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The red wolf cub rescued in Death of a Cliath is about to come of age...
Oak Grove(#7978RAU)
Night in the Grove is an entirely different experience.
Generally speaking, unless a fire is present to keep the area warm,
the entire grove becomes enshrouded in the thick fogs that keep it
protected during the day. Strangley enough however, the fog is
non-existant over your head. It leaves the beautiful night sky spread
before you, the dozens of pinholes in the veil of night shining with
extraordinairy clarity. In the summer, the sounds of frogs from the
nearby stream and crickets from the thicker woods fill the air. In
the winter, the silence that falls over the clearing can seem to be
painfully louder than anything the summer brings.
It is bitterly cold (-4 degrees Celcius), and clear skies. There is a
light wind blowing from the south-east. The Grove is dark and it is a
Waxing Crescent moon.
Contents:
Darque
Emmi
Randal
Gnarled Oak Tree
Obvious exits:
West (W) East (E) North Clearing (N) South (S)
First Red Wolf pokes her nose around one of the trees to the north.
Emmi eyes the small red wolf and tilts hern head watching her closely.
Randal looks over to the wolf.
Darque catches a glimpse of motion out of the corner of his eye, and
turns his head to look.
First Red Wolf crouches nervously when she sees the gazes on her, and
sniffs warily.
Emmi crouches down and holds out her hand to the small wolf slowly.
First Red Wolf shies back, as she always does.
Rhonda walks out of the fog at the eastern edge of the grove.
Emmi smiles and maintains her posture, neither fearful nor
threatening.
Emmi says "Rhonda..rhya...looks like we have a wee guest about.""
First Red Wolf flicks an ear and sniffs as Rhonda approaches, still
tense as she comes into view.
Randal watches quietly the interaction.
Gekko shifts into his lupus form.
Darque stands quiet and still, watching.
Rhonda comes away from the ravine and toward the grove with her hand
beside her head, features tense as if she's got a headache. Hearing her
name, she looks up, and offers a faint smile to the wolf. "It seems we
do," she says softly.
First Red Wolf never ventures this close without her brothers. She
seems aware of the lack, too, keeping her body low to the ground, her
posture a cross between submission and near-flight.
Darque murmurs a quiet, respectful greeting to the two elders.
Emmi glances to Rhonda again briefly and arches a brow but returns her
attention back to the small wolf.
Randal blinks quietly.
Dingo enters from the north, ((The bold cub who does not want to be
without her siblings has finally lived up to her reputation.))
Emmi turns and nods to gekko as she hears his voice and then looks
back to the wolf.
Dingo wanders over to Rhonda and sits on the grass beside her,
watching the small wolf.
Rhonda nods slightly in reply to Darque, then looks over at Dingo as
he approaches. "Yuf," she says softly, sinking to the ground,
crosslegged.
First Red Wolf's ears slowly go more upright.
Emmi lets her hand slowly drop and relaxes into a sitting position as
she simply watches the wolf.
Darque slowly takes a seat as well, off to one side, near his favorite
tree.
Dingo says "Yuf...She is getting to be that age, has the fetch spoken
yet?" in lupus.
First Red Wolf seems quite content to crouch where she is, for now. Her
ears are both turned toward the elder, as if she thinks she should know
what he's saying.
Rhonda frowns slightly. "I have spoken with her kin-fetch, yes..." She
then lowers her voice slightly.
Rhonda mutters 'The fetch ...... .. ...... .... ........ .........' to
Dingo.
Randal raises an eyebrow.
Emmi hmmms and frowns slightly as she listens.
Dingo would frown if his muzzle allowed it, he loosk up to Rhonda and
mutters back.
Dingo whispers to Rhonda.
Rhonda nods slowly. "Indeed," she replies softly. "No need to hurry,
though."
Dingo flicks his ears in affirmation and turns to watch the cub again.
Dingo says "The fetch will have to be detained... We do not need word of
her change getting out among the Wyrm's minions. The Caern woudl be
beseiged endlessly as they tried to corrupt turtle's only child." in
lupus.
Barely a cub, now, at least in age. Maybe it's approaching heat that
makes her bold? So few of these are left to determine what is normal.
The young wolf shrinks back from the direct gaze of the Dingo.
Randal nods to Dingo slightly.
Dingo tilts his head, makign the gaze quite a bit less intimidating..
seeign a how the cub is probably larger than Dingo in size already.
First Red Wolf's shoulders relax correspondingly.
Rhonda smiles faintly to the wolf again, much the way someone may look
relieved to have something more pleasant to think on.
Dingo loosk back to Rhonda again, ((As well I think we should keep the
news of the re-emergence of her tribe's blood inside the Sept. Our
borders will be flooded with Pure Ones seekign to do her good.. I
believe that we can do well enough, if the news was spread among our
kind, it woudl only be a matter of time before the Wyrm learned that
way as well.))
Rhonda turns her attention back to Dingo and nods. "True. Quite true.
Too many of us trying to do what we each think is 'good' will have us
ripping each other apart before long, and we don't need that."
Emmi nods in agreement. "Aye..tha fewer outsayde of us wha' know tha
bloody better...a' least until we can get ready for enny such wha' will
come aboot tha red wolf."
First Red Wolf shivers for some reason as Dingo speaks. She whines
softly.
Emmi darts her eys between the wolf and the elders.
Rhonda turns her attention back to the young wolf, quietly.
Dingo turns too, already having made the expected impression.
Dingo says "Is somethign troublign you, young one?" in lupus.
Emmi arches a brow as she watches the young cub to see what she's going
to do.
First Red Wolf shivers, not exactly replying. Quietest Galliard-moon-
born cub who ever lived.
Randal is verey quiest, watching, not having much to say, or offer.
Dingo slowly walks over to the cub, all body language. In the ways of
the Lupus kind he approaches without hostile intent and sniffs her
thoroughly in greeting.. that is, unless she bolts or something.
First Red Wolf rolls over, her scent apprehensive but not yet ready
to flee. ((One submits,)) she indicates with a yelping whine.
Rhonda remains where she is, merely watching.
Randal quirks a brow.
Dingo gently grasps her muzzle in his in a show of dominance, restoring
some semblance of order to this cub's horrendously confused world ((The
Dominant accepts and welcomes.))
First Red Wolf whines again, this time in what could be relief. She
seems to speak with an accent as well. Odd. Maybe it's her particular
breed.
Dingo releases the muzzle and starts communicating again, ((What is the
name of the submissive one?))
Dingo looks back to Rhonda, the meaning clearly evident.
First Red Wolf glances around at the watchers, tail and ears
communicating her nervousness. ((This one is One. One greets the
Dominant One.))
Dingo says "An appropriate name. The dominant one is Gekko.. The One
had many things to learn... The One's life has just started." in
lupus.
First Red Wolf's tail droops, evidently considering herself chastized.
Dingo says "The One has done nothing wrong.." in lupus.
Rhonda nods once to Dingo. She removes the satchel from her shoulder
first, setting it aside. This is followed by narrowing her eyes
slightly at empty air - where no one is, yet in a threatening manner.
This done, she concentrates, her form melding and shifting until she
is sitting on the ground as a wolf.
Dingo puts his front paw on the cub's back, showing his acceptance of
her standing and actions.
First Red Wolf's ears rise slightly. ((One made efforts to stay clear
in hunting of Dominant's and Dominant's Pack's territory. One fears
One has trespassed.))
Emmi simply maintains her position against the tree and watches,
keeping her thoughts and motions to herself for now.
First Red Wolf catches a whiff of the other elder's scent shifting, and
whines softly.
Randal is just watching. He hasn;t really said much. Mr Gloom he is.
Dingo says "The One is in a territory greater than any pack's... The
One can call this territory her own as we all can." in lupus.
Grey Wolf rises off her haunches, and calmly approaches the young wolf,
much as Dingo recently did, sniffing a proper lupus greeting.
Dingo steps back.
First Red Wolf stays on her back, one paw bicycling a bit.
Grey Wolf places one paw on the red wolf. ((This one welcomes you.))
Emmi watches quietly.
You say "One has not trespassed?" in lupus.
Grey Wolf steps away from the young wolf now. ((One has not
tresspassed,)) she replies.
Emmi drops down on all fours and shimmers, stretching outward until
the shimmering fades and a reddish-black wolf is left in the wake. She
lifts her muzzle and turns sighting you.
Nightrun stretches slowly as she feels her way into her form again.
Randal isn't going to shift. He'll continue to be sullen, and gloomy
under his tree.
First Red Wolf whimpers with relief. ((One was brought here against
One's will by those with odd scent.))
Nightrun steps very slowly over to the cub and lowers her ehad
sniffing the length of the cub before placing a paw on her side.
((Welcome among us...you speak of those on two legs?"))
First Red Wolf affirms with tail, although she seems to have trouble
understanding some of that.
Dingo says "The One was brought to a place without strange walls.. The
One was moved to a territory where she could be free..." in lupus.
You say "And the Brothers?" in lupus.
Grey Wolf sits again, the others communicating well enough - no need
to add to her confusion.
Dingo says "The brothers have run with you, have they not?" in lupus.
Nightrun twists her head sideways a bit as she steps back from the
small wolf and makes her way back over between randal and darque. She
plops down and watches.
Randal pull sout his notebook, and starts reading.
Dingo takes a few steps back from the cub and watches it, concern
tugging at his face.
First Red Wolf rolls to her belly again. She tentatively rises from
her crouch.
Grey Wolf looks back to the satchel she'd left, before padding back
toward it. ((This one has more that needs to be done.)) She shifts back
to homid form much more quickly than she'd taken lupus. Rhonda
retrieves the satchel as she stands, slinging it back over her
shoulder.
First Red Wolf blinks at the shift and her nostrils flare. She whines
softly.
Nightrun tips her muzzle upwards and tetss the air before turnsing to
the small wolf and chuffing softly in reassurance, perhaps.
Dingo says "The One should not fear any two-legs she meets in this
territory" in lupus.
Dingo says "The one is a wolf that can walk with two legs, she should
practice this as she has seen the others do." in lupus.
First Red Wolf tilts her head, evidently confused.
Dingo shifts into his homid form.
Gekko shifts into his lupus form.
Dingo shows by example.
Randal doesn;t shift to lupus. He'd probably terrify the poor thing.
Nightrun lays her head down on her paws and watches the show.
First Red Wolf takes a step back. She sniffs deeply.
Kaylan has been here all along, really.
Dingo says "The one should try to do such." in lupus.
Nightrun turns her head and creeps over beside Kaylan.
First Red Wolf lowers her muzzle deferentially. ((One knows nothing of
shedding skins.))
Kaylan whispers to Nightrun.
Nightrun whispers to Kaylan.
Kaylan nods to Nightrun and shifts into her lupus form.
Dingo thinks for a moment.
Dingo says "One's body knows, but one's mind does not... One will come
into it in time." in lupus.
First Red Wolf steps back again, nervously.
Throat Ripper says to the Red Wof in Lupus, "Greetings, I am Kaylan,
Cliath of the Black Furies"
Nightrun curls her lips up over her teeth as she listens to Kaylan.
Dingo turns to Kaylan and arches an eyebrow.
You see a younger looking wolf, most of her fur is a jet black, with
silver-grey shading at her muzzle and front paws. Her body is sleek
and pwerful and moves with amazing grace and agility.
First Red Wolf blinks and tilts her head in confusion at the small
black wolf, as if she didn't understand a WORD of that.
Throat Ripper shrugs, "It was worth a try"
Darque stays still and quiet, watching from the shadows.
Nightrun nods to Kaylan and elans over.
Randal is still sullen. But he does watch.
Nightrun says ""She's no' had her bloody first change yet...tha' is if
she be one wha' can...she'll likely need much teachin' as well."" in
lupus.
Dingo moves over to Randal.
Dingo whispers to Randal.
Throat Ripper nods her head to Nightrun and says in lupus, "Do you
think she is part of the pups we tried to save?"
Randal looks to Dino, and Nods, "Yes.."
Nightrun rises to ehr feet and pads over to Darque. "After this be
concluded I'll help ya drag a sayde of tha' deer ta here if ya be so
inclined."
First Red Wolf's ears flick as she listens, tail tip moving ever so
slightly.
Darque nods and smiles to Nightrun. "Merci."
Throat Ripper watches the red wolf curiously, wishing she could think
of a way to communicate.
Nightrun turns so that she can keep an eye on the small wolf and lies
down again.
First Red Wolf begins to back up nervously. ((One must hunt. One must
find Brothers.))
Dingo says "One's brothers are fine and well cared for." in lupus.
Dingo disappears into the Umbra.
Throat Ripper says in lupus "Where do you live red wolf"
Jake comes in out of the fog-shroud.
Jake pads in quietly, hands in his pockets.
First Red Wolf's gaze shifts to the black wolf. ((One has been told
One's territory is here. One was afraid One was trespassing.))
Darque smiles and nods to Jake from his seat beneath a tree, making
no fast moves that might startle the red wolf cub.
First Red Wolf sniffs at Jake and fades back another step.
Throat Ripper tips her head at the red wolf and says in lupus, "Who
has told yo this?"
Dingo appears in the realm.
You say "Dominant One has told One this." in lupus.
Jake slowly moves towards Darque, nodding quietly to everyone and
settling his gaze on the new arrival.
Throat Ripper says "The leader of your group?"
First Red Wolf glances at Dingo as he reappears. ((Dominant One.))
First Red Wolf lowers her ears and tail appropriately, making herself
even smaller.
Nightrun curls her lips over her teeth again and shakes her head from
side to side. "In a matter of speakin' aye..bu' no' tha Alpha, lass...
an' ya needn' worry aboot trespassin'...ya canna do tha' long as ya
stick around here "
Throat Ripper looks back at Gekko, confused. "Gekko-Rhya, you told her
to hunt here?
Jake whispers to Darque.
Nightrun turns to jake and acknowledges his appearance withy a nod
before she turns her attention bqck to the small wolf.
Darque whispers to Jake.
Nightrun starts to pace ina small area as she watches the small wolf.
Randal just stares out, watching the interaction between them all.
A small wind stirs up... A grey humanoid hand erupts from the ground
under the Red Wolf and grabs her ankle. Another one erupts from teh
earth behind and to the side of her... The two hands that aren't
grasping pull themselves out of the ground... attached to the grey
malnourished hands are arms.. and attached to them are nightmarish
creatures more resembling corpses than the guardian spirits that any
Garou who's been in the Umbra in the Caern woudl recognize them as...
They look quite intimidating to the untrained eye. To the eye which
has a knack for reading spirits, they look quite ridiculous as they
'booga-booga' around the red wolf cub..
Dingo barks for the others to hold while the Red Wolf gets theskin
scared off of her.
Jake nods to Darque and looks back at the others, interested.
Randal snorts quietly.
Darque stiffens. "Merde," he says, a move to rise aborted at Dingo's
bark. He settles back to watch, tense.
Jake /stands/ quickly, his eyes widening...
Jake doesn't move after that...but he looks a little shaken.
First Red Wolf yelps and jumps skyward, landing sprawl-legged. She
growls deep and low, looking less than threatening to any Garou,
although an ape would be at least respectful.
Nightrun tilts her head curiously as shw watches what transpires. She
occasionally casts her glance to Kaylan and then to Jake and Darque.
Randal rolls his eyes, but watches curiously.
Throat Ripper blinks at the wolf then looks around at the others.
Nightrun yips reassuringly to kaylan.
Throat Ripper moves closer to Nightrun, not totally sure of what else
to do.
Nightrun rests her ehad a moment across Kay's back before she turns
her attention back to the small wolf.
Throat Ripper asks more quietly in lupus, "Where are you from red wolf?"
Jake just keeps standing, looking somewhat nonplussed. He remains
totally quiet.
First Red Wolf's back fur ruffles up high, her lips pulling back from
her teeth. She snaps at a nearby critter-spirit, then another. Her ears
are flat back in fear, but she can't run.
They advance on her 'booga-booga' scary to the last... The Hand that
has a hold of her snaps loose at the wrist.. still holding on.. Its
owner comes up from the ground, intent on recovering its missing body
part... A couple of emaciated dogs pulls their ways free of the groudn
as well... Each advancing on the Red Wolf.
First Red Wolf shudders and snaps again, her growl turning into a deep
snarl of fear shading into anger. And something in her snaps.
First Red Wolf howls deeply into a near-scream of fear and rage as her
body shifts, morphing from a small lupine form into crinos.
Dingo's eyes widen in anticipation.
First Red Wolf(#9398Pc)
She looks stunned, angry, scared as she rears about the homids
and lupus about. Black fur with deep, angry red streaks covers her
slender and lithe warform. She's about eight and a half feet tall, short
for some tribes, and narrow chested and waisted. She looks like she's
built more for speed than strength to the dispassionate eye. She sniffs
frequently, her eyes dilated and wary, dangerous in her fear as much as
she would be in her anger.
Nightrun stares wide-eyed.
As if on cue, the guardian spirits sink back into the ground as if it
were liquid.. the last one snatches his hand back and quickly beats it
before he gets his butt whupped.
Randal watches this, shrugs.
Jake BLINKS again at the spectacle, his hands balling into fists. He
looks quite undone.
First snarls and leans down to swipe at the spirits as they disappear,
then realizes she IS leaning down and yips in confusion, anger banished.
Darque doesn't move, but regards First with warm amber compassion.
Throat Ripper tries to talk to the red wolf , "It is all right...you
have just changed for the first time.. please do not fear"
Dingo says "Try not to overwhelm her with help..." in lupus.
Dingo says "The One is still safe... the Dominant One she can trust
says it is so." in lupus.
Jake raises a brow at TR's statement, and frowns slightly. He looks
from face to face, or muzzle to muzzle, then finally settles his gaze
on Dingo.
First stares at her new hands and talons. She realizes she's far above
her usual height and sits down with a plop, undignified. Well, she
isn't very old. She sniffs constantly, deeply.
Throat Ripper gives the wolf a sympothetic look.
Dingo says "This is what Dominant One meant when he said The One has
the ability to walk with Two legs." in lupus.
Jake offers quietly to the wolf, "It'll be okay. Just takes some time."
First finally manages ((One is like a rabbit caught out of his burrow.))
Nightrun nods slowly to the small wolf and offers quietly. "Aye..bu'
One is safe here."
Throat Ripper says "Much safer than rabbit"
Darque chuckles.
First opens and closes her hands cautiously, listening to the talons
click together.
Jake whispers to Darque.
Darque whispers to Jake.
Nightrun casts a glane over to Jake and darque and arches a brow before
turning her attention back to the small wolf.
Dingo turns to watch Jake as he hands Darque a Mars bar, displeasure at
the breakign fo the Caern's rules clear on his face.
Throat Ripper looks confused, missing what ever wrong was done
Dingo looks away, having better things to do at the moment, he watches
a the cub experiments with her new body.
Randal is still sitting under his tree. Then he asks, out of the blue,
"Anyone know her auspice?"
First looks up. ((One does not know what to think. The scent of this
is new.))
Nightrun says ""I would think tha cubs birth was very carefully
documented...should be records at tha Center."" in lupus.
Randal nods slightly.
Throat Ripper says to the red wolf, "We will all help you learn and
understand"
Randal looks to Kaylan, "Kaylan.. She probably doesn;t understand
English."
Jake nods. "Yeah, any help you need...any help at all."
Jake hrms at Randal's statement.
Jake says "Any...help...need...we...help." in lupus.
Jake smiles a little.
Nightrun rises and circles a moent before sitting back down.
Dingo says "I must take care of something at the moment... Please
remember what I said about overwhelming her with help... She will learn
on her own in time.. Do not scare her into catatosis." in lupus.
Dingo stands up and walks over to Jake, ((I will speak with you at the
Firepit now Urrah.))
Throat Ripper nods her fuzzy head to Dingo and says in lupus, "Yes
Rhya"
Jake nods slowly to Dingo and stands up. "Ummm...sure, Rhya."
Dingo waits for Jake to head north, following behind.
Jake heads north.
Dingo heads north.
First watches the pair leave, and looks back at her body again,
fascinated.
Throat Ripper asks the red wolf, in lupus, "Do you have questions?"
Nightrun yawns and shakes her head after gekko and Jake. "Sometaymes
I think he gets a wee bit full of hisself, ya know?"
Nightrun says this to no one in particular.
Throat Ripper turns and gives Nightrun a wolfish smile.
You say "One does not know what to ask." in lupus.
Darque laughs softly. "Well do I know that feeling."
Darque says that to First.
Throat Ripper nods, "We have all felt that way. Do you know what
Garou are?"
First's ears perk up suddenly, as if something familiar was said.
~Garou.~
First sniffs deeply.
Throat Ripper says "It is what you are now..and what we are"
Throat Ripper waits to see what First will do next, not wishing to
throw too much at her at once.
You say "Garou. Keepers." in Cherokee.
First considers, heavy brow furrowing, jaw opening slightly. ~Keepers.
Of Turtle Island.~
Nightrun's eyebrow twitches a bit as she tilts ehr head to listen more
carefully to what the wolf says.
Throat Ripper asks First, "You have knowing of Garou?"
First doesn't seem to hear. Her fur is ruffled up again.
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