loaded gun complex [argus]
A gaping, toothless maw stretched across the open ground. Well, this looked interesting. Cautious steps with her large paws brought her skittering down the slope. Spirits abound, that was steep. This area hadn't seen any snowfall yet, thankfully. It meant she wouldn't have to worry about sliding around on hidden ice like a fool. Once stable ground met her feet, the youth plodded onward. Dead grass withered all over the ground here. A few spindly plant stalks refused to bow to the season's change quite yet, but their flowers had long died. A sigh heaved from her chest. Well, this had been rather disappointing.
A scent on the air caught her attention. A vexing, unfamiliar one. It was a wolf, for sure. Wait. Maybe not. There was something else to it that was unknown to the champagne lupine. The whole thing was up in the air. "Hello there?" Rough, accented vocals called out. Pale stump of a tail would twitch, auds flicking in all directions to pinpoint the source of the scent.
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It was winter. She was two, the world was shrinking and there was scents everywhere that told her not to go there. Chasm was the only one that still knew she was alive, and that's how she wanted it. She could only imagine that her siblings would be disgusted with her, or worse, angry that she left when she had. Nova was probably happier and Adore had no cometion for anyone's attention.
She padded onward, Kami was at her side. Neither said anything, they both had grown so comfortable with each other that they knew the other's thoughts anymore it seemed. Argus knew Kami was cold. She had no fr to protect her from the cold of the snow but she wouldn't complain. Argus kne where there was a warm place in Boreas almost year round. The hot springs and Hell's river would make for comfortable places to spend the winter for her companion. If they went past the lake and through the gorge they'd be there in no time. Argus was well aware of her freakish qualities. She ignored them though, Marina wanted her to be a woman so that was what she would be.
She perked her ears at the scent of another on the wind that came from behind them. Her head turned in the direction, catching the question. "Hello there?" Whoever it was sounded young. Though they didn't sound like a pup, or like english was their first language. She stopped and Kami did too. The steep inclines here could kill a younger wolf if they weren't careful and that scent said she had others that cared for her but she was alone right now. Argus lowered herself to her haunches. She'd wait, this younger girl would need someone to help she figured, that way she didn't end up dead. Kami pressed into Argus's side as she too waited.
Once argus could hear the clack of nails on stone she follwed the sounds with her head. "Hello." She wagged her tail for a second. HEr half blind companion and her looked like quite the pair she assumed, as always.
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Argus has a sphinx for a companion, named Kamilah, she is assumed to be with Argus unless stated otherwise.
Next, mismatched eyes fell to the strange creature at the wolf's side. Was this like Jupiter's friend Amadeus, who he'd told her about? Or perhaps it was a set of spirits, here to test her. Brow quirked, the champagne wolf lifted her head to peer at the stranger from a new angle. "Вы дух?" She questioned, simply being safe at this point. Every time she made an assumption it had been wrong. This time, asking seemed the best course of action.
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