Rats I would have love to see her join us. here at the Sunspire we need more fun pack members.
Sorry it took so long to respond I was taken afar away from any sort of internet connection since last friday. *Hooks the internet IV in* I'm back now
Ferdie Von Pelt had been leaving his Territory once a week for a while now to race full out on a path he was beginning to wear into the grass around upper arrow lake. He thoroughly enjoyed the flat out run without the crags and rocks of the mountain tripping him up. Not that he didn't love his new mountain home.
He was running full out when he almost tripped up head over tail, skidding to a halt he stood mouth agape as he stared at the scene before him. ahh... He was going to interrupt and say something but he couldn't there was nothing he could do or say to make sence of this... what ever this was.
Did she know they were not wolf cubs? Did she care? suddenly he wondered if he cared, if he found a litter of baby raccoons would he have done the same? probably... he was ever the father figure and pup caregiver and so he scooted closer, sat and watched from a yard or less away. Not wanted to interrupt, would the one with the white tip on it's tail win the favor or the one with the darkest mask,
Oh! It's fine. I figured something was up. But hm, maybe maybe. Or Leaf has taken a liking to Jace is the thing. Maybe plotting is in order. (Oh, and just to clarify: she's a lone wolf in this thread).
No one would win. With the savagery of a wolf, the little red wolf slurped in the little silver fish with very, very little empathy. Chaos broke over the gaze of baby raccoons. The one with the white-tipped tail and the one with the darkest mask formed an alliance and rebelled. They jumped to scratch their caretaker, but she merely stepped aside and watched them plop one by one into the waters.
Unbeknownst to them, the waters were shallow and harmless enough. They screamed and sputtered and splashed and spat only to realize that they were only in a few inches deep. The other three baby raccoons and the wolf broke out into laughter. More punishment for such rebellion. They deserved their soggy fates.
It was at this point that the little red wolf decided to acknowledge the other wolf, whose scent had reached her some time before. She barked at him and invited to approach. If he had wanted to attack them, he would have a while ago. |
Sorry my kids were sick, then I caught what they had, and ugh, it was just awful, awful stuff
Ferdie watched the raccoons, normally the little beasties were not so picky. In-fact in order to save himself from a savage female raccoon once; since he must have stumbled to close to her den was to offer her the only food he had which was in his stomach. The vicious she-coon had seemed so content about it at the time and saved him a face full of scratches, a lost meal was nothing to him when it came to literately saving his vain hide. So vain was he that had painstakingly groomed his pelt thinner then the rest of his pelt over some freshly healed scars under his well groomed pelt that served as a constant reminder of the tragedy of swiftcurrent creek; So that it lay correctly and did not look like there was anything there.
Ferdie shrugged and ate a small sample of what he thought was a divine offering then backed up and sat down waiting to see if the cubs hunger would win out. if not he'd probably re-eat the meal later, waste not want not in the wilds.
When Red shared this story with him he lifted his head slowly and stared into her face, looking for ill-intent, more lies being spread did not bode well... Ferdie's brow twitched then he licked his lips and shook his head sadly.
I heard a much different version of that story. It's a sad tale nonetheless. He cleared his throat as if preparing to pass on an old wolves tale, kind of like a story bed time tale, and in part it could very well be a lesson teaching story if told truthfully, His voice rumbled taking on the guise of an older story time teller, he was good at telling stories to cubs, his tone calming and his stories usually full of emotion. But then he was a caretaker at heart and if one knew him they would know he could not have attacked or even struck out at a pup. That never happened though the lies would continue to leak are grow as they were wont to do.
Protecting others is difficult especially when the black wolf was protecting the first wolf from other pack mates. When that failed he had to protect the first wolf from his ownself.
The Black wolf did succeed in saving the first wolf the the first wolf's own demons but it came at a toll to them both. The pack mates that had helped to start this fight began to spread lies about the encounter.
Ultimately they were cast out before they could explain to the alpha, not only how it happened but why it had happened.
Ferdie frowned at his new realization and the end of the story that would likely make this a tale to pass on.
If just 'one' of those pack wolves had listened, just one, the outcome for the two males would have been much different.
Ferdie now looked away, to him pack was family and families didn't do 'this' to each other he couldn't finish his tale[size=x-small] Instead they were cast out in a moment of great need. And when the males had found a away to survive; the pack that cast them out, hunted them down and tried to continue to bully them.[/size] This part he left unsaid for that would have revealed, if she did not know already, that he was the one in part of the lies she may have heard.
Haha aw the joys of fatherhood. Hope y'all are doing better now!
There was no ill-intent in the little red wolf, though this did not necessarily mean she was harmless. Cocking her head to the side in intrigue, she whined softly and urged the older wolf to continue. As he began, she heard his voice change into that of a storyteller.
She was captivated.
Her story had certainly not been false, though this did not necessarily mean it was truthful. In fact, she had heard the story from the big, black wolf himself. Any falsification would have been his own bias towards his experience. As she listened to the story unfold, she found pieces which were similar, and the common thread of misunderstanding, as well as a tragic note of conclusion, were present.
Feeling a frown dimple the cheeks of her face, she looked at him curiously and then realized. She wanted to ask more about this "first wolf," who still remained an enigma in her understanding and who seemed to be at the crux of all this drama. "Who was this first wolf?" Hearing small squeaks, the little red wolf turned to look down at her raccoon babies and realized they were all bawling. It was difficult to know whether they had understood the story or simply had been caught in the older wolf's storytelling. Hushing them, she licked each on the head before pushing them once more to the other wolf's gift of food. They continued to make faces before eventually giving in. Just this question, she thought. "And what happened to those two males?" Okay, one more. |
Hehe I'm actually gonna end it here just because so much has happened since this thread. Let me know when you're free to have another!
The little red wolf happened to be one of those wolves who was a bit more protective of her name. In her culture, first names were given only to those most intimate to oneself--and even when given to friends, honorifics were tagged on in order to show both privacy and respect. But it really was not her culture that made her hesitate, but rather the realization that she was uncertain whether she wanted to know the other wolf better. She did not know how expensive such knowledge would be to her heart.
"I know," she said while bowing down in respect to the Alpha of Sunspire. "It's an honor meeting you." Her earlier suspicions had been correct. Pushing her baby raccoons to the side with a paw, they scurried off obediently. It was time to leave. "Big Black Wolf mentioned you last time. He likes the name Imp, but tell him he can call me--" she began before pausing, "Leaf." With that and her children now hidden, she flashed a smile before dashing off without further goodbye. She would later pick up her children and place them on her back before returning home to her makeshift den. |