Chasing Ghosts

Walk | Talk | Think

There was no snow upon the ground just yet in this warmer section of the land but the chill in the air was undeniable. Winter was upon them and with it Yin basked in her solitude, knowing that most others - at least those who held any lick of common sense - would be quickly finding themselves places to hole away in during winter, preferably pack lands where prey was plentiful and the company friendly. Good, the ghostly woman thought to herself with an irritable flick of her black tail, expression just as stoic and unchanging as ever, the more wolves in packs, the less chance I have of running into them out here.

Company had never really been her thing. She had been a solitary creature from the start, having such little patience for any and all that oftentimes even the most hospitable of acquaintances chose not to indulge in her company a second time if they did not manage to make enemies of each other right away. It was not that she so much as chose to make enemies of everyone but that she saw so little value in them. They were all the same petty, loathsome beings, hardly carrying any worth to their name. She had no use for them, none of them. The only one who had managed to mean anything to her had been her brother. Her twin, her opposite and counterpart in every sense of the words, was worth everything to her; he was everything she was not and yet he held no intolerance for her. He embraced her wholly, instilling in her hopes and wishes that as much festered as bloomed. They truly held no place inside her cold, icy countenance, but for him that little seed of sunshine and brightness would dwell.

It had been too long since she had seen him. Their separation was lasting much longer than she wished it to, but her searches for him had proven futile and useless up until this point. Might he be looking for her now, braving the worsening weather to locate his missing sister? Or could he possibly have abandoned the search entirely to seek shelter for himself. He's not that selfish, her thoughts answered immediately, defending him even against herself. And because looking for her was what he would have done - would be doing now - she did the same. She sought to find him, tracing unknown paths and hoping that he might show up, unaware of the conflicts and rivalries of the packs that she tread near.