Don't give me a look (open)

[Sivoncé™]

Cora sighed heavily as she heard him running after her. Doesn't get it -- figures. Reluctantly, she nodded. She didn't really see any option but accepting his help. It was what was best for the pack, anyway, so she would accept his company if only for their betterment. "Just look for cobwebs, get as many as you can find. They're used to stop bleeding, sort of like bandages. I'm guessing we're gonna have a lot of bleeding regardless of which side wins or loses. I'll look for my infection-stoppers on my own since I know them better." Her voice was rather emotionless, her tone unfathomable. She went on searching for chervil root and marigold, which were the two most common herbs used to stop infection. There were others, thank Verlust, but Cora was most experienced in using those.

[MooniiKinz]

Gossip nodded slowly, trotting briskly to the nearest bush, where he always used to see cobwebs as a pup. As he approached one, the glint of the cobweb made him stop, looking at it for a moment. He felt is tail drop, but went ahead and grabbed the branch the web hung on, as not to risk getting it wet in his jaws. He did this with his one branch, scooping up clumps of cobwebs as he went. Finally, with a branch that easily gained a few ounces in weight, his paws carried him back to Cora, sitting in front of her with the branch in his jaws. He smiled, his tail swishing across the ground slightly. "Are these good?"

[Sivoncé™]

Distractedly, Cora nodded as she was presented with a branchul of cobwebs. "Thanks, Gossip," she muttered quickly. She carefully but hurriedly removed the delicate webs from the branch, attempting not to loose any of the precious bandage material. Soon enough, the blood will flow and this sticky stuff will be saving somebody's life. But no lives would be lost, Cora was decided. Hellfirians would reincarnate, and the others she would make her priority to save first. Reincarnation from the afterlife was one thing, but dying for the first time, Cora felt, was something else altogether. And we can't even explain the Hellfirian phenomena yet...we don't even know how or why it happens. Best not to toy too much with the scales of fate.
"Have you died before, Gossip?" The ash and fire scent of Hellfire was constantly lingering here with all of the undead dwellers, and sometimes, Cora found it difficult to decipher those who were truly alive to those who had simply come back to life. "The reason I ask is so that I can learn to better decipher between Hellfirians and regular Blood Mists. I'm going to prioritize patients based on the status of their immortality, you see. I figure it's a safer bet that those who have already died and returned will return again than one who has never died before."

[MooniiKinz]

Shuffling his paws like a nervous pup, Gossip let himself put the words through is head before even thinking of an answer. "No, I'm pretty sure I haven't" He turned his gaze away, biting his lip slightly. "I don't believe in that sort of stuff..." He stood, blinking slightly and started padding away, head hung low.

(Writers block)

[Sivoncé™]

(hmmm. Look around the room for a random object and find some way to incorporate it into the thread ^^ -- or add something new and random that pops into your brain. Something fishy, smelly, or weird. I dare you! xD )

Cora raised a critical brow at him. Don't believe in what stuff, dying? Excuse me, mister, but everyone dies! "I'm sorry, but I don't quite understand you. Either that, or I just didn't hear you right. It sounded like you were suggesting that you either don't believe in the afterlife, or you don't think you can come back from the dead. If you want me to prove the first exists, I can blow your brains out here and now. If you don't believe in reincarnation, well....come on, now. Everyone knows Babylonia was murdered by Siv, and here she is well...okay, not good as new, but she's still back. And Assyria, and Hellfire....and pretty much the majority of our pack. I'm sorry, but what the hell do you mean?"The femme had dropped her herbs and let them lie in a mussed pile at her feet. Her eyes were skeptical and disbelieving, as if what she was seeing and hearing could not possibly be true. Part of my job description is to interpret the afterlife and that sort of thing...what is he crazy?

[MooniiKinz]

((Let's see how this plays out XD))

"I don't believe in the afterlife. When your dead your dead, end of story." He stopped his walking, but his tail still twitched behind him, catching stray dust and throwing it into the air. "And actually, reincarnation, a wolf can be named the same name, look the same and even hold the same personality, but I don't believe it's the same wolf..." He sighed, letting his paw drag across the dust with light movements. As he did this, a sparkle caught his eye, and he clawed at the dirt out of curiosity, uncovering a white and clear stone with dust taking away the transparency. "What's this?" He grabbed the hard stone in his front teeth, carefully removing his face from the ground, looking to Cora with the stone carefully balancing between his fangs.

((I caught a glimpse of my diamond ring, why not a diamond? XD))

[Sivoncé™]

If Cora had been annoyed before, oooh, was she angry now! She glared at Gossip as he spoke, fire in her veins at his words. You've got to be kidding me! This wolf is the most ignorant, self-centered little--
"So, basically, you ignore everything that is right in front of your eyes. You're forgetting a little huge detail, mister. Sure, they look the same, have the same name, but that's not what it's about -- these wolves that reincarnate have the same memories and emotions. They remember their last lives and also the time spent in Hellfire in between. So I suggest you--" She stopped short, fuming as he picked up the little rocks. Furiously, she collected her herbs to make a hasty exit. She grunted at him in annoyance. "Oh, that? Well, let's see, it's just a dumb rock according to you beliefs!"

(Well, that got a big reaction xD )

[MooniiKinz]

"Hold on!" Gossip quickly scrambled his paws so they were facing in a right direction, leaping with a few bounds so he can stand in front of Cora. "I thought it didn't matter what I believed as long as I was a loyal pack member?" He dropped the stone has he spoke, pointing at it with his paw. "I know that ain't some stupid rock, so I ask you again, what the hell is it?" He drew his paw away, setting it back on the ground. "I don't believe what YOU believe, that does not mean I don't believe in something!" The growl sputtered slightly, and he felt dizzy for a second, but kept his paws at a stand still. "When I said I don't believe in the after life I meant Hellfire." He paused, wondering himself where this was going. "I don't WANT to believe in Hellfire..." pause, thoughts. "I DO believe in Golden Wolf, Verlust, Lupus, Sky, Wind, and Mira though." Gossip sighed, his eyes shut so he could better think. "I don't believe in Hellfire because I never want to see anyone go there." He padded away, looking over his shoulder to Cora. "But I'm still a loyal Blood Mist wolf."

(I had to read the backstory again, hopefully I got all the names right)

[Sivoncé™]

(( OMG you get good karma for that -- nobody ever references the backstory! That is awesomeness xD xD ))

Well...damn.
Cora was completely speechless as the wolf rattled off the names of a pawful of legends, all in one sentence. Sure, Cora had heard of them, but they were rarely talked about these days. Verlust had failed them, the Golden wolf had long ago left his children when they had wrecked havoc across the valley, Mira had died and the mountain packs had become disheveled and increasingly violent, and, well, all of them were dead now, really. Lupus had stopped messing with everyone after a while, too, and word had it that Sky and Wind's bloodline had finally died out. What did these legends mean anymore?
Cora murmured quietly, "Well, think of it this way. All of those wolves are real, and we know it, but they don't do much, do they? The same goes with hell though, don't you think? It's there, but it doesn't really do much anymore...things are changing, I think. I don't think the immortals....the original leaders...have much power anymore, you know? But maybe that means someone does."
How in the world did we get into this deep religious conversation? Strangely enough, Cora couldn't muster up any annoyance anymore.
"Well...I don't know exactly what it is, but we could take it back to the healer den and check it out if you like? I don't think we should just leave it out here...it's not like anything I've seen before to be honest." Maybe Kreuger would know; maybe it has healing properties.

[MooniiKinz]

"Ah none of us would be here if it weren't for them. Maybe they are of some importance." Gossip grabbed the stone in his fangs once more, careful not to bite it to hard in case it was fragile. "Lead the way, cause I'll get lost." He found himself mumbling as to not drop the stone, no that couldn't be risked.

(This has gone in odd directions since it started..)

[Sivoncé™]

( yeah, but hey, that's what makes it interesting right? Should we start a new thread in the healer den?)

[MooniiKinz]

(Yes it does! And sure, should I make it?)