A Howl of Greeting (Tagged)

[Calypso]

@spiriaaurina

Onyx;

Onyx hadn't been to Kai Lake in a long time. She remembered coming here only once in the past, but the water had been frozen and there were no leaves on the trees; there was only snow on the ground. She had been a pup, then, but she still remembered this place. She sat near the edge of the lake, looking down at the water with her good eye. She recalled something that had happened to her recently, something she never thought would happen to her. She had traveled up the mountain of the White Wolves. She met with Taboo, the Goddess of the good, and was blessed with a power. She turned her head, looking at the three white stripes that now went down her back right hip. She hadn't tried to use this power that she was graciously blessed with by Taboo, but she knew that in order to get better at it, she had to practice. She looked back at the lake, taking it in for a moment.

Her eyes then went up to the sky, the sun shining above. Even though it wasn't night time and there was no moon to howl to, she knew what she needed to do. Her face went back towards the ground, breathing for a moment. The three white stripes that seemed to be a part of her now began to glow as she threw her head upwards, her nose facing towards the sky, and let out a howl. Unlike many howls that she had done before, she found that this one was much louder and more broad than a regular howl. Since she didn't fully know how to control this new howl of hers, it wouldn't cause a headache like Siren was known to do. If there happened to be any other wolves in the area, that is.

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It was a particularly warm day for the black and reddish she wolf had made her way to Kai Lake. It was one of her favorite places to go to. She had watched a butterfly for a moment as it fluttered passed her and she wagged her tail her bright silver eyes sparking as she leapt at it. She had been so distracted and busy giving chase after the beautiful butterfly. Though she came to an abrupt stop as for some reason she started to hear a wolf howling before a headache took the she wolf. She blinked and looked at the source giving a slight whimper before Ruby Rose made her way over"e..excuse me..."She said.

[Calypso]

Onyx;

For a little while the howling she-wolf was enjoying this practice she was doing for herself. She kept trying to somewhat change the pitch slightly, just to experiment, but found that sticking with one pitch was good enough until she had more practice. Sometime during her howl she had caught the scent of another wolf. She wasn't sure who it was, for she didn't recognize the scent, but she didn't seem overly alarmed by it. She continued her practice until she heard a voice behind her.

When she heard the voice, the orange and black she-wolf lowered her head and ended her howl, the white lines on her back leg losing their glow. She then turned her head, looking behind her with her red eye to find that there was a she-wolf standing there. The female, somewhat smaller than herself, was mostly black with red and white faded markings, silver eyes, and a flower-shaped red marking on one shoulder. Onyx seemed to briefly take in the female's appearance before her red eye went to her own silver. She had heard the female's voice, but hadn't heard what she said- not like she could understand, anyway- and decided to respond simply. "Hello." She remained in the spot that she had been sitting in for a while, her head turned enough to just look at this new female with her red eye.

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The howling seemed to continued and the she wolf was brought down to where she was on her belly with her paws trying to cover her black ears that were pinned against her head. It took a while but soon the howling stopped and she lifted her head as she was spoken to. The silver eyes she wolf blinked as she looked to her."h..hi...wow jeez your howl sure brings on a headache"she said slowly standing. She shook out her pelt for a moment before she regained herself. "My names Ruby Rose but you can call me Ruby"she said offering a white toothy smile as she looked to the she wolf before her. She was curious how she had even got a headache when it happened.

[Calypso]

Onyx;

After her howl had ceased and she discovered the female behind her, she found that the stranger had been covering her ears and lowered herself to the ground. At first the female didn't quite understand, but then she realized. She didn't know how this new howl worked, so she had likely given the female a headache. Her ears pinned back to her head but she said nothing.

The new female had said longer phrases, which Onyx did try to comprehend in her head. She couldn't fully understand, but it was relatively easy to figure out. She then went on to introduce herself, which she was surprised to find that this wolf's name wasn't just one word, but two. She had heard the shortened version of the name at the end, but it had still caught her off guard. She slightly turned her body, her head now fully facing Ruby. Her red eye, as well as her white eye now, were looking at the female with interest. Her tail swayed for a moment before seeming to point at herself.

"Onyx." Unfortunately, now that they had gotten introductions out of the way, there wasn't anywhere for the conversation to go unless Ruby advanced it. But she didn't want that to happen. She needed to practice speaking properly rather than letting others do it for her. She thought for a moment, trying to think of something quickly, before she spoke again. "Are you new to valley?" Well, she got that far. If she had just put 'the' behind valley then she would have finally spoke a full proper sentence. It was a pain that she didn't know those small words that connected phrases, but at least what she was asked was easy to understand.

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Ruby Rose had not caught on to the fact that the she wolf before her had a sort of speech problem. She seemed to flick a near as she spoke introducing herself as Onyx. It was an unusual name of sorts considering the she wolf's color. Then again her name was that much normal either and she didn't care what others thought. With a smile she spoke as if she never had a headache or that Onyx had caused it."It's nice to meet you Onyx. And new to the valley"she said pausing and flicking her ear again her silver eyes bright and happy."sort of. I'm from just at the edge of the Valley. I was with some other but not anymore. They are somewhere"she said before she thought."are you new to the valley?" She asked sitting down placing her paws in front of her.

[Calypso]

Onyx;

The orange she-wolf listened as Ruby Rose spoke. She generally understood the first thing that the female said, and also took note that she repeated what Onyx had said, only she added a word. New to the valley. Another bit of information to remember for next time.

But from there things didn't get better. She tried to put bits and pieces of what she said together to form a phrase, but all of the words were small and, being a wolf who couldn't connect small works like 'the' and 'and', she had issues. She wasn't going to show this of course, for that would show even more that she didn't know what she was doing. Things were going well so far, and she didn't want that to be ruined now by her lack of knowledge in communication.

Then, once again, the same question was brought back, only this time it was directed at herself. The female had clearly asked if she was new to the valley, but she had to consider the answer, in her own way of course. She technically was from the valley, but she wasn't as informed or in tune with the valley as many others were. Most wolves knew everything about the White Wolves, knew all of the places of the valley, and were educated well with the valley. Onyx had been born there, but she wasn't taught the way others were, so she was different.

"No. Raised in valley." Ugh, more missing connecting words. But at least she was open and was able to give a general answer.