seek resonance

Amekaze · September 06, 2014, 02:44 PM

It was quiet. Fair, just past the height of the afternoon with just a faint touch of the autumnal crispness touching the breeze. Amekaze regarded the mountain slopes with a pensive expression. The weather was well, her belly was full, and old lingering injuries faded by the moment, but there was a whole different matter entirely weighing heavily upon her.

Unsure of what to make of it, she had searched and sniffed to the best of her capabilities only to turn up nothing on the spot. While not yet having had the chance to roam too far from the mountain, she felt an increasing need to remain with what faded, both to stave off a swiftly-growing loneliness and to protect what had been fostered here. But she knew she was not alone, albeit missing something very important.

Ferdie seemed to be the thought on repeat. She had circled the mountain's base, skimmed past some of his more favored haunts and now settled here, an outcropping just north a ways of the Oasis. Her chest was tight and she licked her lips anxiously, willing nature to reveal its answers to her before she had time to spin forth more questions.

With a thoughtful inhale, she raised her muzzle to howl a low, reedy note that gained its strength as she carried it on. After all, her voice was not often used in this manner, but it was necessary to say all the same: without him, there is me.

While not concrete in this idea's permanence yet, she intended to serve as the placeholder for the time and not have to worry about the pack remaining lacking so that they may investigate what was going on. Jace's thoughts were also to be considered, and she hoped he may surface soon with his input. There was an added note at the end of her howl for him, subtly. Others would hear, no doubt, she was curious to see if they had anything of worth to report that her keen eyes might have overlooked. But she was convinced she had been thorough.

She then waited, summoning her might from the mountain at her paws and relishing in the peace despite the tempest brewing within.