Whispers in the wind (Acceptance)

[Akree]

Where in the world...?

Akree gazed at the scenery before her. Just a few days back she was at a cemetery, now there was snow under her paws and the scent of a border...

Her paws dug lightly into the soft snow she shook her pelt every now and then, in an attempt to shake off some of the dust that still clung to her coat. Day after day the lone wolf had thought about joining a pack of remaining a loner, now after a long time of thinking it over, she had decided to join a pack. She lifted her muzzle and drank in the scent of the land that now stood barely three feet before her.

This is Arnlan, huh?

She blinked and took a wary glance behind her. Well she ought to wish herself some luck. She took a deep breath, you sure you want this? she kept repeating inside her head. Yes, the answer was yes, she wanted to join a pack, meet other wolves. Without giving it a second thought she began to walk towards the border. Here came the problem, she had never been in a pack before...

Don't worry, just...do something...

She looked around walking at a slow pace, hoping someone would see her soon. She let out a small yawn and looked around. Nothing but trees, snow and earth. She stopped walking to look around, okay, she shouldn't be so wary, it wasn't like a ten ton rock was going to fall on her. The wind picked up sinisterly, making her shiver. She looked around and decided to find some shelter under a close by tree. In case the storm came before the wolf.

-"What now..." she said with a sigh.

[Squeeji]

The old scout had been trailing the young female for awhile now, mostly out of boredom, halfway out of play, and also, to see what her intentions were...from her sights, the neighboring facists were starting to get motivated, and now, any wolf that made its way into Arnlan's lands was given some suspicion, after all...who knew if they weren't a Sallin spy.

Pollux smiled toothily, oh how wonderful tonight was proving to be as creepy as one could hope, the wind and the shadows played tricks on the eyes, it made the shadows dance...just perfect to perpetuate Arnlan legends.

Like a metallic liquid, she melted down off the hillside, forming out of the shadows to finally greet the dark colored female, a devious smirk on her graying muzzle.

"You are trespassing child...speak clearly your intentions, or die." her mismatched eyes bore into Akree, they twinkled in a predatory light, this was a game to her...and all of this, a play.

[Nightshade]

((AKREE RP))

She looked around carefully from under the shade of the tree. Although she had seen trees with more leaves than these, she was glad at getting some kind of con fort in being under it. She dug her paws into the snow playfully, simply out of boredom. She was now starting to think that she would wait forever when the scent of a female came to her sensitive nose. She quickly lifted her head, unsure at first, from where exactly it was coming for, but instead of turning her head around searching for the female, she simply perked her ears to total attention.

-"You are trespassing child...speak clearly your intentions, or die."

Akree quickly turned her head to see a female. She looked older, much older than she was, her eyes were mismatched and her coat was a mixture of gold and silver. She quickly stood up and put her total attention on the female, raising an eyebrow at her suspiciousness.

-"I seek acceptance" she said calmly.

Her tail flicked and she was by now, thinking that the female was in a bad mood and that she was feeling like neglecting her acceptance. Which worried Akree, since well, she wanted to get accepted.

[Squeeji]

On the inside, Pollux wrestled with her desire to giggle like a naughty pup, but her face was serious. Truly the Scout rarely if ever felt in such a bad mood that she would take it out on some youngster, she'd sneak away to brood. Not that Akree knew this, though had she been a weathered Arnlanian, she'd know what most did, that Pollux was a pain in the ass when she was in a good mood.

And she was in a terribly good mood as of right now. "I guessed as much as that, but what's your name? Do you have any skills that would benefit Arnlan?" she cocked a brow, watching the worry play along the darker female's features.

The scout's large ears tilted as she waited for Akree to respond, still she kept stone cold stoic, and to add to the whole look she squinted her eyes in a charming leer, for a second, the old female bit her lip, trying not to laugh at the though of imagining one of her pack mates acting like this for serious.

[Nightshade]

(AKREE RP)

She looked carefully at the female. She either was deadly serious, but Akree got a whole other...sensation from her, like that of an over excited pup. But Akree simply listened to what she said, clearly in no position to judge.

-"I guessed as much as that, but what's your name? Do you have any skills that would benefit Arnlan?"

-"M'name is Akree" she said a bit fast, thus the missing 'y', she shook her head a bit, her tongue moving faster than she could think "I'm a descent fighter..." [/b]she said shifting her gaze to her paws, thinking of what to say "and a fair hunter" she said while raising her head to meet the female's gaze.

[Squeeji]

"Ugh I wouldn't say good fighter around these parts, you'll be up to your ass in crazy so fast your head will spin." Pollux finally broke her serious facade and smirked at Akree, giving her a playful wink. "But saying so will find you a place if you really want to keep that sort of company..." not that the Scout had any misgivings towards the Warriors and their Warrior Beta, but still, it seemed that mental stability was in sort supply with those sorts.

The old female licked her lips and then seemed to ponder the existence of the newcomer now with a bit more interest, it seemed less and less likely this Akree was a spy for Sallin, those wolves, had a certain look to them, and this girl seemed more kindly than the sort that made it through those lands.

"We could use hunters...and it seems like you have the build for it." she hummed and hawwed about this, and sniffed. "Tell me more about yourself." her eyes lighted up, perhaps this Akree would have been better picked up by the mute Crow then the gossipy Pollux who now figured she had the pleasure of knowing this wolf well before she even stepped into Arnlan as a full fledged member.

It was like...preemptive nosiness...and she loved it, which showed, as her tail flicked intently side to side.

[Akree]

-"Ugh I wouldn't say good fighter around these parts, you'll be up to your ass in crazy so fast your head will spin." said the female with something of a smile "But saying so will find you a place if you really want to keep that sort of company..."

-"All right, but I actually enjoy practicing...though if they really are as good as they are famed for, I may have more that I bargained for" Akree said with a friendly smile.

-"We could use hunters...and it seems like you have the build for it. Tell me more about yourself."

-Akree chuckled a bit nervously "Not much to say, since I basically grown up on my own..." she said sounding a bit nostalgic, realizing that she should maybe explain herself a bit better she turned her attention to the female. "My parents where killed by hunters when I was a freshly born pup." [/b]she said a bit uncomfortably.

[Squeeji]

Pollux listened to Akree's words very carefully, but it seemed that she grew tired of the game, after all she had strung the young thing along for awhile, and it was starting to get cruel, she smiled kindly.

"Well I see no reason why you can't find a place here in Arnlan, however, I feel inclined to tell you, this is no small decision on your part." she gave the dark female a stern look. "No one ever leaves Arnlan alive. Do you understand this?" she would have no issue allowing her to join, but she didn't want Akree to change her mind...or that would end very poorly.

[Akree]

-"Well I see no reason why you can't find a place here in Arnlan, however, I feel inclined to tell you, this is no small decision on your part." she gave the dark female a stern look. "No one ever leaves Arnlan alive. Do you understand this?"

As she finished saying this a wicked grin formed on the female's lips, now this was her type of pack, just this rule alone gave her the feeling that she would like it here. She flicked her tail and her eyes gleamed with somewhat that simulated amusement and joy. Her lips parted to reveal her white fangs, did this female think she would change her mind. If so she would be gravely disappointed, she would see no regret in Akree's decision, because she had made out her mind.

-"I understand very well" she said with a hint of laughter in her voice "It's not a decision that I have taken willy-nbilly, I have given it some thought" she said with a grin and a flick of her tail.

She hoped that life in a pack was truly as worth the while as they said, being a loner all her life there was nothing she looked more forward to than a pack. Now the she could choose she felt some empowerment and satisfaction. She really did choose carefully and she was sure that there would be very little that she would regret,, if anything.

[Nightshade]

Squeeeeeej bump!

[Squeeji]

Pollux nodded appreciatively, at least this wasn't like some of the other wolves who had come through these lands, some hapless pups who fell onto the lands like they were learning to walk.

"Good."

The scout smirked, and winked, she wasn't always so very dark, most times she was gifted with a certain lightheartedness. Her tail wagged slightly. "Then you are welcome here, feel free to make yourself at home, there is a food storage to the north here, until the beta or the Alphas assign you a rank, perhaps you would not mind keeping it managed?"

Pollux was unsure whether or not there were hunters still maintaining the storage, but since the young female spoke of her ability to hunt, why not have her hone those skills for awhile.

[Akree]

-The scout smirked, and winked, she wasn't always so very dark, most times she was gifted with a certain lightheartedness. Her tail wagged slightly. "Then you are welcome here, feel free to make yourself at home, there is a food storage to the north here, until the beta or the Alphas assign you a rank, perhaps you would not mind keeping it managed?"

Akree beamed at the scout at the thought, flashing her white fangs in the scout direction. Hunting felt like an excellent idea, she was glad to gte a chance to do so. She smiled at Pollux a bit more retraining her excitement while her tail wagged lightly behind her. She chukled, glad that she could, almost immediatly be of some use.

-"I'd love to hunt" she grinned "storage to the north...." she said more to herself, trying to gain her almost perfect sense of direction "It'll be a good idea, that way I coulld get to know this place a bit better" she said with another grin "Is that all? Well I hope to see you again Pollux"she said with another grin and a wag of her tail.

[Squeeji]

"I don't see what more i can tell you...these are mysterious lands...and it would be cheating to tell you anything more." The scout grinned deviously, soon enough Akree would run into something that couldn't be explained, and why ruin the surprise?

"Good luck child." she offered in the rather foreboding tone before sliding back into the darkness from which she came...but then again, was it legitimate? Or just a game for the metallic female?

Akree would learn for herself soon enough, she was part of these lands now.