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Yuki gasped gleefully. "Really?!" It wasn't really a question, more of a shocked statement. She plopped to her knees and took the key from Wolfie. After looking over it for a moment, she slid the key into the trunk's keyhole and prayed it would work. Slowly, she turned the key. The loud clanks comming from the trunk told Yuki that the key was a perfect fit for it.

"It works!" She pulled the key out and handed it back to Wolfie. Her hands rested on the lid of the trunk and lifted it slowly. A cloud of dust sprayed out and into Yuki's face, sending her into a coughing fit. She waved the dust away and cleared her eyes.

Hakana was sitting back watching her owner and Wolfie examine the trunk. Once Yuki was occupied by the dust, Hakana took it upon herself to take the first glance into the trunk. She put her from paws on the edge of the trunk and lowered her head in. When she pulled her head back out, various, multicolored bangles were dangling from her mouth. She sat them on the floor and slipped her paw into them.

"Hakana! Get out of there...that's Wolfie's stuff." She shooed her away and shook her head as the bangles around Hakana's ankle jingled. She laughed at Wolfie. "Looks like Hakana is nosier than I am." She glanced into the trunk and noticed discolored squares. They looked like pictures, but she wasn't sure who they were of. She also noticed a few familiar items that she had seen in Wolfie's store like the earings and bracers, but not the same colors and patterns. "Hmm..." She spotted something that reflected the light in the room and took her hand and lightly moved some things around. "Oh!" She pulled out a few articles of jewlery. "They must have belonged to your Aunt." She held them out for Wolfie to take.

((If you didn't want me to put items in the trunk then I can edit it out *nods* biggrin ))

Yuki's eyes lit up and she turned to Wolfie. "India? Wow! That sounds like quite an adventure." She looked over to Hakana, who now had her head back in the trunk. The bangles were still so shiney and beautiful even after many years in a dusty trunk. Yuki shifted and rummaged around some more and then looked back at Wolfie and blushed. "I'm sorry. Here..." She scooted over and left the spot in front of the trunk empty for Wolfie to sit in. "It's your turn. Kanny shoo."

Hakana romoved her head from the trunk and walked around the back of it. This time, the bangles weren't the only things that were jingling. She walked around the trunk and sat between Yuki and Wolfie. Pretty jeweled necklaces hung loosely around her neck.

((Well now is my chance to see what you're going to add biggrin *excited for upcoming RPs* surprised Where has Tal been?))

"Wow jewels from England, bangles from India...I'm jealous." Yuki giggled and looked at the picture of the man that the bangles were won from. "Cool..."

Yuki fixed the jewels around Hakana's neck so they would not be broken. "Now you be careful alright? Those aren't yours and you can't afford to break them." She smiled as she received a yip from her pup.

She turned to Wolfie, who was examining an old picture. She heard something come from Wolfie, but was not sure what she had said. Obviously the picture meant a lot to her and Yuki did not want to interupt her thoughts.

Hakana whined softly and pressed her head against Wolfie's arm. She could tell that something was upsetting her and tried her best to cheer her up. She scooted closer and placed her head on Wolfie's lap.

((I hope everything is alright with her. I'm glad to hear she's back with ideas!))

Yuki watched her pup's head explode at the compliment. Hakana's sat up and puffed her chest out, in an attempt at being regal. It didn't work too well and Yuki laughed and look the picture from Wolfie. Slowly she stood up as she examined it and found a nice place for it on the mantel. "I'll sit it here. A picture this nice should be out for everyone to see, but up high out of the reach of adventurous little pups." She turned and shot a glance at Hakana, causing her pup to huff a little and turn her nose up snootily.

She looked over at Wolfie curiously. Before she could ask what it was, Wolfie had opened and old book and began reading. She made her way slowly over to her and sat down, studying the book. She laughed and took the book. "Poor Aunty never got her glider?" She tucked the book under her arm. "I think Kanny will like this before bedtime. Thank you." She smiled. "Was there anything else that you found in there?" As she spoke she pulled Hakana over and attempted to take the jewlery off of her.

Hakana's claws scraped the floor in a desperate attempt to avoid her owner. She squealed when she felt the jewlery being lifted and ran over behind Wolfie as if to use her as a shield. Her head poked around Wolfie's side and she gazed up at Wolfie as if begging for Wolfie to allow her to play with the shiney jewlery some more.

Talencia was finishing being sure Tira couldn't stumble into the stair room. The lovely blind wolf was currently involved in fussing over the babies, licking and nudging and generally looking as happy as could be with the new addition to the Moonlit clan.

She tousled Moragana's ears and got up to come join them at the trunk. Morgana padded along with her and also perked her ears and peered in.

"So what have you found? Anything intriguing and mysterious?" She grinned and settled down to sit next to the trunk, twitching her nose at the old, musty smell. She peeked in with interest.

Tal stood up while Wolfie was talking and appraoched the picture she was talking about. When her friend trailed off she glanced back at her with an amused look. "Oh, we love you just like you are, Wolfie, and you know it!" She turned back to the framed photo and gently picked it up. It surely wasn't terribly big. She turned and leaned back against the solid fieldstone rock fireplace. She examined it closely and ran her fingers across the frame thoughtfully.

"Wolfie...," she began and took a half step forward. Just then, here came the dusty brown pup from around the corner. He was running with his tongue lolling, ears flapping, a look of puppyish delight in getting away from the bath Tira had been giving him.

And here came Tira, dashing after him! She was clearly relying on listening to where the puppy went to navigate at her high rate of speed. She did managed to pivot perfectly around an end-table, but that was because it had always been there, never been moved. Her memory generally served her very well in traversing the house.

But Tal was now standing directly in the way! The pup dashed between her legs without any hesitation or pause to indicate to the blind she-wolf that there was a living obstacle there. Thus it was that full-grown Tira rammed full force into Talencia.

Tira let out a surprised and fearful yelp. Talencia yelped too, but halfway through the sound it changed from astonishment to dismay. For in nearly being knocked over, she'd lost her grip on the old picture. In slow motion, she watched as it flung from her fingertips. She reached as best she could to catch it, but ended up just sending it spinning in the air even further from her. With a second cry she watched as it shattered on the stone fireplace.

"Oh Wolfie, I'm so sorry!" She wanted to scramble to pick up the photo, but was instead wrapping her arms about the shaken and upset Tira, who knew she'd created the chaos. She was mindful of the wolf's paws and wanted to restrain her from stepping into the pool of shattered glass that glittered brightly on the hearth.

((From the back porch...))

Now that he was warming up a little, Blade placed a hand into the one pocket where he had put that one odd looking stone. He pulled it out slightly while he walked around the old home to take another glance at it.

But as he heard some voices nearby, he slipped it back into his pocket as he stood by silently. So it seemed that there were people living here afterall. And from the sounds of it, there were at least two people around. Though it made him wonder why they would want to stay in a place that looked as if parts of it could fall apart at any moment.

Shivering a little from a slight chill that had lingered with him, he cautiously walked a little closer to maybe catch sight of the group that resided here. Hopefully, they wouldn't do anything such as attacking him for trespassing as some normally did.

Then again, when he normally entered a home, he wouldn't have planned on getting caught or leaving empty handed for that matter..