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the winged wraith hovered over a spread of thick trees, turned brightly yellow and orange for the fall. it's dark eyes searched below, scouting for treasure, scouting for life.
sweeping in a wide circle, the raven pointed itself toward the earth and dropped at an impressive speed. when it drew too close to the tops of the foliage, it pulled up and leveled in flight. an ominous caw echoed through the wood at it's success.
dipping through an opening, the wraith sunk down to the forest floor and landed among leaves that had scattered from passing winds. the remnants of a forgotten meal rested there. it picked at the chunks of meat and flesh that still dangled against the carriage.
the shadow was content for a short time.
Cry was hunting. In order to maintain his physique and ability to defend not only himself, but now a new companion, he had to keep his body up. With this, he an
@Kai would have been searching with the abilities they had in order to find prey. Whether it be small, or large, they had intent to bring down what they could before hunger nabbed the both of them.
With a knowing glance to the speckled youth with him, he kept his nares aware and ears erect, swiveling both auds and sights to make sure he missed
nothing. Allowing Kai to have herself some lead as well, he asked her with a raised brow if she had found anything of use, yet.
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It was strange how quickly she took to her new companion.
Mute though she was, Kai was expressive in her gratitude - gifting small mice and birds to the titan as her wounds allowed. It was not much but it alleviated some sense of uselessness to offer sustenance. Perhaps it was not so odd that the wolfdog remained Cry's constant, albeit silent, shadow. Starved for contact and kinship, she readily accepted her new role - whatever it might be.
The witch roved at his side, wandering paws sometimes leading her away to investigate a peculiar scent or intriguing trail. She returned without fail, silently as she left, falling into step beside Cry wherever she found him. None of her investigations turned up anything to eat; most of the trails went dead on account of the recent deluge of rain.
At last, a scent drew Kai's curiosity and she returned Cry's look with an excited twist of her lips - slipping away into the damp underbrush to track it, the witch paused upon reaching the carcass where it lay nestled amongst the dying leaves. Her head cocked curiously at the bird, the onyx avian bringing to mind Cry's atramentous coat, as she prowled closer.
Tula's interest appeared piqued by the unfamiliar bird; the fisher peered around her companion's locs, beady eyes flitting between the larger bird and the scraps.
Kai's lips peeled back slightly as she approached, intending to drag the carcass back to Cry, unafraid. It was the way of wild things; she was bigger and she had more teeth. It was natural for the bird to concede - for how could it defend its meal against the carnivore - and it was with confidence that Kai reached for it.
wolves were such arrogant things.
valac turned to latch it's beady eyes on the shape of a dark carnivore and the companion that followed him. the dark one did not seem to pay much mind to the winged wraith on the forest floor. this was not bothersome to the bird; it turned back to collect another scrap of meat in it's beak before positioning it's body so that it might watch the wolves.
that was when the younger one approached with the intention of stealing the meal that valac had found. the raven watched for only a moment before it spread it's wings wide and parted it's beak. without warning, the foul creature released a sharp caw, caw, caw at the wolf. valac hopped forward and aimed with sharp claws to gouge against the flesh of the predator's muzzle.
A multitude of things had happened within a narrow period of time. He had assumed a trail had been left by a hare, but just as he had recognized Kai's shuffling beside him, it had vanished. She wasn't attempting any stealth, and with his own orbs he watched the speckled youth as her body language shifted from nothing yet to something's here. He something, not dangerous, but something edible. Though he wasn't as hungry as eating carrion would force him to be, he still figured it be worthwhile to invesstigate. If she was hungry, he would allow her to eat first. Well, regardless, he was going to let her eat first.
But there was a sound of warning that snatched his auds much more than idle thoughts. The caws were a warning of the memories that flooded him dealing with his visits to Slade in Blackfeather's forests. No more nor less than a gazillion crows inhabited that forest, so many in fact that Cry assumed the Forest belonged to them. He rushed forward and immediately threw his head up looking for any murders that happened to be there waiting to ambush the pup. A bit overprotective, but birds could inhale the little fae and she could be gone just that quick. Or something even worse, they could blind her, or infect her with something nasty. That was the last thing eithe rof them needed.
Being not too far from the scene, he was surprised to see the crow alone enjoying it's meal, a contempt look upon the tiny face of it's own. It wasn't too large of a bird, but it was alone, and one was enough to pluck the eyes from a wolf, let alone a smaller wolfdog. Would it change it's course of action as it saw two rather than one present?
Deciding action was best in this situation, the dark guardian threw a forelimb out there betwixt the crow's field of range, trying to swat the small thing from the less-smaller wolf mix.
A sharp bark of warning slipped from her slashed maw as she danced back a step. Berry-stained lips peeled back to reveal her canines as her feathery ears pinned flat atop her skull.
It seemed the sea witch was not unaccompanied in her conflicts for Cry's looming, shadowy form was soon towering over her and a broad paw swept towards the raven. Tula too was angered, for she'd likely gain a portion of the carrion, and sqawked her displeasure at the larger avian with ruffled feathers.
Kai too took a swipe at the winged beast, hoping that the back up numbers would intimidate the creature away.
the raven squawked in disdain, extending it's wings and flapping twice to propel itself off of the ground and into the air a few feet. it hovered there, like a reaper ready to swipe the scythe and sow what was earned. the dark-winged bird was not about to give up that easily.
the larger of the two wolves stepped forward and aimed with a paw to swat at the bird. valac rose once more, using the advantage of flight to rise above the brute. the raven aimed with careful precision at the wolf and attempted to latch sharp claws to the flesh of the predator's muzzle. valac was not pleased with the wolves and it was not likely to back down so easily.
Pain was nothing new to Cry. It was commonplace in the world of misery and monsters that dwelled in his head every single day. So in fact the calculating wolf invited the dark bird to latch to the top of his snout, refusing to leap out of the way as it bore down on him. But as it did, his head twisted sideways, and what truly await the bird was both maw and teeth!
The trap lay open to snap and snatch the bird from the kingdom of the sky, and drag it into the hell of his own chosing. Unaware whether he plucked the raven from the sky or not, he closed the jaws when he estimated the bird would touch down, and pulled himself back to either hold the raven captive or be free to try again.
Kai was much smaller than the titan, which meant that the corvid was out of her reach.
Unable to assist, the naiad's purple muzzle snaked out and her jaws closed around the carcass. She gave it a yank, freeing it from the ground and with a muffled call to Cry began to hurriedly pull it backwards.
While the raven was occupied, she would secure their meal and hopefully the bird would move on. Once the remains had been moved, Kai hunched over it protectively to keep Valac away from it - lips peeled back as she snarled at the bird angrily for hurting her friend.