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stuck in her daydream - Charon - July 07, 2017
He was both sad as well as fucking pissed off about Galaxy's death. @Korei Julia was to blame, he was determined. He had never loved her as much as her sisters and now it was proven that she was a no-good child. He'd always thought she should just grow up, and that she should be more like her sisters, the triplets — they were perfect in every way, but Julia was always lagging behind. He often felt guilty for disliking his eldest child, but right now whatever guilt remained was transformed into hate, too.
@Vela had stuck close to him since it happened, and he kept her close, too. He decided he shouldn't let his hate for what'd happened consume him and instead focus on his remaining children: his mirror image Vela, his beautiful baby girl, and of course his only son, Jarilo. They were the future, and he would see that they'd survive and grow to be strong, healthy individuals. Vela being his mini-me he was specifically partial to her and welcomed with open arms that she stayed so close to him in this difficult period after Galaxy's death.
To make sure she wouldn't grow up to be a weakling or a coward he did take her to do a lot of things — today, they were out in the forest at the mountain's slopes and Charon was telling Vela stories while they walked: "... And then your uncle Floki and papa found this mountain, and it was the perfect location for the new pack that papa and mama were creating together."
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RE: stuck in her daydream - Vela - July 07, 2017
In the short time that had passed since Galaxy's unexpected death, Vela had become her father's shadow. Following his every step, the freckled child followed without question to where their destination. With all of the uncertainty that ran rampant in her young mind, the only thing she was certain of was that she wanted to be with Charon. She had always gravitated towards her father — a quintessential "daddy's girl"— and the trauma of her sibling's untimely death had only strengthened such desires.
Today Charon brought them to the safety of the base of the mountain— far from any ledges that Vela could find herself falling from. Since Galaxy's death, she strayed towards the base of the mountain, keeping far from the sights and danger of the shelves. Charon had helped in keeping her away from them as well; directing her as necessary to ensure her safety.
It had been long since Vela had cried, her eyes still glistened as though the threat of tears breaking loose was imminent. Charon was doing well in distracting the girl from her thoughts and, currently, she was all too interested in the foundation story of Moonspear to give her negativity a second thought. "I'll see Uncle Floki one day, right Papa?" she asked curiously, her voice rounded with hope. She knew that Uncle Floki was away, but, she longed to meet the man that her father spoke so highly of.
RE: stuck in her daydream - Charon - July 10, 2017
Charon smiled softly at his daughter's question, although on the inside he felt a little sad thinking of his brother. Floki was long gone, for many, many months now... Charon remembered being in a snow storm when he and Aria'd searched for Floki, and now they were out and about and the sun was beaming down on them. His latest children had never gotten to meet their uncle, and he felt sad about it.
So what should he tell his daughter? That he didn't even know where her uncle was? That he may never return home, where he belonged? That maybe, he was dead? "Of course you will," he lied sweetly, with a fond smile on his face at the thought of a reunion that would likely never be. He liked to lie to himself, too, if it was most convenient. "He'll be back from his exploration travels one day, just so he can meet papa's little princess." Charon nuzzled the top of Vela's head — as if it wasn't clear enough yet that he meant her when he mentioned his princess — and continued the trek through the forest.
They reached a stream where he paused for a drink and he invited his daughter along with a chuff. Charon lapped at the cool water from the stream. The sun danced on the water through the trees, painting a beautiful picture and he paused to take it in.
RE: stuck in her daydream - Vela - July 11, 2017
As far as Vela was concerned, everything that Charon said was factual. She could not fathom a situation where the patriarch of the mountain was wrong, and she held her father in the highest regards. So when he said that Floki would return, Vela believed him. Her expression brightened, and she leaned into his embrace, her mood obviously lifted by the news.
But even in her brief happiness, Vela's subconscious was able to re-route her thoughts to Galaxy. "Like Gax, right Papa?" she asked, hopeful that his answer would be positive. Still not fully comprehending the gravity of what had happened, Vela could only assume that Galaxy and Floki were together. "She and Floki are together, right?"
RE: stuck in her daydream - Charon - July 13, 2017
Charon stopped drinking when Vela voiced her question. He didn't really want to talk about Galaxy — didn't want to admit, somehow, that she was gone — but he knew he couldn't really avoid these questions. Charon might've been curt or brutal if it were anyone else asking, if it were Jarilo asking, but he couldn't risk hurting Vela more than she already had been by Galaxy's disappearance.
"Yes, like Galaxy," he said eventually, after a long break in which he thought on the answer, and glanced at his daughter. "They're probably not together right now, but I'm sure they'll both be back some day." It wasn't that he wanted to lie, but it seemed like the only option right now to keep his young daughter's mind from crumbling. A little white lie.
RE: stuck in her daydream - Vela - July 19, 2017
She took in Charon's information with wide eyes, nodding sagely as she attempted to comprehend the situation better. Though the gravity of the situation would never really hit her, Vela sought to understand all that had happened. "Okay, Papa," she replied with a ghost of a smile.
Satisfied with the information, Vela turned from her father and towards the body of water, eyeing it curiously for a moment. Even with seeing this particular scenery on a handful of occasions, something was striking in the water danced in the afternoon light. It grabbed her attention, captivating her, as she enjoyed the simplicity of the moment. In this time Vela felt her worries temporarily slip away as she enjoyed herself for the first time in a while.
"It's pretty," she remarked quietly once her attention turned back to Charon, his eyes brimming with stars. "Has Mama been here?"
RE: stuck in her daydream - Charon - July 20, 2017
Luckily they quickly moved on, and she didn't ask more about her deceased sister or her uncle Floki who'd been gone for a considerable amount of time now and was probably also dead and gone.
The scenery was certainly alluring to just stand and stare at; Charon enjoyed it and he smiled as he looked round, unaware his daughter was doing very much the same like a little copy of him. Only when she remarked the prettiness of the surroundings he looked at her again. "It is, huh," he agreed softly. Of course Amekaze'd been here; they'd been pretty much everywhere in the forest. "Yep, she thought it was very pretty too." Another white lie paired with a smile. Ame never called anything pretty, but it didn't harm anyone if Vela thought her mother had thought this pretty, too.
RE: stuck in her daydream - Vela - July 20, 2017
In turn of her father's statements, Vela's tail tipped happily. She liked hearing that both parents agreed with her on the aesthetics of the area. Despite its beauty, Vela was finding that it was growing less captivating. She needed something more stimulating. Knowing that Charon could provide this, the abandoned any further plans of turning back to the landscape in hopes of pursuing something more interesting to do.
"Can you tell me a story about when you were younger?" she asked suddenly, her eyes reaching up to greet her father fondly.
RE: stuck in her daydream - Charon - July 25, 2017
Charon smiled as Vela asked him about stories of his youth. It was nice to see her so inquisitive; it would help her grow and learn quick and would get her places. Charon remembered he used to ask whatever popped into his mind, too, when he was little. "Well, when I was little I had a friend called Osprey. She always told me stories about dragons and we'd go on adventures a lot. She told me a lot about dragons and trolls and all sort of magical fantasy creatures, and that's how I came up with Drake, who was my Lauren friend." He felt pretty embarrassed talking about it now, really, but at the time Drake had been good to him and for him, so he didn't think it would hurt to mention him now. Maybe Vela could use a friend too in the absence of her sister. Just for a little while, 'til she was grown up.
"I went on lots of adventures with Osprey and Drake. We'd go hunting for the story dragon and visit Lauren land..." He smiled softly as he looked back at Vela. "Maybe we could go on an adventure now, if you're up for it!" Charon wasn't really as imaginative as Osprey, well, not anymore. He'd become more and more of a realist with age, leaving his fantastical youth behind.
RE: stuck in her daydream - Vela - July 26, 2017
Charon's story presented her with a fantastical tale that gave her insight into Charon's childhood. She listened, wide-eyed and bushy-tailed, as he went on to propose an adventure of their own and she nodded eagerly. "Oh, yes Papa!" she replied breathily, feeling her excitement grow with every second that passed.
But, of course, being the inquisitive cub that she was, she had some question for her father. "Will Drake and Osprey come with us?" Her eyes sought the territory around them, searching briefly as if she expected the other wolf and Lauren to materialize suddenly.
RE: stuck in her daydream - Charon - July 27, 2017
Charon smiled as Vela agreed to adventure, though felt that he missed Osprey. He remembered loving to adventure with her, but she was a lot more imaginative than he would ever be, he realised when he tried to come up with a good adventure. It seems his imagination, whatever he'd had of it, had been left at the door when he'd become an adult.
"I'm sure they'll come along if you ask them nicely," Charon said with a soft smile. "Drake? Osprey!" He looked round the forest with the same expression that Vela had had momentarily and then gasped as he said, "Oh, is that...?" He just hoped Vela'd get the hint and play along and pretend they were actually here, or that something was there, at least, so he wouldn't look like a total idiot.
RE: stuck in her daydream - Vela - July 30, 2017
Had it been any other wolf, Vela would not have been so quick to believe the fantastical tale that he had presented. As he called for his former friends, the Xi's eyes scanned the property expectantly as she awaited their arrival. "Osprey! Draaaake!" she called, chiming in so that the trolls could hear them. It was in the brief silence that followed their cries that the girl's heart accelerated as her excitement grew.
And then, it happened. Vela looked from her Father's line of sight and followed it to the spot where he had placed them. Despite their invisibility, Vela believed them to be there as she had the utmost confidence in her father. "They're there!" she exclaimed gaily, pressing forward a step as she kept an eye on them.
Upon further observation, and as he imagination ran rampant at the opportunity to construct whatever she wanted, Vela had some question about them that she needed to be answered. "Has Osprey always been blue like the sky?" Osprey was a beautiful Lauren, with hair like starlight and a pelt as blue as the heavens above. Drake, on the other hand, was rugged. It was as though he had been carved from the mountain they lived on as his skin and hair appeared to be made of clay. His eyes, though, were a striking shade of gold. She liked them, so far, and was glad that Papa had shown them to her exclusively.
RE: stuck in her daydream - Charon - July 31, 2017
Charon breathed a sigh of relief when Vela pretended to see what he saw (or really saw it, whatever, it didn't matter all that much). He smiled as she excitedly bounced on over to greet Osprey and Drake, whatever they looked like to her. He'd forgot to mention that Drake had always been rather hairy because of an incident with... Was it bears? Crafting bears? Well, he didn't remember, but it didn't matter much (and mentioning bears right now seemed like a terrible idea). However Vela saw Drake was how he was now. And he wasn't even real, anyway.
As Vela asked if Osprey was blue like the sky, Charon grinned, not really having given it much thought that she might see Osprey as something that wasn't a grey wolf. "Hmm, not last time I saw her, but it looks like she got transformed!" He nosed Vela on the shoulder and asked, "What're they like now? I think you're the only one who can see them now. I think I got too old." He looked sad, though it was mostly that Charon wanted to find a fun way to have Vela describe to him what her imagination made of them. And so that she knew it was an age-thing and she couldn't go off having imaginary friends forever, but it was fine now that she was young.
RE: stuck in her daydream - Vela - August 06, 2017
The theory of transformation was one that was foreign to Vela. Having never heard the word, she scrunched her face to show her confusion as she looked to Charon. "Whats that?" Vela asked, not wanting to attempt to word that she was confident she'd butcher. Though context clues gave her indications to what it may mean, the eldest daughter waited for her father to elaborate.
When asked to develop their image, due to the explanation that she was most likely the only one to see, Vela felt as though she had been bestowed with a fantastic power. Her expression shifted, her enchantment fading before the Alpha's eyes, as she turned to where the trolls were. Truth be told, Vela didn't even know what a Lauren looked like. But even with this disadvantage, she was somehow still able to see them. "Osprey is beautiful. Her pelt looks blue like the sky, but, somehow, it also looks like there are stars in her pelt." She paused briefly as her attention turned to the other Lauren. "The other one is ugly. He looks like he's made of rocks and could crumble soon." Had he always been that way? Or was this a new development? Turning to Charon expectantly, she waited for what he had to say.
RE: stuck in her daydream - Charon - August 15, 2017
"It means changed," Charon explained with a patient smile.
Then she went on to describe Osprey, who looked, well, much different than her wolfish self of before. "That's nice," said Charon with a soft smile, in regards to Osprey. Then, about Drake; "Hmm, I remember that the crafting b— uhh, trolls," because 'bears' didn't seem the best subject to talk about right now, "made him hairy, but he must've transformed back to his old self then! That's wonderful."
Then he asked, "What are they like? Do they want to do anything adventurous, or talk to you?" He couldn't hear them, after all...
They played on for a little while longer before eventually going home. Charon thought nothing much of this day but for his little girl it had been a special day. He was just happy to see her happy again, unknowing of what was to come.
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