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 Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 4:20 pm
 Creidne was weak. She felt weak, sluggish. She needed something to eat. She had been searching for some time for a rabbit, a rat, a raccoon... but her search was fruitless, lately.
Kinda made for a kick in the sac.
She ambled toward the stream a few yards away and leaned down to drink. She ended up laying down on the soft bank with her chin in the cold water. The weather was turning colder.
"This bites," she grumbled into the water, blowing bubbles with her nose. She searched the other side of the bank lazily, hoping in the back of her mind that a deer, or a big fat rabbit, would take it upon itself to just... oh, just fall into the creek and break a leg. Or something easy like that, you know?
Of course, that wouldn't happen. She wasn't quite that lucky, damn it all.
Another sigh. More bubbles.
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 4:36 pm
No deer or big fat rabbit appeared on the other side of the bank. Instead, it was only the form of a very muddy Razzy, intent on the thought of fullfilling a pressing desire to be clean. After her meeting with Trouble the day before, Razzy had become very aware of exactly how dirty she was. When she spotted the other female on the opposite side of the stream, Razzy sniffed uncomfortable and slowly stepped into the water. If she had to interact with the other wolf, she was going to do it clean. Months ago, she hadn't been able to go a day without a bath. Her current state was an embarassment.
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 4:44 pm
Creidne, at any other time, would normally have just... gotten up and left. But she was too tired, too hungry, to move too much, and the water kept her awake. And this other female didn't look like she was particularly aiming to reach down and make a scene.
At this particular moment, Creidne might not have even cared if the brown female had wanted to make a scene.
She watched lazily as the female eyed her and stepped into the water. D' I look like I'm gon' d' anythin' t' y'? she muttered in her head. A few more moments of continued eyeing by the female as she attempted cleansing and she voiced the statement aloud.
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 4:57 pm
As a pup, Rasine had been hyper, talkative and quite the socail butterfly. As she'd grown older, however, things had changed. They always do.
"Are you?" she countered as she continued to bathe, finally looking away from the other wolf.
It felt so wonderful to have all of the mud and grime from the last few weeks wash away from her fur and the skin beneath it. She couldn't believe she'd waited this long to clean herself off.
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 5:03 pm
"Nae," was the muffled reply beneath a wash of creek water. She watched the other wolf from the corner of her eye, rolling onto her left side and taking care to keep her ear away from the water's surface. She scratched her other ear halfheartedly; she would've bathed, herself, but she was thin and the creek was cold. Would've been a stupid move.
"Pardon me askin'," she said after a long time, "but y' don' look th' type t' be wallerin' in th' swabs."
[[ Tell me, btw, if you need translation. XD ]]
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 5:16 pm
((I'll make Razzy look like an idiot. XD))
Wallerin in the swabs?
The strange wolf's statement was utterly lost to Razzy who could only stare at the other female in shock. What on earth?
She wasted some time by rolling around in the shallower parts of the stream -to give her time to figure out exactly what the other wolf had said- before answering Creidne.
"I don't look like a lot of types," she said slowly, hoping that she'd end up sounding intelligent.
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 5:26 pm
[[ XD Creidne's good at eliciting that kinda response. ]]
"Nae, y' don'." She yawned widely. Her stomach grumbled loudly but she ignored it. What else could she do besides tell it to shut up? Doing that would make her look like a complete nutter, and that was the last thing she needed. Hungry and a nutter?
...well, maybe she was a little wonked. But that couldn't be helped.
"Wha's th' thin' on yer 'ead mean, eh?" She motioned with her chin awkwardly as she spoke, pointing vaguely in the direction of Rasine's forehead. Obviously, she was searching blindly for something to say.
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 5:36 pm
The sound that erupted from Creidne's stomach didn't go unnoticed. Razzy winced. She couldn't imagine what it must feel like to be that hungry.
Sleep, cleanliness and food were her greatest loves.
She paused, stood up in the water and then stared down into it. There were fair-sized fish swimming just out of her reach. Perhaps, if she stayed still, she'd be able to catch one.
"I don't know what it means," She spoke softly, "Never given it much thought."
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 5:47 pm
Even half-stupid from hunger, Creidne caught the quick look Rasine gave her as her stomach rumbled. She was good at that, catching things others didn't think she would. She took it, and Rasine's soft tone, as pity. She hated to be pitied; she didn't pity herself, despite her hard life.
She rolled to her feet, trying for fleet-footed and sure, but knowing it came off only as false bravado. She saw the fish and decided that was the way to go. She sat down slowly, staring at the water. When she was sure she wouldn't fall, she cut her eyes to Rasine again. Just for a moment.
"Makes sense," she said just as softly. "Hard t' think 'bout summat y' cannae see all time..."
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 5:56 pm
Rasine didn't necessarily pity Creidne. She just felt sorry for her. Nevermind that they were almost the same thing. Being that hungry sounded painful.
"Very true," she replied, suddenly aware that she could the tree like birthmark on her forehead reflected in the water. It did sort of 'pop' out at one, didn't it?
She sighed.
"What do you think it means?"
The fish were begining to return to the shallower waters. However, they weren't quite close enough for her to reach.
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 6:12 pm
Nevermind that it was painful. A little pain never did much bad. Kept you alive.
Shut it, ye gobshite, she told herself. Goin' on like some eejit.
She, too, kept her eyes on the fish. A decent-sized one was close enough to grab. Creidne did just that, jabbing a paw into the water and back out, slinging a fish onto the bank down closer to Rasine. As it was, it also happened to drive the fish down to the other female.
She glanced at Rasine's forehead as she stepped lightly to get to her catch before it flopped its happy arse back into the water and, most likely, out of her reach. "Couldn' say. Depen's on wha' ye b'lieve. Looks like a tree... tree o' life? Tree o' knowledge? Nature's cub?" She shrugged, putting her paw over the flopping dinner.
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Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 7:29 pm
((My father's sent my computer away to fix the video driver. So, my net acess is limited. I'll take care of things when I can and I won't be gone for long. <3 *pings luff*))
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Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 6:15 am
[[ Take your time, dear. I'm patient. biggrin ]]
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Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 11:19 pm
Rasine paid no mind to the fish Creidne tossed onto the bank nearby. She was perfectly intent to gather her own fish thankyouverymuch. Stealing was something she'd always frowned upon and, she'd always insisted that she never would do such a thing, no matter how hungry she was.
Nature's cub. That one struck her fancy.
She smiled at the other wolf, "I like the sound of Nature's cub. Although, its probably just insignificant."
Then, quick as a flash, she dipped her paw into the water and whisked an average sized fish onto the bank. It flopped there wildly for a few moments before sliding back into the water and swimming off in the opposite direction.
Damn.
Razzy glared at the ripples the fish had left behind.
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Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 2:33 pm
Creidne settled herself and bit into the still-flopping fish, ripping out white living flesh and gulping hungrily. She wanted to swallow the thing whole, she was so hungry, but she controlled herself through strength of will. That would only make her sick, plus the bones that could choke her... It would be plenty easier just to eat slow.
"Jus' spoutin' ideas," she mumbled around her half-living dinner. She chewed slowly, keeping an eye on Rasine as she ate. "Maybe 't ain' insigni'fcant. Sometimes the symbols mean somethin'... an' sometimes they don'. But y' never know 'til after y' find out th' hard way..."
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