Magnus still didn’t believe that he once lived here, rose amongst the ranks, and whatever else Sirius had told him about his apparent forgotten memories. He felt like there was still a lot he didn’t know, things Sirius avoided when telling him of his past. Nothing about the Armada or the lands within it felt familiar to him, so he was having a difficult time believing it. Sirius was adamant though, he just wished he could get something different out of someone else in this pack.

Loneliness was something that he had always been used to, but never had he felt so hollow. A large portion of his memories were gone apparently,  no one would talk to him for more than just a few minutes, and those that wouldn’t talk to him hardly even glanced his way. If he was a part of this pack before, wouldn’t others have more to say to him?

Magnus walked down the beachline, the tide high for the long, dark night but left just enough room to walk comfortably without dipping his remaining toes in the chilly, winterizing ocean water. His mind was focused on his thoughts, his eyes not even seeing what was before him as he traversed.

Unfortunately, walking was tiring and especially so on sand. He was quick to flop down, sand forcing itself out from beneath his heavy weight. Rolling onto his back, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath while he relaxed. He held his breath for just a moment, only to exhale when he opened his eyes. He had to blink once, twice, three times before his eyes would focus and see that above him were not stars. Stars don’t move. Stars don’t fall and land on your nose.

These were definitely not stars.

Magnus jumped up as best he could, scrambling to get his one rear leg underneath him and stand. The sand was his disadvantage however, shifting and causing his weight to falter on a single pillar. He snapped wildly at the swarm of strange, blue-flickering bugs that surrounded his head, kicking up sand as he struggled and flailed to get away.

"Speech!"

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Azure's night time patrol had taken him through the tall grasses and toward the beach, he'd soon have completed his route and be able to head home for a much needed rest before morning. Hanako was needier then normal in her pregnancy, and Az was finding it quite a struggle to keep up with the otherworldly nights they'd been plagued with (weird), his new position as co-alpha (extra weird) and on top of it all, new children who were growing within his fiance (the weirdest of all) Thankfully it all made him busy enough that there was little time to dwell on all the weirdness, for he assumed if he sat too long considering how his life was changing he might do something drastic and painful. A startled flurry of pawsteps caught his ear and Azure's trot quickened to a sprint as he moved down through the cypress trees toward the shore. The glowing blue fireflies had become more normal to him somehow, and he weaved through the clusters of bugs without a second glance toward the distressed wolf. Lightning bugs were the first thing he noticed, bobbing and swerving through the air seemingly as frantic as the wolf whom they circled. Azure's pawsteps slowed, recognizing both why the wolf was panicked and that the bugs posed no danger. To the dark man in the distance he yelled, "Don't move! They bite!" Trying to infuse as much worry into his voice as he could manage. OOC: At his distance / in the dark / unknowing Magnus is back, Az doesn't currently know who he is. When he gets closer he will clue in. "Speech"

Magnus struggled with the fireflies for sometime, struggling more to keep on his three feet than with the bugs, but struggling nonetheless. They didn't seem to be causing him any harm but he wasn't really slowing down to find out either. They were freaky, something he'd never seen before in this life or his distant past, and he really just didn't want them to be too close. He wasn't even aware of the other approaching, even though they were still distant and not easy to see in the seemingly never ending darkness that was apparently normal now.

The other wolf called out, warning him of their bite, but Magnus hardly did as told. He was most certainly not going to stop moving. That seemed like the prime opportunity to bite someone. It was much harder to bite a moving target, and so Magnus ignored the instructions and only heeded the warning that followed. It was starting to exhaust him though, with all the slipping and sliding in the sand that he was doing, snapping wildly at the bugs that seemed to be impossible to catch. Shouldn't he have caught one by now?

As soon as he thought it, a bitter taste filled his mouth and he stopped almost entirely just to get the foul taste from his mouth. With one of their own virtually eaten, the bugs seemed to calm down and moved away from the man, but continued to hover nearby as if they were watching him.


"Speech!"

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It was disappointing with how easily the newcomer had dismissed Azure's very helpful advice and warning - had word spread that fast on how untrustworthy he was? That was unfortunate, and Azure couldn't determine if it upset him because it would ruin his fun, or because as co-alpha he should probably be considered some font of knowledge. Ah, well. The wolf in the sand had eventually stopped flailing as the fireflies ended their assault and he trotted closer, a grin touching his maw. "Typically an alpha's word is given a bit more weight then that." He joked, as good-naturedly as Az could manage. Though as he drew closer the recognition hit him, the full moon reflecting off the water and lighting up the 'stranger' which was definitely not a stranger. Azure sighed, throwing himself down on his rump and displacing a cluster of fireflies which poofed beneath his weight. "Magnus? Fuck, I wasted all my friendly-socializing on the one wolf who doesn't deserve it." He complained. "The fireflies are harmless, they seem to disappear if you hit them hard enough and not in an explosion of guts, either. They just vanish." It was no fun poking at a wolf who already knew him, especially not one who'd already admitted he'd disliked him.   "Speech"

While he had finally managed to ward off the strange bugs, what he hadn't been prepared for was someone else to recognize him. He wasn't so sure he recognized this wolf, although he knew by appearances alone that he must be a child of Sirius. This wolf mentioned being the alpha as they approached, confusing the already beyond confused man. Sirius was the alpha, or had this younger son taken over? There hadn't been any sort of change that he was aware of, but he still wasn't sure exactly how much information was being withheld. He also wasn't sure that this seemed like a big deal, but it was just one more thing. Magnus was going to find out exactly what was going on, sooner or later anyway.

When the other wolf blurted out his name, sounding awfully annoyed, Magnus couldn't help but scowl at the older wolf. The fireflies buzzed nearby, making his skin crawl as he held back another snap in their direction. The young man continued on about the fireflies, admitting the truth, though Magnus hardly cared about the stupid little blue bugs now. They seemed to be minding their own business anyway, but Magnus could hear them buzzing and it only made his annoyance grow.

"Who are you?" He asked about as calmly as he could, wondering just exactly how he knew of him. Was it from before, when Sirius claimed he had been a part of this pack?


"Speech!"

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Magnus seemed to be giving less attention to the fireflies, which Azure took as either the man had accepted his word that they were not-quite dangerous, or he was annoyed enough to see Az that he didn't care if spooky glow bugs crawled up his ass and laid eggs while he wasn't paying attention. They floated above the wolves and danced on the wind, occasionally fading entirely out of existence and reappearing a few inches over with an extra vibrant glow. Azure waved one away from him casually with a paw, eyeing the thing suspiciously as it seemed to float through his fur and out the other side. Then Magnus gave his reply and Azure's paw fell to the ground in a shocked stamp, his jaw parting slightly in what could only be recognized as major-offense-taken. "Seriously?" He returned. "You've only known me most of my life, asshole. And now you disappear without a word and come back what, pretending you didn't fuck my aunt and weasel into my life?" Granted he didn't know much of Magnus and Deathbelle's relationship other then it had happened - nor was he quite close to the ex-Empress who'd essentially been a member of his adopted family for as long as he could recall - but he had more right to be offended the closer Magnus and his relationship appeared, so he'd use the knowledge as fuel regardless. He'd noticed Magnus snapping at the fireflies in frustration and gave a heavy sigh. "Stop chomping on them. We don't know if they're safe to consume, fireflies aren't supposed to glow, vanish, and phase through wolves." He scolded the man, knowing that should harm fall upon Magnus because he'd said nothing in warning, the fault would likely be placed upon Az. "Speech"

Magnus

A group of fireflies dances nearby, as if urging you to follow them. You also find 3 mushrooms. Maybe these are worth keeping…

Azure

A robin chirps disconcertingly from a nearby tree, its song croaking. The red of its chest seems brighter than normal somehow. You also find 3 mushrooms. Maybe these are worth keeping…