Swiftcurrent Creek I got my scars right here
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Jinx had been padding along the pack's western bounds when it happened. Had she not been as alert and taut as she was, she might have missed the call altogether. It was quiet and distant, but even as it echoed into near gibberish at the mountain's backside, she could make out the caller and the garbled message. A feeling of cold foreboding swept through Jinx when that cry met the airwaves; it was not unlike the Gods to do such a thing, but it was rare.

She would have expected Sos to lead Lethe astray in hopes of claiming her strong spirit for His own realm... But never Atka. Atka was the Bringer of Light and Giver of Life, the Mother Bear. Compassionate, but also dangerous. Perhaps that was why Jinx had always misunderstood Her, and underestimated Her. Hers was the power to give and take with ruthless intent. Sos' was the power to take: take life, take success, take fame, take fortune. Rarely did he give anything but enlightenment and mercy, when it was earned.

Jinx did not go to the call. Even when Njal's voice rang out over the creek, clearer and urgent, she did not respond. She didn't care to find her former leader's body. As much as Lethe and Jinx had butt heads, and as much as she was pissed she never got the chance to prove her worth, Lethe was Shearwater. She was family, and one of Koios' closest confidantes when he was alive. Because Jinx was so spiritual, and not taken with physicality so much, she thought it an insult to grieve over Lethe's body. The body was nothing but a shell in which the spirit resided... But Lethe's spirit was released now, and was everywhere and nowhere all at once.

Jinx would quietly grieve where she was, and construct a small circle of stones in the centre of which she would bow her head and pray for Lethe's deliverance into Sos' lair. Her soul was strong, and would bring the Dark Lord much pleasure. He coveted His souls so dearly... And though in life He threatened wolves with the promise of stealing theirs, in death, Jinx believed Sos was a benevolent ruler. She did not move from here until Fox's claiming howl rang out over the land, summoning them... And though she swore with acidic tones at it, she heeded it with a steely demeanour.
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I got my scars right here - by Lethe - February 22, 2014, 10:21 AM
RE: I got my scars right here - by RIP Njal - February 22, 2014, 06:49 PM
RE: I got my scars right here - by Jinx - February 23, 2014, 10:34 AM