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Web-based character application: http://www.thumper.net/tlkmuck/join.htm *If the MUCK is DOWN, please email the Admin so they can restart it!* =-------------------= NO HUMANS BEYOND THIS POINT! =---------------------= [ February 27, 1999 ] Outskirts of Utatu The greens and yellows of the Utatu Lands begin to fade dramatically around you as you move away from them. The earth beneath your feet has has become hard and dull --lifeless. Cracks line the tawny dark depths and you begin to wonder if anything can grown let alone live here. A dusty path well worn by paw marks but looking like it hasn't been used in a long long time leads forward into a dark forest up ahead- The trees are bare and dead- but there thorns still prick. Do you dare continue? Continue on into a (D)ark (F)orest Retreat back to the (U)tatu (L)ands You can see... [IC] Dendrine, VERY pregnant... Dendrine Out of the shadows this creature comes, a thing of nightmares, a savage, sadistic wolf bitch... Dendrine. Haggard and horrible, she is certainly not good-looking but she is impressive, her slight and grubby body holding the power of a mind so bent and twisted with hatred and malignancy that it is positively skewed. Lacking any feminine grace, she is not very strong, but she is forceful, full of intelligent cruelty and clever as anything. Her eyes, slitted yellow orbs of cunning and evil, have the ability to drive right into your very heart and soul. They are hard, but when they soften they soften you. Mostly they frighten you. This wolf doesn't just defeat her rivels, she maims and kills them. A favourite trick is driving them over the gorge edge. Her only power is the driving force flaming behind her eyes, but it is strong enough. She could never be anything other than Alpha in a pack, and woe betide any pack she controls. Slyer than a fox, smellier than a weasel, more windswept than a sparrow in a hurricane, and more full of malignant, twisted cruelty than anything you could dare contemplate, she is sadistic evil with four legs and unkempt fur. Her flanks, haunches and hindquarters are badly scarred, but have mostly healed and don't appear to cause her many problems except to deepen her already ugly temperament. Also, you can see clearly from the swelling in her usually gaunt stomach that she is extremely pregnant, a week or two away from the end of a three month gestation period. Although what kind of male wolf could possibly even consider mating with this haggard bundle of maliciousness is anyone's guess... Vollutt Dark swirls mark this pup's soft, slicked back coat. Barely 6 and a half inches in length, he is mostly legs and tail. His ears are flat against his head, and his eyes are closed. Thus far a very unremarkable creature...but the smallest creatures grow into the most spectacular....over time. Sekar Squirming before you is Sekar, a tiny newborn Ethiopian wolf pup. This little canine is barely six inches long, and covered in dark, slick fur. Her little ears are pinned up against her head, and her eyes are still closed. Jicin Jicin is a female Ethiopian Wolf pup, barely more than newborn, covered in a soft coat of grey-brown fur. Her eyes are tightly closed, her overlarge, triangular ears flat against her skull. Her expression--if expression it can be called in one so young and featureless yet--is one of pathetic weakness and uncertainty, only increased by her blind and deaf innocence. Jicin slips out into the open world with little effort, flopped weakly, silent. Dendrine reaches over, breathing heavily, and eases her jaws around the third and final pup, gently moving it to between her forepaws so she can examine it, ignoring the other two pups squirming at her side. Jicin manages a small creeling sound of protest of the pressure around her, and one paw waves weakly. Dendrine holds the pup firmly between her paws, despite her protests, and starts to lick her clean. Jicin squirms, a little, then suddenly takes a sharp breath and splutters into renewed life. Dendrine wrinkles her muzzle, then taps the pup none too lightly on the top of her head before picking her up and dropping her uncerimoniously in between, or rather, on top of, her brother and sister, next to her underbelly. Jicin creels in louder protest, trying unhappily to find a place. Dendrine ignores the pups, and flops over completely on her side to rest. Jicin begins whimpering pitifully as she's pushed back by her siblings. Dendrine sighs and looks around, irritated by the pup's whimpering. She tucks a paw under the male pup, even though this means he starts to protest at having his feed disturbed, and rolls him to one side so the third pup can get between him and the other female. Jicin senses the suddenly increased space in front of her and lurches forward, snouting about her mother's belly, still making small sounds as she tries to find what she's after. Dendrine releases the complaining male, and raises her head to glance around, making sure there are no other creatures in the area. Vollutt squirms back towards his siblings, quiet now, intent on pushing them out of the way to get the best spot. Jicin falls silent, paws kneading the sparsely furred belly in front of her. Sekar shoves at the nearing Vollutt with a pup's aggression, making small intent sounds as she tries to keep him away. Vollutt squeaks in protest as he gets shoved away, and tries to find a different place to feed, intent but not as intent as the sister he submitted to. Dendrine, watching the pups' feeble efforts, smirks with satisfaction as she sees the little female pup's aggression. Sekar latches on, falling silent but still intent on defending her place if necessary. Jicin does her best to ignore her siblings, hunching close against her mother. Vollutt squirms towards Jicin, and tries to shove his way between her and Sekar, making little high-pitched squeaky growls as he tries to push her right out of the way. Jicin hunches in further, as if attempting to burrow into her mother's belly with her pup-soft claws. Dendrine growls softly at the pup pushing into her stomach, and drops her paw a second time on her head in an early reprimand. Jicin freezes, shocked by the weight suddenly pressing her down. Dendrine holds the weight on the pup's head for about ten seconds before removing it and leaving her free to move again. Jicin doesn't immediatly resume motion, or sound, then shifts a little back from her mother, not wishing to endure that again. Vollutt takes advantage of her lack of movement to shove in beside her and latch back on to feed. Jicin doesn't protest as her brother takes her place.