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sometimes I feel like I don't have a partner - Vikuthia - June 04, 2025
She flew until she could fly no more. And when she landed here, at the bottom of the caldera, she decided that she was done. Vikuthia of the warrior women would be a slave to her past no longer, would choose her own fate... would maybe ask to join this pack so that she could fall down and sleep for a hundred years where she stood without worrying about being murdered by territorial wolves. But first she wanted a drink of water from somewhere. She threw her head back in a howl, and then plopped her butt down, panting heavily. Still, those yellow-green eyes were just as bright and sharp as ever.
@Killdeer @Amalia @Towhee
RE: sometimes I feel like I don't have a partner - Towhee - June 04, 2025
She enjoyed watching Amalia get rounder every day. It wouldn’t be long now before Killdeer’s mate gave birth. Towhee looked forward to her latest batch of great grandchildren, even as she tried not to think too much about her recent foray to the desert. She kept herself busy with patrols, often choosing to prowl the caldera’s rim rather than its base for the better vantage points.
From up here, she could see the pale, svelte figure approaching the foot of the extinct volcano. Towhee watched it for a moment, then began picking her way down the slope about a quarter mile east of the stranger’s position. She hit even ground right around the time the she-wolf threw back her head to howl, the notes falling on deaf ears as the Deputy loped swiftly toward her.
What brings you to the caldera, stranger?she said by way of greeting, her orange eyes intense as her tail stiffened over her aging hips.
RE: sometimes I feel like I don't have a partner - Vikuthia - June 04, 2025
Vikuthia was startled, for her call was answered almost immediately. She swiveled her head to take in the wolf who'd answered her, and her ears pushed forward to hear the strange way they spoke. Not that that mattered at all. In her home pack, anyone deemed strange would have been chased off, any pup born with some kind of birth defect was killed.
It was not a place she enjoyed thinking about. They had taught her a lot--how to hunt, how to fight--but she'd just as soon have learned nothing if it meant living with wolves who did not view every interaction as a transaction.
She noted the wolf's raised tail, the dominant body language, and kept herself sitting, her eyes downcast. Don't piss off the alpha two seconds after you meet 'em.
I come to ask you for food and shelter, in exchange for work. If you allow me to join, I will hunt and fight for your kith and kin.She said no more, not wanting to oversell or sound desperate. If this pack did not want her, she would simply move to the next.
RE: sometimes I feel like I don't have a partner - Towhee - June 04, 2025
The familiar song and dance began. Here was a stranger ready and willing to throw her lot in with them for reasons unknown. Although this had always struck Towhee as odd, she didn’t bother questioning it too much. She appreciated the woman’s succinct speech.
Mm, straight to the point. I like you already,she remarked with a slight twitch of her lips.
You should know what you’re getting into, though. This is Redhawk Caldera, run by Killdeer Redhawk and his mate, Amalia. I’m the token sage geriatric, Towhee. What’s your name?
RE: sometimes I feel like I don't have a partner - Vikuthia - June 04, 2025
Straight to the point. I like you already.
Vikuthia smiled at the wolf, unused to compliments. She tucked the names given away in her mind. Killdeer. Amalia. Towhee. Redhawk.
Geriatric,she repeated with an amused grin, shaking her head.
If you grew up where I did, you'd never admit that, or it'd mean your death.Her eyes widened immediately.
N-Not that I'm--threatening you! I just meant...She sighed heavily, feeling like a fool.
My birth pack wasn't... very friendly toward any they thought could no longer pull their weight. The sick, the old, the injured.She pulled her shoulders back, trying to recover from her awkwardness.
I am Vikuthia, here to... start over, I guess.
RE: sometimes I feel like I don't have a partner - Towhee - June 04, 2025
Towhee arched a brow at that unexpected riposte, then snorted through her nose—even harder when the she-wolf caught herself and started stammering. It was pretty evident she didn’t necessarily subscribe to these beliefs, so the Redhawk promptly decided she wouldn’t editorialize her opinion.
Well, Vikuthia, no wonder you’re here and not there; your birth pack sounds like a bunch of goddamn fuckwits. I may be older than shit, but I still pull my weight and then some. And I’m wise… very, very wise,Towhee insisted with a sage nod.
Anyway, we could definitely use another hunter and fighter. How are you with pups, out of curiosity?
RE: sometimes I feel like I don't have a partner - Vikuthia - June 04, 2025
Vikuthia stared at Towhee. Goddamn fuckwits. She blinked owlishly, then burst out laughing. She had never heard the warrior women of her home spoken of in that manner, and it tickled something in her, that others would feel the same way, that they would make her feel better about leaving. Surely, there was a better way. Surely, there were wolves who lived as families and not as units of soldiers.
You certainly sound wise to me,she said, feeling more confident now, her tail wagging. And then Towhee asked about pups.
Uhh,she said, thinking.
I don't have much experience with them. Only certain members of my pack were allowed to interact with pups, and I wasn't one of them. But I'm sure I could learn! I promise I'd be nice to them and not, you know, treat them how I was treated as a kid. Which was horribly.She released a nervous laugh, not sure how much this woman she barely knew wanted to hear about her traumatic childhood.
RE: sometimes I feel like I don't have a partner - Towhee - June 05, 2025
Vikuthia seemed to enjoy Towhee’s candor, if the laughter was anything to go by. The elder smiled smugly, particularly when the newcomer agreed with her self-assessment. Damn straight.
Willingness to learn is all I need to hear,Towhee remarked when when Vikuthia repaid her frankness.
The reason I bring it up specifically is because Mal is expecting a litter in a couple of weeks. It’ll be entirely up to her and Killer whether and when you’re allowed to see them. But those pups will be the focal point of the pack the next few months.
She doubted the new parents would bar Vikuthia for very long, especially if Towhee vouched for her. But there were plenty of ways she could support those newborns indirectly, particularly by way of aforementioned parents.
If you still want in, then you’re gonna get a homework assignment right off the bat. First of all, I’d want you to introduce yourself to Killer and Mal. After that, I want you to fill the cache closest to the Hobbit Hole. That’s what we call our communal den, where I’m sure you’ll be welcome once we’ve established trust.
The Redhawk stopped there, letting Vikuthia absorb all that and make a final decision.