This Race is a Prophecy [Ebony Exploration]
10-09-2014, 06:26 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-09-2014, 06:36 AM by Valeriya.)
Ullr was the first to appear, and this struck Valeriya as both surprising and expected. He was a bit timid at times, she'd wondered if such a venture would appeal to him, but he also seemed to want to be by her side. She smiled at the sigh of her friend. "Ullr," she said, tail lifting and smile on her lips. "You came!" He addressed her as Valkyrie, as he had during their flight from the storm, and she knew that now would be the time to correct him even as the rest of the question thrilled her. "Just Val is fine, Ullr. My full name is actually Valeriya, Valkyrie is more of a nickname. But hey, whatever suits you. I've been called worse regardless! You'll have to stick with one or the other though, if you're staying around. Of course you can join us! Will your sister be staying as well?" She hoped he would not see the discrepancy as deception. To think that she would be able to go on more such ventures with Ullr was a wonderful possibility, and she shuffled her feet to vent the excitement building within her. Lox looked up at her friend with a mixture of confusion and wry amusement. Where was the leader she had seen during the calamity? This young woman seemed no more than a pup at times, and the shifts always happened rapidly enough to leave Lox in the dust. Next came Nikolai. The Lord looked in fine form, and she was pleased to see that he had not been injured in the previous season's hardships. His pale coat seemed well in order, and his eyes bright as he came to join her. She leaped in before he could say anything. "Lord Nikolai! You are coming along on this venture as well? Excellent, I'll be glad for your company." In the presence of another wolf of Old Ebony, Valeriya's speech would change to the more proper cant she had been taught. It was not a conscious decision on her part, but it happened all the same. She was about to open her mouth and ask him how the season had been treating him so far when yet another member of Ebony appeared. The silent knight would come next. Val had seen little of his sister since their joining, but she was pleased to see that it didn't mean Solas would be disappearing as well. He would not speak, and Val would respect his wish to remain on the silent side by giving him a warn nod only, welcoming him with her eyes. A fourth member would follow in his footsteps. She had not spent much time at all with this male, so she was more than happy to see him appear now. It was her duty to know them all, right? And you could not love a leader you were not acquainted with. But all the same, she remembered him from Katja's leaving, and addressed him with a courteous nod of the head and a beaming smile. "Sir Galahad! You'll make five on this venture if you mean to join us. I can't imagine we'll run into more than this number can handle." Mischievous light twinkled in her cerulean eyes, lending her youthful frame a bounce and jounce that spoke of possibility. Nothing thrilled the young queen quite like exploration, like something new. And here she was, setting off into the unknown with friends and loved ones and she decided then and there that nothing in the world could be better than that. Val set off down the land bridge at a trot, paws carrying her over the soft sand, while he senses captured everything there was to see. This land was marvelous. It's features were that which Val had never seen, never deemed imaginable. It spoke of ancient occupation, of an oldness she could not fathom. The sweeping hills, vast forests, spires of stone and plethora of prey could only mean to her that this rich land had been birthed long before their own. The terras she led her band through were all as diverse as they were bountiful, in both resource and beauty. Each new location was harder to tear herself away from. She often found herself lookiing over her shoulder, left and right, at the wolves that surrounded her with exuberant awe. When they came to the vale of Aspen trees and rolling plains, with the bulging, winding river she stopped in her tracks. Far in the distance a masive herd of elk was making its way down the distant slopes, grazing as it went. A brisk wind tousled the golden ocean of grasses and brought forth scents strong of harvest and fading summer and prey. Val could only sit down and stare in wonder. What sort of eden had they stumbled upon? |
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