--give me your tired, your poor--

- a nocturnal creature by recently-formed habit, as she generally had to conform to the sleeping patterns of mercury. she straightened further, neck craning as she rose to her full height, curiosity deep upon her features. she glanced around, turning her head as she tried to locate the companion that she had grown so oddly attached to. she thought of calling for the irritable lad, but thought better of it--it would be unlikely that the animal would be the only one to hear her call. she looked about once more and saw the mist shifting to her right, and assumed that it was mercury. she settled down, a fond smile across her features.



- suddenly, a bloodcurdling sound erupted from the direction that she had been looking, and jupiter was once again on her paws, ears erect as she tried to locate the source of mercury's discomfort. the scream of the tasmanian devil faded into an equally bone-chilling growl tainted with a dangerous edge. the fiery-pelted she-wolf planted innocent curiosity deep into her features as she swiftly glided forth, only to encounter another she-wolf. the lass before her was of an earthy pelt, dappled with hues of caramel, her face accentuated by a hue of cream, almost similar to jupiter's owl-like face. behind her was a creature cloaked in a black, bristly pelt, with alabaster around its eyes and a bar of white crossing its chest. its beady, obsidian optics glared at the stranger, teeth bared, tail lifted, and fur standing tall.



- "oh, hello there!" came jupiter's cheerful greeting, delight shining in her eyes as she looked at the unknown wolf a few feet from her. she turned her gaze to mercury, blinking. "now, now, mercury, come here and quit that awful growling!" she chided, and the creature calmed, familiar with this pseudo-side of her owner and extremely aware of what lie masterfully masked behind the innocent persona she outwardly displayed. jupiter looked back at the femme, blinking. "i'm jupiter. who are you? i've never seen you around before. are you one of the new wolves here?" there had been an awful lot of new wolves arriving, with the volcano eruption and all. on the inside the orange fae was extremely wary of these new arrivals. so far, they had all proved to be ignorant, insolent beings without an ounce of intelligence. would this one prove to be the same?




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