You're Ridiculous
Still giggling at her own silly game, Iskra slid to a halt, kicking up a wave of frosty powder when the came to the edge of a lake. It was frozen over, practically asking her to go skidding across it. Shaking out her winter-thick coat, she dropped into a crouch, butt wiggling, and sprang forward, leaping out of the snow and flopping onto the ice, sailing across the frozen waters a bit too fast. Raucous laughter ripping from her dark lips as she flew on her belly towards the opposite shore.
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OOC Warning; Mature Language ahead
Ruthgar had spent the better half of the morning “Hunting” or rather clumsily chasing after small animals until they ran into trees or into burrows. He had adjusted from squirrels to rabbits and had no luck catching either, which meant his only other option was finding something less fast and agile. Like the badger he currently had his sights on. The animal only looked like what he thought of as a badger in the vaguest sense. It had a black head with a white blaze but was considerably fluffier than the mushroom eating burrowers he had grown up seeing. Apart from that while most badgers were jet black, this one was mostly gray and had a shorter snout. Clearly the extra large wolves weren’t the only thing strange about this place.
What was important however was that the badger was slow and easy to catch, which of course was why the older male charged at it head first, jaws parted and ready to strike…Until the damn thing turned and snarled in his face, bearing its large teeth. Ruthgar froze and drew back, caught off guard, while the badger charged forward and snapped at his wrists. “Bloody-“ Ruthar cursed, jumping back further only to have the badger quickly close the gap between them. With a frightened yelp Ruthgar turned tail and ran, crashing through the woods surrounding the lake and looking over his shoulder only to see the raging badger slowly closing in on him. “Fookin’ cunt!” Ruthgar yelled, before tripping over a fallen tree and landing jaw first on the lake’s frozen surface, his back legs hanging in the air above his head.
At least no one saw him make a complete ass of himself right?
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Her attention was soon redirected at the sound of someone shouting and carrying on nearby. She didn't have to look for the speaker for long, he came right to her thundering along and falling face-first onto the frozen lake in the most comical of fashions. Iskra sat in stunned silence for a moment, wondering if that just happened. Whens he realized it did indeed, bubbling laughter began to trickle out from her, starting soft and rising to the point where her shoulders were shaking and her sides started to hurt. She'd have asked if he was okay if that landing wasn't so darn hilarious! It was almost impossible to stop, and really she felt bad, but honestly, what an entrance. She snow-topped girl eventually flopped onto her side, wiping away the tears that pricked at her sapphire blue eyes, "Well, hi there!"
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He heard the laughter behind him, and slowly closed his eyes slowly, his thoughts condensed into a single, defeated; “No.” his backside slowly dropped onto the ice, his legs splitting as they struggled for purchase on the slippery surface. He managed to rise just slightly off the ground, his legs shaking, as he slowly turned and gave a short “Hull-“ before his paws gave out from under him and he slid back down onto the ice.
His mind had become a constant stream of “No no no no.” as he tried and failed to save face again, and again. After his fourth attempt he simply accepted his fate, and slowly crawled on his stomach toward the oddly colored woman, his eyes downcast with shame. The closer he got the more he recognized her scent, although how he recognized it didn’t strike him at first. It wasn’t until he had made it to the other end of the lake that he realized…She smelled like Art.
“NOOO.”
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Trying desperately to bring some lightheartedness back to the situation, she remained on her side and kicked and flailed her way towards the man, now covered in clumps of snow that stuck to her fur in odd places and made her look like some kind of strange spotted animal having a real bad hair day. "Hey, hey man, does my hair look okay?" she asked in a gentle, joking tone. Yeesh, did she screw up? This was awkward, seriousness was just uncomfortable.
He looked up at her and felt a small tug of laughter escape him as she flailed toward him like a dying fish. “Aye.” He said “Ye look awlright.” He said with an easy smile. Maybe the girl wasn’t fully aware of it but her and Artemis, who she had assumed was her sister, seemed incapable of looking anything other than flawless. He looked to the cliff he had just gone flying off of and sighed. “Bloody badgers eh?” He said with a soft chuckle, attempting to laugh at himself for once. Wounded pride aside, it was pretty funny. “Whar am from they at least hev the decency tae jus die, no be som hell on a man whats jus trying to grab a damn snack.” He proclaimed, his eyes fixed on the ledge as if the ball of anger and hair he had just escaped from could hear him and might somehow give a shit. He looked at her again and gave her a small smile. “Name’s Ruthgar.” He said, still laying on the ice chest down.
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Ears swung back towards the man in an instant, his comment grabbing her attention fully, "Is that what you were after?" she asked incredulously, eyes wide. Iskra had never had the balls to tangle with one of those nasty critters; there were plenty of less feisty prey animals she'd rather go after before considering such a thing. Shaking her head she gave him a lopsided grin "I dunno where you're from, but as far as I know those things will rip your tail off for even looking at 'em. You're surely braver than me," she complimented. There was no way she'd mess with one of those beasts unless she had to, that was for sure. Tail tapping the ice at a steady rhythm, she quickly replied, "I'm Iskra! You're from the Crew, right? I know my sister lives there, but I've only met your alpha and one other pack member so far. Really gotta get around to seeing about joining..."