Mists of Gold (meeting)

She eyed them a moment longer until she was certain she'd gotten the seriousness of the occasion across to the young pups, then turned her attention to the pack as they straggled in from various directions. She smiled at Justice's wary appraisal of the pups before she approached, amused at the young woman's clear discomfort around children, then nodded towards Laisren who had come bearing a boar piglet. She hoped he was being careful taking those - boar could be vicious towards predators going after their piglets, and it wouldn't take much to end up in the middle of a whole sounder of hogs equipped with dangerous tushes and bad attitudes. They couldn't afford to lose one of their few adults because he'd gotten injured or killed going after dangerous prey alone. She made a note to speak with him alone after the meeting. She was less familiar with the male who showed up after. She knew he was a fighter, but he hadn't participated much in pack life on his own accord and she hadn't sought him out in particular yet, something she needed to remedy. Perhaps she ought to take a patrol with him despite the low numbers in the pack.

Aurielle appeared then, asking with concern about Cairo. "I'm sure it's only a cold," she assured the alpha. "My husband... years ago. He was prone to colds during the turning of the seasons. They could get quite bad if he wasn't careful. Cairo's cold is stubborn, but I don't see the same sort of warnings of it going wrong that Lanse would get." Although she didn't fully understand the science behind seasonal allergies and the way they could turn into respiratory infections, anyone who experienced that particular medical ailment could certainly have recognized that was what Lanse had suffered from as well.

As they waited, Aurielle left briefly to speak with Amos before returning. Gwen's expression didn't change at all at her words, but she was rather taken aback by the clear rebuke. Diplomatically, she chose not to respond to the reprimand, rather just stating simply, "It's not a meeting, so much as a chance to introduce the children to the pack so they know who they should expect to see in the borders. I wouldn't want them speaking to strangers thinking they were pack members, after all." She remembered her own childhood, remembered her idiot rebelliousness after her parents had stepped down as rulers that had led her to make promises to a stranger she never should have spoken to. Sin Armada. She had run away rather than face up to those promises, wanting to protect her family, but she never should have done it to begin with. She couldn't really regret it... it had led her to Lanse, and some of the happiest, though hardest, years of her life. She wondered whatever had happened to that Armada - at the time he had seemed so dangerous, so frightening, and yet she heard nothing about him since her return. Odd how childhood boogymen loomed so much larger in memory than in reality.

Paladin appeared then, bringing with him a packet that would no doubt drive Geoffrey and Viviane wild with curiosity. Gwen gave him a sunny smile of gratitude, though she also made a mental note to keep that packet well away from her two would-be healers. All she needed was Geoffrey adding the contents to one of his concoctions... "Thank you, Paladin. I very much appreciate the help."

It was clear though, that Regulus and his mate and son wouldn't be appearing, and Aurielle indicated they were still recovering from their ordeal, so she decided not to wait for them any longer. Turning her head towards the four remaining members of the pack, she raised her voice just slightly so that they could hear. "Good morning, Celestial. I've called you here today to introduce to you the pack's newest members, and to have each of you introduce yourselves to them. They will be learning from you as they grow, and someday they will be hunting, fighting, and healing beside you as full members of Celestial. Please take a moment to tell them a small bit about yourself, so that they can begin to get to know their packmates." Turning to the pups, she indicated each of them as she named them formally to the pack. "Celestial, please welcome Artur Pendragon Adravendi, Caelia Blythe Adravendi, Geoffrey Meriadoc Adravendi, and Viviane Lyonette Adravendi. My other son is Cairo Lanze Adravendi - he is ill so not able to be here today, but please take a moment to introduce yourself to him later so that he can know you all as well." Giving the pups a gentle nudge to encourage them, she stepped back a bit to allow the rest of the pack to feel free to approach and introduce themselves.

OOC: deadline for the next round will be 9/3. Feel free to have your character introduce themselves and tell the pups a little about themselves. Pups can post now or wait to respond/tell a bit about themselves.