10-17-2012, 01:37 PM
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[/html]Tayui and Anu arrived to the ceremony together and took their place next to one another. The breeze from the lake tickled her fur and cooled her simultaneously. It was a nice feeling and reminded her that winter would soon arrive. She couldn’t wait.[/html]
This was the first time Tayui would be attending a pack gathering, so she was keeping her eyes, ears, and mind open so that she might learn all she could. This was a new pack and hopefully their last one, so she wanted to ensure that everything she did was right—at least to the pack’s standards.
When Tayui glanced to Anu, she saw that the woman was smiling and this set Tayui at ease. When a wolf began speaking, Tayui had a moment of dawning horror that the wolf, Lilin, was a leader. For whatever reason, she hadn’t quite put the pieces together (or she had and just chosen to ignore it), but the wolf she’d mocked months earlier when she had asked about her father, Haku, was a leader. She also recalled that she had given Lilin the name ‘Noir’, after her murdered daughter.
She wasn’t sure what to think. She frowned, but then realized that she should at least try to look like she was happy. They had just promoted Anu’s former mate, Colibri, after all. She didn’t quite know how to react to this, either, so she attempted an expression of neutrality. She was just glad it wasn't Colibri Soul; no matter how good of friends they'd become, it would have been too cruel for Anu to have been mates with someone related to Haku.
The ceremony passed by in a blur as she contemplated these two revelations. Although she had intended to pay close attention, she caught snapshots of words: Fliora, Fiori, and Flora, and heard chants of an unknown language. Before she realized it, the ceremony had been completed and she was at a loss. She just hoped no one asked her of her opinion. She was still a bit dazed.[html]