Idiocy at its Best

[AVALON !]

AVALON . HALWYN. CARADOC

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It was morning, and with the sun rise, the rest of daytime world was now awakening. The sun cast its early morning rays over the land, bathing it in a warm, gentle glow. Avalon had been asleep, buried in a small den near a huge spring. She was protected by a few bushes which dotted the entrance of the den, and her eyes slowly opened, revealing almost white eyes. Her mouth opened, a pink tongue lolling out from her mouth, curling over his nose, before recoiling. It closed as she tossed her head for a moment, finally poking her nose out from the ground. Her rosy pink nose flared, her nostrils taking in every scent she could. The land was inhabited by a small group of wolves - maybe two or three at the most, and they hadn't been here too long. She figured she was safe for the time being, and if not, she'd offer them some food in exchange for their company. She could join their pack, she supposed, but she'd have to see if she liked them. Either way, it was all up for grabs.

Avalon ducked her head down, extending her paws out the entrance of the den and then twisting her body, maneuvered herself out of the small opening. Once she was free from the ground, she gave her body a brisk shake, sending dirt flying every which way. Bending down, she stretched out each leg, and finally her back, shaking her body once more, before wandering towards the edge of the spring.

The water was cool, despite the warm temperature outside. The sun was still making its way into the sky, so the air was a tad chilly. Even still, it was a nice temperature. It would be much hotter later that day, she knew, with the sun high up in the sky. Her ears perked up on her head, swiveling for a moment to pick up all the sounds around her. A few wild animals rustling around, but nothing that she really needed to worry about. The wind was fairly strong, and she was glad to be further down the mountain this time. Despite the season it was cold, and Avalon stepped towards the water. She knew from the previous day how icy cold the water was, and and slowly waded herself out into it, shivering as she got deeper. She dipped her head down under the water, swallowing a mouthful of crisp water before bringing her head back up. She took in gasping breath of air, and then dove down, her eyes open and searching for fish. Finding a small one, she quickly lashed out her jaws, grasping it in her mouth and resurfacing.

Taking a huge breath, she paddled back to the shore, shivering crazily now. She walked out of the water, shaking her body briskly and sending water droplets flying everywhere. The fish was still wriggling in her jaws, but Avalon kept them clamped shut, allowing no room for escape. The vapid land was quiet, and despite the morning, it seemed as if nothing, besides herself, was actually there. She was still shivering, but she ignored the fact that she was cold, and instead focused her attention on her meal. She ate it quickly, then, still shaking from the cold, but dryer now, ambled back to her little hole in the ground, make-shift den. The bushes helped shelter her from the cold, and she curled herself up into a little ball, retreating back into the warmth that the underground den offered.

ooc; eh... bad post. sorry if there are no fish in the water, I assumed there would be of some sort. Also, Avalon is dumb. Please excuse her lack of brain cells. Cold & cold water swimming = bad idea. Lets hope she doesn't give herself hypothermia and die, or something stupid like that.

[Pyke]

Early morning. Birds singing, insects buzzing, the dew clinging to the blades of grass as the frosty mist of night dispersed. Why was he even awake?

Pyke, not being a morning wolf, grumbled silently to himself as he made his was sleepily toward the scent of water. He hated being up this early, he hated the fact that he was actively seeking out water. He hated water, but he needed it to survive. The young lupus trudged on, his paws wet from the dew, giving him an unpleasant chill now and then. At least the sun was rising higher, soon the dew would evaporate and he could sun himself lazily. His gray fur was a bit of an unkempt mess. He had not bothered to groom himself yet this morning and had slept in a hollowed out stump the night before, just because it was there.

He came around a few shrubs to see the spring. He scented the air, he supposed a pack was here. Nothing large enough to cause him to worry, so with his one and a half ears pointed forward he moved toward the spring. His electric eyes caught site of the remnants of a fish, as well as some flattened and soggy grass. Someone had been here only minutes before.

He glanced around suspiciously at first, but then his curiosity got the better of him and he sauntered over to get a better idea of who it was. He sniffed carefully, a female? Excellent! He carefully padded to the water's edge, got a quick drink from the spring then backpedaled enough to get another smell. He shook out his pelt, the faded blue saddle glinted in the sunlight he looked over himself, making sure he was a tad more presentable.

With a cocky smirk he trotted after the still fresh scent trail left by the female. His tail was held high and wagged in anticipation. It had been a while since he had talked to a dame. Maybe getting up this early was not a bad thing after all. He followed the scent for a few minutes before he came upon a shallow den. He peered inside, making sure to keep his head back a bit in case it was not a wolf at all....

[AVALON !]

AVALON . HALWYN. CARADOC

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Despite her wet fur, Avalon had found warmth in the small den. She knew the dirt from the walls was now staining her fur and creating a lovely mud, but at this point, she honestly couldn't care. She continued to shiver, hiding her nose under her paws as she pulled herself closer and closer together. Well hey, at least it was summer. She mentally cursed her idiocy at decided to swim in the ice cold lake. But at least she'd filled her belly. The fish was satisfying, despite the ordeal to get it, and she much preferred fish to anything else.

It was then that it hit her - she could try and command the water to be warm. Or something. She closed her eyes, her jaw clamping shut. She didn't realise how taut her muscles had become with concentration. Now, how to go about this? She wasn't exactly sure how to figure out what to do. 'I want to be warm, I want to be warm. Heat the water on my fur, please? Please please please?' She wasn't even sure if it'd work.

Had she not been concentrating on warming her body up, she probably would have noticed the new scent that wafted on the slight breeze. And had she noticed that, she would have bounded out, no care in the world, to greet her new friend. But as of right now, Avalon was more concerned with warding off hypothermia than that. Finally, as if a light had been switched on, she began to feel her fur grow warmer. It started off gradually, but soon enough the water on her fur grew to a nice hot temperature. Unfortunately for her, she lost control of her powers for a moment, and the water grew to a boiling temperature. Yelping, she leaped to her feet, bounding out of the den, right in the direction of the nose of another Lupus who stood before her. How embarrassing.

[Pyke]

"Great Spirit!" He exclaimed as he was accosted by a yelping female. She slammed into him, sending the cocky male toppling back with both surprise and force. His shocking eyes blazed at her. "What the hell was that?!" He gave her an accusatory glare. How dare she randomly attack him while he was snooping around her den. The nerve!

The young male got to his feet and realized soon that there was an odd warm sensation from where she bumped him. He thought about it for a second, then looked her over. "You're hot, everything alright?" He smirked at his play on words, she was not bad looking, but she was indeed warm. It put him in a better mood right of the bat.

He shook off his pelt, but was still bristled slightly, he did not like those kind of surprises. His ears were flat on his head, he was not sure what to do. He felt the air around him crackle slightly, his power had passively been activated. He concentrated as well as his hormones would allow, causing the slight ionization to disperse into the cool air.

[AVALON !]

AVALON . HALWYN. CARADOC

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Avalon didn't even realise there was another wolf in front of her into he barreled into him. The force sent her flying backwards onto her rump, and she immediately bristled with surprise, her ears pinning back against her head as she was launched back towards the den, her back end sliding back down into it. She stared at him with wide eyes, her eyes almost completely white, save the slight change in hue, and then her pupils. After he spoke, questioning her, she just stared at him, her jaw hanging open for a moment as she stared at him stupidly.

"I... well... it was..." she blinked for a moment, cut off by his words. She gave her head a shake and pulled herself out of the den again, standing in front of him. If he was going to attack her he would have done it before, and so Avalon was pretty sure she wasn't going to be harmed. He seemed a little younger than she, but that didn't really matter. She stared at him for a moment longer and then finally spoke.

"Uhhh, yeah, I'm okay now," she said, noticing her fur had warmed itself down to a fairly acceptable temperature. She was no longer wet and cold. The air was still fairly chilling though, and with no trees to relieve the wind, was cooling her down quite quickly. "Well... to be honest, I was trying to warm myself up. I went for a swim, and so I was cold and wet... figured I'd heat up the water on my fur. But apparently I don't know how to control my own powers." She scoffed slightly, more at her own disappointment in herself that anything else. She hardly noticed his obvious disgruntlement at her greeting, but could hear crackling around him. Her ears perked, and a single brow slid up on her face slightly, but she shrugged it off.

"Sorry for running into you by the way... though I must say, it's not exactly the wisest thing to stick your nose in another wolf's den. But either way, so long as you're okay, I'm okay," she said, her maw widening into a smile. Her tail wagged behind her - how long had it been since she had company? Far too long, what with that stupid blizzard. She swept her body to the ground, reclining on her haunches.

"I'm Avalon. I'm not really part of the pack that lives here. I'm just kind of... here."

[Pyke]

He blinked a few times, regaining himself finally. He had almost lost his cool there. But he was good now. He plastered his smirk back on, his tail fwaped the ground in a normal, confident beat. His complete ear perked up to listen to her stutter and grope for her words.

"You went for a swim? Why would you do that?" He was not quite repulsed, but taken aback by the idea of swimming in general. Not to mention this early in the morning. His quizzical expression melted though, she could not control her powers, he could barely do that either. He declined to mention that though, even if they had a common ground, why would he lay out his flaws to a stranger?

He stiffened at her accusation, "Hey, I was curious, so I investigated. I'm brave and awesome like that." He nodded, his confidence exuding out of his pores. He turned up his nose a bit at her words, but, her voice was pretty damn enticing so he quickly got over that little foul up too.

He snorted a little at her introduction, "I'm Pyke. I'm also just kind of here. Not like they can do anything about it." That's right, slather on the charm. In his mind he was untouchable, he had this situation pinned and prone.

[AVALON !]

AVALON . HALWYN. CARADOC

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The male before Avalon seemed to be a jovial sort of character. She smiled sweetly at him oblivious to his attempted flirtations. She didn't usually stutter so much - she was just taken off guard. Usually she could talk endlessly for hours and never shut up, until finally she exhausted herself. Avalon though listened to the male before her, her ears flicking back and forth as he talk. Why would she go for a swim? The question, Avalon decided, was a stupid one. Why NOT go for a swim? The water was lovely, and swimming was just as lovely. She purred almost for a moment, shifting her weight from one side to the other and staring at him with wide eyes.

"Why would I do that? Swimming is wonderful. The feeling of water through your fur... I imagine it feels quite a bit like flying. And since I obviously lack the ability to fly, it's the closest I can get to that. And it's quite enjoyable. You should try it sometime. Maybe not in THERE though... it is rather chilly, if I do say so myself," she said, her voice rather high pitched. She spoke relatively fast, her words kind of jumbling together. She laughed though when he spoke next, her chest quivering as her laugh erupted from her small body.

"I didn't know popping your head in other's dens made you awesome, but all right," she replied, not exactly wanting to pop his little bubble. He seemed pretty damn confident, and it was cute, in an endearing sort of way. "Either way though, I suppose I can salute your sense of adventure. I too am one with a brave heart and a keen eye for adventure," her voice was laced with confidence too, and she finally got up, trailing around the side of him until she was standing at his side.

"Pyke, eh? Nice to meet you. Perhaps we can stick together for the time being. I have no idea what I'm planning to do, but I always enjoy company. Are you from around here? she asked, her tail swishing lightly behind her, continuing to stand beside him.

[Pyke]

He was taken aback, utterly baffled that she would think swimming was wonderful. "It's not wonderful, it's terrible! What with the lack of air and the wet and the conductivity......If I was meant to fly I'd have wings. I'm perfectly fine with staying on the ground. The dry, solid ground." His phobia of water, if not apparent enough, was quite strong. He was never a strong swimmer, and then once he discovered his power, it made things worse.

He cleared his throat as if he had coughed the whole rant up like a bird bone. He nonchalantly listened to the rest of her words, though it was hard to keep up in some place. Damn, she spoke fast. But it was worth the view. His ears twitched back up at his name, the self-centered male always had that reaction to himself.

"Stick together?" He thought about it. Well, why not? He could attempt to impress her and all that good stuff. He was heading north just out of luck. Maybe there would be an adventure waiting for him up there. Company would not hurt, unless of course she turned out to be annoying or whinny. "Sure why not. And no, I am not from around here, just passing through. How about you?"

[AVALON !]

Avalon couldn't help but giggle as he spoke, her ears flicking backwards and forewards in amusement. Her tail kept the same rhythm, waggling as her body moved with giggles. "You're so silly Pyke," she said, her maw creased with a wide smile. It was nice to have such a friendly wolf around after being alone for so long. Especially after being separated from Keary and Ajouren. To be completely fair to Pyke though, she probably wouldn't be too happy if she had electricity as a power.

She pranced around him in a circle, her paws lifting up high into the air as she pranced, rather over joyed by the fact that he had agreed to join her. She finally stopped after making a few circles around him, flopping onto the ground beside him.

"Ehehe... sorry. I've been alone for a little while. You see, I got separated from my friend and my brother in a really bad snow storm, and I haven't seen them since. By any chance have you seen a blue wolf, or a black wolf with a white fuzzy mane?" she asked, though she doubted he had seen either of them.

[Pyke]

Such an adorable giggle! Be still your heart, Pyke, the charm of females will never cease to claim you.

His tail went fwap-fwap and his heart pitter-pat as her melodic words hit his ears. he watched her dance in circles around him, or rather in his mind she was. His imagination had a way of overly romanticizing some female actions. He tried to follow her by turning in place to keep up with her prancing circle. After a few rotations though, he stopped and sat shaking his head.

Just in time too, she flopped next to him and he closed his eyes to make the world stop spinning. He opened one electric yellow eye once she began speaking again. He felt he had to watch her to keep up with her rapid fire dialogue. He finally caught up with her question and did a partial nod-shake of the head.

"Yeah....no...no I don't think so. I saw a green wolf not too long ago....and yeah..no sorry no blue ones." He fumbled over his words. Then flicked his tongue out a few times to attempt to regain control over it. Dames. It was always the dames that tripped him up. He loved and hated it at the same time.

"Looking for your family, eh? Can't say that is something I would do." His vision of his family was slightly soured, he only ever got along with the few females in his family. His brothers he could careless about. Especially his eldest brother. His lip curled slightly at the thought of Ontario, but he quickly fixed it to keep his happy-go-lucky trickster theme going.

[AVALON !]

Avalon had no idea the effect she was having on the male before her. If she had known, she probably would have done the exact same thing, and wondered why he felt that way. But of course, her little, innocent, naive brain had no inkling that he could perhaps be tantalized by her.

Her little prance about him seemed to make his head spin though, and when she finally flopped on the ground, she watched him, waiting for him to speak. Finally he did a strange movement with his head, and spoke. Just as she had thought... no sign of Ajouren or Keary. She sighed and nodded, rolling her body onto her back, so her paws were up in the air. She rested her head on his back, flapping at the wind idly with her paws.

"I didn't think so. And yeah, my brother and my guardian. Well he's kinda more like my friend than my guardian. But anyways, we were going on an adventure... but apparently now we can't. But I suppose that's okay. I'm sure I'll find them, right? I mean, how hard can it really be to find another wolf?" She yawned, her tail swishing idly behind her.

"So Pyke, where are you from? How did you end up here?"

[Pyke]

His head tilted to the side as she rolled over onto her back. He could not help but pant, discreetly. He could blame it on the thin mountain air. Yeah, that'll do. His blue tipped tail swept across the grass. His half ear twitched slightly as a bug buzzed by.

He pretended to pay attention. He really had no interest in her explanation of her lost companions. It had no direct impact on him, nor any gain if he did. He nodded now and then as if he were listening. He allowed his eyes to wander over her body now and then to keep his interest fresh. He snapped back to attention when she said his name.

"Uh...South, I guess." He glanced over his shoulder as if the answer was back there.The electric blue saddle pattern on his back gleamed in the morning sun. He turned back to the female. "How'd I end up here? I walked of course." He gave her a playful smirk, his shocking eyes caught the light as if they were sparking, about to ignite.

[AVALON !]

Poor naive Avalon. She watched him twitch with the bug flying by and scrunched up her maw. "What in the world happened to your ear?! That looks sore," she purred, completely distracted from what she was doing before. She rose, walking towards him and pointing her nose towards it, surveying it with close eyes. She hadn't even realised he had been ignoring most of what she said about her companions. Of course it was no interest to no one but herself.

"South sounds good though. It's pretty damn cold here, isn't it? Enough to make you shiver!" she giggled, shivering a bit to reiterate her point. She laughed - a hearty laugh this time - as he explained that he'd walked. "Well I'd be a little stunned if you had flown, considering you lack wings," she replied, lifting up a single paw and aiming to place it gently on his back where wings should be. "But really, what're you doing here? I mean, I couldn't help it, but I can't understand why someone would come here on their own accord." She gave her body a brisk shake, her tail wagging.

"Shall we start walking? I'm kinda hungry. Plus it's cold. I wouldn't mind moving to somewhere that has actual grass," she said, flexing her toes and then gripping the snow with her paws. It was getting pretty damn cold there, despite being morning, and soon it'd be afternoon, then night. And then it'd be REALLY cold.

[Pyke]

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[AVALON !]

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