Lokelani gave a tremendous yawn, creeping out of the den that had made up most of her world until now. The weather was growing warmer outside, and with it came the promise that she might be able to finally explore -- and really explore, not just a few yards from the den under Mother's watchful eye. Well, assuming she got the chance to steal away, anyway. Tentatively, she thrust her blue nose outside, sniffing furiously at the scents,her ears cocked back for any sign of the others waking. Well...if she was going to sneak out...it was now or never.
Mon's dark eyes focused on her daughters as they greeted the day for the first time. She had told her daughters that when it was warmer, they could go out, not to far, and romp around in the grasses and chase things. But it wouldnt be until later today until she really took them out into the woods, to go exploring and let them swim about in the creak down the path, or play with some squirrels. Honestly, Mon had no idea how to raise pups. That's why she wanted their father here with them, but like hell she knew where he was right now. She was loathing him, and the whole male species. She often preached to her daughters what a stupid male their father was and to not get involved with males until way, way, way later in life, and if never, that was fine too. Amarie was already out ahead of her sister. She didn't know what her mother had planned for her today! But the sun was barely up, it was still dark out and nice and cool and the breeze was blowing and making it feel very good outside. She wanted to yip and growl and romp around, but she had to wait for Lani! Huffing, she licked her sister's nose when she poked it out. "Be quiet and get out here~" she whispered loudly. That, obviously, caught their mother's attention. Her ears flicked that way and and eye snapped open. Oh? Sneaking off? She used to do that. For now, she'd play sleeping. Give them a few minute head start and follow them to make sure they would be alright. That was good parenting. .....right?
Gah! How had Amarie snuck out before her? Damn her caution! Annoyed that she hadn't made it out first, but determined to be the first to see something exciting, Loke crept out, casting the occasional wayward glance back at her mother to make sure she was asleep. Once free and clear of the den, she bounded forward, shaking herself as though to get free of something. "Where you going?" She asked, in an equally loud whisper. She paused, lifting her head high to examine the world around her, soaking in the sights and sounds and debating whether she wanted to accompany her sister on an adventure...or strike off on one of her own.
"I don't know where I'm going!" she said heatedly, padding away from the den. The light blue, aqua and creme colored female wanted to get as far away from the den as she could without feeling too insecure. "We gotta move away so we can talk at normal levels!" What she didn't realize is that she was already talking in a normal level. She basically had one level right now and it was 'loud'. Eventually the girl might grow out of it, but for now, she was the loud mouth of the two. Amarie didn't know Lani wanted to be the first out! Otherwise she would have let her.
She considered that for a moment. She supposed Amarie had a point -- how could you know where you were going if you'd never been there before? "I think you already are," she pointed out, cocking an ear back toward the den. Oh yeah. Mom was totally awake now - she'd have to be with all this noise. "But...come on. Let's go that way." She nodded toward a little hollow where wildflowers were beginning to grow in - blue flowers, to be precise, and hopefully tall enough to give them both cover so they could sneak away camouflaged.
Amarie winced when her sister pointed out how loud she was. Clearing her throat, the pup followed her sisters into the blue camouflaged flowers her sister had, smartly, thought of. She wouldn't have thought of it! Maybe hiding in a river or something, but she was a bad swimmer! Momma even said so. Everytime Amarie got in the water, she would turn into a mess of nerves and a bundle of nervous energy. That meant she sucked at swimming because she was too fidgity about paddling. So often times, momma wouldn't let her swim with her sister. Momma did try to teach her, though. "Hey, hey, Lani. ..... ...what's your opinion on daddy?"
She crept down low into the flowers, crawling forward on her belly. The dirt was cool against her stomach and she grinned, realizing that she would be absolutely filthy when she got done. Somehow the idea amused her. Her ears flicked back at Amarie's words however. "We don't have a daddy," she said, simply, and that was her feeling on the topic: that as far as she was concerned, all the family that they had was each other and mom, and that was all they needed.
Oh. So Amarie was the only one interested in what his side of the story was. She frowned at that and bit on her lip as she walked normally not even caring about crawling on her belly. Amarie was a small pup, second born, so naturally she'd be smaller than her sister. "You're not gonna be able to hide you snuck out if you get dirty," she said, her voice a near whine. Why did her sister always have to get dirty? How she got dirty most of the time was beyond Amarie.
"If I get dirty enough, I won't even look like the same wolf," Loke said. It was hard to tell if she was kidding. "And then I can run away, if I want, and nobody will know it was me until I decide to wash off." She glanced back at Amarie, and her eyes sparkled a bit. "Why'd you ask about Dad?"
Was she being serious? Her ears pressed to her head uncertainly and she frowned, continuing to walk until her sister spoke again. Oooh, wash off, duh. "Right, forgot about that." She laughed and shook her head at the question. ".......Well.... ...I wanna... Know 'em.. I think. maybe."
Her nose wrinkled. She stopped, deciding they were far enough away that they could talk for a minute, and flopped down to her haunches to look around and survey the area they had landed in. "Very decisive," she said, dryly. "But, yeah? What for?"
She loked to the side, knowing this could drive the wedge between the sisters if they talked at length about this. 'I don't want to judge .... by one side of a story. Momma's talking about being fair and honest, but she's not... We're only hearing one side of the story, you know? What if there's more to it?"
She nodded. She was right, there -- indeed, if she thought about it critically, her knowledge of her father had come to her in little more than a smear campaign. She wasn't too young to recognize that if she was honest with herself, and Amarie certainly had caught on. "Well. Then we have a mission," she said, quite decided on the topic suddenly. Then again, it wouldn't take much to convince her to go on an adventure of any kind. "We'll just have to find him."
Woah, wait. "What? Find daddy? But we can't! We don't know where he went or where it is or what way to even start!" She was panicking now, starting to pace and hyperventilate. Oh, no, panick attack Amarie was quite common. Her brain sped up way to fast for her to comprehend and it put her in the moods where she would have to be tackled or slapped to get her back. The wheezes were starting now too, and her eyes were bugging out as she looked to her sister. It was clear who the rational one was.
"Well not right NOW," she said, rolling her eyes. She nipped at Amarie's shoulder, biting just hard enough to get her attention she hoped. "We'll work up to it, stupid."
Her attention was snapped back at the n** and with a suddne intake, she calmed down and shrugged. "Oh, say so in the first place. HEY. Teach me to swim. I wanna swim with you and momma..." She felt like so much of an outcast because of her hyperactiveness and short attention span. It wasn't like it was her fault. She couldn't control her moods. Now that she knew they weren't going to go all around the world looking for a guy the didn't know what he looked like, she felt better.
Loke gave her a long, hopeless look, rolling her eyes. "Well, alright," she said. "But only because I should wash off before we go home. And if you drown it's not my fault." She grinned, then, and took off for the river in a flash of gold and blue, not stopping to consider that this could possibly be a bad idea.
