Trust is just a game (Cy)

[Cinnamon]

A purple Lupus grumbled to herself as she padded across the cold ground. Up here the winters seemed to come early, and there was no way she was sticking around for the real cold. So she had to find him before that happened. It had already been so long. Surely he would feel bad for making her chase after him for this long. But she knew that it wasn’t his fault. It was all Ontario’s fault. And that was no longer a problem. She tried to blow her stubborn bangs out of her eye but they fell right back into place.

Her footsteps were heavy and she left deep impressions upon the ground, much deeper than she should have been leaving for a wolf of her size and weight. She had decided that if she had to trounce around this wasteland day after day, she would at least get some training out of it. And so, increasing the pull of gravity upon herself constantly she walked and walked and searched and searched. And although the search had thus far been fruitless, the training was really paying off. She was stronger physically certainly, and she could hold the gravity levels longer and with less concentration. She still had a long way to go, but she intended to continue this regime for a long while to come.

She also noted that it made her much more difficult to track. No one looking for her would think to follow tracks that indicated a wolf much heavier than she. And no one following those tracks from any…questionable business would ever think to suspect her. She grinned to herself, reveling in the continuing potential of her powers.

She stopped and stretched, ears twitching for any little sounds. She was testy and in need of some….entertainment. The Mortui before was already nearly forgotten in her mind. It was difficult to leave a strong impression upon her, especially while she was set on her quest to find her brother.

[Pyke]

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[Cinnamon]

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[Pyke]

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[Cinnamon]

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[Pyke]

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[Cinnamon]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=cellPadding,0,true][atrb=width,341,true][atrb=background,http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad340/Toki_Graphix/Regular%20PT/Cinnamon---Lupus.png] [scrolly:h(340),w(288),sy] There was a strange moment in which Cinnamon, the wolf who was blunt with everyone, hesitated. What would Pyke think if she told him about what she had done? Would he understand that it was all for him? That she had gotten revenge for what they had done? In her eyes they were all guilty, either through action or inaction. But would he think that she was a monster? Would he be angry with her for leaving them all to their fate? The thought of him turning away from her after finally finding him frightened her greatly. All this time chasing after him and she hadn’t considered this possibility. It was too great a risk. She began speaking slowly, the pride in her actions gone from her voice, reluctance clear in her tone. “There was a dragon. It attacked the pack. I was out hunting, so I got away. But I don’t think anyone else survived.” There, that was a safe explanation. And it was true with a few minor deletions. She could gauge his reaction from that information and decide if she should tell him more later. “So I left and have been chasing after your trail ever since,” her tail wagged as she smiled sweetly to her baby brother. “And now I’ve finally found you.” She shivered slightly in the cold wind. Her thick winter coat had come in, which provided a good amount of protection from the wind, but she still didn’t like the cold very much. She was barely thinking about the cold now though, her mind was completely focused on Pyke. [/scrolly]

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[Pyke]

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[Cinnamon]

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[Pyke]

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[Cinnamon]

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[Pyke]

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