New Arrival on the Horizon

[thunder]

This was good. She was behind the wolf and she was going to do damage but before she leaped she hesitated. Was that blood? Certainly not wolf blood. Her ears flattened. Her head swung from side to side. She spotted the whips and the dire. Her eyes narrowed at the wolf and she mouthed "what are you doing! I need to get on this wolves back! If you trip him I'll be squished!" This was a huge wolf the kind she did not like to go against her 2 and a half foot height and little brute strength were nothing compared to it. But her speed agility and clever thinking made it easyer for her small frame to do large damage. This time she whent to the side again like she had when the fight started and charged Tiberus but jumped at the last second wile the wolf was extending its teth and flipped head moving twords the shoulder of the wolf to make a lrge wound and get some footing on the larger wolf's back. The only way to miss now has for him to stop his bite and pull back. Though getting squished was a bit of a problem. She wondered is this loner central or something cause never have i seen so many of us on pack lands at once. She was also curios if the red wolf could call back up instead of being a loner magnet. But this was going to be one heck of a fight that was for sure.

[Relairah]

Zefirino heard the words uttered by his opponent, time to end this... no time to play with younglings. His instincts told him of something new coming, something magical. If that would be the game, he had a few tricks of his own. Just as Tiberius would lunge forward, he would suddenly see smoke form before his eyes and all around him. The smoke billowed and thickened, filling the clearing until it was the only thing visible except for dark forms of shadows where a wolf may or may not have been.

A dark form suddenly appeared to lunge toward him through the smoke from the side, and then vanished, this happening a few different times at different points around Tiberius' body. If the little female got caught in it, perhaps she might leap away. He didn't mean for her harm per say, his focus was all on Tiberius. The last illusion seemed to lunge for his face, just about the time the smoke would be clearing and the Dire wolf would be arriving and casting his own spell. Well the vine would be successful in wrapping about the leg... but it was the leg of an illusion in the smoke, and it would vanish just as all the others had.

But just as it seemed the smoke was clearing, it would billow again, though this time not as thickly, creating a puff effect. His voice echoed from several spots through the smoke. "It seems your stay is most certainly not welcome. While I do wish to discover which of us is the greater opponent, that option is perhaps ruled out. Leave, now. The odds are not in your favor."

The smoke thinned further, this time clearing for sure, Zef's real self standing a bit to Tiber's side though out of immediate biting range. The older wolf would have to lunge for him if he wanted to attack. His blue eyes were firm, his muscles tensed, waiting on the other's next move.

[Helcerinex]

"Yes... perhaps another time...", as Zef had gone out of range, the instantaneous decision of ending this conflict... but now without good call.

Tiberius leapt up, his fangs ceased billowing his attack with a whisp and it was gone... he was mid air when a huge set of blakc wings, feathered, torn... boney, and red stained from blood ripped outward. The closer, swung right out, and dragged itself along the ground, tripping Zef out from under his feet consequentally, "And until that day... a fond... fond fairwell...", he took a dive, and uttered, "Uzkozkti!", down below, where the Dire held him by this... rope. It was suddenly obliterated when his claws touched the earth.

Three large spikes had jutted from the earth, anddemolished the red vine-like attack.

Tiber paid little attention to the female, he turned and kicked off his spikes and leapt high intot he air with a powerful beat of his wings, "If i cannot walk over your earth... i shall have a nice flight isntead...", he corkscrewed through the air and with a rippled on his wings, he rocketed outward, and into the sky, spreading his wings like a dark engel and took a flap, he was a spec now.

He was gone.. and impressed.

[thunder]

Thunder fell this made no sense! She twirled and searched through the smoke. When it cleared She sat listened sighed and looked down "and what of me" she said after the black wolf flew off. She was sitting head down tail over her paws in respect. She had her ears slanted backwords as she braced for a punishment of some sort for sticking around. Her voice was solem and udnerstanding that he was dominant biger and more powerfull. She made it so her eyes were not seen. Her blue fur shined slightly from the sun behind her and her black paws were somewhat muddy she realy had no harm done except for a gash from a sharp rock when she fell her fur covered it but the smell was still there she hoped it wouldn't be noticed for there was blood from the fight. But she sat and waited for a reply.

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Chiram gave a quick glanced towards the female as his teeth gripped the blood vines that were contacted to his shoulders. "Sorry honey." The dire chuckled, before pulling at both of the blood vines. Doing so, he shifted his red orbs towards the two males and took notice of the dark smoke. Shortly after, he felt both of his vines go slack and took note of what might have caused it to happen. One had quickly recoiled back towards him, showing damage like a split hair. While the other was simple floating in the air like a snake on water. It was clear that the first had been destroyed, but the other confused the dire as he looked back towards the others and only then did he realize what had happened.

The vine had gripped onto a illusion, not the actual wolf. Smart play, the dire thought and turned his attention towards the smoke as it began to clear, listening to the echoing of the males voice. Shortly after, Chiram watched as the older wolf sprouted wings and flew off. "What a interesting day." He said, shortly after the female had spoken. His throat gave a soft rumble as he chuckled to himself and watched as his blood vines dropped to the earth, staining thin lines of the ground with his blood. With that, the dire turned his attention towards the other male once more. His raptor like claws gave a quick twitch and tapped the ground impatiently has he waited for the small male to speak. From what he had heard from the old wolf, this male belonged to the Shinkou pack. Giving the male all rights to be in higher power then himself. But unlike the little female, Chiram showed no signs of being submissive. Instead, he gave the male a questioning look by turning his ear to the side and lifting one of his eyebrows.

[Relairah]

The black and red wolf stepped back, adjusting his footing as the intruder left, watching him only briefly to be sure he was actually leaving, before turning his focus elsewhere. Ears twitched at the female voice and his face softened when he saw her behavior. He glanced at the other also, and saw they both waited upon him. Well, he wasn't one to let it go to his head. He was by no means the Alpha of this place. He had only been doing his job with the older wolf, although if any other indication of threat was posed he wouldn't hesitate to do it again.

"What are your intentions?" he replied to the female, and glanced toward the Dire wolf, indicating his question was directed at both of them. "If you mean no threat, you are welcome to pass through. Also, if you are merely passing through, tell me your destination and I can escort you to the border or give you guidance... if you wish it. Or if you wish to join this pack and remain, it is up to you."

With that, he fell silent, glancing between the two and waiting for their responses. He wondered if either of them would become a fellow pack-mate or not.

[thunder]

Her ears pointed forwards and she lifted her head to see weather or not he was serious. Her red eyes going over his posture in shock. When she saw he was serious she said "Originally i was just drifting and looking for somewhere to stay for the night..." She paused for a moment to try to regain some semblance of calmness but her shock was still clearly evident "I would, but I know knothing of the customs of this land or a pack.. I know not of which piece of meat I would get or how a group hunts together. I'm not sure if I would be useful at all i hunt small pray and am good with herbs but i don't know...I don't know..." she trailed off as her ears slanted backwards once more she lowered her head and her tail tightened around her paws even more she tried shaking her head and her tail twitched she was very plainly confuse,shocked,embarrassed and nervous and try as she might to stop it from showing it did.

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The Dire wolf's ears became more focused upon the male before him. His red orbs studied the male's reaction, taking note of any negative actions that might be displayed before him. However, it was only the female that was showing such signs. Even from where he was at, he could tell that the female might have been scared or in a bit of shock. As he listened to both of their words, Chiram took a small step towards the female, curving his large body towards her direction. " Don't be to shaken up there miss, I'm pretty the Shinkou wolf over here wont nip at you for just stepping onto the border." The large Dire gave a small, halfhearted grin towards the female, making both of his front canine teeth stick out farther as his lips tightened.

With the same small grin planted on his lips, he turned his attention towards the male and gave a small huff of air through his nostrils. Signaling that the large Dire was becoming bored of the small talk, and to also gain a bit of attention as he was getting ready to answer his question. " You don't have to worry about me, I was just going for a bit of a stroll. But sense you brought that up, I guess I'll tell you that I am a bit intrigued about joining." Chiram explained to the both of them, but mainly towards the male.

[Relairah]

Zef listened calmly, taking each of their responses in turn. It was clear to him also, the little female's state of shock. Perhaps because of his demonstration earlier? Well, that had been a somewhat different situation.

He smiled slightly and nodded when the Dire wolf approached the female and reassured her. To the female he said, "You don't need to worry about anything like that which you stated. The Shinkou pack has a wide range of jobs for individuals, and in fact, you don't even have to have one if you don't wish it. All you have to do, is desire to be part of the pack, and then stay." He paused, a bit of mischief approaching his blue eyes. "And of course promise no betrayal." He was half-joking, as there were no official oaths when becoming a member... though it was assumed when one did that they were reliable sort of wolves.

After saying this, he turned his attention to the Dire. "It is as I told her... simply stay." Given no threat was presented. Which he sensed none at this point. He wondered if they would inquire about the different jobs he had mentioned before in the pack. If they did, he would have no problem explaining them. But first he waited, ears tuned toward them.

[thunder]

She turned her head slightly towards the dire and his grinning face after biting her own tail to help regain some state of composure and grinned back at him before turning her full attention to the other male. Her mind and will finally overcoming the shock. She took his words in her head examined them his posture and his voice she didn't overlook the mischief. She thought quickly and hoped to learn more through her questions. Her stance changed rapidly once more. Her tail unbound itself from her paws moving to the side with the tip flicking back and forth in a manner similar to a curious house cat.Her ears pointed towards the black and red pack wolf to show her attention was on him even as she curved her neck and gnawed at the gash on her shoulder making it appear like she had an itch so that she could see the full extent of the damage clean the underfur and give her an excuse for cleaning the over fur, all to hide that she was wounded and only someone very observant that was looking at her then would have noticed.

"What are these jobs?" she inquired tilting her head slightly and wincing inwardly she took note of the fact that the cut was deep and herbs were her best bet as far as getting rid of pain and speeding up the healing. Then she wondered about the males names and slowly and softly said "My name is Thunder." She didn't know if they would tell her there's or if they even heard her but she looked up keeping her eyes looking a little to the left of the pack wolfs for she knew of males who looking into there eyes offended them and these kinds of males had attacked her for doing it too. She knew she might have been being paranoid but she did not know this wolf so it was all good.

Though she believed she needed to show him that she had caught the half-truth mischief and grinned at him happily. Then snorted in attempt to hide a snicker at the pack wolfs choice of words as the thought of an old joke between her and Umea. Her head tucked low for a second as she did this then she lifted it again looking very close to his eyes but still a bit to the left she tilted her head slightly as she grinned even more showing that she was happy and understanding as she waited patiently.