[Flashback] Southbound (Tierranalin)

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While Sylira is by far the most civilized region of Mizahar, countless surprises and encounters await the traveler in its rural wilderness. Called the Wildlands, Syliran's wilderness is comprised of gradual rolling hills in the south that become deep wilderness in the north. Ruins abound throughout the wildlands, and only the well-marked roads are safe.

[Flashback] Southbound (Tierranalin)

Postby Cathan on December 2nd, 2010, 5:07 pm

"By track. A group of ten horses leaves a broad trail to follow." Easier than following a hare or fox, although even that had been easier in the north, the snow preserving tracks for days when not new snow covered them up. "I don't mind the meat raw." He had always liked the taste of fresh meat, when the blood was still warm after a recent kill. Often enough though he had content himself with the remains of an other predators prey and had lived just as well. One couldn't always be picky.

"I haven't seen them in days. They had a day head start too. Half a day, maybe more." Cathan wasn't sure how long he had passed out that day, but the sun had already touched the Zastoska Mountains in the south. And of the bandits had nothing left but churned up earth. "I do believe though they headed to the south or the east. Now I am not sure anymore." The idea the bandits would stay out of the woods, because they feared their power, made him smirk. The kelvic wasn't feeling all to powerful these days.

"Can't argue the utility of opposable thumbs," he admitted amused, his tongue showing between his fangs in a half grin. "Not to say talking with humans isn't useful too at times." Not that he had done it too often in the past, most of the time there was neither need nor opportunity for a lengthy chat.

Watching her pull two rabbits from her bag, Cathan could feel his mouth water. He was used to go without food for a while, yet the idea to dig his teeth into a fat rabbit was tempting. Golden eyes looked up to her. "I had a dog's life for most part of my life. Can't say it did bother me too much... until now." The kelvic tilt his head to the side. "It is nice to have someone to follow. It... feels right." Most kelvic knew the feeling, the urge to find someone to serve. "But you might come to do things you might not want to do. And you do them still..." His voice trailed off for a long second, shacking his head. "Of course... you can be lucky and find someone nice." This time he showed a smile, his eyes finding the rabbits again.

"You shouldn't need to ask if you can change. Not with another kelvic." Cathan nodded towards the rabbits. "Don't mind them cooked though, if that's what you prefer. I can help you with the firewood too, if you like?" With his clothing still laying where he had left it before his hunt for revenge he could have only helped her naked. While it was warm enough for him to not be particularly bothered by the outlook, he asked still. Mostly because she had asked before and he wasn't sure if she would mind or not. Humans always did in his experience, resulting it much screaming, shouting and blushing. Depending on who happened to be around.
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Postby Tierranalin on December 2nd, 2010, 7:37 pm

She nodded with a smirk "silly things, they come after people and forget about escape" she said with a slight laugh. She smiled "Me to" she then gently pushed the clothing behind the pack with her muzzle to make sure they wouldn't blow away and pulled the string at the top with her teeth to secure her other belongings. Ra pushed the rabbit closer to Cathan with her nose then turned to her own one "They aren't much, just a little something I picked up on the way" she said.

No longer containing her hunger she bit down on the belly of the rabbit and carefully tore flesh making the blood stain her light muzzle, making the soft wispy hair cling together in nots of blood. "I'm glad you followed them, most would have given up" she said between mouthfuls.

Ra let out a soft laugh deep in her chest "Thumbs are so handy" she said looking at her paws then up at Cathan with a smile in her eyes and on her jaws. "Talking, picking things up. Just not hunting or running or fighting" she said in agreement.

"Dog's life? You wore a collar?" she asked curiously. "Dog's are so... what's the word... Numb these days" she thought about her encounters with dogs "They know only what they are told and never think outside of the box" she looked back to her rabbit and kept picking at the meat. "I guess forming a relationship with a master isn't too bad, if your good to him, he would be good to you" she said thinking about how her family lived.

Once she finished eating she gathered her clothing in her teeth "excuse me for a moment" she said with a laugh. She then ran back the way they had came to the creek where she changed and washed the blood off of her pale skin. Once cleaned and dressed she collected wood and started to head back to the camp.

She walked with no shoes just long pale feet unmarked by scars or dirt. She stepped through the bushes around there camp and set human eyes on Cathan. She wondered out of curiosity how he would look as a Human. He was indeed a beautiful wolf. Ra looked down at herself for a moment before putting the wood on the ground "I forgot my shoes" she said with a small giggle and a wiggle of her toes. She wore dark three quarter breeches that blended in with the dirt and a loose cream shirt that was long to cover her scar on her hip. Ra's hair cascaded over one shoulder in a series of braids and ringlets all a burgundy red colour like that of the leaves when they are at the end of their life.

She walked to her pack and pulled her knife and two black stones from her bag. "I would have put some cleaner clothes on but I thought not to as I sleep as wolf anyway" she said as she bent down and set the fire. Her pale face was facing the wood and her now dark orbs watched intently as her hands moved with the stones to create fire. "I've always wondered if you can understand me when I'm human" she said sitting back as her pale skin was eliminated by the fire's light. "But in saying that I can understand normal humans when I am wolf" she nodded before getting up, doing a few stretches then disappearing behind the bushes. She walked through the bushes back to camp once again but this time as a wolf with her clothing in her mouth. She dropped them behind her pack once again and the lay down by the fire. "That should keep us warm and keep predators away" she said.
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Postby Cathan on December 3rd, 2010, 8:17 pm

The rabbit Ra pushed him was a young doe with hazelnut brown fur, caught not a day previous if the smell was any indication. Tearing into the small body, Cathan found the flesh soft and by far not as chewy as the older hares he had a piece of in the last days. Blood covered his muzzle when he ripped into the body, yanking large bites from the bones. In mere minutes the pale bones of rips and hip protruded from the carcass.

"They are delicious," the wolf complemented, licking his muzzle. It was dark enough for the blood not to stand out, yet a light shimmer of red remained on the gray brown fur. The female kelvic continued talking and Cathan smirked, but it was neither an amused nor happy expression.

"At times I wore a collar." At times he had not minded it either. It was just now he came to question the old order he had not paid much mind to before. It was just how things had been. There were commands; and you followed them. "I wouldn't make the mistake to believe if you are good to him he will pay you in kind. It might work well the other way around, but that's about it. Sometimes you are just... lucky." Or maybe he was just odd and he had just been really unlucky? He couldn't decide. Freedom was tempting to have, even when he didn't yet know what to do with it.

"I have lived with dogs in the past. Wouldn't really call them numb... they are obedient. And when you have orders to follow you have little need to stress your creativity." Of course, most kelvic could rely on at least slightly more intelligence than the average animal. "No, dogs have their... advantages." A better nose for example. Cathan had come to envy them at times.

"Take your time," the wolf smirked when Ra headed off to get dressed, stretching. The evening sun was warming his skin and in the distance some birds chirped. It was one of those peaceful moment he had experienced so few off in the past. Almost he could imagine to stay, or at least ask if he could. But then, he knew he needed to head further south soon. If he could stay a few days it would be a lot, but he wanted to reach Zeltiva before fall.

Tierranalin came back and Cathan let out a short approving bark. If the woman would be able to interpret it as such he wasn't sure. Although he could understand her pretty well, he knew she would have problems interpreting anything he said, basic body language aside. His ears twitched a little as she set the fire, but he didn't move. Fire had always made him a little nervous. Instinct, mostly, even when he was slowly growing used to it.

On her question if he could understand her, he nodded, unable to do little more beside that. Once more he considered changing, not too concerned that he would be naked. That said, it was getting darker and the summer's warmth would soon fade as well. In the end, he decided against it.
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Postby Tierranalin on December 3rd, 2010, 8:57 pm

She couldn't help but smile a little as he ripped into the rabbit tearing flesh from bone. She smiled bigger at his complement "fresh is always best" she had said in reply to his complement.

She thought about wearing a collar and how it would feel, she wore a necklace in human form so she guessed it wouldn't be that different. She nodded "Lucky, yeah I guess that's it" she said. Her family had always been good to their dogs, some of them were after all family. She laughed thinking about it. "That's true" she said "the dogs I knew just didn't understand they had freedom, they could run and wander but they never did" she said.

She smiled at his bark and studied his muscles and features, the wolf was such a beautiful thing. Thinking about the wolf and its form Ra wished now to capture it through parchment and coal but that could wait for another time.
After disappearing behind the bushes and once again becoming wolf with her clothing in her mouth she lay down by the fire. "That should keep us warm and keep predators away" she said. She could feel her eyes grow heavy. "what a day" she said with a sigh "So where are you off to next? what does tomorrow bring?" she asked curiously. She knew that no one could know what tomorrow would bring or what was ahead of them in life. She yawned big stretching her jaw as wide as she could showing perl white teeth and a soft pink tongue that rolled out of her mouth. "It has been nice to meet you Cathan but if you forgive me I'm tired and my body needs sleep" she said before resting her muzzle on her paws and closing her eyes for sleep.

The moon had made its way across the sky and the sun now followed in its wake marking new day. Ra pushed her eyes open slowly despite how heavy they felt, she rested her sight upon the now extinguished fire. It had done its job over the night by keeping her warm and not killing her or the forest around her. She tested the leftovers heat with the back of her paw and once she discovered it was cold she carefully pushed some of the burnt wood over to her pack to later use for drawing. She yawned and craved to let out a howl but instead just moaned deep in her throat. She wondered where she would go today, what she would do and then she turned to look at Cathan.
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Postby Cathan on December 3rd, 2010, 10:43 pm

Cathan had to grin at the idea of fire keeping away predators; when the two of them were laying so close to one the very moment Ra mentioned it. Most animals would have kept away from the two wolves alone because of their smell. It made him wonder however what sort of beasts were roaming the woods in the south. He had seen hares and deers much like in the north, suspected there were bears too and maybe the one or other larger cat, but he was sure there were differences. He wasn't should if he should hope to run into a larger beast, just to see his curiosity sated.

"I still intend to head further south," the kelvic continued slowly. "Maybe tomorrow night, or the day after, if you don't mind that is." He inclined his head, uncertain if she cared for the prolonged company. "I would like to cross the mountains before fall." Mostly because he didn't want to risk the unknown terrain in the colder autumn season.

Watching Ra curl up beside the camp fire, Cathan lowered his head on his pawns, watching the red flames licking against the dark night sky. It was blinding him. He looked away. Drifting into sleep he imagined the fire to draw the attention of bandits. Maybe even those he was looking for. Coming to him so he didn't have to look for them anymore. The idea almost made him smile as he closed his eyes.

Of course, no bandits came in the night and he woke up when Ra moved closer to the fire. Golden eyes blinking he looked up to her, stretching a moment later. It had been a long time since he had through and he couldn't deny it felt good. He had been more tired than he had realized. Getting to his feet the large gray wolf got to his feet, stretching again. Slowly he circled the small remains of the camp fire, getting the feel back to his legs. Morning mist was still covering the ground, but the kelvic could already feel the sun, knew the mist would be gone in mere minutes.

His eyes found the she-wolf. "I hope you slept well?," he asked, yawning a little. "Would be very surprised if we wouldn't get a great day." Sniffing, the large wolf turned to the remains of his last meal, tugging some last pieces of meat from the bone. Beside the head there was little over from the rabbit. It had been too delicious. The memory drew a little smirk on Cathan's face. There was nothing going over a well filled belly.

"You have any plans for to day?," he continued, sitting down on his hunches. "If you like we can go hunting for a deer later. Much easier to go after when one isn't alone. And you could eat for a week of more once I am gone."

And there was little else he could have offered to make up for her invitation for a repast.
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Postby Tierranalin on December 4th, 2010, 11:12 pm

Ra nodded "Sounds like a plan. Why should I mind?" she said with a laugh, thinking about how nice it was to be able to talk to someone for a moment. She nodded again "Crossing the mountains before fall is a good idea" she said thinking about her past travels.

Ra's dreams were full. She ran through the trees with the moonlight breaking and sliding through the gaps in the leaves to brush her pelt in a soft glow. Her tongue lulled out of her mouth as her golden orbs absorbed every detail around her. She ran faster and fast and then to her left was another wolf, a familiar wolf. Ra couldn't help but let out a yelp of joy as she lay eyes upon her brother, his full black pelt and grey paws as they padded the ground along side her. She felt for a moment total and utter happiness before feeling a pain in her hip and seeing her brother fall into the waters desperately scratching the waters edge in hope and desperation of life. She awoke not long after.

Ra pushed her eyes open slowly despite how heavy they felt, she rested her sight upon the now extinguished fire. It had done its job over the night by keeping her warm and not killing her or the forest around her. She tested the leftovers heat with the back of her paw and once she discovered it was cold she carefully pushed some of the burnt wood over to her pack to later use for drawing. She yawned and craved to let out a howl but instead just moaned deep in her throat. She wondered where she would go today, what she would do and then she turned to look at Cathan who now stretched and awoke.

"Good sleep?" she questioned. She smiled and nodded "I slept well enough" she stretched once more making her front legs reach out in front of her. Ra looked up at the sky "Should be a clear day I imagine". She watched as he pulled a bit of meat from the bones of last nights meal. He asked if she had plans for the day, she sat down and thought before answering his question. "I was thinking a hunt would be good, I haven't had deer in quite a while they aren't worth the pain going alone but with two of us they should be easy picking" she said with a smile.

"You'll need to move on soon if you wish to catch up to these bandits though" she said looking down at the ground under her pads.
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Postby Cathan on December 5th, 2010, 5:11 pm

"Slept well enough," Cathan offered, his eyes scanning over a nearby tree, watching two squirrels chasing along the branches, leaping from tree to tree until they vanished in the depths of the forest. He didn't scorn squirrel as a foods source, but they were hard to catch and from the looks of it Ra and he would go for bigger game this time around. Again his eyes found the female kelvic and he smirked.

"I should be leaving in the afternoon or tomorrow morning latest." Not to catch the bandits, he was sure he had lost them by now, but to get to Zeltiva and find the family of his late bond partner. Knowing little more about him than his name, Cathan was well aware that finding them could take its time. If he found the men he had been looking for in the same city it would be a bonus. It was just nothing he had any reason to hope for. They could have went every where since the time he had lost their track.

"At least when our hunt is successful." Which he wasn't too worried about. If not a deer they could probably dig up some rabbits or hares. Summer was a good time to hunt. "Let's head over to the creek, we have a good chance to pick some trails there I would think." Everyone needed water, especially in the warmer seasons. Just waiting long enough to see if the other wolf was about to follow Cathan set out for the brook they had already visited the other day.

Thin and shallow the crooked water course lapped against mossy stones and rocks and when Cathan had wanted to he could have stepped over it rather than jumping. Now he was slowly strolling along the creek bed, nose close to the ground, only once in a while looking to the side to see what Tierranalin was doing.

The kelic moved with quiet efficiency, no motion wasted as he searched the ground for trails. Not for the first time he was glad he didn't have to rely on the weak senses human's called their own. Myriads of scents unfolded before him, some old some new, they painted an entirely different landscape than his eyes visioned, one with history. He could sense the group of hares which had came to the water two days ago, he could smell the faint odor of a boar and her young which had done to same even longer ago.

Finally though he picked out what could have been a deer. Or a stag. It was always hard to say and he wasn't good enough to tell from the tracks pressed into the wet ground near the creek. Searching for Ra he quietly nodded towards the tracks he had found, carefully moving beside the trail to not destroy it he moved aside for her to check as well.

It wasn't until then when he headed turned away from the water, heading away from it, deeper into the woods. Head still close to the ground he listened for the signs of close by animals. Preferably deers.
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Postby Tierranalin on December 6th, 2010, 5:14 am

Ra nodded "Sounds like a plan" she knew there was a slim chance he would catch the men who had inflicted pain to him and his partner. "Hmm hunting big prey... something I haven't done in a while" she smirked "should be fun".
Ra nodded agreeing with his plan and she got up to proceed to the creek. Most of her kills were around or near to water with the odd one being while she was wondering. She wasn't sure how they would plan to take down a big kill as her normal tactic would take days. Days that Cathan did not have.

Ra moved right down by the water and started to roll in the mud covering her pelt. "You need to cover yourself also" she said looking at Cathan "It'll hide our scent for a while". Once she had finished getting herself dirty she stood and also pressed her muzzle to the ground in search for other smells. Ra also picked up the smells of the creeks last visitors, both hares and bore, squirrel and the faint human smell she left earlier.

Cathan had smelt the deer before she had. Ra looked up at him as he nodded towards the tracks, she moved closer to have a look at the tracks herself. "Lone ranger" she said with a nod. "Probably just scouting ahead or going to get some water before returning to regroup. Let's just hope it is still alone" she said looking up and around where they stood.

Ra also turned and scanned the ground for something more, she wondered if they should track the lone deer, but if it was indeed a male they could have trouble taking him down. She gently put a paw in one of the tracks and felt the wight of it, how deep the hoof went into the soil. Ra then made her own print next to it and compared the two. "I think we might be in luck... I think it's a doe" she said with a smile of relief.
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Postby Cathan on December 6th, 2010, 12:48 pm

Curiously the kelvic watched his companion when Ra rolled in the mud of the brook bed, following her example slightly hesitant. When Cathan rose from the ground, his grayish brown fur had darkened a few shades, the mire of an almost black color, his eyes remained the only spot of color on him, shining in a bright amber. The unfamiliar coating made his skin twitch ever so lightly, but he threw an amused grin at Ra still. That was a trick he had not yet known. That said, he had rarely hunted this way either. Things were different when you could rely on a dog pack and someone with a bow to hunt along your side.

When the female pressed her pawn into the soil next to the deer track, Cathan watched even more closely. It was not something he had thought of doing either. Quietly he sat at her side until the female kelvic grinned, stating it was likely a doe. It was good news. Better even than the fact she was alone. A healthy doe was still harder to take take down than a young fawn, but easier than a stag who could keep more than just two wolf on distance for a while. Antlers could be nasty things.

"Let's see where she is," he suggested. If the track was any indication she had strayed from her herd quite bit. Bad for her, good for them. "Once we find her, we will look for a good spot to take her down. One of us will have to circle her and then chase her to the place where the other one of is is laying in hiding. One or two good bites in the legs and she should slow down enough for us to follow her easily." And then it was merely a matter of waiting a few hours until they had worn the deer out. Once the blood loss had it on the ground it should be easy for them to go for the more vital spots.

Already he had wanted to continue along the track when he stopped again. "Sounds good?," he asked, with just a trace uncertainty in his voice, as if he wasn't sure Ra wouldn't have a better suggestion to make.

In case she didn't the large wolf would follow the track deeper into the woods, his eyes on the track and his muzzle close to the ground. On his back he felt the mud start drying in the warm summer wind, but it wasn't an uncomfortable sensation. They could only hope it would hold until they found their lone doe, something he wasn't too worried about though. Again he looked over to the other kelvic, his expression a mix of smile and anticipation. It was a great feeling to share the experience of hunting with someone else, especially with another wolf, another kelvic. It was something he had never thought to get a chance to one day.

His expression became a grin, when he spotted the shape of a deer in the distance.
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Postby Tierranalin on December 6th, 2010, 7:11 pm

Ra smiled watching Cathan also cover his pelt in the mud from the creek. "Mud becomes you" she said with a laugh. Ra started to plot the ways they could take the doe down without harming themselves in the process. Ra nodded to Cathan and listened to his plan, it was a good plan "Sounds good, who's doing what?" she said tilting her head "we need to be on the same level as each other so we make no mistakes" she said. "A mistake here could prove fatal. If she's a kicker then the rump at the top of the hip and neck are good spots for slowing her down. Only problem with the neck is if she knocks you down she has a good chance of stomping on you and making you a rug" she said.

Ra thought then nodded once again "Let's find her" she said. Ra could also feel the mud starting to harden upon her back but not enough that it would crack when she moved. She couldn't wait to set her eyes on the doe and to feel the frenzy when the blood flirted with her nose. She knew the doe would feed her for weeks and if she changed she could wrap some of the left overs in her pack so she could move on. She knew the carcass and smell of the kill would alone attract creatures and people.

Cathan had seen the Doe before Ra but again once she spotted the familiar shape she grinned wide. 'She's there for the taking' she said to herself. Ra lowered her body into the dirt and leaves around her blending in with ease "We are in so much luck today" she said to Cathan without taking her eyes off the doe "She's up wind. Can you smell her?" she asked taking a deep breath herself. "Right so how are we going to do this?" she questioned never taking her eyes off the doe.
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