((Post dated to a bit before Armada moves, sorry meant to get this going sooner))

Malachai stood before the lands he'd known his whole life as belonging to the Armada, as news had reached him of the plans for the pack. This had pushed up his own plans, it was time he stop dawdling. He had agreed to join Grimshaw but they hadn't exactly set a deadline... Well... Now they had one. The man would tip his head back and call for three wolves, the first would be his cousin, Venom. The next was the Warlord himself Sirius and finally the last was for Grimshaw, whom he mostly expected was waiting for him anyways. He wanted this to be as smooth as possible, no running back and forth between alphas if he could help it.

It was time.

"Malachai Cain Klein"

Art by Cebochka

CODE & ART © SKELLE 2022
"Speech!"
With the Armada moving soon Grimshaw had a lot on his plate. What was once readying his den for his lover to join him was now packing everything up and getting ready to move. He was nervous that Malachai would change his mind with the Armada choosing to move farther north and away from Ashen, but more than grateful to have him by his side during another big move. From the Hallows in Boreas to the Hallows in Auster, to a loner running around with a band of other boys, then to the Armada, and then farther north with the Armada still was a lot for the young man. He hoped the move there would be final, even if he hadn't seen the place for himself to know if he'd like it.

The call for Venom, then Sirius, and then him got his heart racing. He was finally ready and Grimshaw couldn't wait. He left his personal task and hurried across the borders and to the shrine to find the dark man waiting there for him, the Empress, and the Warlord. He approached quickly, closing the distance between them fully and kissing his lover on the cheek before moving to sit by his side.

every second i'm without you i'm a mess

Malachai wasn’t a wolf that had ever really caused her much trouble, he was dependable when needed but as she lost herself in her own struggles she hadn’t seen him nearly as much. When he called Venom had a hunch about what this meeting might be about. The call for Sirius was the real mystery to her. She would find out soon enough.

White gloved paws carried the Empress to where the two dark pelted men awaited the Ashen alpha and Armada Warlord. She gave both a quick nod of her head, accepting her feeling as fact by the look of them. "Malachai,” she greeted before taking her seat before the pair, certain Sirius would appear any moment.

"Venom"

The call from within Ashen surprised him, and the Warlord put aside his tools and hopped to his paws. Making his way to the border. A call for himself, Venom, and Grimshaw was a strange and unusual mixture. He wasted no time (lol, unlike Sea) in trotting over to the border between the Shrine and the plains and finding the wolves there.

He nodded first towards Venom with a small smile for her, before seating himself near her and looking at Grim and the stranger. Realising as he did so that Malachai’s scent was familiar. He had taken advantage of the allowance of Ashen wolves in Armada before. A friend of Grims, no doubt.


"Speech"

Grimshaw would arrive first and Malachai grinned widely, leaning into the kiss from his partner and gently resting a forepaw on one of Grim's when the other man settled beside him. Next would be his cousin and soon enough the warlord. Malachai gave both of them a respectful nod but he really wasn't one for pleasantries, instead, he'd rather get to the point, so he did. "I'm going to be blunt." He warned, the only one they'd get, he wouldn't be rude he really wasn't one for fancy language, he'd just say what needed to be said.

"Venom, I'd like to leave Ashen, and if possible I'd like to join Armada." He first spoke to Venom but his attention would be turned to Sirius when the warlord's packs was mentioned. He knew that in the end this was in both alpha's paws, he could fight for his right to leave and was prepared to if he had to, but he couldn't force Sirius to accept him. "Grimshaw and I-" He cut himself off. His lack of social skills certainly left him grasping for the right words, Malachai looked at Grim, a soft smile pulling at his lips a moment of genuine emotion from a wolf who hardly showed anything deeper than impassivity or anger. "I don't think I could be happy away from him."

"Malachai Cain Klein"

Art by Cebochka

Sirius was swift to appear after she did and the greetings were swift as attention shifted to Malachai and his brisk words. He hadn’t ever been the most eloquent of the Klein blood, taking after his mother in a lot of ways. He spoke and Venom was slightly taken aback, he wanted to leave. That was it, there was no discussion about bringing Grimshaw into Ashen, he just wanted to go with him. Pale brows lowered curiously as she contemplated what was being told to her. He wanted to be with the one he loved. Venom couldn’t and wouldn’t fault him for that. What she did want to know was why he was so swift to leave the pack he was born in, instead of asking for his love to join him. Of course, it would be easier to let him go knowing he would be headed to her closest ally.

"I am not opposed to the two of you being together, but I must ask why you asked to leave me, instead of asking for your love to come here?” She spared a glance to Sirius, who would know she had no opposition to the Armada. Venom looked to Grimshaw then. "Do you have a quarrel with Ashen?”

"Venom"