Have You Seen My Teaddy Bear?
Eligos!
10-25-2020, 07:29 PM
It had been a long time since he'd been in Auster, and longer yet since he'd been here. Not since he was a pup, before they'd moved to the castle. It was a little eerie, to walk here and not hear his siblings' laughter as they played in the idyllic little clearing. Cypher and Kida, sensing the oddness of his mood, remained silent wraiths beside him as he revisited old haunts. He felt somewhat like a ghost himself, wandering here, and thought he heard the phantom echoes of his childhood.
But then the echoes he heard were definitely NOT from his childhood, but rather from a very angry bear, very nearby. He spun reflexively to see that it wasn't him that had angered it, but a star-speckled monochrome male with brightly colored eyes, being faced down by a large angry grizzly. Eligos stood silently a moment, and was inclined to simply withdraw. It wasn't, after all, his problem. But Kida, usually the more pragmatic and calm of the two dogs, was already charging into the fray with a snarl ripping from her throat. Cypher glanced up at Eligos with a startled, uncertain expression before racing after his partner to back her up.
Eligos sighed, but he couldn't let them go after a bear with just a stranger for backup, of course, so he dropped himself into that battle-oriented mindset and bounded after them. They were coming at the bear from the side and slightly behind him, so they weren't immediately noticeable to the big bruin.
At least, until Kida hit him like a tiny mack truck and latched onto the back of his thigh. He roared and started to spin, but then Cypher did a slashing bite on his forepaw as he sprinted past, and the grizzly spun after him. Until Eligos hit him with a shoulder into his unprotected flank with his full weight behind it. The bear was clearly confused, in pain, and furious, and if they could just keep building on the first two they might be able to chase him off. No point in killing the bear if they could avoid it.
But then the echoes he heard were definitely NOT from his childhood, but rather from a very angry bear, very nearby. He spun reflexively to see that it wasn't him that had angered it, but a star-speckled monochrome male with brightly colored eyes, being faced down by a large angry grizzly. Eligos stood silently a moment, and was inclined to simply withdraw. It wasn't, after all, his problem. But Kida, usually the more pragmatic and calm of the two dogs, was already charging into the fray with a snarl ripping from her throat. Cypher glanced up at Eligos with a startled, uncertain expression before racing after his partner to back her up.
Eligos sighed, but he couldn't let them go after a bear with just a stranger for backup, of course, so he dropped himself into that battle-oriented mindset and bounded after them. They were coming at the bear from the side and slightly behind him, so they weren't immediately noticeable to the big bruin.
At least, until Kida hit him like a tiny mack truck and latched onto the back of his thigh. He roared and started to spin, but then Cypher did a slashing bite on his forepaw as he sprinted past, and the grizzly spun after him. Until Eligos hit him with a shoulder into his unprotected flank with his full weight behind it. The bear was clearly confused, in pain, and furious, and if they could just keep building on the first two they might be able to chase him off. No point in killing the bear if they could avoid it.