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Post by Sivoncé™ on Mar 1, 2008 2:07:32 GMT -5
The senior hadn't been faring well in this sickness;; he hadn't expected to make it far. But something in him was snapping;; a new madness was brewing within him, ready to unleash an uncontrollable monster. He licked the remnants of his meal from his lips, lingering on the blood far too long....
He stood, eyes wide with agony, then threw back his head to let out a chilling howl to the moon above. He fell, thrashing wildly about in the dirt. Gutteral snarls and threats spurred from her mouth. The white foam had begun to spew from him in great dollops, mingling with thick, deep crimson blood. His eyes locked on the ill, weak neophyte named Carolina passing through the camp. Instantly, he identified her as the enemy, the cause of all his suffereing. With that mad, intense thought, he lunged for her throat.
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Post by Destiny on Mar 1, 2008 9:11:02 GMT -5
Sothis raced out of the Nursery at the sound of a bone-chilling howl. He'd been keeping watch on Aliya and the newborn pups. Now he looked around the camp. Fur on end and eyes wide as he saw a senior wolf lunging at Carolina. His love. No damn way you old wolf. He'd race across the camp now. Long, dagger like pearly fangs bared. Lips drawn back in a huge snarl. Several feet from the old wolf he would lunge at the being's back. Aiming to knock it off balance and down to the earth.
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Post by Sivoncé™ on Mar 1, 2008 13:27:13 GMT -5
Rusty howled in pain, falling backwards on Sothis. He fell hard with a great thud, then kicked and screamed wildly once more. "DON'T....TOUCH...MEEE!!!!" He wailed, snarls errupting from the senior's maw.
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Post by Destiny on Mar 1, 2008 16:27:13 GMT -5
Sothis struggled to stay out of the way of Rusty's fangs. One paw, claws un-sheathed, aimed for Rusty's neck. He didn't want to have to kill the senior. Still, it seemed that Rusty has been possessed by the disease. Sothis eyes grew wider as snarls erupted from the senior's maw. "Calm down!" He snarled. The brute tried to place his other paw on Rusty's head. "Carolina!Get away from here, now!"
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Post by Sivoncé™ on Mar 1, 2008 18:46:20 GMT -5
"NOOOOIEEEEE!!!!" Rusty roared, kicking hard into Sothis' gut. "GET...OFF ME!!"
Carolina shook her head. "I'm not going anywhere. But Sothis....Sothis let him go...please. Let him die with at least some honor...." She pleaded with her lover.
Rusty's kicks and violent movements were finally slowing, and the senior heaved an exhausted, pained sigh. "I...no....touch.....sorry...help...." His words were barely audible, and ordered all wrong, but Carolina knew he had met Twilight.
"P-Peace, Rusty." She murmured, voice cracking. Tears slipped down her face, she swayed on her paws. How many more would fall prey to this rampaging monster? How many more of their own would have their minds taken from them, as Rusty had? How long....?
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Post by mudfang on Mar 1, 2008 19:19:41 GMT -5
Thunder instantly felt his sister's mood. He ran up to her, nuzzling her head. He pressed against her side so she wouldn't fall over. They had to look after eachother.
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Post by Destiny on Mar 2, 2008 9:08:31 GMT -5
Sothis stepped away from Rusty, as Carolina had ordered. The senior was already gone. Sothis touched his nose to Rusty's pelt. "I'm sorry it had to end like that Rusty. You deserved much better." The brute looked down at Rusty with pained eyes. Shaking his head he stepped over the senior and padded over towards Thunder and Carolina. Sothis pelt glimmered with a healthy sheen. Midnight pools were still bright with life and health, but they were tortured as he gazed at Carolina. He glanced at Thunder, smiling inwardly at the brute. "I'm sorry, but he lunged at you. I had no choice."
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Post by Sivoncé™ on Mar 2, 2008 16:00:15 GMT -5
Carolina nodded, still in the numbness of shock. "I...I think I need to lie down..." she began to limp back towards the medicine den, coughing and sputtering terribly. Her balance was an issue, too. She stumbled many times as she made her way across the short, flat distance.
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Post by Destiny on Mar 2, 2008 17:14:34 GMT -5
Sothis easily caught up with her. Padding slowly along beside her he offered her his shoulder to lean on. Reaching out to try and catch her whenever she stumbled. The distance was short but obviously the sickness was getting too her. "You need to rest." He mumbled quietly. More talking to himself then her.
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Post by Sivoncé™ on Mar 2, 2008 18:09:30 GMT -5
"Yes..." she murmered, voice coarse and scarcely audible. She managed to get into the den without stumbling much more. She laid down on a soft, mossy nest and closed her eyes.
"Sothis...." she whispered. "Please...don't leave me...."
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Post by Destiny on Mar 3, 2008 14:05:04 GMT -5
As Carolina lay down Sothis turned to head back to his post in front of the nursery. There he could keep and eye on Aliya and the six pups. The brute paused when Carolina called his name. For a moment he stood in the entrance way to the Healers den. Thinking. He'd turn his head to the Nursery and then back to Carolina. Sighing quietly to himself he turned and padded back too Carolina. Carefully the brute set himself down around Carolina. Left paw rested across her back. His chin rested on her shoulder. "I'm not going anywhere." He promised her.
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Post by Sivoncé™ on Mar 3, 2008 18:59:10 GMT -5
She offered him a weak, crooked smile, then rested her tired head once more. Here breathing was ragged and unever, but her eyes still refused to close. "Sothis....I just. I'm terribly amazed. I'd be a liar to say I wasn't scared. I might....that could happen to anyone, what happened to Rusty..."
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Post by Destiny on Mar 3, 2008 19:05:25 GMT -5
Sothis licked her softly on the muzzle. "Don't worry sweetheart. You have nothing to fear from death, not even death itself. But you don't have to worry about it, because i'm not going to let that happen to you. Your going to get better, and what happened to Rusty is never going to happen to you." His voice was reassuring but inside his mind he was worried. He was healthy and he didn't know why. Why was he immune?
(Oh, Sivvy, I don't know the password to the staff board. So if i'm like supposed to know what it is could you send it to me please?)
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Post by Sivoncé™ on Mar 3, 2008 19:10:38 GMT -5
Silence slipped through the back of the camp. She didn't exactly blend in, but scent was no problem;; she'd rolled in garlic. But that trail...the scent of health, of blood, of prophecy....it had been unmistakeable. There was more than one of the spirited among the Destinians...
Carolina closed her eyes, a single tear slipping from her eyes. "You don't know that, Sothis..."
I don't want to see what they've done to you....
'Cause I tried to try...
And it's rising still....
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Post by Destiny on Mar 5, 2008 14:00:58 GMT -5
Sothis's tongue rasped over her neck and muzzle in a grooming motion . "Trust me.That's all I can ask. Trust me, please." I know the hour is dark. All the light of hope seems to be gone. But just open your eyes and your ears. Maybe, just maybe, you will see that I am not gone. I am still here. I am still hoping. I am willing to give anything. You will not die on this day. Or the next, or the next. If my life is the cost to save yours, then so be it. But you will not die. For a moment he pondered what he had just thought. Was he really willing to give anything to save her? He wasn't sure, not yet anyway.
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- New Moon, Shadow Walker
