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 Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 1:28 pm
She was getting old. Ugh. She didn't want to admit it--she didn't want to aknowledge that sometimes in the morning, she got stiff and it took a few hours for her back to stop hurting. She didn't want to admit that her sight was a little more fuzzy, or that those were grey hairs on her muzzle. No. She was Piper, and just a little bit ago, she was young and strong.
Her head dipped down, nosing the earth where she lay. But truth was truth...and she needed an heir. She'd hoped that Squall might take over, yet the loss of his mate had him in a state of disarray. Then there was Moscow, but...no. No. Not alpha material. And Swell... Her eyes narrowed. Swell the traitor, sleeping with Gerda's b*****d son.
Which left her with Urban. Careless, carefree Urban who didn't work a day in his life. She flicked an ear in annoyance. It was either Urban or Swell, or perhaps one of the pups from her newest members' litter. A little brindled bundle of joy to raise sinfully as hers.
Still, until that babe was born, Urban was her best bet. Rising, she threw her head to the wind and let loose a howl.
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 1:38 pm
The large, teal and blue wolf stretched languidly on the ground, soaking up the summer's sun. Beside him lay the small, petite form of a black and golden-pelted wolf with mirthful eyes. Her bushy, husky-like tail thumped the ground as her paws paddled in the pond.
"Give it up, wouldya. We know, you're sexy," Urban snickered, ears flicking forwards to watch the girl. Voirey was pretty...if you were into tiny little females who loved attention. Still, beggars couldn't be choosers--she was his friend. The same sort of wolf who valued vanity. Just like him. Just...he liked to show off for a more...masculine crowd.
Voirey's ears pricked at the sound of a low, thrumming howl. She smirked. "Your darling mother is nagging again."
"No, really? You're real brill, Voi," Urban said. He took in a deep breath and let it out in a sigh. He'd better go see what was up her tail this time. "Come with me?"
"Nice try, I'm lazy." Voirey flashed a set of fangs and Urban huffed, then ambled off towards the direction of his mother.
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 1:49 pm
After a long night helping her brother with his pups Swell was enjoying a lazy morning sleep in. It helped that she was cuddled against a delicious pile of muscle and hot fur. Mmmm...yes there was nothing quite as nice as waking up beside her Novik. She slowly opened an eye and felt her lips slide back in an easy grin. Her tongue slipped out to lick his muzzle as she wriggled a bit closer to him.
She had gotten over her mothers...dissapointment, she was determined to continue as if everything was fine. Helping Squall with his pups had left her desperate to have pups of her own, but that would require some time and effort in convincing Novik...or seducing him. She didn't want to though, she didn't want to have to trick him, she wanted him to want her to have his pups. Novi would have bent, but Vik was always there sowing the seeds of doubt.
Her ears perked as she heard her mothers call distantly...for Urban? What could she want with him? Didn't she know he had probably been up late too...though for less noble reasons she was sure. Swell slowly stood and stretched arching her back and snapping her jaws a few times.
"Novi...I think we should go see what's up..."
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 1:54 pm
Novi stretched his large body, encompassing the cozy den with merely a yawn. Tired two-toned eyes blinked hazily up at Swell and a small, impish grin covered his maw before he tried to pull her back down to him with a clawed paw, rolling onto his back and wiggling against the soft stone.
He heard the call too, though he'd rather ignore it. Piper was his half-sister and Swell's mother...but she hated him just like she'd hated their mother. A pang went through the big wolf's heart at the thought of his mother, hoping she was out there, safe and sound... Hoping that Switch was taking care of her, wherever she was. With a sigh, he ambled to his feet and butted his head against Swell's chest.
"Do we have to?" But he knew the answer: yes, he had to. Stretching, he padded out of the den, into the glaring summer sun.
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 1:59 pm
"Yes we have too, it might be important...don't worry we'll take a little dip and then find some shade to sprawl in after."
She smiled and bumped against him softly. Swell knew that the summer months were hellish for her Novik, his larger frame and extra fur were incredible for the winter, or in the a fight, but in the summer they turned him into a lump of thirsty fur and flesh.
Quietly Swell approached and then laid low a good distance away, she wasn't...spying exactly, she was just curious about what Piper wanted with Urban. Surely she wasn't going to reprimand his flirtatious behavior, wouldn't that be hypocritical? Then again they had enough sins heaped on them why not add hypocrisy.
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 2:03 pm
Urban padded up slowly, his movements lazy--as if he had several sins inside one tight, well-muscled wolven frame. His ears pricked at the sight of his mother and he gave his tail a lone wag. He knew what she wanted. It's the same thing she'd wanted since he was a pup. She needed an heir, an heir who would lead Gomorrah and be king. Urban wrinkled his nose at the idea, though his green eyes flashed as he dipped his head under Piper's muzzle.
"Mother... Surely you've got better things to occupy your time than wrangling your son into another scheme..." His voice came off nonchalant, paws stepping to ease him into a sitting position. "I thought we'd discussed this already. I don't want the pack. I don't want a following of sinful little wolvies at my disposal. That's your dream. My dream is to find an everlasting party, a couple of cuties to sleep around with for every day of the week and maybe sire a few b*****d kids." He smirked.
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 2:08 pm
Piper blinked at her youngest. She knew better than to react--Urban wanted a reaction. He was going for shock effect. So she merely dropped her haunches to the ground and wrapped her tail around her paws. Looking him in the eye, she offered a smirk of her own. "That used to be my dream as well," she said softly, ears focusing on him, her brown eyes calm. "I slept with my share of sexy males, but that's the thing--most boys are throwaways, someone you'll never ******** twice."
Her gaze became a little pointy. "There will come a time when you'll realize you're getting older, that the little romps in the den no longer fulfil you. You'll want someone you can wake up next to every morning..." She thought of Sleet and of her worries that he'd leave, that maybe it would be karmic. "And when you touch that time...I want you willing to be responsible. Take over the pack."
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 2:15 pm
Swell's eyes widened, her body tender up and she pressed close to Novik to keep herself under control. Her mothers words were like a slap in the face, a cold harsh reality falling on her. She had always wanted to follow in her mothers pawprints, to lead the pack. She wanted everything that Piper had spoken of, she wanted to settle down, to wake up to the same someone every morning, to have a litter of her own and remain here in Gommorrah forever.
When Piper had said that Novik would draw her away she had sworn to remain, to show her mother that despite the so called 'sin' she and Novi were committing by remaining together, by choosing to be mates it was no obstacle. Well it seemed Piper had scratched her off the list as a potential heir despite her determination to prove her wrong.
"She wants Urban to be King..." She whispered low against Novik's fur, her voice hurt. Piper's anger hadn't bothered her, she was so in love it had barely phased her, but this...this rejection stung.
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 2:20 pm
Novi frowned, his ears flattening back against his skull. Vik sneered in the back of his mind: "Told you so. You'd not make a good king of sin. Even if you are sleeping with a relative."
"Shut up," Novi muttered, eyes rolling back in his head as if he could look Vik in the eye and snarl at him. He took a breath and licked Swell's cheek, hating the downcast look on her face, hating the way he felt the pain blossoming off her orange and blue pelt. "It'll be okay, Swell..." he murmured, but he didn't know that. He knew what Swell wanted. She would be a fair, a good queen...
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 3:35 pm
Urban's eyes widened just a tad, but the smirk remained. Oh, he truly was Piper's son, through and through. With a sigh, he shook his head. "Sure, but that was you. I may never settle down--I don't have the urge to stay with a lover for more than a night, I don't think I ever will. And if I have kids, they won't be -my- problem. I'll leave them with the girl."
That was, if he slept with a girl. He favored males, and had his eye on a couple around the packlands, nameless nobodies needing a fix. His smile curved wickedly. "Why not offer the place to my big sister. You know the one."
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 3:38 pm
Piper snorted. "All wolves settle down. You'll get that little niggling feeling telling you to stay. You'll become a pathetic, needy little boy who is head-over-heels in love with someone." Her ears flicked back, almost dismissive at the thought of her daughters. Rumor wouldn't be coming back, but Swell...
A low rumble erupted from her throat. "Let's not and say we did." Swell was a touchy subject. She couldn't believe how anyone--especially her own flesh and blood--would want to...procreate with one of Gerda's offspring, especially one as mutated as Novik. She wrinkled her nose. Sure, Swell thought she was right for the place as Queen... Still, Piper was prideful and she'd rather have one of Tristan's spawn as her heir than admit Swell to the throne.
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 3:55 pm
Swell felt Novi's soothing tongue and remained pressed close against him quietly listening to Urban with a scowl. Lazy ingrate, he didn't want Gomorrah, he didn't care about the pack. She felt a spark of hope and he suggested her, yes oh wonderful little brother yes!
Then she heard her mothers rumble and felt a second sharper sting...so that was the way of it. She turned her face against Novi's shoulder and took comfort for a moment in his radiating heat before slowly looking back. Piper wasn't even going to give her a chance, it seemed her choice had brought her love but lost her the pack.
She forced a brave face and huffed softly her voice a whisper. "Of course...it'll be okay. Besides...we have each other, that means more to me then the pack and mother will be sorry enough when she realizes that Urban won't step up."
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 4:02 pm
Novi just stood there for a moment, leaning into Swell and watching Piper with new eyes: hurt... Sure, she hated him, but didn't she love her daughter? His lips wrinkled for a moment in a fearsome snarl. Damn summer... If it were winter, he'd take that old wolf down in a heartbeat. His body trembled with anger, the first anger Novi had really showed on this side of the coin. Air whistled out from his nostrils and he pushed against Swell before darting into the open, loping towards Piper without a second thought.
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 4:03 pm
Urban tilted his head up, eyes lingering on the large, monstrous bulk of a wolf running towards them, his head high and ears flat. He gave a little snicker, waving a paw carelessly in Novik's direction. "I think you don't really have the option not to offer queendome to Swell, mother. I think that brute might tear you limb from limb." Then he laughed, dancing to his feet, light on his paws like a tree nymph.
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 4:10 pm
She was stunned, mainly because it was Vik who was likely to charge like that, not Novi. For a moment she feared that it was Vik but she jumped up and over to try and run after him.
"NOVIK!" She wasn't sure if she meant Novik, or No Vik, or maybe both...she knew Vik could stop Novi from doing anything foolish. She felt the summer heat warm her back and thought of her Novi, if he got into a fight, worked himself up in this heat he was likely to pass out!
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