Carefree habits
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It was easy to say that in the short amount of time Jensen had been accepted into this pack, things had been easily defined as ‘interesting’. What had he been getting himself into when he had decided that he wanted to stay here? Was the fact that there were many talented beings here really worth it? He’d already had his house broken into for god’s sake. He could easily say that he had never had that happen anywhere else. It was a surprise, and it kept things lively to say the least. The people here seemed to be quite the characters, he could give them that. It was probably slightly unfortunate he had managed to show up in the midst of a bunch of drama between three of the members it seemed. Two females an the alpha it seemed to have been in a situation.Oh well, that was their own issue, he didn’t have to worry about it. Jensen wasn;t a huge fan of drama, he had never been. It was why he had left home. They ahd not accepted him for who he was, and instead of staying and dealing with them for the rest of his life he had packed up and left. Sure, it was easier than talking it out with his family, but he tried that. It obviously hadn’t worked.


That was all behind him now, his own drama had died a long time ago, so hearing news of drama here was amusing, but none of his business. The man had left his Violin back in his home today. It did leave his side at times, much to the disbelief of some. It wasn’t glued to him, and he felt it was safe there. So why not leave it behind as he took a walk? That’s what a normal person would do anyway. Jensen had himself moving along the outside edge of Thornburry at first, tracing the outside as if to get a feel for what it was like on the outside from all directions. Being able to know where he was at all times was always useful. Though everything was covered in snow and he’d had to do the same thign again when the land was green, that was not for some time. Putting it off until then seemed just stupid. Why wait? He was here now.


The man made his way around trees, recognizing the way he had come in with Shaw leading the way as he made his loop. He’d be spending quite some time out here playing in the future. He was less bothered out here than in the city it seemed. No that meeting the people of Cercatori was a bad thing, but when he played sometimes he just wanted to play, and that was it. No bodies, no voices. Just notes. Now who could ever complain about that? He quite liked it out here, the quiet was nice. The city so close. He missed his alcohol though. He’d be sure to set out and find some, sooner than later.


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ooc: hope you don't mind me throwing him in here.


Mars had been out today, riding his steed, Vox, who had again been restless while it was time for Mars to be playing his guitar, or searching for a new violin, or finding someone to help him make a piano. He had his guitar on him non the less though, it sitting on his lap as he rode his steed around Thornbury. He'd pass his house, and then Orin's house, where he pulled the horse to a stop for a moment, and he just looked at the window, hoping the woman would come to it like Juliet would have done for Romeo, but she did not, so he had continued on, riding the steed around the small town. He'd also started to strum on his guitar. Yes I kow you'll wait for me, til I get home, but if I should fall, then you should move on. Our eyes always watch over you from up above, now don't take this wrong... the man sung as he strummed on his guitar, but right when he had hit one of the chords, it gave him a whine that was untuned and sharp. Mars' mismatched ears fell back hard on his head. He wondered how the hell it got so untuned when he had tuned the guitar last night. It was confusing to him, and then he thought about how Bartholomew liked to touch the white guitar from time to time just to touch it and piss Mars off. It did piss him off very much so actually, just because the man spent a lot of time taking care of his guitar when Bartholomew wasn't even a guitarist. Bart knew nothing about the guitar, so he had no business touching it. Mars told the man this several times, and when Bart decided to show his face again, Mars would bitch about it again. Mars twisted the knob and strummed on the string to tune it, and he listened closely. He combined a few notes together to see if he got the right sound, and he repeated this a few times before he actually got it the way it needed to be. Once it was tuned yet again, Mars wasn't feeling the song that he was playing before anymore. He switched to some other song.

His fingers traveled fluently over the guitar strings as he had switched songs, this one having a more of an introduction than just him being thrusted into the middle of a song like he had done before. The steed beneath him had continued to walk around, aimlessly with his master on his back, and Mars had no where to be really so he didn't direct the steed to go in any specific direction. He simply wanted to play his guitar and Vox had been bothering him to go somewhere, so Mars simply got on the horse and let the horse take him wherever the equine wanted to go. Vox wandered around the small town, seeing the sights that were there, houses everywhere really, and that was it pretty much. There were stores, yeah, but there wasn't really any activity going on in the town of Thornbury today, hopefully the sound of Mars' guitar would bring some of the residents out of their houses to come be with the wolf-dog and his steed.

Mars flinched slightly when he suddenly heard a "baaaa" come from behind him. He didn't think that the sheep had been following, but the black sheep had followed them out to the middle of Thornbury, and Mars looked back at the beast. Axel, what're you doing? the man would ask the sheep, who would just give Mars a prolonged "baa". Don't "baaa" me. the man spoke, joking with the sheep obviously before the sheep had trotted up to Mars and nipped at his foot. Mars moved his foot away and then clicked his teeth at the sheep. Don't do that Axel. That hurt! the man spoke, tapping the sheep's nose with a stern finger. Axel just nudged the man's foot after that, wanting his attention for whatever reason a sheep could want attention. For food. Mars had no food on him for the Sheep, and there were plenty of spots that the sheep could find to graze, so Mars had tapped Vox's side to make him continue.

Mars would continue to play his guitar and sooner or later another person came within his view. A red and white man that Mars had not seen before now. Mars cocked his head lightly before he Vox had approached the man until they were about ten or fifteen feet away. Hello...I've never seen you before...The name's Mars Russo.. the quiet man cooly spoke to the red man.




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Out of Character

Coding by Sie
wc 610. I don't mind at all. Big Grin


In Character

Jensen had circled the little town twice over now it seemed. The red and white male had managed to get a decent grasp on what the outside of the town looked like in all directions for about a mile. He had found every tree, every rock and made sure to make a little mental note for each one. What good was living in a pack if you didn't even know where you lived? He lived here, and he was going to call this place home. He sure as hell was going to make sure he knew what it was like. How sad would it be if he was asked to go somewhere and didn't even know what they were talking about? Jensen wasn't going to be made a fool like that. Names he;d have to be told about, but he was more worried about the visuals. What was a name without a picture to glue it too. Useless. That's what it was.


The European man turned on his heels to head back into town. His tail swayed behind him as a melody of a tune began to play in his head. The fingers on his left hand began to twitch to the notes. He felt suddenly compelled to go home and play his violin. He would cook first. He was hungry and he had managed to catch a nice rabbit to make into a stew earlier that day. He licked at his teeth in the thought. It would be nice, simple, but nice. The hunger he felt was not on his brain, but it was not urgent. Music still seemed to overpower the need to eat on most occasions. Jensen walked at a casual speed, his orange eyes not seeming to linger on anything in particular. Jensen's ears perked up as he heard the tuning of a guitar. The sound was coming from inside the city. Why would someone be tuning it outside? The sound wasn't exactly alluring.


Jensen found his way back into Thornbury and let out a briefly amused chuckle as he saw a black and white man sitting atop a horse. That was not the amusing part, the part that he had his eyes on was the little black sheep trailing behind. The sight was a bit strange, the little black creature nipping at his foot. Well, wasn't that a peculiar sight. The Irish man kept walking in a relaxed demeanor until the man caught his attention in words. The horse approached and Jensen stopped walking along the street without much of a care. He wasn't exactly in a hurry. "The name's Jensen O'Callaghan. I guess I'm new here." The man was relieved to finally meet another male. Sure, he loved all the females and the attention from them but come on, there had to be more males around here than just Shawchert and himself. Mars was proof of that. "Looks like you got a follower." Jensen grinned a crooked smirk as he glanced over to the black sheep. What was he calling it? Axel? So it was hit pet? Odd. Sheep were eaten where he came from. Having one as a pet seemed....impractical to Jensen. Jensen saw the guitar he carried and nodded to it. So he was the one who had been tuning. It was a nice thing to know. Playing with other people was always a fun habit. "This is a bit of a weird place to be tuning a guitar.... and on a horse at the same time. Odd, but cheers for the originality." He chuckled softly as he took a step closer to the horse mounted black and white male.

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ooc: Big Grin


The copper and snow pelted man had told him a name, Jensen O'Callaghan, with a funny accent that Mars had heard before, and he knew it as an Irish one. Mars liked the sound of the Irishman's voice, for it was unique in it's accented way. The American only had that American accent that was questionable in the first place. The man also told Mars that he was new. Mars himself was a new member as well. I'm pretty new here as well.. the man cooly spoke to the uniquely pelted man. Mars watched the man with his steel eyes, and listened when the man had told him that he had a follower, and then he would glance at Axel. Mars would look at the sheep himself and then smile lightly. Yeah, someone gave him to me one day, and he just kinda ended up being my little follower since then. the man spoke, shrugging his broad shoulders and looking back at the other man. His name is Axel. He's pretty nice...Please don't eat him, okay? the man asked, cocking his head and hoping that the man did not get any funny ideas about his sheep. Addison had given him the sheep, and he cherished the sheep very much since he had gotten it from the stranger who was now friend because of her gifts and niceness to him.

Jensen went on to tell Mars that it was weird to be tuning a guitar outside, as well as on the back of a horse. Mars had found the position of playing on the horse to be quite relaxing and if you had a good enough horse, you didn't really need to control where the steed went. It was harder to play while the horse was trotting, and impossible while galloping, but when the equine walked, it was quite easy. The only other thing he needed to worry about was keeping his balance, because once he lost his balance, there was no way he'd be able to catch himself without breaking the guitar. Breaking the guitar would be the last thing that Mars would ever want in the entire world. He loved his guitar, and you could tell by the way it was so welly taken care of by the man. There was never dust on it, and it was always so white and beautiful. He made sure. Thanks. It's actually pretty relaxing. You can also get places while you play music too, so there's a bonus in riding while playing. the man spoke to the other, smiling lightly to him, an actor's smile that he put on his face plenty of times before. Knowing him would make you able to see through such a smile, because his genuine smiles were definitely different than the one he just let pass his lips.

You play anything, Jensen? Or are you one of the other ranks? the American asked the Irishman, spoken as the man let his fingers lightly strum the guitar, letting it be lower than both of their voices, but definitely still there, and making a beautiful melody.





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Out of Character

Coding by Sie
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So, this dual coloured man was new here as well? Well, wasn't that lovely. He didn't quite feel as alien now as he had before. knowing you were one of the newer members, if not the only new member was slightly unnerving to him. Sure, he had been the new guy at many places in the past but he had not really settled in any of them. They had been stops. Not homes. This was a home. Jensen was used to being a visitor or a guest when referred to as 'new'. Here, new was new. There was no getting around it or packing up and walking away. It was a weird relief, to know he was not alone. Mars brought up not eating Axel and the man just laughed. Sure, it was tempting to slaughter and eat the sheep like it was just another source of food but this was this mans pet. Not on the menu. Sadly, he liked the taste of sheep. "I wont eat him. I do however, want to find a source of lamb now." he chuckled the last part to himself before crossing his arms over his chest. The pack members here seemed to keep weird pets. A goat, and now a sheep. Why not keep a pet that was less....edible?


He went on to tell him about how it was relaxing and convenient at the same time. The thought made him chuckle to himself. The Irishman realized that he had a point about the getting places and playing at the same time factor. He had never thought about it like that before. He nodded before he went to respond to the next question. Did he play? Oh yes, he played. "I play the Violin. I do however also play a bit of the Piano and the Cello. Due to size obviously, I was only able to bring the Violin with me from home." His rank was musician, and so it seemed Mars and himself shared that. Jensen let his weight shift from foot to foot as he glanced at the snow on the ground. he was still excited for the day it all melted away. That day would be celebrated by the auburn man. It would be a great day. "Do you play anything other than the guitar?" He might as well ask, seeing as they were still on the topic of music.


Jensen wanted to visit Orin and see if she had any music in her store. If not, he would be making a trip to Halifax to try and find some there. The man wanted toe expand his knowledge of songs left behind by humans. Who knows what he'll be able to find. Even a simple song, something he had heard before, anything, he would enjoy. It would expand his knowledge and make the man a very happy wolf.

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