Played Fire on the Mountain

The seas wine red; This is the death of beauty

this is the time and this is the place to be alive

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The secret of the surrounding foliage, proved to be another wolf - a much smaller, darker female with glowing yellow eyes. Champion wasn't sure where'd come from exactly, but she seemed to appear like magic before her path. She was a tad defensive, but not overly agressive, so Champion didn't even feel the need to slip into any sort of fighting crouch, or raise her hackles. She just listened the other wolf's words:

Rogue band? Well that explained the scents. Seemed this one was a border sentry or a scout. Compared to Champion she didn't pose much of a threat, but the mammoth couldn't help but admire the girl for her pluck. She was stupid about it either - she didn't put on some big see-through show of defense, she just help her ground and asked her questions calmly. Champion could appreciate that. In fact... there was something about the girl that was oddly familiar. She didn't know her scent or anything but she reminded Champ of someone else- Secret! Miss Secret from the old days back in Tortuga before the move. That was who this girl reminded her of! Both were small-ish black faes, older than Champion, who she had first met upon borders. Perhaps the quirk of a similarity was just that -a random, meaningless quirk, but it gave the golden bear another reason to be pleasant.

"Well stranger," said the ex-Beta in a voice that, though still young and energetic sounding was almost too deep to be feimine, "My name is Champion, and my purpose is simply a swim. I didn't realize the cove had been claimed, but if you'll direct me to some less active part of it, I'll make sure I stay out of anyone's way." She kept her body language relaxed as she talked. She couldn't help being big and muscular and intimidating, nor could she untwist her tail from's it's Alpha like knot over her back, but she could keep her shoulder's relaxed, her expression casual, and her tongue lolling out - she had a bit of a run here after all. A sudden spark of inspiration came to her, and she added: "You could even join me as a guard, if you like." It was less a precaution, and more just an invitation. It was high time Champion meet some other decent wolves.


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