Turning Over A New Leaf, Claiming

[Paige]

OoC - Ok. This is her claiming thread. And, let the nervous break down begin!

Shazel slowly walked through the forest hazy, her paws padding queitly under her on the soft, damp earth. She looked around, her eyes taking in the green and brown blured sights around her. It was a normal forest, with normal trees and other normal vegitation. There was an occation bird of prey that watched from a high tree silently, but nothing more. Like everthing else here, in these land she had found, it was normal. Nothing was wrong. In a way, this completely freaked her out. She just wasn't used to normal. It wasn't her way of life. But, she needed to get past her old way of life and get used to it. Normal is well, normal. This forest would soon be a part of her pack. She gave a thin smile at the thought. Her pack. She would be in charge, not a different wolf. She would be the alpha of a pack. Who would of thought?Ok, but she still needed to actually claim the lands. She highly doubted that a wolf or something would come out of the blue and claim the land in the few second she was about to do it, but she really did need to get on with it. She took a deep breath, and took a step forward.So, raising her head, she started to let out a loud, strong howl. But, the second it started, it was cut short with a strangeled sound. At that moment, she sank to the ground, crying. Who was she to think that she couls be an alpha? Oh, right, she probally couldn't. There would be so much to do. And, how would she inforce the rules? She was a small wolf, not nearly strong enough to enforce the rules, should she ever need to. Now, some wolves never had that problem, but she now feared she would. And, what if she met a wolf who wanted her lands? She would be dead within a couple seconds. And, she would be the alpha of no one. She hadn't seen a wolf in days, possibly weeks. She had smelled the ground, and no smells of wolves what-so-ever. And, waht was the point? Being alpha is really only fun with others. It only means anything with others. So, no, who was she kidding? She could never be alpha.

[Juku]

Another day, another delay on the train ride toward insanity. Shade was bored. It was simple, really. She had been away from intelligent life for a month, and the lack of conversation was driving her simply bonkers. Shade knew herself well enough to know that she was not a pack sort of wolf (not now, at least), but that didn't mean that she had to be a lone wolf either. Such false dichotomies bored her even as much as the absence of company did: when it came to social life, Shade preferred to have her cake and eat it too. In other words, she was a perfectly sociable creature, just not one who would indulge in pack affairs. Anyone who had a problem with that could take it up with Shade personally. Ah, but she was being coy. Now where had that come from? With a fond smile, Shade remembered the last wolves she had encountered, about a month - no maybe two, or several weeks - whatever the time, it had been too long ago. There had been two of them, a male and a female, and yes, they were like that. He had been a happy-go-lucky sort, little more than a yearling, and deeply overwhelmed by the situation he found himself in. And she, his coy mistress, had been whom Shade had picked up her own coquettish disposition from. Both had been unfailingly polite, and reflecting that, Shade couldn't possibly intrude when they obviously preferred to be alone, so with a few good words she had gone on her way. They were good kids. Shade didn't want to see young love gone to waste. But it had been far too long since then, and Shade was yearning for company once more. That was the problem with sociable wolves: they had a bad habit of rubbing off their sociability onto you, especially if you happened to be Shade. It seemed like every wolf that Shade ran into now was hospitable and affable; now, the time was ripe for Shade to return the favor. But to whom? That was indeed the pertinent question. And in search of an answer, Shade had followed the first scent of her species that she came across. As an added bonus, she soon came to discover that not one but several wolves lived in the area, although she was hard pressed to call it a pack with such dispersed life and scent-borders. All the better, then. It was thus that Shade Ashdurb came upon Infinity, as she rose up from the south and found herself in what would be called Manish. And much to her surprise, she came to it just as it was being claimed. It seemed that there was only one wolf around, though: the female who was taking the land as her own. It was a curious situation; generally there were at least two wolves present to start a pack, if not many more. Ahren had brought his entire family with him when he started Maura, for goodness' sake. But now wasn't the time to indulge in daydreams. Shade was dying for some company, and she was not about to let the past get between her and this upstart female alpha. Shade never let the past get in the way of anything - except, that is, her personality. It was not difficult at all to find the female. After all, she merely had to follow the borders of the territory. And to make it even easier, the female let out a howl - a good, strong howl while it lasted. But to add to the list of curiosities, the howl seized up in a matter of seconds. Second thoughts? A challenger, so early? Either way, Shade was already invested in the peculiar alpha and the peculiar circumstances that surrounded her. It was an easy lope to the origin of the how, and Shade crossed it quickly. She found herself amidst the forest as the trees gave way to a small clearing, at the center of which lay a small, young, unstable female. Upon seeing the young alphess, Shade immediately softened. Her previous toothy smile faded into an expression of subtle concern, and she cleared the remaining distance with a few soft steps. In the brief interlude, Shade sized up the female, and noted yet another detail to add to the curious picture: she was small, fragile even; far from what Shade had come to expect out of an alpha. What could have possibly possessed her to claim a pack of her own? It was practically inviting trouble, and from the look of the female at her feet, more trouble was the last thing she needed. Thoroughly perplexed, but willing to suspend her disbelief until she understood the situation, the older female lowered her pointed black muzzle until she was looking directly into the young alphess' eyes with an expression that was gentle yet firm. "Is it that hard, to claim a pack? I never knew that howling took so much effort."

[Rivendell]

OCC: :) _________________ Gar watched as Shazel walked away from the wetland, he waited until she was a few feet away and chose to follow her. Obviously, she was going to claim a place for a pack. How wolves did that he didn't know if it was much different then he would go about doing it. As a Cougar he would just scent mark everything and make sure that not a single animal intruded into his land. Following far behind Shazel he was sure she was more then determined to just get everything done and over with. He didn't know her too well but knew somehow that this whole moving on thing he introduced to her was really going to throw her for a loop. Everyone had problems adjusting from something that consumed their lives and most animals just wanted to get to the stage where they were okay again. But the road there was rocky. Shazel stopped moving and Gar paused too, several meters behind her, he mentally shoved her on with a motion of his head. He wanted her to go on and get it done with. For him to be honest he was feeling the suspense in his body, he just wanted to see the end. Everything was very new, he was interacting with a wolf and he was watching the formation of a pack. What was even better he would be living in this area both of them found themselves in so he could check up on Shazel when he wanted to and see a pack growing. Incredibly, for the first time Gar was excited about having some kind of permanent company. Maybe he too should just learn to move on and grow as a person. Yeah...maybe. In any case, she lifted her head and slow motion took over. Every movement he calculated and saw, excited. The howl sounded and he had never heard anything like it. For one second and it was the most incredible thing her ever heard, but then it sounded like something cut her vocal chords. Gar's eyes grew wide and then she fell to the ground. He took a rushed step forward but didn't know whether to move in on her or not. Women, crying, and men never ever mixed well. He stood helpless to her wondering what to do. He could go up to her again and preach once more about starting over so that maybe she could just let out a longer howl. No, that wouldn't be right. Who wanted to hear anything said to them when they were crying? Crying meant that they wanted to be alone in their thoughts. That's probably why crying was so sad, who wants to be alone with only their thoughts? Yeah, maybe he should go up to her and at least help her to her feet. Gar was about to take a step forward when another wolf out of no where showed up. He looked at her and stopped wondering now what he was supposed to do. The mood that was here when they arrived was very determined, but now it was reluctant and crushed. He wiggled, uneasy. He didn't like this at all, not one bit. Things should have been looking up and they should have been smiling planning what they were going to do next. Now Shazel was crying, some other wolf was here and he was a lone cougar wondering what to do. Watch. That's what he would do. Watch. He had done that enough in his life to know when you didn't know what to do stay low and watch. Shazel for sure knew he was here so he wasn't going to surprise anyone, but that other wolf might not have so if she or he meant danger then he could be there. Then the other wolf spoke, a she wolf. And she was mocking Shazel. Gar's eyes narrowed as he leaped a good eight feet out from the woods on a dime and paced to where the two were standing. It would be a lie to say it didn't feel good to give his muscles something to do; standing around all the time was dull. He gave the she wolf a swift look then turned his attention to Shazel. "C'mon," he said, "Stand up." He crouched down and leaned his weight against hers to help her up. Now was the time to be an alpha and start acting like one. ______________________________________

[Paige]

OoC - Ok. Now, let the anger part of her breakdown begin. And, the cheasy part. And the weird part. And the other weird and cheasy part. You catching my drift?

She just couldn't belive this. What had happened to her 'Oh, that would be a good idea' thought only minutes before? What was wrong with her? It was all she could get of real thinking before she continued with the breakdown.It was all comming back. How bother her brothers died. How her friend had died. How any hope that her father was a good wolf died. It was all commingin a rush and it felt as real as when it actually happened. It kep playing over and over in her head untill she felt someting changeing in it every time. This one feeling she had never thought of before was becoming stronger. It took a while to reconise it, but when she did, it made something in her explode. That feeling was anger. It was still comming when she whispered, "No" It didn't change much, but in a way it did. "No" she repated again, louder this time. It had to stop now. She wouldn't feel bad about her past anymore. It was never going to happen again. So no, she wouldn't let this keep happening. It was her life, time for her to take control of it.She actually didn't know she was not alone until she felt Gar next to her. So, useing his support, she jumped to her feet and lifted her head, emiting a loud, strong howl that no one would of thought belonged to her. It covered the surround area like a wave of sound, a sound letting everyone know it was now hers. Well, it would be hers after she marked it. And she wasn't about to do that with two other right by her.Now, she obviously knew who Gar was, but who was this other black wolf on her land? Had she given her permission to just walk here and intrude? No. So, she wasn't going to be that standoffish, becasue she had probally been here before she had tried to claim it. So, she wasn't one at all to be rude. "Who are you and why are you here? She said, her voice not wobeling in the least. She didn't at all act like she had been crying about her past and future only moments ago. You would of had to seen it to belive it, but unfortunely, she had seen it.

[maddi]

OoC - Excuse this post. :3 Its early in the morning and I really just wanted to get on with it.

Another day, another day strangling for the life within her. Charcoal colored paws quickly moved across the soft terrian, kissing the ground beneath her. Ears quickly pricked as the voice of a howl lifted throughout the air, then slowly died down with a choke. Head cocked slightly as she picked up scents. "Oh great. More people, and a strangeled howl. So much comotion." Emir's voice was quite sarcastic, a roll of her eyes came into action. Getting the idea of going to go check it out she picked her speed up to a trot. Tail was drooped to the ground, swaying back and forth as it touched the dewy grass. Indigo colored eyes quickly shot around her, taking in the terrian. It wasn't much diffrent from where she used to live, and the places she had been. Closer, and closer the black female came. Making out a figure of a female wolf that was lying in the ground. A slight shock ran through her body as she jumped back - it was a moutain lion. Letting her swollen lungs breathe in the air, she released the air from her lungs that where hung in her chest cavity. Producing a sigh. Slowing herself down to a walk she made out another wolf, though it gave no interest in her. Quickly coming up to the seen she lowered herself down onto her haunches - a comfortable sit. Lowering her ears as the female had a breakdown she looked torwards the cougar then to the female. Walking up she nudged the she-wolf and looked torwards the other species. "She is ok, right - ?" a worried look crossed her muzzle and she looked around the terrian. "If I could do anything to help? What happened?" her first question was normally directed to everyone, though the second question was to the cougar.

[Juku]

And as if the situation weren't strange enough to begin with, a cougar appeared. Somewhat critically, somewhat defensively, Shade watched the large cat approach, which in itself was strange - two wolves could put a dent in even something that big. But the kicker, the icing on the cake, was not that the cougar was unafraid for his own health but that he was afraid for the young alpha's. Shade blinked, disbelief spreading through her. And alpha recruiting cats into her pack? What next, and army of pigeons? The cynicism of Shade's mind found it difficult to comprehend that such a deal that had been made - but at the same time, silently admired the young female for both the intelligence and the tactical savvy that would have made the cougar her partner. Perhaps there was more to the broken-down girl after all; after everything else, it would not surprise Shade in the least. She looked on while the young female propped herself up on the cat and rose to her feet, smiling faintly at the situation. She had to admit that the scenario was sweet: an older, stronger, bolder cat supports the younger, weaker, and inexperienced alpha as she starts her own pack. It was a ship headed for disaster, and once the members started filing in, Mr. Kitty would have to work overtime to keep them in line and away from the alphess' throne. But at the same time, the last traces of romantic in Shade's heart leaped out for the duo. If nothing else, it would prove to be interesting. Shade smiled more broadly as the young alphess called out again - louder, stronger, and much more decisively. "Ah, now that's more like it," she said, with the same firm yet gentle tone. Judging from the expressions on the other two creatures' faces, they had mistaken her last comment as mocking, where she had no trace of it at all. And, unfortunately, the young female must have taken her first comment as some kind of challenge, the way that she reacted to defensively. And when confronted by a confrontational wolf, Shade, being Shade, became confrontational as well. But before she had a chance to respond, a fourth creature appeared, almost as black as Shade herself. This was growing to be a regular party, wasn't it? A touch of annoyance hit Shade at being in an area with so many other personalities. Another touch of annoyance hit after the wolf spoke, directing her questions to the cougar and conveniently ignoring her. But at least she was trying to be caring. That had to count for something. "This female here just claimed a pack; I'm afraid we're both on her land right now. As for if the alphess is okay, well -" Shade let her eyes roll over to the young female, now standing and asserting herself as any alpha should. "- I believe that's quite obvious." Shade smiled a little more and took a step away from the young female, as she had been standing dangerously close to Shazel when she rose. With this accompanied a slight nodding of the head, an acknowledgment of her superiority in rank. "My name is Shade Ashdurb, and I seek to assist you in the creation of your pack."

[Rivendell]

OCC: :) _________________ What was happening inside of Shazels head? She stood there, expressionless and thinking. Gar wondered what she was thinking and whether or not it as going to impact everything for the better or worse. When she started to whisper to herself was when he started to get a little uneasy. 'No' is a tricky word. Normally is has a strong clear meaning, you hear it and then you move on. But this 'no' was one of those no's that sent you wondering why they were even saying no in the first place. Maybe she was saying knowing to the 'Stand up' comment he had told her on seconds before, but he wasn't stupid. Why would anyone just sit there like an idiot and say 'no' twice withouth having a good reason to. Was she in doubt or was she shoving away her doubt? Gar prayed for the latter, if anything productive was going to happen it would need to happen soon with Shazel. Then like a rocket she was up and she was ready for whatever it was she decided to be ready for. The howl sounded into his ears and resonated inside of his head, a smile beamed on his face as well. He guessed that it was going to be a long process of her doubting herself, but Gar decided that he would be there with her. He would help and he would support this social group she wanted to form. He didn't know if she would make a good leader but he hoped to anythng that she would learn from mistakes and not take them as a set back. Shazel was stronger then she knew, even if what she had done previously was out of fear. Most animals would have given up, but Shazel found the courage to move on from her past. Maybe one day Gar would tell her that, but most of all he silently wished that she would figure out everything for herself. He was done with sentiments though, bussiness was at hand and it was time to shake and bake. Shazel quickly took stance and was in the mind an alpha. Gars eyes widened when she spoke, where did that strong voice come out of that little body? Funny too, that little body wasn't look so frail anymore. Gar moved his attention from Shazel to the wolf that had presented herself. He gave an inquisitive look, also wondering why she was here of all places? Why were any of them here? Hell, where was here? He tightened his face a little feeling like he had one up on this wolf who was infront of him. He was bigger and he knew Shazel and...wait a second. Why was he suddenly deciding to be so cocky? He forced a quick reality check down his throat. Shazel was the boss now and he couldn't get in the way unless she asked him. Unwillingly humbled he took his front left paw back a step trying to calm himself down. This whole 'pack' idea would just have to grow on him. Coopertavely working would soon be a learned skill. Soon enough another wolf came, black, and sat down. Was that acceptable behavior? Probably, everyone getting comfortable and knowing each other. Gar was picky about his actions; alway knowing one meant something while altering it you could insult someone and then the fun would be over. Or, was sitting bad? Like this wolf thought she automtically belonged? He had no idea. Again, a learning experience in the making. His opinions and thoughts quickly changed as she expressed concern, it made him happy to see the whole world wasn't like him. Distant and uncareing most of the time. She asked around and he looked at Shazel and back to her. "I think everything is okay," He said tentivly. Who was to say? Shazel sure seemed 'up' at the moment and sure of herself. Maybe everything was on it's way to beign okay. 'Stop playing Future Teller,' Gar told himself and looked back to the place at hand. The other wolf spoke almost as soon as he was done, assuring the other everything seemed okay. Maybe she wasn't just a jerk who came and mocked wolves. She was ignorant for a second or so and maybe suddenly understood the situation more and and was careing, but her voice changed. Her stance did as well and she took a steo back giving space and room. Funny, wolves all acted the same around each other. Even when they didn't knwo each other there was this common code for how everything was supposed to work, and even if the alpha on had a cougar by her side and not some huge group, she was still respected. The Wolf gave her name and he looked at her, she was obdient to someone she didn't even know. That told a lot? Or did it? Maybe it was just what wolves did, Gar honestly had no idea. But the fact Shade Ashdurb didn't talk back and even recognized Shazel for the position she said made Gar think maybe he could change his mind about her too. Not knowing what to say, for this was Shazels stage, he stood quiet ready to but in what he needed to. ______________________________________

[Paige]

OoC - THE BADNESS! IT BURNS! Sorry this is late. I have to post or do something on like every site I'm on.

Shazel took a calming breath, then looked over the two new wolves. They both seemed to be roughly normal sized, mean both were bigger than herself. Well, that might be a probelm, but neither were about to attack, and hse intended to keep it that way. One, the first one, was pure black, something that is a little odd to her, and the other one was black with some grey mixed in some places. Ok, that was a bit better. Neither looked partictually old, but none were her age, unless they looked much younger than they were. Mabey later threes to eairly fives. Yes, that sounded about right. The second one to come had talked, asking is she was ok, but she hoped that the wolf woudn't be that stupid as to ignore her now. That pretty much solved her question if she was still wondering. Gar had now said something behind her, but she just ignored it for the moment. She had a genral idea of what was said, considering it was said quietly and only to her. She didn't need to deal with him much right know, for she knew him and needed to deal with the wolves. He might think that wahtevery they do is weird, so let him think in peace for the moment. If there were that many wolves out there, ones she had just seemed to pass along with him, then he might get to observe all the wolves he wanted. But, she hoped that it wouldn't get that crowed. She didn't think she could handle that many wolves. So no, he might not after all.And, once again, she turned her attention to the first black wolf. She was talking again, and what she was saying was making perfect sence. Yes, they were both intruduing, and no, they might not be becasue they were here before that. She had already thought that. And, it was once again back to the question if she was ok. Yes, she was. Move on with your lives. She now noticed that the first wolf was being more respectful by moving and head bowing, and then she was speaking again. The wolf, Shade, had just said she wanted to to join her pack. Well, she had seemed nice enough so far, and she didn't seem much like a threat. She looked her over once more, and wasn't able to get anything else. Well, she would just have to go on with what she had, with was all asumptions. Oh well, at least there was reasoning behind them. It was the beast she could do now. "Yes, you may help me and join my pack" She had said simply, with no emotion in her voice. It was just normal to do it that way. And, who would get emotional over someone joining a pack? That was a little hard to do. Well, you could be happy, but that was easy enough to cover.Looking over at the other wolf, she wondered if she would ask to join also. She had seemed a little nicer, asking in that voice if she was ok, so she would get a yes. That was if she intended to join.

[maddi]

OoC - OMFG! <3 Chelsea i love your avatar, i will totally unite with you next week. o: also paige, idk if i'm actually going to join. Well, i'm not joining in this thread at least ... well actually again idk.

A growl parted through her muzzle as the cougar said the female was ok. Ears flicked sideways torwards the other black female, it was seriously so many black wolves here! Splitting her jaws into a yawn they quickly snapped again. "Every female go's through these. Any creature -" pausing in her words she studied the cougar then continued on, "- Or any male wouldn't understand. I went through this, and at the moment this is her time. Let me speak to her in private, meaning you creature and Shade please talk amung yourselves for a second." her voice turned into a low growl, and she brought herself into a stand. Glaring at the other two to back away for a second. There really wasn't much more to say, she just wanted to two to leave. Hoping they where backing away and the female that was supposed to be the "Dominate" of this place accepted the female into her pack she settled herself back down into a sit looking at the female. "To make this all better; can you please explain to me what is on your mind? I can't probally help." A faint caring smile flicked upon Emir's charcoal lips as she looked over the female again. What amazed Emir at the moment was that the female was so small to be someone that was incharge of a whole lands, she would have to do it is she was pretty hard-headed I mean, seriously. Emir was even bigger than here! Giving a deep sigh she tossed her head around to look at the two. If she could lift eyebrows, they would both be up. Snapping her cranium back to the female, she waited for a reply.

[Rivendell]

OCC: Wow, roleplaying feels good. _________________ Gar watched as Shazel was more then likely battling in her head on what to do with the situation. Wolves really were interesting; mostly because of their interest in relationships with others they just didn't know. This Shade character had already openly voiced she would join the pack Shazel was in the middle of establishing and the other black wolf was interested in if Shazel was okay or not. Now, Gar being mostly solitary and passive, found their interesting fascinating. In Gars definition of the word it would be considered fascinating, in everyone else’s mind it would be more curious. He couldn't help but stand behind Shazel watching, waiting, and inspecting. Shazels face seemed hard and he could tell from her eyes as he moved around to her flank that she wasn't uncertain about anything going on. For someone who just got over a horrible past she sure was taking things...strongly. He wondering if this was an act, he really couldn't tell. In all honesty he really didn't know her too well, all he knew was he took immediate concernment for her and wanted to help....oh no. He was already turning into a wolf. His head hung a little lower wondering if his involvement in this pack would take away from his Garness and Cougarosity. Would that be such a bad thing? He would have to find out, but now he waited for Shazel to make another official offer of business as Alpha. Where that might take them he didn't know, but he waited quietly. Well, it took them downtown and around the block a couple of times as she openly invited the one to just waltz on up and join her pack. Gar actually had to concentrate on keeping his mouth shut. Just another thing to get used to in this wolven social party of order and conduct. If it were Gar he would have gotten to know all of them and then made judgment on their character and decided if they were good enough to part of one of these packs. Shazel had one different approach then he had seen coming, and in all honesty it hit him like a ton of water. He was disgruntled thinking about this, unsure of how safe it was to just let wolves with names like 'Shade' come waltzing into a pack, but he calmed himself. Shazel had spent a lot of time running, never fitting in anywhere and never feeling safe. Whether or not if she knew what she was doing, she was offering the kind of atmosphere she lacked. She was being open and accepting; she was greeting wolves with a sure-shot attitude that could teach anyone to build confidence. A small smile appeared on his face. Good for her. Gar was at peace with everything, but like that ever lasted for more then eight seconds. This other wolf, she who had yet to be named decided to walk in and talk all in his face. An aggravated purr rumbled through his chest. No, no was going to talk to him like that, referring to him as creature and using the word 'male' as a derogatory term. He looked strait into her eyes and moved one paw forward. "Being that forward isn't good, don't demand a private meeting with an Alpha, that’s for her to decide." He took his paw back and didn't even know if what he said sounded right. And so Gar had possibly made his first enemy, not that he hadn't made enemies with wolves before. That was a whole different story though. He looked at Shazel and took a few steps back and looked at her. "I'm going to go," He told her in a low, quiet voice, almost like he didn't want anyone to hear. He didn't feel like he was really needed in the situation and he had a lot of...coping...to do. And with that, Gar left the building to try and find a place for him in the pack lands. ______________________________________

[Paige]

OoC - *Is tetirmed to haul Shaz's butt over to the alpha thread* Cocking her head at the female, Shazel just looked at her with a bland expereation. She was deeply confused as to where this whole alphaness suddenly came from. It was a little weird. It started out as an aquard meeting with a cat, and ended up being an alpha with a pack withy members. Wow, things were going fast. To fast for her taste. She didn't even have a name for her pack, nor did she have any ideas. She never thought she would need to think of a name for anything. Let alone a pack name. That was just alien. What if it was stupid? Would she suddenly become a laughing stock among the local aphas, should there be any? Wait, lets go back here. Why should she care about what other people think of her? Let them think she was weak and stupid. She would have agreed any other day before.Getting back to real life, she wondered what she was going to do. Should she just blow tis wolf off? She didn't need help, thank you very much. She knew exactly what was going on, and she thought that this female, the one who's name still isn't out yet, was mistaken. Just as she was thinking of a polite way to decline the offer, or whatever it was, Gar steeped in and had a more, umm, frank answer for her. 'Ok, then. That was not what I was expecting, nor what I would have done, but it helps, somehow. I was expecting him to just stay in the background, but, he might as well get it out there that he is also in the pack, and not being a wolf doesn't matter to him or anyone.' Looking back quickly, she noticed that he was leaving, and just confirmed. Nodding slightly, she turned her attention back to the others. Giving a smile she thougth was honest, she said to the black wolf, "I thank you for your concern, but I'm truly fine. It is just my past got to me in a rush." And, with that, she was about to leave. Dealing with others was getting a little old, and she was full of new aquantices for the day. Right as she was about to take a step, she suddenly remembered Shade, her other member. Or, her only wolf member. Whatever, you got the point. "Shade, well, you obiviously know I don't have boundraies yet, or a good layout of the terrain for that matter, or I would show you it, but no doubt you know more about it than me. I'm going to take a short, very short walk, and I shoudl be back to mark it, then I can show you the boundries, if you don't figure them out for yourself." She said, hoping that it was good enough for now. She really needed to have time to think about everything. The revelation was comming back to her, but not in the same rush. She just needed a little time for herself. But, first things first, she needed to think of a name.Walking away, she stopped aruptly and said, "Oh, by the way, the pack name is Manish." And Manish it shal be.