Bone to pick

Titania Moonsong · 02-10-2012, 12:29 PM

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burning the ground, I break from the crowd
I'm on the hunt I'm after you

strut on a line, it's discord and rhyme

AND I'M HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF

Word Count :: 300+ Ok, totally calling you out for an unplanned thread. LOL Something's bugging Titania.

It didn’t sit right with her… not at all. After they had dealt punishment to their disgraced Omega she spoke courteous farewells to the visiting Ichikans and then parted ways, leaving Zalen to escort them out of the lands/ “I will tend to Noah,” she told them, but before she could get a glare of suspicion she followed up with, “To make sure he leaves the denning grounds, but not New Dawn. He is shamed but still I will not lose track of my pack.” She wanted to know where he would be staying, a reasonable and tactical wish.

After that, she followed Noah’s trail for some time. She fully supported the sentence they deigned apropos and enacted it fully, never quite catching up to the wolf, never speaking to him, never telling him she was there (but it was possible she could have made a mistake and he sensed her). She didn’t turn away from Noah’s trail until evening fell and a miserable drizzle rained down from the sky. Noah would be out there in that alone; and he deserved it. She was still mad at him for forcing them to punish him.

Turning from this place, she padded a path back through the woods, keeping moderately dry. The snow mixed with water at her feet and churned into icy slush, and soon her paw pads were frozen numb but she kept going. Instead of heading back to the den, though, she went to a place where she thought she might find help… find out if what they had done was truly right. Avalon.

Emerging into the open rain without even hesitating, Titania padded to the lake’s edge. The banks were slick with ice, but farther out where the water hadn’t frozen over the rain made the surface dance. She peered out over the water, silent for a time.

Zalen must be finished by now… she thought, and tipped her head back to call for her mate. They needed to talk about this.

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Zalen Damaichu · 02-10-2012, 02:29 PM

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After the punishment Zalen had taken leave, despite the imploring eyes of his pack-mates to stay and asked questions. He had to be alone, had to fight this raging guilt inside him for having to do that to the helpless Omega. It was a shame, but things had to be done in the name of pack security. It was so important to stay in Ichika no Ho-en’s favor, for their proximity to New Dawn and the exponentially larger amount of members they had did not bode well for the fledgling pack if they were ever to disgrace them.

Zalen had wandered off towards the lake, for its watery depths sometimes soothed him if he were just to stare into them for a while. The snow crunched underneath massive Optime paws and he took his time, letting his mind roll and mull over the last hour of his life. The difficulties associated with being and Alpha were stressful, but he felt that he had done the right thing, despite it having deeply shamed Noah. Zalen still felt for the Omega, and though he was disappointed in his actions as of late, there was no love lost in Zalen’s mind. In the future, after this had calmed down, he would have to speak to the man.

Zalen was nearing the lake when he heard his mate call out. His ears turned towards the sound but he did not stop in his path; she was close enough to catch up with him, and he wanted to enjoy being alone for a moment longer. The lilt in her voice did not bode well either; she was upset, he knew for he could see it in the way she stood back at the den, under the eyes of the New Dawn members and the Ichikans. He let out a sigh, steeling himself against her inevitable anger, and let loose a bark to let her know of his exact location.

Titania Moonsong · 02-10-2012, 02:57 PM

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burning the ground, I break from the crowd
I'm on the hunt I'm after you

strut on a line, it's discord and rhyme

AND I'M HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF

Word Count :: 200+ Activate spree type dialogue posts!

The bark came as a surprise to Titania. In the night and through the rain she hadn’t seen the shadowy visage of her mate moving about in the same area she now tread. Yet the call came to her just the same, and when her golden eyes pierced the darkness and the veil of rain she could see him walking along the bank on the other side of the half-moon lake. Her pace picked up speed as she trotted around the lake and toward her lover. Her eyes were narrow, her ears tilted back, but it was only to keep the rain from irritating them.

She slipped once as she tried to catch up to the man with the long strides, but it was only because she wasn’t paying attention to the slick bank. Her paws caught her, and a moment later she was at Zalen’s side.

“Zalen, that wasn’t right…” Straight to business. Her tone was firm but she kept any ire out of her voice. Zalen carried out the punishment because he must, and she did not disagree with that. Her countenance was still as hard as stone, though. “What we did to Noah wasn’t justice.” She stopped there, awaiting his response before explaining herself further.

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Zalen Damaichu · 02-11-2012, 02:27 PM

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Yay for short posts! / +2

Zalen could hear the wet pad falls of his mate draw near so he took refuge from the downpour under the bough of a soaked fir tree. There he shook himself before she came to his side. He had been correct in his assumption of his mood, for just like the weather it was sour. She did not hesitate to tell him of her displeasure in what had just occurred. The ebon male flicked and ear and several drops of water after she spoke.

What if Noah had trespassed on Inferni, or God forbid, Salsola land instead of Ichika, would then my punishment have been just? We are lucky that he was such a fool on the territory of our allies, otherwise we would be in serious trouble right now. Zalen shook his head again, not to rid of himself of more water, for his onyx fur already stood on end in the strangest ways, but he did so out of frustration. He shared Titania’s displeasure, but he would not go back on his word or his action. Noah’s punishment had been more of a show than anything else, but it was a necessary show.

Then turning back to Titania, I feel for our Omega, but his punishment will not last forever. It was a promise, for it hurt him to have Noah apart from them, it was like losing a brother.

Titania Moonsong · 02-13-2012, 05:47 PM

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burning the ground, I break from the crowd
I'm on the hunt I'm after you

strut on a line, it's discord and rhyme

AND I'M HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF

Word Count :: 400+

She came under the overhang with him just moments after he shook himself off, but his efforts were in vain for all she did was shake herself off, spraying some of the water that dampened her own coat onto him. It wasn’t intentional; she just couldn’t resist the instinct. She faced him while he spoke, then bent one ear back, displeased, as he turned away from her.

“No, you don’t understand,” she said, stepping forward. “Noah deserved to be punished, but his punishment should have been a private matter; business for New Dawnners only. Why did we agree to make a spectacle out of him in front of Ichika? He is still part of our pack, and even disgraced we hold greater love for him than for them.”

She sighed, her gaze dropping to stare blankly at her muddy paws. A moment later she was beside Zalen, even if it meant one flank was in the rain again. She nuzzled into his shoulder, his Optime form large and bulky next to the sleek Lupus. “I still stand for our decision and I will never speak out publicly against what we did. What we did,” she stressed it, reminding him that she had consented to it just as Zalen had. It was unfair that he had to do the dirty work, to dole out the punishment on his own.

“What proof did they have that he trespassed? Even so, how could we know that it wasn’t a forgery, a set up? I don’t think Ichika would do that, I know they wouldn’t, but in your words ‘what if it was Inferni’? I know, I know. We would never trust Inferni like that, but I don’t think Noah would have ever made that mistake with them, either. We took their word on his crime, and we chose his penalty. We should never have let them be there,” she shook her head, suddenly hating the Ichikans for being present; luckily the feeling passed quickly. “If we took their word, they should have taken ours. Is our word not as good to them as theirs is to us?”

She turned her gaze, meeting Zalen’s eyes. “I don’t care what the crime, I never want to see our people shamed in front of outsiders’ eyes ever again.” Her voice was firm, and her eyes bore into him, but the passion within them was now filled with compassion, not rage. She wanted him to see eye to eye on this, she wanted an official mandate regarding punishing their pack.

“I never would have thought of it until that moment. When the decision was made, it was together. Maybe it was a mistake - not what we did but how - but we can make it our last.” From the mouths of babes.

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Zalen Damaichu · 02-13-2012, 08:18 PM

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Zalen listened to her but did not look upon her, a single black ear turned to her voice while he looked forward, feeling what little rain could make it through the canopy above to patter on his snout. So it wasn’t the punishment she was upset about but the witnessing of it by the Ichikans. He let loose a low, grumbling sigh as she continued and only when she was finished did he turn to her, I do not know what the extent of the evidence was against Noah, but why would they have come to me with such news if it was a farce? There is no reason why Ichika would want bad blood between us, so I took them for their word, and they were most sincere.

Then shifting uncomfortably on the damp ground, he continued, It was my suggestion that the Ichikans be present. I made this decision because I did not want there to be any sense of doubt that the punishment had been fulfilled and done so in a manner that they approved of. He turned away then, I would not have done so if we had a great relationship with them, but the fact of the matter is we don’t, and steps had to be taken to ensure that trust could once again be built. He looked at her again then, his face stoic.

As he spoke it he wondered if she would be angry with him, he was sure she would be, for Titania had such a fire in her that her wrath would be one full of heat. But he was like the water to quench her inferno, and there would be peace between them one way or another. He had asked X’yrin to witness the punishment, for it was obvious in their meeting that there was a tension between the packs that Noah had created, one that could possibly grow to an extent that it would kill any chance at a true alliance. Zalen had decided to quash such possibilities right then and there, even if in doing so it brought greater shame to Noah, and discomfort to Titania.

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