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 Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:39 pm
Crouched low, tail between her legs for the most part Ohka moved forward, slightly shaking, she felt cold though it was still daylight. Strange, but she was strange as well. Ah well. She kept padding along. He white pelt with it's red array of lines stood out from the greenery of the forest and the underbrush. Ohka was being cautious, her silver eyes falling on everything on her path.
Where was she?
Where to go now?
She wasn't particularly sure. She was very small for her age, though her mind set was still that of a pup sometimes. Wandering off, trying to find something interesting to do. But she had been on her own for a while now, yearned for the company of others, no matter how strange they were. She hated being alone, she just hated feeling alone and believing someone was watching her all the time.
She stopped by a stream, craned her neck over to lap at the cool water that tasted delicious in her dry mouth. Though she kept on the alert, ears twitching to the side, picking up on sounds to try and figure out what was real, adn what was imagination, if her mind was playing tricks.
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Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:49 pm
 Mama didn't like it when they wandered off, and Valen knew it.
He also knew he was unwilling to let his siblings--at least, the two young ones like him--wander away alone. Mama had told him what happened to one of his big sisters when she did that as a puppy.
Unfortunately, keeping track of a brother who ran faster than you had added difficulty when you couldn't hear a sound, and it was only (a very short) matter of time until Valen himself was lost.
Not worried, though. Soon enough, Mama would show up and come take him back. She'd be angry, but not for very long.
Silent except for his footsteps, he slinked to the closet stream and sniffed at the water with a wrinkled nose.
Cold...
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Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:56 pm
Ohka raised her eyes to look at a white form not too far away, it sniffed at the water's edge. Strange, for a moment she saw herself, almost like she was looking in the water, seeing herself as a pup again. But no, something was different, pink on that one. She had no pink upon her. They were small too.
She tilted her head to the side and scooched over a bit so she was closer to the little white form. Her tail was wagging in between her legs, she was trying to seem happy to see the pup, perhaps they would want to be her friend? She liked the ideas of friends, she didn't have many which made the white wolfess yearn for them constantly. But something came to mind;
What would a pup be doing all alone?
"H-hello little one..." she said speaking softly in a hushed tone, "What're you doing out h-here all alone?"
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Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 6:02 pm
Unless he was in the company of his family, Valen didn't welcome others to close to him. He'd noticed the stranger, but chose to let her be. When she moved closer, he edged away slightly. Another look of dissaproval at the water, but he finally surrendered and gulped some down.
His head turned toward the female, ears flicking absently. She was saying something.
'Hello'.
He knew that word. Mama said it, and the brothers said it. It was what you said when someone came.
But the rest... He didn't know them. Didn't know what she was saying.
His ears flattened.
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Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 6:06 pm
Ohka tilted her head at him. Perhaps he didn't understand? He did look rather young, but she still wasn't sure. She crouched lower, her belly almost touching the ground, she was trying to show him she would not harm him. She loved pups dearly in reality.
"It's alright..." she said soothingly, perhaps he wouldn't understand words, but perhaps tone of voice? Softer meant nicer to pups...wasn't it? She couldn't quite remember, how to tell him her name.
"Ohka, oh-ka," she said softly, slowly, bringing her right paw to her chest to tap lightly, trying to tell him her name. Perhaps this way she would figure out his name. Was he not supposed to be out here alone, perhaps she should try to find his family. Wait, no, bad idea, what if they thought she was trying to steal him away? Not good not good.
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Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 6:18 pm
What was she talking about? Not 'hello' anymore. Valen's head turned to the left and the right, his eyes searching for any indication of what she was speaking of. It seemed she was just speaking to him.
He made the noise that came naturally, a sort of squeaky bark, almost like a gurgle. It was hard to make sounds like his brothers did. You couldn't mimic what you couldn't hear.
The expression on his face was frustrated as he mimiced her motions and lowered to the ground. Is this what she wanted?
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Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 6:26 pm
She tilted her head to the side as he did. He was, playing a game with her? Wait, was he trying to say something, no, a gurgle, a gurgle? Why did he gurgle? Then he mimicked her behavior, this was strange, he could see her and she was speaking loud enough she thought. Perhaps he couldn't hear her from where she was?
Ohka made her way over to him careful, slowly, when she got a bit close she immediately rolled onto her back, legs up in the air, peering at him with silver eyes. Trying to show him she wouldn't hurt him, that it was alright, that she wouldn't hurt him.
Perhaps...perhaps he only knew one word?
"Hello," she said again, perhaps he would answer with more words, or not answer at all, or mimic her. She had heard of wolves that could only say what others did.
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Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 6:32 pm
While her movements weren't threatening, Valen still backed up again. He was too young to understand when a stranger meant no harm, and things Mama did indicated the majority of them did. Better safe than sorry, he knew that much.
'Hello.'
Hello? Why was she saying that?
The puppy looked confused. Hello was what they said when they came, wasn't it? But she wasn't gone, and wasn't leaving. So why hello?
Uncertainly, he yipped again, lowering back to the grass.
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Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 6:36 pm
Okay, so this wasn't working either. She rolled over onto her stomach and watched him, this wasn't working. He was confused, could he hear her? She watched him lower himself to the grass, she sighed and creeped closer. What was his name?
"Name?"
She asked tilting her head again, tail swaying back and forth. She reached her paw out towards his, trying to touch it but wasn't sure if she should be doing such a thing. Her tail flicked back and forth, her ears were pressed back against her skull. Did the pup not like her? Was she doing something wrong already?
This was harder then she thought.
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Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 6:42 pm
Luckily, Valen wasn't one to lash out at anyone, even if he felt threatened by them. Which, in this instance, he certainly did. Truthfully, he was a gentle pup by nature, but situations like this called for at least some hostility, and he supplied it.
Talking again, but only one word. Not 'hello'.
Still not understanding, all he could do was whine and stare at her paw, as if willing it away from him. Stranger, stranger, stranger. Had he been able to hear the voice, he would have never been happier to. But then, if he could hear, he wouldn't be in such a situation.
"VALEN!" the mother wolf yelled. It was pointless, she knew, but something she did by instinct.
Instinct is also what caused one to breathe, and when Valen did so, he could smell it. The scent. It was Mama's!
Still against the ground, he backed up. At a decent distance away, the pup shot to all fours, span around and darted toward his mother.
He really shouldn't let brother wander anymore.
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Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 6:53 pm
Ohka's expression faded to a saddened state when he whined again, was she being scary or something? She pulled her paw back and tilted her head at him, then when she heard another's voice she jumped up and whirled around and took a few steps back.
Valen? Was that his name?
She saw him run towards the form of another, his mother perhaps? Oh crap, she was in trouble. Not good not good. "I-I'm sorry...I found him here...I'm sorry..." her ears flattened against her skull even more.
"I-I didn't know what to do I'm sorry..." she crouched down low, tail between her legs, silver eyes watching the larger form. She was in trouble...
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Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 7:04 pm
Emerging from the forest, Sashta lowered her head and prodded the puppy. He seemed fine. Nothing looked or smelled out of the oridnary.
Hearing the unfamiliar voice, the mother wolf looked up. ...Alright. She offered an uncertain smile and shook her head. "No, it's fine," she insisted. "He shouldn't be wandering off for one thing, but really, it's alright. He's a bit hard to handle, being deaf and all. I'm going to take him home now."
True to her word, she grabbed the pup into her mouth, bowed her head as a substitute for a verbal goodbye, and was on her way.
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