Savior (Takoda)

[Tala]

It was like a dream. Walking on the mainland of Anikira was so foreign now since she had been gone for over a year on Ina'mos under Kairos rule. It was like everything was new to her and with that of course brought a measure of fear for the skittish female. Green eyes never stopped moving along with ivory ears twisting this way and that to get a sense if danger lurked nearby. She was alone. Truly alone for the first time in a long while that she feared she wouldn't be able to fend for herself like she used to. Of course she could still hunt well, that was her job and she was good at it. But even in the confines of Kairos she learned that her survival was solely reliant on staying invisible and mute. She never said much and when she did it was easily lost in the breeze. It was like the black marking on her face was a true muzzle to keep her thoughts to herself.



And she was tired. So tired. Rarely resting since she made it across the waters, her legs ached and her paws were sore. She knew she had to rest soon or else she would be an even easier target for some dark creature looking to snuff out her life. And she was sure there many. Things couldnt have changed that much. Cruelty never died.



Dragging her slender form towards a boulder, Tala laid on the cold ground and wrapped up into a small white ball. Tucking her nose under her plume even made her most noticeable mark, that dark muzzle, invisible. She could blend in with the snow easily, her one redeeming quality for being so pale was winter was kind enough to hide her. 

Telling herself she would only rest for a few moments, her light green eyes closed and she unknowingly drifted off into a much needed sleep. 

Takoda
SOO EXCITED!!

[Takoda]

Nearly a moon cycle had passed since Takoda had first washed up, beaten and battered from past terrors, upon Anikira's welcoming shores. He had never dared leave Eden's safe lands since then, fearing what could have been out there as well as the generous Thanatos' possible disdain towards his new member leaving the territory so soon. However, life had become more comfortable for the Mackenzie Valley wolf recently, with the constant threat of death and fatal ambush gone, and instead of his fear of venturing out, there was a dull longing to explore. The ex-loner was not quite accustomed yet to being in a pack where he was not scorned upon as well as being in a pack in general, an everyday, generic member of Eden. It was a wholly new concept to him but he loved it, finally able to not be the subject of vile hatred or god-like worshipping. In Eden, Takoda was a mere mortal just like his fellow packmates, creating a sense of family that had never been present in the scarred warrior's life before.

Smiling at how drastically his life had changed for the better so suddenly, the Hastiin ambled into Caurus, loner lands, making sure to not wander to far. He did not want to anger or scare his new family; hopefully, they could not fault him for taking a short stroll outside of Tiayr. Keeping alert for threats yet leisurely daydreaming at the same time, the well-meaning pack wolf enjoyed the plethora of new scents rushing into his nares.

The scars lining Takoda's pelt had almost completely faded, now just a faint group of straggly lines running along his flank. Whilst he healed physically, the psychological side of him was repairing itself too. He found himself not so paranoid of some inevitable attack, of sudden death, of a powerful entity plotting against him. His new life was like a miracle and, sometimes, he wondered if it was all a dream, a mere figment of his imagination. Perhaps he had gone insane from the abuse and constant attacks; perhaps this was all a hallucination. Takoda did not really wish to find out. If it was simply an illusion, it was a wonderful one, an illusion that he would have loved to live in for eternity.

As he meandered through what he knew as the Shydar, a delicate, pretty aroma hit the well-trained nasal passages of the blind wolf's. It smelled of a wolf, a female one, and also a lingering unknown scent. The strange scent smothered her faint, beautiful odor, a scent of brutes and many, many different wolves coating what Takoda assumed to be what she actually smelled like. The harsh stench littering her fur forgotten, the warrior did admit to himself that she smelled wonderful. Wanting to inhale more of the sweet perfume, the sightless male cautiously approached the stranger, using his nose alone.

Having grown closer, Takoda's acute hearing picked up a slow, steady breathing, so regular, so rhythmic... Was she asleep? Normally, the wolf would have left a wolf like this to their own devices, not wanting to disturb their slumber, but it was so cold out... And besides, there was something so alluring about her scent, something that made the male want to stay by this female's side forever and lose himself in the soft, angelic aroma of her... And besides, he ought to have done the gentlemanly thing and kept her warm, right?

Carefully positioning himself so that he pressed against the she-wolf's flank, Takoda enjoyed the sensation of her velvety coat against his own, trying to keep her warm in the chilly early spring weather. He noticed just then that she emitted scents more than just what she usually smelled like—she was in heat. The male had forgotten that females went into heat during winter and spring, if he was to be honest; he had never paid much attention to the other sex's cycles. He loved the exquisite smell but, unlike many males, he controlled himself, not succumbing to the lust that many other brutes succumbed to. Instead, he simply wished, for the first time since it had been lost, that he could see again, even with his old, faulty vision. Did she look as beautiful as she smelled and felt against his pelt? Even if he could only decipher blurry colours like before, it would have been enough for him. Being blind had never really bothered Takoda yet somehow, this complete stranger made him almost wish for his sight back, if only for a moment to memorise the female's colours and any markings that he could make out with his poor eyesight.

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Tags: Tala
Notes: TAKALA <333 I can't wait omg
Muse: Absolutely amazing

[Tala]

The sleeping Tala fidgeted lightly as she slept, dreaming of running free as she was use many wolves had. It was such a peaceful dream she could feel her stress diminish as she ran. But as always her dreams turned dark as she began to run away from something she knew was chasing her t she couldn't see it. Panic struck her heart and her breathing quickened as she slowly became unable to run in her dream and her feet became rooted to the spot. Vines of all sizes grew up from the earth and bound her tightly so much she couldn't even breathe except some quick shallow ones. Tightening ever more around her, Tala felt her throat closing as a figure finally made itself present. Shadowy but for sure it was there and smiling at her demise. She tried to ask it for help even though her gut told her she would receive none from it. Didn't matter, her voice froze and nothing but an exhalation emitted from her lungs. 

Before completely being choked and die, Tala was jolted to the land of the conscious scared out of her mind. Something really was wrapped around her but she didn't register that the vines were only in her head. Jumping up suddenly with a cry of fear, Tala finally looked down and saw it was a wolf laying with her. Why was he there? Rapidly trying to catch her breath, she didn't even manage to whisper her frenzied questions. 

Wide eyed, she stepped away from the chocolate male and started to shake. Not only had it gotten colder but nervous energy pulsed through her body. "Who are you?" She managed in her breezy voice as she tried to reason with herself that if he meant to hurt her he would have done so while she slept instead of keeping her warm. But reasoning was hard to grip when for someone who lived the majority of her life in fear.

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[Takoda]

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[attr="class","pltxt"]As Takoda's own breath began to slow and he relaxed into the stranger's soft fur, a sudden shriek of terror ripped the male from his reverie. After a brief moment of shock-induced paralysis, the wolf jumped to his feet in surprise, unsure of what to do. Was he supposed to do something? Had he done something wrong? The cry had definitely been of the femme that he had just been laying against—perhaps he had squashed her or otherwise unintentionally hurt her.

Turning to face the scent of the female, the Mackenzie Valley wolf answered her question. "I am Takoda, miss. Hastiin of Eden." He paused for a slight moment to think about how amazing it was to have a pack to call home when he had been presumably condemned to living out his life as a lonely pariah not long ago, but here he was, with friends and people who were equals, a community where he felt safe. At the lovely thought, Takoda's racing heart slowed down more; if he died from the dangers that were inevitably lurking out in the wilderness somewhere, he would die happy and accepted.

Dipping his head apologetically, the Eden male added, "My sincerest apologies if I startled you. It was terribly cold here and I wanted to ensure that you did not freeze to death." Then, with a hint of a smile on his face, Takoda added internally, Not to mention that you did smell wonderful...

Although he did not know her in any way and they had just met, Takoda did not want to be disliked by this fae, for some reason. He did not know how or why, but after the initial shock, the larger wolf felt a lot more comfortable around this female than he did with other strangers. There was just something evoking protectiveness of some sort within him, probably something to do with how she seemed so meek and timid. It did not seem like generic shock or just shyness around a new wolf. Was she okay? Perhaps it was something other than having woken up to a random wolf pressing against her.

"So... How are you, miss? May I also ask who you are, if you would not mind?" His normal instinct would have been to politely leave and return, but he did not want to leave this she-wolf, not yet. Hopefully, he could maintain some sort of conversation with her; if they had to part ways after that night, at least he would have a more whole memory of her than just a fleeting encounter, an exchange of greetings and then an exit. Besides, Takoda had found that he rather enjoyed talking casually now that the other party was not trying to banish him from the pack.

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notes: ^.^
tagged: Tala
word count: 490
muse: Good

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[Tala]

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[attr="class","pltxt"] She tried to slow her breathing as her heart raced in her chest, the gentle expression in his face only helped her calm down. How odd. Like a gentleman he answered her question without hesitation and even placed himself in a pack with rank. She didn't know what a 'Hastiin' was but that was alright with her limited experience with packs besides Kairos. Gulping in icy mouthfuls of air, the masked girl tried to calm down.

"Very kind of you." She whispered, still not brave enough to speak very much at once but she wanted to show him as much politeness as she could. After all his reason for wrapping up alongside her seemed honorable. But the she knew she smelled of the season and that niggled in the back of her mind. Was that what he really wanted? to use her as Goliath had done? Time would tell.

"Tala, formerly of Kairos." Since he stated his pack she only thought it would make sense to offer hers, although she was now homeless. "Loner now." She explained, short and to the point as she usually did. Never was she one for excessive words, speech was hard enough without trying to fill in empty space with words. She just left things hang if she couldn't talk enough, which happened more often than not.

As regards to how she was she didn't know how to answer. So she shrugged. Minty green eyes looked carefully into similar colored orbs but she noticed they didn't quite meet her gaze and she wondered why. Maybe he had a problem with eye contact as she so often did. Thinking nothing of it, she dropped her own eyes and looked at the ground, noticing the calm that started to wash over her heart. How was that possible? She usually was so wound up around others, especially males she didnt know. Nonetheless she kept her tail tucked under her to protect herself from any fast moves that he may try to pull. Call her paranoid but she lived this long due to caution.

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Tags: Takoda

Notes: Love these two 
Muse: Good! 

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[Takoda]

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[attr="class","pltxt"]An urge to get closer to the she-wolf overcame Takoda—she simply seemed so shy, so soft, so fragile. Her voice was a feather-like, quiet whisper, which made the outgoing male wonder why she was like that. Was something wrong in her life? Or perhaps had the Eden wolf done something? Maybe this was simply how she normally was—maybe she just had naturally soft vocals. He did not dwell on it, however, as the gentle fae went on to give her name.

She was Tala, a beautiful name. It was simplistic yet somewhat elegant and pretty and feminine, all at once, and although Takoda was no one to judge another by their name, he did think that Tala had a rather comely moniker.

And then the soft-furred female gave the name of her former pack—Kairos. Koda himself had not been on Anikira for awfully long so did not know much of pack relations or of the packs in general so he did not comment on that, but did mentally note that Tala was now a loner. A curious part of him wondered why she was no longer part of her previous pack but he did not bug her about it; it was not his concern and if it was, she would tell him without needing a prompt.

He noticed then that Tala had avoided the Mackenzie Valley wolf's enquiry as to how she was doing, for whatever reason. He waited for a short moment in case if she was taking her time to reply but it silence remained prevalent in the atmosphere and the quiet femme did not answer at all, it seemed. Takoda would not push, though, and merely brushed it off before talking again.

"Tala is a pretty name," he commented to start off with. "So, where might you be headed? I doubt that you were planning to stay in this bland field in the long run." A mildly amused smile spread onto his lips. Although he could not see the field, just from feeling and listening to the location, he could tell that it was really quite empty and lifeless.

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notes: <3
tagged: Tala
word count: 371
muse: Good

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[Tala]

A soft expression crossed her face as he commented on her name. Had anyone ever done that before? She couldn't think of a single wolf who would ever have the heart to do so. Usually they were too busy measuring her up for a failure. But wait there was one male, from long ago that showed different colors much like this male was doing. Thanatos. He saved her life once and showed her true kindness really existed. She would very much like to see him again but that would be very unlikely, but she wondered if he ever built his pack with his brother. Shadows of the past but she still relied on them.

This Takoda seemed to be just as kind but she told herself to be wary. Many wolves wore a mask to hide what they were until it proved time to show her what they were really like. But that gentle sound of his voice wanted to wrap her up and she was tempted to let it. It was like coming home, truly home and having the warm rays of the sun cloak you in its light. She shook her head slightly to change her thought pattern, she didn't know this male, she couldn't succumb so easily. She told herself it was because she was tired that her brain just wanted to do whatever it could to make that happen. Even falling for tricks.

"I have no plans." She stated, sadly admitting she had no life now that she had left Kairos. Her children. Everything. Despite no living in fear of them at the moment, maybe she should have stayed. She came out here to find happiness but that would be hard when she didn't exactly know what that was, just an idea she had in her head of what it may be like. "Need to start over." If that would even work. She didn't know. 

The masked muzzle swung in every direction as minty green eyes searched for where exactly the starting over would commence. Frankly she wanted to throw herself at this male and cry. Even if he was cruel, maybe it would be better if he ended her life right here so the struggle would be over.

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OOC: poor lost girl needs an angel!!

[Takoda]

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[attr="class","pltxt"]Takoda's unseeing eyes softened at Tala as she admitted that she was just aimlessly wandering, looking to start anew. Despite knowing that she could react negatively, the kind-hearted male moved forwards, gently nuzzling the top of the fae's head. He did not know if he was being of comfort or if he was just making her uncomfortable—hopefully the former—but, understanding how she felt so viscerally, so personally, coupled with his generally altruistic personality gave him a perceived obligation to assuage the soft femme's distress. It was a terrible feeling, to feel lost, to feel hopeless and aimless, wandering through life without any purpose at all, and this sweet she-wolf did not deserve such treatment.

Sighing gently, Koda stepped back from his soft nuzzling to give Tala space if she desired it. He wondered what to say, reflecting on his own desolation as Exousía's pariah, wandering through life without love, without purpose. That had been a terrible part of his life that he had to live, but it had come to an end and he found that it had actually helped him, strengthened his personality. And how had it come to an end? Of course he had to help this stranger. She was so sweet—how could he not? Smiling lightly, the Eden wolf offered,

"I was in a similar position not so long ago, Tala. I needed to start over and... And, well, I think that I could help you. If you want to, of course, there's a pack over in a nearby territory called Eden. I believe that it could offer you sanctuary and escape from whatever it is you need to get away from." It came over the male that, perhaps, Tala would not be suited to Eden, though. Despite its kindness, perhaps she was not one for religion or perhaps not for Elohim in particular. Something about Tala not being able to be in the same pack disappointed Koda in a way, but he did not know why. She was just a random stranger who he had encountered whilst wandering through loner lands, right? So why did he feel so protective over her? Was it just his personality? Perhaps partially, but something about his emotions towards her felt strange and unfamiliar, especially with a mere acquaintance.

Shrugging the thoughts off, Koda's concerns returned to simply what Tala would say in response, putting the confusion out of his mind. He probably just enjoyed her scent a little more than the average passerby's aroma, found her fur softer than most. It most likely signified nothing.

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notes: I MIGHT DIE FROM FEELS GAHH THEY ARE SO CUTE <33 Also WOW KODA YOU ARE SO BLIND wait no he is blind BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN
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word count: 444
muse: Great

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[Tala]

Frozen in place as Takoda approached her, her eyes widened and her body refused to obey her silent commands to run. What was he going to do? He didn't seem like an attacker but she knew masks were well worn. Complete fear was her closest friend and it was a lousy one at that but it was all she really had.  His touch felt like a feather upon her head, even her panicked mind registered the warm, gentle feeling that blanketed her as he just rested there. Having no reason why he would treat her so sweetly for having just met her and no idea how she should react in kind, she stood there and let the fuzzy feeling wrap her up. She was still scared, that was something that she didn't think she would ever be without, but at least the panic was gone....for now... Then an offer to make herself a home within his pack. Panic begin to wrench her heart again. Datura promised safety and protection like that once, before she went to Kairos and immediately was raped by the alpha. The memory made her throat tighten up she could hardly swallow. She didn't think she could do that again. But how long could she fend for herself? Realistically? Although she was a great hunter, there was more to survival than that. Lowering her head as she considered his offer, Tala let the silence hang as she tried to weigh the pros and cons of both accepting and refusing. "An honest sanctuary?" She asked, she did not want to return to the type of life she just left. Yes, her children were there and Typhon promised to care for them but she just couldn't live the rest of her life like that. "If you truly mean what you say, I'll follow you." Was she being too rash in her decision? Possibly but she hated living alone. She couldn't see this male lying to her, but she thought the same of Datura. She was to trusting. But that quality hadn't killed her yet.  The promise of safety was her obvious weakness, she would just have to go on faith that he was being truthful with her. Except he had yet to meet her gaze, so maybe that was a sign he was dishonest. No! She couldn't think like that. She had trouble with eye contact herself and she was a good, honest wolf. He could be the same in that regard.  Hopefully, she was making the right decision by essentially putting her life in the paws of this handsome stranger. Takoda <3

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[attr="class","pltxt"]After Takoda's offer left his maw, Tala paused a pause so tangible that the blind wolf could almost sense her hesitation, her thinking. The soft fae's scepticism was perfectly understandable, although the Eden male wished that he could somehow prove to the considering femme his honesty. But, then again, someone who did not trust blindly would be better than someone who did for Eden. She had proven that she was not naïve, which was desirable in a packmate, but that was, in some ways, slightly frustrating when Koda knew that he was telling the truth. After a pregnant pause, the quiet female gave her answer.

"An honest sanctuary?"

At the tinge of fear in the she-wolf's voice, Koda wondered if something had happened in the past in order for Tala to talk with such fear. Perhaps it came naturally to her; perhaps she had been born with it as a personality trait, or perhaps she had been given a false invitation before, betrayed and deceived into doing something that she did not want to do. A mixture of sadness and almost anger brewed within the warrior at the potential poor treatment that this innocent wolf might have gone through in the past. Nobody deserved to be tricked into doing things.

Calm down, Takoda. You have no idea why she might be acting like this. Stop jumping to conclusions, he told himself, before stopping his internal monologue in order to listen to Tala's next words. Thankfully, the femme agreed; it would have upset Koda to leave a wolf out in the cold to live alone, especially one seemingly so fragile, but he would never have forced a female to do anything either. But, to his relief, force would not even be an option as she agreed on the condition that the Eden wolf was not lying to her.

"I promise, miss, that I mean what I just said. I am certain that Thanatos would allow you to join—he let me, a blind wolf, join. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you seem to be in perfect shape." The words slipped from his mouth before he could register what he had just said. It then dawned on Koda that perhaps she would be more reluctant to follow a blind wolf. It was an irrational notion, indeed, but he had suffered discrimination for his sensory disability before. What was to say that Tala would not have something against the stranger that she had just met because of his eyesight issue? He was most certainly very familiar with distrust and even hatred due to the fact that he could not see like others could.

After a while of silence, the male finished, "Anyway, um, if you like, we could go?" He mentally berated himself for sounding so awkward, but he simply could not help but worry about being judged. It was a silly thing to worry over, he knew, but what others could have done in the past could be done in the present.

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notes: You can post your reply on the new board now and that can be Tala's joining thread! ^v^
tagged: Tala
word count: 534
muse: Great

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