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Post by mudfang on Jun 1, 2008 0:08:28 GMT -5
Kiba sighed wearily. Aeryn and Roiben were sleeping, curled tightly beside her. Their eyes had opened long ago, and it was almost time for them to become neophytes. Her ribs jutted out, and the pups' eyes were sunken. She terribly missed Owen. She closed her eyes tightly. His handsome face appeared in her vision, and she felt close to tears. "Where'd you go? I miss you so... Seems like it's been forever since you've been gone." She murmered to herself.
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Post by Sivoncé™ on Jun 4, 2008 16:16:59 GMT -5
(This title is ironic. 1. This is my theme song lately, alone w/ Death Cab's "Bixby Canyon Bridge". 2. I posted it in my author corner not too long ago. 3. My thoughts right before I clicked on this thread: "Woah...Mud and I haven't rped in forever!  ) Truffle paced the nursery restlessly. He wasn't sure if his mother had noticed yet. It had been three days since Twig had vanished. No sign yet. No one knew this, but he'd overheard some seniors speaking of what had happened to Olive. He knew Paris was dead now, but it still had shot another bullet of fear through him. He shook his head slightly, desperate. And his father hadn't shown. He'd wanted to meet him so bad...hearing the way Kiba had spoken of him. A swish of white flickered passed the nursery, and an alphess, panting rapidly, drew herself into the nursery. "Please tell me you have seen Owen...my son..." she breathed, looking desperate. Not him too. Please no... |
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Post by mudfang on Jun 4, 2008 16:43:54 GMT -5
Kiba's head flicked up, and she immediately stood, stirring Aeryn slightly. "Owen's gone?" She felt the tears rising. Not two of them... No... Not Owen, too...
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Post by Sivoncé™ on Jun 4, 2008 16:53:34 GMT -5
"I don't know. He's been gone for a day or so now...he was just going out hunting...but there was some stirrings near the border. He said it was nothing major, but he may have kept it hushed up and gone back by himself." Mist explained. "I wasn't in camp;; a warrior explained this to me when I returned an hour later."
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Post by mudfang on Jun 4, 2008 17:10:45 GMT -5
(sweeneh time)
Kiba was pacing back and forth, wearing a ditch in the dirt. "Where is he? Where is my mate? MISCHIEF! MISCHIEF!" She murmered shrilly to herself. "Beadle deedle deedle. Deedle deedle dumpling. Where is he? Owen, my dear. Nothing's gonna harm you... not while I'm around... Deedle deedle deedle deedle dumping..."
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Post by Sivoncé™ on Jun 4, 2008 21:28:13 GMT -5
Mist glanced at her oddly, decided she was hysterical, then blinked away as many tears as she could. "We'll need to round up a patrol and--" "Uh...Mom? What're you doing here?" An absolutely bewildered Owen entered the nursery, auds tilted towards Mist, but figure moving close to Kiba's. "WHERE THE HELLFIRE WERE YOU?!" "Tracking a nasty little Black Fury beastie?" "Oh..." "Yup." "I'm gonna go now..." "All righty...." |
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Post by mudfang on Jun 4, 2008 21:57:22 GMT -5
"OMG IT'S OWEN!!" Kiba nearly screeched, and she screeched o-m-g, too. Aeryn's head lifted sleepily. "Daddy?" Kiba went all motherly. "HOW DARE YOU RUN OFF WITHOUT TELLING ANYONE! I WAS ABOUT TO BECOME A CRAZY-FIED BEGGAR FAE BECAUSE OF IT!!" |
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Post by Sivoncé™ on Jun 5, 2008 22:20:12 GMT -5
Owen stared, slightly dazed, then decided what she'd said was simply some hogwash that meant she'd been crazed and upset while he was gone. Or at least it would seem so. He merely grinned a handsome, crooked grin. "You know I would never leave you," he laughed, licking her cheek.
Truffle rose to his paws, sad thoughts of Twig pushed temporarily from the boundaries of his mind. His eyes glowed with hapiness and admiration.
"..Dad?"
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Post by mudfang on Jun 6, 2008 16:10:18 GMT -5
Aeryn's eyes widened. "He's so pweeeettyy."
The now awake Roiben snorted. He pranced around his father, chest out. "Not so mocho to m--EEP!" Roiben had fell flat on his face.
Kiba smiled. "Riight."
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Post by Sivoncé™ on Jun 7, 2008 11:48:11 GMT -5
Owen grinned warmly at his children, nodding to Truffle's question. "Yes, I'm your dad."
At this, Truffle skyrocketed forward and curled around his father's paw, growling a small, happy growl.
Terralisa peered out from under her father's front legs. She was scared to meet the rest of her family;; what if they didn't like her...or what if she didn't look like them? She glanced up at Kiba, eyes wide.
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Post by mudfang on Jun 7, 2008 14:19:59 GMT -5
Kiba's smile lit up her face. "Terra! Oh, how I've missed you! Owen, did all of our pups decide to come?" She asked, looking for Blaithin and Delaney.
At that moment, two wrestling balls of identical fur tumbled from behind Owen. "NO, I GET TO SEE THEM FIRST!" "NO! I DO! I'M THE OLDEST!" "BY A MILISECOND!"
The twosome stopped, and both looked at their family. "Heeeello..." On of them said.
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Post by Sivoncé™ on Jun 7, 2008 14:45:50 GMT -5
Relieved, Terra surged forward and nuzzled happily against her mother's side, eyes bright and cheerful. Terra was onyl shy aroud wolves she hadn't seen before;; after the first words were shared, this trait evaporated. After that, she was a stubborn but determined, painfully honest, opinionated, fun-loving little ball of fur.
Owen nodded, ecstatic and lost in the happy haze of having his family all together. Oddly, his thoughts reached into the old legends of wolves like Wind and Sky. Of course they had died the day their children had been born, but what if they hadn't? Would they ever have arrangements like this, where they just trotted into the camp with their pups and united with the other half of their family? He felt a small twinge of sympathy towards the old leaders, wishing a bit that the Siverians and Destinians were more like their ancestors. He didn't contemplate this long before turning his full attention back to his own family.
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Post by mudfang on Jun 7, 2008 15:07:57 GMT -5
Kiba smiled blissfully. She was silently glad that Owen had taken some of the pups. There were friggin seven of them...
Blaithin hurried to leap onto Roiben. The small white brute laughed softly. Aeryn watched, yawning.
Kiba looked at Owen. "Who is their... ugh... 'mother'?"
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Post by Sivoncé™ on Jun 7, 2008 15:30:32 GMT -5
Owen frowned at this. "My mom kept them alive as long as she could off of what she had left...but after about three weeks they had to switch over to herbs." He explained. He hated to burden his mother; she was already dragging as much as it was. But she had insisted in taking care of her grandchildren as long as she could. She'd done her best.
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Post by mudfang on Jun 7, 2008 18:10:29 GMT -5
Kiba simply smile and offered him a soft laugh. "So, our children are hippies? Using herbs to live off of?" She rolled her eyes. "Don't worry. I know she tried."
She glanced down at Aeryn who was grooming her snow white fur daintily. She was plump, but fit enough. "At least they won't be as spoiled as these two. They think they're royalty or something..."
Aeryn snorted. "Well, aren't we? Grandchildren of TWO alphas?"
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