The meeting had made her day horrible, sick to the stomach, and uneasy. She had wanted to just up and leave it, but knew it wasn't proper to do so. She had tried to shove things aside and left he meeting when her mother did seeing to it to try and cheer her up. Though nothing helped and once more she got to endure seeing her mother curled in her den grieving over another loss. Cloud was also now gone leaving only herself and Tyranis. In Storm's sulking Corentine also realized that Bass' kids were to worry about now, they may be angry at Storm. Corentine didn't realize that his kids may be angry at Storm and her family for leaving the pack. She had left her mother after she had fallen asleep, her heart heavy and unsure how she should cope with all of this. It was nightfall by now and well there wasn't much to do. She had thought about hunting, but she honestly wasn't feeling energized enough to do it. She sighed as she padded on leaving the den and heading towards the plains. It was a cool spring night and the sky was clear. If anything she could at least sit and look at the stars. She was normally a happy girl, but all of this just wore her down. The heartache of her father figure disappearing had been bad enough, but to think now the only remaining sibling she had was Ty made her feel all the more miserable. Ever since she attacked that vulture for charging him he didn't seem to want to interact. In fact he seemed vary angry with her which she couldn't at all understand it. She shook her head with a heavy sigh and headed through the tall grasses. Moving to a spot she liked on a vary small knoll. It didn't take her long to get there and when she did she climbed on top and flopped her rump down. She looked up at the sky trying to distract herself by looking at the stars. "Talk" & 'Think"

Then they went on to say the pearly gates

Brandr worked out his emotions as he often did, through work. The pack meeting had been tense and left him feeling stunned and numb that the alpha was just suddenly gone. It also made him realize how much of an outsider he was in this pack. Everyone in Abaven seemed to have known each other for so long. The emotions and the outbursts that were voiced in the meeting left Brandr questioning and uncertain and in the end all he could do was sit and watch, a silent spectator to the whirling emotions about him.

He was taking a walk through the cooler night air, keeping alert should he spy any signs of prey. As he travelled he spied Corentine not far off, nestled on a knoll and he sighed softly to himself. He felt terrible for her, he felt terrible for everyone and he honestly just wanted to avoid the whole pack while he worked through his own baggage but at the same time he felt it would be wrong to just turn his shoulder to another pack member like that. Not that he'd have any idea what to say.

Brandr approached the knoll and sat at the base of it, staring up into the sky where Corentine had been looking. His mouth opened for a moment but no sound came out and so he shut it lightly. He'd give her space. If she wanted to talk she could if she'd rather just watch the night sky in silence he was fine with that to.

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Being that she had never felt like this before Corentine wasn't quite sure how to work through them, how to distract herself from dwelling on them. She really didn't know how to handle this and it only made her feel worse. Her yellow-gold eyes searched the sky as if it held the answer to everything. Right now she had no one else to turn to so she looked to the sky. The stars were beautiful, but they only gave her brief distraction and she knew it wouldn't last until she felt the urge to sleep. Though tonight she was unsure if she could sleep, at least not in the den. Her mother was fast asleep and she had been worked up enough that she should easily sleep through the night so really Corentine didn't need to stay there. She hadn't heard Brandr's approach it wasn't until she felt the feeling that there was a presence nearby that she lowered her head from the sky and looked around. Looking behind her she spotted him sitting at the bottom of the small knoll. Despite how she was currently feeling to see him there made a smile spread across her lips and her tail give a wag. She wasn't sure how he felt about the meeting, but really she didn't want to focus on that, she needed a distraction and maybe he could even convince her for some night hunting. "Hey! What are you doing out so late?" she asked. "Talk" & 'Think"

Then they went on to say the pearly gates

Brandr remained quiet, just staring at the night sky. He was in no hurry and he was pretty sure he wasn't going to sleep well that night so he didn't bother. He held off on the pack hunt, unsure if he should even bother. He'd hoped it might unwind tension but there was clearly bitterness between pack members and forcing them to work together when emotions were so raw was probably a bad idea. Not to mention several members had simply left the pack. It made Brandr uneasy. He felt like he was watching everything erode right out from under his paws and then what was he going to do?

Corentine seemed to notice him and she turned to him with a smile which Brandr quickly returned. He knew she was bothered by what happened at the meeting but he wasn't going to bring it up if she didn't want to talk about it. It was the same courtesy he'd expect for himself. Brandr shrugged at her question. "Eh, I don't know really. I don't think I can sleep tonight, too wound up so I thought I might do a bit of hunting. What about you? What are you doing out here?"

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He returned a smile which made her mood even better. She was glad he was one of the few that had stayed. Brandr was really her only friend in the pack and she couldn't imagine how she would feel or what she would do without him. Being distant from her only remaining sibling left her feeling alone at times, but she had tried to help her mother out as much as she possibly could. She had seen her mother go through quite a bit of grief when her children had begun to disappear and now Corentine felt there was more grief to come as Storm had felt it was her family's fault for Bass leaving. He began to speak confirming her thoughts. He to was unable to sleep, but it seemed that only the two of them decided to leave their dens tonight. His words also made an even bigger smile spread across her face. He was going to do a bit of hunting and she hoped he wouldn't mind some company because she would love to join him. He then asked her the same thing and she returned his shrug trying to hide the teasing grin that wanted to appear on her face. She didn't want to talk about the meeting now, maybe at a later time, but right now she just wanted to forget about it. "The same really, I couldn't sleep so I thought I might see whats out and about to hunt. Would you care for a hunting partner?" she asked her tail lightly drumming the ground. "Talk" & 'Think"

Then they went on to say the pearly gates

Brandr felt confident that whatever happened he could carry on all right.  He'd survived the fall of his own pack, the loss of his father and of his mother and if it was required for him to try another pack he would.  However, he couldn't help but wonder about Corentine and her family.  It was painful to be uprooted when you had a family and he just hoped that regardless of who ended up ruling the pack that it would be able to continue.

Corentine stated that she couldn't sleep either and at the mention of being his hunting partner his ears perked up and he smiled.  "I would love a hunting partner.  Any particular quarry you were thinking of?  I thought I might see if we can pick off some ducks sleeping in the reeds."  Brandr stood and stretched for a moment, rolling his shoulders slowly to prep himself for the hunt. "Do you want to start tracking or shall I?"

At least, that was his original plan. As he glanced at the sky he frowned and shook his head. "Actually, Corentine, it's getting really late. Maybe we can hunt another time but I think both of us should get some rest. Goodnight!" He offered her a warm smile and headed back for his den. Early morning was a good time to hunt and with the pack so divided he couldn't count on them coming together to feed everyone. It was going to be a long day.

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ooc: I'm trying to wrap up threads I'm not posting in anymore and since it's been about 2 months I'm gonna go ahead and close this one. I'm down to start a new one thought just let me know!