«{~:-HOUSE OF WOLVES-:~}» A Dog Role Play

[HeavensHens88]

Pigeon couldn’t resist doing a few excited hops of victory. Yeahhhhhhh! We didn’t fail!!! She spun around in a circle, then turned serious again as Clover started to lead the way back to camp, Erivita and Smoke not far behind. She trotted after them enthusiastically.
Hearing Smoke’s words, she gave him a look as if he was crazy. That was certainly the most unorganized hunt she had ever been on. But, there had been some upsides.. for one, less pressure due to the fact that they were more likely to fail. That had been nice.

Clover high-stepped his way into camp and announced to all “Well, look at that doggies, we’ve got ourselves a deer!” his voice crescendoing to a howl.
“Let’s find Guillemot,” he said, his voice a little more directed to the dogs at hand and a little more sane. He peered in the medicine den, perhaps the dog was still nursing his injured pride. (@Flufferes)

Guillemot jolted up, hearing Clover's declaration. "Well ill be darned..." He mumbled under his breath, getting up on his feet to see his packmate had already made it to the opening of the den, staring right at him. It startled him for a second, which he immediately attempted to play off. "Thats great, we're in the clear. I uh, im sorry i couldnt've made it, doesn't really matter too much though since you all got the job done anyway, right?" he laughed nervously. idiot. fool. absolute buffoon. oh boohoo did the scawwy coyotays snap at you. waaah. lazy sack of fur no good sorry excuse for a lead hunter. "most powerful" my a-

"Are you seeing this?" Smoke hissed incredulously to Pigeon from where they loitered a few paces behind Clover. He'd gotten his head angled just right to peer around Clover into the healer's den without being overtly obvious. "I can't believe it. He's still shook."

 

[Amer]

how "morally bankrupt" and "downright horrible" Iscariot was, it was charming, respectable in his eyes. A smile corrupted his glare.

(These are some of the best similitudes I’ve ever seen.)

[i dont know what exactly i was doing with petrel beforehand and at this point im unsure if its even relevant anymore so haha same]
Petrel sat down on the pale, packed dirt beside the paragon's rock. it was definitely more like a boulder but everyone seemed to called it the rock because thats shorter to say and rolls off the tongue better. Instead of staring down at the ground like the little emo boy he was, Petrel glued his eyes to the approaching posse of his dearest allies- or, rather, competition.
everything was competition. there wasnt one coyote among him he liked. the best of the bunch were "tolerable" if he was in a good mood. As for the paragon, well, thats a different story of course. the paragon is- well he's the paragon, y'know? of course Petrel wants his place, who wouldnt, but he would never challenge Iscariot. If the yote dropped dead, he wouldnt hesitate to try an seal that spot for himself. thats why his main goal is to be the go-to, unfailing, dashing, strong right-hand-man. but he could wait. he didnt mind it. because no matter how "morally bankrupt" and "downright horrible" Iscariot was, it was charming, respectable in his eyes. A smile corrupted his glare.


Guillemot jolted up, hearing Clover's declaration. "Well ill be darned..." He mumbled under his breath, getting up on his feet to see his packmate had already made it to the opening of the den, staring right at him. It startled him for a second, which he immediately attempted to play off. "Thats great, we're in the clear. I uh, im sorry i couldnt've made it, doesn't really matter too much though since you all got the job done anyway, right?" he laughed nervously. idiot. fool. absolute buffoon. oh boohoo did the scawwy coyotays snap at you. waaah. lazy sack of fur no good sorry excuse for a lead hunter. "most powerful" my a-

(XD)
“Yep, Arrow did your job for you. Who knew that she along with Hailstone, Pigeon, Erivita, Smoke were the dogs who deserved your respect? Along with I, of course. We brought down a whole doe! So you better thank them because we saved your curple! Funny how the only word that rhymes with purple is a posterior.” Everything was said in a cheery manner, Clover appearing oblivious due to his blinded eyes.

"So you did." Asio took her sweet time in pulling up alongside Lamar, without a hint of compromise to her composure. Had she intended to lose? Not initially. She'd traveled that route countless times, both on official and...less official excursions. She knew exactly how to maximize the most efficient travel and had no excuse to underperform.
But sometimes things had to be done unconventionally for the sake of variety. Further, there was no reason losing couldn't be done with the -hefty internal wince- optimum gracility. Being cool about it was also particularly relevant now that they'd come into certain company. "Be sure to revel in it. Might do wonders for your face."
Her concentration had long ago drifted to higher intelligences. Scratch that, a single higher intelligence. Because, smug as any vulture that picked up on a fresh kill before the recovery scouts could get their paws in line, there was Petrel.
She had to be sure to make the differentiation even in her head.
"Iscariot," she greeted, letting the word flow out of her mouth like a viscous liquid. "Lupus was interesting today. The dog Xaiver took it upon themselves to be as contrary as always." Relevant side note, it would've been great for the face of her overconfident disinterest to be painting her nails right about now. But, unfortunately, had not yet been invented for coyotes at this time. "Real crying shame their eyes haven't yet been opened to the authenticity of the threat that their ancestors pose to insolent little arrivistes."

My face? Did she insult my face? Lamar had seen his reflection before and he knew that he was not at all hard to look at.
Lamar nodded to back Asio in her comments about that Xai.

 

[Starburst]

Starlight took careful note of how Eclipse was performing the exact task she was asking of them, and miraculously not dead yet.
"Sure, Eclipse, we'll be sure to slather a whole lot," she agreed with the straightest face possible while cataloging the sage somewhere in the far reaches of her muzzle. She then threw her face right down into the patch and went about severing the stalks like a maniacal beaver.
(Do it for the RP is the new do it for the vine, hands down. XDXD)

Eclipse eyes widened as Starlight literally massacred the dill. Huh. The Dill Massacre. Has a nice ring to it. One for the history books, I bet.

 

[PeepersMama]

While taking in the sight of their cooling kill, Smoke couldn't deny he felt an easy, entire satisfaction that was all but completely new to him. Unlike every other rank-facilitated hunt he found himself on, he hadn't been admonished or pressed to try harder to achieve what he hadn't.
It made sense, really, when he took into factor who he'd taken this deer down with: quite essentially, the underdogs.
The individuals that couldn't deliver what their society wanted didn't expect past what he could give.
Pretty big pile of food for thought right there.
"Yeah," he expressed to no one in particular as he started making his way after the departing majority. "We should do this again."

Hailstone couldn't help it - he cracked a smile. "Yeah," he said. "We should."

“I’ll stay with you!” Flori offered, nodding up at the larger dog.
“Great!” said Clover. “Let’s get to camp them.”

Hailstone's smile disappeared. Oh, joy. I get to sit around a dead deer with an almost dead Flori, he thought to himself. He said nothing, praying that the Committee would get here before Flori could try and start a conversation.
Actually...
No. He'd rather talk to Flori than look at a coyote right now. Which was saying something.

"So you did." Asio took her sweet time in pulling up alongside Lamar, without a hint of compromise to her composure. Had she intended to lose? Not initially. She'd traveled that route countless times, both on official and...less official excursions. She knew exactly how to maximize the most efficient travel and had no excuse to underperform.
But sometimes things had to be done unconventionally for the sake of variety. Further, there was no reason losing couldn't be done with the -hefty internal wince- optimum gracility. Being cool about it was also particularly relevant now that they'd come into certain company. "Be sure to revel in it. Might do wonders for your face."
Her concentration had long ago drifted to higher intelligences. Scratch that, a single higher intelligence. Because, smug as any vulture that picked up on a fresh kill before the recovery scouts could get their paws in line, there was Petrel.
She had to be sure to make the differentiation even in her head.
"Iscariot," she greeted, letting the word flow out of her mouth like a viscous liquid. "Lupus was interesting today. The dog Xaiver took it upon themselves to be as contrary as always." Relevant side note, it would've been great for the face of her overconfident disinterest to be painting her nails right about now. But, unfortunately, had not yet been invented for coyotes at this time. "Real crying shame their eyes haven't yet been opened to the authenticity of the threat that their ancestors pose to insolent little arrivistes."

(These are some of the best similitudes I’ve ever seen.)
(XD)
“Yep, Arrow did your job for you. Who knew that she along with Hailstone, Pigeon, Erivita, Smoke were the dogs who deserved your respect? Along with I, of course. We brought down a whole doe! So you better thank them because we saved your curple! Funny how the only word that rhymes with purple is a posterior.” Everything was said in a cheery manner, Clover appearing oblivious due to his blinded eyes.

My face? Did she insult my face? Lamar had seen his reflection before and he knew that he was not at all hard to look at.
Lamar nodded to back Asio in her comments about that Xai.

Iscariot looked from Asio to Lamar, half-listening to the colorful explanation of a rebellious pack dog, and trying not to look amused at Lamar's crestfallen look.
Petrel sat in silence, watching the exchange. He looked bored and mildly irritated, as opposed to Asio's dramatic performance. Iscariot liked that about Petrel. Asio was a very visible threat. Petrel was an easily overlooked one.

"Arrogance always leads to its own punishment. We don't need to get riled over a child with authority issues," he responded to Asio. "The wolves warned me about such things this morning, I assumed something would happen today."
He laid down in the shade, if only to put space between him and Weed's panting. "Although... young pups are not the only ones who's hearts can swell with pride. The packs must be sure that they are not imposing their will over us. We must be sure that our desires dont overshadow what the wolves want."

Iscariot looked over his shoulder at Petrel. "Call the others." He yawned, and let his lip curl to bare his teeth. "The wolves want us to collect our share of prey from Canis."

 

[PeepersMama]

(Wait hold up sary
didn't the yotes visit Canis and that's why Hailstone and the Underdogs had to go kill a derp
or was I not following as well as I thought)

""Lupus was interesting today. The dog Xaiver took it upon themselves to be as contrary as always." Relevant side note, it would've been great for the face of her overconfident disinterest to be painting her nails right about now. But, unfortunately, had not yet been invented for coyotes at this time. "Real crying shame their eyes haven't yet been opened to the authenticity of the threat that their ancestors pose to insolent little arrivistes."

 

[LavvyTaffy]

(haha guess who's actually taking an effort for once,
spoiler alert it's me)

Lupus
Spire trotted out of his den and squinted as the mid-morning sun danced in the trees. He glanced over to where the guardians and novitiates where preparing to deploy to the Tide Pools. Arching his back and stretching his paws out forward he let out a massive, toothy yawn. "Hestia", Spire barked, "you and your patrol are clear to go to the Tide Pools, good luck." Walking through camp he came to face Xaiver, "I've heard you're quite the troublemaker around camp. You'll be joining today's hunting trip."

 

[Amer]

Hailstone couldn't help it - he cracked a smile. "Yeah," he said. "We should."


Hailstone's smile disappeared. Oh, joy. I get to sit around a dead deer with an almost dead Flori, he thought to himself. He said nothing, praying that the Committee would get here before Flori could try and start a conversation.
Actually...
No. He'd rather talk to Flori than look at a coyote right now. Which was saying something.



Iscariot looked from Asio to Lamar, half-listening to the colorful explanation of a rebellious pack dog, and trying not to look amused at Lamar's crestfallen look.
Petrel sat in silence, watching the exchange. He looked bored and mildly irritated, as opposed to Asio's dramatic performance. Iscariot liked that about Petrel. Asio was a very visible threat. Petrel was an easily overlooked one.

"Arrogance always leads to its own punishment. We don't need to get riled over a child with authority issues," he responded to Asio. "The wolves warned me about such things this morning, I assumed something would happen today."
He laid down in the shade, if only to put space between him and Weed's panting. "Although... young pups are not the only ones who's hearts can swell with pride. The packs must be sure that they are not imposing their will over us. We must be sure that our desires dont overshadow what the wolves want."

Iscariot looked over his shoulder at Petrel. "Call the others." He yawned, and let his lip curl to bare his teeth. "The wolves want us to collect our share of prey from Canis."

(haha yessss)
“Isn’t it great that we got a deer? Reminds me of the ol’ days when I spent all day moving the cattle. How do you feel about switching up roles for once and hunting?” Flori asked, baleful brown eyes
~
Lamar hid his private misgivings about not being able to punish nasty prideful dogs. Wasn’t the whole point of fear-mongering killing suddenly for poor reasons?
He inclined his head to Iscariot at the last comment.

(haha guess who's actually taking an effort for once,
spoiler alert it's me)

Lupus
Spire trotted out of his den and squinted as the mid-morning sun danced in the trees. He glanced over to where the guardians and novitiates where preparing to deploy to the Tide Pools. Arching his back and stretching his paws out forward he let out a massive, toothy yawn. "Hestia", Spire barked, "you and your patrol are clear to go to the Tide Pools, good luck." Walking through camp he came to face Xaiver, "I've heard you're quite the troublemaker around camp. You'll be joining today's hunting trip."

Wait? Xai is coming with us? Juice, who wasn’t far from Hestia (@Cluckcluck1215 even though I don’t know if yoy get tags) couldn’t help but make a face. Xai was the worst.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Clover high-stepped his way into camp and announced to all “Well, look at that doggies, we’ve got ourselves a deer!” his voice crescendoing to a howl.
“Let’s find Guillemot,” he said, his voice a little more directed to the dogs at hand and a little more sane. He peered in the medicine den, perhaps the dog was still nursing his injured pride. (@Flufferes)

”The dill looks like this, ” Eclipse explained, leading them to a large patch of the thin stalks covered with delicate green leaves and lacey yellow flowers. She gathered some, then glanced at Starlight and Mico. ”If you can help gather them, that would be great. We need to gather a lot, as it’s beneficial.” though around the herbs it sounded more like, ”Eh, if you lather them, they taste great. We need to slather a lot, as it’s eggstra special.” (Just tried saying it with lettuce in my mouth and that’s what it came out as. )

Guillemot jolted up, hearing Clover's declaration. "Well ill be darned..." He mumbled under his breath, getting up on his feet to see his packmate had already made it to the opening of the den, staring right at him. It startled him for a second, which he immediately attempted to play off. "Thats great, we're in the clear. I uh, im sorry i couldnt've made it, doesn't really matter too much though since you all got the job done anyway, right?" he laughed nervously. idiot. fool. absolute buffoon. oh boohoo did the scawwy coyotays snap at you. waaah. lazy sack of fur no good sorry excuse for a lead hunter. "most powerful" my a-

(I like how you’re just roasting him XD)

Eclipse eyes widened as Starlight literally massacred the dill. Huh. The Dill Massacre. Has a nice ring to it. One for the history books, I bet.

Starlight took careful note of how Eclipse was performing the exact task she was asking of them, and miraculously not dead yet.
"Sure, Eclipse, we'll be sure to slather a whole lot," she agreed with the straightest face possible while cataloging the sage somewhere in the far reaches of her muzzle. She then threw her face right down into the patch and went about severing the stalks like a maniacal beaver.
(Do it for the RP is the new do it for the vine, hands down. XDXD)

(I’m dying )
Mico was hopeful this time. Eclipse had joined them so, surely, there wasn’t that much danger involved, right? He inched forward and started sniffing the various plants before them. Satisfied that there were no hornets in front of him, he decided to throw caution to the wind and start plucking out the plants as fast as he could. Not quite as fast as the maniacal beaver beside him, though.

(These are some of the best similitudes I’ve ever seen.)
(XD)
“Yep, Arrow did your job for you. Who knew that she along with Hailstone, Pigeon, Erivita, Smoke were the dogs who deserved your respect? Along with I, of course. We brought down a whole doe! So you better thank them because we saved your curple! Funny how the only word that rhymes with purple is a posterior.” Everything was said in a cheery manner, Clover appearing oblivious due to his blinded eyes.

My face? Did she insult my face? Lamar had seen his reflection before and he knew that he was not at all hard to look at.
Lamar nodded to back Asio in her comments about that Xai.

"Are you seeing this?" Smoke hissed incredulously to Pigeon from where they loitered a few paces behind Clover. He'd gotten his head angled just right to peer around Clover into the healer's den without being overtly obvious. "I can't believe it. He's still shook."

Pigeon nodded, staring at Clover and Guillemot while trying to look like she wasn’t staring.
Did Clover just.. disrespect the most powerful hunter? It wasn’t that he didn’t deserve it, but- only the coyotes did that!
“Aren’t they gonna send out a group to bring the deer in?” She wondered out loud.

 

[Starburst]

(I’m dying )
Mico was hopeful this time. Eclipse had joined them so, surely, there wasn’t that much danger involved, right? He inched forward and started sniffing the various plants before them. Satisfied that there were no hornets in front of him, he decided to throw caution to the wind and start plucking out the plants as fast as he could. Not quite as fast as the maniacal beaver beside him, though.

(Rushes you to a hospital. )
"There you go, that's it...just a few more sprigs and we should be good to go!" Eclipse smiled, then took a step back.

 

[HeavensHens88]

"Yep, Arrow did your job for you. Who knew that she along with Hailstone, Pigeon, Erivita, Smoke were the dogs who deserved your respect? Along with I, of course. We brought down a whole doe! So you better thank them because we saved your curple! Funny how the only word that rhymes with purple is a posterior.” Everything was said in a cheery manner, Clover appearing oblivious due to his blinded eyes.

Smoke was trying his very best not to fall into a local bush and die in 574 dead languages.
Even still, clear liquid was being manufactured by his eyes and sent down his face, much like tears of desperate hilarity. But definitely not those, because dogs don't cry. Obviously.