NOTE: This thread marks Seelie’s return to the Teekon Wilds.
The wind is blowing in a northerly direction; the prey is mountain goats; the herd is stationary, on the northeast side of Frostfire Ridge. Four kids, three adult females, two adult males [and a partridge in a pear tree] have been displaced by the recent quake.
@Ravus
The wind is blowing in a northerly direction; the prey is mountain goats; the herd is stationary, on the northeast side of Frostfire Ridge. Four kids, three adult females, two adult males [and a partridge in a pear tree] have been displaced by the recent quake.
@Ravus
Immediately following the night of celebration, the little Groenendael traced the shoreline eastward. She bade farewell to the pinnipeds and their rocky shoals, danced her way across the mirror-like river delta, and looked with poignant fondness upon Marbas’ island. Restlessly she wandered the cape, nimble paws carrying her past a series of rocky cliffs as she chased a pod of dolphins, stopping only when territory borders forced her to. Kierkegaard’s scent drew her to the sirens’ hallowed ground; and yet, a pressing need to keep moving spurred her onward. At the eleventh hour she bathed in seawater set aglow by bioluminescent plankton — and just as the first glimmers of dawn began to outshine the glittering expanse of stars, the inky ingénue set her sights further north and turned away from the breathtaking radiance that surrounded her. With a single backward glance and a fierce ache in her heart for those she would leave behind — Doe, Marbas, Kierkegaard, Dagfinn, Starbuck, Szymon, and Chusi — Coelacanth left the Teekon Wilds entirely, intent on finding her wayward twin.
It was near midnight when the inkdark wayfarer set foot in the Teekon Wilds for the first time in months, dusty of pelt and weary of eye, whittled down to a waiflike slimness. Supple limbs had carried her steadily westward, though she was now much further south than she had originally intended. It hadn’t been safe to continue along the northern coast, so she’d sought sanctuary deeper inland, easily passing as a stray dog through the humans’ settlements and ghosting like a living shadow through the wild world. The threat that had driven her from the shoreline was far behind her now, though, and she began instinctively to adjust her trajectory, angling north past a smoking mountain whose skirts were thick with wolfscent. A familiar bleating struck her tufted ears, coaxing them forward upon her slender crown with rapt interest, and she blinked surprise at what she saw — a collection of displaced mountain goats quartered off from the rest of their tribe, moving uncertainly through the lush evergreen forests of the eastern ridge. A careful survey of the area informed Coelacanth that the bulk of the tribe had settled in the rockier grasslands several miles west of here, and she learned swiftly that mountain goats were utterly impervious to her piercing sheepdog’s stare.
The tiny Groenendael cross was accustomed to being respected — even feared — by bleating, cloven-hoofed ungulates, but these beasts were hulking and headstrong, with cruel horns and baleful stares. They appeared far more likely to attack her than to run from her, so she forbore any attempt to drive them with the flash of her fangs — and because she could not reason or bond with them as a protector, her seablue eyes narrowed as she considered the merit of hunting them for sustenance. The forests were unfamiliar to the Nine, and though Coelacanth could not howl for help, her thoughts flitted to the mountain pack. Their trails were fresh and numerous, and although it was unlikely she would be invited to hunt with them as a lone wolf, the chance to scavenge from their leavings tempted her to remain in the area and be patient.
It was near midnight when the inkdark wayfarer set foot in the Teekon Wilds for the first time in months, dusty of pelt and weary of eye, whittled down to a waiflike slimness. Supple limbs had carried her steadily westward, though she was now much further south than she had originally intended. It hadn’t been safe to continue along the northern coast, so she’d sought sanctuary deeper inland, easily passing as a stray dog through the humans’ settlements and ghosting like a living shadow through the wild world. The threat that had driven her from the shoreline was far behind her now, though, and she began instinctively to adjust her trajectory, angling north past a smoking mountain whose skirts were thick with wolfscent. A familiar bleating struck her tufted ears, coaxing them forward upon her slender crown with rapt interest, and she blinked surprise at what she saw — a collection of displaced mountain goats quartered off from the rest of their tribe, moving uncertainly through the lush evergreen forests of the eastern ridge. A careful survey of the area informed Coelacanth that the bulk of the tribe had settled in the rockier grasslands several miles west of here, and she learned swiftly that mountain goats were utterly impervious to her piercing sheepdog’s stare.
The tiny Groenendael cross was accustomed to being respected — even feared — by bleating, cloven-hoofed ungulates, but these beasts were hulking and headstrong, with cruel horns and baleful stares. They appeared far more likely to attack her than to run from her, so she forbore any attempt to drive them with the flash of her fangs — and because she could not reason or bond with them as a protector, her seablue eyes narrowed as she considered the merit of hunting them for sustenance. The forests were unfamiliar to the Nine, and though Coelacanth could not howl for help, her thoughts flitted to the mountain pack. Their trails were fresh and numerous, and although it was unlikely she would be invited to hunt with them as a lone wolf, the chance to scavenge from their leavings tempted her to remain in the area and be patient.
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너 없는 시간 속에 갇혀버린 나 - by Coelacanth - November 21, 2016, 09:10 PM
RE: 너 없는 시간 속에 갇혀버린 나 - by Szymon - November 21, 2016, 09:37 PM
RE: 너 없는 시간 속에 갇혀버린 나 - by Ravus - December 13, 2016, 07:12 PM
RE: 너 없는 시간 속에 갇혀버린 나 - by Szymon - December 14, 2016, 05:45 AM
RE: 너 없는 시간 속에 갇혀버린 나 - by Coelacanth - December 14, 2016, 06:28 AM
RE: 너 없는 시간 속에 갇혀버린 나 - by Szymon - January 01, 2017, 11:08 AM