[PRP] Quiet Hunt (Thunder x Darkness)

[MiddyGlow]

Darkness Comes Quickly wandered threw the pack grounds listening to the sounds of life of the pack, the pups running around playing, adults chatting away. He didn't really know why he didn't like talking but it had never been something he wanted. He preferred to listen. He learned far more from listening than when he tried to talk. He heard a good bit now, but it was nothing he was worried about paying attention to at the moment. So he headed out to go hunt. He raised his head catching the scent of a mountain goat. It was early morning before dawn as he set out on his task.  

[RuIerr]

Thunder, having recently had what he would readily describe as an awkward experience with one of the other members of Hornfels Hollow, was glad to be headed out on a hunt alone. Well, sort of - he preferred hunting in groups, if only for the extra paws and claws that were provided. It was easier to track and take down larger, more valuable prey that way. But alas, he resolved to set out before dawn on his own mission for a goat. At least they tended to be relatively easy, both to come by and hunt down.

He was trotting quickly through the hollow when he spotted the almost sparkling coat of another of his pack mates. Thunder slowed down, eyeing the other for a moment. The other wolf raised his nose to the air and drank in the scent, likely about to notice Thunder, who was not too far away. It appeared as if the other male was also hunting. Great opportunity, he thought as he stepped forward and called out, "Hey, there! Mind if I hunt with you?"

{WC: 179}

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[MiddyGlow]

RuIerr

Darkness turned to the male that came up to join him, two wolves were much better than one at hunting so he nodded that he wouldn't mind if the male joined him. "I am Darkness Comes Quickly. But you can call me Darkness." His tone was quiet as his nature. He waited for the other male to introduce himself before they would head off together to go hunting. The pack needed food and the time of day was good for hunting, plus the quiet nature of hunting was a comfort to Darkness since being too noisy was a sure-fire way to lose your prey.  

[RuIerr]

Darkness responded quickly and in kind, if brief. "I'm Thunder," the skull-adorned wolf spoke. He didn't have much to say, but then again, it seemed the other didn't, either. This was either very good or very bad- it could be pleasant or painfully awkward. Truthfully, he was looking forward to finding out which it came out to be.

"I was thinking of searching out some goats, if we can find the little bastards." Thunder put a paw forward slowly and jerked his head sideways, indicating to Darkness Comes Quickly that he should start in the same direction. He lifted his nose to the air, catching the faint scent of a goat gone by. They shouldn't be too hard to find.

{WC: 120}

MiddyGlow

 

[MiddyGlow]

RuIerr

Darkness cocked his eyebrow at the mention of the name Thunder he remembered Clover saying she was interested in a wolf by that name. Normally he would mind his own, but he had liked Clover so if she wanted this male he might as well see if Thunder actually wanted Clover as well. "Do you know Clover?" He asked in a soft tone. He nodded at hunting the mountain goats "Come I caught their scent a bit ago we should be able to follow there trail and track them down without much trouble." That was pretty much an epic speech for Darkness.  

[RuIerr]

Thunder was glad to hear that Darkness had already done the work of scenting some prey down; that was usually the hardest part, picking up a live, recent scent.

At the mention of Clover, the male flicked his ears and scowled a bit involuntarily. It wasn't that he didn't like the girl, he just didn't know her well. And she hadn't exactly caught him on his best day when they met, but he remembered the spark he felt at laying his eyes on her the first time. There was something there...

"I do," he said coolly, padding alongside Darkness. "She's pretty, is that why you ask?" Thunder wasn't one to beat around the bush, really - and there had to be some reason Darkness had pulled her out specifically. It was calculated, for some reason, and to some degree. What did he mean by it?

{WC: 144}

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[MiddyGlow]

RuIerr

Darkness nodded he would not deny that he like Clover as well, but he would not attempt to take Clover from Thunder if Thunder cared for Clover. "Do you care for her?" He asked simply. Clover seemed to have trouble understanding a male like Thunder or a male like Darkness. Sometimes direct and blunt was the way to go to figure out what was what and how each person in a situation felt. He thought Clover sweet and pretty and she deserved to get what she wanted out of life. He could only hope that his interference would help her situation.  

[RuIerr]

The question was pointed, and Thunder felt a pang in his heart. "Of course I do," he responded, "who wouldn't? She's... lovely." His mouth went into a hard, straight line when he finished speaking, feeling quite uncomfortable being this open with a near stranger. He understood that all of his packmates were family, but he didn't know this wolf.

"Why, does she have someone in mind? It sounds like you're smitten." The skull-laden wolf meant it almost in jest, but there was a part of him that was a bit bothered. He didn't like that part of him, but he suspected he would have to reckon with it. And soon.

{WC: 110}

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[MiddyGlow]

RuIerr

Darkness chuckled at house defensive and jealous Thunder sounded "No no one else, she thinks of you, I do not stand a chance, but she does not know how you feel." He spoke softly "Have you told her?" He cocked his eyebrow. He knew it was not easy to speak from the heart when it was hard to find the right words but if you didn't tell those you loved how you felt how would they ever know? Well at least besides showing through actions but that didn't always convey the message to a female.

(511)  

[RuIerr]

Thunder's faced burned at the news Darkness Comes Quickly was so kind to relay. Of course, he had realized that Clover thought him attractive - she made that much evident. But the idea that she actually had feelings for him? That was... preposterous. Right?

In a bout of good (for him) timing, Thunder caught the heavy scent of a small grouping of goats nearby. "This way," he said gruffly as he jerked his head to the left and started following a different path. His lack of response effectively ended the conversation between the two happily quiet males, and they continued on hunting in silence.

{WC: 103}
{Total WC: 656}

MiddyGlow

Fin!