Shiloh is about to find a pup on the boarders. Yesh!no post order now! wc:558
She had been thinking about having a family for days now. She really wanted a pup and had been praying to the great spirits to help her either get pregnant or find one. She had found her self in the flower fields again, sketching the land about her. She was almost done with her drawing when she heard a howl from a young wolf. It was soft and in the distance but it was urgent sounding and Shiloh left her things and shifted to her secui form and ran in the direction of the howl. She howled that she was coming and the return howl was getting weaker as she ran.
Shiloh came to a thicket of brush on the outside of the boarders and that is where she found it. The pup was thin and weakly looking, its dark steel colored fur wet and dirty. It was nudging its mother, who looked to have been dead for a while, the wounds on her side most likely the cause of her death. There were other pups with the body, obviously dead because of the storm that had blown in. Some how this little pup had survived the weather and lack of food. She shifted quietly, something she found was useful and whined at the pup, getting its attention. It jumped and ran behind its mothers dead carcass, staring at her with soft intelligent blue silver eyes."I...Its o...ok litt....little one. I... i won't hu...hurt you," she stuttered to it softly. Shiloh held out her hand to the pup and watched as it slowly came out from behind its mothers body and up to her hand.
Shiloh didn't make any sudden movements as the pup sniffed at her hand then took a shake step towards her. Shiloh watched as it came and laid down in between her crossed legs, a soft sniffle coming from its little body. The pup was still small enough to carry and Shiloh put a soothing hand on its back, letting it know that she meant no harm before picking the weak, sickly pup up, finding out that it was a girl. Shiloh was happy that she had chosen to wear her hoodie today because the pup was just small enough to fit in the large pocket in the front. She kept her hands under the pocket before leaving the saddening sight.
The trip back to the boarders was slower then normal but Shiloh was quick to pick up her stuff, pack it and take out one of the soft smaller fur slings she had on her. She took the now sleeping pup out of her pocket and gently cleaned the pups fur with the sling before putting her into it and tying it high on her body, making it so that the pup was close to her heart. She was going to have her work cut out for her but she wouldn't want it any other way. She had a pup now and she was going to raise it like one of her own. As she walked back to her apartments she howled for someone who could help her, make sure that her daughter got healthy. She thought of a name for her and came back to one name.... "My beautiful Sarian," she whispered running a thumb over Sarian's head
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The kenpo had been doing her usual patrol when she heard a wolf's cry break the quiet cold air. She turned, unfamiliar to this one's voice, but decided to follow it. The storm had left the sky full of clouds and the area moist and cold. However, the woman's winter coat had been growing in nicely so she was undisturbed by the temperature. Trotting in her optime form, Rendall jogged towards the other's howl, preparing herself as a warrior first for what may come. It was her nature after all, to see that no harm came to the pack, and that nothing crossed the border's without an Ichikan escort or the leader's ok. So it was a great relief that she came accross another pack member, being that they were still fairly close to the borders.
Ren approached the woman cautiously, for it looked like she was carrying something very fragile. However, as she got closer, she did not expect nor believed what her eyes showed her. In the woman's arms lay a tiny pup. No older than a few weeks, or days if that. She couldn't tell for sure. What she could tell, was that this infant child was not Ichikan, the loner smell that invaded the female's nose told her so. "I heard your call." Ren kept a small distance between her and the other Ichikan, letting the woman know that the Kenpo was no harm to her or the babe. "I'm Rendall, I was patroling the area around here when I heard you." The blue woman looked awe struck down at the tiny, fragile being in the woman's arms. Unsure of what to make of the female's intentions.
Finally, she decided it best to make sure the duo got to a safer place, after all, no child that young should be out in this weather. She kept a business tone to her voice and a friendly, at ease stature in her body. Showing that she was here to help and not cause problems. She looked up into the eye's of the Ichikan with her brilliant azule gaze and offered her help. "Where do you live? I'll escort you two there and see if there's anything else I can do for you." Among her many talents as a scout, Ren taught herself many things, in case she needed to help someone. So she could offer medical care to the pair if they needed it. No she wasn't a healer, but she knew her herbs enough to do some good.
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Aleo had been wandering the borders for days, hoping that he would be accepted into the territories of Ichika. Camping out in the neutral territories, hunting when necessary. Today the charcoal male was sitting by the border, quietly sketching. A loud wail of some kind made him jump to his feet, sword in hand. Aleo moved quietly towards the sound, his movements were as smooth as silk and as silent as a wingbeat of a night owl. A small howl made his oversized ears twitch. His sword went back to the leather sheath at his waist. He could hear speaking and he saw two tall figures. "What the devil..." Came from his maw as he moved closer. He was near a bush and came around it, then he found himself looking into the emerald eyes of a female. The eye contact wasn't for long, it broke away and his lilac eyes shifted to a tiny pup. He coughed to clear his throat and looked shyly at the small grey and white female. Now Al had never been a good talker, especially with girls. "H-Hi um, is she your pup? The name's Aleo. I'm a loner." He looked at the pup, ribs poking out and bones showing through grey fur.
The male felt out of place, he was a loner and he stood before a woman and a pup. He noticed the woman was underweight and had many scars, thinking of the pain endured by the small femme made his heart lurch. She reminded him much of his little sister, memories flooded his head and he felt faint. He had watched people torture and beat his sister, he had watched her suffering and her death. He had killed in his rage on that same night. Aleo shook his head and placed one hand on his forehead. The thoughts made him sick, and now was a bad time to faint. The dark man groaned and tried to steady himself. When it passed, he looked back to the pup. "She's kinda cute." The man flicked an ear in the little pup's direction and waited.
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Puppies were on Kiara's mind as she wandered the boarders. Kiara had recently been promoted in rank to Ikusei, so now she was in charge of helping the parents of Ichika no Ho-en raise their pups. Kiara had some experience around puppies, but she still had a lot to learn. With Jace's pups being only two days old, it might be a while before she was able to fully perform her role as the pack babysitter. The arctic wolf gave a sad sigh. Truth be told, she still had doubts about whether she could perform her assigned role. Kiara was young and had never been a mother, so how was she supposed to help expecting mothers or worried fathers?
While Kiara was buried deep in her thoughts, a familiar cry reached the snow wolf's ears. Kiara snapped out of her trance and her ears flew up, she knew that voice. It was Shiloh, and she needed help. Kiara bounded off towards Shiloh's direction as fast as her four legs could carry her. The arctic wolf's mind raced as she went through all of the possibilities. Shiloh could be hurt, or perhaps Kavi had gotten into another fight. Either way, Kiara dreaded the thought of Shiloh and Kavi being hurt. Kiara pushed her lupine body harder as she raced towards her friends.
As Kiara quickly approached her destination, two others could be seen standing around Shiloh. One wolf was a pack member, but the other was a stranger. A dead body could be seen laying just beyond the small group, causing the air to be filled with the smell of decay. Kiara had not heard Aleo's introduction and was unsure of how to approach the stranger. The snow wolf firmly planted herself between Shiloh and the unknown male, "Shiloh, Kavi, are you hurt? I heard your cry and..." A soft whimper, coming from Shiloh's pocket, alerted Kiara to the puppies presence. The stranger and corpse were all but forgotten. "A puppy, so cute. Wait, how did you have one so fast? Not to mention, it doesn't look so good." Kiara was now worried and confused. What was going on?
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Shiloh was startled by the male and female that came out of nowhere, the female arriving first. Rendall she had called herself and Shiloh felt a little more at ease with the woman around. The look on the woman's face said it all. She wanted to help Shiloh. "P...please t..tell me I...if she...will b...be OK... she is s...so thin... I ne...need a medic." she said looking at Rendall softly. She held Sarian close and felt the pup wake with groggy yip up at her. She stroked Sarians head softly as the pup nipped at her fingers. Shiloh"s eyes glowed with the love she was already feeling towards the small pup. Shiloh went on the defensive when an unknown male came up to them. Shiloh immediately put herself between her and the male. Loner or not she did not want the male around her daughter.
She was about to answer the male, Aleo when Kiara came out of nowhere, asking if she was OK. Shiloh shook her head yes and kneeled down to her friend and held Sarian out to the alabaster wolf. Sarian was fearful at first but quickly pawed at Kiara's muzzle softly. "I f...found h..her. Her moth...mother and....siblings a...are d...dead. She is...t...the only su...surviver. My beautiful Sarian...." Shiloh whispered softly to the alabaster woman.
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Wow, now its a party XD, pardon the rudeness
The woman was quick to go to work examining the infant. Her careful hands rubbed the little one's thin body as she yipped tiredly at being woken up. The woman smiled, if they could get the tiny thing somewhere warm and with milk she figured it was strong enough to stand a chance. Ren looked up at the new-found mother confidently "Its hard to say, we need to get you both out of this weather." She let the small pup snuggle close to her caregiver and the Kenpo took some of the things the Ichikan female was carrying and took the wieght off of her.
When the male, whom caled himself Aleo, arrived however, the blue one went from business to alert in the blink of an eye. She saw how his presence made the new mother feel and quickly put herself between her and the new comer. She called on her most dominant self and held the males gaze with a cold stare, telling him she wasn't in the mood for anything he might have up his sleeve. She sneezed to clear her senses of loner puppy and rotting flesh....Where is that coming from anyways?she thought, and got a clear sniff of the male. He was a loner as well, but his lack of agression told her he was not the father of this child.
The woman relaxed alittle at the sight of another Ichikan coming to help. She allowed the two females to talk of the pup behind her while she held the steady wall between them and the male. Finally, she thought she was being rude enough and adressed the male. "I'm Rendall, the scout for the pack just alittle way from here. This is Shiloh, and Kaira, they are apart of the pack and the little one is Sarian." Ren kept her words monotone still. She wasn't going to let a child so young be in any danger. Her heart warmed at the sound of the little one's name warmed her heart, but she didn't show it in her voice.
She really didn't want to be rude to the male, but a child's life was in danger and she needed to get these wolves back to Ichika no Ho-en. She turned alittle to the female's behind her, adressing the white one, the one whose name she heard was Kiara. "We should probably get back to the pack land. We can do more for her there than we can here." She looked back at the male. Deciding to keep her guard up until they crossed the border. She would allow him to tag along but only at a distance. She stood there between the small group and him, waiting for them impatiently to decide what to do.
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LOOOL in comes Jace!  and omg you using the table i made!
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She'd had the feeling that something was happening for a good while now, it was an itch that she couldn't rid herself of, she was reluctant to leave her little ones again so soon. The woman licked Honrin's head tenderly and the white male squeaked at the warmth of her tongue. A howl cut through the air, a request for help and Jace sighed. Resigning herself to again having to leave them, such was the life of a higher ranked wolf. She called for Temo to watch them for her. She saw the look of worry he gave her, she seemed to be a bit distant and irritable with him lately. She hugged him close, she was sorry for how she was treating him but she couldn't help it, She felt the need to protect them from everyone, including him ridiculous as it was that he would ever hurt them.
"I will be back shortly but I have to sort this out." Then she was off, out of the room and out of her house. She jogged towards the commotion that she could see in the distance. The black hair of Rendall helped calm her down a bit, if she was here then there was at least some semblance of control happening. Their was also someone she didn't know at the borders, the female increased her speed until she was approaching the gathering at a startling speed, especially for one who had just given birth not so long ago. When she finally arrived she was not a bit out of breath, all her training had paid off. At the center of the trouble was the grey wolf and white female she had met only yesterday, Kiara and Shiloh. A child as well. And a loner.
Ever the protective person despite not thinking highly of Shiloh she too placed herself between the newcomer and the others, as was her right and role. Always the Praeas, always the guardian. To make everything worse there was a dead body just beyond the borders, Jace curled her lip, just enough to bare her teeth at the loner, her look daring him to make one false move. Never taking her eyes from him she addressed Rendall,
"Rendall, what's going on here."
not posting order now. Wasn't counting on this many people to jump in
Shiloh agreed with Rendall after she checked Sarian. Sarian was still damp and was shivering despite Shiloh's warmth. She was about to say that they should go when Jace showed up, not bothering to ask Shiloh what was going on but stood between her and Aleo. Shiloh felt Sarian whine and burrow deeper into her sling as a breeze goes by. Shiloh was worried about Sarian not being able to make it if they didn't go inside soon. "J...jace... I fffound a pup.... her m...mother a...and siblings are de...dead. I n....need t...to g...get in s...side.... Sarian is still damp," said Shiloh looking at each of the woman then to Aleo.
Shiloh tapped Rendall softly and started walking, whisoering her thanks to the woman for taking her things. She looked back a Jace and smiled. She knew the woman didn't really like her but had come to her aid. Sarian whined again and Shiloh started to hum the song she sung to her brother, calming the already exhausted pup.
Oooh...Aleo's afraid of a group o' girls...
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Aleo hadn't expected a negative response from the group of females directed towards him. His ears pinned to his skull and he found himself stuttering to tell them that he didn't do any wrong. "I-I didn't mean any harm to her or your pack." He stepped back a few paces and didn't dare look one of them in the eye. Aleo didn't understand why one of them bared her teeth at him, the obsidian boy did nothing wrong. He had the smarts to not trespass uninvited into someone's home. He could smell the carcass and it made him feel slightly sick. The poor creatures, only the little pup left. His violet eyes fell to the dead things and back to his sword...maybe they thought he did it. His eyes widened and he looked at the group. "Trust me, I didn't do it! " The coy-wolf didn't know how to deal with this. He had to think.
Aleo gave a grim look at the group."Maybe I will just go." He gave one last fleeting look at the woman holding the pup and whispered "Good luck." and starting to walk away.
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Snicker snicker....he'll know them better eventually.
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Ren eased herself at the look of Jace coming in for a rescue. As the passionate shewolf locked eyes with the male, Ren couldn't help but admire the couragous young mother for her leaving her pups so early to see to the pack. She almost felt bad for the poor loner, being under the wrath of the new mommy. She would tear him apart and not think twice, especially right now. However, she bowed her head a little at the aknowledgement of the higher ranking wolf and set to inform her on what had happened.
"It seems Shiloh came accross a deceased family. From the smell of it I'd say they've been dead for a while. The only one who has survived is the infant in her arms but we need to get them out of this weather and into shelter where Kiara and I can better tend to the child's needs. This male, His name is Aleo, has seemingly found himself here at the wrong place at the wrong time. I feel he is innocent enough." Ren calmed her cold gaze when Shiloh tapped her. And nodded formaly again to Jace, thanking her for her intervention. Though Rendall felt a big need to nag her back to her pups she held her tongue. She would have done the same.
Rendall turned back to the male. Shaking her head when the male began to panic. Though she knew Jace was here she still felt the urge to tell the male he did nothing wrong. "Perhaps we will meet on less stressful terms in the future. However, for now go and find yourself a safe place to stay. I 'm sure the storm isn't finished yet and I would hate to see another life lost to it." She didn't know what else to say to the male, but time was up and Rendall had to get the child and the two new mother's back home before more came charging out. Resting her hand upon Jace's shoulder, and gave the female an admiring look before turning and quickly followed Shiloh back to her home.
She knew that her and Noah's home was not far from here, and if she felt she could make it, she would run and retrieve cloaks for everyone. Until then she waited until they woulc cross back into pack lands before making any decisions. She wrapped her arms around the female Shiloh and comforted her. "Just keep her close to you, she's a strong little one, If we can get her warm and dry and food in her tummy I'm sure she'll be ok.'Rendall feverently hoped so anyways.
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Shiloh felt that at Rendalls soft hug and soothing words that Sarian would make it. Shiloh felt the weather change and saw storm clouds rolling."Rendall... I di.....don't the...the...think we...will...will m...make it....to t...the apartments in t....time....we n...need somewhere ..c....closer Shiloh said softly as Sarian squeaked again and Shiloh ran a soothing hand over Sarian feeling her weakly paw at her hand and roll over on to her back, baring her small stomach to Shiloh's touch. She was fully awake now and hungry and she suckled her fingers, her silver blue eyes glowing with need and hunger. Shiloh looked up at Rendall and whined with her need to get inside.
Shiloh looked at the male, who had backed down and looked at her with a look she had only seen once. His eyes glowed with ..... love? How could he show interest in someone as beat up as her. She winked at him before walking towards the boarders with a smile on her face. She had found a pup to call her own. She might have ran into someone that might like her. She rubbed Sarians stomach and waited for Rendall to help her either go to her house or show her the way to hers so they could take care of her daughter
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Kiara eye'd the young pup and chuckled a little as she batted a the arctic wolf's nose with her small paws. The small child was weak, but she had spirit. Kiara gently muzzled the young pup before turning back to the scene that was unfolding. Jace had run over and the the stranger was backing off. It seemed like he had simply been in the wrong place at the wrong time, which unfortunately had made him a suspect of murder. Jace showing up had probably made the situation worse because she was a new mom and was more likely to use violence. Then again, Shiloh and Kavi had just become new moms as well.
While the death of the wolf family was sad, Kiara was happy that Shiloh had gotten a puppy to look after. Perhaps the young one could heal some of Shiloh's wounds. The alabaster wolf stayed by Shiloh's side as she approached the stranger. Even if he had not killed the family, the black male was still armed and was very much a wild card. The arctic wolf eye'd Aleo, but she did not threaten him. Shiloh was acting a lot bolder than normal and a small smile worked its way across Kiara's lips. Kiara turned her sapphire eyes back to the Sarian and watched as she suckled on her mother's fingers. With some luck, Shiloh might start producing milk for the young pup. Such an occurrence was not uncommon among regular wolves, but could the luperci do it too? Kiara muzzled the young pup again, if Shiloh did not start producing milk, then perhaps Kiara might.
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Pulling Jace outta this thread now. You guys can continue without her
The frown remained on her face as Rendall explained the situation but her overly aggressive stance dissipated and she looked after the retreating loner with some feelings of regret mixed in with guilt. The woman would make a point of seeking him out in future and apologising for her behavior, hopefully he would understand where she had been coming from. Jace gave Rendall a distracted nod as she began to walk away with Shiloh and Kiara. She however remained at the borders and crouched down over the bodies of the dead family, her frown deepening.
They couldn't be left here at the borders, that would be incredibly horrible and dishonorable of them and she noted with a hiss of breath that nobody had stayed to help her move the, good thing Jace was incredibly self dependent. The woman shifted quickly into her secui form and began to dig a large and deep grave just inside the borders of Ichika. She buried the bodies and recovered them back up. Jace stood at the foot of the large grave and stared down at them with a sad look upon her face, the small bunch of flowers she had gathered was laid on the soil and the hybrid muttered a prayer for their souls. Hopefully they could rest easy knowing thier child would be taken care of within Ichika.
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