go get your gun

Gabriel de le Poer · 01-25-2010, 01:24 AM

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In Character

The fact of the matter was, no one had come to Inferni perfect. Gabriel had seen dozens of young people stagger into the borders, sickly or starving, and seen them grow strong. Inferni forced children to grow up, and gave coyotes the strength and the training they needed in order to survive. This perhaps explained why so many of their members often left after they became healthy. Coyotes, solitary by nature, would abandon the idea of a hierarchy once they were able to fend for themselves. Having now established themselves, Inferni was either a passing polestar or a position for those who were strong enough to survive to call home.

Snake had the instinct to come to his side, but he did not move to assist him once Gabriel gained his footing. The boy’s lack of humor suggested that he did not even consider the fact that Gabriel, and the larger members of Inferni, would likely stay behind in order to maintain a wall of defense if things came down to it. Gabriel had to run from Haku Soul once, and he would not run again. Focusing his attention back onto the green eyed boy as he made his way up the thin path, Gabriel studied the way he climbed and how he made it up. Snake was larger than any of the coyotes in the clan, and certainly, even if Gabriel and Anselm could not make it up the mountain, Kaena, Hybrid, and their like-sized members would be able to do such a thing.

Snake’s head appeared back above the slope, and Gabriel nodded, but otherwise said nothing. This time, he made a point to follow his younger companion’s steps, traveling slowly and deliberately. This time, he didn’t disturb too many loose stones, and eventually made it up onto the ridge and the plateau above. A wolf in pursuit would not be able to make that climb, which would give the coyotes ample time to escape if need be. Once atop their new discovery, Gabriel mimicked Snake’s earlier pattern and circled the ridge, finding that the view was indeed rather encompassing. While they would not be able to see anything specifically, they would be able to see movement against the snow—which they could now, though the figures were indistinguishable from one or another.

If only Marlowe was here, they would never have to worry about keeping constant vigilance like this. Turing his attention away from the area and to the paths around them, Gabriel found that it would indeed be terribly difficult for any pursuit to come quickly. From up here, even someone as small and useless and Vieria would be able to stand their ground against a grown wolf. Hell, if they managed to gather some stones, they’d have a ready arsenal at their disposal—a few swift hands would be enough to injure, or seriously debilitate any unwelcomed pursuit. “Well, we can see the territory from up here, which is ideal. If I can’t get up here easily, no wolf is going to be able to either.”

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