Stumbling around (open)

[CursedErin]

Trick followed the scents that Cameo said he could follow in order to make his way to the densite. He followed a weak scent for awhile, until he picked up on one much stronger and had followed it. The adolescent's ears were perked up and attentive to everything around him as he listened for the sounds of other wolves. He stumbled with every other step, unfamiliar with the terrain around him as he tried to make his way towards the scent and smell of other wolves. After awhile, he found himself where he wanted to be, but even he wasn't sure where that was to be exact. All he knew was that the scent of other wolves were around him, but he would be too shy to go and say hello to any of them anyways. He turned his head around in all direction, sniffing around at the air as he tried to find what was around. His eyes didn't do much, they stayed pointing forward  and only moved when his head did, the soulless gray orbs proved nothing for the snow-white colored male.

[Juice]

The brown, lavender, and white female had been exploring her new surroundings by visiting the Rocky Outcrop in the middle of the packlands. Coria was having fun scaling the rocky boulders and sliding down some of the slate slopes but she had quickly gotten bored and wondered if there were any other wolves around. Since she had just recently joined up with the pack, she still wasn't totally familiar with any of its members and she had a hard time approaching wolves and striking up conversations but she figured someone would happen along soon. The she wolf was determined to make a new friend even if her painful shyness killed her. Suddenly her bright green eyes fell upon a chance to make a friend in the form of a white, male wolf.

Coria hesitated a moment a top a small boulder that she had recently jumped down on. She could feel her nerves holding her back but fought the urge to turn around and avoid contact with the wolf. Instead, she slowly stepped down and made her way over to the fellow. "Um...hi there!" she called out to him, still a few feet away. She hoped he heard her because, while she'd meant to yell out, her words seemed to come out quieter than she had intended.

[CursedErin]

Trick sighed softly as he sat himself back on his haunches, hearing wolves around him but not being able to catch what any were saying with the multiple and distant conversations. Before long however, he heard a feminine voice poke out from the jumbled mess of words, closer to him, and it sounds directed towards him. Slowly, Trick turned his head to face Coria. "O-Oh! Hello.." he replied a bit sheepishly to the female whom he hoped he was looking at, his orbs looking just past her.

He was nervous about meeting another wolf, his ears hung low and clung to his head lightly, staying up just enough to hear if she had anything to say to him. The male was mostly worried about embarrassing himself to anyone in the pack, and listing himself as an outcast that didn't belong in a world of other wolves. He was already half useless, at least in certain things, such as seeing for example.

[Juice]

Coria wagged her tail happily when the male responded. He seemed nice enough and a lot of the other pack members seemed to be wrapped up in their own doings instead of paying any attention to newcomers. The she wolf decided she would absolutely, no matter what, make a friend out of this fellow. She was about to make a remark about the weather but then she noticed something a little off about Trick's eyes. They seemed to be looking past her almost and she found that somewhat odd. They were also a milky gray color and the pupils didn't look very vibrant but Coria decided to ignore this as it was rude to make judgements of a wolf based on some physical attribute.

"My name is Coria." She said with some forced enthusiasm. "I haven't seen you around before. I am new here myself but I think I've met every wolf. What is your name?" Coria asked with a friendly smile, hoping she wasn't coming off as annoying.

[CursedErin]

As time past and little subtle movements with slight bits of noise were made, he began to focus his head and his eyes on Coria, listening to her words as well, focusing more and more on her. Trick listened attentively to the female, a blank expression on his face, and obviously in his eyes as he let her speak.

He nodded slowly to what she said before he opened his maw to speak, sure she was done talking. "My name is.. Trick.. I-I just showed up at the border.. I-I don't know if I will be staying here forever or not, I'm just spending a day or two before I try to find my den back out in the mountains.." he replied quietly, before looking down towards the ground, like it mattered where he looked.

[Juice]

Coria tilted her head slightly when Trick told her he didn't plan to stay. She found it odd that her alpha or beta would allow a wolf to stay in the densite without agreeing to become a member of Honovi but then again they were the leaders and she was not. "Well Trick it is nice to meet you." Coria wondered if there would be any point to befriending Trick since he was only going to leave soon anyway but she had promised herself she would make a friend and she had chosen him as her target so she must stick to that promise. "While you're here you can tag along with me if you like." Coria said with a smile. "I'm still getting to know the area but I can act as a guide if you need it. Anyway, what brought you here anyway if you don't want to join up with the pack?"

[CursedErin]

Trick perked his ears back up again and then raised his head once more, so he could listen to the she-wolf speak to him. "Nice to meet you as well Coria.." he replied quietly before she spoke again and mentioned showing him around. He smiled softly, "I'd like that.. I'm..Err.. Bl-Blind.."  he spoke almost silently, "If you couldn't... Tell.." He looked down again before he heard the female ask a question. "O-Oh! Uhm.. I never said I wouldn't think about joining at least.. But uhm.. I-I couldn't find my way back to my den or cave.. or whatever.. and I ran across the border and Cameo found me and told me which way to go in order to get to the densite, so.. Here I am.." he answered, before looking back down at the ground and lowering his ears again.

[Juice]

Coria nodded silently as Trick spoke and her eyes widened a little when he mentioned he was blind but she wasn't entirely surprised. In fact, she was glad for an answer as to why his eyes had the appearance they did and why he seemed to be looking through her when his eyes were on her. Coria seemed to have found the one wolf in the pack who had more of an aversion to others than she did. She smiled at that thought because it meant she'd met a kindred spirit. Coria chose not to address his blindness because she felt not need to and said "Oh I see. I came here with my good friend Calamity. He's also a member of the pack but I'm not sure where he's at just now. It seems he was called away on some business awhile back. Eh heh heh." Coria paused for a moment and decided it wasn't so bad talking to another wolf "Sorry, I don't have much experience with other wolves. Back in my old pack I kind of kept to myself. But I think that if you do end up joining Honovi you'll like it here. Everyone is very kind and friendly but also respectful of privacy if that's more your style." Coria smiled at Trick and even though he couldn't see her, she felt he could sense the smile.

[CursedErin]

Once more, even though his ears and head were looking down, at the slightest bit of noise his ears perked up and then his head slowly followed until he was looking in Coria's general area once again.  The young adult listened to what Coria had to say again, being polite and not interrupting her as she spoke. As she finished talking he thought, wondering what all it would be like being in a pack, after all, he couldn't do certain things for himself because he was blind, but his sense of smell and hearing were enough for him to hunt, barely, as long as he didn't go after anything bigger than him. "Well.. I-I'll think about joining.. As long as you're here anyways.. I don't wanna be alone." he replied quietly, looking down towards her paws, stopping his head from falling all the way down to its normal position.

It was strange, even though he couldn't see her smile, he felt a sort of change in the aura around her, it was almost like he could feel the smile. "O-Oh! Do you.. Want to show me around any?" he asked nervously, looking back up to Coria.

[Juice]

Coria smiled at Trick and said "Yeah...I don't want to be alone either." She was reminded of her childhood home in a tiny valley not far from the mountain and how, even though she belonged to a pack, she still felt all alone. It wasn't that the others picked on her, but they never seemed to want to play with her either. She supposed it must have been because of her quiet shyness as a pup. However, now wasn't the time for reminiscing, she had a real live friend right in front of her to tend to.

"Sure I can show you around!" Coria said happily before standing up to stretch. "Hmm well where should we start? You've obviously already seen the borders, not that they're much to look at anyway." Coria blanched as she realized she told Trikc he had seen the borders. "Um I mean..that is...you've already been to the borders...eh heh heh." Coria laughed nervously, she didn't want to mess things up with Trick after only just meeting him. "If you like we can go to the Stonefield. It can be fun to jump around on all the rocks. Or we could even go to the Constructed Oasis. In my opinion, that is the crown jewel of the territory because it has a large pool of water and a lot of soft green grass to lie on." Coria looked expectantly over at Trick before saying "Where to first?"

[CursedErin]

He felt a change in the atmosphere as she spoke about not wanting to be alone, soon he spoke back up. "Well now we don't have to be alone, we have each other." he replied, smiling happily to Coria before she went on, willing to show him around even if he couldn't see the sights that they might be headed to.

Trick laughed a bit when she nervously laughed about him seeing the border. "Don't worry about that too much, people always forget and it's normally nothing offensive really to me." he replied, standing up and walking a bit closer to Coria, as if trained into her scent now. He got close enough to where he could hear very clearly without being distracted by surrounding noises, but not too close to where he might maybe creep her out. "Those both sound good.. How about Constructed Oasis? I feel like I might trip and fall in Stonefield.." the adolescent replied.

[Juice]

Coria's blush faded and she smiled again, happy that she hadn't offended Trick. She was also glad that he considered her a friend now too. The brown she wolf's green eyes lit up as she thought again about having a real friend. As Trick stepped closer, she caught a better hint of his scent and told her nose and brain to remember it in case they were ever separated. "Alright, I'll take you to the Oasis. It truly is a sight to behold, just follow me." Coria began making her way out of the Rocky Outcrop and deeper into the heart of the territory.

-Exit Coria-