rυnnιng wιтн wolveѕ • тнe wolғ pacĸ/werewolғ aυ мeмe

[sugar_sickness]

• leader oғ тнe pacĸ
тнιѕ ιѕ yoυr pacĸ. нow do yoυ rυn тнιngѕ?
• нυnтιng
goттa ғeed тнe pacĸ
• cнallenge
a cнallenge нaѕ вeen тнrown down вy anoтнer wolғ or yoυrѕelғ. do yoυ accepт or rυn? are yoυ deғendιng yoυr нonor or are yoυ aғтer тнe тop ѕpoт ιn тнe pacĸ?
• нυnтed
yoυ're noт тнe вιggeѕт тнιng on тнe ғood cнaιn нere. wнaт'ѕ aғтer yoυ? rιval pacĸѕ, нυмanѕ, or ѕoмeтнιng ѕυpernaтυral lιĸe yoυ?
• lone wolғ
no pacĸ. no ғaмιly. jυѕт drιғтιng. wιll тнaт ever cнange? do yoυ wanт ιт тo?
• ιnтrυder
eιтнer anoтнer wolғ нaѕ coмe ιnтo yoυr тerrιтory or a нυмan нaѕ ѕтυмвled υpon pacĸ тerrιтory. wнaт do?
• new вlood
yoυ've вeen newly тυrned or jυѕт ғoυnd yoυr pacĸ. нow are yoυ ѕeттlιng ιn? ιѕ ιт eaѕy or dιғғιcυlт?
• large/ѕмall pacĸ
wнaт ѕιze ιѕ yoυr pacĸ? do yoυ coмe ғroм a large ғaмιly wιтн a loт oғ нerιтage or ιѕ ιт jυѕт a нandғυl oғ yoυ ĸeepιng ιт ѕιмple?


poѕт wιтн yoυr cнaracтer and ғandoм ιn тнe ѕυвjecт lιne.
oтнerѕ roll or jυѕт pιcĸ a proмpт ғor тнe ѕcenarιo
тag aroυnd and вe eхcellenт тo eacн oтнer!

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[lunarwolf]

Merrick's brows rose. A cook? Now that was interesting. "Probably. It'd be easier, anyway, than trying to teach me to cook like he's been doing. He's a good person. If you can get through tonight, I'll decide in the morning if I can take you to him. No matter what, you can stay here. The cave's nice, and I'll bring you food."

[spiritofthewolf]

"I like to cook. It was one of my few redeeming qualities to my father." He said, though he stopped quickly with the hint that he didn't want to explain any further. "And fair enough. Control first, job second. Have I thanked you enough yet?"

[lunarwolf]

"You don't have to," he smiled. "All of us were new at it once. It just seems like people don't... take care of our kind anymore."

At that, his smile fell, but he stood, shrugged, and let it go. "And since it was done to you unwillingly, that tells me that I've got to start hunting down a rogue."

[spiritofthewolf]

"Our kind." He repeated to himself, looking into the fire. It was the truth, one he better get used to it.

He looked up when Merrick stood. "You mean this happens to people willingly?" His memories were of violence and pain, he couldn't imagine it happening otherwise. "Can I help? I don't want this to happen to anyone else."

[lunarwolf]

Merrick sat back down where he had been, facing the fire. The sky was getting darker, but slowly - they did still have time. "In my time, it was a gift. People hoped for it, and waited, once they were old enough, for the Wolf to Choose them - or for a Wolf-Chosen to Choose them. We were defenders. Warriors. People depended on us to keep them safe, and the Spirits guided us to the others that had the same strength to defend others. But sometimes..."

He took a breath, shaking his head - remembering. "It didn't happen often. Maybe twice in my entire life. The strain made someone snap and instead of Choosing as they should, they went more... wild. Feral. And they started attacking and turning people who didn't want it or couldn't handle it. And when that happened, the rest of us had to hunt them down. If the Spirits couldn't bring them back under control, then we had to... to send them to the Spirits in body, so they could do no more harm."

[spiritofthewolf]

RJ listened patiently, actually in awe of the fact people would want to be chosen for this. But perhaps if they were prepared...it wouldn't be so utterly frightening.

"Spirits in body...you mean you killed them." It wasn't a question and he got very sober in that moment. Would Merrick have to do the same to him if he couldn't control it?

[lunarwolf]

"We had to," he said. "But... But now, I can't do it alone. And you have the will to control yourself, I'm sure of it. So I don't think I'll have to do that to you."

He could see the fear in RJ's eyes, and while he wasn't good at comforting, he could at least offer that small amount.

[spiritofthewolf]

While Merrick's confidence, as small as it was, was nice, he only hoped that he lived up to it. "I hope so. As much as I don't like what's happened to me...I'm to fond of dying either."

[lunarwolf]

"Good. That's a bad place to be in." One he'd been in. One he'd been ready to give in to, and yet, here he was, making plans to help a new Wolf who needed guidance and control.

[spiritofthewolf]

"Well, at least I'm off to a good start." A small smile quirked in the corner of his mouth. It was something. It was better then he'd been when he woke up this morning at least. At least now...now he had help.

[lunarwolf]

Merrick gave him a hint of a smile. "There's so much that was lost while I was... Well. I wondered if everything was gone. But now to know there are other Wolves..."

[spiritofthewolf]

"The circumstances that's made you live so long?" RJ asked before lifting his hands. "Not prying, promise, just clarifying. Am I the first wolf you've seen since?"

[lunarwolf]

Merrick's first answer was a nod, but then he spoke. "You are. I've heard stories, but only stories. And some movies that I watched on the... the TV box thing."

[spiritofthewolf]

"Werewolves are popular movie monsters. Have been for years." RJ said with a small nod of confirmation. "Most people don't believe they are real. I certainly didn't." That had been as much of a shock as the attack.

[lunarwolf]

So much really had changed. "Werewolves. That sounds so awkward," he sighed. "We were just Wolves. Guardians. Protectors. Predators, but... of those who would act against us, those who would hurt our people. We weren't monsters - or we fought to make sure we wouldn't be monsters."

[spiritofthewolf]

"A lot has changed since you were around last. There are guardians, protectors...but they don't turn into animals." The Pai Zhou Academy where he'd grown up was only one of many such academy that trained the world's future protectors. He knew there were ninja academies nearby but he didn't know exactly where. "Humans just...rely on other humans to defeat the monsters."

[lunarwolf]

"Most of our warriors were humans," he agreed, "but we Wolves were the strongest. We were the ones... that when times were darkest, we fought. The strongest of all didn't need the moon to change. They could choose."

And he, once, had been close to that.

Once.

Now, like everyone else, he was at the moon's whim.

[spiritofthewolf]

"They must have been strong indeed." RJ couldn't even imagine. He could barely manage the control he'd need just to keep his own mind, or so he hoped. He wouldn't know until the moon rose.

"There were a lot of you then? Wolves?"

[lunarwolf]

"There were always at least six per post," he nodded. "Usually more. Usually around twelve or fourteen. But there were around thirty humans."

[spiritofthewolf]

"So many." RJ couldn't even imagine. What he'd thought was make believe monsters used to be plentiful protectors of the world. He wondered how much more of his world could turn upside down.

[lunarwolf]

Merrick nodded. "But in the end... Well." He shrugged, eyes unfocused as he looked down at the ground between his feet. "There are bigger things out there than wolves."

[spiritofthewolf]

It took RJ biting the inside of his cheek not to ask exactly what could take out that many wer...that many wolves. It felt like to personal a question.

"I'm sorry...for whatever it's worth."

[lunarwolf]

"Thank you." Even just that small statement did help ease a bit of the old sting. Having seen so much fall... It still ached. "I appreciate it."

[spiritofthewolf]

"I wish I could say it would be easy to change the perception of wolves now...but it wouldn't. Not with what the media has done to them. I'm sorry for that too."

[lunarwolf]

"I didn't figure it would be - but at least we can keep going, take out the rogues that turn people without permission, and... guard people from their own guardians." Which he hated the idea of, but truth was truth.