Peaceless }{ There's no peace for a liar.

[I L Y I C H]

-Babylon-

I stepped into the brush, quiet proud of myself. HEaring Carska's low answerung murmur, I ran full out and hard. The strings of my muscles caught and brought me low and fast to the three animals in the clearing. But of course Bidziil beat me there, he was faster. Better. The alpha. I hung back, watching with interest, my maroon eyes darkening at the threat in Bidziil's eyes.


-Paradox-

And in came the king. His dark fur flickered in the light wind,a nd I couldn't help but stare into his eyes before remembering that that was a sign of agression, and flickined the blue gems to his forehead instead. "My name is no longer Coal, Sir." the words almost burnt my tongue, and dammit! My eyes snapped side ways covering the enterance of Ayita. The expressionless mask twitched letting anxiety flash through for half a second before it fled again. "When my parents died I took up the name Paradox. I had no right to keep my pack name when no longer in a pack." My tail arched once, in an almost snapping motion towards the right.

I'd given him that detested word to bring him. Ayita said he knew his history. Would he know just who I was? Was dear Coal remembered as the son of an alpha or the brat of an omega? The nebula of questions in my eyes rolled like thunder. But they where not for now, not for when danger was prevelent. I was a strong man, but not stupid. I was a snake of a fighter. I was fast, clever, crude. Nothing escaped my teeth. But such wolfish fighting would not be of any use against so many opponents.

Turning my black masked face towards the foliage I played dumb, pretending I didn't know exactly where the enterance to their preciouse sleeping place was. My brown ears twiched, as if trying to flick any blame on my shoulders away. "No, Bidziil" Why would he ask such a stupid question? I was the one that had asked to join, the little twit. I kept my thoughts to myself.

It would be best to just step into this pack place, into the wolf den and find out what happens. None of them could out run me if thats what it came to. Maybe that was just arrogance talking, but the only beast I'd ever met to have long legs then me was this 'Alpha' standing before me, and he was too bulky to move as fast as my neer anorexic frame. I speculated for less then a second, eyes locking in on ever last escape route just in case.


-Carska-

My eyes followed the two from camp. A new member? This was a thing very rare now a days, most dogs came form the cages on the backs of human trucks. Tipping my head to one side, I flicked my ears back towards the children. Their warm bodies pressed into the safest and coolest section of the royal den. A pair of Ocher eyes gleamed there as the litle black boy drug himself out of the heep to join me. Mahal had become my bigest worry, always sneaking away from the second he could walk. Setting his small snout on one of my paws the little male stared up at me from the edge of his eyes.

"Whats... happening?" his ears twitched as he searched for words. My babies had been picking up their language for over a month now, learning to piece it together evena s they learned to see and walk. Licking his head I lowered my skull down next to him. "There is a new male coming to our pack, Mahal." The boy's head jumped up, eyes flaring wide with excitment, and not a single ounce of fear. It brought me fear though, that look often got him in trouble. "Daddy went to fetch him up?" I smiled, playfuly nipping at his short, furiously wagging tail. "Yes my dear, daddy has gone to get him." And with that the ocher eyes snaped to the enterence of the den and he froze up just staring with his mouth hanging open.

Fighting the urge to shove him tot he ground and lick him, I brushed my tail over the others, wondering if they too would awake to see or growl at this 'new pack member'.

[Bhu ♥ Irwin]

xAlondax
Rules and boundaries are for peasants. And I am a queen to be.

The black man stood--the father of my litter. Few words were exchanged, the blood eyed brute always careful to keep from awakening my siblings and I. He tended to be drifty, unsure whether or not he liked us or not, though he always told the woman--my mother--that he loved us. I wished he would just decided already so I knew if I could use him or not. But he came to good use at times for even though he didn't know how he felt parently towards us, he loved our mother and thus guarded us because we held a share of her blood in our veins. And his wishes to please her lead him to spoil us in her presence and protect us in her absence.

Once the black man was gone, the black boy, Mahal, trodded over to the gray fae. He questioned what happened and that's when I climbed to my paws, stretching as if I were not curious. After the woman spoke (I paused to yawn, not to respectfully give her a moment to speak), I padded over with both head and tail high--though my walk was not yet firm, seeing as I was only just learning. "Stupid idea, if ya ask me. Outsiders ain't nothin but trouble. Those humans stock us wit sturdy dogs that do not question their loyals. You bring damn brute in that survived fine on his own, he gotsta have other ambitions." I hated how uneducated I sounded, but I couldn't bring the words to form as clearly as the adults. Damn my small stature. Damn it all to Hell.

I glanced to my brother, her nearly exploded in excitement. My lip curled up in disgust. "I am misfortuned to call you my brutha. Why kind of idiot gets excited for some mongrel coming to town?" The disgust turned to venomous amusement. "You do realize those outside the pack eat our kind, right? Little pups tha favorite because tis convienent. 'specially black ones because any remaining chunks of flesh is easy to hide." I looked to my mother real quick before adding to the lie my trademark excuse. "Daddy said so." The brute would never say such a thing, but tacking that on every so often helped ease the parental torture for the cruelness I'd given.



xBidziilx
The name was different--I'd have to remember that. I remember Coal as being son of both alpha and omega. A strange mix, but one I didn't find myself especially interested in exploring. "Come, Paradox." I turned to lead him carefully to my camp, but caught sight of the ginger watching eagerly. My lip pulled back and I barked disapproval. "This is no buisness for a teenage girl, red haired lady. Git!" The woman pulled back with a start and turned to leave. She cast a long look at Paradox, but I couldn't quite read what was in her eyes. I quickly dismissed it as being unease and watched her trudge ahead to the camp.

It was only then I fully noted the audience we had had. A woman and her young deformed pup sat nearby, watching. Each held a different expression--one was trust and the other indifference, with maybe even a little hate. Unable to conjure up the names for the moment, I demanded that they too run ahead so that Babylon can watch the newcomer from behind without a shuffling paws of a young child distracting him. The woman stood and made way to obey, but the child didn't budge for a moment. When she did move, she took a careful position beside Paradox.

"Woman, herd your puppy up, will you?" She turned at my voice and nearly pierced the child with her eyes. But the little girl remained. Where was the loyalty and eagerness to obey the alpha now-a-days? Even thick headed Alaois obeyed my every command. It was just the Folami way--it was imbedded into us. With an impatient snarl, I got nose to nose with the little child. What an ugly little thing.

"Mind your mother, puppy." I threatened her by moving a massive paw closer, in perfect position to swipe up and whack the smug expression from her face. I'd seen this strange girl on occasion, but she was always shy and obedient, so I never minded her much. She paused a moment longer so I lifted my paw. "You have just made my shit list, little girl." I went to bring my paw down, but she dodged it with peculiar agility. Her spin much too flexiable. Taken aback by this, I watched the white pelted mother hurry the weird golden girl deeper into the trees, not towards camp.

"I hate kids." I shook it off and face Paradox with a guarded smile. "Don't you get tangled up into being a nanny. You look to have hunting potential, and having the pack's puppies hanging on you won't do us any good on a mission." I was said it playfully, lightly, throwing aside the image of the strange child's ways. I could only hope my children had that loyalty bred into them, even though the disfunctional child did not.

That settled, I took a step ahead of Paradox, though to the side so I could watch him in my peripheral. The red girl was surely back at camp by now, and Carska would be preparing herself and the children for the new arrival. Damn, should have had the red girl set up some guards. I waved Babylon to flank the male on the opposite side of where I stood, and then I started at a brisk pace to swallow the short distance from our camp's entrance. I set off a howl to warn my pack that I stranger was present but in my company so they musn't attack.

OOC//; You may have them enter if you wish.

[I L Y I C H]

-Mahal-

Mama shifted lsightly to let ALonda through, adn I gave my sister a swift 'ill-kick-you-in-the-gut-if-you-ruin-this' look before turning my eyes back to the nght. Alonda could be such a boor sometimes. Always rambling on about how loyal and proud and cunning she was when she din't act on any of it. I grinned, my lips pulling taunt over my puppy teeth. Annoying yes, mama said the milk teeth would fall out soon and we'd get big strong unbreakable teeth like Dady and her. My tail wagged at the thought.

My responce to my sissy was instent and amused. I loved playing with Alonda she was the best wrestler out of the lot of is but she wasn't exactly the smartest. My ears flit backwards towards her. " The doggie who iz smarts enough to get that we need... ah new peoples, blood, in here to get better." I stuck my tongue out at her. "We need good strong doggies, the people had to let him out 'omewhere right? Ah! Look! He looks big 'nd strong!" My litlte black body lept to its feet instantly. Cause there was daddy and the big white bloke, Babyon or somein and another wlaking into camp.

He was a big brown thing, his front hidden in a guave of black. Blue eys shined out through the black mask. My mouth fell open in a round 'o' of excitment, tail wagging a million miles an hour. A soft growl pulled him back into the darkness where with a whimper of annoyance I slunk backword to sit besdie Alonda as Mommy slipped form the den, her gray body blocking the opening and my view of the happenings outside.

Curses!



-Paradox-

I watched silently, staring at his gaurded grin with disproval. You dont half smile at people. Hypocrite. Why yes, yes I am. My long brown tail wove behind me as I stepped after him, though I was sorley tempted to snap at his retreating tail the second time he opened his mouth. In fact I almost bit off my tongue. Hiding my expression from betraying the boiling anger. Ayita wasn't a child. She was smarter and stronger and obviously more crafty then that, I glared at Bidziil's back for a long hard second before caching Ayita's look. Mouthing her nickname with a slight fay glint in my eye I turned the mask back up and nodded to Bidziil's retreating haunch.

How long had it been sence I had seen the inside of a camp. Seen so many animals. Feeling the reasuring warmth of Allona by my side, I flicked her appreciativly with one paw, slipping sideways to avoid Bidziil'a anger, though it prvoked my own. My teeth ground together to mask the rumble in my throat. Licking my lips to clear away the vial taste of fury I sulked after the alpha. Soon to be my alpha. How I detested being led. How I hated it. But I had a reason to suffer through it, Ayita. Her red form hurying before us. My eyes followed her for a moent until Bidziil stepped tomy flank.

Ignoring his words, I eyed Babylon stepping to my other side. I hated traps almost as much as I feared them. Did they know exactly who I was? Surly blood and fear had hidden my scent. They coldn't know. Couldn't. Shadows crept in at the edge of my vision. But htey where just that, visions. Soon we where stepping onto the star lit camp. Something black did more, but this folami was real, his silver eyes boring into me. The collared man hurried to a den, where the large alpha female la crouched glowering at me. Taking a seat beside her, he watched (I was now absolutly sure he was blind) and copied the glower of the gray female.

Frowning at them I hurried after Bidziil, where ever the hell he was leading me, and it would seem that would be towards the glowering pair. Babylon slipped form my side barking at some fancy little hunting dog to guard my back end. As if they thought I was going to do a back flip knock the snot out of everyone and bookit. I fought the urge to roll my eyes. I bowed my head to the glowering faces as we grew nearer, averting my eyes by some feet of goldy intervention. "Madam..." I eyed the leather collared male, staring at the cross dangling around his neck. I didn't speak to him, not knowing how to adress him.

I wasn't here to make impressions. I was here to protect my little bird. Nothing else.

[Bhu ♥ Irwin]

xAlondax
My brother crouched to a wrestling position, answering my words with wisdom of his own. Of course I wouldn't call it wisdom--just babbling sounds that maybe had the possiblility of meaning something. Though very doubtful. I returned the the crouch with one of my own. The urge to be a puppy sometimes overcame my want to be alphess. An alphess was to be mature and collected, right? But one couldn't ignore their instincts--daddy had told me that. It was the only time he'd ever laughed when talking to us: "When your brain says hunt, then hunt. But when it tells you to play, gosh darnit, play!" He tackled me then and was gentle as he batted me around, then he had turned to Mahal and done the same. We were his favorites. Mahal, I didn't know why. But me, I was everyone's favorite.

Before a mock war could break between us, the red girl broke into camp. She glanced at our den with an expression saying the others were close behind. No matter what I said, I was eager for this. Nothing exciting ever happened in our lives--the lives of the royal pups. Every aspect was planned out and presented on a silver platter, no room for harmful mistakes and twists. That excitement died as the fae placed herself into our vision. "What the heck, woman!?" I snarled, but made no provoking move. I instead stood back tall and stared at the dark wall of fur that was my mother, imagining what was going on on the otherside.



xAyitax
When the small group followed in, I hid my face unil I could regain myself. I'd began getting giddy with the thrill of the goingons, and I mustn't let Bidziil or his madam see, nor any other member of this world. When facing the clearing, I noticed Daiade take a careful seat near his sister, and close behind was his pet, Abeni. She looked anxious and unsure as she sat beside the blind male, but didn't back down. There was no doubt that that lioness was loyal to Daiade more than anything else.

Bidziil wagged his tail and scurrying over to where his mate stood at the den. She nudged her in greeting before turning and facing Babylon and my Paradox. Before I had come to the camp, he had mouthed 'little bird' to me, and the pet name that had made me tingle in fury at first, now had me melting with joy. I was his little bird, but he was my wings.

On instant, the males of the camp made a half circle behind Paradox and Babylon. There was Jeremiah, Alaois, and Logan in that small possy, ready to leap in and defend if Paradox made even a slight move towards the royal den. That was the only reason for all this tenseness, I knew. With those new puppies here, both alpha and alphess had been insane with their caution. Meanwhile, Evangeline trudged over with a lowered head and took a seat halfway between me and Logan. All but Helsa and Allana were here for this--to witness the acceptance of my beloved. Finally, we wouldn't have to live a lie.

I watched the black alpha cautiously, wondering what his next move would be. But, suprisingly, the alpha looked to his mate, the alphess, and dipped his head. "I see a male with hunting potential but, my dear, I wish for you to make a yea or nea decision on the matter. Your eye is much more trained then my own."

[I L Y I C H]

-Paradox-

Block them out. I had to block them out. Air and blood rushed and pounded in my ears. My blank mask grew blanker. My mind swept clean in a single flash of horror. These monsters where the same as the old ones. They just came back after I killed them They sprouted from the dirt like plants and ambled back to me. But I couldn't let them know I saw them no!.

My ear twitched, one blue eye narrowing slightly.

Stop it. Stop it. I was losing it silently. Shattering on the inside. I hated this pack dynamic. It terrified me to think they where connected to one another so easily. Didn't they understand the hate that wound around their ties? I wanted to look at Ayita, wanted it so desperately that I gave in. I turned my head as slowly as I could force it to go and made eye contact with every monster in the ring around me. Babylon, the winged yearling, the blind man, Ayita, the black boy, his father, and the lioness.

My half deranged look of terror on flickered into my eyes long enough to be shown to Ayita. I couldn't hold it back, l hated being around so many. It made me feel trapped, broken, pathetic. Being around others forced me to see just how fucked up I really was, and no one likes having that shoved in their face.

My now blank eyes turned to the woman who would decide my fate.

Carska's tawny eyes flicked over me. Again. She'd been watching me closely form the second I'd stepped into camp. She wasn't taking any chances. Not with her children's lives and her pack mates lives on the line. Despite the heavy lead in my heart I figured I liked this alpha, even with the hard look on her face.

The gray pelted woman dipped her head in return to her mate, her golden orbs flicking to him for a second before turning back to me. Her ears twitched as if ashamed to have glanced from her prey for even a moment. "I must agree with the hunting skills, despite his rather starved appearance." Her voice held tension with the slightest trace of approval. "I can't help to wonder how good he must be to have survived all those scars." I could almost feel her eyes burning into the lifted ridge of fur under my jaw.

I tipped my head a bit to show the others littered around my neck, some hidden until I moved and others quite obvious.

Hell, even in my nervousness I would play this crowd. I needed to complete this next trial perfectly. The failure of this gauntlet could mean the death of the red haired woman. And me, though I wasn't as important as she.

Carska shifted, just slightly. Her body angled towards Bidziil's, like some odd magnetic force drove them together. My ears twitched with interest, tail lifting in one slow wag. The Alphess' eyes narrowed, she didn't know what the reaction was based off of and she didn't like it. This. I decided. Is a woman who hates when her x-ray vision can't see the cards under the table. She liked her lips, ignoring the motion for now swiping it away for evaluation later. "I vote Yea. Give the brute a place to sleep and call home."

She looked at me as if daring me to disagree with the title.

But I could feel those pretty little yellow eyes boring into me. Ayita was my home, and so by connection this pack was as well (if it had to be).

[Bhu ♥ Irwin]

xAyitax
The anxiety and excitement danced together in my throat, calling bile of nerves to come splashing through the gullet. What was the fate of my Paradox? Would he be tossed aside? Accepted? Or perhaps killed for trespassing? Maybe Bidziil knew what was really going on--with Paradox, I mean. The bloke knew the old pack's history, so shouldn't he know Paradox's former lover was killed? Thus giving Paradox a reason to hate our kind and slaughter? But as Carska evaluated and eventually accepted, the black dog made no move to object. He honored the woman's word. If he did know, he would keep a close eye on Paradox--and probably never step more than a foot from his beloved's den with the little holders of her DNA.

Even as I watched the two leaders, my peripheral had been showering down on my fire in the twilight. His every move I caught, even the look he rested on me a moment before. But, hard as it was, I hadn't twitched at the fire that formed with that simple expression. I could only imagine what was going through his attractive skull--crowds, too many dogs. I nearly giggle at the matter, but kept the smile hidden. My poor poor recluse had to learn to play nicely.

Allana bounded into camp then, slowing as she saw the gathering she'd stampeded into. Following behind, cautiously, was her mother. "New dog? Cool!"

[/b] She said it giddly, playing the part of an innocent pup with no care beside who would be her next playmate. Helsa didn't say a word, just glanced from Paradox, to a careful speculation of me. I shifted under her eyes, but she turned them away quickly and nudged Allana over to Evangeline, where the puppy sat loyaly between the outcast and her own mother. Evangeline side-stepped to put a longer distance between Allana and herself, but a shorter one between herself and Logan.

The distraction settled, I looked back to Paradox, and then the two leaders. I lowered my head and approached them, tail low in submission. Bidziil tensed as I approached, but not too dramatically. My red pelt had probably started him when I entered his peripheral. Stupid alpha. Those kinds of thoughts had only started at entering my head when Paradox came into my life. Again I hid a chuckle. What a bad example he is on me.

"Sir, ma'am," I looked specifically at Carska, knowing the female was more sensible then the brute, "shall I and one other show this new member a brief tour of the pack territory? Seeing as he will have to help defend it, he should know the lines no one can cross into." Even though we selfishly cross into the lands of others at any given time. I added the idea of one other because I knew they wouldn't like someone of my small stature leading around a potentially dangerous new arrival without the backup of someone stronger. Even though it wouldn't be a walk of just me and Paradox (there'd be plenty of time for that later), I prayed the alphess would permit.

It took all my effort to keep my eyes downcasted and free of joy--this was simply a duty, no hidden desires involved. Yeah, right.[/blockquote][/size]

[I L Y I C H]

I twisted my ears towards Allana, her words distracting me for a moment from my reclusive shudders. How I despised being surrounded. A small little smile jumped off my lips and vanished before I could catch it.

Turning my head slightly at the shift of red in my peripheral vision, I couldn't help but smirk slightly, though I washed that off as well. That color was something he associated with joy and adoration. But it had only started Bidziil.

The gray furred woman turned her body slightly, still watching me but placing herself at full attentiveness to my little bird. Yes I liked this Alpha. She truly wanted to hear what Ayita thought, though I'd heard stories otherwise, I guess dogs changed. I sure as hell had.

Tipping her head slightly Carska removed her eyes from me again, turning them to look at Ayita thoughtfully. My paw twitched, if only slightly. Even with one other I would be able to walk with Ayita. I would be able to formulate an excuse as to why I would be slinking over to lay near her tonight.The 'my only friend' thing had worked for others in the past.

I didn't expect Carska to give it so much as a second thought, but she looked at me then back to Ayita eyes slightly narrowed. Crap. Did she suspect anything? She couldn't, she'd been stuck in camp with her puppies for more then a month. I kept my face carefully blank. Finally she seemed to reach a decision, turning full away from the two of us little 'traitors' to her black furred mate.

She brushed her snout as close to his ear as she could without touching him. There were to be no signs of affection with in camp walls, it would seem. "Watch them." her head twitched slightly towards the den behind them. The black shape on her other side twitched slightly, though he had stayed still and silent through out the entire thing. "You going with them, Carska?"

She turned to give him a small almost humorous smile. "Yup" any sign of royalty died by fire. She hadn't been born alpha she'd drug herself up rung by rung. Bidziil wasn't as sensitive to changes as she was because she'd known far more then he. My ears twitched appreciatively. What an odd woman.

Carska turned her cooled eyes to Ayita and nodded towards the camp entrance. "Off we go" She gave her mate absolutely no chance to object, though I thought he would any way. My smile grew a bit bigger, and didn't hide away this time. Stepping after her, I gave Ayita a speculating look as if wondering who she was as any stranger would. But in truth I was asking if Carska usually acted like this, frankly I thought she just wanted the hell out of this track of dirt.

[Bhu ♥ Irwin]

xAyitax
This wasn't like Carska, to leave behind her pups. Only on very rare and important events did I see the alphess go farther than 100 feet of the den. It was clear Bidziil was also caught off guard by this, as he watched the girl silently. His jaws parted to object, but the black man trusted his girl. If everyone else lost their good sense, he knew Carska would keep hers. If she said she'd go, then he wouldn't say no. He had no right to.

But I knew he'd worry like Hell until the silver fae returned.

Not willing to put anymore effort into speculating Bidziil's love for Carska, I fell into a step behind the alphess. It wasn't like me to lead, even in situations with pups. My head was low, almost in a sulking manner, but it was all just a mask. I couldn't pretend to be indifferent to this new member. It was either I leapt for joy, or I acted terribly disturbed by it. And since joyous excitement would prove dangerous, I decided to sulk. I returned Paradox's expression with a shrug. To one outside our couple, ths shrug would look to be one of discomfort beneath his gaze--a shift of unease. But I knew my Paradox would hear the answer.

This wasn't normal.

Despite my concern, I did feel a tingle of honor. A mission with the alphess, even a mission so small and insignificant, was a step up for me. In a way, I was an omega. Logan and I both were, though not quite so low of rank as Daiade (who, if up to Bidziil, would be chased off or destroyed). We had a different set of views, thus were not the most welcome duo. So even if this simple walk was because the alphess was suspicious (which I could find no reason for her to be), it still warmed me. Better her than have Bidziil shoving his judgemental nose into the mess.

I didn't speak a word as we exited the camp walls, allowing Carska to take full control of the situation. If she was suspicious, at least she wasn't shouting it in the center of camp. He mate would disgrace us and have those loyal few chase us off, or kill us. Carska was taking a more mature approach. If she was suspicious at all.

Maybe I was just being paranoid.

[I L Y I C H]

-Paradox-

So this was in fact, not normal behavior. Huh. I kept pace easily, slipping into formation behind the alpha and her stilled tail. Most animals shifted themselves when they walked, not she. It was as if this odd woman was positive she would be attacked at any second.

The only thing moving where her limbs and at random intervals her ears. She was taunt, stiff and tense. Her frame gave no impression of softness in the least, and I was beginning to wonder how she had formed such a connection with another beast. Or maybe she and her own beloved were only connected through their shared paranoia.

Like I was anyone to go berating people for paranoia.

Turning my eyes slightly the side, I peered at Ayita with what I hoped was polite interest though. Id always been a good actor, though right now I was in a bit of a drug induced slump. The high of her and the downer of the pack... its never a good idea to mix drugs.

I couldn't help it any more, I needed to speak with her even if I was just teasing. "And may I ask the name of the pretty little omega?" Carska's left ear twitched back, flickered there for a second then pressed forward again. She seemed a bit unsure of what to think of me, and she was trying to read into my words for clues.



-Carska-
This loners pack member's scent had been fluttering around the folami area for weeks. I hadn't noticed it until recently, due to the fact that I couldn't exactly go any where. I was too afraid to leave the pups in Bidziil's care. Who knew what sort of horrible situation Id find on my return if I left my poor mate behind to deal with the four of them. He was reluctant in the first place, and I didn't want to make him more so.

But this opportunity to stretch and speak with my pack members again had been too tempting to pass up.

I'd wanted to see how he handled himself, and how he kept up with his social dynamics around two such drastically different ranking animals. And there he was chirping away at Ayita like he'd known her his entire life and has only playing with her for his own amusement. My ear twitched back, fluttering for a moment.

It could very well be true, his knowing her. Her scent trails had crossed over his more then once, and I was beginning to wonder if that had been coincidental or not.

Turning my head slightly to watch the two lower beasts I relaxed my tight shoulders enough to roll them. "I see no point in pointing out anything based on the style of your old life. You must already know where all the borders are and which to not cross unless ordered." I drew my tongue across my teeth thinking about a particular incident in Ende territory. Poor bastard lost his tail and his rank.

[Bhu ♥ Irwin]

xAlondax
The fae was gone and now the black brute took a step back and turned, staring at us uneasily. A forced smile played forward on his maw, and I rolled my eyes before wobbily getting to my paws. "You act like you know us not." No, that didn't sound right. I flipped a the words around for a minute, altering them to their proper places and tenses. My face was scrunched through the process, but then loosened as I came to what seemed correct. "Um, you act like you don't know us." There, that sounded more like the adults would say. I smiled in triumph, and then examined as the big brute shifted to look at me with unsure eyes. He opened his maw to speak, but I interupted him. "I is Alonda, that be Mahal, Cenzolume, and Ekshen." I pointed to each mutt as I spoke, speaking slowly as if to a newborn.

Wrong move.

The dog's eyes narrowed and his teeth bared. "I know very well who you all are, thank you very much, Alonda." His tone was hard, not amused by my helping him. Again I rolled my eyes but dropped the manner and sat silently for a minute, letting Bidziil's temper pass. When he calmed and finally laid down with his head upon his paws, I looked him directly in the eye with a deep frustration in my gaze.

"We aren't newborns, daddy. You no need to see us the entire time of mommy being away."

I wish I could speak as clearly as I thought.
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xAyitax
My sulk continued, my form not daring to shift and look at Paradox. My queen walse up front, stiff as a dead cat, ears moving but nothing else. My silence was answered with more silence, and I began to get antsy. I wish Carska would speak.

You being paranoid, Ayita.

I took a breath, attempting to mask it as a sigh, regaining myself and bringing my head up a little higher. My ear shifted as this stranger asked for my name, a teasing tone used. Before I could answer, Carska uttered something about borders and I prayed I didn't need to say anything because I only half heard what she said. My mind was intent on clinging into the sound of my Paradox's voice.

"Ayita." I answered with a low tone, as if I weren't even worthy of this stranger. In truth, I felt I wasn't. But not for the same reason Carska would think (I hoped). Honesty said I wasn't worthy of Paradox because he was perfect. Even his flaws were perfect. But, hopefully, Carska would read it as my rank talking. I was omega, and it was obvious this beast would be a mighty hunter. I didn't ask for his name, for an omega would not. But I hoped he would tell me, just so I could hear his voice again. My head fell again, this time playing as discomfort. If I didn't know Paradox, his comment about me being the 'pretty little omega' would be a bold move on his part, and an awkward one for me.

Oh, but how I loved it.

[I L Y I C H]

Mahal--
I watched Alonda with interest. She was right, daddy didn't seem to see us very well.Or was that the wrong way to put it? My head swung 'round to face him. "Alonda is kinda true... right, daddy" I puffed, ocher eyes widening before narrowing again. I loved my family, they where everything. I was just a lonely puppy without them, but I was unsure of daddy.

Maybe I should make sure.

So with that and a loud huff as I stood up on my gangly child's legs I sauntered up to the huge black monster that I so happily called 'father'. Dropping my chest to the ground and holding my butt in the air I stopped in front of him. Chin resting on the ground between my splayed front paws I stared down his huge mug into those red eyes that always seemed to be staring at us from their edges.

After a long second I plopped my hind end down too so I was laying neatly in front of his nose. Lifting my head I turned to stare at Alonda again. She could be a real jerk sometimes but she was right a lot of the time too. My ears twitched at her, showing my agreement. Though she seemed annoyed by the babysitting it presented I was far more interested in the man it presented to us.

Whether he was are father or not this black brute Mama called 'Bidziil' was an enigma to us. I wanted answers. So I would start with the stupidest in my repatuare. "Why is.. are you're-s eyes red?"




Carska-
Ayita she answered in a low unhappy tone. Like she didn't think her name was suppose to graze this brute's ears. I turned farther this time, eyeing them with some trepidation. The lazy smirk he was fighting to hide on his face was odd. He'd had such a perfectly blank mask until now.

Maybe euphoria had set in.

My body relaxed further, the taunt muscles slump and then easing back into a cat like grace that had me moving a bit slower then before. "Paradox, how long has it been sense your old pack disbanded?" His light steps paused for a moment, as if they themselves where considering. "Three years. I'm an old bastard I guess." There was amusement in his voice, apparently he enjoyed poking fun at himself as well.

Maybe stupid jokes and perverse comments where his way of coping with whatever shit the world flung at him. Being a loner is a choice, a hard one at that. Something very big or very bad must have downed him three years ago to have kept him from my pack for so long.



Paradox-
So it was question time now? I couldn't help but smile around my words. It was true, I was an old bastard. Though I wasn't even middle aged, considering our kind lived the same 10 to 14 years as the cats. Sometimes longer. I was older then many of the animals in this pack, newly made creations like that winged freak.

Who the hell gave a dog fake little hovering wings that he couldn't even fly with? Naw that mutt looked like he had a stick up his ass, he wouldn't have flown even if he could have.

My eyes turned to Ayita, their blue hue brightening as I watched her. She looked rather uncomfortable, though I hoped it was just a shame. Ah but it would seem Carska had more questions for me.

"Do you hunt often, Paradox? You seem terribly thin if you do" The smile on my lips became much more twisted, though I forced the more disturbing parts back into my mind. Yes Ma'am I hunt regularly. I eat their hearts but nothing else because that would be gross.

"Regretfully I must say I don't eat feline meat very often." regretfully my ass. I only killed things that made me mad. Annoying cats, rats and my fellow folami where the only creatures in that categorie. And frankly they all (in my mind) deserved it. "As a loner its not a good plan to go flaunting yourself in hated circles"

She grunted in response, though there was an edge of interest. Had I impressed her with my oh so amazing mental abilities? Or had I just made her dislike me for my willingness to avoid trouble? This whole 'reading her' thing would work far better if I could see her face.

[Bhu ♥ Irwin]

xBidziilx
My emerald eyes peered upwards at the young spawn of my own. My head was flattened against the ground, giving me a new perspective on things. Usually I had to look down to view anyone at face level, but here I glared upwards. But maybe all this thinking was my own way to mask how scared I was. A Folami shouldn't be scared of anything, and here I wanted to quiver at the feet of some god-damned pups. My god-damned pups.

I ignored Alonda's frustration and instead watched Mahal with guarded interested. He thought Alonda was right, and I almost snapped at him for saying so. But something about this male warmed me and brought out my best behaviour--I smiled a little half smile, though it was hidden by the paw I leaned against. The mini-me shuffled forward, his moving awkward like any puppy his age. He did a weird half-lay-down move and stayed like that for a minute, almost nose to nose with me. And then his rump came down to earth and he spoke again.

"My eyes?" I lifted my head and, like an imbecile, tried to cross them so as to see the other. For a few seconds I did this, until I heard Alonda's snicker. "You're weird, daddy." Why was I weird? Oh, right, I was sitting here trying to see my own eyes. Stupid, bad dog. "Oh, right, I can't see my own eyes, now can I?" I brushed it off with a chuckle before laying my skull back down in front of Mahal's, connecting my emerald orbs with his own soft gaze. "You know, I often forget they're red. I--" I paused and eyed the boy for a second before letting a large grin cross my maw and lifting my head to tower over his, but still not getting up. "Hey, my boy knows his colors!" I felt like a father, which didn't happen often. Mahal's first steps and first words had been the only other times I'd felt like this. This paternal pride. That's my boy.

"Oh, yeah, right, my eyes," I layed my skull back down, maw still curved into a joyful smile. "They're red because the humans wanted it that way. They thought it'd be intimidating because felines can see red really well, so they'd see my eyes clearer than any other part of my body."




xAyitax
I listened to him speak, drinking in the sounds. His calling himself an 'old bastard' almost broke down my sheild. I almost cracked a smile. I almost let the world know I was not the innocent girl they thought I was.

"You can flaunt yourself as you please, now. The pack will back you up." I gurgled awkwardly after I spoke, unsure if those words had been unwise. I gave a quick glance to Carska, eyes nervous as they set upon the gray fae. "I think." Curse them if they wouldn't.

OOC//: Haha, Paradox doesn't like Alaois xD

[I L Y I C H]

Mahal-

I giggled, all the wile trying to stop it. Folami were suppose to be big and strong, and not giggle at their daddy's trying to look at their own faces. But it was funny! Clamping my teeth around my laughter I just smiled at him.

He was proud of me? Case I could count! My tail beet behind me with pride. "You forget the color of your eyes?" my tone was incredulous. How could you forget? Well there wasn't much water to look into here so...?

My tail continued to wag as he spoke, and my grin got bigger. "The kitties run from you like scardy cats!" I squeaked, eyes narrowing in pleasure. My tail beet harder. "Course theys run from you, daddy!" I was proud of my daddy, of how strong and regal he could be. And how soft and warm he could be too. The two extremes of his precious personality.



Carska-

I came to an abrupt halt, turning around to give Ayita a look of absolute determination. "They will, or I'll make them." My voice had transitioned back to the clipped tone I usually used, though for different reasons. I turned tot he black masked man who looked slightly surprised by my speaking. "A pack is one unit. A single beast. If one of our cells are threatened the rest will guard him."

Shaking my head hard, I sat back on my haunches. Eying the man for a second I let my body relax with a low gust of a sigh. Offering up the spot to my right to my little omega I turned back to the newest member of my pack. "I've heard stories about your old pack's 'every animal for himself' policy. Such things are not accepted here."

My pack will protect its brothers and sisters. We are a family dammit.

The man looked shocked for all of a second before he sat down, his long limbs pressing to his ebony underbelly. "That is... good to here." there was a different edge to his voice, one I couldn't identify. Had I said something that pricked at some hidden emotion?



Paradox-

This alphess had just proclaimed her pack's loyalty. Given me a sense of guardianship, and made me thing Beloved would have been safe here. Damn. Now even if I could talk Ayita into coming with me I could never leave.

[Bhu ♥ Irwin]

Alonda
I watched my young brother be a puppy beside my father. Some instinct urged me to tackle him and laugh, some barbaric voice inferior to my evolved grace. I would not be one of them, even if nature told me to. So, to hide away any want for playful interaction, I rolled my eyes and turned away. "A dog so soft as you, dad, will not even scare a kitten. Look at how you look to us with fondness now." I dared a challenging expression with the alpha, meeting his gaze (which was not focused intently on me alone--a hard stare that almost made me back away. "We're your weakness, daddy."

And my father turned away.



Bidziil
I wanted to nose my son, laugh with him and playfully wrestle like any father should. But then that girl of mine, that nusiance of a child that held the heart I couldn't hate (for it was as mine had once been), she began to speak. And her words brought forth every emotion under the sun, except for the ones I could name. I wanted to yell at her, attack her, hug her, lick her...but most of all, I wanted to rebute her words. And what scared me was this:
I couldn't rebute her for I believed what she spoke.

After she finished speaking, saying how my precious family was my weakness, I stared coldly in her direction. And then, when I was sure I would lose myself and be out of control of my actions, I turned away from the tiny faces. My back to them, I sat with head brushing den roof. She was right--so very right. This family that I loved was bringing me away from my intial mission: please the humans. Oh, I had sinned...

I had said hello and smiled at that God-Damn lioness. Why wasn't she dead?

I spun around and face all my children, face hard set in stone, showing no further emotion. It almost broke on sight of precious Mahal, but I bit my tongue and kept it right. "Alonda's right. Children, I have a new rule; no more playing around that lioness. I can not believe Carska and I have fallen so far from our dear humans that we'd let our royal kin play amongst those who deserve no mercy. Filthy cat."


Ayita
I took a careful seat beside my alphess, all the while watching Paradox out of my perphials. Carska's words had caught me off guard, but they had lit a fire of pleasure in my heart. Paradox wouldn't be hurt again--this pack wasn't as awful as I had once thought. Or atleast, Carska wasn't. I didn't speak, but just smiled a guarded grin.

[I L Y I C H]

Mahal--

I was very disappointed, but I didn't show it. Daddy had to leave sometime, I'd play with my friend then. I smiled innocently up at him. "Yes, Sir" Bright and chipper like a good little boy. My eyes twinkled with hidden mischief and my smile was one of promised rule breaking.


Paradox--

Now here was an interesting place to be. A place of family bonds, but how long would they last? My ears twisted towards the gray woman. She and her mate seemed very close, and love was strong between the animals in her pack. It was so different from the pack I thought of, and I wanted to grasp it with every claw and never let it go. My eyes flitted to Ayita, and Carska's eyes followed mine. Those tawny orbs held nothing but mirth, and the slightest annoyance. As if she was peeved no one had told her already.

I smiled quietly to myself, pulling out a mask of amusement as I thought over this attained truth. Carska new and did not retaliate. This pack was one of the greatest caliber. It was a place where hate did not perfume every being. Smile pulling into something far more genuine, I turned to wink at my Alphess before standing with a low grunt of scar tissue induced effort. I stood and waited, letting the woman, my superior take the lead. And she did, nodding to Ayita to take up left point. Trodding back to her pack, to her pups with out a word.