Posts by VAULT 83.

THIS IS HOW IT'S GONNA BE

He'd escaped. He was free.

For now, anyway.

The hellhound sprinted away from Bloodclan, not daring to stop until he reached the edge of the territory. He knew that they didn't exactly have boundaries, but it was enough for him. If he died now, it would cause war. All because he'd rejected his families ideas - he wasn't going to marry his sister to keep a pure bloodline.

He took a moment to breathe, and the sweet smell of Riverclan hit him. Oh god - they were going to think he was here to attack. The male paused, his body tensing as his red eyes searched his surroundings. It was only a matter of time before a patrol came around and managed to find him.

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Sure enough, people were arrving - a serval and a... His breath hitched in his throat - it was a direhound. One of the breeds his family had taught him to hate - he had refused to. Realising that both were speaking, the male raised his head slightly.

"I'm here to join. If I wanted to cause trouble, you'd both be dead," he said, slightly arrogantly.

A thought dawned on him - if they asked him his name, he wouldn't be able to say anything. He wasn't Octavian any more. He wouldn't go by that name. He was going to be... hmm... Valerium? No. Victor? No.

Valentine. Perfect.

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Hmm. Information. At least one of them had an ability beyond physical fighting, Valentine thought. As Autumn introduced herself and asked for a name, the breath hitched in the hellhound's throat. Why, he didn't quite know - he'd literally just planned this in his head.

"Valentine. I'm Valentine."

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Valentine managed a smile at the remark, and nodded for a tour. "I think that would be helpful," he elaborated, the smile fading slightly.

As another person approached - a rabbit - Val nodded as well. "Give or take a week," he added on with a raised brow, a smirk stretching across his maw. Teagan introduced herself, and Valentine decided to return the offer. "Valentine, the hound from hell."

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Val was almost losing count of how many people were arriving, and bit the inside of his mouth slightly at Caeser's comment. Most people were reacting nicely... but the Cipher kid...

"You're a feline. I'm a hell hound. Let's guess who would win," he snapped, raising his eyebrows.

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Valentine headed straight for the kid's drink table, grabbing what he presumed was orange squash and awkwardly sipping on it. The male was a complete lightweight with alcohol, and would have preferred not to make a fool of himself. However, with a bit of persuasion, the hellhound knew he could be drunk pretty easily.

Taking a gulp of the squash, Val took some time to look around before approaching Esca and standing beside her. "Ciao," he greeted with a grin.

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Valentine grinned, shrugging. "Bit of a lightweight, really," he said honestly, his grin turning into a mock frown. Turning the conversation back on Esca, the male decided to inquire as to how the pregnancy was going. "How's, uh..." he started, pointing to the bulge.

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"Lifeguard? I knew you guys were river-y, but..."

Val trailed off, before deciding to greet the others and introduce himself.

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Valentine realised he had snapped, and cast the kid a smile.

"Nah, I was kidding," he lied, remarkably well actually.

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"Are you hiding a bone?"

The hellhound seemingly appeared from nowhere in a cloud of black smoke, his pure red eyes searching the direhound and then the ground.

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Valentine let out a sniff of laughter, accompanied by a smirk.

"If you want a drunk, volatile and paranoid hellhound trying to give everyone piggybacks, then sure thing," he said, raising the squash slightly.

As the conversation turned to the pregnancy, Val smiled goofily. He wasn't too good with children - he hadn't been around anyone other than his siblings when he was younger, and he knew that one day, he would be forced into a marriage with one of them. That was why he had left.

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Val grinned, chuckling at the next remark.

"I thought I was your one love," he murmured jokingly, before scooping some of the sand away as it threatened to fall back into the 'pool'.

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"Hmm, take me up on that offer one day," Valentine said, winking.

Esca had clearly noticed his change in behaviour, and clarified that she just hated the body she was in. "Oh, what's the normal one?"

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The male popped up in a black cloud of smoke. "I heard party. As long as there's squash, I'm sold," he grinned, before nudging Rivulet and giving him a congratulations. It wasn't every day someone got promoted, and Riv did deserve it.

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"I'll have to correct you; a lightweight with good taste," Val grinned, nudging Hudson before turning back to Rivulet and nodding. Squash was the only drink that the hell hound could tolerate without turning into a douche or a sad drunk.

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Valentine had heard about the raid and had arrived as soon as possible - he was curious as to what the hell everyone was doing. Although it was in Bloodclan, the male was almost certain that he wouldn't see his dad.

Just as he stopped to look around, @Sylmae Winzor made a jibe about Riverclan's leader. "Hmm, nice, can you send that in an email?" he said, preparing maybe to fight, despite the fact that everyone seemed to be negotiating now.

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"Never had orange squash?" Valentine inquired, raising his brow slightly. He was convinced that the drink was universal - apparently this was not so.

"It's... watery orange juice?" he attempted to explain, looking towards Riv - who seemed to understand him. At the male's offer to go inside, Val smiled and began to slowly amble in, turning around to see if the others were coming too.

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