Usually when he went out on his adventures around the plains he brought Ashur with him, but this time he let the leopard take a break and instead he wrangled his dad's owl into following him around instead. The bird complained a lot more than Ashur did, but it was kind of fun running from place to place and watching the bird having to fly around and swoop from tree to tree to keep up with him. He grinned and giggled as he watched him, creating his own kind of game with it.

In the middle of his running and chasing, he spotted the dark, teal marked form of his uncle and with a perk of his ears he remembered that he had wings just like Owl did! Could he play his game with his uncle too? He ran over to Mortis, Owl grumbling and taking off after his charge once again, but as soon as Arc was at Mortis' side the owl went and found the closest tree to settle in and take a nap, grumbling about pups and how overly energetic they were. "Uncle Mort!" he called excitedly, looking up at him with a big grin. "Will you play with me? Tag!" he said with a giggle, hopping forward to tap his paw on Mort's much bigger leg without waiting for an answer, immediately taking off into the grasses of the plains.

"Arcturus Fatalis"

Mortis was deeply lost in his thoughts, his hands absently tugging at the blanket he was making for the newest additions to the pack. It was clumsy craftsmanship, but the delicate boy wanted to give something to the young pups as a welcome to the world gift. He was going to bring it to Hikaru tonight to look over it. His friend was far better at creating such things than he was.

He didn’t clock Arc’s presence until the boy's little paws patted lightly on the ground near him. “Oh, hey Ar-” he began, as the burbling pup gave his greeting, requested play, touched his paw, and was off again all before Mortis could finish his sentence.

He blinked in surprise for a moment, his brain taking a few seconds to catch up, before he grinned and let the partly made blanket fall to the ground. Propelling himself after the smaller pup with a soft laugh. He didn’t put a great deal of effort yet into actually chasing the boy. The last thing he would want to do is squish the little creature under his large and overly clumsy paws.

"Mortis Fatalis"

Arcturus giggled as he ran hard through the plains, feeling like he was going so, so fast when really he wasn't going all that fast at all. Maybe he was fast for someone with such short, clumsy puppy legs... but he was still only as fast as someone with short, clumsy puppy legs. But still, when he glanced back he saw that Mort was a good distance behind him so he thought maybe he might actually be able to keep away from his giant uncle! He laughed again and ran some more, dodging in and out of clumps of grass, until he spotted a good hiding spot in a hollowed out tree trunk and he darted into it, wiggling into he before turning around so that he could look out the way he came in.

There was a big grin on his face as he waited to see if Mortis could find him, trying really, really hard to not breathe too loud and give himself away, but it was hard after running for so long! When he saw the big, gray tipped paws of his uncle run by he held his breath, having to bite his lip so he wouldn't start giggling. Yeah, he had kinda turned their game of tag into a game of hide and seek, but this was more fun anyway, right?

"Arcturus Fatalis"

He - carefully- charged after the small pup, chasing him towards the trees near the border of the Armada. The tiny pup’s bright colors blended surprisingly well in the grasses, which had darkened as the weather started to turn. But still, he was bright, and was easy to see, until suddenly he wasn’t. The boy vanished like a light winking out, and Mortis froze. Skidding in the ground as he slammed on his breaks.

Paused as he was, he could hear the panting breath of the younger wolf, and the panic that had started to rise within his halted. He grinned, and lifted his head, making obvious motions to sniff the air. “It’s like he vanished into thin air! No one told me Arcturus could teleport or turn invisible, what magic is this…”


"Mortis Fatalis"

Arc very nearly lost his composure as Mortis called out about how he had vanished, accusing him of vanishing and turning invisible. It was almost impossible to keep from giggling at that, but he held on for just a little bit longer before he darted out of the log, running in the opposite direction from where he was originally heading with a squeal, grinning from ear to ear. The chase was back on and Mortis hadn't found him so Mortis was still it! He ran back across the plains as fast as he could go, very out of breath but whether that was from the running or from how his constant giggling he wasn't really sure. At some point his paw got caught on something on the ground, a rock or a stubborn clump of grass perhaps, and he went flying through the air. He tumbled head over heel a couple of times before landing on his back with a 'oooof!', blinking his blue eyes up at the sky as it slowly stopped spinning around him from the sudden roll across the ground. Darn his clumsy paws!

"Arcturus Fatalis"

[i]”Ah-ha!” [/b] the winged boy cried as the pup shot free of his hiding place like an arrow. “You turned visible again!” he called out to the fleeing pup as he restarted his pursuit. This took them back along the path they had followed in the first place, retracing their steps.

The next thing Mortis knew, Arc was tumbling through the air. Putting on a burst of speed, Mortis leaped and slid across the ground. His paws outstretched to catch the tumbling boy. Arc however hit the ground first, and then Mort's paws scooped him up. He could immediately see that the other boy was fine, so he picked him up into the air and wiggled him in front of his face. “I caught you! You're mine now!” he warned

"Mortis Fatalis"