Gone Fishing [Kaori & Dew]

[Juice]

A chocolatey brown wolf trotted forward towards the lake. The autumn day was bright and breezy and it would be a perfect time to go fishing which was just why the small group of wolves had arrived. The group was led by the brown female and her yellow eyes scanned the water as she padded onto the bank. She could see the fish swimming happily in the lake and she knew they would make a tasty meal if she could catch a few of them. She lifted her head and looked back at her companions before she said "The fishing is plentiful! Come on in!" she splashed her brown paw into the water, knocking out a trout before catching it in her jaws and then tossing it back onto the bank. "I figured we could make a pile before we eat." She then looked at the blue colored female and said "Come here Phoebe and I can teach you how to do that."

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Another wolf, also brown in color, followed the leader towards the bank of the lake. Her light brown eyes looked into the water and she licked her maw, hungry for fish. Juniper turned and looked behind her at the two other wolves, Venge and Phoebe. Her mother, Marley, asked Phoebe to join her to teach her some pointers on fishing. Although she wasn't sure if Venge already knew how to fish, she decided to follow her mother's example. "Hey Venge...if you want I can show you how to fish too." Juniper smiled and wagged her tail, happy for any excuse to stand near Venge. She really just wanted an excuse to show off to him.

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The sun reflected off the clear Kai Lake. Phoebe had not been here before. Seeing the giant lake and the wildlife surviving from it made her feel one with the world. She took a deep breathe and closed her eyes to capture the smells of the greenery and water. The smell of three other wolves disturbed her dreamy visions of lying by the lake in the warm sun. Phoebe had only half listened to the conversation before, but now it hit her. Fishing? Did wolves even know how to fish? Phoebe had never heard of anything like it, let alone see it. That changed when Marley snagged a fish and threw it onto the earth. Phoebe could almost taste the nasty fish from the rancid smell. She wasn't too excited about this, Marley looked happy to teach her and Juniper obviously wanted to be near Venge. She again debated on whether or not to dismiss herself. Her mind came to a conclusion and she sighed deeply. Not wanting to be left out, Phoebe approached Marley's side to learn the art of fishing. 

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Venge followed them in, becoming a bit impressed when Marley quickly and with an interesting degree of ease caught a large fish. With ears pointed forward, he padded up to the water to see plenty of other big fish swimming about, being quite large in size. He chuckled at Phoebe's reluctance and Juniper's excitement. "I would love to let you teach me, But I've already got the skills for fishing."

He paused with contemplation, looking at the fish with a bit of a smirk, "but if you'd like...we can see who gets the biggest or most fish. You might win, I don't fish much."

[Juice]

Marley tried not to laugh as Phoebe scrunched her nose up at the scent of the fish she'd thrown onto the land. Wolves in these parts didn't seem too interested in fishing but Marley had grown up in a packland surrounded by water so fish were a staple in her pack's diet. Soon after Juniper was old enough, Marley had taken her to small ponds to practice fishing until she was finally ready to try it out at Kai Lake. Juniper had come a long way from the frightened little pup who was too scared to even set paw in the water. Marley was proud of her daughter but she also worried for her safety.

Marley was momentarily distracted from her thoughts when she saw Venge and Juniper speaking to each other. They both seemed animated and excited to be in each other's company. That gave Marley an idea. "Hey Jun!" she called out, hoping to pull Juniper's attention away from Venge for just a second. "Can you come over here and help Phoebe with the fish? I want to talk to Venge." Without really waiting for an answer, Marley strolled over to where Venge was and said: "Could I speak to you for a moment?"

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Juniper was just about to say something clever to Venge's suggestion of a fishing contest when her mother interupted. "What?" she snapped, angry that Marley had cut into her quality time with Venge. Juniper sighed and rolled her eyes, she hated when her mother simply volunteered her to do things but before she could complain, her mother was already over. Pouting, but not wanting Venge to see, Juniper quickly padded over to Phoebe. Although she was cranky that she couldn't fish with Venge, she was still happy to be able to show somebody how to fish.

"Hi Phoebe. I know we didn't really get a chance to talk earlier by the Adoette Tree." Juniper started with a smile "But I can teach you how to fish if you like." Juniper waded into the water until she was ankle deep in the lake. "Ok so you start by standing still and watching in the water for a fish to come by." Juniper's light brown eyes beheld a small bass that was swimming towards her paws. "And when it gets close enough you do this!" The she wolf plunged her cream colored muzzle into the water and bit down onto the bass and she quickly crushed it. She lifted her head, fish in muzzle, and wagged her tail at Phoebe.

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Phoebe was stunned by the speed at which Juniper was able to plunge her muzzle into the water and emerge with a fish. The fish wiggled in Juniper's mouth. Her triumphant eyes told Phoebe that's how it was supposed to go. She decided to try it herself. It didn't look too hard. Phoebe did as Juniper did and waded into the water. She looked down and watched the fish swim around her. Their scales glistened and their bodies slid through the water. She waited for one to get close before plunging her muzzle in. Then....she fell. 
Her left front paw slipped on the moss covered rocks. Then her back right leg flew into the air and it all went downhill from there. Before she knew what had happened, she was shoulder deep in the lake, sopping wet. She began to shake as she felt the cold water sink in. Phoebe's teeth chattered as she struggled to pull her heavy body back out of the water. She walked back onto dry land and said the words any sane wolf would have said after that event. "I don't like fishing."

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Venge was just about to wade in and attempt to kick the more experience'd fisher's butt at her own game but they got interupted by Juniper's mom. He raised his brow at her asking her daughter to help phoebe to fish but not waiting for an aswer or refusal like she had earlier. He was mildly amused.

When she came up and asked if she could speak with him, he smirked a bit. "would I be able to say no?" he chuckled a bit but nodded and moved further away from the fishing duo so that they could have a mildly private conversation.

"what sort of business would you have, to talk to me all secretly like this?"

[Juice]

Marley briefly watched for a moment as her daughter and Phoebe attempted to fish. Phoebe slid into the water and Marley tried not to laugh at her. Phoebe was clearly not into fishing and instead crawled up onto the bank to sulk. Marley had to admit though, Phoebe had been taking a lot in stride lately. It probably hadn't been too fun for her to meet Juniper only to see that she was preoccupied with Venge and then have to feel like a tag along with the group as they went fishing. And now this whole slipping into the lake and being covered in icy water probably wasn't ideal either. Marley sighed, feeling sorry for Phoebe but for now, she needed to pay attention to the task at hand.

Turning to Venge, she began to speak. "I have to apologize for being so forward but it seems that you've taken quite a shine to my daughter." Marley smirked knowingly at Venge. "And she seems quite enthralled with you as well. Anyway, I have a favor to ask you. My daughter isn't very wise to the ways of the world and perhaps that is my fault for sheltering her for so long. She is naive for her age and I worry about her survival if something were to happen to me." The brown she wolf turned away from Venge for a moment to look sadly at Juniper. It was difficult raising a pup on your own. The death of her mate and her other daughter weighed heavily on Marley's conscience and she pitied Juniper for having such a poor puphood. "I would greatly appreciate it if you could teach Juniper to fight...I know its asking a lot but it would really help me out. You see, her father died when she was only a pup and I am not a skilled fighter. I'm better at avoiding fights altogether but I want Juniper to be able to learn the skills needed that I can't teach her. Would it be too much to ask you to come back with us to our packland to teach Juniper some moves?" Marley looked hopefully into Venge's eyes.

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Juniper took a deep breath and released it, she felt bad that Phoebe had fallen into the water but that was just part of the learning process. The creamy she wolf tried not to get too upset with Phoebe for going back onto land instead of trying again. If she remembered correctly, Juniper had started out pretty lousily and hadn't wanted anything to do with fishing for quite awhile. Maybe Phoebe just wasn't a water wolf but either way she still deserved a treat for trying. Juniper padded closer to the shore and began digging at some of the sand that was underwater. Finally she found a small crawdad and chomped it in her jaws, killing it quickly and feeling the satisfying crunch of its shell. She padded back onto land until she was in front of Phoebe and dropped the tiny morsel at the blue wolf's paws. "That is a crawdad. I'm not sure if you've ever tried one, but they taste really good." Juniper wagged her tail before sitting down next to Phoebe. "Not all wolves are born fishers but if you keep at it, I know you could be good." Juniper said encouragingly. For now, she decided not to press Phoebe to try again. "What do you think they're talking about?" Juniper asked, pointing her muzzle at Venge and her mother.

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Phoebe looked up as Juniper moved around. Fishing stinks, literally. The fish smelled and the water was gross. She shook her fur to try and dry off, then sat down. Juniper approached her and dropped something at her feet. The small creature in front of her looked peculiar. Phoebe curiously sniffed it. A crawdad is what Juniper had called it. She tried licking it. Not the tastiest thing, but it would do. Phoebe was about to try a bite when the cream wolf next to her asked a question. Remembering the other party members, she glanced over. The two wolves appeared to be deep in conversation. Still hunched over the new cuisine, she noticed Marley steal a glance their way. Without looking at Juniper, she replied, "Judging by earlier events and their body language, I would suspect that they are talking about you." She was trying to decide the best course of action to start eating this crawdad. Making up her mind, she went to break the shell first to get to the meat inside. 

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Venge blushed mildly as Marley was even more obvious with her suspicions. He didn't voice anything right away though, since she seemed to have more important things to bring up. This he was grateful for,because he didn't want to argue with a wolf that seemed to be quite rigid with her assumptions. It would have possibly spoiled the entire encounter.

So he listened to the story and proposal, his blush receding and a more serious mood taking over. He nodded occasionally, a formality to let her know that he was listening to everything she was saying. When she was done, he looked into her eyes but looked away briefly in thought. To him, this personal request was more than just an attempt to hook him up with her daughter, or to teach someone how to fight. It was bad news if Juniper hadn't been able to learn it from someone else in their pack...it meant the pack had great need for a strong wolf.


Venge liked the feeling of being needed, infact his tail betrayed him by swishing back and forth though it was slowly. Besides, he thought, he was getting tired of being alone.

"If your leader will have me, I will be what I can for her. I can promise that...but you have got to stop with this silly assumption you have about my feelings for your daughter" he said, chuckling a bit. "I only just met her, and was jut worried about her safety."

[Juice]

Marley sighed with relief as she realized that Venge agreed with her that Juniper needed to learn the ways of fighting. She pointedly ignored Venge's comment about his feelings towards Juniper because Marley knew better. "Thank you Venge. Our leader, Piala, is a very strong alphess but she doesn't have the time to teach Juniper any skills. Our pack is mostly females who have little fighting experience and our one male member, Kanut, has also been busy. Its not that we lack the resources, its just that I want Juniper to learn now instead of waiting for Alphess Piala to have time to train her." Marley trotted forward out of the water and ate up one of the fish on shore before sitting down on Phoebe's other side. "I'm sorry the fishing didn't go so well today. Perhaps its time for us to go home." Marley smiled warmly at Phoebe and was again reminded how much the blue wolf resembled her daughter.

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Juniper blushed at Phoebe's words. Why would they be discussing her? What if Marley was telling Venge something really embarrassing about her? Already feeling mortified that her mother had "come to her rescue" Juniper sighed deeply and thought that Venge must think of her as such a pup. "Oh my gosh I really hope they're not talking about me!" Juniper exclaimed to Phoebe but before she could say anything else Marley was heading their way. After her mom sat next to Phoebe, Juniper decided to pout about what was possibly said to Venge. When Marley suggested they leave Juniper decided she'd be the first to go. She stood up and stalked off towards the Eternal Snowfall packlands, assuming Venge wouldn't follow because he now thought of her as silly. She did stop for one moment and turned to look at Venge with sad eyes before running off.

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"Oh dear...it seems I've upset her. Please follow me guys!" Marley said before standing and running after Juniper. She hoped Venge and Phoebe could keep up.

-Exit Marley & Juniper-

OOC: Alright Dew so Kaori and I have a plot in mind for Jun and Venge so we're gonna start that up. Marley is still free if you wanna do something with her.

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Phoebe follows. 

OOC: it's ok. I'll find something for Phoebe to do.

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So does Venge.

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