When Heavy Wings Grow Lighter
03-28-2014, 06:54 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-28-2014, 07:00 PM by Twig I.)
It had been but a few days since the last time she'd spoken to Alpine, since then her time had been spent sleeping. She knew he hadn't forgotten about her from the scent he left on the food Jinxx brought in for her. She has seen even less of the outside world, but it was now because she was letting her body recover. No longer did her eyes sag or seem dull, her pelt was beginning to show its usual shine once again. Physically she would improve dramatically, her bones would not protrude through her thinned fur. Mentally however there was still little improvement, she felt the hole engulf her and she still wasn't sure if she wanted to fight it. She wanted Fern with her, more than anything.?
It would take time but the she wolf would grow restless within her shared den. She needed to be out and stretching her slender limbs, she needed the sun upon her back. So, while Jinxx was away, because he would worry too much over her, she would slip from the confines of her prison and out to Wolf Paw lake. It was slow going, she was stiff and not used to holding up her own weight. She would make it though, safely to the water's edge. She could feel the summer ending, the leaves would soon be changing. The winter would overtake them within seasons, the tearing of her heart would continue as she couldn't help but think of how lonely the next few seasons would be. How much she would never be able to show Fern, how much she'd miss her. The girl would let herself fall to the shore, her orchid gaze peering over the waters surface.?
03-28-2014, 08:43 PM
The last Alpine had seen of Twig was when he had left her the ferret, it had been growing late and he knew it had been time to leave her to her sleep and her brother. Since then he had not entered her space for a few days, he had left the occasional kill outside her den but other then that he had left her to rest and recover, simply knowing that she had friends in this pack that she could count on whenever she needed them. He had seen nothing of her within the pack lands and knew that she had remained within the warmth and safety of her home as she recovered, and he longed to see her out against the sun, enjoying the day and the life that came with it.
So when he paced by his favourite lake and caught a sight of her against the soothing reflection of the still water he had stopped him steps in surprise. He had looked out at her for a long moment, noticing the changes in her appearance. He knew she had been eating the kill he left and the kill that others where sure to have brought her. He could see the fulling of her cheek bones and in her side, so that the ribs no longer poked painfully against her stretched skin. He also saw in the reflection her soft violet eyes, he could see the misty distance in them and knew that Fern still dominated her thought. He wasn't surprised, not really, he had seen her pain at its freshest, had seen how keenly she longest for her still-born child to be beside her and knew that it would be a very long time before she would be able to push such thoughts to the back of her mind and live her life without the constant shadow of grief beside her. The grief would never be gone of course, but her ability to deal with it would eventually out weigh its burden.
He let the moments tick by before he realised he had been standing there, staring at her and decided to dive into the coolness of the water, he felt the shock of its cold wash over him, and knew that summer really was leaving them. He stroked easily through the water as through he belonged within its depths and in no time was by her side of the shore. He waded a little closer until he was right before her and hovered there with a few gentle strokes.
?Twig, it's good to see you out and about?
He told her as he pushed himself to the surface and shook out his saturated coat, pelting her with flecks of cool water in the process, and would turn over-innocent eyes upon her as he did so, a friendly cheekiness barely hidden within his eyes.
"Speech"
03-28-2014, 10:31 PM
Her thoughts would be so preoccupied that she would not see the silver male until he was splashing into the water. Her head would swivel towards the slight commotion, watching curiously as Alpine made his way toward her through the water. Her features would seem rather neutral in appearance, though she would feel her lips turn the slightest bit.?Alpine was very much respectable in her eyes, an honorable wolf that she enjoyed having around. He held a special place in her heart, and he always would. He was one who had seen her very lowest point, much like her brother. That would be forever how she saw him, a comrade and brother she could look to for comfort and support when she needed. Were it not for his help but days ago she might have already stopped fighting. "It's Goo..." he would suddenly shake his pelt, the water droplets falling about her generously.?
She would shake her head lightly as the excess water would be expelled from her own features. "Good to see you too," she would continue, blinking the droplets from her lashes. She would feel a heavy sigh well up within her chest still, a reminder of the brokenness her heart felt. Her gaze had been averted as she tried not to drag the sweet wolf on her emotional roller coaster ride again. This was still the first day out, she was doing well do far. Composing her features she would look back to him, "Did you have a nice dip?" she would offer, continuing her efforts to stay focused on Alpine and not her darkened thoughts.?