eat.sleep.rave --repeat

for anyone craving a puppy thread <3

Summer was a season of no rest. Busy critters scurried from side to side, collecting food or searching for mates--either way everyone had something to do when the scorching rays of the afternoon sun danced across the Teekom Wilds. Everyone but Maera Sveijarn. While her older sister Jökull was getting an increasing popularity among the members of the creek, the red hair girl was content spending her days at the back of the den, napping and sharing her body heat with her mother or Lárus.

So far the only face outside her family she had seen was Bazi's, and that was because she had literally poked her face into the den. If not Maera would most probably continue with her life as a hermit. She had only been outside the walls of the den once or maybe twice;when she had tried to escape --only to be intercepted by the snow coated Beta-- and when she had found a mound of mud by the entrance of her home. It was sad truly that a girl so young was isolating herself of the wonders of he outside.

But her laziness was stronger than her willpower.
And while most young girls dreamed of being princesses, Maera had the pleasure of already being one. She was Sleeping Beauty reincarnated into a wolf pup's body;she was beautiful like a true princess and had her own castle and servants who brought her food.

It was perfect! All she had to do was summon their attention with a single cry of her lips and she'd have all kinds of delicacies placed at her feet. That's why she spent most of the afternoon snoozing carelessly while her siblings got a peek of how wonderful life outside was. Occasionally she'd be roused from her bed and forced to get a bit of sunlight, though when the time was right she got up on her own --a bitter sweet accomplishment because when she was up and about she was almost unstoppable. She would go on a wrecking rampage around the den, gnawing on everything and everything until it either broke or complained. (Lárus)

There was no balance in this girl's life.

Yay! :D.

Shadow was bored, he had just finished border patrol and was contemplating on what to do next, everything seemed boring to the young silver wolf now except the idea of meeting the pups. But he didn't know if Njal and Tuwawi would allow him to visit them again, he flicked his ears. He'll give it a try anyways.

Shadow trotted towards the den and sniffed, wondering if anyone in there was awake. If there wasn't, he'll stay there for a while and eventually leave if there was still no one. Hopefully one of the pups would be awake.

The early afternoon sun roiled slowly over the sky, veiled carefully with a mantle of clouds that held the promise of a perfect mix between high temperature and shade. It was truly an ideal day to go out for a walk --or stay home all day..?

The Sveijarn's middle daughter was laying in her belly at the very center of the den. Her eyelids threatening to close over the babe's eyes, and her little feet wiggling behind her. She was suddenly tempted to wobble over to entrance and take a peek outside, but oh! She was so comfortably squished between her siblings and her mother it would be a sin to leave her bed and allow the cool breeze to flood into the space she'd leave behind.

After a yawn so wide that allowed the world to see her stomach contents, she rested her head on her paws and closed her eyes. She had decided to sleep in today, she'd have another opportunity to seize the chance to see her house surroundings.

But before she could fall asleep a strange odor drifted into her nostrils accompanied with the sound of footsteps around the entrance. Daddy? She thought while opening one eye to inspect the scene. Njal's visit equaled pure happiness for the young girl. When he came he not only brought food but plenty of snuggles.

"Nna?" She asked while thumping her mother's side with her belly, realizing now said scent didn't belong to dad. Well if it wasn't him, who dared to rouse Sleeping Beauty from her sleep?

It better be Prince Charming..

Shadow eyed the entrance warily, not daring to poke his face into the den for fear of waking any wolves who did not appreciate this visit. He was about to turn and go when a small voice caught his attention. Not the previous pup he had saw but another.

"Hello?" he whispered very softly.

Consumed by curiosity and intrigue that gnawed at her bones, she decided to break away from the comfortable embrace of her mother and siblings and venture to the entrance. No Prince Charming awaited at the door; just a rather scary looking male the little Sveijarn girl hadn't seen before. The girl took a step back and tilted her head; wait now that she got a better look at him, he wasn't that scary.

With new-found confidence the babe wobbled forward, her little tail wriggling with excitement. He opened his mouth and sounds came out, sounds the girl was beginning to piece together. "Looo-o" she barked back while stretching her short neck to sniff the air curiously

A small smile tugged at Shadow's lips as a pup wriggled out of the den. What was her name? Maera was it? "Hello. Hello." he replied, his silver eyes darting, wondering if he had awaken any of the other residence of the den. Hopefully, no. But for now he needed to keep it quiet.

"How are you?" he whispered, sitting down. He didn't know anything else to say so he just awkwardly sat down.

brother do you want to jump in? @Lárus

Words and more words came out of the silver male, though the little Maera only recognized one of them. Hello. She cocked her head and looked closely at the way his lips moved when he spoke. "EELL", she barked, stressing the sound of the 'L' until her breath ran out. Then she took a deep breath and tried again, all whilst looking at Shadow straight in the eye.

"E-LLLLLLLLLL-OOOOOOOO" She screamed right in his face, her whole body shaking due to the force of her scream. Then with a wide smile on her face she began stomp her feet and yell at the top of lungs, she wanted mommy, daddy and each one of her siblings to hear her.
Shadow's intentions of not to wake anyone where going down the drain now.

Diaphanous imagery drifted around him as he slept, inconsistent, incongruous things. The blurry outlines of his siblings — the pale Jokull, the earthen Valtyr, fire-born Maera — and the shadows of his parents. It was a comforting dream for one so young; something he would no doubt forget. The dream lingered, and he lingered with it. Drifting in the sea of colors and flickering light that his brain concocted until —

E-LLLLLLLLLL-OOOOOOOO

The stomping of little Maera's feet did not rouse him, but the loud drone of her voice surely did. Larus jostled awake with a start, blinking his still-blue eyes to rid them of their fog. He mewled pathetically as he came to a wakeful state, and the sound evolved to match his sister's exceptional voice: "RAAAAA!" The boy shouted and squeaked, reaching with chubby limbs towards his sister as if a single touch would silence her. Larus held no such power - but oh, he did try. He tried very hard.

Oh god. Shadow winced at the noise of Maera's scream, she was sure to wake someone up. And sure enough there was another screechy pup voice responding, Lárus was it? Despite the circumstances, Shadow couldn't resist the urge to smile, just a bit.

But now he had another mission to do, silence the screeching, screaming fiery Maera before she woke anyone else up. Anyone.

He trotted away silently and vanished into the shadows of nature, silently watching.

Again just to prove her point, she greeted the new face again her tail wagging furiously behind her, "ELL-O". Then while her eyes still lingered on the male's face a soft nudge on her side made her turn. Lárus!, his pillow-brother! She spun to meet him giving him an excited yap and a nip to welcome him.

Oh, but she certainly didn't waste the chance to say hello to her dear brother too! "ELLL-OOO-O" she greeted with a blissful tone before turning to their guest again.. but what?

Where did he go? She looked from side to side, finally spotting him mid-flee. How rude! Maera was deeply offended by his dissapereance. She whined wanting him to come back, but he was far away. Hmmmph! she thought while pursing her lip and giving a sassy butt wiggle.

As far as Larus was concerned, Maera had woken on her own volition and chose to wake him as well. He wasn't angry - he was still too young to distinguish any real emotion - but he did want sleep, and like any baby Larus was going to cry until he got what he wanted. Maera did not waste time. She turned her attention towards her younger brother and shouted a long noise in to his face. His response was automatic: "RAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaAAAAaa!" He tried to growl and roar right back at her, with his voice raising in pitch and volume as the sound progressed. As soon as he issued this great pronouncement he was out of air, and thus he sank against the floor of the den with a gasp.

Though it seemed that Maera had stopped screaming instead whining for him to come back, Larus was making a series of sounds but stopped, obviously out of breath. Shadow trotted out of the shadows and sat down in front of them, half amused by Larus and half annoyed at Maera for causing this chaos.

"Shh." he whispered, knowing that this would probably have no effect on either of them. Should he just let them be?

The little oof! given by her dear brother made her turn back to him. With her oversized ears pointing at him she settled besides him, mouthing one of his own sandy ears before plopping besides him. She had not liked Shadow's disappereance, so she crawled back to her little bro to seek comfort from him.

She made use of his back to rest her heavy head on top, not realizing the wolf she had yelled at was making a return. His shhh reached the radars on the top of her head, she whipped her head and stared at him before furrowing her brow.

"SHH" she imitated while looking him up and down with her still-blue eyes.

As his sister's mouth closed across one of his floppy little ears, Larus murmured in protest and tried to wiggle free. Her attention was brief, but the boy was already irritated by the disturbance to his sleep and would not be soothed. He flailed his little legs some more and tried to remember how to turn his head; gosh, all these different parts and nobody to tell him how to use them! He squawked and squirmed, and Maera seemed to suddenly become occupied by something else; she dropped her slobbery hold on his ear and was distracted, giving Larus a moment of peace.

But just a moment.

The next thing Larus was aware of, his sister was making an awful little noise right in to his ear, as if she had forgotten how close her face was to the little triangle. "Shhh!" She called out, the sound echoing slightly in the den. How was @Valtyr still asleep after all of this?! Larus kicked with all his might, hoping that one of the legs he possessed would connect with his sister and knock some sense in to her - they hit something, but it could have been either one of their sleeping siblings. Waking up @Jokull would probably just add to his misery (not that he could think that far ahead).

Shadow grinned as he saw Maera's mouth around Larus's ear and smiled even wider when she repeated his words.

"Yeah, shh. Shh." he repeated.

Their voices echoed around the den, Shadow sighed, at this rate every living being in the den would be awake, if they didn't he would be very surprised. How could anyone sleep through this gigantic racket?

Maera watched the guy suspiciously, she didn't undertsand why he came and went. Though mommy and daddy did it too, they usually lasted a little longer when they away. Why was he back now? She opened her mouth this time not to yell or scream but to yawn. Larus' back was comfy, that was what had earned him the title of her personal pillow.

Though @Valtyr 's chubby milk-filled belly was also one of her selected resting place. But while she had claimed Larus to be hers, Val was more in between. Surely @Jokull wouldn't give him up so easily. Speaking of which... where were they?