 It had been a long morning already. The previous night he had finally returned home from his road trip. Tedros had needed some time to get readjusted to things. The Inferni scent that now hugged his body like an old friend had suffocated him in memories, and the few days away had helped incredibly. Meeting others, new wolves, had helped him understand that this place wasn’t the place he left behind. This was a new world, and a world he could function in. Last night, Tedros barely made it into his room before passing out. He was in shape, and strong, but traveling for two days straight after a month of traveling and emotional stress would be hard on the fittest of wolves. When he awoke, the sun had been in the sky for less than an hour, and he shifted into lupus form once he got outside. The Mansion grounds felt cold and damp under his paws, but it felt good to be on all fours for the first time in a while. He spent the next few hours wandering through the fields of Inferni, trotting along the borders to get a sense of this new territory. Every so often he’d see another wolf skull on a stick and Teddy would frown at their attempts to ward others away. Maybe it was menacing to some, but to Tedros, it was only a sad reminder of the racism he’d seen as a child. The pack was full of hybrids now. Should they really be lining their borders with skulls of their ancestors? The sun was almost directly overhead when he smelled them. There were deer just south of the border. Tedros hadn’t eaten a decent meal in what seemed like forever, but he had left his new bow at home and wasn’t about to run back and get it now. And then he noticed the other scent, distinctly not Inferni, distinctly not coyote. Tedros Talik’s new rank made the decision to investigate easy, trotting out towards the smell, staying quiet as he passed the herd. The wolf was a mottled color, blending in with the foliage and tree trunks that surrounded him. Once he was close enough, Tedros flicked his tail and said, “Any reason you’re heading towards Inferni territory?” It wasn’t a vicious question, nor was it accusatory. Tedros was simply curious. |
and the backdating works for me. :3 also, wasn't sure what form he was in, so i went with lupus. | Messages In This Thread |