Winters Soothing Kiss
05-24-2014, 09:53 AM
The juvenile had awoken with the shakes and cold waves wracking his body in the dead of night, a winter night. The smell of blood was heavy in his nostrils, even more prominent was the sense of something oozing down the fur of his muzzle. And despite this Kailos felt the need to cool off. The greyish pup wriggled away from his sleeping mother and sister, breathing hoarse as he crawled out of the den. Bane, his father, was lying all curled up and snow covered just above the entrance. The old wolf didn't stir as Kailos stumbled down the snow swept slopes of their hillside, the iced over lake just up ahead. He was sick, really sick, and didn't quite make it to the lakeside before he threw up. Mainly the contents of an empty stomach, but his headache felt even worse after it.
A groan left his muzzle as he staggered to the shores of the pack's lake. He felt as if he was dying, a wheezing sigh leaving his muzzle as he weakly snapped up some snow and placed a paw on the frozen lake with a whine. He spat out the sky water to rid most of the taste from his maw, the cold helped the hurt of his eye as he just laid there. Kailos rolled to the other side to help ease it's hurt, the sight of blood in the snow capturing his attention. A choked up sob left him, tongue trying to get at the wound as he curled up with a weak whine and let the snow cover him.
A groan left his muzzle as he staggered to the shores of the pack's lake. He felt as if he was dying, a wheezing sigh leaving his muzzle as he weakly snapped up some snow and placed a paw on the frozen lake with a whine. He spat out the sky water to rid most of the taste from his maw, the cold helped the hurt of his eye as he just laid there. Kailos rolled to the other side to help ease it's hurt, the sight of blood in the snow capturing his attention. A choked up sob left him, tongue trying to get at the wound as he curled up with a weak whine and let the snow cover him.
05-24-2014, 02:51 PM
{I'm guessing that Ballad can come in Ebony so they can treat her?}
The white wolf was twitching as she walked over the snow, little drops of blood landing easily in the snow. Her once pure white fur was stained with red, mainly around her eyes. The stench of dried blood and sickness filled the air, and she stumbled weakly. It was long before she saw a wolf, stumbling towards the frozen lake. Ballad struggled towards them, but soon twitched and heaved up frothy white liquid, letting out a low whimper afterwards. Finally, she saw that it was a pup, and actual tears, mixed with blood, rolled down her face, cleaning her fur a little. The girl moved closer, and licked the pup softly, the cold making her shiver. Why was it a pup? It could have been a grown wolf, and Ballad wouldn't have felt as bad as she did now. Finally, the girl curled around the pup, trying to keep it as warm as it could be for now, while letting out tiny sobs. She wasn't sure if she'd even make it through this sickness, if any wolf would make it through this sickness, but she would help this pup the best she could. She wanted to close her eyes, but the blood in her eyes wouldn't let her, and she whimpered.
Even though she wasn't a part of Ebony yet, a wolf said she needed treatment. So, because of that, she had assumed that she could come into pack territory until this was all over. But the white wolf was planning to join Ebony, when she got better, so she could be in a pack. A soft, wheezing sigh escaped her jaws and she looked down at the pup, before whispering something in his ear. "Don't worry, little one." Easier said than done. Even though she wasn't sure what the pup's parents would think about a strange wolf around their pup, she lowered her head on it anyway.
"Speech"
The white wolf was twitching as she walked over the snow, little drops of blood landing easily in the snow. Her once pure white fur was stained with red, mainly around her eyes. The stench of dried blood and sickness filled the air, and she stumbled weakly. It was long before she saw a wolf, stumbling towards the frozen lake. Ballad struggled towards them, but soon twitched and heaved up frothy white liquid, letting out a low whimper afterwards. Finally, she saw that it was a pup, and actual tears, mixed with blood, rolled down her face, cleaning her fur a little. The girl moved closer, and licked the pup softly, the cold making her shiver. Why was it a pup? It could have been a grown wolf, and Ballad wouldn't have felt as bad as she did now. Finally, the girl curled around the pup, trying to keep it as warm as it could be for now, while letting out tiny sobs. She wasn't sure if she'd even make it through this sickness, if any wolf would make it through this sickness, but she would help this pup the best she could. She wanted to close her eyes, but the blood in her eyes wouldn't let her, and she whimpered.
Even though she wasn't a part of Ebony yet, a wolf said she needed treatment. So, because of that, she had assumed that she could come into pack territory until this was all over. But the white wolf was planning to join Ebony, when she got better, so she could be in a pack. A soft, wheezing sigh escaped her jaws and she looked down at the pup, before whispering something in his ear. "Don't worry, little one." Easier said than done. Even though she wasn't sure what the pup's parents would think about a strange wolf around their pup, she lowered her head on it anyway.
"Speech"
05-25-2014, 02:31 PM
Walk | Talk | Think
Tahlia had slept peacefully there within the den, her children cuddled up beside her and soundly spending their night. Word of the illness that had crept into their territory had reached her, and she had done her best to keep her and hers away from it, safe where she thought they might not become part of the infected. She did not know if it would be enough - how even had it managed to get inside of the pack lands so far? - but she had taken her precautions. She wanted nothing to harm her family, no matter that they were all a part of Ebony and duty-bound to assist in any way they could.
An unexpected smell had permeated the den, so strong it even managed to rouse the restful mother from sleep. Bleary-eyed, she blinked her dark gold and cloudy eyes and allowed her seeing one to adjust to the darkness of the den, noting immediately a missing presence. It was cold where he should have been, the spot empty that he normally occupied, and as the smell finally registered - Blood? - her heart began to race. Where was Kailos? Why was there blood in the den?
She blinked, rose to her paws, possibly even unsettled Lior in her haste, and exited the den, stopping within the snow to peer up and over their shelter at her slumbering mate. If he roused now then he had not seen their son wander off before. Turning her attention ahead again, she found his paw prints,
much larger now than she remembered them being when they were just learning to walk, and she hurried after them, following the scent of her son...and the blood.
What she found initially was not her son. It was a white wolf, coiled upon the ground, spots of blood dotting the snow beside the place where she rested. Kailos? But she could just see him, lying beside the creature, his body seemingly still in place. Panic as well as a protective, possessive nature urged her paws forward in hasty leaps and a growl to begin low within her throat. Her ears pinned, her expression severe as she saw things only through her perspective: her son, bleeding, with some strange woman hovering beside his still form.
"Get away!" she yelled, charging the woman in an attempt to get her up and away from her son. Drawing blood was not her goal, but if it was necessary in order to protect her children she had no intention of hesitating. She bared her teeth, hackles raising as a mad sort of irrationality claimed her, oblivious to the blood that ran from her own eyes. "Get away from him!"
OOC: Tahlia's a bit protective of her kids around strangers and under the circumstances. x: Sorry.
05-25-2014, 02:53 PM
Ballad's eyes were half closed, but she shivered, her white fur fluffed up to keep the small pup she was curled around warm; she knew pups could freeze in this weather. She was shivering herself, but she didn't care about that, and it took a few moments before she noticed that the blood falling from her eyes was dropping on the small pup, and she raised her head a little. The white wolf thought of her siblings, and wondered, briefly, if they were alright, if any of them had gotten the sickness; at least, she hoped they hadn't. She didn't even want Scorpion, or Orchid, to get sick, even though they were too close to each other and not the others, it seemed like.
No scent touched her at any time, no wild predators that could come and hurt the tiny pup, and Ballad turned her head, only to see a strange wolf pulling herself from the den. A shiver went through her body, but she only thought that it was not the parents of the pup, that the pup had traveled so far that they wouldn't find him; she had thought that they would thank her for helping the young pup. But when the wolf began to get closer and closer, Ballad tried to struggle to her paws several times, so she could explain, but her constant twitching made it impossible for her to do that. Ballad closed her eyes as best as she could, waiting to be attacked. A fear scent went through the air, coming from her, and she struggled to get to her paws.
Finally, as the wolf got closer, and began to yell at her, Ballad got to her paws, and scooted away from the pup, her brown eyes opening and blinking back blood, as she twitched and moved away from the pup. Jaws opened to speak, but frothy liquid came out again, and the white wolf said nothing, her body trembling as she stared at the other wolf. A soft whimper escaped her throat, and she struggled to speak, making soft gasping noises. He's sick. I was just trying to help him so he wouldn't freeze. I didn't want him to die in this weather. Please, don't hurt me. Please.... Ballad's brown eyes were full of fear, and her tail was tucked between her legs as she finally managed to speak.
"I'm.......I'm so sorry. But your son is sick, and I found.......I found him laying out here. I was scared that he would freeze to death. I'm really sorry, but I would never hurt a pup."
"Speech"