Mother Earth's Arrival(open/tagged)

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Tiel

The earthy brown she wolf had followed her crush to the territory a day ago so she knew where to go. She has decided to go to her temporary den to get her bearings about her and return the next day at the border like she had told Deimos she would. She only hoped they would allow her in with him. Quietly she flicked her waterfall colored tail looking around as she approached the border. This wasn't something she had ever done before but her only hoped is to join this pack so how hard would it be. Sitting down quietly hoping that perhaps she would come across one of the alphas or possible Deimos and one of the alphas,she sat waiting. Her emerald eyes alert the Sun beating on her earthy brown pelt that had a streak of green and was covered in green leaves and red roses pattern.

For once she was patient gaze watching the territory for anything or anywolf. She paced her grassy paws slightly waiting and watching.

[Meds]

Nyx;

Nyx had been praticing. The tattoo Geist had blessed her with was almost always glowing of late. The base of her coat was black, yes, but with the orange detailing it made her tattoo that much more interesting. On the right side of her black head was a smouldering-orange spot that covered her ear and eye, and within that orange spot was the black tattoo. It was a double-ringed circle with a solid center, but when she used her gift, it glowed orange. When it started to glow it almost blended in with the smoulder of the rest of her fur, but after it glowed fully, the brighter tattoo was easily discerable from the rest of her fur.

Nyx was at the border today. It was just after midday, so the powerful sun was making the shadows long and easy to see. Her own shadow, usually attatched to her legs like law, was walking on without her today. Her tattoo was glowing, and she was manipulating the way her shadow was walking over the land. It took a lot of concentration to conciously use her power, and it was mentally fatiguing, but she was determined to better herself. Finally, she had what she had always wanted: a way to be better.

Eventually Nyx came to a spot where another wolf was sitting. Her demonic eyes narrowed as she smiled, and sat a little off from the wolf, not announcing herself. Working deftly, she began manipulating the unfamiliar she-wolf's shadow. It was different, manipulating another living entity's shadow, but not really any more difficult than a tree's.
The brown female's shadow got up from behind her sitting form and paced in front of her, sitting on an angle so it was easy to tell what the shadow was. Nyx smirked.

[Tiel]

Deimos:
The large black male had been pacing the border of the territory, awaiting his love. In the corner of his eye were two she-wolves. One of them he recognized as Gaia, her beautiful silky roses practically glowing in the sun. Clearly she had been looking for him as he was for her. The other she-wolf was one he had not met before. She was a midnight black like Deimos' fur, except her's was contrasted by a stunning bright sunset orange on her face, hind legs, and in her eyes. She seemed focused on Gaia who wasn't looking in the black wolf's direction, and Deimos could not exactly tell why, from far away.

"Gaia!" he casually called to his love ignoring the unfamiliar she-wolf, then came up beside her so that he could lick behind her ears. Suddenly he saw something quite odd. Her shadow in front of her, was moving at the same time Gaia was standing still. Deimos jumped back surprised, then embarrassed, he came back to the position he was in before, trying to look large and fearless. He examined the shadow. It was the works of a wolf with shadow mastery, and unless Gaia had a power that Deimos did not know about, it was the dark wolf behind them casting it...er...shaping it. Deimos swiveled around to face the she-wolf, not very appreciative of the prank, and gave an irritated growl.

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Gaia hadn't taken notice of the she wolf that wasn't too far away. She flicked her tail green eyes alert. She took notice of her shadow moving in front of her and her green eyes narrowed slightly. More annoyed by it then afraid she grave a low growl that does away quietly when she saw Deimos and her tail sagged just slightly desturbing the ground under her waterfall like tail. She smiled as he licked her behind the war and she have him a breif nuzzle before she looked to her shadow slightly irrated that it was being manipulated. She then sat closer to Deimos.

[Meds]

Nyx;

Nyx sat back on her haunches and watched through black and orange eyes as a big male approached. Though her eyes were the literal colour of hot coals, they were cool, somehow. She flicked her gaze to the female's shadow and it stood up, giving the impression of excitement at the approaching visitor. She chuckled low in her throat. Geist had been kind to grant Nyx the only gift that was as dark as her soul.
When the black male jumped back Nyx blinked slowly, an easy smile splitting her maw. Yes, up until two days ago it would have startled her as well. She would have thought she was right back in her shaman and demon-speaking pack. She knew better now, though. Then the big male growled at her, and her demonic eyes narrowed. What was his problem? Then she took in the way he moved about the female and called her by name. Oh, Nyx thought as she felt a spasm of revulsion within her stomach lining. They're together.

The female growled at her as well, a brief thing that was more noise than threat; however, though Nyx was quite scrappy and could definitily leave her mark, she knew she couldn't take on both of them if they decided her gift was really annoying them. She wasn't large, and though her muscles were well suited enough for combat between one other wolf, if she was outnumbered that was it. That was another reason she was excited for her power to mature.
Suddenly then, Deimos' shadow lifted a paw away from his body, as if testing the water. Gaia's shadow jumped back to it's original spot, but then at the same time, Nyx's shadow pranced up and confronted Deimos' shadow. His shadow stepped away from him, hackles up, and the two started circling each other, jaws spread and teeth obvious in the light of the afternoon sun. When the shadows passed each other they blended together as if one, then broke apart again in their intricite dance.

Nyx fixed the shadows that were preparing to fight with a quizzical look, as if it wasn't her doing it. The glowing tattoo on the side of her head gave that away just a little bit.
"My money's on the big one." She winked darkly at the pair of wolves, flashing that same easy smile again.

[Tiel]

Deimos:
The black and orange she wolf had a smirk on her face, but as she looked below Deimos' feet, she seemed to look more intrigued. Deimos looked down to find his shadow moving as well. It was kind of twisted and freaky the way it felt like he was watching himself move. He watched as the other wolf's shadow walked closer to his own and began circling it as though getting ready to attack. Was she implying that she wanted to start a fight with him? "My money's on the big one," she said. Deimos rolled his eyes as the wolf played with their shadows. He wanted to give off the impression that he was completely unfazed by the shadow, though they were actually quite interesting. Deimos thought he might like to have a power one day. Wolves would fear him more. He would gain the respect he deserved.

"Shadow mastery...." it wouldn't be Deimos' first choice but it was still pretty freaky, "If I ever got a power, I wouldn't choose shadow mastery. I would choose something that actually did damage to my enemy instead of helping me hide like a coward." Deimos' voice was haughty and arrogant, but it did not match what he was really feeling. He envied this wolf. He wanted a power. Perhaps I'll seek Geist one day and request a power.

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Gaia watched the shadows move about slightly irritated by the whole shadow movement. She has caught sight of the she wolf smirking and she flicked her tail
"Who cares...do you want to fight or something " She said slightly agitated. She then stood slowly looking to Deimos as he spoke."so it's a power then....I've heard about them"She said to deimos before she stood tail have a slight lash of her tail as she faced the she wolf"now cut it out what is your point of doing this?"she asked still somewhat irrated but calmed a bit now.

[Meds]

Nyx;

"If  I ever got a power I wouldn't choose shadow mastery."
The way the big wolf spoke rubbed Nyx the wrong way—arrogant, unseeing. She could tell by the way he watched them that he was interested. Frankly, how could you not be? It's not like moving their shadows hurt them at all—Nyx was just having a little fun.

"So you think me a coward." She stood up for the first time, and her tattoo's glow died from orange to black once again. The circling shadows disappeared as if they had never moved. Her eyes smouldered and she tilted her head. She was a fair distance away from the other two—nobody was threatening anybody yet. "What makes you think I want to hide? Who says I don't want to sneak?" She said the last word in a sensual, disturbing whisper, and her jaws split into a too-sharp smile that glinted in the sun. She tossed her black and orange head, and gave a chuckle that rang through the little clearing.

"Tell me—when was the last time you slept? I haven't slept since the shadow entered my body—I do not tire. My enemies," She accented the word heavily, as if referring directly to what Deimos had said. "However, do get tired. Even if they lock themselves away in the darkest cave, in the middle of the darkest night, I will find them. Darkness means nothing to me anymore."

Her tail waved behind her and she let her words sink in, watching the pair. Then the female spoke up again, asking what her point was and demanding she cut it out. Nyx was tempted to start the shadows up again, simply because the female thought she could order her to do anything.
"My point?" Nyx repeated, and gave an unconcerned shrug, all chill from a moment ago gone. That was something frightening about Nyx—she could switch moods quickly and dangerously. "No point. I was practicing." She cleared her throat and gave another shake of her multi-coloured head.
"I believe we got off on the wrong foot." Her tattoo glowed for a second and her shadow lifted a paw before sinking back to where it belonged. "I'm Nyx." With a name meaning 'night', it was hardly surprising what her choice of power was.

[Tiel]

Deimos:
Deimos had never thought about the power like that before. He had always categorized defense powers as purely defensive and offense powers as purely offensive, but using shadow mastery not to hide, but rather to search, Nyx was a clever wolf. Or at least Deimos was not a clever wolf. Most wolves seemed like geniuses when standing next to Deimos. Not that it bothered him at all. Who needs brains when you have muscle?

Gaia spoke to Nyx so confidently, as though she could say anything she wanted to without anyone hurting her. Of course, to Deimos she could, and if anyone ever tried to stop her, Deimos would brutally murder them without question. He was ready to attack Nyx if she snapped at Gaia. After all, she was pretty small and skinny compared to Deimos, and her shadow mastery couldn't stop him before he could strike. However, Nyx surprised him when she immediately switched her mood from hostile to harmless. "I believe we got off on the wrong foot,"she said, "I'm Nyx."Deimos puffed out his chest and gave her a superior expression. "And I," he said haughtily, "am Deimos the Cruel." He usually found that presenting his full title didn't go over so well with most wolves, but he still said it because there always was an occasional wolf who admired it. He looked over at Gaia, realizing that she had not heard it yet.

[Meds]

Nyx;

Nyx's eyes drooped, black where they should be white. Ember irises smouldered as she stared at Deimos. Cruel? That was quite the name to dub one's self. It was not something to take lightly, either. She felt a slight interest pull at her concious. Why did he think he could announce himself in such a way? The scar on his face told that he had seen his share of fights, so perhaps he wasn't just full of hot air. She was half-tempted to ask him about his self-proclaimed title, but decided against it. A long drawn-out story of self achievment was not what she wanted to hear from the brawny male.

Her demon eyes swivled and she watched Gaia. So much of what the male did seemed to depend on her; or at least, he seemed to gauge his own reactions based off of her's. It was interesting, though not so interesting as to actually hold Nyx's attention. The two wolves before her were fast becoming boring, and she would leave soon enough.
Not yet though.
For the time being she remained basking in the thin shadow made by the tree, and watched for Gaia's reaction and what would come next.

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Gaia. Flicked her tail watching the she wolf as she started to speak to Deimos. She reaminwd quiet for a portion of the time she spoke before she heard Deimos speak. She blinked not expecting to hear such a title. She anced to him her dark Brown war flicked for a moment. The she wolf had wanted to ask why be had such a title. Though she didn't want to know either flocking her tail she decided to go with it. It only surprised her for a moment before she looked to the she wolf,Nyx."I am Gaia"she spoke confident. She didn't really have a title so it didn't much matter how she said her name.

[Meds]

Nyx;

Nyx heaved a heavy sigh as Gaia introduced herself. She had been right—this was not an interesting pair. She tilted her head and inspected Gaia closely. It had been clear to her that Deimos had never used his title around her—the way he had looked at her after he said it made that perfectly clear. And yet Gaia had had little-to-no reaction. She raised her eyebrows above her inverted eyes. If a wolf (male or not) cared so much what she thought she would at least pretend to care.

"And that's my cue." She said, her deep voice sounding somehow like a whisper, even though she spoke at a noral pitch. The sun beat on the orange stripes of her back as she stood, making the colours burn. "You two aren't the most rivoting couple, are you?" As ever, Nyx was uncaring what her words said or did to others.

Her shadow leaped away from her body as if it had been tired of standing there. Her tattoo glowed defiantly on her head. The other two wolfs' shadows sprang up as well, and dashed to follow her. She sneered and walked slowly off into the bush, her shadow brigade following her. Once she was well out of the area the shadows would return as if she had never stolen them, but until she got there, they were hers.

-Exit Nyx-

[Tiel]

Deimos:
Nyx walked away with both of their shadows. Though it wasn't like they were of any value to either of them, it still felt frustrating that she would just steal them like that. Deimos couldn't even do anything about it. And the fact that he took Gaia's shadow as well was even more angering. Deimos considered chasing after her for a moment, then looked to Gaia. He realized that it wasn't worth leaving his girlfriend to go after their useless shadows, so instead he sat close to Gaia and her warm fur that absorbed the sunlight so nicely on a cool autumn day. He looked at her and smiled softly. "Can you believe her?" he said in an irritated tone hoping that Gaia would feel the same way. He rolled his eyes as he spoke, then exaggeratedly snorted in a playful manner.

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"No...I can't believe that"Gaia said slightly upset about the shadows being taken. She flicked her tail and then looked to Deimos"so I'm here to join"She said giving him a small smile as she got to her grassy paws. She looked around for a moment before she then paused"I'm sure she'll return our shadows"she said and then continued with"so how do I join the pack?"she asked looking at him with bright green eyes that whimpered slightly with a small bit of excitement at the hopes of being with Deimos in his pack. It was the right thing to do right.

[Tiel]

Deimos:
Gaia was so beautiful. Deimos could not get over that. He stared into her eyes dreamily as though they put him in a trance, then processed her question in his mind. "Oh yes! Right." Deimos said, remembering reality. "I suppose you should howl for Fjord, the alpha," he realized that it might be rather awkward for her to howl and him just sit there watching, so he tilted his head back and began howling expecting Gaia to join his song. He could have just gone to find Fjord on his own, Deimos realized, but it was kind of fun to howl together.