08-06-2009, 01:57 AM
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I'm so sorry for being a slow-face! ): If it doesn't mess with your time line too much, think we could move the date of this up to 8/5? 457 words
South south south and west. Sofia wanted to figure out how far these lands and these packs went. She had found three packs south west of Dahlia de Mai, but though she had searched further west for a week or so, she hadn't stumbled upon a single packland past the grounds of Ani'waya (not that she knew the name of the tribe). So she turned back and decided to treat those packs as a western boundary. The lands east of it were well-populated, and company was a nice thing. She managed to make her way back with minimal difficulty, but she didn't really want to invade another territory at the moment, too stressful if she ran into someone who cared about that. So she veered south, picking her way through the rocky lands. East, then, eventually back towards where the coyotes lived. Maybe she could find Kaena again and talk with her, that had been pleasant.
Sofi passed a few old fishing villages. She stopped at the first one, performing a cursory inspection, but she hadn't found much of anything interesting enough to warrant staying. It still completely baffled her that there were so many human settlements around, and almost all of them abandoned and in states of disarray. There had been so few back where she was from! They spent so much time and effort keeping things repaired.
The sight of a stranger, atop a rise in the distance, drew her paws happily in the slope's direction. It had been a while since she last talked to someone, and the loneliness accumulated from her trip west had gotten grating. She had initially been a bit more wary after her unpleasant encounter with a second coyote in that human city, but she decided just sticking to open spaces more would be enough. The enclosed streets of that place had sort of left her unable to easily turn tail and just get away from him. If this wolf (male, she determined, as she drew closer) had any ill-intentions, she could easily retreat. She was unshifted, after all, and the cancer was still tame enough she could still run.
Close enough to speak, now, though Sofi's gaze and attention was momentarily captured by the view. Gods, this world she would be leaving was so gorgeous.. Her heart twisted inside her, and she felt choked up all of a sudden, which was entirely embarrassing once she slid back into the situation at hand. Blinking to discard the stray tears that had been welling, she continued staring off the edge until she felt composed enough to communicate. A faint smile and a turn of her green gaze: "At the risk of sounding terribly dull, I've gotta say that this view is quite stunning."
South south south and west. Sofia wanted to figure out how far these lands and these packs went. She had found three packs south west of Dahlia de Mai, but though she had searched further west for a week or so, she hadn't stumbled upon a single packland past the grounds of Ani'waya (not that she knew the name of the tribe). So she turned back and decided to treat those packs as a western boundary. The lands east of it were well-populated, and company was a nice thing. She managed to make her way back with minimal difficulty, but she didn't really want to invade another territory at the moment, too stressful if she ran into someone who cared about that. So she veered south, picking her way through the rocky lands. East, then, eventually back towards where the coyotes lived. Maybe she could find Kaena again and talk with her, that had been pleasant.
Sofi passed a few old fishing villages. She stopped at the first one, performing a cursory inspection, but she hadn't found much of anything interesting enough to warrant staying. It still completely baffled her that there were so many human settlements around, and almost all of them abandoned and in states of disarray. There had been so few back where she was from! They spent so much time and effort keeping things repaired.
The sight of a stranger, atop a rise in the distance, drew her paws happily in the slope's direction. It had been a while since she last talked to someone, and the loneliness accumulated from her trip west had gotten grating. She had initially been a bit more wary after her unpleasant encounter with a second coyote in that human city, but she decided just sticking to open spaces more would be enough. The enclosed streets of that place had sort of left her unable to easily turn tail and just get away from him. If this wolf (male, she determined, as she drew closer) had any ill-intentions, she could easily retreat. She was unshifted, after all, and the cancer was still tame enough she could still run.
Close enough to speak, now, though Sofi's gaze and attention was momentarily captured by the view. Gods, this world she would be leaving was so gorgeous.. Her heart twisted inside her, and she felt choked up all of a sudden, which was entirely embarrassing once she slid back into the situation at hand. Blinking to discard the stray tears that had been welling, she continued staring off the edge until she felt composed enough to communicate. A faint smile and a turn of her green gaze: "At the risk of sounding terribly dull, I've gotta say that this view is quite stunning."