Winter Nights (Sasha/Open)

[Sasha]

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[attr="class","pltxt"]Naturally, the high spirits that Sasha had had were quickly crushed by the comments that had come from Yang. If they had not been true, then Sasha would have thought nothing of them, carried on and been on her way. But the truth was that he hit at every insecurity she held close and private in her heart. How easily he had been able to just pick up what she was most afraid of... How quickly he had been able to bring her worries into reality with just a simple, angry statement. Sasha wondered if he had picked up on the fact that she was so terrified of ruining the pack, and he had used it to shut her up faster than she could even blink. But part of her knew that he had just blurted out the first thing that came to him because he was so angry with her. Who could blame him? She had clearly boasted of her position to him, but she had only done so because she was excited by the thought of one day becoming the Aesir. At the same time, though, she held the fears of failing that she assumed every leader did. She made a mental note to ask her mother if she ever felt afraid of failing. That would be a good conversation to have just in case Sasha did become the Aesir. A fear of failing needed to be controlled so that it didn't run her life and her decisions, especially while ruling the pack.

"Usually, yes, the Alpha passes his or her position on to the oldest living child. But I'm afraid, as you've said, I might ruin the pack, so Mama may pic someone else to follow in her pawsteps..." She explained to the ignorant older wolf. He obviously knew much about pack life, but what he didn't realize was that the alpha could do whatever he or she wanted, including appointing an heir that was not of blood relation to them. That thought scared Sasha as well, and she looked at the ground for a moment as she thought about it. Sazio left them alone again, though Sasha didn't bother saying goodbye to him. She would see him soon enough that it would do no good to bid farewell now. The young pup's ears flicked forward as she listened to the other male, but they quickly flicked back again as she tried to think about the question. "I'm smart I guess... Though not smart enough..." She replied, glancing up at Yang very briefly. Part of her was saying that she didn't need to be pat on the back by some stranger, but the other half of her, the part whose spirits he had just crushed, was begging him to say something good about her... Find some good in her...

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OOC: <3
Words: 492
Muse: Fair
Notes: ---
Tags: Yang

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[Yang]

The shadowy male took his leave and Yang merely watched him go without a word. Weighing how he felt about this Sazio was more important than figuring out how to be polite and kind to him. He seemed to know a lot about Yin and himself and that was rather unsettling. Was he the pack busy body? Seemed likely. A plan to tell Yin as soon as he returned was forming. She should be careful of Sazio. There was no way of knowing that Sazio's knowledge of his sister was innocent or if he had taken a liking to the ebony girl. Of course, Yang wouldn't stand for any attentions to his sister that weren't one hundred percent  honorable. Even then he would be suspicious. 

However, now that he was left alone with Sasha once again his attention was given to the silvered girl. She seemed genuinely hurt and he couldn't blame her. The threat of her mother choosing another heir was foremost in her mind, so she said. She mentioned she was smart and that was a good quality for a leader to have. But still her face hadn't lifted at all from the melancholy expression he had seen since shortly after they had met. "And you are brave." He said softly trying to sound comforting without insulting her yet again.

'What I mean is that when we met you carried yourself with pride in the face of someone you didn't know instead of curling up in fear or lowering your head and tail in submission. Not everyone is like that." Was this helping? He was running out of ideas to comfort her. This was not his forte. 

It was hard to talk to someone like this. Usually he blew up and didnt care the after effects but this was his packs heir. He had to care about her. Yin would know how to fix this..it was knack of hers. Right now he wished he shared that talent. Even for a short time. 

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Words: 341

Tags: Sasha

Notes: He's trying

Muse: iffy

[Sasha]

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[attr="class","pltxt"]The young silver pup was reluctant to let Sazio leave. He had easily calmed down the both of them, and she was afraid that they might need it again. Both of them seemed to be the hot-blooded type. Easily angered, always right... The young female just couldn't see it ending well if the older wolf left. But who was she to stop him? How would she stop him anyway? So what if they got into another spit fight? Sazio would probably be close enough to hear them anyway. It was just a little nerve-wracking to watch the wiser male walk away from them, leaving the two of them with their hot heads alone once more. Sasha's blue eyes gazed after her instructor for a moment before they turned back upon the white wolf. She didn't really like him... But that was probably because he was too much like herself. Besides that, he was the first wolf that had tried to put her in her place. And Sasha didn't like that too much. She liked to boast of her position, despite how wrong it was according to Sazio. It wasn't that she meant to be rude about it, but she was excited about the possibility of becoming alpha, despite how nervous it made her.

Sasha flicked her ears towards the white wolf as he spoke about her being brave, even explaining what he meant by it. She supposed he was right... She had been brave to confront someone that could have potentially been dangerous. His words didn't make her feel much better, though. "Yeah that's true... I just know that being too aggressive is bad too..." She said, looking down as she remembered her short time in Kairos and how she had all too quickly learned of the violence that most of them seemed too ready to fight. She had seen that that was not a good thing, but she still couldn't seem to prevent the anger that would so easily build up inside her. She tried so hard to be as kind as her mother, but the truth of the matter was that she was nothing like her mother, and she was almost positive that she would never learn to truly be kind and forgiving to others like her mother. Eidus, for example, would have been run out as soon as he got back if Sasha were alpha, but her mother had welcomed him back without a second thought. It was frustrating, but at the same time, Sasha could see how good her mother was both at what she did and her mannerisms. "Look, Yang... You don't have to build my confidence back up or whatever. I'm okay... Really..."

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OOC: <3
Words: 471
Muse: Fair
Notes: ---
Tags: Yang

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[Yang]

Having had a thoroughly disappointing day, Yang desired nothing more than to go into some lonely corner of the pack lands and sit and stew over his indiscretions and destruction of a young girls dream. "Sazio seemed like he had confidence in you." It felt like he swallowed a stone to side with that wolf but she knew him so maybe that will help. 

Then she said that he had no need to take care of the mess he made and Yang just stared at her for a moment or two. Unsure of what to do now, He said nothing. Personally he relied on Yin too much, most would say. But Sasha would have to learn to self rely to be Alpha, this could be a push in that direction. Maybe not a push, more like a shove. Then again Yang wasn't one for subtlety so it was rather fitting. Yet the guilt still hung on. 

"Kiva will teach you to have balance." Bringing everyone he knew she may have a measure of respect for, obviously his opinion would have no effect. As it should be, he didn't deserve that from anyone right now. 

What else could be said? Nothing. She wouldn't respond to his comfort and he didn't have anything else to fall back on so he fell back onto his security of silence. Oh what would Kiva say? He doubted this would go by without her attention being brought to it by any one of the participants of this 'discussion'. 

"Well. That is all I got." He admitted to her openly, why bother trying if she didn't want it or accept it? Perhaps he should just leave her alone for now. Seemed the safer option and he had no real other options unless she volunteered one.

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Words: 304
Tags: @sasha
Notes: sorry this sucks
Muse: iffy

[Sasha]

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[attr="class","pltxt"]Sasha felt bad for not taking the male's advice and really actually ignoring his opinions. She wanted to let him comfort her, but she didn't care much to. She knew that he didn't mean anything that he was saying, so why would she bother listening to him? At this point, he was just saying words. While she appreciated the effort, she didn't believe him enough to actually take into consideration anything that he was saying to her. As he spoke again, she flicked her ears towards him just to catch the words. Yes... Sazio did have confidence in her, she supposed. But what did that matter if she never had confidence in herself? Flicking her ears back again, she started to wonder if she should just run away. The thought had crossed her mind more than once in the past, and she was thinking about it more and more often. She didn't want to continue being compared to her mother. Besides that, she wanted to explore the island and all of the mysteries that it held. Maybe she would find something that would help her to understand herself better.

Sasha was so lost in her thoughts that she barely caught the male's next words. Another mention of her mother. Perhaps she would teach her to have balance... If she ever found time to spend with the young pup. “If she ever gets time for me,” she replied as a sigh, shifting her weight to lie on the ground, resting her head on her paws. She half wanted to save the wolf from the guilt he was feeling, but she couldn't quite bring herself to find the energy that she would need to do such a thing. After a moment, Yang said one more thing, and she nodded, looking away slightly. She sighed, knowing that he wanted to leave. She wanted to let him, but she knew that she couldn't let him continue the day thinking (knowing) he had pretty much crushed her dreams. And so, in one motion, she jumped up to her feet, immediately bowing into the 'playful pose' and wagging her tail. “Wanna play? You could help me with my fighting.”

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OOC: <3
Words: 383
Muse: Fair
Notes: ---
Tags: Yang

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[Yang]

Seconds stretched by like hours each, the only desire was to disappear. He wasn't helping and she didn't need him around to make things worse. Which he couldn't presently think of how he could actually accomplish doing more damage than he had already. But given time he was sure he could figure it out, even if he didn't mean to. So he simply started to edge away since nothing was miraculously coming to mind for any measure of a plan.

It seemed that being the Alphas daughter wasn't what most may think. Sasha seemed to be lonely, not getting the attention she wished for from her very busy parent. He had just realized she had never mentioned a father being in the picture. His ears flicked briefly as he pondered on that. It could lend to her boldness of having to fend for herself in many ways. Slowly, he was beginning to feel he was understanding just a small part of her.

But then she offered, out of the blue, for him to play with her. 

Twin orbs of bright green stared at her in disbelief for a moment or two, blinking a few times in the process. Was this a trick? What would she have to gain from it if it was? Shuffling a few possibilities in his head before he decided he may be able to mend things a little of he managed to play correctly. 

"I suppose we could." He said carefully, like he wasn't fully committed to the idea just yet. He hadn't played with anyone but Yin for quite some time. What if he forgot how? Pondering further, he nodded his head. "Yes, perhaps we could learn from each other." A single wag of his tail, Yang waited for her response. This could be interesting.

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Words: 306
Tags: Sasha
Notes: <3
Muse: good

[Sasha]

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[attr="class","pltxt"]Sasha knew that her offer to play was a little out of the blue. She didn't care, though. Really, she could do what she wanted since she was the alpha's daughter. Sure, they had just gone over the conversation that she needed to settle herself and not be so... Arrogant. But she was just offering to play. Playing harmed no one... If the playing was innocent and done right. Sasha just wanted a little fun. She wasn't sure what she wanted to play, but she hoped Yang would pick a game... Maybe chase or a little fight or... Well she wasn't sure what else. She was trying to mend the relationship with him. She didn't want to end this conversation with either of them thinking that they had made an enemy of a packmate. That was never a good thing. She really didn't like to have enemies, despite how ready she was to fight everyone that she met. That only came from her slight distrust of others. After hearing the things that her mother had told her of the pack that they came from, and the way traitors could so easily lie through their teeth. She just didn't want any harm coming to her family.

Sasha watched him, her tail slowly stopping the wagging the longer it took him to reply to her. Maybe she had freaked him out by offering to play. They barely knew each other... And it wasn't like the little encounter that they had had been pleasant. Sasha was relieved, though, when he agreed, and she wagged her tail again, happy that he had agreed. “Chase? Or... We could fight? I don't care which.” She said, watching him as she stayed bowed. She did enjoy playing... She tried to be good and friendly... It was just hard with the background that she had. Coming from a dark pack that did dark deeds, it was hard to stray from such thoughts. Besides that, having a father that didn't care one bit about her didn't help her at all.

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OOC: <3
Words: 383
Muse: Fair
Notes: ---
Tags: Yang
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[Yang]

The sudden turn of events managed to knock Yang off of his game but she seemed alright with his acceptance so it could very well turn out to be alright. Her offers of which games were weighed by the older male and he decided that fighting, however innocently, may not be the best choice since they had just finished a battle of words and she had boasted of being about to best him. So to avoid any other issues, he decided chasing would probably be best.

"A good run sounds wonderful to me. Unleash some of this pent up energy." He chuckled softly, "A good warrior is fast as well as strong." Deciding rather suddenly he would be the one chased, he jumped into a low bow with his forelegs out on the ground and his rump up in the air. Jumping twice then he darted off, was this how she wanted it to go? He didnt know obviously but he just went with it. 

A white streak left her there and he hoped she would just dash after him. He tried to think of her as Yin and enjoy the chase not get so wrapped up in overthinking things like he often did. Relax. 

It felt good, just running. All that tension he felt of recent mistakes seemed to blow away with that breeze hitting his face. He looked back to see if she would follow, if not he would circle back. Of course he wouldn't run full force until he knew she was fully into this activity. She would have the obvious advantage in this game. She would surely know every short cut and hidden place to lose her pursuant while he just recently arrived so had to rely on only what he could see. But this was a game so he would have to learn as he went.

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Words: 312

Tags: Sasha

Notes: Thanks to my lovelies for helping me come up with the forgotten word!!!

Muse: Good

[Sasha]

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[attr="class","pltxt"]Sasha was glad that her sudden invitation to play was not taken badly or even rejected. She truly was just trying to mend whatever relationship might have been broken between her and Yang with the argument that they had gotten in. Sure, there had been no previous relationship there, but she didn't want to be on bad terms with anyone in the pack, should they have to encounter each other again. After all, the land was big, but it was only so big, and there was a one hundred percent chance that they would meet again, especially with all of the ceremonies that the pack held. There would be too many times that the pack would be together -that Sasha would have to see Yang- for them to end this meeting on a bad note. She didn't plan to tell her mother about the interaction between herself and Yang, but if they ended this meeting on a bad note, Kiva would certainly be able to sense the tension between them when they were all forced into close proximity with each other at one of the ceremonies. Sasha perked her ears when Yang said he could use a good run. She always loved to run, especially if it was in play where she was chasing someone or being chased. She liked to play in general. She was still very young, after all. She was just barely a year old, so play time was still an important part of her day to day life.

Sasha grew excited when Yang jumped into a deep bow, watching as he jumped twice and then took off. Barking happily, she took off after him. She was a bit clumsy on he feet still, but she was fairly fast. It would be hard to catch Yang, though, but she had the advantage of knowing the land very well. She knew it so well that she could run through it in her sleep. She knew all the shortcuts and the likes. She was sure these would come in handy as the game went on. For now, though, she was content to just run after him, letting her legs and body stretch out long to allow her to cover more ground.

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OOC: <3
Words: 374
Muse: Fair
Notes: ---
Tags: Yang

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[Yang]

Glancing back he caught her smaller silver form darting through the foliage after him. How odd things swung from one mood to the other but it had to be a good thing for the flow of the pack. However he had to wonder if it would swing once more back to a heated debate. Was this the beginning of a topsy-turvy way of life with those he now called his pack? Maybe. He should probably get used to it. But for now he tried not to focus on it and turned his attention to living in the moment. 

His feet touched the ground with musical thuds as he slowed down, making a decision on which way he should go. The unfamiliarity was starting to show. Taking off to the left, the hunter had no real destination in mind so he couldn't really make a wrong choice. Right? A snow streak that disturbed birds and smaller earth dwelling creatures alike. Rabbits scurried in panic but he paid them no mind. He wasn't hungry and besides this was as chase between wolves, not a hunt.

He sped up and hopefully gained ground from his younger pack mate. Then suddenly he turned and dove into a bramble patch. Uncomfortable? Yes. But he had to try something to shake things up, so why not hide and seek? Hunkering down, trying to disappear in the wintry palette, Yang laid very still. Green eyes sharply watching for her to come closer, maybe she saw him jump in here, maybe she didn't. Soon he would find out.

It was scratchy in here but it seemed like a good idea at the time. A bramble patch wasn't exactly where one would typically dive into to hide unless being chased by something more dangerous and just pray that the thorns would be a hinderance at least. 

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Words: 312
Tags: Sasha
Notes: just mixing it up
Muse: struggling along