we knew we'd never make it down there
10-08-2023, 09:54 PM
Beau is standing amongst the swamplands. It’s not for the first time, and definitely won’t be for the last, however…this time is different. He’s left the grove and his brother behind, if only for a few hours, but those seemingly few hours of being alone, of having absolutely nothing to do but exist here is exhilarating. There’s nothing to hunt, nothing for Beau to bring back for Lucian, and nothing but him and the open emptiness. This is Beau’s first time outside of the grove without a true purpose, without explicit permission from his brother. It’s exhilarating, and terrifying all at once.
10-08-2023, 10:53 PM
Spider has a male raven companion named Doomsday and a female snake companion named Lady Snakeskin. Assume they are present unless stated otherwise.
10-09-2023, 02:51 AM
Beau freezes. There’s someone, another wolf, and fuck, he all of his brother’s warnings about the others, about their enemies, and all that is out to hurt them suddenly fills his head. He’s suffocating in it, along with the unrelenting desire to hide and run and never stop – but then, the unknown wolf pushes on, their snout sniffing at the bush, close enough to Beau that they could smell this scent if they wanted to. And they do. They’ve found him. Beau squeals, a terrifying bolt of panic jolting through him. His brother’s warnings, his stories, his preconceived ideas of the world he’s come to know suddenly infect his mind like a disease, and for a moment, all that Beau can do is stand frozen as the new wolf sees him.
10-10-2023, 12:24 AM
Spider has a male raven companion named Doomsday and a female snake companion named Lady Snakeskin. Assume they are present unless stated otherwise.
10-11-2023, 01:00 AM
“i promise,” the other wolf says, and beau knows he’s been caught. he’s hidden in the swamplands, smothered under damp, disgusting earth and mud, shrouded in the darkness of the bushes and yet – someone found him. he is lost and now he is found, and stars, he doesn’t think he’s ever felt as terrified.
he shouldn’t speak. He shouldn’t say anything at all. Lucian would kill him if he knew that beau had broken every single rule he’d ever laid out in the hopes of keep beau safe. But there’s something inside of him, something awful and agonising and yet, begging for him to step about from the shadows, away from safety.
“how did you find me?” beau feels himself ask, a whisper of words that can barely be heard over the ambience of the swampland.
as soon as they leave his mouth, he squeals in spite of himself, his mind caught between an awful storm of needing to hide the way he’s been taught, and the need to escape and know things about the world that has been concealed away from him.
he shouldn’t speak. He shouldn’t say anything at all. Lucian would kill him if he knew that beau had broken every single rule he’d ever laid out in the hopes of keep beau safe. But there’s something inside of him, something awful and agonising and yet, begging for him to step about from the shadows, away from safety.
“how did you find me?” beau feels himself ask, a whisper of words that can barely be heard over the ambience of the swampland.
as soon as they leave his mouth, he squeals in spite of himself, his mind caught between an awful storm of needing to hide the way he’s been taught, and the need to escape and know things about the world that has been concealed away from him.
10-11-2023, 01:18 AM
Spider has a male raven companion named Doomsday and a female snake companion named Lady Snakeskin. Assume they are present unless stated otherwise.
10-11-2023, 02:48 AM
For a second, beau feels his ears shift inwards, a rosy-pink blush dotting across his nose in self-consciousness. “maybe i like being grubby!” he exclaims rather defensively. Why he has to explain to another wolf his own grooming and cleanliness behaviors is beyond him. Lucian never says anything about it, and if anything, he praises beau’s ability to blend in, to camouflage, to remain hidden and unremarkable. Panic suddenly forgotten, he pouts, sticking his nose from the bush and asking, “why aren’t you? do you not have any sense of self-preservation?”
10-13-2023, 01:14 AM
Spider has a male raven companion named Doomsday and a female snake companion named Lady Snakeskin. Assume they are present unless stated otherwise.
10-14-2023, 12:22 AM
Is this wolf stupid? Are all wolves like this? The wolf in front of him isn’t matching up to any of Beau’s preconceived ideas of the ugly, awful, dangerous parts of humanity that Lucian has so vehemently drilled into his head. They’re supposed to be vile, inhumane creatures that ruin everything, break apart homes, destroy families – destroyed his family—but it’s not making sense. They’re not making sense. Beau stares at them for a long time, his scrutinizing blue eyes hoping to make the other wolf shift or falter underneath his gaze, but they don’t. Nothing happens.
Beau looks away, pouts again, brings his eyes back to meet the unbearably brilliant pink glow of the wolf’s eyes in front of him. “You’re the one who’s not making any sense.”
Beau looks away, pouts again, brings his eyes back to meet the unbearably brilliant pink glow of the wolf’s eyes in front of him. “You’re the one who’s not making any sense.”
10-14-2023, 07:19 PM
Spider has a male raven companion named Doomsday and a female snake companion named Lady Snakeskin. Assume they are present unless stated otherwise.
10-15-2023, 02:57 AM
Beau can’t decide if he’s more relieved that this wolf isn’t living up to the terrifying idea of humanity in his head or annoyed by it. he does however know that this might be his one and only chance to ever get away from the swamplands, away from Lucian – if just for a moment – and well, this wolf is confusing and frustrating and has terrible sense of survival, but maybe, just maybe, they could be the thing Beau has never thought he could have.
Beau searches for the right words, the right thing to say in this situation. “You’re not -- bad,” is what he comes up with. He mutters this, mostly to himself, and maybe to Lucian, still hiding away in the cave waiting for him to come back with food that will last them until the next week, where Beau will have to enter the world and shut it away all over again. Maybe, just this once, he can stay a little long. “Okay,” he decides. “I’ll come with you.”
- exit
Beau searches for the right words, the right thing to say in this situation. “You’re not -- bad,” is what he comes up with. He mutters this, mostly to himself, and maybe to Lucian, still hiding away in the cave waiting for him to come back with food that will last them until the next week, where Beau will have to enter the world and shut it away all over again. Maybe, just this once, he can stay a little long. “Okay,” he decides. “I’ll come with you.”
- exit
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