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 Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 4:01 pm
Riko had been miserable the last few weeks...and then months...and oh gosh she had lost count now. She didn't fit in. She taught the young ones and hunted with every one. But she was picked on. And she wasn't strong like them...She felt her heart breaking and trying to fill with blackness...she hated it now. She had been weak when she got here and had been crazed and hungry...it had made her strong for a while. But then as she ate...and got stronger physically she got...weak in the heart. She couldn't take this pack anymore. It was eating her up inside and she needed...to go. She loved the pack, and was grateful for them taking her in when she had been starved and needed something but, now...it was killing her inside and she needed to go. She lowered her tail and walked up to the alphas cave and waited for him at a respectable distance. "Your Majesty...Can i talk to you?" she asked softly, her head lowered in respect.
Spicy Marmalade! Now that it's exploded into being, seize hold of this evening's chance.
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Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 6:05 pm
Chernabog made it his duty to know his pack inside and out, but strangely Riko always flitted on the edges of his memory. She was a pupsitter, but she was hardly needed for the position. She had been hard and determined at first and so he had hoped she could be molded into a warrior. Yet instead of reacting like metal under fire she was like wood, she cracked and splintered weakening when the flames licked her. In his mind he was already considering enslaving her, but his memory of her was always so fleeting that he hadn't seen any reason to hurry.
He was most curious about her appearance now, her desire to speak to him. Had something happened to a pup, he wondered not with concern but curiosity. He should like to hear news of the pups getting some tough love, life lesson and all that, yet the little things seemed terribly coddled instead and not a broken bone among them. He slipped out of his obsidian den and moved to stand before her his ruby eyes narrowed on her smaller frame.
"Of course, what do you require to request such an audience?"
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Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 6:28 pm
Riko looked at her alpha and kept her head low. She was amazed she hadn't come to him sooner...or that he hadn't come to her. She had stopped treating them the way she had at first, with harsh words and bites. She looked at him and then at the ground. "Your majesty i...I do not feel i am fitting in here any longer. I've tried...so hard to keep my self strong enough to stay here but i feel like...I think i'm dieing inside. I feel my self floating away and i don't think i can stay here any more." she said as she kept her eyes on her feet. She curled her tail around them and hoped that he wouldn't kill her...or hurt her. But if he hurt her and kicked her out that would be better then dieing. And she would be free. She had heard from some wolves her and some others had chased off on the first pup hunting trip the other day of a pack...that accepted everyone and was nice. Maybe she would track them down, but she wouldn't tell her Master that. She shuffled nervously as she glanced at his chest for a moment then looked away again.
Spicy Marmalade! Now that it's exploded into being, seize hold of this evening's chance.
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Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 6:39 pm
Ahh so she wanted permission to leave now did she, he wondered idly where she would go or if she had even planned that far. His mouth turned cruel, a mocking slash of a smirk as his eyes bore into her.
"What makes you think the world would not simply leave you battered or dead, that you would not simply have to come crawling back once your starving again? Hmm...perhaps you need that though, perhaps that is where your strength lies. You have been...loyal to the court after all...but if you leave here where do you think to go?"
He watched her carefully, she was fragile now, she knew that others had been run off almost killed for daring to turn their backs on the court. Generally a wolf did not join the reign and then live long enough to try being a traitor. There were sharp minds, and sharper fangs waiting and ready, eager for blood.
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Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 7:09 pm
Riko looked at him and nodded. "I haven't thought about it too much...but i know there are some other packs that i want to look into..if i was to be let go. I have always found myself to be very loyal and i am a very hard worker and hunter. I help the hunting every day and i have taught the young ones alot even if i''m not as hard as some of the others do. I will do anything you ask me to before i leave...If you need me to prove i can leave or you need to hurt or mark me as having been in another pack then i will let you." she said as she looked at him getting a little straighter. She wanted out, and if she had to prove it then she would do what she could.
Spicy Marmalade! Now that it's exploded into being, seize hold of this evening's chance.
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Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 7:43 pm
"There will be no need for violence towards you Riko, what you say is true, you have been loyal and of use. You will tell other packs though should you meet them, tell them that our lords and ladies will find them, and tell them the wisdom in sending us tribute. You are a fine example to others that we can be...merciful when we are not pushed to be cruel, but never let any wolf you cross doubt that this pack cannot be crueler then anyone might imagine." He waited watching to ensure his words had sunk in. He must have been in high spirits to allow her to leave unscathed. Yet a part of him knew that they had slaves plenty, and that Riko was of little use anymore, by having her spread the word of the packs terror she would at least serve some small purpose.
"Do you understand?" He asked, his tone firm with warning clearly implying they would find out if she didn't comply. How in the world they would know or find her, who knew, but with the strange and dark wolves that the court had it was a possibility.
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Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 8:11 pm
Riko smiled softly as she bowed at his feet. "Thank you very much your Majesty. It has been an honor to have your pack save me and offer a home to get me stronger again. I will not let anyone doubt how strong you are as a pack. I could not think that any pack would be stronger then you. I am glad this can be settled on good terms master. I will not let you down even after i have gone." she looked at the dark sky. "Would it be ok to leave after the night? Or should i leave now master?" she asked softly as she looked up at him for a moment then back at her feet.
Spicy Marmalade! Now that it's exploded into being, seize hold of this evening's chance.
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Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 8:19 pm
"Leave with the dawn riko, you should at least enjoy your last supper here hmmm?" He eyed her carefully pleased by how well she responded even as she wished to leave. Hopefully she would convey the message to other packs that they weren't to be crossed.
"I wish you luck Riko, I think you will need it in life." It was a compliment and a barb at once, just the sort of thing the cruel king was known for. He nodded softly dismissing her and turning her back at the same time. In the morning he would dismiss her from his mental checklist of the packs members, though in truth she had probably been dismissed from his real imaginings for much longer.
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Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 8:25 pm
Riko nodded. "thank you master." she said as he turned his back to her and was gone. She wandered off to her smaller den she had been living in with the pups. A few of them looked at her as she come and in a went to sleep, a few got closer for warmth but some of them just ignored her or scooted away. She smiled as she waited for the evening hunt to come back to feed them all.
The next morning she was gone. Off into the light to find a new home that wouldn't make her feel like she was dieing inside.
Spicy Marmalade! Now that it's exploded into being, seize hold of this evening's chance.
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