The Undead Awaken [Thana/Thanatos]

[°Inaba°]

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[atrb=background,http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q21/winkatuck/inabatablefincopy-1-3-1.png] The barren lands were still warm from the previous summer. The plants that were slowly popping out of the soot from the fire were slowly wilting away again, the chilling air proving too much for them. Inaba gently pawed at one and felt obligated to try and help. Without any tissue on the bottom of her jaw, she could not even hold water or drink for that matter anymore. A shame really she had liked it when the cool waters trickled down her throat. What had happened to her to cause her lose all interest in sleep, food and water? Sauntering down towards a shallow puddle with a bit of leftover rainwater from a possible summer thunderstorm, she peered at her grotesque features. 'I'm so ugly!' She cried and howled, her head tilting back as her thoughts pierced through her already soft mentality. The string of tears trickled down the right side of her face as she sobbed and laid down on her side. How she just wished she wasn't this monster everyone thought she was. It was like she was the only one with this curse! 'Why have I got to be this monster! Why me?!' she snarled as she flung her paw at the puddle as if she could soothe her anger by batting away her reflection. Anger and Sorrow mingled around her as she shuddered. She felt she was no longer alone. 'Whose there?' she wanted to say... but she kept her maw closed as she tried to quickly regain her composure. Reaching in the back of her mind to control her hallucinations and conceal her flaws littered on her body. No, she did not want a stranger to come by and make fun of her for being a monster. At least she could pretend to be a lupus... right?

[Thana]

Thana stalked across the plain, her midnight black coat rippling in the breeze. Her muscles tightened and then loosened with every step, and her teeth were bared. She parted the grass and growled, her face turned up to the sky. Anger and sadness mixed inside her until she felt she could scream. The mortui turned her face from the heavens and began to walk again. She had a uneven and loping gait, for two of her paws were mostly bone. The bright and bloody red spatters on her body could be seen from far away, and she hoped it would be a warning to those up ahead to go away, if they valued their sanity and their lives. She turned her face, red eyes of a demon scanning the plains. It seemed clear, and she broke into a jog, her tongue lolling about. She growled under her breath, and muttered curses between her panting. She stopped by a lone tree, her muscles tensing. Suddenly she jumped, pouncing on a young jackalope. She broke it's neck, savoring the sweet taste of blood, though it was nothing compared to her favorite delicacy, wolf.

She left the dead animal on the ground, for she did not need to eat, and the only thing she enjoyed eating was wolf flesh. She sniffed the wind as it blew over the serene prairie. She was about to turn right when she smelled that scent. That beautiful scent that she would always follow. The scent that woke up the monster in her chest, the monster that roared for food. And the only thing she would eat was a wolf. And there was another one, only a half mile away or so. She began to run, not jog, but a full out run. She flew across the ground, her eyes narrowed and her mouth in a vicious and bone chilling leer. She slowed down when the scent was closer, and she guessed the wolf was just up ahead. She licked her lips, the purple tongue caressing her black lips as she pulled them back to reveal her teeth. She bent down in a stalking position, and slunk through the grass. She was behind the wolf and about twenty feet away when she smelled the scent.

The wolf in front of her, she looked like a lupus. But something was wrong. The scent of death and rotting flesh was extra strong, and she knew that the wolf in front of her, as unlikely as it seemed, was like her. Thana stood up straight and let out a gruff bark. Her eyes were cold, and her teeth were still bared, but inside she felt like a flame had been lit, a hopeful fire. She had found one, finally, she had found another mortui. "Who are you?" She asked. Her voice was disturbing, for it did not match her appearance at all. Her voice slithered out of her maw like velvet, and it was extremely feminine, but it was laced with malice and pain. She stood her ground, waiting for the other mortui to speak.

[°Inaba°]

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[atrb=background,http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q21/winkatuck/inabatablefincopy-1-3-1.png] Her pleading 'eye's' swiveled as the gazed upon the other wolf. She felt sick to her stomach. Was this how she would eventually end up? Was she doomed to see all of her insides? Now Inaba just felt jumping off the nearest cliff and hoping it would crack her skull and kill her, was the only thing she wanted to do. 'No, I'll just look more hideous and take more energy out of myself to use my power to cover it up' The other wolf was clearly the same as her, and her heart felt like it could beat again. Where were all these other wolves, why did they hide from each other? Inaba would give anything to be a normal lupus or even that... to have a pack all her own with other Mortui like her. It made her want to frolic with this new stranger wolf. Perhaps... it was not too late for her dream to become a reality. "I...I'g E-Ina...uh" Then her mind sprang an idea... maybe she could lay on the ground and use it to prop her tongue in place properly. She then tried again. "I'm...Ina-ba..." she closed her eyes in fear she would still sound horribly worthless...but to her surprise, it worked! She felt if she had a tail, she would wag it with excitement as her maw formed a gentle smile.

[Thana]

Thana watched the gray wolf closely, still standing in a dominant stature, her teeth bared. But something in her red gaze softened as she watched the wolf. This mortui was young, that was for sure, her rotting had barely even started. Thana felt as though she should try to help the poor wolf, but then again, what could she do? The wolf was destined to be a monster... To be like her. She froze, willing the tears not to come, and miraculously, it worked. She started down at the struggling wolf as she put her jaw to the ground in hopes that she would be able to speak better. Thana returned the tiny smile by lowering her lips, and then began to ponder what the wolf said. "Inaba?" She said it tentatively, hoping she had not got it wrong, for she felt sure she would crush the wolf's happiness in speaking right. The wolf had had her jaw rot away so badly that it was all gone, except for a few muscles, bones and the bones forming the jaw. Even Thana's rotting was not that bad, and she had been around for much longer then Inaba, if that was what her name was. Speaking of names, she thought, I should give Inaba mine. "Thana. My name is Thana." She smiled again, her muscles feeling stiff and unused. She realized with a jolt that she had not smiled in a long time, and a sour mood over took her. Well, she had a bloody good reason not to smile.

She shook her head as if shooing away annoying flys, though they were actually memories. She turned her attention -with difficulty- back to Inaba and eyed her curiously. She wondered what would make the poor wolf's jaw decay so fast. Thana felt an urge to lift a paw to feel her own jaw and make sure it was alright, but she felt that would be rude. Whoa! Me, caring about other wolves feelings? What has happened? Thana shifted her weight and cleared her throat. For some reason, she hoped this wolf, Inaba, would stay with her for a bit. She was shocked at finding another one, she had thought she was the only one left. She smiled again at Inaba, and the flame in her heart grew brighter and got bigger. She felt an urge to nuzzle her, or lick her, simply to show her that she was happy to find another one, to show that she liked her, and didn't find her weird at all. She tried to stop herself, but before she knew it she leaned over and licked Inaba, then retreated and smiled. "You know, we are all kinda weird in our own way. A bone jaw, well, it is kind of like me. Two bone paws." Thana showed Inaba her paws, then took a deep breath. A hundred years or so, but now she found another one. Another mortui. She grinned, and she felt like if she wanted to, she could fly like a keiyou.

This wolf didn't think she was a freak, or a weird mutation, she was like her, and it was that that gave Thana a bit of comfort, though she still felt awkward and on edge. "I didn't think there where any more of us, y'know? But now I know better. And maybe there are even more!" Thana's eyes grew bright, she was inside a glorious day dream, where she was in a place where mortius were not freaks, they were honored. But it was only her crazy mind, thinking up crazy things.

[°Inaba°]

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[atrb=background,http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q21/winkatuck/inabatablefincopy-1-3-1.png] "Th-ana...Thana huh?" She panted as her jaw laid against the warmth of the soil beneath it. She sat up now, since it didn't seem she needed to speak much anymore. The next thing she knew, this stranger wolf was sharing kisses with her. Her eyes widened a bit in shock, Inaba was not expecting that... she giggled though, just enjoying the company of someone else, someone like her. Inaba simply nodded in agreement as Thana gestured to her jaw and then her own flaws. Her bony limbs seemed sooo cool! At least she could speak easily... they must be hard to walk on, Inaba noted to herself as she took a glance at her own limbs that started to rot. She would not be too excited about becoming a skeleton too soon. As soon as the other Mortui mentioned others around, Inaba yipped in excitement at the thought as she took a playful pose. Shaking her tail less rump back and forth as her tongue flopped around limply. Yes...there had to be more of them! They couldn't be the only two around...could they?

[Thana]

Thana grinned as Inaba said her name. She nodded to show that the gray female had said her name right. "Yes, Thana." She wagged her tail slightly, her tail beating against the ground as she sat down. She was feeling more and more comfortable around this stranger, for they shared something no on but a mortui could have; The truth. Most wolves thought mortui were evil, and monsters. In a way, they were right. Thana was, in a way, evil. She was mean, ruthless, vile, and cruel. But she seemed almost transformed around this wolf, and it amazed her. But not all mortui were like herself, just take Inaba for an example, she thought. Thana smiled sadly when she realized what the wolf was thinking. "It's hard, being.. A mortui. But you get used to it. You feel no pain, which is always good." She gave Inaba a small smile, hoping to reassure the wolf.

In fact, becoming a mortui was effortless. You just waited, and then you changed. She gave a tired sigh, she was used to being a mortui now, after a hundred years of pain and anger, she had seen it all. Wolves who pitied her, who made fun of her, who were scared of her.. She snarled inside her head, who did those wolves think they were? She looked back at Inaba, who had gotten very excited about the idea of other mortui. Almost without thinking, Thana copied Inaba and went into a play pose, and let out a little yip. She wagged her tail in a mix of embarrassment and happiness. She realized she enjoyed being with other mortui, it was being with other wolves that she couldn't stand. "Yes, there must be more of us, I'm sure. It could take a lot of time looking for them, but seeing as there are so many lupuses, there must be more mortui!"

She laughed and then sat up, this female brought out a puppyish nature in her, and Thana found it weird, yes, worrying, yes, but also the most fun she had had in a long time. She grinned and wagged her tail, her eyes shining with excitement. She, finally, had a friend. She had only had her family, she had never had a friend before, and the prospect was exciting, and made Thana want to laugh again. She swallowed her laughter and looked around, as if expecting more mortui to pop out of the surrounding bushes. She shook her head at herself, then turned back to Inaba. Once again, she wanted to ask why her jaw had decayed so fast, but a sixth sense told Thana it was not a happy tale, and she wanted to keep her new friend happy.

[☆Thanatos Sethos]

Thanatos had been watching the two females from the cover of a few bushes. He had first seen the black female and when he noticed that she was like himself he had decided to follow her. And soon enough the female he now knew was named Thana had found another a grey mortui whose jaw was all but bones. He figured both must have been young for they had not rotted nearly as much as himself with both his front leg a skeleton to the shoulder and his back paw both with only tendons to keep them attached and mobile. His ribs were showing on his right side to the point where there sharp tips were visible underneath. His spine showed through his back and his tail went from perfect to muscle to bone at the tip. He was missing fur from places including a big patch on his face. But he had lost all track of time he had no clue how old he was but he guessed roughly between 150 and 200 years.

He continued to listen and watch the two's encounter but when they had started to get all happy about being a mortui and began to play his ruby red eyes narrowed and he tried to keep from snarling when the females began to play. How could they be happy to be such monsters? They will forever be hated by the rest of the world. Thanatos couldn't help it, he had lost everything because of this so called "curse" he had been hated, he hadn't even been givin a chance. And that was all he could take, he slowly revealed himself from the bushes walking slowly his bones cracking as he went. He stopped in front of the two females his ruby eyes filled with fury but his muzzle held a smile though not one that could be mistaken for happiness it was as evil a smile as you could get.

"Well what do you know, I never thought the day would come when I'd meet someone like me and here I am now staring at not one but two mortui who seem to be so happy at the thought of what they are. Names Thanatos and no need I already know yours, Thana and Inaba is it? He finished with another smile and sat down curling his half skeleton tail around his paw and a half as he liked to call his bony leg. He couldn't help but stare at the two and as he did his anger thinned both were like him which meant it wasn't a curse at all it was something that just happened to the unlucky. The two females in front of him were both gorgeous which only meant they were unlucky enough to get cursed with this.

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Thanatos

[Thana]

Thana whirled to look at the male, and her jaw dropped. She had been having a weird day. A mortui meets another mortui, she figured that was rare, but not unheard of, but a mortui meeting two mortius in the same day was very rare. She snapped her jaw shut and raised her hackles. She drew her lips back and eyed the male. She was happy to meet a third mortui, yes, but how dare he sneak up on HER? And how dare he SPY on her? This wolf has nerve, she thought, grinding her teeth. If she hadn't known attacking him wouldn't hurt, she would walk right up to him and swat him on the face. The hair on the back of her neck rose, and it was obvious from the way she was acting, she was outraged.

"Well well well, what have we here? A spy?" If looks could kill, the male -Thanatos- would be lying at her paws, dead. "Sorry if you don't understand, but I don't take very kindly to be stalked, Thanatos." She closed her eyes and when she opened them again, some of the anger was gone. He hadn't physically hurt her, but her pride was wounded, and she didn't like that one bit. She had a whirlwind of emotions inside of her; Anger, impressed, amazed, and happy. She supposed she must have been to intent on trying to kill the wolf she smelt then to pay attention to any stalkers. Thana made a mental note to be more alert, then turned back to the male. She wasn't going to apologize for her little outburst, oh no, that would be like admitting she was wrong, but she could be a little more friendly.

She stopped looking so defensive, but she still watched the male warily. "Yes, you are right, our names are Thana and Inaba." She resisted the urge to call him spy again, or at least, not to his face. Or in his hearing range. She looked at Inaba with a cocked brow, as if asking if she trusted him. Thana herself wanted to, but she had too much experience in trusting, and refrained herself from doing so. She looked the male up and down with a critical eye. He did not look like Inaba or herself. She had a coat of midnight black, Inaba gray, and this Thanatos white. She guessed he was older then her and Inaba both, for his body had been rotting longer then the two females. But then again, she thought, when you are undead, age doesn't really matter...

OOC: Me and Phoenix thought it might be okay to jump ahead to my post, sorry if that isn't ok..

[°Inaba°]

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[atrb=background,http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q21/winkatuck/inabatablefincopy-1-3-1.png] Inaba felt her blood run cold as she peered over her shoulder to see the male approach them. Even though his sleek muscles were long gone from their prime... she could still tell he used to be someone powerful. Her ears flattened against her head, at least what was left of her right one. Good thing he caught her name beforehand... she did not intend on speaking up anytime soon. She gulped and took a submissive pose, she did not want a fight with the only other creatures that could sympathize with her and each other. No, fighting would not solve anything. And while the other Mortui seemed defensive about him spying, Inaba was quite unsure who she could trust anymore. The fact that they were all the same was all that mattered to her. She just wanted them all to get along. The younger she wolf whined quietly at their reactions to each other. Inaba found a uncomfortable aura fill the air as she sat awkwardly and a bit farther off from both of them. Her parents weren't nearly as hostile with each other and surely they wouldnt've been with others of their own kind. Would they?