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Travler
Jun 20, 2006 20:35:07 GMT -5
Post by hessper on Jun 20, 2006 20:35:07 GMT -5
Dust was already washing away the pawprints in the mud. wisping away the detail, and covering the marks. if you followed the quickly failing path, you would find yourself on a cobblestone road, leaves swirling in the air, cold wind washing though the pass.
Mikus sniffed an old brach, its timbers creaking and crackling, before collapsing onto the path. the old wolf sorted through the old timber, the splinters blossoming into balls of dust, bugs swelling in its center. Mikus delved into the bugs; old eyes trying to focus on the swarming mass. studying the behavior of the bugs, and the community population, he muttered things to himself, under his breath, his voice cracked with old age. he swept his eyes to the grey heavens, the clouds a mere grey blur in the vaults above. finishing his calculations, he continued down the road, trying to find a home.
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Travler
Jun 21, 2006 4:09:05 GMT -5
Post by scrii on Jun 21, 2006 4:09:05 GMT -5
Phaxx crept down the silent Pass, her ears flicking constantly, scanning the surroundings for a potential attacker. She was nervous: the femme had never come this way before, and everything seemed deathly quiet... Then a cracking sound echoed down towards her, and she leapt in fright, letting out a small whimper. What am I doing here? she asked herself. I feel as vulnerable as a pup...
The black and white wolf continued her nervous path down the pass, and she spotted an aging wolf before her. She wondered whether he was crazy, but swept away the thought. Company is company, she thought, and took a tentative step forwards to come within the sight of the old wolf.
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Post by hessper on Jul 7, 2006 2:55:16 GMT -5
he was still intently studying a new log, and its community of woodlice that were apparantly starting to crawl up his legs, and moved on to another habitat, intent and keen. crack he sniffed the dried wood, muttering, "pine..." he smiled, welcoming the homely sent, grey highlights in his would-be chesnut fur quivering in the wind. another leaf shriveled behind him, and this time he heard it. and swept his murky gaze over the windswept valley, there, standing a bit away from him was a smudged wolf-shaped haze. He jumped in fright, and almost started to run away, when his front paw reminded him of his pains. he gave her a warm smile, trying to to sound too nervouse, and said, "who are you?"
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Post by scrii on Jul 8, 2006 2:28:20 GMT -5
Phaxx smiled softly at the old wolf, understanding how it was like to have someone suddenly there, and how frightened she could get. "Greetings, fellow stranger," she said as gently as possible. She stood several metres away from him out of respect. "I am Phaxx... I wander around quite a lot, and I have not seen you before... who might you be? she asked, hoping that she didn't sound rude. This place was so dusty, and she could not see much...
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Post by hessper on Jul 9, 2006 1:17:22 GMT -5
He felt slightly perturbed by her aloof manner, and limped in her direction, trying to break the ice, "Mikus Arexo, I am a scientist, studying the animals here... it's no wounder you havn't seen me though, I've only just really come... the dust wipped around the rims of his eyes, and coated his fur. "what trade is it that you live by, in this desolate lands, there isn't much to eat, and certainly not much company..." Mikus felt his insides spin at the mentioned word company he'd been alone for almost ten years now, she was the first wolf giving him a smile since his rejection,...
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Post by scrii on Jul 9, 2006 3:58:26 GMT -5
Phaxx was intrigued by this wolf, his history seemed rich and interesting. She tilted her head slightly and wagged her tail, swishing it from side to side. "Greetings, Mikus... I find your study interesting! I myself have never studied anything before... what is it like?" she asked, hoping she didn't sound too nosy by talking so much at once.
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Travler
Jul 9, 2006 22:18:11 GMT -5
Post by hessper on Jul 9, 2006 22:18:11 GMT -5
Mikus immediatly lit up, asif she had tripped some sort of a switch, "Well, first of all, they seem to eat rotting wood, or something like that, woodlice, I mean, and when they are scared they roll into a ball, so that they look like a kind of rock... they are found mostly in pine wood, and..." he went on dawdling over a stream of pointless facts about the 'wounderouse woodlice.' "it's very interesting, study, come and have a look!"
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Travler
Jul 10, 2006 4:25:14 GMT -5
Post by scrii on Jul 10, 2006 4:25:14 GMT -5
Phaxx smiled and padded softly towards Mikus, and looked down at the woodlice. She grinned as she saw that most of them were rolled up. Probably scared of my face, she thought humorously. They seemed to have their own little jobs, crawling around, hiding, and rolling up... she watched, fascinated. She had never known anything would interest her so much.
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Travler
Jul 10, 2006 4:25:17 GMT -5
Post by hessper on Jul 10, 2006 4:25:17 GMT -5
"they are funny!" Mikus snuffeled around in the dark wood, and one of them clambered onto his nose, tickling his muzzle. "they eat this wood, and break it down so it's nutriants can return to the soil," he said, wounderment cast a spell in his voice. "where are you headed?" he asked suddenly, raising his head, the little bug jumping off.
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Travler
Jul 10, 2006 5:24:26 GMT -5
Post by scrii on Jul 10, 2006 5:24:26 GMT -5
She grinned at the sight of the bug lumbering up Mikus' nose, then she raised her head too, as Mikus raised his. "Headed?" she asked, rather startled by the question. "I don't really know... Just wandering, really, as usual..." She was, honestly, just wandering... exploring, more like it, and she had just come through this Pass...
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Travler
Jul 10, 2006 21:40:21 GMT -5
Post by hessper on Jul 10, 2006 21:40:21 GMT -5
"Oh, I'm going to a forest, i was told it's two day's journey away, across the pass, I was told there was lots of thing for me to look at over there..." he scraped the ground, all of a sudden feeling guilty, "like to come?"
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Travler
Jul 11, 2006 3:33:23 GMT -5
Post by scrii on Jul 11, 2006 3:33:23 GMT -5
Phaxx smiled softly as Mikus gave her the offer. "Are you sure? I think I'd get boring after a while..." she said, for it was the truth. Her social skills were still not perfectly honed, and travelling with someone who she almost knew for certain that she would bore would make her feel guilty for ruining what promised to be an interesting trip.
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