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 Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 7:51 am
 The YMCA alphess had risen early this morning and slipped away from the rest of her pack mates while the sun was still rising and the dew still sparkled on the grass outside the dens. It wasn't often that Chivosi was the first to rise...nor was it typical of her to wander off from the rest of her family. But over the last few weeks she'd started to notice a few changes in herself and was pretty sure she knew what they meant.
Settling by the river she gazed out across it's flowing expanse, the breeze ruffling the fur across her back, the river was typically quite calming for her - he might not love it the way Mene did, but she did enjoy its babbling noise and cool waters. Oh lordy...Mene - she hadn't told him yet, hadn't told anyone actually, and though she was pretty sure he and the others would be excited Chiv wasn't entirely sure how to tell them, or even how she felt about it herself...she was nervous, even the thought of having pups made her pant nervously. She tried to tell herself it was normal..she was to be a first time mother after all. But by the stars what was she doing? Starting a pack ?!? and a family?!?..at the same time?!? Chiv gave a little sigh and buried her nose in her paws.
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Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:49 am
Insert Edgar's uncert here A more energetic creature might have been most bothered by the intrinsic quality of peace here, where so little happened and the elders tended to congregate. As it was, Edgar was not one of these buoyant creatures, more than content to settle himself near the river's edge, or upon a stump, or under the shade of a tree, or in tall grass - wherever seemed comfortable at the time. Death still followed him, true, lingered and permeated in his mind and his steps. But it wasn't death that he smelled or felt at this time, but something much, much different.
It happened to have awakened him of his nap (Edgar's sleeping habits were sporadic; he mainly took two good long naps per day and went about aimlessly otherwise), that scent, that air of awaiting intensity. Yawning quietly, the rat-like vagabond drowsily raised his head and spotted a figure also by the river? Merrill? No, she disliked waking early, and this form wasn't bright enough. But it was definitely a girl, so probably . . . Yes. "Why . . . so serious?" Edgar asked, the sentence punctuated by another yawn.
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Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:11 pm
Chivosi glanced over as Edgar roused and spoke, the strange wolf might not be the best one to talk things over with - she wasn't exactly sure just what he would have to say about it, if anything at all. On the other hand however it was probably a good bet he wouldn't go rushing about the pack telling everyone else about it either. Edgar rarely talked to anyone , he mostly just skulked about...and ate. He definitely ate, Chiv had no idea how the wolf could remain so sickly looking and eat so damn much at the same time.
"I'm just thinking about some things" Chivosi stated with a yawn of her own - dang but they seemed to be contagious "We might be having some new...young...member's soon"
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Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:24 pm
Young members? He blinked owlishly, silver eyes dull despite the reazlization seconds later. Sometimes it took him a few minutes to get full cognitive control after waking up. "Oh," he said simply before going through some languid stretches. "I smelled more life than usual. Menelaus and the others must be happy." Edgar was not well acquainted with many of them; they just didn't ever seem to cross paths often; probably moved about more while he was napping/sleeping. Not that he was a very good conversation holder, as was evident by his short, choppy sentences. But pups were always a happy occassion, yes? His whiskers twitched a bit. "How soon?"
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Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:38 pm
Chivosi gave a slight quirk of her lips - Mene would be happy wouldn't he? yes..she was sure he would. Merrill probably less so...but only because they would no doubt interfere with her naps and pester her some. "A while yet...I haven't told Mene, or anyone else yet really" she admitted with a slight shuffling of her paws. She would have to soon she knew - after all such things could only be kept quiet for so long and then well..it would become rather obvious.
But then Mene had been rather distracted lately with getting the pack in order - and she wondered briefly if she might just wait and see how long it took him to notice on his own.
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Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 2:27 pm
"Odd." The rat-like wolf stood after finishing his stretches, jaws opening again in a great yawn. "I'd think a happy couple would share such news as quickly as possible."
"News of what?"
Another figure came to them, a well-rested and not soaking wet Merrill. Yes, normally she would not be up early, but with Pekko's arrival had come . . . awkward moments. He enjoyed her presence a bit too much for her liking and, out of minor desperation, decided to try and switch her sleeping habits to avoid him more. Thus how it came to be that the beta was coming back from a very early morning border patrol. An invisible brow was rasied as Merrill glanced between the two of them.
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Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:21 pm
Menelaus had been off her paws for quite sometime, thoughts of his own bubbling rapidly and smells, changing smells. The seasons were changing his pack was changing, his family. Chivosi he noticed most of all. She had been first up this day he noted by her lack of presence. He took that as a sign to something he just wasn't aware of yet but, he knew something was going on, two others were missing from their usual places, the world had gone mad. He was usually first up along with Merrill many a days.
This was when he got to his paws, the river, he thought to himself. "It will cool me down and get rid of my mind for at least a little." He sighed softly and left the warm patch of growth he'd crushed to lay on. He moved slowly with unsure steps and paused briefly when he saw bodies ahead of him to the river. He stared at the three. He recognized one smell to be Edgar and the other two as his mate who was surely hiding something and his Beta, Merrill.
He stopped there and just watched.
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Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:36 pm
"ell yes..I expect they do..its ust that I'm rather nervous about it you see. I've never had pu..." Chivosi trailed off as Merrill walked up -wasn't she typically still sleeping by this time of day? But then Merrill had been acting a bit funny lately. Chivosi thought it might have something to do with the green teenager she'd dragged from the river not to long ago.
"I'm well.." chiv sighed - she really didn't see any way to keep it quiet much longer, or a real reason not to tell the others "Expecting..."
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Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:47 pm
His head was DRUMMING. "Gaah.." He groaned angrily at the sudden thumps here and there, he was having troubles with his head since the water incident and was trying desperately to rid himself of this horrid throbbing. Luckily for him it ended quickly this morning, only due to the moment of awareness. "Where is Merrill?" His mind swirled for a second then he was fine adn on his paws, nose to the ground and ears up.
"Merrill.. I'm coming for you." He whispered happily, tail wagging slightly. Then he's off and searching.
His search ends very quickly, he spotted the Alpha Male then the group the alpha must've been listening to but, why wasn't the alpha WITH the group instead of stalking it? Pekko asked no questions he scooted by the second he saw purple and was at the Beta's side. He smiled, tail wagging and eye's wandering, teh mood was unsettling and he suddenly wanted to be with Menelaus.
"What's.. -cough- Uhm.. going on?" He asked, bravery immediately gone.
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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 2:04 pm
So many wolves arriving . . . He tilted his ears back and lazily put his head back on his paws to observe them silently. The moment was of course about Menelaus and Chivosi after all, not himself. Ever in the background despite being "included" in the growing circle, ever the subtle yet fetid stench that no-one could be rid of yet no-one bothered.
"Expec-?" Merrill paused when she heard the distinct, bothersome sound of a certain green wolf, and there was a definitive rigid quality in her stance the second Pekko sidled up to her side. Damn boy, sticking to her side like spikeballs in her fur ever since he got rescued; Merrill half wondered if perhaps she should have let him drown. She resisted the urge to roll her eyes. "Pups, huh? Well, it was inevitable I suppose. Does Menelaus know yet?" the beta asked.
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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 2:43 pm
Chiv glanced about at the growing group, the pack was her family and she was quite glad to have them around - they would be even more useful in the coming months she guess and then when the pups were here...despite her nerves about the whole situation Chiv couldn't help but chuckle slightly at her reaction to Pekko's arrival..and her comments about the pups.
Well until that last remark, where upon she looked a bit chagrined "Uh well...no, not yet. Though I expect I'll have to tell him now..."
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