Crossing The Falls, Luro leads Blade over the falls

[laura]

The rushing of water sounded clear as they rounded the next bend and arrived at the water fall. It was rather large and the water came down like spears, but more dangerously, the water's current was strong here. Blade narrowed her eyes, the current would wash her away easily. How would they cross?
"What now?" Blade asked with a sniff of concern.

[Luro]

"We can't cross here," Luro said. ((I needa lead you across the river down by my territory.)) "It's too strong, it'll pull us down." He looked around, trying to find a good crossing spot at the end of the falls. There was the Fell Cave, under the waterfall itself. The Deadwood was clearly visible from here.

"Let's keep moving," growled Luro, turning away and starting to climb down the slope to flatter territory.

[laura]

OOC - oh hee hee can you make a post?

[Luro]

OOC: Huh?

[laura]

OOC - a post to where ever you are taking Blade to cross the River lol

[Luro]

OOC: Oh. Er, it's your turn to post IC but that's alright. I sorta gotta go now tho...

[laura]

Blade nodded, glancing around the river before turning to follow Luro. She wondered how long it would take to get to this terra, although she wasn't having any second thoughts about following him there. Padding behind him she realized that she had never spect so much time with another wolf before, never! Well apart from fighting with a pup of course, but this was real time. Tiem where she wasn't biting the other wolve's neck or clawing at his face, she was just being.. relatively... normal.

[Luro]

The territory was very steep now, almost straight down. Luro was walking almost sideways, digging his claws in for a grip. He turned to smile wickedly at Blade as the Deadwood came into view, scorched black branches showing clearly through white foam from Nasatho's Fall.

"That, my friend," he said - mostly to himself - "is the Deadwood, most of the terrain. See that clearing? That's where the Scarlet hill is, where the great leaders used to sacrifice packmembers. Recently they only used prisoners, 'til the Cult was disbanded. But as soon as I kill Arinu, perhaps we'll return to the old practices...."

[laura]

Blade gripped with her claws, using them like spikes in the loose earth. She gave in return a crazed grin, enjoying the challenge. The Cult.. Luro seemed to be in favour of this. Sacrificing pack members, she was happy as long as it wasn't her. She did not have a god really, she'd never been brought up to worship any of them. Blade prefered to be known as an athiest.
"Interesting.." Blade simpy said.

[Luro]

Luro turned to look expectantly at the pup, muzzle held at an upward slant and eyes half-open and gazing down at her. "Blade," he said slowly. "You don't have parents... do you?" He turned away and kept walking down. They were almost to the bottom now; Luro could make out the opening of the Fell Cave, the dank place where the pack slept. Yes..., muttered a voice in his head, unbidden and strange. I see you. I see you all....

[laura]

Blade fell silent for a long time, as if there was a huge gap between the question and the answer. It was like her muzzle was stuck together and if she dared to open up and speak, overwhelming memories would flood her mind. But her will was strong.
"...I never did..." Blade murmured, eyes not meeting his. Instead, she kept her gaze to the ground, trying to squash the feelings.

[Luro]

"Oh," he said solemnly. "I'm sorry." He looked away. Luro knew how it felt to lose parents.

[laura]

Blade forced a smile but it was a pathetic attempt. She never was good at that kind of thing.
"... It's a logical question, you have nothing to be sorry about..." Blade knew she should try to explain but knew also that it wasn't possible. For she had not even explained to herself. It was a lost topic that was stored somewhere in her mind. This was the first time in a long while she had ever spoke about those two wolves that she had never met but must have been there at some point. Just not a point she remembered or even knew of.

[Luro]

Luro looked at Blade oddly, in a sort of disbelief and shook his head slowly, smiling dispite the topic of conversation. "Blade," he said, very slowly, eyes narrowed calmly. "Would you... like a father?"

OOC: Sorry for the late crappy posts, I've been a bit "artistically challenged" for the last couple days... I need a new brain.

[laura]

Her eyes stayed on the ground for a moment, her mind processing the question. She didn't know why she couldn't seem to grasp it. A.. Father? She'd never had a Father before..
Blade padded along silently for a while, her expression coiled with confusion. A Father.. Father.. Daddy? Dad? Dado? She didn't know if she could handle a Father.. What did Father's do anyway? Blade considered this for a few more minutes before saying,
"I've never thought about having a Mother let alone a Father.. but now someones asking.. I.. Can't say no." For once in a very long time, Blade smiled, sincerely smiled. If she knew having a Father made one feel so good, she would of set off after one ages ago. She looked up at Luro, eyes clinging to a new life that lit up in them. Blade had a strong instinct that she would not regret saying yes to him.

[laura]

OOC - deep! i love deep! i feel all squishy and warm inside after reading that! wait.. i think i am squishy and warm inside anyways lol oh well!

Blade rubbed up against his fur, a soft, comforting smell of pine and herbs filled her nares. Maybe this is what all Dads smelt off. She felt like she finally found someone that would generally look after her and teach her about life. Blade had a little bit of spring in her step now, it was a great feeling to have.
"It's what I want, I know it is." Blade grinned, her body seemed to be lighter and her mind too. Like a hude weight had been lifted off her. She couldn't believe how wonderful life was seeming now. Blade was walking especially close to him now, almost touching. She couldn't bring herself to stop smiling.

[Luro]

Nor could Luro. He grinned down at his new pup lovingly, almost tripping over branches and then laughing when he finally did. "Blade," he said slowly, still smiling as if his lips were being pulled back to his ears. "Thank you...." He would have said more, too, if the dull roar of the waterfall had been close enough to drown out his voice. "We need to cross just past here," he shouted to Blade, wondering if she could hear him.

His daughter.

He smiled.

[laura]

Her auds strained to hear but she could roughly make out his words by lip reading. She would follow him with caution just to be sure. She could see how happy he was by his expression, she was glad she could bring him some joy but it was also benificial for her, she finally had a Father.

[laura]

Blade wiggled her rump, sizing up the distance. It was a fair way for her, Luro might have found it easy but for her it was quite a jump. Compacting her haunches and then springing out, she bounced onto the first then second rock. Her sights were on the third. Leaping out she didn't quite make it, reaching just the edge. Her hind pistons slipped into the water, a yelp sounding fom her belly, the strong current pulling them back. Claws gripped the stone and she scrambled up.

Breathing a sigh of relief, the young pup grinned up at Luro, pin like fangs glinting. She hopped over to the other side, having no troubles there at least. She glanced back to Luro, small tail swishing happily. Blade's back legs were a little cold but with a healthy shake the delimea was soon solved.

[Nasatho]

OOC: Like the skin? And yes I do play Nas'.

Luro's expression of worry changed to pride as Blade scrambled up onto shore. He followed swiftly after her, grazing the water with his hind paws but making it up easily. The gray wolf licked his daughter fondly and then stopped, dead still in his tracks. Arinu's body lay there behind the pup, a small river of dry blood trickling from her mouth. Perhaps the fight had sustained some injury to the she-wolf after all; now Luro had only two opponents for the packlands.

Grimly, he gestured to the carcass with a paw. "That," he said to Blade, "is - was - Arinu. I guess there are only two opponents now. I might as well go to meet the others."

OOC: Post one more time and then I'll make a thread in the packlands.