Post by Ahiga on May 15, 2012 23:06:17 GMT -5
Setting:
Waterfall Pool
Characters:
Ahiga, Male Ute Wolf
Miakoda, Female Adolescent Wolf
Scene:
Well. It's a good place, Ahiga has to admit. The waterfall provides an ideal natural hiding place for a displaced pack of wolves. The everlasting mist shrouds the cavern found behind the falls, and the heavy scent of water masks the tell tale scent of multiple wolves in one place. They're safe, for now. Of course, all these pluses are also dangerous for the Ute, for if the dogs /are/ searching for them and did find them, it'd be difficult to ready themselves for attack. But the young wolf can't think of those things now. Such thoughts can drown one in apprehension and worry. Unfortunate, really. Newly an adult, these should be adventurous and fun times for him. And it's spring! But as he sits near the pool pondering the watery wolf face that stares back at him, contemplating what sort of future lies ahead for the scattered pack, he can find little to celebrate.
It's been a rather surprising and unexpected thing, this feeling of helplessness that's overtaken her these last few days. Miakoda has never come across someone in such a predicament, never mind a whole group of someones, and watching as the Ute wolves are forced to move even further from their territory is frustrating even for her. She left her homelands by choice; these wolves were given no choice at all. And so, in an attempt to both help and to not feel like such a waste of space, Mia did what she did before... what got Hadir in trouble. The she-wolf materializes into view through the whirls and swirls of mist, her figure solidifying by degrees. Along with the shape of a rabbit in her jaws, one which has already grown fat on spring grasses.
Ahiga snorts and eventually cranes his neck down to drink, eyes half lidding in the process. The roar of the waterfall masks the sound of soft footfalls of the approaching she wolf, and it's not until she is near, the mist parting to revel her, that he becomes aware of her presence. His ears lift quickly, as does his head, as he turns, a prickling feeling running down his spine which causes a few hairs to raise. But...ah, it's just Miakoda. A short breath is exhaled and he curses himself for being so jumpy. This wolf is going to think he's a spaz at this rate. He shakes it off. "Hey," he greets with a bit of a grin, eyes flitting to her prize. Mmm, everyone's favorite meal! "You're pretty good at that, huh?" he comments as he lopes forward. "Huntin', I mean."
Miakoda makes her way across the rocks with little preamble. Well, except for a minor slip now and then but hey, it's wet! The directness of her approach should do something to ease Ahiga's nerves, even if he hadn't managed to recognize her; but he did, and so all is well. Not wanting to try to babble around her mouthful of meal, the she-wolf instead offers a grin and a wag of her tail as she picks her way across the last of the distance between them. Once close enough, although she is still mindful to continue giving the pack members a few feet of personal space, she lowers her head and deposits the rabbit on the stone. And then, of course, she backpedals, restoring more of that bubble around Ahiga. "About the only thing I'm good at," she admits with a sheepish smile. "Not any good at guarding territory, cause I haven't had any to guard. Not any good at fighting, cause my parents taught me the safest bet for a loner is to turn tail and run. So what else is left?"
His smirk grows marginally the nearer she gets, Ahiga himself pausing on the slippery stone surface. As the rabbit is deposited and she steps back, his brows lift a little, understanding the gesture. "Oh, hey. S'your kill," he says, tail waving lightly. "You should at least get some before any've us go droolin' all over it." He hops forward, a forepaw slipping but he remains upright. He bends down to nose at the rabbit, slightly pushing it her way. "An' I get what ya mean. Only reason I'm a decent fighter is all the times I fought with Tala 'n Ikuna. Not real fightin'. Jus' play stuff.." he says, recalling carefree times with a grin. It's odd to think that those days weren't /that/ long ago. He sits, just a foot or so away from her kill, gesturing with his muzzle for her to come nearer, if she wishes. "Promise I won't bite."
Her tongue is in mid-swing across her blood flecked muzzle when Ahiga remarks that the rabbit is hers to take, and she clears her throat as her ears tilt backward a little. "I might've already eaten the first one I caught," Miakoda says, her golden eyes meandering off to one side for a moment. "So... I don't really need two. Besides, I got lucky with this one. Fat thing must've forgotten just how fat he was, he was trying to hide in a patch of brush but his rear was still hanging out." And so, insistent, she takes her turn to apply her nose to the rabbit and shove it back in Ahiga's direction. Ping pong with a hare, anyone? "And if you don't want it, give it to one of the so called pups. I'm assuming that if Hadir gets it from you, he won't be scolded." She laughs and seats herself, a bit closer than before but still mindful that someone else could come wandering by that doesn't know her, and who could assume the worst.
Ahiga laughs at her admission, the sound flowing easily from his muzzle. Ah, laughter. How pleasing it is to the soul! And it's such a simple thing, how saddeing is it that laughter has been so difficult to come by. "Not to mention rabbits aren't the smartest sort've prey," he adds with a snicker, imagining the scenario of a fat rabbit butt sticking out of a patch of foliage, the silly thing likely convinced that it has the best hiding place in the world. "Alright, alright, you win," he says as he reaches a paw out the roll the carcass towards him. "I'll probably take it to Hadir an' Althaea. They'll need it more than me, especially with all the walkin' we just did. Surprised the pup made it without...er, well...without incident." Hadir sure has lasted longer than Ahiga himself predicted. Maybe the kid will prove them all wrong and not spontaneously combust afterall! "Thanks." A pause, and he chuckles a little, though the sound is a little wistful. "I wish you could've been with us last spring. It wasn't like this at all. We're .. usually a lot more fun."
"My dad always used to tell me that life has its ups and downs. And that as lousy as downs are, if you didn't have them, you wouldn't know to appreciate an up when you were in the midst of one." It's advice Miakoda hasn't really had to live by... yet. For the most part, her life has been a plateau, with one moderate down coinciding with her departure from her family. But overall, she has had absolutely no cause to complain. "If I wind up staying long enough, I'm sure I'll see everyone acting like the goofballs they really are." The she-wolf gives a shake of her coat, flinging the droplets of mist off her fur; she then lies down, stretching out her front legs on the rock. "Hadir told me about his... um, problems."
"Your dad sounds smart," remarks Ahiga. "S'true, now that I'm livin' in a low. Didn't really realize how good we had it back at home. Ute's the only home I know. 'Least, the only one I remember. I don't remember how I got there, but all the memories I have are of there. My first hunt. Hangin' with Asku. The time Ikuna, Tala, an' I made a rabbit trap." A smirk. "Or at least, planned on makin' a rabbit trap. Never really worked out for us." No surprise there. He shakes his head a little at the silly memories before giving his shoulders a slow roll. "We'll get it back. It's /our/ home, an' those dogs are a sorry excuse for a pack anyway. They'll probably kill each other before summer. All we have to do is wait'm out." It's a satisfying thought, though not as satisfying as seeking revenge. The remark of Hadir has him nodding, nose wrinkling a bit. "Yeah. I've never seen one've his fits, but from what I heard, they're pretty bad. He's not as strong or fast as his sister either. But hell, he can talk your ear off."
Miakoda's head tips to one side as she listens to him share some of his past, and a small frown works its way onto her slender muzzle. "You don't remember your own family at all? Your first pack? Brothers and sisters?" She finds that quite a depressing concept; granted she has not seen her own parents or siblings in quite awhile, but she still remembers them, and that memory has helped bolster her through more than a few lonely hours. "But any group that comes rampaging in like those dogs did can't hold itself together for very long. I mean, how can crazy abide by any sort of logical pack law? They can't. They'll either kill each other or wander off or die of their own insanity. Or all of the above."
Ahiga gets a crooked sort of grin on his face. "My hope is all've the above, though it'd be nice to watch'm fall apart. Maybe help'm along a little.." He's not a sordid type, really. Not a sort of wolf that dreams of putting an end to others in the bloodiest sort of ways, standing tall over the fallen and defeated whose bodies are left for scavengers and crows, though the thought of bringing such a demise to the dog pack gives him a feeling of satisfaction. He bends down to pick up the rabbit in his jaws, moving it a few feet from where Mia lays for later retrieval. He returns and settles down a few feet from her, close enough for conversation despite the roar of the falls. "Of my family, I remember..." he trails off, brows slightly furrowing as he searches. He remembers something. A distant glimmer of a memory. "Her eyes. My ma's. I remember they were like ... the sun. They'd always make me feel better, if I was scared or whatever else. I don' remember havin' brothers or sisters. I don' remember a father or a pack. Jus' my ma's eyes."
"You could've just had a mom," Miakoda admits. "I mean, after I left my own family, while I was traveling, I crossed some pretty sad territories. Those ones I just tried to cross as fast as I could cause there was almost nothing to live off of. But maybe your mom lived in one of those kind of places." It's something that will most likely remain a mystery. The she-wolf falls silent for a few thoughtful moments, although it is certainly not quiet; the roaring of the falls sees to that. With her eyes meandering over the falling cascades of water, she asks, "So what are you all going to do now? Since your alphas aren't here? Or are they?" It's entirely possible that she missed them.
He nods once in agreement. "I figure it was jus' me and her til it wasn't," he says, apparently having come to terms with his foggy past a long time ago, for of all the things that are bothering him now, not knowing his mother is not one of them. "The Ute took care've me after. I owe'm a lot, but what we are now isn't what we were then. There were more." He glances to the falls, eyeing the rushing water, looking for ant telltale signs that a cavern lies behind it. But for all he sees, it's blissfully hidden. The question of alphas has an ear turning, and he looks back at her, shaking his head. "Skahla, he's our alpha, never really was around even at home. He brought Althaea and Hadir to the pond after we were attacked, but since then... I really haven't seen a whole lot've him. I don't know if he's scouting or what. He may be lookin' for Shawnee, his mate. I haven't seen her at all." He wrinkles his nose. "S'a bad deal. But whatever the case, we're headin' to Cerulean whether they're with us or not. When we get there, I guess we'll figure out what we're gonna do next. /My/ hope? Rest up, train up, get our lands back," said with a toothy grin.
It all certainly sounds like one big mess. But who wants a life full of perpetual order anyway? How boring! "Sounds like the safest course of action," Miakoda says, although her mind is turning in a slightly different direction. What will become of Ute if their alphas never show? Will one of this refugee band attempt to fill the role of leader? As long as it's not that oversized wolf from the other night; she probably wouldn't stay around for long if he were to rise to alpha. But somehow, she can't see that happening. Stretching out as she goes, the she-wolf rises back to her paws, saying as she goes, "Guess I should get some sleep since I was just out after those rabbits for awhile. And I don't really think sleeping here getting rained on will be the most comfortable. Think I'll go back out there." She motions away from the cave, away from the falls. "Give you guys your space, and in case those dogs show up... well they don't know me, and I have a big mouth." Mia shakes the moisture from her fur again and turns. "See you later!"
"Hey, be careful out there," advises Ahiga as she turns to go. He sits up then, apparently not wanting to lay out here by himself. He's getting misted on anyway, and a soggy wolf is not a happy wolf! "You see any dogs, you run," he advises with a meaningful look, though the dogs wouldn't come out /this/ far, would they? Not after just snagging themselves a new place to stay. "Y'know, you /can/ stay in the cave with us. Nobody minds that you're around," he says, just throwing that out there for her to marinate on if she wishes. He moves to pick up the rabbit now and gives Miakoda one last look before nodding to her and turning to head behind the falls.
Waterfall Pool
Characters:
Ahiga, Male Ute Wolf
Miakoda, Female Adolescent Wolf
Scene:
Well. It's a good place, Ahiga has to admit. The waterfall provides an ideal natural hiding place for a displaced pack of wolves. The everlasting mist shrouds the cavern found behind the falls, and the heavy scent of water masks the tell tale scent of multiple wolves in one place. They're safe, for now. Of course, all these pluses are also dangerous for the Ute, for if the dogs /are/ searching for them and did find them, it'd be difficult to ready themselves for attack. But the young wolf can't think of those things now. Such thoughts can drown one in apprehension and worry. Unfortunate, really. Newly an adult, these should be adventurous and fun times for him. And it's spring! But as he sits near the pool pondering the watery wolf face that stares back at him, contemplating what sort of future lies ahead for the scattered pack, he can find little to celebrate.
It's been a rather surprising and unexpected thing, this feeling of helplessness that's overtaken her these last few days. Miakoda has never come across someone in such a predicament, never mind a whole group of someones, and watching as the Ute wolves are forced to move even further from their territory is frustrating even for her. She left her homelands by choice; these wolves were given no choice at all. And so, in an attempt to both help and to not feel like such a waste of space, Mia did what she did before... what got Hadir in trouble. The she-wolf materializes into view through the whirls and swirls of mist, her figure solidifying by degrees. Along with the shape of a rabbit in her jaws, one which has already grown fat on spring grasses.
Ahiga snorts and eventually cranes his neck down to drink, eyes half lidding in the process. The roar of the waterfall masks the sound of soft footfalls of the approaching she wolf, and it's not until she is near, the mist parting to revel her, that he becomes aware of her presence. His ears lift quickly, as does his head, as he turns, a prickling feeling running down his spine which causes a few hairs to raise. But...ah, it's just Miakoda. A short breath is exhaled and he curses himself for being so jumpy. This wolf is going to think he's a spaz at this rate. He shakes it off. "Hey," he greets with a bit of a grin, eyes flitting to her prize. Mmm, everyone's favorite meal! "You're pretty good at that, huh?" he comments as he lopes forward. "Huntin', I mean."
Miakoda makes her way across the rocks with little preamble. Well, except for a minor slip now and then but hey, it's wet! The directness of her approach should do something to ease Ahiga's nerves, even if he hadn't managed to recognize her; but he did, and so all is well. Not wanting to try to babble around her mouthful of meal, the she-wolf instead offers a grin and a wag of her tail as she picks her way across the last of the distance between them. Once close enough, although she is still mindful to continue giving the pack members a few feet of personal space, she lowers her head and deposits the rabbit on the stone. And then, of course, she backpedals, restoring more of that bubble around Ahiga. "About the only thing I'm good at," she admits with a sheepish smile. "Not any good at guarding territory, cause I haven't had any to guard. Not any good at fighting, cause my parents taught me the safest bet for a loner is to turn tail and run. So what else is left?"
His smirk grows marginally the nearer she gets, Ahiga himself pausing on the slippery stone surface. As the rabbit is deposited and she steps back, his brows lift a little, understanding the gesture. "Oh, hey. S'your kill," he says, tail waving lightly. "You should at least get some before any've us go droolin' all over it." He hops forward, a forepaw slipping but he remains upright. He bends down to nose at the rabbit, slightly pushing it her way. "An' I get what ya mean. Only reason I'm a decent fighter is all the times I fought with Tala 'n Ikuna. Not real fightin'. Jus' play stuff.." he says, recalling carefree times with a grin. It's odd to think that those days weren't /that/ long ago. He sits, just a foot or so away from her kill, gesturing with his muzzle for her to come nearer, if she wishes. "Promise I won't bite."
Her tongue is in mid-swing across her blood flecked muzzle when Ahiga remarks that the rabbit is hers to take, and she clears her throat as her ears tilt backward a little. "I might've already eaten the first one I caught," Miakoda says, her golden eyes meandering off to one side for a moment. "So... I don't really need two. Besides, I got lucky with this one. Fat thing must've forgotten just how fat he was, he was trying to hide in a patch of brush but his rear was still hanging out." And so, insistent, she takes her turn to apply her nose to the rabbit and shove it back in Ahiga's direction. Ping pong with a hare, anyone? "And if you don't want it, give it to one of the so called pups. I'm assuming that if Hadir gets it from you, he won't be scolded." She laughs and seats herself, a bit closer than before but still mindful that someone else could come wandering by that doesn't know her, and who could assume the worst.
Ahiga laughs at her admission, the sound flowing easily from his muzzle. Ah, laughter. How pleasing it is to the soul! And it's such a simple thing, how saddeing is it that laughter has been so difficult to come by. "Not to mention rabbits aren't the smartest sort've prey," he adds with a snicker, imagining the scenario of a fat rabbit butt sticking out of a patch of foliage, the silly thing likely convinced that it has the best hiding place in the world. "Alright, alright, you win," he says as he reaches a paw out the roll the carcass towards him. "I'll probably take it to Hadir an' Althaea. They'll need it more than me, especially with all the walkin' we just did. Surprised the pup made it without...er, well...without incident." Hadir sure has lasted longer than Ahiga himself predicted. Maybe the kid will prove them all wrong and not spontaneously combust afterall! "Thanks." A pause, and he chuckles a little, though the sound is a little wistful. "I wish you could've been with us last spring. It wasn't like this at all. We're .. usually a lot more fun."
"My dad always used to tell me that life has its ups and downs. And that as lousy as downs are, if you didn't have them, you wouldn't know to appreciate an up when you were in the midst of one." It's advice Miakoda hasn't really had to live by... yet. For the most part, her life has been a plateau, with one moderate down coinciding with her departure from her family. But overall, she has had absolutely no cause to complain. "If I wind up staying long enough, I'm sure I'll see everyone acting like the goofballs they really are." The she-wolf gives a shake of her coat, flinging the droplets of mist off her fur; she then lies down, stretching out her front legs on the rock. "Hadir told me about his... um, problems."
"Your dad sounds smart," remarks Ahiga. "S'true, now that I'm livin' in a low. Didn't really realize how good we had it back at home. Ute's the only home I know. 'Least, the only one I remember. I don't remember how I got there, but all the memories I have are of there. My first hunt. Hangin' with Asku. The time Ikuna, Tala, an' I made a rabbit trap." A smirk. "Or at least, planned on makin' a rabbit trap. Never really worked out for us." No surprise there. He shakes his head a little at the silly memories before giving his shoulders a slow roll. "We'll get it back. It's /our/ home, an' those dogs are a sorry excuse for a pack anyway. They'll probably kill each other before summer. All we have to do is wait'm out." It's a satisfying thought, though not as satisfying as seeking revenge. The remark of Hadir has him nodding, nose wrinkling a bit. "Yeah. I've never seen one've his fits, but from what I heard, they're pretty bad. He's not as strong or fast as his sister either. But hell, he can talk your ear off."
Miakoda's head tips to one side as she listens to him share some of his past, and a small frown works its way onto her slender muzzle. "You don't remember your own family at all? Your first pack? Brothers and sisters?" She finds that quite a depressing concept; granted she has not seen her own parents or siblings in quite awhile, but she still remembers them, and that memory has helped bolster her through more than a few lonely hours. "But any group that comes rampaging in like those dogs did can't hold itself together for very long. I mean, how can crazy abide by any sort of logical pack law? They can't. They'll either kill each other or wander off or die of their own insanity. Or all of the above."
Ahiga gets a crooked sort of grin on his face. "My hope is all've the above, though it'd be nice to watch'm fall apart. Maybe help'm along a little.." He's not a sordid type, really. Not a sort of wolf that dreams of putting an end to others in the bloodiest sort of ways, standing tall over the fallen and defeated whose bodies are left for scavengers and crows, though the thought of bringing such a demise to the dog pack gives him a feeling of satisfaction. He bends down to pick up the rabbit in his jaws, moving it a few feet from where Mia lays for later retrieval. He returns and settles down a few feet from her, close enough for conversation despite the roar of the falls. "Of my family, I remember..." he trails off, brows slightly furrowing as he searches. He remembers something. A distant glimmer of a memory. "Her eyes. My ma's. I remember they were like ... the sun. They'd always make me feel better, if I was scared or whatever else. I don' remember havin' brothers or sisters. I don' remember a father or a pack. Jus' my ma's eyes."
"You could've just had a mom," Miakoda admits. "I mean, after I left my own family, while I was traveling, I crossed some pretty sad territories. Those ones I just tried to cross as fast as I could cause there was almost nothing to live off of. But maybe your mom lived in one of those kind of places." It's something that will most likely remain a mystery. The she-wolf falls silent for a few thoughtful moments, although it is certainly not quiet; the roaring of the falls sees to that. With her eyes meandering over the falling cascades of water, she asks, "So what are you all going to do now? Since your alphas aren't here? Or are they?" It's entirely possible that she missed them.
He nods once in agreement. "I figure it was jus' me and her til it wasn't," he says, apparently having come to terms with his foggy past a long time ago, for of all the things that are bothering him now, not knowing his mother is not one of them. "The Ute took care've me after. I owe'm a lot, but what we are now isn't what we were then. There were more." He glances to the falls, eyeing the rushing water, looking for ant telltale signs that a cavern lies behind it. But for all he sees, it's blissfully hidden. The question of alphas has an ear turning, and he looks back at her, shaking his head. "Skahla, he's our alpha, never really was around even at home. He brought Althaea and Hadir to the pond after we were attacked, but since then... I really haven't seen a whole lot've him. I don't know if he's scouting or what. He may be lookin' for Shawnee, his mate. I haven't seen her at all." He wrinkles his nose. "S'a bad deal. But whatever the case, we're headin' to Cerulean whether they're with us or not. When we get there, I guess we'll figure out what we're gonna do next. /My/ hope? Rest up, train up, get our lands back," said with a toothy grin.
It all certainly sounds like one big mess. But who wants a life full of perpetual order anyway? How boring! "Sounds like the safest course of action," Miakoda says, although her mind is turning in a slightly different direction. What will become of Ute if their alphas never show? Will one of this refugee band attempt to fill the role of leader? As long as it's not that oversized wolf from the other night; she probably wouldn't stay around for long if he were to rise to alpha. But somehow, she can't see that happening. Stretching out as she goes, the she-wolf rises back to her paws, saying as she goes, "Guess I should get some sleep since I was just out after those rabbits for awhile. And I don't really think sleeping here getting rained on will be the most comfortable. Think I'll go back out there." She motions away from the cave, away from the falls. "Give you guys your space, and in case those dogs show up... well they don't know me, and I have a big mouth." Mia shakes the moisture from her fur again and turns. "See you later!"
"Hey, be careful out there," advises Ahiga as she turns to go. He sits up then, apparently not wanting to lay out here by himself. He's getting misted on anyway, and a soggy wolf is not a happy wolf! "You see any dogs, you run," he advises with a meaningful look, though the dogs wouldn't come out /this/ far, would they? Not after just snagging themselves a new place to stay. "Y'know, you /can/ stay in the cave with us. Nobody minds that you're around," he says, just throwing that out there for her to marinate on if she wishes. He moves to pick up the rabbit now and gives Miakoda one last look before nodding to her and turning to head behind the falls.