Kreft would slowly walk towards the old river bed with a hunch in his back, even though in this season he had aged another year he didn’t seem to care. No matter how much he aged things seemed to stay the same, at least in his mind. He looked down at the thin trails of gold that ran through the sides of the river bed, ever since he had joined this pack he seemed to be drawn to this area when he needed to think. Although the beauty of the marble and gold eluded him whatever he had felt once while looking at them had faded into the background. He walked away from the edge and sat down, he hadn’t yet held fight training for the pack since his promotion to a Commander. For some reason he just hadn’t felt like interacting with other wolves , he decided that he better do something with his position before he lost it. So the brute of a man let out a howl calling the pack together for fight training. OOC: after the meeting, round ends the 16th ""

The commander had given out a call. The special corps woman had been patrolling the borders all the same, her large body coming towards the male. No one seemed to be very active in this pack, not even Kreft himself. She was not one to judge but with the downfall of their president's mentality it was almost like all their walls had been thrown out in full force. Amachi had a small daughter to care for and she already felt the eyes that stared at her from behind those blue hues. Regardless of this, she would join him. It was not her position that brought her here, simply duty out of the pack. She didn't mind helping fight for the training. After all with what Arian planned to do, they needed all the strength they could get. Her tail flickering upwards, the future was unclear. She flashed a nod to Kreft before taking a seat. ""

The man knew very little about fighting, and what he did know was that he sucked at it. So when the call came from one of the wolves of Sonticus, Ravine would answer just as he had for the meeting. He didn't sprint to the call but he didn't take his time either. Hunting was his specialty and always would be, but as he had told his previous alpha, learning the other trades would hurt nothing. If anything learning all of the other things would do nothing but make him a more valuable asset to his pack and to anyone who relied on him. His thoughts would go to Akemi as he wondered if she too thought that this would be a good idea. Upon his arrival his would give a small nervous nod to the other two wolves. He knew neither of them, but he had to get over his fear of meeting other wolves. He was part of a pack and trusting others was a part of that. The black and white man was no longer alone which meant that he needed to trust these wolves and they needed to trust him. He had to become more active in the pack to do so though as he had not formally met either of these wolves. He was pretty sure one of them sat behind him at the meeting but he wasn't positive since he had been more worried about the bloodied male at the President's feet. Quickly and quietly Ravine would take a seat only a few feet from the others and waited to see if others would come to learn. Aqua eyes would settle on the brown male and a bit of the nervous edge that he seemed to constantly carry would fade. Speech,

Avalon

Large paws carried her towards the call. She hadn't been entirely active within the lands, most of her time spent outside of the borders pining for her lost family. She missed them, and though her heart would never fill that hole of loss, she had to find some way to move on from it. It would be a long road, and it would be six years now since seeing her mother and father...yet she still clung desperately to hope. Maybe she could distract herself with the training, glad that one of the least seen members was finally doing his job. Though she had to admit, she wasn't doing the best job at the moment either. There wasn't much going on to advise Arian just yet, but hopefully soon. With a sigh, she emerged from the brush and approached. She nodded to Amachi, a woman she still hardly knew, but then again...she still hardly knew those she lived with. She wasn't quite sure what to think of it. Was this really the right place for her to be? "Kreft, Amachi. Nice to see you two." She greeted each in turn, then fiery gaze fell to a male she'd not seen before, though his scent was...so familiar. "I don't think we've met before, what's your name?" She stood near Ravine, trying to figure out his lineage as it kept trying to pick her mind.

With the circumstances, Anaeia didn't seem to be too far from her new mother figure since she arrived, but only remaining within the packlands, too frightened of what may lay beyond them in the darkness. So she stalked after the gigantic woman, keeping her head low and ears against her head. It was how she always walked around, always worried something might jump and drag her away. She had to push it back however because where her mother was going was a group of wolves, still something she had trouble getting used to. So silently she moved in, coming up behind Amachi and brushing her side before taking a seat.

It wasn't long before a call summoned the pack for a certain little get together. Though he didn't care much for heeding the call, he was more interested in seeing how the wolves here fared in a fight. Frankly, he wouldn't be surprised if they fumbled over their feet, or bit their own tails as they tried to chase one another like children. He'd seen it in a small pack before, and it was really embarrassing. He hoped this pack wasn't too disappointing, but he wouldn't get his hopes up too much. As he stalked towards those gathered, amber gaze saw the very large figure that was splattered with a very unusual coat. The one that'd been eyeing him with Arietta in plain sight, and clearly disturbed. He smiled and winked at Amachi as his gaze then fell to a small child by her feet. He stared for a moment before turning his gaze up and stopping mere feet from the one who called them together. A rather mocking look in his eye as if to say "This is all who showed? How sad." If it were Sin, he'd make sure everyone showed up unless they were dying or their limbs were torn off. This was unacceptable in his eyes, but as it was the pack was still quite small. He would not bow to Kreft, his head and stature remained tall and proud as he waited to see what the man would do next. "Speech"

Xephyris was late to arrive, but he wouldn't ignore the call to some fight training. At last, their Commander had brought the pack together for some much-needed battle training. About time, the young male thought impatiently. Their President was raising young pups now, and the pack was only just gathering to prepare themselves to fight and defend. He thought it was all a little too late, but better now than never, he supposed.

Finally his large, heavy paws brought him to the gathering, where he saw that several wolves had gathered before his arrival. However, it didn't look like they'd gotten started yet, so it wasn't too late for him. He eyed Sin for just a moment, then let his silver gaze cast upon the other members present. He was curious to see Amachi's talents, as she was a truly massive female. Surely she must be able to inflict some damage to an opponent. Yet, he was also curious to see the talents of the others, Avalon and Ravine as well. But most importantly, he wanted to gauge his own skills. Would Kreft pair the wolves himself, or would they choose their opponents? Xephyris didn't care either way, he just wanted to work on his strategy so he could improve himself for real combat.

Fight training was right down his alley despite his disposition as others would call it. Coming into the meeting his white ears would flick to the noises and his nose picking up the scents. Sin from the meeting their new beta, was here. It only compelled him more to be here as he was indeed a fighter. That was what he had been trained for since his younger years. His reason for fighting was to protect those he cared about. While he really only had Avalon, it was important that all the women in this pack be protected. Taking a seat he would mostly ignore the other members as he would listen to the leader of this session. Glad that someone other than the alphess was taking a hold on something. Although his tail flicked back and forth he dipped his head and gave a smile. Being aware of the other wolves around him. "Talk"

When the meeting was called to an end a male had wandered off and summoned them, she wasn't sure why but since her father followed after him she assumed it was something decently important. Picking herself up the girl followed, tail flicking as she moved past the gathered wolves, clearing keeping space between her and them as if they held some sort of sickness she could catch by physical touch. Climbing down from the shit she followed behind a couple feet into a new area filled with their scent, an extended part of their territory.

Upon approaching the small gathering Paradox would catch her father's voice, blue gaze sweeping over the others briefly before returning to the man. "No wonder she is giving you such a position." Voice was collected, obviously meant to be hurt but at the same time not purposely trying to insult, oddly enough. Going silent she would sit herself beside sin and await for what might happen, and see if she would be participating or not.

Akemi did not like this, not one bit. The sudden shifting in power for the beta position had left the female feeling uneasy, memories stirring within her mind that had her wondering. The scarred female would hesitate, debating about going to the battle training, but finally, seeing that Ravine was absent from the den, she would head off to join him where the others were gathered. Not a large grouping by any means, but hey, they were here, weren't they? The female would glance at Sin, at his daughter, and then sit herself by Ravine. She would lean into him, giving a soft sigh. "Sorry I'm late." She would apologize not to Kreft, but to Ravine, glancing to the brown furred male. "..." Her trust issues were beginning to rear up again, and she was feeling like the only one she could trust right now was Ravine. "Listen to me talk," 'or read my thoughts.'

Cypress wasn't sure what he was feeling either. It was a sense of unease, a sense that things were wrong. He would pad towards the call of Kreft, a man whom he had tried to speak with in the past and had failed. Cy felt a bit more out of place in the pack then he had before, but he trusted Arian. He loved her. He loved their children. He would do everything in the world for them and if that meant getting to know this Sin character then that was what he would do. He knew it was wrong to judge a book just by their cover.

He would arrive to see a rather decent gathering a wolves before them, though Sin didn't seem to think so. He would give a soft snort, shooting a look at the man. "We are a small pack. We are lucky those of us who are able bodied showed when we did." The man, still healing from his previous wounds, would take a seat, ears flicked back as his mind burned with thought. Gods, give him strength.

"Speech"

Kreft would watch as the pack slowly filed in, he was slightly surprised that anybody even bothered to show up.  At first what he had to work with didn’t seem too promising, then the rest of the pack filed in one by one. As wolves came his mind formulated ways to best test them, he really wanted to test this man they called Sin. At the meeting Arian had announced that he would be the beta, Kreft hadn’t heard of this man actually working to earn what he had so Kreft wanted to prove to himself that Sin had any worth when it came to fighting. He also wanted to test those in the pack who were at a disadvantage. When the flow of wolves seemed to stop, Kreft would stand up and start to speak. “If you came at my call it must mean you came to fight, so I won’t waste anymore of my breath on introductions.” He would wait for any possible looks the wolves would give to each other to happen before speaking again  “The two small ones will be together, (Ana, Akemi) The Blind one and the one back there avoiding us are together (Jack, Paradox) Avalon and the one with the white ears (Ravine), Cypress and the one I havn’t mentioned yet (Xephryis), finally will be me and Amachi fighting against Sin.” He didn’t care an ounce whether or not the wolves were happy with their pairs they got what they got and if they complained they would have to answer to his teeth.

The next wolf to arrive would first great the other two wolves and then turn to him stating that she didn't think they had met before only to ask his name. "You kind of yelled at me at the meeting...well you yelled at a few of us but other than that I don't think we have. I'm Ravine Tsarev, what's yours?" his words had come out as if he held no grudges towards her, and he didn't. She had simply been worried about the other wolf, and had been mad because no one else had stepped up to help. He understood that. The sound of others arriving would temporarily draw his attention from the woman only to make the hair on his neck rise. The white male with red markings, Sin evoked feelings in Ravine that he didn't hold for very many creatures. From the moment the black and white male met him, he instantly disliked him. He didn't like the man's attitude and he didn't like the fact that Arian had placed him as beta based on who he reminded her of. Sadly there was nothing he could do about it, in fact all he could do was learn how to fight. If Akemi decided she wanted out then he figured they would have to fight their way out. Where Akemi goes, Ravine would follow. When he felt Akemi lean into his side, he would in turn lean into her as if they were supporting each other. She would speak an apology and Ravine would reassure her. "It's alright, you haven't missed anything." with that said one other wolf would arrive and then Kreft would begin to pair everyone up with a sparing partner. When the other male stopped pairing Ravine would turn back to Avalon to speak. "I guess you and I are partners then." Speech,

The yearling pressed into her mother's side as more wolves began to show, people she had only see from a distance while holed up in the den and some she had never even seen before. Chin tucked into her neck, mismatched eyes looking to the ground while the wolves gathered, just barely lifting to see just how many people were here. In total, eight. Anaeia gulped, not used to being around such a large group, immediately regretting her decision in following her mother to this place. And two of them were a bit scary, a ma with strange markings on his pelt that smelled like old blood and a heavily scarred female. The girl tried her hardest not to look at them.

A man's voice, the one who was here before her and the others started to arrive, spoke up. Anaeia would lift her head a bit to glance towards him but not directly meet his gaze, ears flicking forward. He said something about fighting and instantly her eyes went wide and she looked up to her mother, ears folding back. They were going to fight?! Surely Amachi could see the fear in her daughters eyes, but as the man continued talking ad pairing people, it felt like the girl lost her chance in slipping away back to her den.

It seemed there was no escaping it however, and as the girl looked to the other wolf she could feel that fear growing as it was the scary scarred lady. Gulping down she slowly and almost shaking as she stood up and padded forward in small steps, tail tucked in and head low. ”W-we... we fight?” She questioned in a near whisper, trying hard to not meet the woman's eyes or really get too close.

After taking her seat, Paradox would really take a moment to inspect the group of wolves gathered here. The lot didn't look like much, and in her eyes the only ones who really looked ready for this was a gigantic woman with strange markings crossing her body [Amachi], a male made up of greys [Xeph] and a scarred woman missing her ears and tail [Akemi]. It brought a sigh from the girl, giving a small shake of her head, smiling a little bit at Cypress's comment about their numbers. Oh well, they would soon learn they had to step up or risk being wiped out by stronger forces. She wasn't too sure about the brown female and blind one though, it would be a waste of time on them.

Thankfully things were getting started, the one she assumed called them began to pair people up right away. Unfortunately she was paired with the blind male, earning a small scoff from Paradox as she stood up and gave herself a small shake. No words would be spoken Kreft or her father as she strolled away, coming up to Jack and scraping her caws across the ground. "Me, you, let's go." She said simply, turning away and moving a few feet away so the other pairs would not get in the way.

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Xephyris eyed each pack member that made their way to gathering where Kreft had called them for their training. Some of them looked determined, but others seemed nervous and uncomfortable. It looked like they could all use some toughening up; how would they defend themselves if they shied away from battle training? Silver eyes landed on Paradox for a few moments - he'd seen her at the meeting, she was Sin's daughter. She looked tough, and he wondered who she'd be paired up with.

At last Kreft would decide upon the pairs, and as he listed each wolf, Xeph scowled slightly. His name hadn't been mentioned yet... was he going to be ignored? Ears perked when he was finally mentioned, and he was paired up with Cypress. Interesting. He glanced over at the male, who still seemed to be healing from his previous wounds. He wondered how Arian's mate would fight, but if he had showed up for the training then he must be well enough. Rising to his paws, Xeph made his way over to the man, nodding to him. "Let's do this," he rumbled eagerly, turning and moving a good distance from the rest of the wolves where they wouldn't be in the way.

I'm insane, I am smart All it takes, is a spark, to ignite my bad intentions He waited impatiently for others to arrive and for Kreft to announce who would be fighting who. The male had gotten straight to the point, and as everyone else was being listed off, he narrowed his eyes slightly as Kreft took his time in mentioning his name. At last, finally he did. Brow rose slightly as Kreft announced that he would be fighting against...two of them? What was this madness? He wasn't all too worried, in fact it made him smirk. Could the big bad wolf not take Sin on alone? Was that why he wanted the aid of Amachi? A dire wolf to back up the spineless coward? How on earth did this guy even get the rank of Commander when he couldn't fight on his own? All bark and no bite he supposed, oh well. He would have loved to give a good one-two punch on the male alone, but as it was, the eagerness to show Kreft and Kreft alone in this fight was great. Obviously the male was compensating for something that he couldn't do it alone. Amachi was big, yes. But Sin's sole focus would be more on Kreft then her he was sure. Two against one...the odds weren't entirely fair, but he wouldn't complain. He always enjoyed a challenge. Standing without a word, he turned away to lead them to a spot further from the others so nobody would get in his way. And do what I do best to your heart Don't be fooled, I was raised by the wolves [Sin Armada]