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 Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 11:00 am
 Azalea walked throughout the dens holding herself high, as befitting one of her station. In her mind she was the princess of the pack and none of the others dared to correct her in that way of thinking. Her mother had done a good job of corrupting the young pups mind already into thinking that males were utterly useless and that they did not deserve to live. Currently the majority of the pack was out hunting or doing border patrols which left Azalea in charge of things at the dens. Stopping here and there to inspect the slaves work Azalea made mental notes to complain about that small pile of sand here and that leaf that blew in on the wind there, anything to make those slave scramble to get the job done right.
Speaking of slaves, she spotted an all too familiar blue pelted slave. She had been watching him for some time now and knew that he often had time alone with Penthesilea to play and be taught things - time that should belong to her. Stamping her paw on the ground in frustration that the Queen spent more time with this lowly slave than her she knew that something must be done to stop it. Clearly the pup hadn't been told his proper place in the pack because of Penthesilea's weakness for the pup - well that was about to change.
"You slave!" She called out at Glacier. She would have used his name but honestly slaves were so low on the chain of command that knowing their name was a waste of time and energy. When Glacier didn't immediately rush over to her to grovel at her feet and ask what she needed she snapped her tail and yelled again. "Now slave!"
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Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 11:36 am
 Glacier didn't respond to the first shout for a slave simply because he was not conditioned to do so - most of the wolves in the pack at the very least knew his name, and most of them didn't bother asking a mere puppy for assistance when needed.
But when the voice pierced through the air again Glacier turned about, hazarding a glance to see who wasn't listening and what was going on. A look of shock flickered over his face when he realized the green pup was talking to him but as she didn't seem to be speaking to anyone else Glacier padded towards her to see what she wanted. "Glacier" He introduced himself - maybe she just didn't know his name in which case he would educate her. "Did you want something?" He questioned though his mind was on the chore Iosef had set him too - if he took too much time he almost certainly wouldn't finish in time!
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Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 11:45 am
Paw tapped impatiently as she waited for him to reach her, each tap counting out the seconds it took for him to arrive. When he said his name - or at least she assumed that was his name - she huffed. "I don't care." Azalea blatantly told him, she didn't care to know his name not now, not ever. Her eyes roamed over him for a moment. He was bigger than her, but than was surprising consider that he was older than her. In fact for a slave he looked to be clean and healthy. If he was truly doing work than shouldn't he be covered in dirt, with his fur disheveled, perhaps some blisters on his paws. No Azalea didn't see any signs of hard labor on the older pup - a pity really because then she could have complained about his dirty looks.
When he asked her so plainly if she wanted something her eyes narrowed. "Is that any way to address me slave?" Didn't he realize that she was the first born female of this pack and as such deserved much more respect. "And what I want is for you to clean up that pile of sand." She didn't bother to tell him where it was, he should know that already. "And to make sure you don't leave it for someone else I am going to stand here and watch you do it. Now go!"
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Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 11:58 am
Glacier blinked at her for a moment - he was sure...quite sure that he was supposed to listen to her without question. She was female after all - but it was difficult to recall this when she was so blatantly mean and even smaller then he was. She certainly wasn't a 'warrior' wolf just yet. Glacier didn't mind helping them - they earned the respect. But this mottled green beast was smaller,younger and Glacier found himself bristling slightly.
"Perhaps if you tell me your name I can address you more properly" he told her in a blunt tone that implied she was stupid. 'And I don't see which pile your referring to" He continued as he made no move to follow her directions but instead..sat down.
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Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 12:59 pm
Idiot! He should know her name just as well as he knew Penthesilea's. A small growl rumbled in her throat at the stupidity of this male, clearly what her mother had told her was right that all males are quite dumb and needed to be told things repeatedly to remember. "Azalea. A-zal-ea." She pronounced it a second time slowly so as to allow his obviously stupid brain to soak in each part of her name. "And don't you forget that!"
Then to make matters worse not only did he not go off and find the pile of sand, he sat down! This was not proper slave behavior at all. "Are you as blind as you are stupid?" She asked and then motioned with her paw to the small pile of sand. "That one!" She took a step forward, not that she wanted to be closer to this vile beast but so as to try to get in his face more, which was quite a challenge given their size difference. "It is clear to me that Penthesilea has been soft on you and I will not stand for it. It is time you learned your place slave." Her eyes moved to the pile and sand, which he hadn't cleared yet. "Now get to work!" One more act of rebellion from this pup and Azalea would not hold back.
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Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 1:18 pm
Well it seemed as though he'd certainly ruffled her feathers and he was pretty sure he'd already gotten away with more then he should have which was oddly exhilarating for him - though he knew he'd have to be very careful just how and when he played what he considered to be a grand new game. "Assalea" He intoned in a serious voice - as though he was making a true effort to say her name properly even though it came out clearly wrong - and a nifty little insult or nickname if he did say so himself.
"Penthesilea is a great ruler" He told her loyally and with a miffed sort of tone - as if the tan queen could do anything wrong! Still other then out right refuse the order - which he knew he couldn't do and not get into serious trouble Glacier didn't have much of a choice and turning about he eyes the tiny pile of dirt. just what the hell did she expect him to do with it? Ambling over he ran his paws over it a few times so it was even with the rest of the ground.
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 10:16 am
Staring at the older pup in silent anger Azalea was quite put off by his mockery of her name. She wanted to badly to yell at him, or punish him, or beat him up but her overwhelming anger prevented her from doing anything but stare right now. After this she would need to speak to her mother, find out exactly how to deal with disobedient slaves like him. For now though she would focus on other things - but she promised herself that she would have her revenge on him one day for his mockery of her name.
"I never said she wasn't a good Queen, just that she is far too soft on you slaves." She once again stood tall and proud. "When I run this pack I will see that every last one of you worthless males are removed." Azalea gave her head a firm nod to accentuate her point. Of course her attention was then drawn to the pile of sand which now thanks to the stupid slave was strewn about all over the place. "What is wrong with you? I said get rid of it, not spread it out! You are truly worthless, even for a slave."
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 10:26 am
When she ran the pack? Glacier wasn't entirely sure how the succession of Queen went down - but he was pretty certain the green menace wouldn't ever become Queen. Since he wasn't completely sure however Glacier decided to keep his mouth shut for now. He did have another comment to make however. "If you get rid of all the males then who will serve you?" He questioned her.
"Well it's dirt..on the ground..with all the other dirt.." He pointed out with a slightly tipped head as he looked down at the spread out pile "I really don't know what you want me to do with it..." He continued but figuring that she'd at least want him to gather it all up again he started pulling it back into a pile - which flung dust up into the air.
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 10:35 am
Eyes narrowed again and small lips curled back in a tiny snarl. "We will serve ourselves! That is how Antianeira was created, for females to live without males. But they got weak over time and allowed them to come and serve us. I will change that - and many other things when I am Queen." Her snarl turned into a devious smile. "So don't get too comfortable because you won't be around for too much longer."
It's all just dirt? My he was quite stupid. Couldn't he tell the difference between the good dirt and the bad dirt - the different between which dirt belongs here and which didn't. These slaves had it all too easy, and she hated it. The females did the majority of the work so did the pack really need a couple of males around? Azalea didn't think so.
Padding over to his as he pulled the sand back into a pile she pointed at the dirt on the ground with her paw - the dirt that belonged there. "You see that dirt. It belongs there." Moving her paw she pointed to the pile of sand. That doesn't belong here." She let out a cough as the dust he was kicking up got into her lungs. "And be more careful would you. You are making more of a mess now than anything else!"
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 10:51 am
"Maybe" He agreed "But that would mean you'd have to do all these chores you don't like" He continued to point out as he pulled the pile together 'accidentally' kicking some dirt in her direction as she came over to explain the differences between the the dirt - which to his eyes still looked exactly the same.
"Well if you females can do everything on your own then why should I be doing this?" He suddenly demanded, somewhat fed up by her bossy self important nature "I don't see why you couldn't just let the wind blow it off or something, a little bit of dirt never hurt anyone and this is a pointless task!"
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 10:59 am
Azalea huffed in frustration. "And let you males sit around doing nothing while you still have the opportunity to live here? No I don't think so." Besides, useless or not Azalea wasn't about to let the males do no work at all. Sure they would be gone once he took control of the pack but until then she certainly wouldn't lift a paw to do any of these menial tasks herself. There were plenty of other females in Antianeira that could do those things - and would likely be more willing to do so than she was. Besides she was, in her mind, the rightful princess of this pack and as such didn't have to do anything unless she wanted to.
"If you think it is so pointless then why not just leave it huh? Then I will have Penthesilea come around and point out how not pointless it is. We need this area clear for the warriors and other important members of the pack." Honestly he should be grateful that he was give such easy tasks, but no he had to complain about them all. If he wanted so-called non-pointless tasks she was sure she could find something that was quite challenging for him to do.
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 11:08 am
Glacier arched a brow slightly at the other pup and her far to critical eye before commenting "I don't think mo..." He paused catching himself before finishing the mom word - sure he thought of her as such but he didn't think the little wench before him would appreciate it - having seen Pen play around in the water and roll about play wrestling with him however he was confident enough to continue with the rest of his statement "Penthesile...would care much about an itty bitty pile of dirt you can't even see" He told her.
But the slim chance that she would care or that Azalea would somehow turn things against him and get him into trouble - especially considering how far he'd already toed the line of the rules...was enough to make him sigh and go in search of a leaf or something that he could use to cart the dust off.
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 11:18 am
"You think she wishes her pack to live in filth?" She retorted because honestly the pile of sand was pretty obvious - at least it was to her. Sure she is closer to the ground than the others but still she couldn't be the only one who saw it.
When he began to walk away she wondered if he was just giving up on the job. If that was the case she would immediately get the Queen or maybe her mother in order to puish him properly. "Youu better not be leaving your job undone." She yelled after him, tapping her paw while waiting to see just what he was planning on doing.
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 11:26 am
Glacier rolled her eyes at the pup remarks behind him while he searched for a suitable leaf. He paused only long enough to turn about and fix her with a wide innocent looking expression as he proclaimed "Of course not Miss Assalea! I would never fathom doing such a thing!" Turning back about he finally located a leaf that would work and trotted back to the pile of dirt.
Perhaps he thought to himself as he lay the leaf on the ground - if he got this chore done quickly then she would go elsewhere and torment someone else. Carefully he began to push the dirt onto the wide leaf he found, when he was done he would pull it off to the woods somewhere and leave it.
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 11:38 am
Azalea watched him with a critical eye as he looked for something off in the distance. Maybe he was looking for a puddle to drown himself in, if that was the case she would be more than happy to help him with that. Growling at his mockry of her name again she snapped. "It's Azalea!" She corrected him angrily. "Worthless slaves can't even say a name right!" Now she was just yelled at no one in particular, more like stating her thoughts out loud, very loud.
She wanted so badly to just beat him up or something but she knew that her mother would be cross if she was late to her training so instead she gave Glacier one last evil stare. "You and I are not done. I will be back soon and you had best been done all your chores by then" Letting out a little growl she spoke again. "You got that slave?" Turning the began to walk off, held held high, tail flicking side to side. She had important training to attend to, for she was not only the princess but she would also be a well trained warrior thanks to Antianeira traditions. And once she was properly trained she would put that little whelp of a slave in his rightful place.
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