Stone Circle stone wolves

maybe @Arrax? <3

dreary is the day. the grey mist covers step, covers scent, covers face.

her prize was a haunch of elk robbed from coyotes. eivor had not seen fit to kill them, hungry and thin as they were. 

one departed her teeth maimed.

strong paws dug a new cache. she would not taint an existing storage with this chewed meat.

!! :D

It was the scent of elk blood that Arrax noticed first, and his idle wander in its direction became a hurried lope once he caught Eivor's scent with it. The Cairn dismissed most of the other wolves of Kvarsheim – aside from his own family – but he was fond of the pale woman. He was eager to prove himself to her.

As the drengr came into view, hunched over as she dug at the dirt, Arrax slowed his gait. He woofed, tail whipping side to side in a rare show of playfulness. He then darted for the remains of the haunch, hoping to goad her into a game of tug-of-war.

arrax's teeth closed round the chunk of meat which eivor had almost placed in the ground. a delighted growl flowed to audible life in her deep voice, and she at once locked her own jaws to the bone running through flesh.

stepping out of the cache, she widened her stance and began a left-right motion with controlled movements of her neck. an exercise, one designed to see if arrax would mirror her or dig claws into the dirt, both apt tactics for a game like this.

Thankfully the woman took no offence to his grab at the haunch of meat. Although Arrax could now stand eye-to-eye with even the largest of adults in Kvarsheim, he was still a juvenile – and one who couldn't resist the temptation of a potential game.

He let himself be led snout-first as Eivor picked up her end and swung around. Her strength was unexpected, and he let out a surprised grunt as he was yanked forward by her tugging. With a growl, the boy then readied himself, lowering his front half and readjusting his grip on the leg before pulling back with as much force as he could muster.

strong muscles promised to be honed with age. eivor tugged back, moving in steps from side to side, left to right.

she tested arrax with different speeds, different ways of aligning her paws, grey eyes alight with the joy of their game.

his abilities might well help to define kvarsheim in the seasons to come.