Curiosity (Open)

[cptkickercutleg]

Graal pads along the cold grass, snow crunching between the brittle blades as he looks up.
His tail is down, nose raised as he looks around, fearful that the cold may have numbed his nose. He can smell nothing on the bitter breeze and the icy paving stones to one side reminds him of his home.
"Hran gas gort." he reminds himself, using his own tongue.
"Gort cas Man." he continues, bitterly trudging on, still trying to smell any other of his kind with his deadened senses.
He shakes himself, telling himself, "No Vulf here, no Liira either, nothing lives in this land that even Fenris forsakes..."
He continues on, walking beside the cracked paving stones.

Eventually he comes to see one of the human's carved caverns, the support pillars are crumbling and vines almost entirely conceal the dark entrance.
A chilling wind billows through the small clearing, causing Graal's fur to ripple, the cold piercing his normally warm coat.
"Need to get warm..." Graal mutters, shivering slightly.
He stalks cautiously towards the vine covered entrance, wary for any sign of other predators that may make their home in the stone den.
As he enters, brushing the emaciated vines aside with his muzzle, a warm air carrying the smell of bat guano floods into the clearing behind Graal.
"Warmth..."he mutters, stepping in, glaring at any of the stupid flying animals that dare to stare down at him, but they don't seem to be bothered.
"Because they're used to our kind?" he says into the dank silence, illiciting a number of bats to shake their wings disapprovingly at him.
Graal shakes the melted frost from his now soaked fur, settling down to sleep, head on his paws, facing the entrance.
"Hran..." he mutters, closing his tired eyes, "gas gort..."

[Edit:] Would anyone like to join me?

[WolfieIsCrazy]

Ooc: Can I join once I get a character for the Toai Ruins? You character seems very interesting(in a good way :3). What language is he speaking?

[cptkickercutleg]

((Of course, I DID label it Open after all He's speaking Vulftung, a language I created in a previous RP, if you see enough of it, you might see similarities to several different languages. He's from far, far South West, a place known to Humans as the Forbidden Peaks, and the language is similar to a butchery of Swedish, German and English all rolled into one.

Voh spech Vulftung? Nort? Voh dun spech Vulftung zein.
Would be:
You speak Vulftung? No? You don't speak Vulftung then.

In this case, "Hran gas gort" means "Home has gone" and "Gort cas Man" means "Gone because of Mankind", "Vulf" is the honorary word for wolves in Vulftung, whereas "Liira" means prey animals, the term is synonymous with stupidity and foolishness.

The language is subject to change, as I don't really keep a written dictionary at hand, but I'll put a translation in OOC if you'd like, just so you get the gist of what's on his mind.))

[thunder]

Thunder sprinted through the snow. Blue fur shining in the sun she through herself into a snow drift laughing the whole time. She snorted and continued laughing as she pulled herself out. The snow was fun for her she was warm due to her thick coat and she didn't often get to see the snow either. She stopped laughing and shook the snow off. Her hearing allowed her to hear the other wolf. She was upwind of him and he looked cold. She cocked her head to the side, why was this wolf cold when she wasn't? Ah! He must be wet! The only time I'm cold is when I'm wet! She thought sprinting forwards to catch up. After he went inside she was tripped up by a sheet of ice she hadn't noticed and went sliding in. Managing to instead of hit the wolf stop herself using her claws. her entrance made the bats chatter much louder for a minute or two as she examined the wet wolf. She laid down like a cat, paws tucked beneath her chest and tail by her side, facing the wolf watching him carefully. All the wile ready to turn around and sprint as fast as she could if she had to.

( that's cool! Vulftung! Thunder doesn't speak that but she does do Italian and whatever it is you want to call this..)

[cptkickercutleg]

Graal's ears perk up and he opens his eyes just as Thunder comes barreling in, bumping him further into the dank cavern.
He turns and growls
"Vosh nom. nah!"
He waits a moment, then translates into the foreign tongue they use in this strange land.
"Your name. Now."
His fur rises, but his body shakes from exhaustion and cold, his body language shows empty threat.
"Have you no mind, child? You are like a pup, barreling into trouble, did you not see the ice, feel the cold?"
He gives a small whine.
"Yet you steam with warmth, you disturb these animals-"
He takes a snap at one of the bats that come to close to him, but misses.
"You enter the den of a Kerl, with no thought to your own saftey."
Graal, lies down again, giving an extended sigh, "Tell me child, why are you here?"

[Aveilthé]

OOC: Lawl someone's a fan of The Sight

[cptkickercutleg]

Oct 31, 2011 9:20:07 GMT -6 Aveilthé said:

OOC: Lawl someone's a fan of The Sight

((Ayup, I've read Fell, which is the sequel, too. As well as that, I've watched, read and listened to countless werewolf and wolf stories, including Wolf's Rain, all the Kelly Armstrong books, Maneater, Robin Hobb's books, and I can't even remember the rest. Just lots of wolf fiction and non-fiction. They are my fascination.))

[thunder]

Thunder twitched. Irritated by his word she stopped her submissiveness and rose a snarling retort allready in he head about to be voiced when he sighed and it died and he went down. She cocked her head confused "you show anger and threaten yet you show calmness and peace. Your mind changes rapidly." she said before anwering simply and liying down again to stare just left of his eyes "Thunder. I am thunder."she stated. She continued to answer "I know this place well and feel no need for fear of the bats, the cold, or the ruins. I am a wolf of the snow and of running. As for why I am here, I wander and roam though this is a good place to be also." then she thought "I have told you of me, what of you?" She asked, her words sounding more mature than how she appeared and acted.

[cptkickercutleg]

((Oh, for the love of- I wrote tons and tons of stuff, go to hit post, and my laptop battery dies.))

Graal looks up at Thunder, defeat in his eyes.
"I cannot stand against you. I am weak, hungry and cold. Fenris has chosen to test my mettle, and I doubt he'll be pleased..."
He sighs again,
"I was once a Vulf of family, friends, comfort, cool summers and warm winters, but famine, drought and fire saw to that. I am not a Kerl by choice, Thunder, I have come here because I've no land to claim, nor land to fight for. My name is Graal, and I am the beast with nothing left to give..."
He trails off, head resting on his paws. The bats have settled now, and they seem to have stopped to hear his pitiful story.
"A human who loses his family is no more than a Liira, a Vulf who loses his pack is lower, more base, more pathetic, than even that.

[cptkickercutleg]

((Posting from college, cont. from above, limited forum functions, no "delete" button, and I only just found out how to use the source code to find the URL that allows me to modify my posts.))
Graal sighs, his tail smacking the ground behind him in a display of bored distress.
"I'm trapped, Thunder, I'm trapped. I don't know where I am, I don't recognize the animals that live here, it's colder than my home, my Packlands."
He shakes his head, bringing his mind back to the present, looking up at the she-wolf with a slight smile.
"You must think me an odd creature, barely sane as I am, with a mind that is lost in time, and an attention that forgets where I am. I am Graal. The lost Vulf."
He stands shakily on tired legs, his thin body showing his hunger, ribs showing through the patchy fur on his chest.
"I am cold because I have nothing left, I am cold because I have not eaten in a month, I have nothing left to give, I am cold inside and out. No pack, no children to love, no mate to care for, my heart is turning to cold stone, just like the rest of me."

[Aveilthé]

OOC: All forum users are able to delete. Find the button "Delete" and "Modify" located at the top right hand corner of every post that is your own. Forum has numerable functions. Moderators are the only ones with access to all functions while members have access to said functions on their own post/profile.

Edit: Test account used, function still exists

[cptkickercutleg]

Nov 1, 2011 6:58:07 GMT -6 Aveilthé said:

OOC: All forum users are able to delete. Find the button "Delete" and "Modify" located at the top right hand corner of every post that is your own. Forum has numerable functions. Moderators are the only ones with access to all functions while members have access to said functions on their own post/profile.

Edit: Test account used, function still exists

OOC: The college firewall blocks all images, and I couldn't activate the javascript without the button, which wasn't there because the image was non-existant. As I said, I was having to use the source code to find the URL in order to modify the post.
I know how to modify/delete/quote posts quite easily, but they simply weren't there on the college site, hell, it even blocks the site if I use shinkou.proboards.com, I HAVE to use shinkouookami.com, and it is limited as to what is shown on the site, which is irritating in so many ways.

Can I also add that further OOC should be accompanied by IC action or be contained in a PM to the intended recipient. The thread seems a tad messy, with more OOC than IC posts

[thunder]

"No. I do not think you weird. I am of another land too but Italy and my family were quite similar. If you're up to it I can lead you out of the storm and to the castle a place were it is normally warm and after some hunting and rest I can lead you to warmer and more pray filled places." She said thinking of the guidance she had been given and her travels areas. "If you need a pack for you to believe in yourself or support there are some packs who except loners that are willing in. I can teach you what I know but that only goes so far." She spoke again wondering if he would accept like she had years ago. "I am only guessing but does lira mean prey?" She asked curiously.

[cptkickercutleg]

Graal wags his tail slightly, anticipating a hunt, but self retraint stops him from rolling over and begging for help. He raises his head to just below the same level as Thunder's, wondering who this odd creature really is, so pup-like, yet so much like an adult.
"Tell me, Thunder, why do you wish to help me? In my land, we only allowed the strongest to live, those entering the land had to fight the Clan Beta before being allowed in, they were not allowed to kill and he was trying to kill them..." Graal ponders for a moment,
"In hindsight, it sounds rather barbaric, but it meant that we were kept strong, and it meant our Liira, yes, it means prey by the way, were kept prosperous, as the Clan was made up of many smaller Packs, all led by Tor's chosen Alpha, Grungart."
Graal's eyes light up when he mentions his old Alpha's name, he clearly admired the other wolf as something far above himself.
He shakes his head again, grunting at himself, dropping the expression of awe and respect.
"Must remember where I am..." he mutters, "Thunder, I think I will accept your offer, would you like to hunt first, or find warmth?"

[thunder]

(Oh my grr. Now i want to answer his wonderings..)

She glanced out at the snowstorm knowing he would be cold and snow hares were eaysy and could be caught on the way. Before deciding she thought of how cold he had looked before the said "Warmth would be good seeing as you got cold before and on the way I could catch some snow hares that we scare. If you would like we could talk on the way." She stood and stretched her legs waiting for him when she was done.