High and Low Grounds {Open}

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What an interesting place.

In fact, at every slightly covered glance, Kodiak was finding something new to be transfixed by from his mountaintop. The words looks like fun and plenty of food came to mind. With the climate becoming warmer, but the mountain remaining frigid, he would have to make his way down soon. He had already molted his beautiful blanket of warmth and was feeling the sting of the cold. Kodiak slid from slant to slant down the steep mountain until he, rather ungracefully, thudded to the ground. Getting up, shaking himself off, and giving his back a good scratch, he began to wander along, humming; noting how funny and cool everything looked here compared to the ice,stone,and dust of the mountains.

Which brings him to this place. 

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It was a warm summer day and the light colored female was enjoying it. Rolled onto her back she sunned her white furred underside. Legs sprawled in the air, the top of her head flat on the ground. The warm rays of sun felt good on her light colored fur. She had been here for a little while so far and was beginning to get warm, soon it would be time to get up and move. Soon the still body stirred and she rolled over to her feet. Standing she shook herself freeing the dirt from her fur. Her light blue tongue rolled from her mouth as she yawned. Baby moved forward her eyes and ears alert as she moved, swinging her hips back and forth as if she had a song stuck within her mind. She was unaware of the fact another wolf was occupying the barrens, but Baby didn't mind all that much, she would be glad for some company.

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Kodiak felt a strange comfortableness in the Barrens that he had not been able to replicate anywhere else other than his birth den. Even then, this was a much cleaner place. It lacked the homely touch of his paintings and sculptures, but that could be fixed in time. Right as he finished his thoughts of making this place his new territory, he sensed another wolf. 

His ears twitched and a smile completely revealed his fine, thin fangs. Kodiak stalked forward, as it was one of the the only ways someone his size could move. It wasn't the same wolf as he saw before, but this one was more curious. Airy and fluffy colors that he had never seen before. Himself, his siblings, his mother, and the wolf he had seen all looked like hounds out of hell. He had figured you were either a boring normal or a monstrous creature until now. Kodiak's shoulders folded into place as he sat his hind legs onto the ground and stretched his front legs in front of him, creating an awful, unearthy crunch.  

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Her eyes caught sight of the movement and focused on the creature. He was moving towards her and it was easy for her to tell that it was another wolf. A smile spread across her bright face as her tail began to wag back and forth in a friendly manner. She strode towards the male with no hesitation, glad to see a new face. She was a social butterfly and liked to be around others.

"Hello, beautiful day isn't it," she said and she sat down facing him, her tail still wagging.

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Kodiak wagged his shaggy mane, dust visibly flying from it because of his trip down the mountain. "Hellava lot better than it is up there, miss." He gave her an odd, toothy grin. Kodiak's eyes showed a devious gleam right before his hair landed back into its rightful place. Yet she was undaunted.He liked her boldness. More wolves should understand that there is no reason to be shy around him. Sometimes its not about looks. His tail hardly wagged, just swayed like a broom against the ground. Enough to show he wasn't trying to come off hostile. Or however that works.

Kodiak's head lifted up for the first time in a while to look around. His bad posture was messing with his neck. "You a local around here? Cuz I haven't an idea where I am." While he was curious about this place, the tax of living in high altitudes was starting to take effect now that he had his feet on level ground.

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Aspen

I had been feeling quite lethargic in the summer heat so I decided to venture out of the packlands and go exploring. I knew Axel would be fine on his own as long as he stayed within the borders. He was getting so big so fast. I knew his father would be proud if he was still of this world. Its too bad that Alexei met his end at the falls but nature is cruel that way. I had not yet explored the barrens and decided now was as good a time as any.

My soft white fur bristled as I caught the scent of others on the wind. It was coming from upwind so I knew they couldn't smell met yet, or at leas not until the wind changed direction. I crouched low and my sharp green eyes saw an outcropping of rock. I crawled forward towards the outcropping, thinking it would be a good spot to hide and observe the others but then I smelled the scent of one of the wolves wafting strongly from the outcropping. Perhaps that was his home. I decided it probably wasn't wise to invade that area. Instead I hid in the shadow of two large boulders and peeked through the crevice made between them. I could see a female wolf and smell a male although I could not see him from my hiding spot. They seemed to be exchanging friendly words which I never find that interesting. Maybe it would be fun to stir things up a bit.

I stepped out from behind the boulders and approached slowly, waiting a bit for my scent to reach their nostrils so they weren't caught off guard by my arrival. I took another creeping step forward before shaking out my mane of white fur and sending a curious glance in the male's direction. I'm sure I looked innocent enough. I waited for him to notice me before saying anything.

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Rather than a twitch of the nose or the slight raise of the chin to the response of the new smell, one of Kodiak's batlike ears twitched and rotated to point in Aspen's direction. His head followed suit, craning his heavy neck awkwardly to look at the new wolf with the only shift of his body being a lift of the front paw corresponding to which side Aspen approached. Bewildered yellow eyes only fell on the wolf for a second before dulling and being blanketed by fur. Kodiak's grin grew into a full smile. "Oh my, is my arrival attracting an audience already? I'm quite flattered, but I'm no one special. Just a hermit from the mountains as all."

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Aspen

I smiled wryly at the male wolf as he spoke to me. It was always fun making new "friends" for me. I took a step closer, choosing to ignore the female wolf. After all, she hadn't spoken to me yet anyway. I took in his brown fur and yellow eyes. They glinted in the bright summer sunlight and I fancied what I saw. "So you live in the mountains? How rugged. Maybe you should show me what a big, strong wolf you are. I'm pretty hungry maybe you can get me something to eat?" I opened my green eyes wide and batted my eyelashes at the male. "I'm Aspen by the way." I say with a smile.

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She smiled at the male, relieved that he seemed friendly and social also. Baby was never the type to fret over much, but she could feel a difference when this male was friendly in return to her. She was always warned as a pup that not everyone in this world was kind and social, but Baby never found herself fearing it. If this male were to act aggressive towards her she would just simply walk away and let him have his space. Her tail slowed it's pace to a gentle wag as she settled into a comfortable position for a nice conversation with this male.

"I am a local around these lands, not here specifically, but I know my way around. I can show you around if you like," he offered.

Just then a new scent traveled to her nose making it twitch. It was another wolf, a female though alliance was never known until you met them. Her bright eyes looked around until they landed on the white coated female. One ear pointed in her direction while the other was on the male as he spoke again. The female approached, but her attention seemed to remain on the male, not even acknowledging that Baby was even there. Baby noticed it, but didn't seemed bothered instead she let the female talk to him, and introduce herself.

"I wouldn't mind helping to get you something to eat if your hungry, though not much prey around here other then rabbits and small game. I'm Baby it's a pleasure to meet you Aspen," she replied with a smile.

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Kodiak raised a paw to his muzzle and yawned-a rather odd habit he seemed to have picked up from nowhere at all. Kodiak looked to Aspen and then to Baby when he spoke. "I'd go with Baby's suggestion if I were you, Aspen. Yeah, I could probably catch you something, but it'll prolly be a hard time to get it from my jaws." Kodiak chuckled at his dark comment. Though he meant for it to be a joke, it had a hint of honesty to it. There was a certain savagery that shined through once the blood of the prey had hit his taste buds. Sometimes he is so out of it, he would begin to hurriedly eat the thing while it was still alive. "That being said, you gunna show me around and help her catch an eat? Well aren't you the enthusiastic guide of the land. Or are you just workin for those karma points?"

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Aspen

I was surprised when it was the female that answered my question as I had not directly addressed her yet but no matter. I turned my head ever so slightly to have a better look at her. I couldn't smell any defining pack scent on her, pack members often carried the smell of the territory in which they resided, but I made a mental note to be wary of this. After all, some wolves would join packs then wander off immediately or at least that was what I had done when first joining Dark Donoma.

I did not care for this Baby character as she seemed like one of the many goodies that pranced around the mountain especially after she offered to help me hunt. What kind of wolf would feed another? A kind one would and they disgusted me. I was a bit curious as to why she was even in the barrens, it seemed more of a haunt for the evils but this territory belonged to no one so all were free to come here. After hearing the male agree with Baby's proposition I decided I should at least take advantage of their kindness. While it wasn't exactly what I was looking for, a free meal was always welcome. "I would love some help finding some food. It can sometimes be difficult for me as my sense of smell has been under developed since my puphood." I smiled inwardly at myself, this was going to be fun. "Although rabbits do sound quite scrumptious, if you two are as hungry as I we could always seek bigger game at the hunting grounds."

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ooc: I know I kind of just jumped in here lol but if you guys don't have a plot unfolding would you be interested in starting a thread in the Hunting Plains? We can roleplay our wolves hunting together as a team and taking down big game or something. Just a thought

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ooc: I'm alright for it. How about you @ninjaplushie ?

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Oh, we can tag things now? Cool.

I'm down for it~
@darkstar
@aspen

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Alright I'll make a new thread tomorrow for them in the hunting plains ^^

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Sounds good to me!