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Orin Takekuro · 06-08-2011, 03:53 AM

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OOC Thread dated June 7 - Alaine!

Twenty-four hours. Time was a funny thing now. It had been acting up ever since she gave birth to her beautiful children. Actually, longer than that even; perhaps ever since she had become pregnant. Usually the hours felt painfully long, but only when it was least convenient. When she was enjoying her time with her daughters the hours seemed to fly by. But never did a day ever seem normal. She was pretty much convinced that she would never see a “normal” day again. Yet, resilient as any young mother was, the Takekuro woman was adjusting quickly.

It had been less than twenty-four hours since the woman reentered the Court for the first time in months and reunited with her brother. So recently had the silvery man met his nieces, and how recently the cloudy woman met her nephew. The world swept them up after their tearful, heart-wrenching moment in the woods. It hadn't taken long for all of the pups to demand a meal, and for Orin and Niro to decide it would be best for them to let Vigilante know of Orin's presence. The gracious King granted her permission to stay in the Court for a few days, despite her now dreaded status as a lone wolf. Orin was determined to make herself useful to her former pack in return for their generosity.

Though she wished it weren't so, her brother had to attend to duties and leave her side for a while. Orin would have happily tagged along had it not been for the daughters that needed her attention. She could have found a sitter, but Orin reasoned that she did not want to burden the pack any more than she must. Mostly, though, she did not want to let her daughters out of her sight. Remembering the garden's tenancy to weed in the wet months, the wolfess soon found herself within the gated sanctuary of the Chien Hotel. The familiar clank of the old iron gate latching behind her was soothing to the soul, and the thought of her pups having a safe perimeter to run and play in was twice as pacifying. She watched with a genuine smile as the two girls ran into the garden and admired the stone hotel.

“I used to live here,” she said to her girls, following their path. When they responded with 'Oohs!' and 'Really?' Orin nodded. “This was my first home when I first arrived on this province.” She noted the confused looks on her daughters' faces. Yes, she was still working to smooth over the lies she had told her children, replacing them with the truthful stories that the girls deserved to know. “I have much to tell you, my little fairies. And it'll all come, in time. Your Uncle and I used to have rooms side-by-side, actually, though he doesn't live in his anymore, either. Perhaps my old room is still vacant?”

When her musing died her eyes met the pups' eager faces. She was powerless to resist. “Okay, okay. We can take a peek inside. Might as well go now before we get dirty from weeding. But,” she held up her index finger, signaling the importance of the pups' full attention. “We are NOT to enter any rooms that are occupied. If you make a mis step, you apologize immediately and leave the room. And Titania, furniture is not a chew toy. Only your sister.”

With that, the girls nodded vigorously and promised to be good. Then the trio, led by Orin, began to climb the stairs that led to the hotel's entrance.

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