| In the world of Antichthon Dragons fly, and unicorns prance. It's a world of magic, fluid and vast. Counter Earth, So similar to our own...but not. Here man is uncommon and dwell together in small settlements. Here, elves, dinosaurs and myth are real, commonplace! In Antichthon, Animals talk, think, and learn together. It's no surprise, but do expect the unexpected. As mankind does on Earth, it does in the counter Earth. Animals fall to weapons of various kinds, any quadruped must be wary. Come down to a cove, not quite a Valley, at the base of the mountains. Rich and green, untainted, but for a settlement of about 50 humanoids whom live further south. A forest fire caught near them, which pushed them away, but drove out much of the larger game. Small game is abundant though, in this virgin forest, riddled with clearings. This beautiful shallow Valley is about 150 miles across. cutting a track across the western side, close to the mountains is a large river, which runs to the base like a giant tear, collecting at the base of the mountains to a lake, shining a blue wonder. The hills at the base of the mountain are large, and before the land settled itself volcanic activity caused many natural caverns to form, some of which are interconnected by tunnels. There are three tunnels that lead out away from the main collection, one only small animals, perhaps the size of a fox could get through, and another is blocked by rock fall. It leads under the river. The last, large enough for two wolves atop one another to walk, leads out to a rock formation in middle land, marked by a clearing and a young cherry tree, not yet baring fruit. The rest, not large hills, but not plains, is rolling forest covered hill. Oak, walnut, Hickory, and Maple are the main trees found there. Pine, poplar and Cherry woods intermingle, but are not as present. Where the Fire had consumed new Birch, Beech and Pines are springing up. The young trees are no more than 2 feet high right now. Ground Cover is still struggling to come up. Common ground and fruit bearing plants are wild strawberries, Queen Ann's Lace root, cattail tubers at the edges of the lake, Huckleberries in the high hills, black and raspberry, Young tart cherries and small sweet apples, a random small grove of apricot trees from birds eating fruit. This is the land Cross Roads has come to populate! Crossroads land was not always populated by wolves however. It was full of cougar, bobcat, bear, moose and game. A few wolves who had no home banded together and in their strength and will they chased away many large predators. Together they came, and though each was from another land, another life, another rule...they became one. Each of the wolves, but ten all told, expressed their tales. Two young pairs searching for a home. One young female saw how they were, and how they worked together. She confided to her mate what she believed and he addressed the older ones. "From across each track of land we've come here. From many different paths we've trod, but here together we now stand. We should call ourselves Cross Roads, and take in any, like ourselves. Everyone deserves chance, peace, and friendly faces to call home." A few older ones were not sure, and stated that there would be those who turned away, or found them fools. The younger were not disheartened, and said that each must choose how they will stride. None of the elders of that groups, which there were three of them, between the ages of 7-9 wished to rule this new land, because much still needed done to take it as their territory. The young pair who suggested it, rose to the challenge and took the older mated pair as Betas. The last young couple became Gamas. The last four were members of the pack, as they chose to be. They knew that the age old pack, across the River, would not like them there as a clan. Slowly, the young pack built it's empire and grew. A few other wolves, loners all joined the growing pack. Their Rivals did resent them, in heir newness, their naive nature, their open kindness. Sure it would break them down before long. They were strong, generations strong and valued knowledge of war and land. They would send splinters to heckle Cross Roads, but as the new pack grew the attacks became less and less. Now, as the old Alphas drew to twilight years, and were soon to pass a youth who had joined them near the beginning, named Tris, stepped into the role of Alpha Female. Together, with her Mate, Cross roads will grow and flourish, even with dangers that lurk, and enemies threaten. With the fire having chased away large game, the pack hunting together, thus some community time, was lost. This must be made up, for the pack to stay as one. Tris bows to you, bottle green eyes closing "Welcome friend! I hope you will find safety with our family, we can be odd, we have our faults, but we are one." |
| Yin and Yang (casual open) | |
|---|---|
| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 4 2011, 06:09 PM (1,120 Views) | |
| Ancientakil | Feb 4 2011, 06:25 PM Post #16 |
![]()
Delta
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
Solstice was in a weird mood, a kind of thoughtful mood. She gazed over at Nero and licked her lips as she thought random thoughts. " Nero... I know you don't like my awkward questions but... How long do you think your going to stay with me?" She asked while rolling onto her side facing him. Her tail swayed slowly occasionally touching Nero, through never on purpose. Her blue eyes stared at him, more than likely only causing further distress. |
| The meaning of life you ask? How about to survive? To find a purpose? To make others, and even more so YOURSELF happy? To me, those ARE the meanings of life... | |
![]() |
|
| Tris Aime | Feb 4 2011, 06:26 PM Post #17 |
|
Alpha Administrator
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
Of all things! OF...ALL...THINGS. Though it could be a worse question, what to tell her? oh god what to say, watch your words lest they slip away! The fish drops from his mouth and he licks his lips a few times and stutters gibberish. Ears back and eyes wide a moment he recovers with a head jerk and smiles, wide, nervous wide. And she was staring at him...he groans a little, and does a head roll as though to find this tedious, but the fact that he's reacting overmuch like this is a signature of his nervousness at her question. He closes his eyes to her probing blues. His heart is pumping quickly, and it's heating him up "Well...I follow you still because..." ah, repeat the question, good stall for time, but wrong question! "Err, I'll be with you..." the words tickled his throat, why was this hard?! It was not saying the real words, it's saying a shade of meaning. "I'll be around until you finally tire of me." he finishes, deciding this would save him, but give the answer he means. |
![]() | |
![]() |
|
| Ancientakil | Feb 4 2011, 06:26 PM Post #18 |
![]()
Delta
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
Solstice smiled at his nervousness and scooted closer to him. She leaned forward and whispered in his ear. " Well... I'm glad your here... I really... really.. like you." She said wording it very carefully hoping she didn't overload him to much. She then proceeded to drag her tongue slowly across Nero's muzzle before standing and laying down a few feet away and curling her tail around herself. She smiled at Nero fondly, feeling as through she got a lot off her chest before tilting her head. " And just so you know.. I only moved away to give you space, since I know you don't like to much close contact.." She added on to clarify any random thoughts he may suddenly have. |
| The meaning of life you ask? How about to survive? To find a purpose? To make others, and even more so YOURSELF happy? To me, those ARE the meanings of life... | |
![]() |
|
| Tris Aime | Feb 4 2011, 06:27 PM Post #19 |
|
Alpha Administrator
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
what was she doing?! what was she doing!? What... WHATDIDSHESAY!? One ear dropped, the other crooked and his breath caught. What was this? He processed it now, 'Well... I'm glad your here... I really... really.. like you.' her words...her words...Then she licked him and walked away. He felt where her tongue had been like it was a burn, even through his hair he could feel it, a hot spot that would never fade. He did not like it to ever fade anyway. He heard her say it again in his head, and his other ear flicked down, suddenly catching the last of her other speech 'Don't like to much close contact.' Normally no. Normally. but this was not the same in any manner... He sighed once...twice...a third time he sighed, trying to catch his breath before looking at her and frowning, muscles tensed. Why not ask first? "Why? I nearly killed you when I met you, I was not friendly. I called you mean things...why would you..." quieter, a whisper at the end "why do I?" she'd probably hear him, addle as she was, it would not surprise him...a slip of the tongue. |
![]() | |
![]() |
|
| Ancientakil | Feb 4 2011, 06:28 PM Post #20 |
![]()
Delta
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
Solstice tiled her head and watched him. " Why? because despite all your pushing away that you did, everything you said, how you acted... you always cared. Even now... you follow me no matter where I go or what I do you follow me... I don't care about what you make everyone see... because despite how I act, I can see right through you Nero... and So far I love everything I see..." Solstice said while dipping her head. For once she didn't want Nero to see her face, or her eyes. It was her turn to be nervous and shy... Her ears flicked slightly as she heard what he muttered last, but she chose to to say anything about it... she just wanted everything to sink in... |
| The meaning of life you ask? How about to survive? To find a purpose? To make others, and even more so YOURSELF happy? To me, those ARE the meanings of life... | |
![]() |
|
| Tris Aime | Feb 4 2011, 06:29 PM Post #21 |
|
Alpha Administrator
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
Nero is surprised at her strait forward behavior, and winces a little, as though shocked by the very words in a literal and metaphorical way. Oh what to respond to that with? there is no way to dance around the truth of the words, no way to misconstrue what she said, and it would be an insult to the both of them in different ways if he actually did that. She was looking away from him? That was unlike her, but then...that was something heavy to admit. He inched closer, perhaps two feet, then stopped. His movement was slow and scuffling. His mind was working with his reply so he did not sound like such a fool. "Solstice, Fish." his croaking voice was even worse than normal. "I have followed you away. Away from everything I know, and have grown up with-" his voice is stutters, and hesitates, but in the same token, assured. "-I've seen some of the world. I've met many an interesting lady-" his stuttering starts to die out but he still hesitates at odd times "-I've growled at many a strange male, and have seen war and peace, and still...I am not settled." He stares at her, as normally she does him, though he wants to turn away, he keeps it there. "I'm not in lone company, but I am still alone." he shuffles closer again, whether she's looking at him or not. "What I'm saying..I'm...not good with these words. I'm saying, I really-" his graveled voice, for just the moment seems to clear, were there not that accident it would sound more like it does for the last words "-really like you too. So, I'll follow you, and be beside you, never the matter how." He clears his throat, which had started to hurt a tad. Nice tone of voice gone, back to normal. Edited by Tris Aime, Feb 4 2011, 06:29 PM.
|
![]() | |
![]() |
|
| Ancientakil | Feb 4 2011, 06:29 PM Post #22 |
![]()
Delta
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
Solstice flicked her ears and lifted her head as he finished. His words kept flowing through her head, over and over again. "Re...really?" She asked while looking at him, with eyes that seemed like they were on the verge of tears. She slowly stood and closed the gap between them and sat in front of him. Close enough that they would be touching at even the slightest lean forward. Her tail stayed perfectly still for once while she thought of something else to say. "N..Nero... do you think... that... you could... umm.." She stuttered as she once again looked at the ground while kicking at some dirt with her front left paw. Solstice bit her lip as she though about what to say.. nothing clever coming up so she decided to be blunt about it. " Well... I was hoping.... that you could.... Stay with me.... forever.." She said just as slowly as before, in a tone so quiet that you would have to be trying really hard to hear her. Solstice's eyes stayed on the dirt that lay between them, nervous for whatever reason there could be. |
| The meaning of life you ask? How about to survive? To find a purpose? To make others, and even more so YOURSELF happy? To me, those ARE the meanings of life... | |
![]() |
|
| Tris Aime | Feb 4 2011, 06:30 PM Post #23 |
|
Alpha Administrator
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
Be Bold, "I will, always." It's like he reflects for a bit, and touches the top of her muzzle with his cold black nose, a bump. The spot she'd licked him still tingled, perhaps that would never stop. Be Bold,"I...Love you." But not to Bold.He admitted it, at last. Having known her, a year and a half now at least, and traveling with her much of the time, sharing joking banter, sharing pain. Huddling to keep warm on particularly cold nights, working together. It felt right, but it felt weird too, how east it was for him to say those three words not, after saying the first three. It just...fit...but was that to much? was Nero to much? Was this overload what made him speak? No, it was finally being pressed. Nero was not an inactive wolf, but nor was he emotionally normally. She's gotten more from him in this past year and some than his old Alpha or even his Mother had, aside from normal puppyhood.Lest your Heart's Blood does run cold. |
![]() | |
![]() |
|
| Ancientakil | Feb 4 2011, 06:30 PM Post #24 |
![]()
Delta
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
Solstice looked up at the bump of his cold nose. His words rang through her ears and made her fill up with so much joy it felt as through her heart was about to burst. Small tears started to slide down her cheeks as she gave Nero a slow lick on his lips and pressed her nose against his. " I love you too..." Her reply was smooth and loving as she closed her eyes and breathed softly. Her tail was wrapped tightly around herself and her ears were perked high. Solstice was very happy right now, nothing could seem better to her. "Nothing could tear you from me..." Her last reply rang purely with truth and affection. They had been through a lot, and it all worked out... all the hidden weight seemed to be gone in a second and replaced with bliss. Her only thoughts, were of Nero and of where they headed now... |
| The meaning of life you ask? How about to survive? To find a purpose? To make others, and even more so YOURSELF happy? To me, those ARE the meanings of life... | |
![]() |
|
| Tris Aime | Feb 4 2011, 06:31 PM Post #25 |
|
Alpha Administrator
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
Nero sighed, he was settling back to normal, nothing was different, only things had been admitted. He's still Nero, he'll always be Nero, he'll just be Solstice's Nero instead of his own. He can live with that, for secretly, it's what he liked. "I'd like to see anything try." he responds to her last words, solid Nero is protective as always. He's not use to this lovey touchy behavior still, admitting something does not change who you are and how you've grown to be, it simply opens the door for more growth and change. He recalls, it was not even about ten minutes before she had yawned and seemed tired. Her fur was still damn, and now she was smelling like wet dog, ah, the little things. "Only you Solstice, could get that admittance" he says as he normally would, because it's true. |
![]() | |
![]() |
|
| Ancientakil | Feb 4 2011, 06:31 PM Post #26 |
![]()
Delta
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
Solstice smiled and nuzzled Nero. " I think I need to sleep..." She says while leaning against Nero, and resting her head on his shoulder. She gave a small sigh on content and she slowly wagged her tail happily with whatever energy she could muster. Permitted she could and probably would fall asleep right here,leaning against her love. A light breeze swept through her fur and caused her to shiver slightly and press up closer against Nero. " Maybe getting into the water was a bad idea eh?" She said with a slight chuckle |
| The meaning of life you ask? How about to survive? To find a purpose? To make others, and even more so YOURSELF happy? To me, those ARE the meanings of life... | |
![]() |
|
| Tris Aime | Feb 4 2011, 06:32 PM Post #27 |
|
Alpha Administrator
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
((lol, read my post over and saw I said damn instead of damp.)) He does not move when she leans again him, though for a moment was tense, not use to contact much after all, not in the kind sense. He dropped his own large head around her shoulders, sharing his warmth. His tone when he next speaks is chiding "You need to be careful because it is getting cold. I can only do so much." he sounds as he always did, caring Nero the rock. Only he did not stop with words, he licked her ears, tentative at first, uncertain, but continued anyway. |
![]() | |
![]() |
|
| Ancientakil | Feb 4 2011, 06:33 PM Post #28 |
![]()
Delta
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
Solstice smiled and pushed more into him, enjoying his warmth. " Getting colder... already that time of year..." She muttered slowly. " Should we find somewhere to stay for the winter? Or keep pressing on?" She asked without looking up. Her tail swayed with thought as she wondered what they were going to do when the snow starts to fall again. And even more so when she enters into season once again, through the first time was before she met Nero. She chuckled to herself randomly at thoughts of how Nero would react to that situation. |
| The meaning of life you ask? How about to survive? To find a purpose? To make others, and even more so YOURSELF happy? To me, those ARE the meanings of life... | |
![]() |
|
| Tris Aime | Feb 4 2011, 06:33 PM Post #29 |
|
Alpha Administrator
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
"You ought to nap, we can decide this later, I'll think about it though." He won't remind her that he knows nothing from the world outside of Break Ridge Valley. He's learned a decent bit in this time...but...was it enough? Consider him grudgingly adaptable, he is out here after all, and admitted today how he's felt. He lets her rest, and recollects what he does know, could winter here along the plains be worst than the Valley weather? he was not certain if the flatness would make it harder or not. They would have to skirt the mountains more, or break into them...or head south. Nero did not know what was beyond the mountains and plains. If they head south there are humanoid inhabitants and the sea. |
![]() | |
![]() |
|
| Ancientakil | Feb 4 2011, 06:34 PM Post #30 |
![]()
Delta
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
Solstice nuzzled into him some more before leaning back and licking the side of Nero's muzzle. She then backed away and laid down in the dirt and gave a small yawn before curling her tail around her and falling into a light sleep. No dream interrupted her sleep this time, so peaceful it was.. being so near Nero defiantly helped with that feeling of safety. |
| The meaning of life you ask? How about to survive? To find a purpose? To make others, and even more so YOURSELF happy? To me, those ARE the meanings of life... | |
![]() |
|
| Go to Next Page | |
| « Previous Topic · Outside the Plot · Next Topic » |
| Theme: Zeta origional | Track Topic · E-mail Topic |
2:21 PM Jul 11
|





![]](http://z5.ifrm.com/static/1/pip_r.png)




2:21 PM Jul 11