Oliver||Male||Shifter||Snow Leopard
"I always hope to be." He said with a grin, stabilizing her with a hand. "Let's walk... Slowly." He said, not quite trusting her legs either, especially not on the slippery floor. He helped her walk, or wobble rather, to her door where he smiled "Good night, see you tomorrow. Hope you aren't... too hungover" He said with a chuckle.
ooc: Ugh, time zones D:
Ic: "Have fun with that hangover you're brewing!" Cole called after Mallory, watching with a humoured smirk as Oliver helped her, struggling, from the pool and out the door to her room. Now that the two of them were gone, however, he wasn't quite sure what to do with himself. He sat there for a few minutes, just enjoying the feel of the place, before sighing and stepping easily from the pool. Then, after casting a lingering look back at the pool room, he promised himself that he would be back before leaving and heading up to his room.
Once there he closed the door quietly, changed out of his swimming trunks, had a quick shower before flopping onto the bed with his boxers on. It wasn't until he had lain there for a moment, wrapped in the soft clutches of the duvet, that he realised how tired he was... And then he was asleep.
:: OOC ::
Alrighty everyone here comes the time skip :)
TIME SKIP
Duration :: 1 Week
Current Time of Day :: Just Before Sunrise
:: BIC ::
Broxious hadn't been awake for that long be he had managed to wake before the others. Pulling his cloak away from his legs he approached where the fire once was and his kicked dirt over the coals snuffing it out. They had been on the move for a week now looking for other shifters and so far had no luck except for last night. They picked up a shifters scent last night and decided to follow it come morning, and now with the grey sky starting to pinken it was time they got going. "Sora, Matt. Its time", Brox said his voice low and gravely like usual.
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Reese woke from her now normal sleeping spot on the floor by her bedroom door curled up in her black panther form. Sleeping alone in her bed just felt wrong and she couldn't bring herself to do it, so she just simply didn't. Standing up she stretched out her stiff limbs and pulled the door open with her mouth. As she walked out she allowed her tail to semi shut her door behind her before making her way down the stairwell and towards the kitchen where she could smell Hild cooking up what smelt like biscuits and gravy with a side of eggs.
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Mallory was fast asleep covered is a mass of disheveled blankets and pillows. The cheetah shifter was softly snoring as she dreamt of wild fantasies and adventures. "... no.. well .. just maybe one pie... okay maybe a second...", she said between breaths her fingers slightly twitching.
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Kahn just jumped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around his waist before wiping the steam off of the bathroom mirror. Humming a simple tune he went on the brush his teeth and then to get dressed. Pulling on a pair of dark blue jeans and a black v-neck tee the bear shifter put on his everyday work boots and headed out of his room to see what the day held.
Cole rose along with the sun, the first warm tendrils reaching through the half-shut blinds to gently touch his flickering eyelids. Groaning softly, he rolled over onto his back, reaching a sleepy hand up to rub groggily at his eyes. After laying there several minutes longer, hoping to drift back to sleep but finding the light and strange 'newness' of the place was preventing him from doing so. Sighing heavily, he heaved himself into a sitting position and blinked several times to keep his eyes open. Then, after slipping into some clothes- grey denim jeans and a baggy white tee shirt- he stumbled from the room and made his way down the hall to the stairs. In the state of half-sleep that he was currently in, and also due to the fact that he still didn't know the layout of the place quite well enough, Cole found himself getting lost on two occassions before he finally made it down the stairs and into the main hall.
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The deep and grating tones of his travelling companion roused Matt from sleep, though it only took a heartbeat to be fully awake. Sitting up, he stretched out his arms and arched his back a little in a satisfying stretch, then ruffled a hand through his sleep tousled hair, its red tones turning a vibrant mess of flames in the morning light.
"Mmph. Good morning to you, too." He muttered, scratching absently at his chin before tossing the thin blanket from his form. He was stiff and cold from lying in the cold all night, but he knew that he would soon loosen up again once up and moving.
The liguar shifter opened her sharp gaze as she heard him. Sora had worn her cloak in the night to somewhat keep her warmer.standingup slowly she stretched."it's about time"She said.
Cecily on the other hand hadn't slept much that night and had just been chilling in her room in her liger form. Leaving her room she headed out to grab something to eat.
Calla woke stretched a bit on her feathery bed. She was in her fox for her bushy silver tail stirring up the mess of feathers on her bed from one pillow.
Rosemary gave a giggle as the small bear shifter child burst from the room in a bit of morning excitement. She held her teddy bear in her jaws as she ran past Khan in her bear form.
Opal and Mikey were next to we wake well mostly Mikey remained in bed while Opal was heading for breakfast the smell of biscuits and gravy egging her on.
Zeref had just opened his door seeing Reese he followed after figuring she was heading for breakfast. Over the week the maleblack panther shifter had started to grow a small crush on her but had never said anything about it
Oliver||Male||Shifter||Snow Leopard
Oliver stepped out of the shower, a towel wrapped around his torso. He was a morning person if anything, and the shower officially woke him up to start the day. He brushed his hair back and changed into his clothing for the day. Pulling on a hoodie and jeans, he brushed his teeth and walked out.
Vivianne||Female||Shifter||Red Fox
Vivianne yawned, her red hair splayed across her pillow. The sun was already peeking through her blinds, and she opened her green eyes immediately, it's golden rays warming her face. She threw on a pair of leggings (Which were way to small,) and a short black and white t-shirt with a denim jacket. She sighed and sat on her bed and brushed hair for a little, attempting to tame and shape her curls.
Rani had been awake and outside watching the sun rise. She loved watching the sun rise and set. Rani loved mornings better because that meant the day was about to warm up.
Annaly woke up to the sound of others getting up. Annaly wasn't usually a morning person, but that had changed over the last few weeks. She climbed out of bed and headed to Jaxs' room to wake.
Jaxs had the room completely dark. Jaxs loved to sleep in the dark, but he knew that it was morning and Annaly would be in his room limping a bit, so he got up.
By this time, Cole was currently struggling to work the coffee machine while partly dozing off several times throughout. After finally getting it working- or he thought it was working... maybe- he collapsed heavily back into a chair at the large dining table and gave a huge yawn. Mornings were definitely not a strong point for Cole.
Reese's ears twitched to hear what was behind her as she walked down the hallway. Finding that it was Zeref she slowed her pace so they could walk together. Over the past week though she wouldn't admit it she had grown fond of the guy. Not wanting to talk quite yet she staying in her panther form but to comfort in the company.
Mallory jolted away for some unknown reason and when she finally came to her senses she relaxed. crawling out from under her mass of blankets and pillows the thin blonde went to the bathroom before heading to her bed room down and out towards the kitchen. She had a routine of just simply waking up, eating breakfast and then getting dressed. She was wearing a pair of white mid-shin high sweats with a black tight crop top that stopped right above her belly button. Her blonde hair was a wavy mess and as she walked down the hall she did her best to pull it all up into a bun. Getting to the kitchen she saw Cole struggling with the coffee and stepped in. "Like this hun", she said with a nice grin before putting the water in and pushing the right button. "So your a coffee buff too huh? I like mine strong but semi-sweet, what about you?", she asked curious as to how he liked his coffee.
Kahn smiled as he watched Rosemary race past him. Rushing forwards he scooped up the little cub and started to tickle her. "Slow down little cub! The food will still be there if we walk", he said and threw her up onto the top of his shoulder and walked into the kitchen and headed straight for the food.
Broxious was normally not this tense but he hated what he did and in turn it made him a little rough around the edges. Matt and Sora both knew that so he didn't bother to apologize fr his rough tone. Taking some jerky out of his back he took a couple in his hand before closing it and tossing it to Sora. "Heads up, breakfast", he said sharing with her and Matt.
Zeref gave a small grin shifting to his panther form he walked or rather padded beside her. He didn't mind that they walked in silence it was just a good kind of comfort to walk beside Reese.
Calla woke with a jolt as a feather was brushed onto her nose. The fox jumped from the bed and padded from her room glancing around she made her way to the kitchen to grab her some coffee as she shifted to her human form a headache pounding in her head.
Rosemary gave a bear like squeal as she was picked up. She just managed to grab her teddy when she was picked up. Shifting she held onto him."ok"she giggled.
Sora caught her peice easily and ate it quietly"thanks"She said. She finished it and stood.
Rani walked in the front door closing it behind her and made her way to the kitchen. "Good morning everyone." She said cheerfully.
Jaxs climbed out of bed and grabbed a shirt and put it on and headed out of his room and waited on Annaly to come out of her room. Annaly walked out of her room with a little limp and her and Jaxs headed to the kitchen.
There was an odd sense of comfort in not being alone, and Zeref also being the same kind of shifter shift was. It was almost as if there was a natural attraction going on there. Reaching the kitchen Reese padded around everyone and jumped into her seat at the head of the table. As she sat down she shifted from her panther form to her human form. Giving Zeref a look as if to silently ask him to sit at her side she then reached forwards and grabbed some biscuits out of one of the basket in the center of the table and set them on her plate before dishing up a spoon full of gravy from the small pot next to it.
"Lets get on that trail, if you both are ready. I'm sure that the scent will bring us to a shifter, if not more", Brox said knowing that shifters usually gathered together except on the rare occasion of a lone wolf per say. The last shifter scent they followed turned out to be just that, a loner, and they had to start all over again. But just now crossing over into a different section of shifter territory Brox was sure they would find a large group of them soon enough.
Cole jumped suddenly at Mallory's voice, having been unaware of her arrival... most likely because he had almost drifted off to sleep again. Clearing his throat awkwardly and acting as though she hadn't almost made him fall off of his chair in fright, he sat up straight and tried to look awake.
"You make it look so simple," He complained, stifling another yawn and combing his pale hand back through his messy hair before slouching once more, "Just keep in mind, I've only ever used a coffee machine once in my life. Don't judge."
As he listened to the coffee machine doing its duty, somehow finding it almost entrancing in his current state of mild insomnia. His tired eyes then flickered back to her as she continued, noting that she was still only in her sleepwear.
"Strong. And I mean, immediate-hyperactivity-inducing strong. It tastes like cr*p, but it's the only thing that does the trick," He replied, voice still slightly slurred from sleep, then added, "How's the hangover going? Or are do you have a superpower that allows you to recover from alcohol overloads without a throbbing headache?"
At the appearance of yet another person in the kitchen, he turned his gaze on Rani.
"How can you be so cheerful so early in the morning? Seriously, you guys are like machines..."
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Matt lifted a nimble hand, snatching the jerky which was tossed to him and eating it rather unenthusiastically.
"I'm on it. Let's go," He said curtly, swallowing the last of his pathetic breakfast and rolling his shoulders in a state of limbering up, "I'll scout from the skies, see if I find anything interesting this time." And then, without another word or even approval, there was a flurry of dark feathers and the red headed male had shifted into the large oily black form of a rugged raven. Pausing a moment to ruffle his feathers, he then launched himself off up into the sky without a sound until he soared above the trees, peering down at the landscape below. He let out a single raucous caw before sweeping ahead.
Zeref followed beside her and caught her look. Shifting to his human self the dark haired male sat in the chair beside her grabbing a plate and fixing himself some biscuits and gravy. "So how is your morning?"Zeref asked Reese trying to make a small bit of conversation.
Calla took a seat with her coffee.
Opal glanced around taking a seat.
Rosemary smiled some once they got to the kitchen"biscuits!" She said excitedly recognizing the smell before she seen it.
Sora gave a small stretch"I've been ready"She said"let's go don't want him leaving us behind"She said before Shifting to her massive form of a lion jaguar hybrid. She then dashed off after the scent.
Vivianne entered the kitchen with a yawn, pulling her bright red hair into a braid. "Good morning you two" she greeted Cole and Mallory. "Morning Rani!" She grabbed a piece of bread from the pantry and threw it into the toaster, with a click.
(Sorry rushed, on my phone )
ooc: Sorry, I completely forgot about replying to Rani IC! I'll go edit my post!
Ugh, I'm so tired, why do I do this to myself?? Time zones, whyyy?
Rani walked over to the table and took her seat in her usual spot towards the opposite end from Reese. But before she sat down she looked at Cole, "You will get used to it." She said. As she sat, she grabbed a plate and put a biscuit and put some gravy on it.
Annaly and Jaxs walked into the kitchen to the wonderful smell of food. "Smells so good," Jaxs commented to himself as Annaly sat next to Rani.
Avery woke up groggily, rubbing their eyes and practically rolling out of bed. They quickly pulled a blanket around their shoulders and stumbled down to the kitchen. They slipped in and immediately walked up to the coffee machine, standing behind the pair that stood before it and waiting for them to move so they could get they're coffee. Drawing the blanket tighter around they're shoulders, Avery huffed as they fought off the chill in the air, while they were wearing an over-sized shirt that swamped their petite frame along with thick fluffy pajama pants.
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Dylan woke up to the noise of the other shifters waking up themselves, stretching out on his bed before jumping out with far more energy than anyone should have in the morning. He made his bed and got dressed quickly before trotting down to breakfast, snickering at the people with obvious hangovers.
OOC :: FYI I think some of you missed it and not trying to be rude at all cause I love RPing with you guys but the time skip moved forwards a week to kinda auto get everyone semi settled and to think if they wanted to stay at The Haven or not.
BIC ::
"Well I didn't drink that much last night. But dont let my size fool you, I can put it away and wake up the next morning barely phased." Mallory said with a bright smile Cole before grabbing a coffee mug herself and waited for it to finish brewing. Once it did she didn't hesitate and pulled the pot away just before the last drop dropped, causing it to drop on the hot plate and sizzle. Pouring herself some stopping an inch from the rim she pulled away and held it out to pour some for Cole. "Tell me when", she said to him trying to be nice. When Vivianne walked in Mallory shifted her gaze for a moment, "Morning sweetie", she said to the red headed shifter before looking back so she didn't spill.
Reese swallowed what she had in her mouth and looked to Rani and smiled. "Morning hun", she said in a kind tone. Looking over to Zeref who she could tell was trying to strike up conversation and replied. "Well so far so good. Its time another patrol goes out, would you like to join me on it. Check out what it is we do, and see if this place is really for you", she said extending the invitation. Reese normally wasn't big on having recently joined shifters join in on patrols so for any who knew her knew this was a big deal. "I'll be making the announcement so if your in gotta know now cause I have to have a good amount of muscle on the patrol to make sure nothing bad happens to anyone just incase we do come across humans", she added making it known that he would have to decide now.
Kahn smiled as Rosy got excited about the biscuts and he tossed one of to her to munch on before setting her in a chair next to the one he was going to take. "Morning everyone", he said as he dished up a plate for Rosemary and then himself.
Watched as Matt shifted into his bird form and Brox waited for him to be in the sky before shifting into his cane corso form. Running with his nose to the ground he gave a deep bark to signal that he picked up the scent and from there they were off. RUnning almong side Sora Brox did his best to follow the aint scent deeper and deeper into the forest.
Zeref blinked at the invitation and smiled some"Sure I'd love to join"He said. He had been thinking about joining for a week now. He smiled having already made his decision but he didn't think it would hurt to join the patrol to be sure.
Cecily had walked in just as she overheard Reese. She blinked her amber eyes quite shocked by hearing what she said.
Rosemary smiled and munched on her biscuit given to her with asmile.