A Midnight Run ((Open))

[aurorasistine]

Aurora was deep in the forests of the Shinkou pack lands. She was perched atop a fallen tree, that had yet to begin rotting. It was covered in bright green moss. She took a deep breath and smelled the forest around her. It made her heart race. Her cream colored pelt was at its longest for the season so it swayed in the wind slightly. She stood and her claws scratched into the bark of the trees.

The murky clouds shifted and the large shining moon made itself known. As she stared up at the giant glowing sphere it made her heart ache, for she had no mate to share this sight with. Also her shyness towards others didn't help her cause either. She tilted her head back and her ears dropped with it and a sad longing howl burst forth from her. It was smooth and heartbreaking. She lowered her head and gave a sigh. She needed to run. Run away and hopefully loose her shyness.

She jumped down from the log and looked back to the moon. She took a deep breath and began to walk away. That shortly turned into a trot, then a jog and then a full on sprint. She dodged her way past trees and sailed over logs. She loved the feel of there forest floor beneath her paws. The cool night air combing through her fur. She seemed to just melt away. She felt like she could run like this forever. Her vision seemed to mellow out as well. Seeing just enough of the whooshing forest to keep her safe. She opened up her senses and drank in this midnight run.

Her only wish: Someone to enjoy it with.

[cptkickercutleg]

Graal pads quietly through the forest, possibly one of his favourite areas of this land, enjoying the cool breeze as it moves his thick grey and tan fur.
He looks up towards the shining moon, a full moon, blazing down on the forest as bright as the sun and as cool as a stream of clear water.

The sound of sprinting paws arrives at his ears as he walks,
"Thunder?" he thinks, ears twitching. "No, not her scent."
He turns to intercept the runner at his current speed, she'd pass through the clearing to his right in a few seconds, he just had to be there to see who it was, find out who this new wolf was.

[aurorasistine]

Aurora saw the moon light through the trees just before her. She smiled and slowed her pace. This clearing was absolutely lovely. The thick tall grass swaying in the breeze. She felt her claws dig into the semi soft, leaf-covered ground and slow herself down.

She trotted into the clearing panting softly. Her cream fur seemed to glow in the moon light pouring down over the grass. She looked up at the moon and raised her head again a howled. Thanking the moon for its beauty. She stopped and continued to pant softly, a wolfish grin coming to her face. Her thick fur blew in the wind again. Her black nose, with one pink spot, rose slightly and she sniffed the air. The sweet smell of the grass and the scent of her pack. She shook her fur put slight and began to walk again.

She got to a spot that had soft fur. She laid down and rolled around in it. She let put bark and yips of happiness. She did enjoy soft grass against her fur. She rubbed her nose against it and let out a wolfish laugh. She sighed softly and laid on her back. This was heaven.

[thunder]

Lust ravaged the dieing doe enjoying its quieting cries of pain. Ah.. The taste of blood how she loved it so. When she finished she didn't bother to lick off the blood on her already stained fur and walked into the clearing.

What an idiot. She thought looking down at the other female. She turned her black and orange eyes to Graal. From this close he could probably see her horns and the odd coloration of her eyes. She pulled her blood stained wings to her body and stared at him waiting to see his probably idiotic greeting. I wounder how strong of a mind he has... She thought examining his form.

(Sorry! No Thunder right now just evil Lust... Big difference between her and Thunder.. Big.)

[cptkickercutleg]

(( I am aware and I keep going to post but having a timeout error >_< ))

Graal stops in his tracks staring warily at Lust, blood dripping from her soaked muzzle.
"Danger!" his mind screams, making his hackles rise, his tail hovering parallel to his thick muscled body.
"Voh nort spech Vulftung, doth voh." he says with a sigh, trying hard not to look stressed, but failing miserably.
"Voh es?" he asks, ears swivelling to find any other wolves that may be with her.
"The other Drappa had best stay low while this one is here..." he thinks to himself, glancing through the thin bushes at Aurora before shaking his head to disguise his movement.
"In the language of your land, that means: You are?" he adds with a small smirk, masking his caution with acted flippancy.

[aurorasistine]

Aurora felt the fur on her nape rise as the female entered the clearing. She stopped rolling in the grass and she knew she'd been spotted. She stopped moving and held still. She watched the female through the tall grass. She knew she was in danger. She wasn't one to back down out of a fight, but she knew she wouldn't win this one if that's what it came too. She saw the female pulled her blood stained wings to her body. Aurora sunk low to the ground and made her way to the treeline. She wanted nothing to do with this dangers beast. She saw Graal, but kept moving she cold tell her was as fearful as she was. She was too busy trying to get away from the female to even take in her scent, see where she was from. Her cream fur brushed against the grass and son she was at the tree line. She watched from the relative safety of there. This female and the other male wolf seemed to know one another. She was one nasty growl from bolting, though if the wolf, she now recognized his scent, was one of her pack-mates. She couldn't leave him with this female. She staid and watched them. If she needed to help him she would.

[thunder]

"A wolf." Lust said plainly. At least there is some sort of brain in this ones head. She thought looking down at him. They are right to fear me but I'm not in the mood to kill. She sat and licked her paw clean of the fresh blood. Oh what a wonderful taste it had, a pity those with plenty to go around were so simple minded. Orange eyes flicked back to the female at the horrible stench of her fear. She licked her muzzle just for the taste. She looked back at Graal with slight curiosity but her boredom ruled right now and probably would until she found something better to do.

[cptkickercutleg]

Graal smirks at her answer,
"This one has a brain..." he thinks to himself, then glances at the retreating female, his mind almost yelling in alarm, "Never flee from a predator!" but he manages to keep his facial expressions in check.

"I should probably have asked a more specific question, no matter. You remind me of the Varg, do you know who they are? No, you wouldn't, sorry, so many of this land are ignorant of the old ways, Tor's tongue and the origin of our kind. A Varg is a human who cannot control himself, his body morphs into the Gouru, a mix of man and Vulf, there is no control or true thought, only the need to kill, eat, and enjoy everything it does. It would kill a man to hear their dying screams and kill a Vulf for sheer fun, it would kill a village to feast." he pauses, "sound accurate?"

[thunder]

"I would sometimes kill for fun, and I do enjoy the taste of blood. But my mind remains clear and I was never human." She said once again bluntly. Her ear twitched at the sound of the female retreating but made no move to follow or attack. She simply was bored and for now Graal's conversation would suffice as entertainment.

[cptkickercutleg]

Graal chuckles, almost in a predatory nature himself,
"Oh, I never said that you had been a human, merely that few other creatures on Fenris' Earth would enjoy the act quite so much as yourself..." he says, beginning to circle around her, padding softly out of both his own and her immediate reach.
"Not that I would seek to condemn or judge you, in fact, you do what so few Putnar outside of the Giaku can do: you revel in your own nature as we others struggle against the inevitability of our lives, fighting to prevent bloodshed, feeding only when we must instead of as much as we wish, it is by our conflicting differences that we, the average Vulf, define ourselves. We say we are "above" your actions, that we can surpass our instincts in search of something better, we can live lives not meant for us. But you can say that you are pure, devoid of such aloofness, natural talent which you and few others can access because you are the way you are..." Graal continues, bouncing ideas around his head out loud, the words rolling from his tongue in an attempt to engage her mind, distract and turn her from Aurora.
"Silly girl, now I must endanger myself for the life of another I barely know..."

[aurorasistine]

Aurora watched them and slowly began to melt into the brush. She backed into it. This female was something she wanted nothing to do with. She kept her eyes trained on the two wolves. One of which ruined her peaceful run. She suppressed a growl and sat down. She looked at Graal. She'd never really met him formally. Hopefully he survived his chat with this wolf. Where did she come from anyway? Aurora tossed the questions around in her mind. Her fur prickled. She wouldn't have felt as frightened if this female was form her pack. Then again Aurora was still new. She knew the lands, just not many of the pack members. She liked it that way, sometimes. This was one of the times she hated it. Her almost black nose sniffed the air.

[thunder]

"I can see what you are trying to accomplish but you also make a valid point." She now turned her head to the female "I have no reason to hurt either of you unless one or both of you atack me. Come, I am willing to listen to your thoughts or whatever it is you wish to say to me." She turned back to Graal. "Continue please." Her voice was very flat in tone the whole time. She sat and staired blankly a Graal.

[aurorasistine]

Aurora kept her ears trained on the creature in front of her. She stood slowly and wondered if she should walk down to her. She watched them closely. Her fur bristled slightly as thoughts raced through her mind. She stood slowly and walked down to them, each step was full of caution. Her ears dropped back and her tail was rigid and tense. She sat down near them, but not too close. She raised her muzzle as she spoke, "Where did you come from?" She asked. Her eyes still full of suspicion. The first impression has passed and this female did not sit well with her.