Grumpy Ol' Badger

*Caelum* · 03-30-2018, 02:01 AM

Caelum didn't know right away what Zeph was doing when she followed after him. Mostly, she knew he was leaving the pack lands and that it was her turn to sneakily trail after him for once! The day was pretty peaceful so far, birds chirping, summer heat a bit milder than it had been a few days ago thanks to light breeze and sparse cloud cover. Yeah, it was pretty nice out all in all. What's a beautiful day without someone to spoil it, though?

First, there was the fact that Zephyr's scent lead her straight back into the old Dragoste territory. She hesitated at what used to be the border, feeling a sense of discomfort and anxiety come over her as she finally entered the willows. It somehow felt both like just days, and entire years might have passed since the Abraxas took Dragoste. Shaking off the muddled emotions, she pressed on. The first thing to greet her upon reentry into the lands they briefly called home? The voices of two men - unfortunately not strangers - engaged in a bit of a shouting match. It sounded anything but friendly, and Caelum was quick to race toward the sound before things got out of hand. Leave it to those two to get into it the damn second they laid eyes on each other. Honestly, how'd they ever co-exist in a pack together before? You'd never have guessed that they once did by the way they sounded.

Sweeping her way in, Caelum immediately placed herself between the males, ears erect, tail raised, and lips pulled back as she growled, "ENOUGH!"

This was the first time since the fall of their original pack that Caelum had held herself this way and spoken with such commanding authority. Faint as it was, a glimmer of the woman she once was - a force to be reckoned with, in her prime - showed as stood barring the way for the argument to continue. She didn't hear much of what they'd said, but she didn't need to. Lifting her head the woman glanced between the riled up males assuring that they both saw the look in her crystalline eyes. No more damn arguing or so help me...

Once satisfied there would be no protest, Caelum pulled back a bit so she could look at both of them as she spoke, "Now, if you're both good and done burning whatever bridges might have remained between you I'd kindly ask that you keep things civil or I'll gladly fight both of your sorry asses until you're done with this crap." Her tail flicked irritably as she scowled at them in a manner akin to how she might look at Caelestis when she was behaving poorly. A wry expression found it's way onto her features as she shook her head. "It would be delightful to stumble on a tame conversation once. What happened, hm?" A brow lifted as she turned to Zeph and huffed in an exasperated manner, "We discussed finding him, if I remember correctly. Not fighting with him."

With that, she waited for them to explain themselves and whatever they'd been doing that led to them standing toe to toe. Perhaps in her youth she'd have tried to smooth it over gently, but Cae was more or less an old crone now so she figured she got a yelling and scolding pass. If they tried going at it again she was likely to make good on her threats.

"Speak"

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