Posted: 09-10-2011 22:58
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It took all Cardinal had not to spin around and shove her face through the bars of Eight's cage and rip his face off. But she managed to keep reasonably calm and ignore him, instead keeping her attention on the others, though her fur was bristling dangerously and a growl threatened to rumble in her throat at those vile words. For a while, it was quiet enough. Besides the incessant rambling of the strange mangy wolf in one of the cells, no one spoke. For a moment, Cardinal thought that it was hopeless, that she would have to work on her own. But then, finally, George spoke.“the buttons are over there im sure mistress will let you use them, if your so willing to kill me do it, send me to my pack, go on dog then you can go back to you presos puppy in mistress warm home, happy knowing the wolf that “insulted” you pup is dead”, he said in his dead hard voice.
“life is cheap here, they will find another wolf to make them there money, maybe yours”.
Cardinal looked at him, trying to process what he'd said. I understand it... I hate humans and dogs? But that didn't make... In any case... At least it wasn't with the tone that Eight had taken. Disapproving, yes, but not angry. She could take that. But after his comment, it went quiet again. Eight said something to her, but this time she didn't even register it. She looked at Shade for a long time, waiting for a reply... But it didn't come, and Cardinal's gaze lowered to the floor...“I undskaast rut, I hasskkkte huumannss and dookkksss”
Instantly she perked up slightly, looking back at Shade with curiosity and thanks in her eyes, no matter what reasons Shade had for saying what she had.- ''I don't want you to go.''
Silence hung between them all once more. A few seconds passed, and suddenly Cardinal stood. Hesitantly, she took a step towards Shade, but thought better of it and hung her head slightly, as if submitting to the earthen femme's dominance. It was almost surreal. A small smile crossed Cardinal's face, and she took a step back.''I don't care wether we all agree, or not. I give her the benefit of the doubt, for now. And I understand her reasons, as any female would. I refuse to believe she has turned on us.'' She straightend herself; her newfound gut made her feel better, stronger, and it shone off her. For the first time in her life, she felt MATURE, deep inside, and confident about her decision. ''I... I do need some time to think this all over. It's a lot to take in, and it's hard.'' She admitted. ''Netherless, I refuse to turn my back on ANY...'' Her gaze turned to George, to Eight, whom it rested on for several seconds, then back to Cardinal, ''... of my packmembers. You are all the family I have now. And even though you're considered a black sheep by Eight, Cardinal, I will withold judgement and see who you are. I want to believe you're the one I think you are. I múst believe that.''
Shade felt a warmth travelling through her body, Cardinal's eyes telling all she needed to know. They where, in her opinion, closer then ever before, even though she was in this cell and Cardinal at the other side of the bars.Instantly she perked up slightly, looking back at Shade with curiosity and thanks in her eyes, no matter what reasons Shade had for saying what she had.
Silence hung between them all once more. A few seconds passed, and suddenly Cardinal stood. Hesitantly, she took a step towards Shade, but thought better of it and hung her head slightly, as if submitting to the earthen femme's dominance. It was almost surreal. A small smile crossed Cardinal's face, and she took a step back.
"... Thank you."
((I took it the cursive text was thought, not said))Cardinal nodded to each in turn, even Eight (though briskly), and made to leave. As her nose touched the door, however, she halted... turned... and with a wider, almost sheepish smile, said to Shade:
"Next we meet, perhaps I'll bring Kei. I... I think he'd like to meet you."
And with that, she left.
Shade shook her head slightly as Scat began to ramble again, but this time, she wasn't annoyed with him. Maybe the poor guy deserved their pity...Scat looked around at cardinal when she was leave he had been chewing on his tail again.
“ooooo OOOOO byes byes, rember a treat for me a treat for me”, he said hoping up on down on his four legs.
George watched her go, he nodded back to her with this bad side of his face. Once she had left, he looked around at them all him self, he layed down agest the bars to shades cell, and rested his head on his paws, they had training the next day so might as well grab some more sleep before then.
Eight looked at shade, and now they were alone again, he nodded to her his face softening some what.
“George has a point time to rest”, he said in his deep voice before laying down him self and closing his eyes. If shade wanted to talk to the reather relived rat she could he would never make her do any thing.
Shade woke too to the sudden sound; her ears perked up and her green eyes opened wide. However, she was pleasantly surprised to have slept so good. No dreams, no worries.What only felt like five minets later there was a loud rattle in the cell which announced breakfast or what they called breakfast, scat moved first he sprang up from asleep as if he hadn’t been asleep at all, and went for the food so hard he slammed his muzzle in the bowl and sent his pelts every were in his cage, giggling throw mouthfuls of his crunch food he went around pouncing on all the pelts as if they were mice.
George didn’t get up he open his eye, growled at scat stretched and settled down again, the warmth throw the bars nice well as nice as it gets. Eight got to his paws and stretched, and took a drink first there was no rush.
He looked over at shade wondering how she now felt after last night, he hoped her mind would be on task later in training.
Just then Scat looked over at shade struck by a thought, then he looked down as if it had never come to mind then look back up again just as quick.
“am I IIII family to as family is good and bad and middle”, he said in his normal crazy voice.
Cardinal had already been awake by the time he'd said it. Just a few moments before, really. But she refused to open her eyes or even acknowledge that she'd heard him. She kept herself curled tightly around Kei, who was still snoozing happily, kept warm by his surrogate mother's fur. It was only when Spax gave her a lick on the cheek that she responded, this time with a soft growl. Goddamned bastard...“time to get up song bird”
Shade's ears perked and a warm feeling spread through her body, a smile appearing om her face.As Eight was laying down to rest he looked to her as she spoke, once she had done one of those very small subtitle smiles warmed his face.
He let his own tail sway side to side for a moment a very slow movment as if it had lost the memory on how to do it.
“shade you are part of my pack, and that means I respect your opinion, actions and you”, he rested his head then his tail no longer moving and as his eyes closed like a wave over his fechers his face turned back to stone.
Gambler's mouth curled into a content grin. So... Riesling's interest was sparked. Now, the question was... would he be happy with the cheetah...?"I'm available for the next three hours. I hope you brought me something interesting, my friend. - Riesling"
Shade listened to Scat, confused by his words. She wished she understood ANYTHING that silly wolf was saying....Scat yipped and yapped in delight he rolled onto his back and begain scratching it on the floor, then stopped his mouth open tong hanging out legs in the air.
“hehehehe family I am in, family you are in, watch what we are in, as that are in will be father in”, he said in his sing song voice.
George now got to his paws, and yawned, it was so nice to have some one to sleep by, espashly shade, when she had nuzzled him he had returned it, basking in its warmth, giving her the best side he had.
Shade's ears stayed perked at first when she saw Bloodhound; she suddenly felt oddly excited.He looked at her for a moment, then padded over to her cell and sat down, head tilted slightly. For the most part he ignored the others up til this point.
Shade's ears perked straight up again in immense surprise."I... came to check on you... to make sure you were okay."
He waited, tilted his head the other way, then continued.
"Dice is a fucking bastard. I'm sorry I couldn't... get to him sooner."
The moment was rather brutally disturbed by Scat; Shade had taken George's growling as a sign he cared, that he meant to protect her as she would protect him. But Scat... well, he was something else.George growled soon as blood entered and the closer he got to shades cage the louder his growl became, wile scat had taken notice when he had entered and gone back to his sniffing around till he heard what blood said, he giggled.
“aaaawwwww bloody getting softy, he have squishy in sidey”, he said playbowning at blood tail wagging behind him.
Her ears perked; oh no... that sounded like trouble....A sound then entered the cell, from behind the walls, humans ovesly getting ready to take them to training.
Cardinal flicked her ears sideways so she could hear him properly, but otherwise didn't turn her head or alter her position. It was good that Kei would be allowed outside, even with boundaries. He deserved to feel grass underneath his feet. Taste what was his birthright. Eventually, Cardinal hoped, he would be free of this place. If she was able, she would teach him to hunt. To interact normally with the world. It would be hard getting into a pack, with his dog ancestry, but she was confident someone would find it in their heart to at least speak with him.“oh mistress is setting up a fence so you can take your son out side if you behave, a little garden for you to to play in, if you care”, he said hopping up onto the sofa and resting his paws on the back of it so he could look out of the glass and at her at the same time.
The Mistress' voice finally caught her attention. It was loud. Brutal. Fiery. She could not make out a few words, but got the gist of it. She tensed when the door flew open and slammed against the wall, but did not jump. Kei, on the other hand, snapped upwards and ran for Cardinal, tripping over himself all along the way until he skidded to a halt safely under the red wolf. Cardinal nuzzled him briefly, to reassure the pup, then cast her eyes on the Mistress as the girl began yelling at the thing in her hand. It sure made her angry... Whatever it was, it spoke to her. Quietly. But whatever it had said must have been infuriating, for she threw it across the room at an opposing wall, where it splintered into a thousand pieces. Some shrapnel bounced across Cardinal's back, but it had lost most of its momentum and merely dropped to the floor.“your going to love what I have planned for you today, a small tour of some of the places out side this arier, a chance to see that you have it goo…..”, he tailed off as he heard mistress voice from the other side of the door, she was on the phone it sounded like and she was angry.
Cardinal glanced at him, nodded, then licked Kei on the head when he peeked out from the curtains of fur that folded around him. While the Mistress cooked and all was quiet, he edged out from underneath Cardinal and sat near the kitchen, watching for pieces of scraps that she might have dropped. When the bowls came, however, he jumped around happily and ran back to Cardinal, taking some of her leg fur in his mouth and tugging her towards breakfast.“well”, he said after a moment.
“looks like things are going to get intresting by the sounds of it”, he face serios
So, tour, sex, training. Somehow Cardinal thought that unfair, training her after... well... that. But to delay it was to give her time to think about the horridness of it all, so she would have to deal with it. So she nodded briskly and continued watching Kei until the last morsel had been stripped from the bowl, at which point she nudged shook her head. What a little piggy. But he would need that nourishment eventually.“like i was saying il show you around to day, then some fun I think then some training, well which ever way round you want it”, he said with his smile playing his face.
She looked at him as though he were a bug on her fur, but nodded anyway and gave Kei a quick bath with her tongue.“so read to go on awere little date”, he said looking back at cardinal
He blinked, unsure of how to go about answering that. Usually he DIDN'T care. But she was different in so many ways from the other wolves here. How was he supposed to explain THAT to her? That usually he just left injured wolves in their cage to rot but SHE wasn't like that and yeah! Yeah that would go over well. He thought that maybe he had an answer for her when the mangy wolf Scat butted in.''That's... very kind of you. I... I didn't think you'd care...''
Blood turned to look at him, growling and red eyes aglow with anger.“aaaawwwww bloody getting softy, he have squishy in sidey”, he said playbowning at blood tail wagging behind him.