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    OOC: Just woke up at 5:45 am. We were supposed to have a full day, but because of the extreme heat today, I'll be back by 11.


    IC: Nyra ran alongside Ruin, making sure she didn't lose sight of Swift. When she heard Crescents's reply to Ari, her eyes closed for a second. We're going home.

    Draven heard the howl and had heard the one females direction. He began to run in that direction leaving a blood trail behind him. The alpha was panting a bit heavier then usual pain causing him some trouble. He was slowing down faintly but not enough to hinder them just yet.

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    Ari - Female Northern wolf – Captivity for two years – Skittish, fearful, gentle, damaged


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    Ari ran alongside them towards the back, looking around as the unfamiliar forest kept being unfamiliar to her, and she wondered how far they were going to run before they got to... wherever Draven was leading them. Speaking of the alpha, he seemed to be limping and slowing down, but he seemed determined enough to withstand it until they arrived... wherever they were heading.


    A white wolf walked casually through the woods. Her solid white pelt standing out her soft gold eyes sad. The traveler had seen what occurred to a wolf pack from these parts. The female dipped her head then sat down. She had a feeling she needed to stay there that something would happen. It was like a calling in her bones. So she waited calmly and patiently for whatever was about to happen.


    Draven could smell the familiar scents of home. However the male suddenly crumbled nearly taking poor Ari down with him. The brute shook his head clearing scraps of grass and debri from his pelt. He looked at his paw annoyed he was going to slow his pack down.

    Ruin saw Draven crumble with Ari. He knew that Draven had to continue. They were do close to being home. He stopped low and ppl dressed his body underneath Draven. Essentially picking him up.

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    Resika followed suite with ari, both having carried wolves before. Resika starts calling out to the pack. "Help us steady them. We must continue for 2 more sunrises and sunsets to be home." She could remember the trip from home to the zoo. Her one blind eye milky from the drugs that had finally worn off.

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    Ari - Female Northern wolf – Captivity for two years – Skittish, fearful, gentle, damaged


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    The previously captive wolf had barely been out of range when Draven fell over, and even though she would've liked to help or cushion the fall, her smaller, malnourished form probably wouldn't feel too well after having the considerably larger alpha's weight falling on top of it. She halted besides him, looked worriedly at him, pacing and shifting her weight from one paw to the other.


    Ari's ears pinned to the back of her head as she heard shouts of humans far away. She'd rather die than go back there! Although, she was fairly certain they wouldn't all try to capture them and bring them back for the reward the zoo had promised, some would probably kill them for sport, bragging rights or even their pelts. Ari knew she definitely wouldn't survive a bullet wound, as unhealthy as she was at the moment, but she wouldn't survive captivity more than a few days more, having had a taste of freedom and gotten addicted. Besides, in her bad state, she was fairly certain the people hunting them were too busy to consider her size and the state she was in, and therefore was the chance of them overdosing her very high. Either way, if they didn't escape, she'd end up dead, as well as some if not all of the pack, whom she had grown fond of.


    "Let's head over to that river! They could've only found us this quick with hounds, the water will erase our scents." The skinny northern wolf glanced at the wounded Alpha. "Besides, it's easier to swim with a hurt paw that to run, as you can settle with using three or even two paws only. It's our best chance."



    oc yea I know that the alpha is usually in the back while the injured wolf makes the pase but at this point everyone wants to follow the alpha. He has brought them so far by leading. I figured that ruin and resika being uninjured would fall back and help them.

    Elektra tried to keep up, but found herself falling behind. She smelled something, like humans, and turned to follow it. "Guys, I smell something. It smells like humans and fi-" She crested a ridge and saw the pack's old territory, being burned by humans. The few wolves who had been left behind and survived the fire were running towards them. "Where's Brynmor?" She looked for their darker brown brother, but realized that he was down in the valley, surrounded by flames. "Alwyn, Brynmor's trapped down there!"


    He broke off from the pack and ran down. He jumped through the flames, feeling his fur singe. But his adrenaline didn't let him feel it. His brother was unconscious and he had to drag him out. He tried to drag him up the hill, but failed. His brother stayed where he was, but Alwyn fell and rolled, down into the flames. He was near a flame and felt his fur burn more, but the smoke in his nostrils made his head fuzzy, and he lost his grip on reality. The last words he heard before he passed out was, "Alwyn, no!"

    Ruin finally collapses setting the pup down gently and looking up at the fire. "Our home.. " ruin finally rolls the alpha off his back. Having stayed out of the way of the fire.

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    Resika I set Ari down and watch as the fire consumes our home. "n-no..."

    When alwyn didn't return Akina coward, ear flat and tail between her legs.

    She heard Elektra cry out and found her self running, running towards the fire, towards Alwyn and Brynmor, she found Alywn and Brynmor passed out and began to panic, she should have thought this out, gotten backup or something. She took a breath a coughed as smoke filled her lungs, she heaved Brynmor onto her back and tried to drag Alwyn but he was to heavy along with Brynmor. She would come back for him.

    She started to climb back uphill, her legs burned and it looked like she had been crying with her wateryamber eyes, the fae dragged herself and Brynmor out and collapsed in front of Elektra "A-Alwyn" she coughed struggling to get to her paws.

    ((I hope it's ok I did this, I just needed some muse for Akina))

    Resika rushes forwards to help. She sees skins pulling Alwyn and moves in to help. She pulls alwyn out of the fire,carrying the large male slowly. "I've got him Akina!" I tell her,and feel my fur start to singe as I drag him. My fur starts to char and I hurry to drag him up the hill away from the fire. "Brynmore..." I cough and hack up black spit.

    Ooc: wasn't what I had in mind, but that's certainly one way of having their territory destroyed! Even more reason for them to keep traveling and finding a new home

    Feel free to lead the pack somewhere, Wolfiee, because I don't know where they should go. Maybe further in, where they find your character who tells them what happened?

    (OOC: Yeah it's fine. I just wanted to add a fire in because it could explain why it's destroyed. And from my point of view, there were humans cutting down trees and they caught on fire. Also, anyone can play Brynmor. I just needed him for a minute)


    Elektra ran over to her brother and put her head on Alwyn's flank.. "Brother, please don't leave me... You saved Brynmor, please don't die.." The tears streaking her face made her face look darker. "Please... Don't leave me... I can't lose you guys too..." Her brother's flank was moving up and down, proving he was alive. Brynmor's fur was just a bit singed, but Alwyn had a burn on his face and his fur was blackened. "Can somebody get me some comfrey for his burn!" It was right over one of his eyes. He might not be able to see again...

    Cresent nodded, as he knew someone had to help Elektra and the pup, he quickly found some comfrey, and brought it to her "Here Elektra" he said


    (I'm gonna make a new wolf, probably a pup, that lost it's pack, due to the fire and stuff)