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Post by hyrn on Jul 14, 2014 20:55:59 GMT -5
Stalks shoulders sank when she growled at his hand. He nods and says "Pups play without concern for their surroundings. They don't think about the consequences of actions, or the lessons of the past. You are not a pup. To ignore your past is to give up what makes you who you are? By now I would have thought you would know I am no threat to you. My touch will not hurt, telling me your past will not threaten you. I am only interested in learning more about you, teaching you more about yourself and not spending time alone."
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Post by Krisiries on Jul 14, 2014 21:16:12 GMT -5
she looked at him very confused, "you speak many words. No...no..ugh!" she flings herself back onto the ground in annoyance. "why does he talk so much brother!?""you could show him the spot where the Ones found you sister. " he says back before laying down but keeping an eye on the young ones still. She sighs and after a moment looks to him, "come. " she bounces up
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Post by hyrn on Jul 14, 2014 21:22:54 GMT -5
"I'm sorry if I talk too fast. I will try to slow down. Where are we going?" Stalks Alone begins to follow her. He sniffs the air testing for any unusual scents.
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Post by Krisiries on Jul 14, 2014 22:06:21 GMT -5
she does not answer but continues running, after a few minutes Stalks Alone can smell old burnt wood and a harsh tang of something that was...unfamiliar. Fire Born slows down to what could only be called a trot and looks around sniffing, "here." she stops walking and all around them is the evidence of a massive fire. All the bigger trees still had char marks and the small saplings were sprouting everywhere. the smell of burning was still in the air even after so many years. There was what looked like a few rough building foundations still stacked up with rocks. "This Burning Place." Fire Born looked around awkwardly. The harsh Tang of something kept catching his interest but he couldn't place it.
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Post by hyrn on Jul 14, 2014 22:37:58 GMT -5
Stalks Alone stopped and looked at the burnt ruins. Dropping to all fours he quickly shifted into wolf form and began using his heightened senses to explore the rubble for any evidence of who was here or what happened too them. He did not hold out hope considering how long ago this fire must have been.
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Post by Krisiries on Jul 14, 2014 23:02:06 GMT -5
she follows him in his other form as he sniffed about in the regrowth. "bad smell here." she stopped at a spot in the brush and pointed.
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Post by hyrn on Jul 14, 2014 23:22:17 GMT -5
He followed her to the spot she was indicating and began to sniff the area. His wolf eyes examined the regrowth closely looking for anything that stood out. With great effort Stalks Alone forced his mouth to reshape enough so that he could speak roughly to Fire Born. "What happen here? Who make fire?"
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Post by Krisiries on Jul 14, 2014 23:34:58 GMT -5
" Not know." she said but moved over to the spot he was sniffing and brushes away dirt to uncover a small piece of metal that was protruding from the ground. "Many here." she pointed to a few more spots in the area. the smell he had been catching was all over er hands and the metal. it was acidic.
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Post by hyrn on Jul 15, 2014 1:01:51 GMT -5
He continued to sniff around the metal and started trying to dig one up to see if it was connected with the others in some way. Metal and acidic....this was a mystery indeed. Perhaps if he could dig up one of the pieces it might have some writing on it, or be recognizable. Maybe if they were connected he could make out some kind of distinctive shape. Glancing to his side, Stalks looked at Fire Born to gauge her expression.
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Post by Krisiries on Jul 15, 2014 8:55:50 GMT -5
Fire Born was sitting watching him dig, she did not seem very interested in any of this but gradually he notice that she was sneaking glances off to the sides, looking as if something was watching her. she did not move her head in any direction but she was aware of everything around her.She was not getting his attention as of yet either. Stalks finally dug up the metal and saw that it had a rounded edge on one side and could be a part of a bigger piece of something flat and round. Almost like a plate,there were indent markings on one side but they were so dirty and packed with mud and ash that it was hard to make out what it was. Fire turned to him and said, "No like here. Make...uh..word?" she scratched her self on her arms and rubbed her herself like she was cold to tell him that it made her skin tingle and her uncomfortable. "No here long." she said, she had never liked coning back here for too long a time it made her feel like this every visit and she did not want to know why. Fire Born turned to the left where she had been glancing to for a while and finally looked all around. She could have sworn she saw something but there was only the smell of tree and dirt and that metal thing. It was very confusing and she did not like it. She growled low and moved into a crouch just in case.
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Post by hyrn on Jul 15, 2014 12:20:11 GMT -5
Stalks shifted back to his human form. "The word you want is uncomfortable I think. I can come back here alone and try to find out more information, in the meantime lets head back to the others." He paused a moment and looked in the direction she had been glancing to note if there was anything specific she might have been looking at so he could investigate it further when he came back later. Motioning to Fire to follow, he began to walk back to the camp site. "I would like to request a meeting with your pack if you and your alpha feel comfortable with it."
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Post by Krisiries on Jul 15, 2014 12:33:26 GMT -5
" Me ask." she says and stands up slowly from her crouch. She catches another glimpse of something to her right and turns, growling, to look. "Leave." she says to Stalks and begins moving away from the burnt area.
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Post by hyrn on Jul 15, 2014 13:08:53 GMT -5
"What is it? Whats there?" Stalks dropped into a defensive crouch and looked towards the direction Fire was growling. Instinctively his form shifted to Crinos, the half wolf half man war beast. He snarled in the direction and flexed his claws. Drool began to drip from his four inch fangs and his nose lifted to test the air and find his enemy. Fire Born looked at this form, same one Stalks had assumed when they first met but this time much more menacing, and a chill ran up her spine. She found herself instinctively afraid of him in this form yet at the same time, the thought that he was "on her side", gave her comfort and a sense of safety. She knew by looking at him that there was nothing she had ever encountered before that could stand up against him in a fight.
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Post by Krisiries on Jul 15, 2014 13:27:40 GMT -5
she sniffed the air, "No sent, No animal. Past here no...ugh!" she did not have the words in his language again, how was she going to tell him what she was seeing was not really there. At least she did not think it was. She saw lots of things that were not there, Blind Steer made fun of her for it all the time. she remembered a time, Blind steer had stopped running to ask, "Sister what are you looking at? There is nothing there. I smell nothing. Come we are falling behind in the hunt. You know Silver Paw will not let you eat if you do not assist in the hunt." It was something she could not explain to him with such a small vocabulary in his language, and he did not have many of his herbs left to do the talking thing. She looked back to him in his large form. "Ask One. Come." and she took off running into the brush.
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Post by hyrn on Jul 15, 2014 13:40:35 GMT -5
Stalks took one more look in the direction to make sure there was no threat then turned and loped off into the woods after Fire. He could smell the fear coming from his companion but there was something else there he could not quite place. As he ran he shifted his body to a better form for running. He wanted to make sure he could still defend her if something attacked so he chose his Hispo form, the primal dire wolf. He stood 5 feet at the shoulder and was nearly 9 feet of pure muscle, but the extra legs helped make running easier.
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Post by Krisiries on Jul 15, 2014 13:48:35 GMT -5
The two of them ran all the way back to his camp. She had taken to staying with him for most nights only very often would she disappear at dusk and return by dawn. As they returned now she flopped to the ground breathing heavy. Blind Steer came to her side, the two pups nowhere to be found, and licked the salty sweat off her face and arms. " Did you not like what you saw there sister? Did you see them again?" he asks and she nods but does not say anything more about it. Stalks Alone, who was still in his large form, was the strangest thing she had ever seen. "you..odd"
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Post by hyrn on Jul 15, 2014 13:53:24 GMT -5
Circling the camp a few times to make sure it was secure, Stalks looked at Fire when she called him odd. He shifted back to human form and continued to circle. Smiling he said "Thank you I think. Why am I odd? Should I use my ritual so you can speak more easily to me?"
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Post by Krisiries on Jul 15, 2014 13:56:42 GMT -5
"Herbs. Small?" she asked as Blind Steer continued licking her arm.she nudged him and barked out a laugh, "You will lick me raw brother, stop." He grinned and sat back
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Post by hyrn on Jul 15, 2014 14:01:05 GMT -5
"I can try to gather more if I run out but I don't know if they grow in this area or not. I have a few uses left, I think it would be best to talk clearly for now." Stalks reaches in his pouch and pulls out his disk and herbs. He chant his prayer and eats the herbs. "So maybe now you can tell me better what we were just dealing with. Why did you run? What did you see? Can you remember anything else about what happened?"
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Post by Krisiries on Jul 15, 2014 14:06:59 GMT -5
"even now you still ask so much. " She laughs again and leans against Blind Steer, " There was nothing there. I saw nothing, at least I do not think I did. It always happens that way. " she shakes her head, "I do not know what it is I see. Others from the past maybe. brother does not believe me. He can not smell them so they are not there. We do not go there unless we have no other choice."
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