Curiosity (Open)

[thunder]

Thunder caught on in her head. She stood up and being the good actress she was promptly glared at him. She forced her muscles not to tense but repaired herself to dash down a path she knew well. It simply lead to a series of tunnels that came back around underground and back up to her cave.

She then, as soon as he lowered himself, dashed off through the forest at full speed making many loop backs and turns before entering the tunnels. She slowed and made her footsteps quiet taking care to take an indirect rout. Now underneath her cave she smelled the air. If he was in it she would come up on the other side, if he was not there she would simply come up from the corner.

[cptkickercutleg]

Graal watches her go for a second, grinning, then lowers his nose and inhales her scent, her trail is strong and fresh, it's apparent that she didn't try to cover her scent, she wanted him to follow.
"Vey akvin" he mutters, flaring his nostrils one last time before beggining the hunt...
((Vey akvin means "very well"))

Graal follows the trail for about an hour, then catches a fresh scent wafting his way. He was downwind from her. He grins, retreating a short distance so that his movements won't give him away. He shakes his fur, spattering the cave wall with the droplets of water that had condensed on his warm fur. He catches his breath for a moment, then breathes slowly, stalking around the corner to where he last smelled Thunder, all the while with a massive grin on his muzzle.

[thunder]

She heard him and quickly dived lower down and through more tunneling before coming around from the other side of the wall and entering the cave as she did so she said "Boo!" giggling from the feeling of a run and that she had made him run for an hour just to come back to the starting point.

She saw the grin and she had heard his breathing from below him she wasn't panting despite the top speed near the beginning. She walked to a pile of bones and sifted through it. She found a clean bone without carvings on it and carefully began carving Graal with that big grin on his face her back teeth worked on the bold outline as she worked and waited in the cheerful silence.

[cptkickercutleg]

Graal jumps with a loud yelp as she surprises him, then he begins to chuckle low in his throat, stepping over to her, he sees the many carvings.
"Fascinating, did you make these?" he asks, leaning in closer to peer at the details, but not touching them.
"Truly, Thunder, you are talented..." he whispers, marvelling at the image of Tynan and Fen in a cave, carved on such a small bone. ((I think? Correct me if I'm wrong))
"I have seen humans make large images, full of colour so garish that it hurts, but nothing of this skill..." Graal looks at Thunder, grinning, "Is that what you are making now?" He asks, then chuckles, "Sorry, I shouldn't interrupt, I can wait."
Graal rests his head on the ground, peering up at Thunder with an admiring smile, waiting for her to finish.

[thunder]

(Yup. it was a rabbit rib if a recall correctly.)

She finished soon after Graal stopped talking and gave him the bone. "Yes those strange images the humans love hurt the eye." she said. "Its fine. I was almost finished anyway."Her tail swished rapidly before standing and walking out to find a stream to drink from. When she did she bent down and drank.

Her eyes closed as she drank and once again she licked he muzzle clean. Her tail continued swishing and she sat and gazed at the forest.

[cptkickercutleg]

Graal stares at the image, eyes narrowing and cocking his head, a small smile on his face as he admires the detail.
"Who is this Vulf? I don't think I recognize him, although the eyes remind me o-... Ah"
Graal gives a small cough of embarrassment.
"I couldn't even recognize myself... How long has it been since I groomed myself..." he mutters to himself, looking at the bone, a slight look of sadness tingeing his face.
He looks up at Thunder again, and the frown fades, the smile returning.
"Thank you..." he whispers, standing up. He walks to the small stream and washes the doe's blood from his muzzle,
"Do you carve a lot?" he asks, thinking of the number of bones in the cave and the cooling doe above them as he sits down, picking twigs and leaves from his fur.

[thunder]

"Yes quite often actually." she said as Graal began to groom himself. She had groomed recently and felt no need to do so now. So she trotted outside and clambered up the cave entrance and leaped to a pillar nearby. The wind ruffled her fur as she simply gazed around.

She could see over some of the forest but not all. She decided she wanted higher and so managed to climb to the top of an old tower. She gazed over the forest and could see the snow they were in recently. The sun began to set as she lay and watched the snow twinkle in the light.

Her eyes closed some being perfectly content to sit up there. She could smell Graal but that was to be expected. Eventually the sun was down and the moon began its journey. The wind stopped and her fur settled. She continued her gazing happily.

[cptkickercutleg]

(( Sorry everyone for the week or so of hiatus, I took a break to catch up on college work and play a little Skyrim, but I'm back and I'm ready to RP ^_^; ))

Graal smiles up at Thunder as he finishes his grooming. Dead leaves, tufts of fur and mud cleared away from his tan and grey fur, he looks brighter, cleaner and healthier than ever, his claws free from mud, his fur gleaming, he stands, stretching.
"You're certainly an odd Drappa, Thunder-Fast-Paws, and I thank you for your charity, although I think you'd rather enjoy something other than a mere "thank you" as a reward for your patience and assistance, pray tell, what can I do for you to return the favour?" He asks, cocking his head and twitching his ears inquisitively.
"If I can be of service to you, don't hesitate to ask, for I only wish to help you as you have helped me."

[thunder]

She turned her head towards him one eye narrowing and the other widening a similar gesture as when humans raise one eyebrow she then snorted. A small grin was on her face as she hopped her way down. "Being an ally should we meet again would be good enough." she said this before cocking her head slightly. "Where do you intend to go now?" she asked just because she felt like it and she could probably guide him there unless he wished to wander alone for if he did she could also oblige to that. She sat in front of him and watched Graal and his own cocked head.

[cptkickercutleg]

Graal chuckles, his tongue lolling out in amusement,
"Truly, the customs of this land is foreign to me. In my land, I would owe you my life and my allegiance until you either dismissed me, or you found that I had repaid my debt of honour and life." he pauses for a moment, "I always believed that a little extreme, so I shall merely say that I am at your beck and call, should you need me, just howl and I will be there for you." Graal says, his voice quieting, "Swift as you are, true as Larka's compassion for all other Vulfs..."

[thunder]

"I'll try to remember that but there is no need for you to feel in my debt." then she snickered "That rule is quite silly but my born pack had a rule that somewhat could be considered strange. 'If one has any deformities bad omens or micoloratons when they are born shall be left to die. Only if they survive and return may they come back becomeing the gnaw wolves an record keepers they are the bottom of the pack and should they catch something they must bring it back for the rest to eat as they wish.'" she quoted this with slight anger near the end. " I had learned from my mother how to carve before being split when she and my flamily had left the pack to roam together I continued to learn and unlike as I would have been in my parents pack I became respected and loved by my siblings. We were split by a forest fire I was six moons in age, or six full moon exactly if you wish to know my counting system but I knew well enough and traveled far seems that eventually I came here and met others, that includes you." she said before spraying some dirt at him. "I'm in no rush but you made it sound like you had somewhere to be. Arrivederci!" her eyes were shining merrily as she said the last part joyfully and bounded off in the general direction of the pack lands. All she wanted to do was wander and she was happy to do it even with a past that followed her grimly she was just happy to be free of that old pack and enjoy what she could find.