07-28-2008, 02:05 PM
[html]Table by Hilli! [/html]
Woohoo~~
And I am Winter born
The relative silence that had permeated the pack lands for the past few days had been disturbing to say the least. IT had filtered through the trees and hidden itself away, hiding low in the undergrowth only to resurface again. Every time Tayui set out to do something, she had felt it. The overbearing quietness of the land had made her all the more aware of her own movements, of each step she took and the sound each paw made as it connected with the earth. All of it made her want to stop everything and stand there, waiting for the inevitable, waiting for nothing, and everything she could never hope to define.
She had remained still like that for five minutes- maybe ten- before deciding she would move again. But deciding to do something and actually doing it were two completely different things. She spent another five minutes telling herself that she would move, walk, run; anything. And then she did. She began to trot west, slowly picking up speed until she was moving through the pack lands at a lazy run. This was far more comfortable than standing, waiting for nothing. She grinned as she moved, looping around and heading back, slowing down as she trotted closer to the heart of the territory.
And then she heard it- no, him. Skoll. The moment she heard his voice, she felt herself go stiff, remaining completely still to examine his howl. There was no sense of urgency in the message, nothing that indicated he was in trouble, but... she would be careful nonetheless.
She changed her course, heading to the source of the howl. It took her only a few minutes to reach her destination, and when she did arrive, she hung back for a few seconds, examining the situation from afar. Skoll, Sirius and Bleach had gathered, all in reply to his howl. It appeared as though she had nothing to worry about. She trotted over to where the three were, offering a small smile to each. "Hello," she stated. "What're you planning, Skoll?"
The relative silence that had permeated the pack lands for the past few days had been disturbing to say the least. IT had filtered through the trees and hidden itself away, hiding low in the undergrowth only to resurface again. Every time Tayui set out to do something, she had felt it. The overbearing quietness of the land had made her all the more aware of her own movements, of each step she took and the sound each paw made as it connected with the earth. All of it made her want to stop everything and stand there, waiting for the inevitable, waiting for nothing, and everything she could never hope to define.
She had remained still like that for five minutes- maybe ten- before deciding she would move again. But deciding to do something and actually doing it were two completely different things. She spent another five minutes telling herself that she would move, walk, run; anything. And then she did. She began to trot west, slowly picking up speed until she was moving through the pack lands at a lazy run. This was far more comfortable than standing, waiting for nothing. She grinned as she moved, looping around and heading back, slowing down as she trotted closer to the heart of the territory.
And then she heard it- no, him. Skoll. The moment she heard his voice, she felt herself go stiff, remaining completely still to examine his howl. There was no sense of urgency in the message, nothing that indicated he was in trouble, but... she would be careful nonetheless.
She changed her course, heading to the source of the howl. It took her only a few minutes to reach her destination, and when she did arrive, she hung back for a few seconds, examining the situation from afar. Skoll, Sirius and Bleach had gathered, all in reply to his howl. It appeared as though she had nothing to worry about. She trotted over to where the three were, offering a small smile to each. "Hello," she stated. "What're you planning, Skoll?"