.:.~-_ Maline's travels _-~.:.

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Hellfire with it! I did it again...

Sharp tuffs of grass and tumble weeds were pricking Maline's fur, making it clump up. She was on her way to find a new home, because, even though she like them, the open plains weren't suiting her well. There was little prey there, and her fur had gone thin from lack of protein. She was headed through a hilly area, which was filled with several, well, tumbleweeds. Now she was trying to avoid tripping on the sharp tuffs of grass and right now she wasn't doing too well.

Just get me out of here.

Maline didn't know where she was, or where she was going, but the direction she had taken wasn't the brightest choice. Now she was in a sprint, and the more she ran the more the grass thickened. And without noticing she was wandering farther into Yozoran territory, unaware of the smells. The grass was really thick now, and she had to slow her pace and momentarily stop to tug at clumps of grass clinging to her fur. Maline rolled her eyes, and when she finally broke free of a weed's grasp, she tripped and rolled through the rest of the plains (only a few feet, though). She was free! Until before long, there was a large and overwhelming scent of wolves nearby.

Oh, holy Lupus.

She was in the Yozoran camp site.

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...ooh ooh ooH

Esrever pounced on a tumbleweed, flattening it. Actually, it was rather sharp-like. Ouchies. He hummed to himself, picking up the scent of numerous wolves.

...esle gnihtemos llems osla I ,revewoH .sdnal renol eht rof lausunu toN He sniffed harder. !tnecs kcaP

He made as if to turn tail and run for cover before the asteroid struck Earth and everything was annihil... um, wrong movie. But either way, he thought better of it. Esrever was picking something else up, anyway.

And the source of the last scent?

Esrever approached the female wolf cautiously, but not overcautiously. There's a difference. Like the difference between an orange and an apple. "Hey. What are you doing here?"

(DX If you'd like, I can translate his thoughts for ya. Eyes hurty.)

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(it's okay. I got it. xD )

Maline looked up. Something was watching her, and not long after she sensed this she was spoken to. "Hey, what are you doing here?" Maline jumped. Could this be a warrior, or a loner? Whatever rank it was, she had been uncovered, and she was ready to run. But instead of pelting away from the wolf, she darted into it, faster than lightning, ready to attack. She couldn't afford to be killed while running, so she was forced to take advantage and attack. Still, Maline wasn't really thinking straight, so before contact with teeth and claws, she skidded to a halt, barely brushing fur with the stranger. The wolf was cautious, and before long, Maline was speaking. "Please, if you are a member of these wolven warriors, please, please don't tell on me!" Maline was desperate. "I was just leaving, but I got lost and, well, ended up here!" The strange wolf blinked at her. What would he say?

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There was a rush of wind, and Esrever felt something brush against his side.

He blinked slowly at the other wolf, wondering what she was doing. ?em gnikcatta ehs sI

Then the wolf started speaking. He listened closely. Well, closely enough so that he got the general gist of it. Then his ears hurt, but he wasn't sure why.

"I think what you wanted to know is this: I am a loner." Esrever blinked again. "Who are you?"

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Maline blinked in reply. The question who are you made her think more of her name, but of who she was. Right now Maline didn't even know her true identity. After loosing so many friends she felt like an outsider, a wolf who doesn't belong. She was releived to hear that the wolf was a loner, but she still felt bewildered at teh question. All the intensity made her choke, and she was soon sniffling back tears, ones that showed she was weak. Innocently she answered. "My name is Maline." She spoke with a quiet, charming voice, her pretty eeys twinkling with stardust. She instantly thought of her old home with her carefree friends, and then the tragic accident with Shabah. Oh, poor Shabah. I feel like it is all my fault. Noon was rising in the sky, and Maline knew that she wouldn't have time to escape the Yozoran terriroties in time. Still, she could try. She felt nervous, trembling in fact, standing directly in front of the Yozoran camp. Her lean, guant body was resiting any movements; she feared to go without protection. Then her eyes slowly slid to the wolf in front of her, her dark green eyes blazing in the sun light. Her fur was blowin gin the wind, despite it's length. "Please, since you are a loner, will you travel with me?" She croaked with a dry throat, pleadingly.

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Esrever narrowed his eyes slightly, but his visage was still a kind one. "I can't do that." He looked off past the female wolf, observing the Yozoran camp which seemed just a little ways off. "There's a reason that we're called loners. Or at least, there's a reason that I consider myself a loner."

"I live alone. And I do what I want when I want. Whatever happens, I can control it. If I can't, then well, it's my own fault. No crutches to lean on, nothing." He shrugged, then looked closely at the female wolf. "If you're that desperate for companionship that'd you ask me, though, then I'd like to remind you of this: we may be loners, but that doesn't mean we never see each other. You'll see lots of loners out there. Just because we don't bind together in a pack doesn't mean that we don't know who each other are."

He blinked at the other wolf, waiting for an answer to his monologue.

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Maline was gaping. Her mind had exploded in grief to the wolf's words. "Ya know," she said, "You don't have to live alone to be a loner. Sure that may be what it is called, a loner, but seriously, don't you get bored? Wouldn't you like to explore, and just travel? With the wind in your fur, muffling the noises in your ears, flying like a bird, the soft and luscious grass tickling your feet, and the birds singing songs to amplify your mood? Wouldn't you like that?" Maline was walking towards the wolf now, her teeth in a smile, walking and running back and forth as she explained the life of her free self enthusiastically. Jumping on a tumbleweed, ignoring the prickles it left in her, she pricked her ears and ran up a hill, forgetting the camp, and simply remembering her friends. Her long gone, old friends whom she'd lost, then she ran back down the hill with the wind in her face, just as she explained, then running so close to the wolf it seemed she wouldn't stop. She came to nose touch, then backed away still smiling, and repeated. "Wouldn't you like that?"

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Esrever blinked. This wolf was very close to him. Like, two inches close. Creepy. Maybe he was just weird. Oh well.

"I..." He blinked again. "Wait, wait. I don't see how this has anything to do with you traveling with me. Can't we do all these things alone?"

(Sorry, can't think of much to write today. XP Maybe next post will be better, if you're interested in continuing this thread.)

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Maline wasn't ready to hear a question. All she wanted was yes or no. But living together before had grown on her, and the image of traveling alone didn't come clear through her head. Some one was always there.... "But, I never met someone like you...." Maline was confused at herself. Why did she want such a wolf so badly? "You're too...Interesting." She shook her head. "Nevermind. But won't you answer the question?" (It's ok. I can't think either. xD)

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(Apologies for my inactivity here. If you don't want to continue this thread anymore, that's fine.)

Esrever tilted his head to the side, seemingly listening to the miniscule vibrations of the atoms in the air, seemingly thinking about the multiple universe theory and how many universes might have been created just for this moment, that every choice might have split the universe into infinite universes.

Er... But he wasn't. He didn't really know any of that.

"Come on. Follow me." He nodded towards the loner lands once more. "We can discuss this later, when we're off these pack lands..."

...haeY

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(I'd love to continue this! I can be patient! )

Maline jumped with enthusiasm. "Come on. Follow me."

The words hit her like a bomb, a happy one of course. She eagerly followed through the brush and trampled after the wolf. "Where are we going?" She grinned.

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Esrever thought he heard the sound of a happy bomb, but then immediately discarded the thought. ?bmob yppah a si yeh eht tahW

"I don't really know," he spoke, a little more softly than before. "Somewhere in the loner lands. Don't make too much noise, though, we don't want to get caught."

In the distance, Esrever thought he heard some sounds of commotion in the pack grounds. .su htiw od ot evah t'nseod ti ,yllufepoH

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Howls were being cried out in the distance, near the Yozoran camp. A large amount of comotion. Maline flinched. She didn't want to end up here in the first place, and here she is with another loner right next to Yozoran camp. She froze, panic striken, and more commotion and howls were being made. She grunted out of frustration, and out of desperation she charged into Esrever, knocking him into some lengthy grass, and ran. "Are coming?!" she breathed. "What if they know we're here? What if they hurt you? No, oh no, I can't loose another friend. Come on, hurry and run, before I keep pushing you!"

[Njack]

(Yeah. I don't really have anything to say, because they're heading back into the loner lands now. o.o)

Esrever bounded off into the loner lands. .ecneirepxe ddo na fo tahwemos saw tahT ...hE

(I guess if you wanted to continue this or something, you could make a thread in the loner lands? I dunno.)

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(sure thing!)