Heaven is a place that I can't find, and I can feel it in my bones.
09-10-2016, 02:09 PM
The redhead had honestly been unnoticed as he had been in the shadows, Vadim had assumed that the lurking silhouette of a giant that he'd immediately seen standing behind them had been their shadow.. but as Ash pointed out a coat of flames, it encouraged him to look a little harder. Even the shadowed giant turned around to inspect what it was that had been scrambling behind him, and only then did Vadim realize that the true culprit had been this wildly marked pup all along.
That gave an unsettling feeling, the hairs along his spine prickling straight upward as he watched Kharnage move; if it hadn't been for the boy's clumsiness, how much longer would Kharnage have been able to follow them silent and unnoticed? Vadim snorted outward at the thought, his nostrils flaring as he took a step forward and did his best to mask his irritation. His eyes were mostly masked by the darkness, but they never seemed to leave Kharnage for long.
With a hint of angst he stepped forward as Phoenix moved back to the light of the entrance, his first thought being that Phoenix was attempting to flee; but, then the boy stopped in front of the entrance and pulled a Captain Morgan, posing in vanity to show off the irregular markings of his coat. Of course, Phoenix had only been pulling himself out of the shadows, but Vadim's mind wasn't exactly working correctly and was blinded by a slight tinge of jealousy now that his sister had shown interest in Phoenix. Vadim had wanted to awe her by discovering something unique down here in the mines, something she would be sure to remember.. and now, well. Now he seemed shadowed by a giant and a boy on fire.
When he started to speak, Vadim's black ears shot down as well as the loud sound of his voice ricocheted around them. That was precisely why he had been speaking in hushed tones, save for his demand. Which, neither one of them seemed to bother answering his question on who they were. He growled slightly, his lips tilted in a grimace to show one of his front canines. "Does it look like a cave?" Truth be told, he had no idea what it was either.. but the wooden structures that held it all together made him believe it was something more like tunnels than a naturally occurring cave.
"I'm not worried, and you are not the one I was suspecting of stalking." Molten stare narrowed as he lifted his head and kept his limbs perfectly straight, attempting to take the tallest stance possible and present his leaner chest proudly while he looked to Kharnage. "Who are you and why were you following us?" Translating to, 'are you here to tattle?' This wasn't the first night Vadim had stealthily left the den during the night to answer the call of adventure, but at least this time he was following the rules.. mostly. He was in pack territory, perhaps that was a mistake? Maybe they should have moved out of the eyes of the pack... Flame-boy wasn't a part of the pack and was likely just bored, perhaps Kharnage was as well, but.. Vadim just wanted to be sure.
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