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Post by kahara on Dec 21, 2013 6:06:01 GMT -5
RENO I, NERO II, CALVIN, DARRIUM, TANZEL, OMEN, DAZEON, SIAKON, SLAUGHTER
The sun was several long stretches into the sky. A thin layer of snow blanketed the morning turf, the dens were fine thanks to the heated undergrounds surrounding them, and all was quiet. Then a roar ripped through the cold. It called for all to gather with Reno; an important announcement was to made. The laziest in everyone would be thankful that Reno was not across their homeland. He was only several paces outside of the dens. Najisi was either with the cubs or she would join him soon; hopefully she would find his side. This announcement was an important step in leading La Morte to better settling themselves down as a pride. A second in command was to be announced.
Darrium groggily got out of the dens, wings held close, and sat down near the entrance. Tanzel at his side. Omen was wherever Influence was to be found, having begun to show ever so slightly, and wanted to speak to him privately about that. Dazeon snoozed away, knowing his parents would bring the pride matters to him. Siakon was up and ready for action, as was Slaughter. Calvin and Nero II are asleep.
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Post by Caylis on Dec 21, 2013 7:06:16 GMT -5
Amour's asleep.
Azul's sleeping.
Influence rose out the dens and stood near Reno, and he nodded to him in respect, he brushed his tail against Omen's flank. He just simply wondered what the king would announce.
Caylis is asleep, not wanting to be bothered.
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Post by TheWG on Dec 21, 2013 9:10:55 GMT -5
Sinna & Casket & Brutus & Nini
Sinna's head rose from Camry's flank, eyes rolling in a lazy manor at the call. It was cold as hell outside, her fur was still growing puffy to try and help the new sense of winter. She was thankful she and Camry had gotten closer in terms of their betrothal, because he was a damn good pillow... Giving a shove to his side, she stood and began to stretch slowly, popping a few bones and extending her claws upon the grounds surface. Hopefully this announcement would be something good this time.
Casket was busy sleeping nearest Victor, or where Victor would be if he was sleeping. He awoke to the call, and stuck his head from the den, curious. He would make his approach before too long, maybe wait for the other male he shared the medic's den with to do so.
Nini was asleep, with the same mindset as her brother, her wings wrapped around her like a blanket. Brutus was snoozing as well, curled up next to Gunther and his other siblings- and his other not-so-siblings. If they stirred, he would, but not until someone else would.
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Post by Avian on Dec 21, 2013 9:35:51 GMT -5
Lothaire, Beau,Marcelline and Mareno.
Lothaire had been sleeping in his pile of sakura petals when Reno's call came to his attention. He quickly got up, fearing the worst- Meurtrier. Had they returned? Lothaire hoped it was an announcement of a positive kind. He reached the the growing group and nodded to each and one of them. Beau was sleeping next to his siblings but woke up when his dad called for the pride. He opened his mouth wide and yawned before he poked Amour. "Wake up, dad is calling for on us". The newly joined sibling-duo had been awake and discussing family matters when their King called, both quickly made their way over to the the rest and seated themselves next to each other.
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Post by LAD on Dec 21, 2013 10:01:21 GMT -5
Camry, Cyber, Yasbi, Yasha, Amai, Reno II, Casey, Diezel, Kardei, Jericho.
Cyber, Jericho, Yasbi, and Amai had all been conversing with one another. Yasbi still consdired Cyber an incredibly close friend of hers and Jericho had taken the time to get to know him as well - of course, he didn't see this relationship going anywhere with him looming over the two. But Amai's presence had been quite the killer to his plans as well. The four of them had grown close however and they all enjoyed it. At the sound of Reno's roar, their pelts prickled in uncertainty for a moment as they shared glances - not including Amai who had not shared their histories here - and they stood. Amai turned and called for her two brothers, always enjoying their presence at her side more than anything else as they turned and walked over to where Reno stood just outside the dens. All called out a good morning greeting and shivered at the cold air that hit them. Another chuff left Amai as she called for her brothers - she needed that heater of their pelts! Yasbi had no issues with squeezing herself right between Jericho and Cyber.
Kardei had been dozing within the den again and jerked at Reno's call. A brief scowl crossed his face at the loss of sleep before a yawn smoothed his features. He stood and looked down at all the cubs before he poked each of them softly and then moved himself to join Yasha as she emerged from who knows where. Another yawn ripped through Kardei to where Yasha promptly wacked her tail into his mouth and had him coughing on fur. "Close your mouth Kardei, it's rude."
Camry, rolled onto his back as always but half curled around Sinna this time around, gave a small snort at the shove Sinna gave him and one eye opened to look at her as the last of the roar died away before he snorted again and - for pure kicks - rolled back onto his side bringing one paw up to try and tug her back down. "I dun wanna get up this morning Sinna, let's just stay asleep, kaay?" He knew it was only cause of Reno's roar that they were getting up at all - but dammit it was getting cold out there and he certainly didn't want to go. Yawning anyway as he lay there on his side he stretched his body out waiting for her reply first before he would stand and move with her.
Casey, Reno II and Diezel are all asleep curled up with their respective silbings.
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Post by TheWG on Dec 21, 2013 10:25:51 GMT -5
Sinna
Sinna was near to growling in annoyance as he rolled back over, but the paw reaching up and tugging her back down cut her off. She rolled her eyes playfully as her head was brought back down to him, a slight smirk appearing as she tugged back at his paw now attached to her. "Laazzyy. That's all you are." She muttered amusingly, tail whipping behind her. "I could leave you here in this cold, empty den to sleep if you'd prefer~" She challenged, slipping from his grip and brushing her tail over him as she headed for the entrance to take a look outside. The very white blanket of snow made her eyes cringe as they tried to adjust to the brightness of the morning sun mixed with pure white. When they finally did, she caught sight of members making their ever-slow way to Reno's calling point. An ear flicked, it obviously wasn't urgent, but she definitely wanted to go anyway- meetings were always about something, and it hadn't been uninteresting before. Her head turned back to Camry. "Coming or staying?"
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Post by LAD on Dec 21, 2013 11:11:45 GMT -5
Camry
The lad sighed and heaved himself to his paws, stretching broadly with a small goran. "It takes effort being your pillow ya know." He tossed out nonchalant before realizing she was already heading out. Camry shook his pelt, fluffing it up as much as possible before one quick bound brought him right back to her side, his pelt brushing against hers. "And what sort of gentleman would I be to let your suffer the cold on your own." Of course that little slip of her tail always taunted him these past few days. But he let his actions speak for themselves as he pressed against her, tilting his head charmingly to one side, "After you m'lady."
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Post by Jason on Dec 21, 2013 14:32:57 GMT -5
Victor had snuck out from beside Casket during the night and moved outside to lay in the snow. His body temperature had dropped significantly since the snow had settled upon him. His head perked at the roAr and he looked back to the den entrance and watched Casket emerge. He chuffed a quick greeting to him and stretched and moved beside him to approach Reno.
Sardon got up slowly and shivered in the cold. Darker flopped near Victor and Dion ran around in the snow before throwing it all around at others.
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Post by OnyxOryx on Dec 21, 2013 14:56:17 GMT -5
Najisi Kain The ess' ears perked as she heard the call of her mate. She had been cleaning the den area and the maze to keep cub scent minimal when the call came out. She was trying her hardest to keep every family safe in Arelth. It wasn't an easy task. She removed one last carcass from the dens and made her way to Reno. Who wasn't exactly that far away. "Reno." She greeted with a purr and headbump. She knew what this meeting was about. It was a long time coming and the two finally felt comfortable enough in their decision to finalize it. She watched as members began to slowly gather. Emphasis on slowly. Seems they'd need to run a few drills to shake off all that laziness!
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Post by kahara on Dec 22, 2013 15:43:10 GMT -5
RENO I, NERO II, CALVIN, DARRIUM, TANZEL, OMEN, DAZEON, SIAKON, SLAUGHTER, KANE
Omen turned to face Influence, offering a smile and then looking back at Reno. Influence's company was always a great thing to have, and she enjoyed knowing he was there.
A voice reached Nero II in his sleep. At first he thought it was a dream. When assured it wasn't, a single eye lid revealed a tired child, eyeing his sibling with annoyance. "Daaaaad can wait. My nap can't." He mumbled, not even aware that it wasn't he that had been addressed by Beau. He turned over to sleep again. It didn't last long. Kardei prodded him and Nero II very nearly turned over to yap at his sleep intruder, again, but he decided to fake sleep rather than deal with a lecture on respect.
Amai's chuff didn't fall on deaf ears! Kane came over and brushed up against her with a tired grin, curious what all the morning hubba was about. He readied to walk with her to investigate what was up, eyes seeking out whatever it was of importance. Though he didn't say much, not a goodmorning, hopeful his tired smile would say it all. He looked over as their mother slapped her tail against Kardei's mouth, holding back a snicker.
Reno's gaze flickered with amusement as he watched the pride gather. Not all of them were there, but enough. Dion was enjoying the snow, too. Good. They'd get plenty of it. Najisi was there now, though, so the announcement was ready. News would spread, and before night fell that day, they would all know.
"Sorry for the early mornin' announcement, you guys, but thank you all for coming on over. It's appreciated. I'll keep this short and simple. Najisi and I have finally decided on a second in command." He gave them all moment. Tired faces meant tired minds, they needed to let things sink in. After that moment passed, he cleared his throat, ready. "It was a hard decision, let me say that first. You've all contributed to the pride as a family, in so many ways, and you're all vital. We based our decisions off of experience and trust; but even then, it was hard to pull out with only one candidate!" His gaze swept the crowd, then it landed on Cyber. "So it is with great honor that I announce, Cyber, is our second in command."
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Post by Caylis on Dec 22, 2013 16:21:31 GMT -5
Influence's gaze gleamed as he looked over to Cyber, and nodded to him, and even bowed to him, he was quite protective over his pride, it was shown multiple times. "Congratulations, Commander Cyber." he said, raising a paw to his head, saluting him.
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Post by LAD on Dec 22, 2013 16:57:01 GMT -5
Camry, Cyber, Yasbi, Yasha, Amai, Reno II, Casey, Diezel, Kardei, Jericho.
Camry's eyes widened in surprise at the announcement before turning to look at Sinna to see her reaction. He didn't know Cyber at all, cept for what he looked like. But he did know that that gray and red male had been all over the battle field protecting who he could. So if he caught his eye, Camry would dip his head in reapect and congratulations.
Yasbi had a much more vocal reaction as she gasped out loud when the information sunk into her mind. Then she whirled to face her friend - even if he was within one foot of her body, a grin crossing her features, "Cyber! I'm so proud of you! Why'd you keep a thing like this from us?" It was a tease. From the look on his face she knew he hasn't the slightest clue as much as the rest of them.
Jericho however, dipped his head as well, his golden eyes gleaming with his own happiness for his pal. "Congratulations Cyber - but you still ain't getting my sister." he stated bluntly - to which earned him a whack on the head from Yasbi and a snort from Amai and Yasha.
Amai had curled into Kane's side when he approached and purred gratefully at him. Then she heard the news and she tossed a grin over to Cyber. "Gratz Cy!" But she made no other comment towards Jericho's little one. Yasbi had no issues with ignoring him either it seemed. Yasha and Kardei both showed their own happy for him with a simple smirk and grin and a nod of their heads.
Reno II and Casey both snorted at the prodding and flopped right back over to sleep. Diezel continued to doze away next to Dazeon.
Cyber however, had a moment of staring at his brother, Reno as he tried to comprehend what had just filled the air. And then the congratulations began rolling in and it was still too much for it to fully sink in. His head shook briefly and then Yasbi nudged him and Jericho's words snapped him out of it. "How many times do I have to tell you I ain't after her." He dead panned as he met Jericho's amused gaze. But he stood up, his eyes turning back to Reno and Najisi noe that the surprise had worn off and a small smile crossed his face. "I am honored to have been chosen for this position and I promise to do my best and not let you down."
He turned to face all the warm congratulations he received and acknowledged each and every one of them with a genuine rare smile of his own and a nod of his head. But his gaze turned to the sky for a moment as his thoughts turned elsewhere. If that male ever crossed his vision... he would make sure to kill him in Krakheits name. And though he would not be selfish as he took up this position nor would he let his revenge cloud his vision to support his pride, a pride he was now more than ever obligated to. He still, however, had no problems making sure that, that particular creature was overwhelmed when and if the time came. Besides he was no long alone. He had friends now too.
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Post by TheWG on Dec 22, 2013 17:37:13 GMT -5
Sinna
Her reaction to the announcement was a curt nod, an acceptance of the male to his position- though she avoided the look from Camry for a moment. He would see the underlying feelings then, and it would shame her greatly if he did... There was pride for Cyber, a strong male who had proven himself various times on the battle-field for her pride, she only wished she knew him better than just that- but that was not what was wrong with him. No, there was nothing wrong with him at all, she held nothing against him. It was herself, her own inner hope that someone else was going to be chosen for such a position. It shamed her to even feel that way, even if it was a little speck of her thoughts, she wanted it gone. Getting worried of her own mind, she wiped her paw over her face, and dipped her head to the new Commander in respect.
Perhaps she had wanted the position- but no matter. She had, and would continue, to help La Morte in her own ways. With the ridiculous feeling of jealousy gone, she resumed her congratulations, and would respect Cyber and his new title, undoubtedly.
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Post by Jason on Dec 23, 2013 14:27:53 GMT -5
Victor could not help but think that this could have waited a bit, but he was tired and not a morning type. He was a night owl. A grunt escaped him and he walked over to Cyber and bumped his head again the pale male's shoulder. The brute rarely smiled and this was not an exception. He let out a wide yawn as he walked away and moved toward the healer's den and buried his head in the snow. It lifted and coated him in a blanket and his dark form swiftly disappeared. But Dion seemed intent on causing the healer some sort of discomfort everyday. This was no exception. A lone black ear stuck out of the snowy mound and soon became the target of the cub hunter. Dion bounced toward it and sank his little fangs into the healer's ear. However, he bit too hard and foul smelling blood came from Victor's ear. The black cub immediately let go and started spitting. "Ewwwwwwww! That's groooooss!" He shouted and watched Victor's huge head appear from the snow with a gaze like thunder. Dion shrank back and growled. Victor simply clacked his teeth together loudly and Dion fled. Victor looked amused, though he had a new hole in his ear. He dunked it into the snow and when he pulled it back, ice had formed over the wound and all the blood had froze and the unpleasant odor disappeared. Dion stared, suddenly having a new fascination with the healer. But he wanted a new target. The new girl, Amai looked fun. He darted after her with a little growl and went for a paw.
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Post by LAD on Dec 27, 2013 16:19:18 GMT -5
Cyber, Amai & Camry
Cyber's gaze darted to Sinna as she was the next to acknowledge him, and he nodded back to her but his gaze then flicked up at the healer that approached him and he gave a small grin - something he was barely capable of but in this moment could afford - to the male and nodded to Victor in thanks. He watched Dion run over to the male though, and then run away. Dion and Victor however, had allowed Cyber to miss Sinna's look.
Amai's gaze flickered down to the small cub that approached her and she smirked, lifting a paw and jabbing it gently at him.
Camry on the other hand, didn't have to see Sinna's look to know what she was feeling - and to know why. It was unfortunate really and he reached his muzzle over to press it in her neck fur. Softly, so much so that no one else would hear, he allowed a rumbling purr to erupt from him as he nuzzled her before pulling away.
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