!" Prancing about triumphantly he made one last attack at the root of the problem, and managed to snap the root from the ground. Tail wagging wildly, Sypher trotted a circle around the forest, holding the branch aloft in his mouth. It was a trophy of his triumph against this intruding monster - wouldn't his dad be proud!

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Muse: Good
Notes: Anyone is welcome! There are still plenty of monsters to be vanquished in this dark forest!

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With a giant huff, Atlas vanished into the bushes in order to make an escape from his sister's ever taunting eyes. Valeria was a giant and she would never let him forget how amazing and powerful and strong that she was. Truth be told, he was not a small pup merely an average size for a male; however, sissy treated him like a runt! In his fit of anger he decided to go off exploring all by himself; after all he was tough and fearless. Besides that, his older siblings were likely prancing around here somewhere, so Mother wouldn't be too worried. Atlas had only seen the older puppies on a few brief occasions, every time they were way too busy to give him any attention. Once again he had been considered too insignificant and small to be worth their time, but now he was older. Maybe they would wanna play now! Or they'd just go find his momma and complain to her. Most of the wolves within Descai seemed weary of Sarin, but he simply could not understand why. She was different than all the others, that much he could figure out; however, in his eyes mommy was a good wolf.

The gentle thudding of his paws against the ground was encouraging to the small male. He was going on an adventure all by himself! There was a certain nervous excitement growing in his chest, especially since Valeria wasn't around to make him feel sad. Both of his sisters were loved by Atlas and he certainly would do anything possible for them; yet, the larger one's bullying disheartened him at times. Especially since she had everybody on her side, especially Father. The large male that was supposed to be his role model hardly gave him any attention. Luckily, his mother was Sarin - she was quite a unique character. He knew mommy could fight but she was also the medic of their pack, that must mean mommy was awesome! At least there was someone to teach him to be useful, even if she was always busy doing other things. Although Atlas was pouting about the lack of attention he received, the pup failed to acknowledge the countless hours Sarin spent playing with the pups on a daily basis.

Suddenly the pup stopped his 'sneaky' movements and lowered his belly close to the ground. Bright gray orbs peered from behind a partially dead bush. 'Someone is intruding!' he nearly giggled at the thought but managed to nip his own paws to keep himself quiet. The other male pup was significantly larger than himself, as they were obviously older, but appeared to be one of his half-siblings. Black and gold colorations easily gave away that this other puppy was a child of the Alpha. Ripples of happiness caressed his young frame and instantly his tail began lightly drumming behind him. Everything was fine and dandy until the other pup launched himself into the brush, it was likely accidental; however, poor Atlas was still desperately terrified. It seemed that the pup didn't even notice him inside it though, the canine was far too busy battling some monster it sounded like. The beige pup had wiggled his way back from the other once, silently observing his strong movements. One day he would be able to fight as well as this male! A small smile peeked upon his muzzle.

As Sypher spoke of triumph, Atlas could no longer contain himself within the bush. This was an opportunity for a playmate and maybe even a friend, he could not pass that up! Wiggling his rump slightly, the lightly hued pup bounded from the back of the bush and bounced happily towards the slightly older male. Nervously, his tail only managed to waggle faster as he stood before the more mature canine. Gray eyes gazed upwards at the other, "Hi!" he chirped eagerly, far too young to worry about more formal greetings. "You're a great fighter!" His head bobbled quickly to prove his belief within his statement. Atlas did not concern himself with the amount of fright he may have instilled in the other canine. After all, he had been hiding within the beast's belly.

OoC| I am not sure if you want Sypher to know Atlas' name already or not, either is fine with me. After all, Atlas is kind of the reject pup.

[Zirena]

She loved sneaking away from the dens. She had come back from her other "mission" which was really only an accident, about a week ago. She decided that it would be best for her to stay within the pack boarders for at least a little while before she maybe left again. Her eyes had been opened to the outside world. she had never known any wolves aside from her pack mates and family. She wasn't truly aware of other places or other things. Yes, she knew that Acebus and Kamari weren't the only places here but she had never seen anywhere else. Leaving that one time made her want to go again and see more. She had always been adventurous. She didn't want to leave forever, only for a little while to see more of the island. She wanted to absorb the world around her. But, she may have to wait until she was older. She was too young for everything! She wished that she could just hurry up and get older.

She had been loosely following her brother,Sypher. She was quite a ways behind him and she would be surprised if he even know that she was coming! She was so good at stalking and following. She had been getting better with the more practice that she got and she was convinced that she would be the best that ever lived. She was already so good! His scent was in her nose but she was taking the time to look at the flowers, the birds, the trees and the ground. She wanted to learn all about them but every time she looked at one, something else caught her eye.

She heard sounds of her brother fighting someone! She ran. Her short legs were carrying her as fast as they would go. Her black paws hit the ground hard and she wasn't really watching where they were hitting the ground. She accidentally stepped on a sharp thing and it hurt! Zirena stopped running and sat on the ground. she looked at her paw as her eyes started to cloud with tears. Her nose sniffled. There was a small thorn stuck in the pad of her foot. She didn't dare touch it. That would hurt too bad and she didn't want anyone else to touch it either. Red liquid began to drip from the thorn and that was scary. She was too far to go back to Mommy and besides Mommy would just touch it and make it hurt worse! She was much closer to Sypher than Mommy. Sypher would know what to do.

She hobbled in the direction that she heard the voice-s? There was more than one voice. What if Sypher was in danger? She would help him after he helped her. She refused to put her paw on the ground. It hurt so bad! It was hard to see where she was going because her eyes were burning with tears.

When she reached her brother and some other young wolf. She didn't recognize him very well although he looked a little familiar. She ignored the other wolf. She was only focused on her brother. "S-Sypher! There, there's somefin in my foot!" She told him, still kinda crying. She continued to hobble over to him so he could see it. She only hoped that he wouldn't try to pull it out. That would hurt so bad.

When she reached him, she held out her paw to him and she refused to look at it. She was sniffling and tears were still flowing from her eyes. She would have to make him promise to never speak of this crying ever again.