Destitute Refugees (Open)

[insolo]

Out of the harsh and biting winds, four adolescent wolves emerged from the storm, heads lowered against the winds that blew down from the mountains. A startled yelp came from the smallest of the four siblings, Coelum slipping on a patch of snow covered ice and skidding several feet as the other three watched him sail past before a sigh was heard and the biggest of the wolves rushed after and snagged the wolf's neck scruff, yanking him back, the sudden halt jarring the other. "Watch where you step Coelum," came a malicious and deep voice that caused the small wolf to whine in response and carefully pick himself up from the earth as his brother let go.

"S...sorry Sanguis," squeaked out the small alabaster wolf whose pelt blended with the snow.

"Oh Sanguis lay off him," spoke a wolf whose pelt was a light caramel/rusty sorrel on the top and ivory cream on the bottom, silver eyes shining with mirth despite the hunger the quartet of siblings were feeling as he and the tawny female at his side came rushing after their brother.

"Are you okay Coelum?" questioned the female, eyes shining with concern.

The young wolf nodded shakily, shaking the snow off his pelt before more was thrown into his face. He spluttered as he saw his sister standing there with an innocent look in her eyes. "ENOUGH!" shouted Sanguis with a low growl at his siblings, causing all three wolves to turn and look at him. "We need food and shelter."

"Where are we going to find shelter in this?" Eclipsim questioned as she looked around at the flat landscape. Purple eyes graced the surrounding landscape but found nothing in terms of any possible break from the winds.

"We'll figure out something," said Insolo somberly. With that the siblings began searching for somewhere to den down before another blizzard cropped up and they risked being separated like Terra and Noctis.

[Vile Chaos]

Yazmin;

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The cold gently kissed the soft earth. Right where a particularly angry female marched. It was cold. Too cold for Yazmin. She scowled as a small flake tapped her nose, freezing it. Yazi, naturally, violently killed it by eating the innocent snow. she wasn't in the mood for this. She was never in the mood for anything, always yelling at an inanimate object for just being there. Her scowl deepened as voices arose from not to far. "Oh mi poder, ¿por qué hoy?" She mumbled under her breath as she slowly approached the wolves.

There were four of them, of all different colors. The largest must've pushed the smaller one, because he was sprawled across the snow. She overheard some names, like the largest being Sanguis and the one pushed being Coelum. She sighed and kept on watching the group, when one suggested to find shelter, and another said they'll figure out something.

"Buena elección." Yazmin spoke out loud at the four wolves. She was shorter that 3/4 of them, and plainly stood out in the snow, but she wasn't seen until she spoke. Her voice was blunt and hard, revealing years of anger. "Good choice," She translated, just in case, "I was starting to worry." Yazi almost sneered, but it wasn't one. It was like sarcasm was dripping from her words, but not her expression, which was indifferent. With a flick of her tail, she slowly progressed towards the group.

[insolo]

OOC: Had to change Solis's name so he's now Insolo and hopefully that is A-okay.

IC:
Sanguis, Insolo, Coelum, Eclipsim

Once Coelum was up on his paws, the largest of the four remaining siblings shook his head and was about to decide just who would be joining him on a hunt, even if they got small prey. At the most the four might be able to take down a medium prey but certainly not a large one with their numbers and all four being tired from fighting through another storm on their way here, Sanguis surveying the group and trying to decide which one was the most healthiest of the bunch when a voice reached the ears of the quartet and as one they spun around, well the two males did, Eclipsim slipped and Coelum lost his balance. Biting back an irritated sigh, Sanguis pinned his ears back until they touched his skull, he stepped forward, a snarl ripping from him and directed towards the stranger that had appeared seemingly out of the winter landscape.

"Just who are you?" questioned Sanguis.

His chipper and friendly brother had no such issue of being friendly and bounded forward, only to be stopped by Sanguis who let out a rumbling growl. His brother glanced over his shoulder at Sanguis who had now leveled his angry gaze on his sibling. The brothers stared at each other as Eclipsim and Coelum no longer tried getting to their paws. "That is something we were going to do once we'd rested," spoke Sanguis.

"Lighten up," said Insolo. "Not everyone is an enemy." He turned to the female though did not bother to move further towards the female. "Do you know where there's shelter..." he yelped as Sanguis suddenly lunged and snapped his teeth on his brother's flank, ears going against his head his brother's teeth grazed his skin.

[L]

WINTERFELL

There were wolves here. Silver-brand tongue swept from betwixt pitch lips, tasting the air as she did the scents around here. Winter once more permeated their world; frost-fingers crept beneath hidden grass blades while biting cold stung at her cheeks and the wind danced all about her. Yet Avis felt it not as the world did, heady fire magic blooming again in her iron-forged veins. She'd once held it; she held it now a second time, unwilling to let it simmer away so easily as it had the first. She knew power was tied to the mountain - why else would her own magic disappear when she drew so near to it? There was but one explanation, a reason she knew too well now.

The girl paused her step; shifted the scents on the wind through the caverns of her maw. Her right eye blazed silver, glowing even in the daytime bright as it had been in her youth. Sparks lifted and flickered off her small frame, dashing onto the ground and dying down to nothing more than a pool of melted snow. Presently she smiled - winter was as good a time as any to allow the flames to grow; when she was constantly surrounded by water of some sort, there would be no accidental infernos. She focussed - and with great effort, as if moving a muscle she'd never known before, the sparks caught onto a dry patch of ground and set alight the shrivelled remains of whatever plant had died here seasons prior.

Voices filtered in through the clearing.

There were five.

How interesting.

Wolfish grin spread her jaws. The light faded away, returning silver-eyed stare to what it had been before. Her power mark was the same colour as her eyes, imparted onto her right eye and entirely invisible. When it glowed, it covered it completely; no part of the flame shape was discernible as flame. It looked as if her right eye merely glowed; no wolf would know the specifics unless she displayed it. Which the girl would not, not in front of wolves she barely knew. No, this power was not for sharing - she knew wolves had killed for far less, especially in this forsaken valley. Power did not transfer with blood, but wolves were jealous creatures and Avis knew better than to rouse their ire. And Sheba had still granted her Flame even with this knowledge. The girl knew what responsibility lay on her shoulders. She would have to begin her work, and soon. Gather a pack under her wings and keep them safe.

That was what Flame, fickle in nature, demanded of its master.

She stepped from the place she had sequestered herself away, appearing now into full view of all five. She did not care for the malice that flung from the small female's mouth, black as the night and streaked with pink. Others, both large and average in size, all larger than herself except perhaps the other female. They were about the same height, both lean, both lithe, both slight in frame. Yet Avis knew not to overlook the wolf for her short stature; she too, was much the same, oft thought little of. Instead she placed herself neutrally, face a mask of stony indifference. She looked from one to another, as if waiting for the rest to move. What would the day deliver? It was only just beginning...

...But the largest one had a head about himself. He stopped his perceived brother short, caution in his every step. The same was not mirrored in the other - "Not everyone is an enemy" - how wrong you are, thought Avis, gaze flicking to the onyx-furred female. You should know better than to blindly trust...

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[insolo]

Another wolf appeared within the snow-covered landscape the, now five, wolves were located in. Sanguis swung his head towards this new stranger, eyes darting from one to the other, able to pick up the traces of feminine scent from this stranger as well. So now there were evenly matched in terms of feminine wiles and somewhat brute strength. Sanguis's patience was starting to erode with the task of feeding his siblings and helping get them into shelter before they all froze to death and now there were two strangers here among the siblings, one who seemed rather full of herself in the one that his brother had attempted to greet.

With much suffering patience and resistance on his part, Sanguis parted his maw to speak to this stranger that also appeared out of the barren landscape. "Is this territory claimed or something?" Sanguis questioned. There were no scent markers to be had that the siblings could pick up, no tracks or scat of wolf, no bones of prey bleached under the winter sun. The siblings' wits should be sharp with the months wandering as rogues, having escaped when they were seven moons old, but even travels got tiring and in the dead of winter at that when food was scarce and they had already lost two of their number. For a brief moment, guilt flickered over Sanguis's eyes before it was gone yet the other four seemed to sense their brother's mood for the atmosphere over the quartet became somber and there was tense silence between the four.

Elipsim turned her head when she sensed eyes upon her, the newest wolf looking at her and her eyes met the other's briefly before turning her head to Sanguis to see what he would do. As the oldest of the litter and the largest, despite the group being adolescents and having reached one turning of the sun, Sanguis put himself in charge of the litter. "Sanguis...maybe we should leave..."

Sanguis did not turn to his sister to look at her but glanced at his brother who was trying to ignore the sting of pain on his flank from where his brother had grazed him. "And if we get get caught in another storm?" Sanguis questioned. "Would you care to become lost like Terra and Noctis?"he growled. It was a low blow but his sisters rarely saw much sense in his actions, thinking with their feminine charm and hearts instead of their heads. Just like a female, he thought with disgust.

"That was low Sanguis. It isn't her fault that they were lost in the storm," said Insolo.

"Are you implying it was my fault?" Sanguis spun on his brother who stepped back, ears going against his head at the anger in his brother's eyes.

"It's nobody's fault," said Eclipsim as she did her best to keep a fight from breaking out between her brothers. "The blizzard was a freak occurrence. We couldn't know it would happen and that Terra would fall behind with Noctis going back to her." She turned her gaze warily to the other two females who had so far said nothing during the argument between the siblings and opened her mouth to apologize but no words came out, instead her eyes closed and a tired sigh escaped her.

[Vile Chaos]

Yazmin;

There was another wolf, one whom reminded Yazmin of herself. Her pelt held umbers and rich blacks, unlike her own black, purple and salmon pink fur. That wolf looked at her, and Yazmin met her gaze. "Not everyone is an enemy" The tawny-caramel wolf spoke right as the largest of the bunch dug his teeth into the tawny pelt. Yazmin shook her head. 'Why must males be driven to such extremities? Can't they just argue like a sophisticated female?' She though scornfully. The other female said nothing, as did Yazmin. She wasn't in the mood to argue, or else her rage will boil over. Something she couldn't control.

"Is this territory claimed or something?" The largest asked Yazmin and the other black female. Yazmin shook her head again,
"No, this territorio is unclaimed." She spoke little, not risking anything. She kept her irritation to herself this time. No matter how arrogant the largest male wolf was. Suddenly, the group, excluding the two loner females, dipped into a heated argument over some idiocy.

"Sanguis...maybe we should leave..." The last female Yazmin acknowledged mused.
"And if we get get caught in another storm? Would you care to become lost like Terra and Noctis?" The largest male, Sanguis, questioned. The female, who must be his sibling, seemed to have been hit with sharpened claws of words.
"That was low Sanguis. It isn't her fault that they were lost in the storm,"
"Are you implying it was my fault?" That made Sanguis angered. Yazmin's eye twitched at his arrogance. It was really getting old.
"It's nobody's fault, the blizzard was a freak occurrence. We couldn't know it would happen and that Terra would fall behind with Noctis going back to her." The last female spoke those two names again, Terra and Noctis. Yazmin Didn't move a muscle as who she assumed as siblings fought. The last female glanced at Yazi and the other loner and opened her mouth, but no noise came out. Yazmin flicked her ears at the loner, who seemed as placid as Yazmin. Finally, she sighed and spoke again, more towards the oldest wolf.


"Tu arrogancia es mi molestia." Yazmin spoke in the calmest tone she could muster, meaning it not to be a threat. She turned towards the female similar to her, lean, lithe, and agile. Though not to be underestimated. Yazmin assumed that the other wolves didn't know her native language. So, she translated it to theirs.


"Your arrogance is my annoyance." It was a phrase her mother told her overly-confident father when he talked about himself in such a manner. Yazmin used it to, kind of as her mantra, in a way. Though, this wolf didn't think of how Lolita always scolded Ekon lovingly, or how Lolita was broken after Ekon's betrayal. All Yazmin thought about was keeping her anger in check, speaking little at a time.

[L]

WINTERFELL

Pitch lips moved not at the overt display of dominance against family; though the woman showed naught her displeasure, the tension was tangible in the air. So thick was it that the very atmosphere reeked of discourse, the kind that caused the gut to curl and distaste to unfurl on the bitter back of her tongue. Avis did not move, only gazed onwards with placid silver-eyed stare, cooler and somehow brighter than the snow that surrounded them all. She was content to leave them as they were, arguing amongst the selves as any family was bound to at some point in time. Still irritation flared within her; unwittingly she allowed her tail to stiffen, evident annoyance at unneeded hostility. Even the wolves in her homeland had been crafted with more civility than these. Her gaze flicked to the largest, clearly the leader. No teeth were bared in her jaws, yet she still found her stare hardening while she removed it from his image and fixed instead on the one he called Insolo.

"Yes..." Rich vocals rang out amplified by the winter air, carrying further and quicker in the dryness of it. Tone was spun as if of molten silver, foreign and melodic, ending in drifting trail. She had been here a year; she knew as well as any other valley wolf the names of their territories and regions. "Before and behind you lie the lily warrens. Shelter may be found within their embraces." The woman wished no part in what she sensed would be growing conflict between the other stranger and the family-wolves. Such words were stinging whatever the intent; from what Avis had seen, Sanguis had little control of his wayward tongue and very soon there might be reason to leave.

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[insolo]

"Warrens...an odd name for dens for a pack of wolves," spoke Sanguis, earning confused looks from his siblings, something he ignored. "Sounds more appropriate for rabbits." He then turned his head to survey his siblings. "Eclipsim, you and Insolo search for these rabbit dens," he barked out, causing Eclipsim to get to her paws and leave with Insolo in search of said dens. He then turned his head back towards the two females before him, both seeming different from each other as they were from him and his kin. The wolf shifted his attentions skyward, eyes narrowing as he watched the sky but was unable to determine if another storm would be coming.

"Coelum!" The small wolf lifted his head from the ground and looked towards his brother. "Get circulation in your body. We'll be hunting soon. Lily Warrens," the wolf scoffed to himself.

[Vile Chaos]

Yazmin;

"Warrens...an odd name for dens for a pack of wolves," Yazmin scoffed inwardly. Well, yes, it does sound more appropriate for rabbits. But didn't rabbits live here first? "Bueno no. Estos agujeros simplemente aparecieron mágicamente." She murmured with sarcasm dripping from her tongue. Her ire wasn't doing a good job hiding. She dug her nails into the snow, and eventually, the ground. Averted her dark violet and magenta eyes away from the surrounding wolves before she exploded. She felt it coming on like a wildfire. Impossible to stop, but hard to delay. She grinded her teeth together in vain attempt. Muscles tensed, she looked ready to attack someone. And she was, verbally.

"I've had enough!" She barked at the one they call Sanguis. One moment, she was as placid as the other loner. Second, she is blowing a fuse. "¿No puedes estar tranquilo? I can't look at gigante over here without thinking what a asqueroso brother you have. If I were your sister, me hubiera ido hace años!" She looked at Sanguis in the eyes, hers glazed over in fury. He then demanded his brother get circulation in him before hunting. She looked at the other loner and let out an exasperated sigh, glaring at anything she could. Her fury was running wild. "Now you're giving out commands. Guess what? No eres un alfa, and this is not a manada de lobos. Stop giving out orders to wolves smaller than you, you arrogant twit!"

Right as she finished her tantrum, she realized she was outnumbered and hopelessly lacking strength. She shook her head slightly, calming herself down. She would apologize, but she feared that her and Sanguis were past that. Her anger was gone, and replaced with worry for what the loner and he would do to her. She didn't want to find out, but Lolita would tell her one thing:
"Face your fears when others can't"

Yazi tilted her head like nothing happened. she hoped they couldn't understand half of what she said.