The air is heavy as you make your way through unknown territory, as you pause to sniff the air a drop of rain falls onto your nose. It is soon followed by another and another and soon the rain is pelting down in sheets, soaking you to the bone. The clouds are an angry purple and the menacing drumming of thunder rolls over the sky. Squinting your eyes against the blinding water you find yourself at the edge of a large, dark pine forest. You are too desperate for shelter to notice the scents that mark the border and plunge in, and nearly into the chilly stream that runs through the territory. You veer away and as you are shaking the water out of your fur you notice a large pair of icy blue shards gazing at you. The storm has passed now and beams of sunlight filter through the thick canopy of pines, illuminating a massive male wolf not three feet away from where you stand.
His pelt looks like a bad patchwork job of black and white and beneath them you see large, hard bands of steely muscle and you know this is a warrior for his torso is marred with many battle scars. His banner curls over his back and his lips are drawn, exposing sharp ivory daggers. When he speaks his voice is deep and dominant, like the thunder you so recently heard.
"Wolf, you have found yourself in the terra of the Andere Seite Pack. I am Eclipse, king of this land."
It is only then that you notice another pair of lanterns gleaming in the penumbra and a dark-pelted fae slinks out into the clearing to stand next to the king, her own banner waves and her green and blue eyes bore into you. She is the same size as most males and a crisscrossing pattern of scars show that she too can take care of herself. Her voice is cold and has a snake-like sound to it yet you can see they are both fair rulers.
"And I am Nephthys, queen of Andere. We don’t care much for strangers so you must make your choice, Submit to us now or flee our lands and never return. If you fail to do either you will have little time left to regret it."
The formidable pair pierces you with their gaze and you feel as if all your secrets spill out before them. You are left with a decision now. Will you submit and take refuge in this dark forest or will you flee and never know what secrets these trees hide? Make haste, you can see that the pair grow tired of waiting.
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Posted on April 26, 2009 at 05:13:10 AM by Plague
He nodded at the last statement and watched the newest wolf had who literally just been accepted into the pack approach, bow and greet him. Plague simply nodded in response, letting him find his own place, quite away from the others, though Plague didn’t see anything strange about that. He didn’t know a soul here from Plague’s knowledge, to Plague, that wasn’t necessarily always a bad thing. Blackpaine lay down and watched the other wolves with careful eyes. Plague mentally shrugged and switched his gaze to the older wolf he had found collapsed at the border. Miazzaki stopped and in a rough voice spoke up. Plague nodded and spoke up a little bit louder, though it t’was not that noticeable with his booming voice. It could always be loud and commanding, but it could be soft, leathery, smoky even sexy as hell.
Yes, rest my friend, not everyone is here yet. I’m glad to see you though again.
He straightened his posture, sitting tall and looking over the collection of five wolves so far, he thought it wasn’t bad in terms of a timeframe. If it kept going like this, everyone would be here soon, he was particularly concerned for Beowulf and understood he may not make it. Plague would search out the brute and his family –Plague knew his family wouldn’t leave him ever since seeing them grieve over a possible death- and make sure he was alright. Perhaps he would even bring him something to eat; the brute would need energy to heal. Plague knew about healing, he’d gotten into a fair few fights. He knew that the injured often died from not being able to hunt and with the body using up any stores trying to heal it, the injured could waste away or you could simply die from yours wounds because you didn’t have the energy to heal. Either way you’re dead, but sustenance did make all the difference.
Another prime male example rolled up, perfectly happy to laze in unperturbed. Plague tilted his head towards him and furrowed his brows somewhat, deciding to address him later- no needs to make enemies now. Another fae joined, a teen following close behind, both paying respect, although did not greet him. The daughter- he assumed- smiled at him before she bowed her head, he nodded appreciatively back and winked at the teen playfully, a smile of his own finding its way to his maw. He looked around the clearing, being able to seek every member out from his little height advantage and the fact he was standing a small mound of dirt covered in soft, short grass. Once he was finished looking about, he decided that enough time had passed. The meeting would begin.
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Shit! Shit! I’m late!
His banner up in iota rank, he padded in, his chest rising frantically from the long sprint from the most – of course, with his luck- far border, where he had dealt to a newcomer, seen her off as she was completely rude and devilish to not only a pack mate, but his own daughter. He took a breath, remembering that Eclipse no longer reined, he caught the alpha’s gaze, which automatically switched to him as he spoke, he dipped his head low and mouthed an apology, the slightest nod of the alpha’s head was unmistakable, and so her smiled and padded over to Jewel, his beloved. He bumped his skull into her rump and ran his huge ebony form along her side, if he were a cat, he would purr, but he simply let out a happy growl of pleasure instead. He licked her face and nuzzled her, automatically lifting his head a little higher – it was already pretty high- and gently clamping Jewel’s skull there, savouring her warm, her scent. He let her go and reached over to bump noses with Jena and lick her forehead lovingly. Straightening, he whispered to them both as the new monarch got started and boy, this would be interesting.
I missed you both.
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Plague stood, signalling he was going to speak and he hesitated a few moments, thinking of what the hell he was supposed to say. He looked at the scattered wolves and took a breath, speaking up loudly, but softly, he wasn’t all force, all the time.
Firstly, thank you all for attending, I know that you were all very loyal to Eclipse and I understand it will take some time to get used to me as your new alpha. Secondly, I do want you all to know that any of you can come to me with anything that is troubling you, it is my job and I promise I will do it the best of my ability. Thirdly, I don’t ask for much, *Glare at Kenji* I only ask that you respect me and show proper pack manner. It is not much to ask and I do hope I get to know all of you soon.
He nodded decisively and spoke up once more, his ears pricking at the sound of his own voice. His muddy stained orbs washing over the faces that were trained on him.
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