Listening For the Silence
She once again found herself unable to sleep. She assumed both uncle and Ignis would be in the same boat, but she hadn't stuck around to truly find out. She had slipped away and headed away from the den. Nothing against either of them, but right now she just needed her space. The news she had learned earlier in the day had once again thrown a shattering blow to her and though she had done her best to try to keep herself together she was finding that she was loosing control the longer she went. The emotions she had tried so hard to force back down were resurfacing and she was finding herself in a situation that she couldn't control them again and instead of letting her remaining family see her break for a second time she ran.
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Boris the Boar and Lorenzo the opossum are assumed to be with her at all times.
Note: I do not have a reference of her scars yet, please refer to her appearance section of profile to read about them
Her eyes were getting heavy at last as she wandered the plains, her body finally ready to admit that sleep was a better idea than wandering in the dark. Ice and snow crunched under her paws and, unaware that she was not alone, Rhea didn't try to conceal the noise she made as she walked. After a while, she plopped down and turned to look up at the stars, sucking in a breath as she marveled at the lovely twinkling lights and let her woes leave her mind for a moment. "I wonder if you wishing on stars really works," she mused before yawning softly. It was only after she'd said the words that she realized a pack mate she wasn't terribly familiar with was laying nearby.
"Oh, sorry! I didn't mean to intrude," she squeaked, emerald eyes wide and doe-like.
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The rest of the world seemed to fade away for the time as she tried to count the amount of stars she could see in the sky. This task kept her busy because she continuously lost count (how could anyone possibly be successful at this), but she found herself distracted and it was a bit relaxing. She didn't even seem to get upset when she would loose count time and time again. She wasn't being at all alert, figuring the pack territory would be safe enough that she didn't have to be like she was the short time she was a loner. She didn't hear the initial approach of the other girl. When the girl grew closer the crunching grew louder and she found it made it extremely difficult to focus shifting her head lightly she looked to see the other come close and plop down to look at the stars.
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Boris the Boar and Lorenzo the opossum are assumed to be with her at all times.
Note: I do not have a reference of her scars yet, please refer to her appearance section of profile to read about them
When the soft reply came Rhea visibly began to relax, though she still held an air of nervousness about her as she glanced uncertainly towards the younger, dark-furred wolf. Gosh, Rhea really needed to pay attention to the world around her better! That and maybe acquire some improved social skills while she was at it. As soon as she'd realized she wasn't alone she'd started feeling a bit nervous. That feeling didn't normally leave until she got to know the wolf she was talking to. Rhea also didn't really talk to all that many wolves these days.
The other girl went on to give her melancholic response to Rhea's previously posed question. A slight frown creased her brow as she glanced from the speaker to the twinkling stars above them and canted her head briefly. "Hm. I suppose there's some things that you just can't cheat your way through, huh?" For a moment she wondered if she might find a kindred spirit in the other girl. What sort of things was she wishing about? Rhea would wish that her brother Aiden might show up again. She'd also considered wishing to go back to a time when her parents were better but... that seemed like the wish that was less likely to be fulfilled.
With a start she looked back to the fiery-eyed girl. "Oh, I forgot to introduce myself, sorry! I'm Rhea."
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Her social skills were not the greatest either and it didn't help with the kind of mood she had been in all night. She just wanted to feel better and that was it and maybe this girl could help her out. Curiously she looked over to the girl for a moment before looking to the ground in front of her feet. So wondered why this wolf may want to wish upon the stars. What wishes did she have? Her words made Actaea look to her again, thinking over the words with a light smile coming to her lips. There was truth in that. If they could cheat thier way through things it would make life way to easy. What kind of characters would it build in others? She could see laziness being at the forfront.
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Boris the Boar and Lorenzo the opossum are assumed to be with her at all times.
Note: I do not have a reference of her scars yet, please refer to her appearance section of profile to read about them
"Nice to meet you too. Have you been here very long? I haven't really met a lot of the newer members. Guess that's why I'm short on friends," she mused. The friendly, nice reception for Actaea did give her some small hope that that might change though. It felt silly to hope that she'd make a friend, but, she kind of wanted someone to hang out with. Corvus was cool, and she loved her brother, but they didn't have all the same interests and it would be good to have someone else to talk to.
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She seemed to agree which made Actaea think that there was a chance more then just simple conversation could come from tonight. She wouldn't admit it really, but she didn't have any friends either. She had Uncle and her brother who were constantly there, but friends? Shaye was her mentor and Rhyme she viewed as just a more powerful male figure in her life. In fact if she really thought hard about it she couldn't say she ever had friends even in Ruina. It had always been much older wolves that she simply seen as mentor like figures in her life. Until coming to Abaven she never had anyone her age except for her siblings.
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Boris the Boar and Lorenzo the opossum are assumed to be with her at all times.
Note: I do not have a reference of her scars yet, please refer to her appearance section of profile to read about them
"When I'm not attending lessons... Uhm, well I try to do a lot of hunting, that's sort of my main skill I guess. I'm not spectacular at it but I do my best. And when I'm not doing that I like to walk around the pack lands sometimes, or visit the nearby lands. There's a really pretty lake north of here that I like a lot. Maybe we can visit it together sometime, if you'd like?" She looked hopefully at Actaea, tail wagging lightly. Rhea wasn't the most adventurous wolf ever, but it might be fun to go places if she had someone to go with her! Lots more fun that wandering around all by herself and getting scared that she might get lost or something.
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She nodded as Rhea spoke saying that there wasn't many their age. She had thought after seeing all these adults that there hadn't been a lot of younger wolves. There was a few she rattled off that were of age or close to. She kept in mind those names so that hopefully she could meet them.
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Boris the Boar and Lorenzo the opossum are assumed to be with her at all times.
Note: I do not have a reference of her scars yet, please refer to her appearance section of profile to read about them
"We should definitely do that then. I never like going alone anyway." she admitted. Somehow going new places by herself was even less fun than being home alone. Hopefully she and Actaea could find some things to bond over. "Hunting isn't too hard, you just gotta practice being sneaky and planning ahead. Although even when you're really good I guess most hunts end in failure. What do you like to do?" Since taea wasn't a hunter or much of an adventurer Rhea kind of guessed that she'd either be into healing or fighting... or maybe making stuff.
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Actaea smiled again, this time her tail wagging as Rhea said they definitely should go then. It would be nice to have someone more her age to hang around and if she got to go on some adventures she was down for it.
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Boris the Boar and Lorenzo the opossum are assumed to be with her at all times.
Note: I do not have a reference of her scars yet, please refer to her appearance section of profile to read about them
"That sounds cool," Rhea said, interested in the idea of crafting especially. "Have you tried crafting very many things? What kinds of stuff have you tried making?" The night felt a lot less empty and dark sitting here and chatting like this.