Dust in a hailstorm
Ray had known Mortar for a week already, and the fact that she had only gotten him into trouble once was a mystery to her. She supposed it helped that she had been kept busy by her father and Uncle, but still... Mortar needed to experience the world like she did, it was certainly a more fun way to live life! She could not believe he had been holed up in that den alone for so long. What kind of life was that? She would make it her life's mission to show him a world that would make him never want to go home again. He would want to explore and see and experience – just like she did! Of course, everything was twice as fun when she dragged him along too.
Today, she already knew exactly where she would be going, what trouble she would be dragging him into. She even had another story to tell him! She made her way to his den, thumping her feet loudly on the earth at the entrance was the only warning he would get before she poked her head in and strolled on inside, once again with the authority of one who owned the place.
“Mortar?” she said as she blinked her eyes to adjust them. She was only a few steps into his den and she was already stopping. “Where going on an adventure” she told him, and once again it was a statement, a fact of life. They would be adventuring together again today, fun, and trouble, the whole package deal. “I know exactly where we can go, and I have another story to tell you!” she promised him.
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Mortar was sleeping (big surprise) when he heard the thumping of familiar paw steps outside of his den. Before he even opened his eyes he knew exactly who they belonged to and his tail thumped against the ground eagerly. At first he'd been a bit apprehensive about having a best friend, he'd never had one before, but it was turning out to be kind of fun. Granted their first encounter had gotten him stuck digging out a den, but he didn't mind. She had failed to mention their little adventure would get them in trouble, but in all honesty helping Voltage prepare a new den for his soon-to-be children wasn't that bad. He'd actually enjoyed helping out and it felt good to be useful in some way since he hadn't started any training of any sort. It also explained why he had been sleeping when he arrived. Even though digging hadn't been that bad he'd definitely been sore afterwards since his muscles weren't used to moving in such a manner for so long. It definitely had been a work out for him which had left him tired after wards, even though it was a week later since their trek up the cliff to see the beach. "Mortar." There was barely a pause before she continued. “Where going on an adventure” The boy rose to his paws and shook himself to wake himself up from his groggy slumber. At the mention of an adventure he perked up, wondering what on earth she had planned this time. Course he was convinced they'd be going on an adventure that wouldn't get them in trouble this time. “I know exactly where we can go, and I have another story to tell you!” "Well, you don't give me a choice, so okay. Where are we going this time?" Walk, "Talk" Think |
The soft thump of his tail greeted her and she beamed at him, her own tail giving a little twirl behind her in her excitement. She had been cooking up this plan for maybe an entire hour and she knew it was going to be wonderful and fun! His words where pretty matter of fact and she laughed gently. "Look at that, your learning already" she teased him. When he asked where they where going she would stall. "Somewhere new of course. You do know how to swim right? If you don't well need to train you so where ready when the beach is finally free" she Pointed out logically.
She moved out of the den and started to stroll through the pack lands. Honestly, she knew the Prairie shockingly well in both day and night after the level of sneaking she had committed to so far.
As they trekked she began to entertain him with a story. "When my father was young he and voltage where on their own in the wild, facing all the scary things of the world alone. One day voltage returns to their call and there was no glacier in sight. He got scared and he called out for his brother and glacier didn't come. He wondered through the camp, calling out. As be did so he got a funny feeling in the back of his neck and he just knew someone was watching him. He turned around. .. and no one was there. He moved again but this time he didn't call out, he knew something was very wrong. The whole forest seemed different, darker. He moved out of the camp, searching for glacier but there wasn't even a scent. He moved further... and further.... and further.
And then something rose above the ground in front of him! It was huge, and murky, and oozing with darkness! 'Roar!' The thing cried, and he thought his heart might burst in fright. He turned and he ran, and the creature ran with him. It was calling out, yelling something, his name? He was gaining ground on the monster but he hesitated, and turned around... and realized that all along it had been glacier covered in mud!"she was becoming quite the expert I'm pitching her voice in all the right places. Lowering it for suspense, and she cried out loud and sharp when she said 'roar' hoping to frighten mortar.
They where almost at the border when she paused, thinking she better give him something otherwise he might not want to cross out of dono. "My friends pack is right next door to ours, we share a scent mark line that's how close it. He's a really good friend tho, i was playing with the mud and pretended to do what my dad did and i scared him real good. Then he taught me to swim and he looks out for me. We won't get into any trouble crossing over" she promised him. Oh yes, she was fantastic at lies.
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"Look at that, your learning already" She teased him with a laugh and he couldn't refrain from grinning back at her. "Yeah, I suppose I am." he chuckled. "Somewhere new of course. You do know how to swim right? If you don't well need to train you so where ready when the beach is finally free" He had to think about that for a minute. If they were going swimming in the ocean he probably would need some practice, though he didn't feel like that's where they were going so he nodded. "yeah, I know how to swim a bit. Me and my siblings used to go swimming in the stream some times." It hadn't been often but they'd learned a little bit. He could at least not drown. When she began walking out of the den he trotted to catch up and then fell into a good spot next to/somewhat behind her as he let her lead. She'd failed to mention exactly where they were going so he concluded that it must be a surprise. So he gave her the benefit of the doubt and followed her eagerly, so ready to believe that this adventure would be far better and wouldn't get them in trouble this time. One incident wasn't enough to make him doubt her and he was quite gullible. At least when it came to her he was. She was also very persuasive. She of course began with one of her famous stories (she was rather good at telling them after all) and he listened intently soaking up ever word like a sponge. This story wasn't a nice as the other one though and Mortar felt his fur bristle of how she told him the forest felt dark to Voltage. Obviously the yellow Alpha was okay... but what on earth had he encountered? It must have been something super scary. As she told her tale he could feel the suspense building up inside his chest that he felt like he was going to burst as he waited for her to tell him what it was. When she finally said what it was he jumped backwards almost tripping over his own paws as she roared. He definitely hadn't been expecting that. Was mud supposed to be considered a monster now too?! To his relief she told him it'd been Glacier all along and he grinned softly. She really was great at telling stories. What he couldn't get was why Glacier would want to cover himself completely with mud. That sounded a bit gross. he could smell a pack border now and he opened his mouth to say something, eyeing Ray warily now as he did expect an explanation. Glacier hadn't told him of another pack and he was positive trespassing would certainly get them in trouble. "My friends pack is right next door to ours, we share a scent mark line that's how close it. He's a really good friend tho, i was playing with the mud and pretended to do what my dad did and i scared him real good. Then he taught me to swim and he looks out for me. We won't get into any trouble crossing over" Her story definitely explained a lot more now. His wary look dissipated and he wagged his tail with a smile this time. If this was a friend of hers then surely it would be okay, especially if she'd already been here before. "Alright then, lead the way Ray!" Walk, "Talk" Think |