Slippery slope (open)

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Nico:
Nico pawed the mud, and tried to make his way up. His paws kept slipping and sliding ad he became frantic in his efforts. He started biting wildly and no matter what he did he kept sliding. He couldn't see what he was doing, a blind wolf had no place in here. He yelped as he lost his footing all together and bit at the nearest thing thing, but all he got was air. His back landed on the mud and thumped his head on the ground. His head made a sicking thump, and he yelped. He got to his paws, and growled in sheer frustration and anger at being trapped.

Nico sat down and admitted defeat. He was trapped, no way could he get out. He had never let his blindness stopped him, but he had to now. Then he heard the clicking of pup teeth. He looked up, ears perked and listening. He woofed, listing for a response. Then he flicked his tail and cocked his head. 'Can you help me?' he asked using body language. It was the only way he could think of communicating with the pup who he suspected of being deaf. She would have talked by now, he had encountered a deaf pup before. It had died soon after, but he had tried to talk to it and had had no idea what he was doing.

Nico began a climb again. He growled, forcing his legs to move and grabbing at anything he could get his jaws on that was not furry. He felt compelled to ask for help, he wanted to get out and no way could he on his own. "Can you help me? I can't figure out where any solid spots are." His voice contained the bitterness of how he wanted to not accept help. He wished he could still see. Then he would not be in this mess. He then turned his attention to the pup. He bowed his head, and tucked his tail. For anyone but her it seemed, this would be something he would never do. He wanted her to trust him though. Then Nico cocked his head again, asking, 'What is your name? Do you have a name?' Then he came up with a idea.

He was putting it together in his head. A way for deaf wolves to understand one another, and to understand wolves who could hear. He wanted to teach it to her, as soon as they got out of here. Maybe he was not the best though. Blind wolves would not be able to tell what they where saying... Nico shook his head. Far fetched ideas never got anywhere.

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Jaida's ears flicked backwards as the blind male more or less ignored her words, and began to frantically attempt an escape. "Hey, calm down! We've already established that that doesn't work..." She exclaimed, wincing slightly as he hit his head on the ground with a loud thump. She flicked her ears backwards then glanced back down at the creamy pup, who had offered up a surprisingly promising idea. Jaida considered him for a moment, then looked up at the slopes, her mind ticking away. Stairs. The mud at their level most likely would be too slushy to dig anything solid into, but if they got up onto the rock, it could work. "Kid- ah, what's your name? If I lift you onto that rock—" She paused, nodding towards the foothold in question, "—you'll have a chance to climb out from there." She glanced towards the blind wolf, who still seemed to have his heart set on getting out the hard way. More like the stupid way, Jaida thought, suddenly irritated at him. Even though he was blind, couldn't he realize that there were pups that needed to be helped? She ignored his question and heard the soft clicking of jaws, causing her to glance down at the deaf pup who was still hiding somewhat underneath her. The little grey pup had ventured a step towards the cream-furred one and was moving her jaw up and down, almost as if she was attempting to mimic speech. Jaida flicked an ear back, wondering how on earth they could find out a way to let this pup communicate. She shook the thought out of her head; at the moment, the top priority was to get out of this pit before the pups got too cold and began to shut down. Jai nudged the little grey pup gently, signalling that she was about to move forward, and carefully padded next to the rock foothold, her limp evident.

(Sorry for the late reply and poor quality, muse has been dead lately D;)

[tovaana]

While his pull to the mountain was strong, he was also a curious wolf. He enjoyed exploring the lands and meeting the wolves. He kept telling himself his next stop would be the White Mountain, but then he heard the howl. It traveled on the wind and was faint when it reached him. He perked his ears up to catch the SOS message. Center wasn’t sure how seriously he should take the call, but his curiosity got the better of him. With long strides he carried himself leisurely through trees on damp soil.

His evergreen and bark hued coat moved through the terrain, unsure when he would come across the distressed wolf. His pace slowed as time passed and the trees fell behind him. He paused, sniffing the air and was surprised by the many wolf scents in such a small area. His brown ears flickered at the sounds of voices as well. One step at a time, his three green paws became brown like his front leg and stopped as he came over a peek and saw down the slope. Forms moved, some more nervously than others- and there seemed to be one voice and body that was more confident, leading.

“Hello?” He called. “May I be of assistance?”

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Adante smiled. Maybe all wolves weren't bad. Maybe he didn't have to run and hide. As the pretty shewolf spoke to him, geniuses and gave an answer, seeing no reason why he shouldn't. "Adante!" He raised his small tail In salute. She had excellent ideas. His attention was snatched away, however, by some motion in the corner of his eye. The grey she pup with red eyes was....trying to speak to him. But there was no sound. Adante cocked his head and looked to the older shewolf, "Why isn't she speaking?" He whispered. One thing happened after another it seemed and Adante's worry and curiosa were dashed away, to be replaced by wonder. A green and brown wolf poked his head over the slippery slopes edge, intent on helping. "Yes! I need you to help me up once I get on that stone over there!" Adante saw no reason to not trust this male, as he was offering help. Padding closer to the rock he looked to the female. "I'm ready!" he yipped. When he was up there, he would help them get out! He'd be a hero! Just wait until mom hears-oh...his ears dropped ever so slightly as the grim reminder gripped his skull. Shaking off the literal ghosts of his past, he put on another grin. It was time to save some wolves!

[Rykett]

((Sorry for the wait!))

Noki:

Movement from the grey male caught Noki's eye. He faced her as he cocked his head and flicked his tail. Noki's ears pinned fearfully under the stranger's distant gaze. He wasn't quite looking straight at Noki, but she was sure that he now knew of her presence. Now that he saw (Noki still wasn't sure whether or not he could see) her, he was probably considering eating her. She was rather sure that there must be a pup eater somewhere, just waiting to gobble Noki up! Noki retreated back under her protector. She peeked out between the reddish brown she-wolf's legs. The male cocked his head at her again. It was unsettling how he looked at her, but didn't seem to see her. Noki recoiled and hid her face behind a leg. Certainly, the male couldn't see her if she couldn't see him.

There was a gentle nudge in Noki's fur. She turned to look up at her protector with wide eyes, confused for a second. Then a leg pushed her from behind and Noki understood what the nudge meant. Noki scampered forward with the she-wolf's movement. As soon as the wolf stopped, Noki immediately positioned herself so a leg blocked her view of the grey male.

Her red eyes flicked around, nervously, before focusing back on the pup. He'd relaxed and now a smile spread across his face. Perhaps, he'd received her message, but he didn't join her under the protector. His jaws moved as he tilted his head upward. Was he looking at something? Noki followed his gaze up to a green and brown wolf at the top of the hill. Another new wolf, another possible danger. Noki shrunk deeper into the shadow under her protector.