Jealousy - Or Perhaps Just Desire (Open)

[thunder]

Thunder brushed past Graal as she began heading the other way which lead to the tunnel. "I'll leave the way I came." She called out as she trotted over to the entrance. The ground looked and felt slick and icy in there. But she could wait for Graal. She sat and waited politely ears up.

(After everyone's consent would be good I think Midnight)

[cptkickercutleg]

(( I don't see why not ))

Graal stands amazed.
"I should be dead." he thinks to himself, hesitating between Mascamora and Thunder.
"Why haven't they killed or even hurt me yet!?"

He stands for a time, then turns to Thunder,
"I didn't fit through your cave, I followed on the surface, you go ahead, I'm sure her highness, the Princess Mascamora would feel slightly more assured to witness for herself that at least one Vulf is removed from her home." he says, still smiling.
Turning towards the two Druin, Graal drops his tail and muzzle.
"As I have said before, I met one Vulf who called the Giaku clan "evil", but I believe it is individuals who are evil, not groups, and I have been fortunate to meet the two of you." he says, a small smile on his face.
"It would be my honour if you could escort me to the edge of your lands, so that I may learn a little more of your kin, for I have witnessed evils and pointless bloodlust, but that, I do not see in you two.. Et vosh hran en kin es nort ken ah." he finishes, his tail swaying slowly side to side.

(( "And your home and kind/family is not known [to] me." is the literal translation ))

[Relairah]

OoC: Kicker.. I'm assuming that's Graal's native tongue?

iC:

As she walked, she heard what Drexyll was saying and her ears turned toward him, listening as he spoke. She let them sink in, and prepared to respond. However, once again, she was unable to respond as Thunder's voice reached her ears, walking the other direction. She stopped, anger flashing through her eyes and she whipped around in a fury.

"Chywmayc!" she spoke, her eyes growing white and from her mouth flew several balls of white fire, the force of the energy whipping the fur about her body. The balls sped through the air, flying toward Thunder at several angles and finally all impacted together just in front of her, daring her to go through them to get to her precious tunnel. She moved slowly toward Thunder, her eyes aglow. She had no clue where this tunnel led, if it had other entrance points and exit points. For all she knew it could lead somewhere else in Giaku other than here and Thunder could just continue her little visit. No way in hell was she letting that happen.

"You will do no such thing. You will follow me and I will lead you out of these lands," she paused, "Or I will kill you."

There was complete sincerity in Mascamora's words. She meant business. She had had quite enough of this lone wolf thinking she could do whatever she wanted here. Maybe she could in Shinkou. Maybe even in the other lands around owned by smaller packs. But definitely not here. Here, she didn't even deserve passage. And Mascamora considered herself quite gracious for even offering it.

Now it was up to Thunder. Because she had no problem ending her life right here, right now.

OoC: Sorry, Kicker. I wasn't really sure how to respond to Graal with the way Masca got all ticked e.e;

[Oki]

My, the female sure had a fearless personality, walking into potential hostile territory and expecting to leave with saying such smart remarks, to a royal of the pack territory too. The Princess offered to kindly escort them to their borders and yet she bluntly refuses and begins to go her own way. Drexyll respected the male nonetheless, despite his tresspassion. Graal ackowledged his doings and accepted what was going to done to deal with them, which is a much better outcome that most others wouldn't have the luxery of, as Mascamora stated already to them. He feared for his life and wanted to keep it to the best of his ability. The female on the otherhand...

Drexyll's earlier demonstration of shyness and distance was long past, replaced, mostly, with frustration and distain with the sassiness of the female loner. Although he was a little hesitant on taking action, Mascamora quickly took that role this time, displaying her heavenly abilities. He gazed in awe of the white fire she spewed from her mouth and how powerful it was, rapidly heating the air and causing an updraft. At her flanks, he was there to support Mascamora, watching and listening to what she said to Thunder. Meanwhile, those tunnels he never heard of before nor seen. Unknowingly, similar thoughts crossed his mind as Mascamora wondered about the tunnel or tunnels that lead underground. While she lectured Thunder, both him and Mascamora waiting for her response and reaction, he kept an eye on the other, Graal. He wasn't doing much of anything and Drexyll was there to make sure of it; he looked at the male and gave him a stern warning, though slightly unconfident if he would be able to follow through, "And don't think I won't either...No funny stuff and you'll live to see the lands outside of Giaku." He paused and continued before he looked back to the two females, "Nonetheless...I respect your humble appologies and your willingness to cooperate."

((And I don't mind, just this in Giaku territory and if you've been reading along...it might be best to steer clear of the thread :X just a warning))

[cptkickercutleg]

Graal's ears twitch and his fur stands on edge.
"She's in danger!" his mind screams, panic racing through his blood.
"Not her! Anybody but her! I can't let her get hurt!"
He steps forward in front of Mascamora, his tail curling over his back, his face wrinkled in a snarl.
"Kill her, and my life ends one way or the other. Let her go, and I'll give myself to you in her stead." he growls, "She is my reason, my purpose and my moonlight, she is what sustains me, I won't let anyone hurt her." he continues,
"What am I DOING!?" his mind yells, but his mouth continues, digging him deeper, probably endangering both of them now,
"If you hurt her, I won't be responsible for my actions, regardless of any respect I may have had for you."

[Midnight]

((mkay here i go))

iC:
If Midnight were able to she would have facepalmed. 'Graal, you just did everything wrong. Gah, and at the worst possible time ever.' Poor Thunder, she probably thinks thier married now. She would deal with that later. Now though...she thought quickly. If she snuck up and accomponyed Thunder and Graal, that stuck-up princess would kill them all. She wouldn't notice Midnight, because she had already rolled in some rosemary, which did smell pretty nice. And she was pretty much the quietist person she knew. Eh, she would just wait and see what would happen.

[thunder]

"Merda! Che era ce!?" She cried out startled. "That tunnel simply leads to my den! If you followed from above like Graal you would know that I can prove it! I would come out in Toai!" Her fur stood on end as she tried to find the reason for anger. "Tu la il lione." She said not caring if she couldn't be understood by anyone here. She hardly had a reason to. ""Tu vai?" She asked not even expecting an answer. She stood and kept her mucels from tensing. She was a speedy messenger of war quite used to having bigger and stronger things chasing after her, but she was not going to start a fight.

"Forse bastava respirare, solo respirare un pò fino a riprendersi ogni battito e non cercare l'attimo, per andar via non andare via perchè non può essere abitudine. Perche si spezzano tra i denti
le cose più importanti quelle parole che non osiamo mai e faccio un tuffo nel dolore, per farle risalire portarle qui, una per una qui. Forse mi basta respirare solo respirare un pò. Forse è tardi, forse invece no." Her words were fast and held great meaning. Her posture remained semi-submissive but her words held a power they had not before when she was speaking the tongue common here. She made no movement outwardly but inwardly she was ready to simply dart though the fire if attacked. She just needed to live and get to her destination and still be ready to run. Always, always ready. She could run from anything, not because she was a coward, but because it was what she was designed to do, trained, practiced, and overworked just to do this one thing. Anywhere, anytime.

[Relairah]

Thunder turned, clearly startled, and began speaking in some foreign tongue... well foreign to Mascamora anyway. She only understood the words she spoke in common, about the tunnel leading to her den. That just made her more suspicious and upset. Why the hell would there be a tunnel leading directly from her den into the heart of Giaku? That made no sense whatsoever to Masca.

It was quite clear the little wolf was worked up, and suddenly Graal was too, standing in between them declaring his love and devotion and his willingness to die for her. Her nose was wrinkled in a snarl and she kept her gaze on Thunder, upholding the ball of star energy which had been accumulated in Thunder's path. "Bycceh!" she said in her fury.

"Graal, this is not your fight, nor your place. I have no intention of harming anyone unless they are completely unwilling to cooperate. You are on someone else's land, and if you feel you have some sort of authority here, then you have sealed your own fate."

She meant particularly the last words to Thunder as well. "You seem to fail to understand the situation, Thunder. This is Giaku, a pack known for its tyranny, and you seem to think it's okay to have an access tunnel leading straight from your den here? Perhaps it is true that you are not an assassin, nor anyone sent by anyone else for dark purposes. But Graal claims to have met a wolf from Shinkou, our sworn enemy. And what is to say that as such you are not also an enemy of Giaku? Answer me this. Step into my paws, little wolf, and tell me if you would not feel threatened if you knew an enemy had free access into the comfort of your home."

She paused dramatically, "If you head into your little tunnel, and choose your stubborn pride instead of accepting the choice you made by trespassing on our borders, you state yourself as an enemy of Giaku. And should you set paw upon our lands again, you will suffer the fate any enemy of Giaku does."

[Oki]

Drexyll was hoping for a response from Mascamora as he whispered his thoughts to her just as they were beginning to escort the two loners to the Giaku borders. But instead, Thunder wanted to do her own thing, defying their generosity. As Mascamora created a barrier between the female and the tunnel, she then started to spout a foreign language, albeit the statement about the tunnel leading to her den. If that wasn't enough, beforehand, Graal proclaimed his adoration and sacrifice for Thunder, which actually struck Drexyll at first. But then, it made sense. Ever since the male came upon the two Druins and Thunder, he showed a protective manor around her.

Their connection together, Graal's connection to Shinkou and Thunder's tunnel to her den just made the whole situation 10 times worse. It seemed that his exaggerated accusations weren't so far-fetched after all, now with the both of them having the potential to do so in the future.

Thunder wasn't understanding the principle though, nor was Graal. Mascamora was right; it wasn't their place or authority to make their own choices, being that they were on someone else's land. They needed to understand that if they wanted to live, they needed to do what they were told and nothing else.

"Are you two this dense and egotistic that you value your pride over your life?", Drexyll added in after Mascamora, "It cannot get much simpler than allowing us to quite generously lead you to our borders and let you be on your merry ways...We", he gestured to himself and Mascamora, "Are not killing machines, nor do we find joy in doing so, but neither of us will hesitate to defend our home from those who we believe are our enemies...Right now, you two are neck deep in quicksand at the mercy of those who are able to save you", Drexyll sternly stated, adding in a little perspective at the end. He was becoming quite frustrated with how stubborn they both were becoming and was loosing his patience. It was a wonder to him how Mascamora hasn't yet either, being which she seemed more extroverted than he was. For now, he just hoped they would understand so they can be extruded efficiently and quickly.

[cptkickercutleg]

Graal stares at Mascamora and Drexyll, his body tense for a fight.
"I must be my own worst enemy." his mind mutters, barely audible over the roaring fear and anger in his head.
Nonetheless, he listens carefully to Mascamora and Drexyll, Thunder too, but her words were nigh incomprehensible to him.
As they speak, his tail slowly lowers, and the snarl fades from his face.
"I do accept that this is not my land, and that my transgressions thus far would have had me killed in my land, well, truth be told, I'd have been dragged to the alpha to have my innards eaten while I still howled in pain, but the point remains, I am aware of my wrongdoings, and the possible consequences, and I know I..." he turns to Thunder, apology and shame written plainly on his face, "Overreacted more than just a little. I cannot fight for you if you put yourself in danger Thunder, accept their rule this time, and we can make it out alive, if we show them the tunnel entrances, then they can rest assured that we are neither enemy nor trickster, not a threat or an annoyance." he says quietly , bowing his head to Thunder and Mascamora.
"Please accept my most heartfelt regrets and apologies. I have never meant harm, and I never intended to attempt to cause any."

[Midnight]

Wow, maybe not the best time to show herself, Midnight thought. Tensions were high, and appearing out of nowhere would really put the princess over the edge. 'What if...' she thought. Another loner had taught her something over the past few days, and today would be the perfect day to use it.
Casting out her conscious, she felt herself sort of leave her body, her mind aware of everything around her. It was frightening, and for a moment she almost drew back within her self. But she resisted, and soon felt her conscious brush against Graal's, and sent him a few words to explain that she would accompany them out of the land, or if he wanted, show herself and have the odds turned should there be an attack. There wasn't need for the words; the feeling of another being so close to your mind would be enough for him to realize she was there. She might have accidentily alerted the other, the princess and her lover. Only a shadow in the tree, her white wings gone, she slowly stood and did the same to Thunder, and waited for their response.

[thunder]

Thunder twitched she had mental walls and could feel them being prodded. She whispered a low stop it before raising her head. "I have no wish to start a battito. I simply thought that it might waste your time to escort me when I could walk underground to my den, but if you wish to take me out the long way that is fine." Her voice was now accented greatly as she forced herself to remain relaxed and help play peacemaker. She had no time to talk as if this was the language she had always spoken but if it was for peace, letting her origins shine wasn't to bad.

(I won't be on again until january sorry.)

[Relairah]

OoC: Midnight, I'm not sure if you said your character made her presence known only to Thunder and Graal... or to everyone... so I went with the former DX if it's otherwise let me know and I can edit...

Edit: Oh ok xD I added some stuffs in the middle ^^

iC:

Mascamora turned her gaze toward Graal as he spoke. "Your words are accepted," though she didn't say thank you. He was not the one she was really worried about anyway. Her gaze turned back to Thunder as she spoke. "No time is wasted concerning a matter such as this."

She still would not let the energy she had made dissipate until Thunder had joined them. Nor would she turn her back to Thunder again. She didn't trust she wouldn't try and run off again. Instead, she gestured that Thunder walk beside her.

It was then she thought she noticed something within the trees... perhaps it was just her imagination... a bird perhaps. She furrowed her brows, her eyes seeking, and there, she was sure she spotted something large. That definitely wasn't a bird. "Whoever is there, quit hiding and get showing yourself over with." She really wasn't in the mood to deal with more trespassers...

Hopefully, the wolf would show itself and they would once again begin moving toward the border.

It would take some time for them to reach it, although she really didn't feel like much talking unless she was otherwise prodded. She had a feeling Drexyll would do just that... Oh well, perhaps it would pass the time more easily.

Masca also hoped they wouldn't cross the guards or patrol. She knew they would probably see them... bah.

"Thunder, Graal... stay very close. Otherwise, you will find yourselves in more trouble than you might like."

[Midnight]

((it dosnet matter just like it might have happened i tryed to give you both (+Oki) a chance to hear it if you want but i didn't want to force it on you.))

[Oki]

Drexyll's fuse was getting short with the two. A rarity actually for the male. He never really ever got worked up much about anything...well except the situation at hand. For now, he just stood by nodding here and there as each of the others spoke in turn.

Waiting, Drexyll stood in the direction where the border was and hoped that the others would soon get their rears in gear so they could get going. He has never met any loners before and prayed he wouldn't anytime in the future. In the meantime, a claw on his forepaw casually drew in the dirt below him.

In mid-stroke, the male Druin's ear flicked, having this odd presence brush across the top of his head. Unoticably frozen, trying to focus as to what just happened and where it was originating from, he looked around and then at Mascamora as she spoke of the same feeling that he just got. Perhaps it was nothing...he hoped that it was just nothing and they felt something that wasn't there.

Brushing off the sensation of a presence nearby, he looked at the others before gesturing that they should get going towards the border. When the two wolves would go ahead of him and Mascamora, Drexyll would then walk parallel to her so they could continue their conversation...well what he was trying to start anyways.

Glancing over at Mascamora, he whispered in Druinish so their conversation could be more private, "E nuka hu galaw caah yguhnaw uihdebaw fuw yd zugj yd E zela", Drexyll jokingly stated. He then cleared his throat after a short pause, "E buimh oui bayz pehn hnada vegb uf dehiyheugd lawo ufhag...mih pehn ouiw qughwuz, eh daacd oui nyla atkaweagqa eg nygbzegj diqn dehiyheugd...Yjwaddela mih peda eg pnyh oui dyo...alag kawdiydela aguijn hu jah hnwuijn hnaew hneqv naybd", a small smile stretched across his muzzle. Having her to talk to by himself brought him back to when he first saw her, feeling his body become less tense and emotions softened. That smile would soon turn into a stupid love-struck grin as his eyes kept flicking back from in front of him to her, then back again. He couldn't help it, but hoped she didn't notice; would make him all the more embarrassed.

Translated: "I hope to never meet another outsider for as long as I live"..."I doubt you deal with these kind of situations very often...but with your control, it seems you have experience in handling such situations...Agressive but wise in what you say...even persuasive enough to get through their thick heads"