What is Home?[Joining]

[Tillix]

Tillix shivered, lost, alone, and hungry. Her paw throbbed in pain, though the chill helped quell the swelling. The gold and red Lyxxus had slipped on some damp ground, twisting her paw and knocking her head into a rather large stone. She had stumbled around confused for at least a full day. The young female was exhausted and scared.

It seemed no matter where she went she was destined to end up alone again. First her parents the the Republic. Nothing in her life seemed to be going right, not sense the day she was born. Her head pounded and paw twinged making it hard for her to see.

Limping to the edge of a lake she laid down. A light pink tongue darted out to lap up some water. It was colder than the air around her and chilled Tillix even more. With a whimper the Lyxxus curled up, her three tails wrapping around her like a protective shield, her light blue eyes fluttering closed.

Maybe she would die here. It had to be better than living the way she was. Always so alone, so lonely. Her heart shuttered in pain and tears gathered in her closed eyes. Yes, death would be welcome. With that she let a fitful sleep over take her.

[°Nautic°]

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[atrb=background,http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q21/winkatuck/nautictable-1.png,true][scrolly:h(270),w(220),sy,c()] Nautic was making his rounds patrolling the borders again when a familiar scent hit his nostrils. He couldn't believe it, was it another wolf from the republic? He had been running into a lot of them lately... When he approached the wolf close enough and could tell it was a female, he instantly recognized her. "T-tillix..." he felt another lyxxus had pried his tongue from his mouth as he found it hard to muster up anything else to say. Staring at awe for a few moments he finally spoke up. "What are you doing all the way out here, you look horrible..." he came next to her to lick the side of her face, to comfort her. Nautic knew he could take this kind of weather, he had plenty of tails to keep him warm and he was large, even for a lyxxus. Not that having another familiar face around here didn't excite him, he was just worried about her living in such cold climates when she did not look her best at this moment. "I thought you had died or disappeared, I should've made sure you were by my side the whole way to the republic...what happened? I heard from Tobias what happened to the pack but I haven't seen you in ages!" then so many more questions popped into his head. "Are there others with you? Did you come to join our pack?" he felt an overwhelming warm and tingly feeling in the pit of his stomach. More lyxxi made him feel more comfortable around these bigger brutes that bossed him around. [/scrolly]

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[Tillix]

A familiar voice caused Tillix to stir. Warily she creaked open a sky blue eye, to tired to do anything more. It was a Lyxxus, a male Lyxxus, one who seemed to know her. She tried to remember but coherent thoughts were a challenge.
She shivered, either from cold or injury, and moved her tails out of her face as the larger Lyxxus licked her face to wake her. She tried to remember where she was and why she was there.
"I-I fell," She said ," Everyone left and I was all alone and then I fell. Am I dead?" She asked tears welling up in her eyes.

Nautic. Thats who this was. She had met him once, had he been in the Republic? She couldn't remember. She couldn't remember a lot of things.
"There's a pack here?" Tillix lifted her head to revile the small gash on her head. It was on top of the scar and had stopped bleeding a while back. Now it was clotted with dirt and grime, begging to become infected.
"I twisted my paw," She whimpered, the tears that had been threatening to fall finally running down her cheeks,"It hurts."

[°Nautic°]

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[atrb=background,http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q21/winkatuck/nautictable-1.png,true][scrolly:h(270),w(220),sy,c()] "Shhh... say no more. Here, get on my back, I'll get you somewhere safer than here... I'm sure we'll run into Ahote on the way and we can work from there. The least we can do is heal your wounds and keep you safe until you recover..." Nautic trailed off as he crouched down so she could rest on him. He could easily use his tails to keep her warm and slightly protect her until he found another wolf to help him. [If anyone else or Ahote especially, could make an appearance that would be great!] [/scrolly]

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[Ahote]

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[atrb=background,http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/lilDiablo_/ahotemid.jpg] As it stood the Drott was also on patrol. It was enjoyable to have the soldiers out and about, welcoming new members, bringing them in and explaining things to them. It afforded him more time with the pups, many of which had fathered personally. The male Yagi was in his prime, his pelt shone, near gleamed in what light there was to be had. An impressive figure of green and black moved through the trees as though he owned them, for in fact he practically did. It was his markers more than most that edged the borders of pack lands. Letting any potential pack member or threat know exactly who they would be dealing with, a soldier might meet them first, but a soldier could not fully accept them, Ahote had to. His horns spiraled up on top of his head as he made his way to the lake. It had not fully frozen over yet, an underground geyser or heat source was keeping at least part of it thawed, which was a good thing, cold water was better than trying to stay hydrated with snow. Cold stuff indeed, he shook his head at the very thought of it. However, as he came close he not only scented Raust but another female as well. Rolling his eyes his thoughts automatically ran to the incident with the other two intruders. Was he yet again going to step in on Raust being man-handled by another dangerous threat? The male had a pension for just seeking out trouble. However the other scent seemed, diminished, small and if he didn’t know better insignificant. Smells like the desert, or plains, or the canyon all spoke wildly to Ahote, because he had now become accustomed to the weather of the Taiga and the scents here, any that bordered on strange or different immediately caught his nose, as this one did. He appeared from behind the trees and began to approach what he saw were now two lyxxus, one Raust, and one, he assumed was the other one he had scented. Female…small, sickly looking…blood. His ears perked and moved from the left to the right with the winds as they carried the scents and information right to him. He did not bother to break into a run, as much of a womanizer as Raust was, he was not violent towards females, or Ahote would have killed him on sight. When he was close enough to begin to speak, the masculine and deep sound slithered from somewhere deep inside him. “Raust whenever I see you, it seems trouble tends to find you…or rather you go looking for it..” His tone may have been amused but his eyes were serious, and all for the female in front of him. He leaned his nose down, careful of his horns and sniffed at her lightly. She seemed to be favoring one paw, and there was remnants of blood on her head. Honestly, he was surprised she was alive at all. Wandering around in the Taiga during the day could be a trial with the winds, but at night, well as he thought, she was lucky to be alive. “Raust I assume you know her? Or have become familiar with her since finding her? Or did she find you?” He was wondering just how to get about getting her back to the Home Tree, she was injured, and female, and he would like to think he could trust one of his soldiers to have good enough judgment to not bring in a threat. “Ariana is back at the Home Tree, it’s dangerous for her to travel with such delicate wings in the wind. I can carry her back if it is easier? Or did you have something else in mind?” His eyes finally turned back to one of his Hauld and waited for his answer. His posture said he was rather impatient and ready to move on with this, not for lack of caring for the female, but the longer she remained out here the better the chance for her to be permanently injured.

[Tillix]

Tillix had made her way through life surviving on sheer dumb luck. When she survived the rock slide that gave her the large scar she sported. When she survived the starvation and helplessness that came with being a pup without a family. Surviving on minimal knowledge of how to support herself. When she found the Republic who were kind enough to take her in, until they themselves were broken apart. And now, being found by Nautic and his kindness.

She didn't even flinch when the large Yagi appeared and spoke to the male Lyxxus. Tillix wasn't quite sure what was going one, her fragile brain was having trouble comprehending what was being said. As each moment passed the red and yellow lyxxus became colder. A numb sensation was spreading throughout her body.
Nautic had told her to get on his back but it was becoming harder and harder to move. Then she heard the Yagi offer to take her on his back. Where were they going to take her? Should she be scared? Tillix couldn't think straight. She wasn't scared, she had met Nautic, he had been nice to her.

Tillix let out a shuddering sigh, "So cold," she breathed. Her eyes drooped closed, she was too tired to cry anymore. Now all she wanted to do was sleep.

[°Nautic°]

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[atrb=background,http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd415/Somatra1/nback-1.jpg] Nautic was at loss for words. The gears in his mind working out a plan for the current predicament. With a curt nod he turned to Ahote and sighed inwardly, motioning towards Tillix. "Yeah, I found her. You know me, always going the extra mile to patrol the pack borders." He noticed her beginning to fall out of consciousness. The larger lyxxus was beginning to worry if she would make it. "Sadly no, I have no other ideas on how I could help in this situation. For her to get their quicker it would only make sense to have you, Ahote, take her... I would not like a potential member to fall at the hands on death, herself before even the chance to be apart of something greater." puffing out his chest hair in the wintry cold. He wanted to go to his warm den and sleep for the night now. The matter was still at hand as he await the drott to either speak his own words back, or to take immediate actions. For once, Nautic was thinking with his brain... not his crotch. If not for his weakness of she wolves, he would probably seem much more prepared and much more leader-like. This was just a stage he needed to get over, just to settle down when he found the right one. If he ever found the right one. "I do know her too," he admitted lastly before taking a few steps ahead and turning back to face the drott, face to face. Embarrassment lacing his features. "I met her before joining the enclave and she planned on taking me to join her pack. Now, at least I know, it was not meant to be..." his tails drooping as he sauntered underneath the pine firs as the chilling air stuck to his sandy pelt. Paw steps against the falling snow. [[finally done :P, had lots of muse! I think tillix is done in this thread anyways. Just need Ahote to wrap it up and I think we're good. Watchu think chess?]]

[Ahote]

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[atrb=background,http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/lilDiablo_/ahotemid.jpg] Just a few weeks ago Ahote remembered carrying another Lyxxus into the Home Tree for females, and she had turned out to be disastrous, and the only female he had ever had to punish physically. Even now as he thought back on Allison he did not regret punishing her. No female had any excuse at this point to ever break his rules, and the pack’s laws, they had had ample time to leave the pack and follow some other alpha. Most however, had stayed having loved the land, and gotten used to the way things were done. He had made the change gradual for a reason, although the in flux of members was not gradual and he was for once content to have Raust around, he did a lot of border patrol, and thusly he was a good Hauld. “Indeed. I do know you, luckily..or perhaps even unluckily for her you found her. Lucky in that she is smaller than you, and unlucky because you are in fact too small to carry her fast enough. None the less I am sure you would have called for help to save your friend..” His voice should have sounded chiding, but it wasn’t, he appreciated Raust, and now he knew the male lyxxus genuinely needed help for his friend who was obviously in should dangerous need of it. “Indeed she will be meant for greater things by joining, I have no problems carrying her at the quickest speed back to the female home tree to be healed…if you so desire you may follow to be there for her, relieved of duty for the rest of the day..” He did not know what Raust’s connection to the female was in truth but for now he would leave it alone, the more match ups and pairs there were the higher chance for pups and thusly the continuation of the pack in general. When the other explained that he was considering joining the female’s pack Ahote’s ears perked up slightly and he smirked. “So we were second choice hmm?” It didn’t truly matter to Ahote which side of the bread was buttered for Raust, as long as he was loyal and worked hard for the Enclave as he was supposed to. There would be no problems as long as this occurred as it was supposed to and he fulfilled his position and his duties. He shook his head as the male sauntered off, he had no doubt he would find the older male sauntering around the female tree to check on her later but for now he towered over the female below him. If one did not know any better they would think he was about to kill, or do otherwise nefarious things to her. “I know you are cold little one, but rest assured, I will bring you somewhere warm where you can heal from your harrowing journey.” With that his large mouth opened and he took the female’s scruff in a position of dominance to assure she would remain loose in his grasp. His claws dug into the earth and he swung around and took off at top speed for the home tree. He did not ask if she was okay, or how she liked the ride, in fact it might be more pleasant if she closed her eyes and fainted. His long, powerful legs bunched and released as he jumped this tree, or ducked to avoid hitting branches while keeping her up off the ground. His chest and lungs began to heave as he traveled on, running as best he could with a larger than pup bundle locked between his teeth without drawing blood from her body. Finally, after what seemed like a lifetime he saw the two largest trees in the forest come to his sight. Tight words whispered…”We’re home little one…” He slowed, digging in his feet for traction as he slid around on the slightly damp earth and padded into the female home tree. He went into one of the lower dens, sheltered and covered in prey skins and dropped her down gently onto the warming skins. He drew one up in his mouth and covered her, nosing at her body. He barked and howled through the tree for a moment, ‘Healer! Now!’ Having given the call, he lay his heaving body down behind her to keep her warm until help arrived. ((Thread closed. Happy Day!))