07-31-2009, 03:49 AM
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| http://digital-bonsai.com/katew/rp/kae/kae_jaws.jpg); background-position:top center; background-repeat:no-repeat; background-position:fixed; padding-top:221px; padding-left:25px; padding-right:25px; padding-bottom:10px;"> Sorry, we had such a nice rhythm going. D: Alrighty, Kiri went ahead and OOCly accepted you, and I'm going to play this as if Kaena just hears Gabriel call back and be like "up to you" or whatever, so after this, you're free to go and RP!  We'll probably end this thread here, but we can have another right afterward where Kae shows her around Inferni a bit. The gray coyote had been born with the ability to shift her form, though it hadn't been realized as an ability until she was nearly an adult, as with all luperci ortus. It seemed strange to her not to shift, though it was not entirely unheard to the silver woman. She had been alive a very long time, and she had seen much in her lifetime. It wasn't so strange to her that the younger woman—who was just barely an adult herself—didn't know of Luperci and the ability to shape-shift. There were no instincts associated with it, either. If a luperci was unaware of his or her status, they would not shift until they realized they could. The light increased ever so slightly, allowing Kaena the same insight into the younger woman's features. She noticed the splatter of blood across her skull, matted and almost the color of rust. The wound had mostly stopped bleeding, but there was still the slightest trickle in the center of it. After a moment, Merilin's fear faded, and there seemed to be some kind of acceptance of Kaena's appearance. The tips of her yellowed canines just showed; there was kinship between the pair, some strange, filmy bond that existed despite their just meeting each other, despite the years that stretched between them. Kaena took a closer look at the wound on the woman's head. It was serious, but if she was walking and moving now, she would probably be alright. Still, it would do to get someone with some medicinal talent to take a gander at the wound. The younger coyote spoke, and she seemed to look down on herself with the statement, though Kae surely hadn't intended it that way. "Don't fret," she began, that mothering tone creeping into her voice. By Inferni standards, the adolescent was certainly an adult, and she would surely receive the Tirones rank, not the Tirones Minor rank. Still, she was young and she seemed rather sweet and innocent, awakening the instinctive love for the young within Kaena she had cultivated through her many litters. There was the ghost of a smile lifting at her lips for a moment, and she shook her head. "You're still young, though. You got years of potential," the coyote said, speaking from experience. She hadn't been any use to anyone until she was about two years old, even. Her eagerness pleased the Lykoi matron, and it showed in a fierce smile, though there was no animosity attached to it. It was simply the scars and the way her face knotted up with them that made her appear so wild. Kaena's grin didn't fade as she stepped back, throwing her head back and calling in three high-pitched yowls to Gabriel or Ryan, beckoning either of them to pass judgment on this coyote. She had been the recipient of such calls not too long ago. Part of Kaena was rather glad she no longer had to attend to the more mundane business of clan life, and she knew for certain that she was not meant for leadership. She was too unstable and unpredictable, liable to disappear off the face of the earth or fly off the handle at a moment's notice. "I don't think they would turn you away," the woman ventured. It was true, at this very moment, Merilin could certainly use Inferni more than Inferni could use her, but as Kaena had mentioned aloud, she was still young. For that alone, she had great potential. The gray hybrid could no more predict the future than she change the past, and you simply never knew what someone had in store. It was not too long before the coyote received a response, though it was not in the expected form. There was simply a short call back, "not coming," it seemed to say. It gave the grizzled woman pause for a moment, and she cocked her head, wondering what had kept Gabriel from attending to the borders. It was possible that he simply trusted her judgment enough to allow her to make her own decision. Kaena could not see how Gabe would have wanted the young adult turned away, so the gray woman turned back to the newcomer, nodding at her. "I suppose that'll do," she said, laughter ringing on her last words. "Gabriel will rank you Tirones for now, it is the standard subordinate rank of the clan," she said. "If you'd like, I will show you to the caves. You can rest there," the hybrid ventured, smiling again at her new clan-mate. When the woman gained her strength back, the Lykoi woman would explain more of the clan life to her. For now, it would probably do to get her some much needed sleep and food. |