pack mentality

welcome to the end of eras. ice has melted back to life. done my time and served my sentence; dress me up and watch me die.

[scarredalpha]

justoccuredtome:

“Ah,” he replied, understanding. The colorful gleam in the other’s eye might have been alarming, if LeFou hadn’t written it off as an illusion. His point about the light bulbs gave him reason to smile.

“They are very convenient! I mean, for most. Perhaps not those who need less light,” he went on sheepishly. “I also thought they were strange at first.”

“It’s not a problem in the daylight,” the wolf continued, taking on a different side of the situation. “I will just have to figure something out for my nights. Maybe somewhere further out in the forest.”

[scarredalpha]

thexenchantressx:

“And here I thought a wolf’s hearing was one of it’s better sense.” she muttered, shaking her head gently, though her movements stilled as she listened. “You didn’t think that you were the only one who got to have fun did you?” she asked as she took another step toward the wolf, waiting a moment before teasing “Now what fun would that be? You’ll just have to wait and see, now won’t you?” 

“You know, at times, I feel like I am.” Everyone else always seemed to preoccupied, whether it be with morals or vendettas. The step she took, however, had reminded him just how much of a threat he viewed of the Enchantress; he had to fight taking one for himself, backwards. “I’ll have to keep tabs too then.”

[scarredalpha]

unownedwolf:

“And you were? A hormonal fourteen year old boy who felt put out that big brother got given Alpha over him?” Aria’s eyes flashed dangerously. “We were all children, none of us should have had to even bear the burden of being Alpha, but Ric took care of us all, you just wanted it for your ego. You challenged and you lost baby brother.”

“Ric was WEAK -- we all knew it. What was the point of him playing human shield?  We were no better than pets, and he didn’t care!  Call it ego, but I wanted to go somewhere, and I wanted to take you with me. Our family.”

[scarredalpha]

thexenchantressx:

“I can tell.” she admitted, making a slight face when she said the statement. It wasn’t hard to tell that no one could tell the wolf what to do, and he was a force to be reckoned with. If she wasn’t endowed with the powers she was, she might have feared him, or at least, feared him more than he did. “I’m looking forward to watching your journey… we’ll see how good you can be, or how bad I can be. May the better man win.”

“Come again?” he playfully interjected, cutting into her little wrap-up. “I didn’t realize you were thinking of flirting with your bad side.” Now he was fully immersed. “Go on -- elaborate. Who would I tell?”

[scarredalpha]

thexenchantressx:

“I suppose we only really need to know the definitions we care to know.” the witch offered with a slight shrug. Her definition of fair defined her very actions, and it was so ingrained in her she wasn’t sure it’d ever leave her even if she tried. “If you want to feel that way I suppose you could…” she replied, a laugh falling from her lips as she could only imagine what the wolf ahd in mind. “If you can be good that is…Otherwise we both might end up quite dissapointed.”

“I do what I want,” he mused thoughtfully, as if he had been reminded of the concept. But his curiosity was far from just the gutter, as he thought that having someone like her on his side, in any capacity, would be an advantage. He could very well have this whole town at his feet. “Fingers crossed. Being good rarely ever agrees with me.” 

[scarredalpha]

thexenchantressx:

“If your definition of fair is the same as mine.” Andromeda mused with a shrug. Some might say she went overboard with her curses, that she went to far with everything she did, but she didn’t agree. She had cursed the prince who had deemed the aesthetically challenged unworthy of love to that fate until he could find someone to love him for his personality, a thought that had clearly never occurred to him, a fitting punishment in her own eyes. A smirk became apparent on her features with his own confession. “Simple pleasures tend to be universal.” 

“I don’t think I have one.” There was getting even, but wasn’t that just an excuse?  He didn’t have much of a care for fairness. Her collected response softened his grin, and he’s nodding in thought. “Seems you were the one to set me up, then. Why am I not surprised?” It didn’t matter if he was right or not. He had come up with rather proactive rewards, as he couldn’t help where his mind wandered, and now he couldn’t quite get his mind right. She was otherworldly, after all. “I guess all that’s left is to be good, and wait.”

[scarredalpha]

thexenchantressx:

“Fair is fair.” the witch mused with a smile. Admittedly, their conversation was going far better than she had assumed to in the beginning. Yet again, her limited experience with the man had taken place when he wasn’t exactly in the mood for talking, and she hadn’t been in that mood either. She raised an eyebrow, her curiosity getting the best of her when he made that weighted comment. “Oh, and why not?”

“Is it?” he asked. He knew she played in fair -- that it was her modus operandi. He might have served a sentence, but what she had done to that poor prince was something else entirely. She’d fallen for his trap. “I am a beast of simple pleasures.”

[scarredalpha]

@thexenchantressx

[scarredalpha]

thexenchantressx:

“I didn’t say that you were.“ the witch pointed out, though she saw his point. She’d always felt more comfortable in her own skin than she ever had her disguises, and she could only imagine he felt the way in his true form.  She hadn’t expected an answer to her question, but the one she received seemed accurate. In the strange place they ended up, he was putting himself at risk. He was smart, and he knew how to survive, she could give him that. She smirked at his next question, giving him a look before saying “Use your imagination.”

He let out an amused snort. “Fair enough.” It was easy to just believe that the witch could see through people, but the conversation didn’t seem like that. Her knowledge wasn’t personal; it was wise, but she listened. That was something he hadn’t expected. His lips curled at the look she shot him. “You don’t want me to.”

[scarredalpha]

thexenchantressx:

“I’m not stupid, I can’t make the curses too easy, or no one would take me seriously. Plus, what kind of watch dog would you be if you could change back at whim?” she asked, raising an eyebrow as she looked to the wolf. “Is that so? Has your diet changed so much?” she adeed after his next statement, growing more and more curious, though her curiosity was pushed to the side in favor of focusing on his next question. “Of course. Maybe I’ll even reward you for good behavior.”

“I wasn’t complaining,” he thought to add. It was his natural state. If it weren’t for the way this society had been set, and the fragile situation he found himself in, he’d be on all fours right now. Her question was unreadable, so he thought honesty to be the easiest route. “Like any wise predator, I’ve chosen to adapt.” He didn’t feel less of himself, resorting to more human means of sustenance, but it wasn’t something he felt like flaunting. He’d be back to old habits soon enough -- live prey, even if it were to be animals -- once he scoped out the forest. But his brow cocked at her words. “And what would a reward from the Enchantress look like?”

[scarredalpha]

thexenchantressx:

“Well then, I wish you the best of luck with that endeavor. You seemed to do a good enough job in your previous position.” Andromeda offered sincerely. She had no reason to wish the wolf ill will, not at the moment anyway. He’d served his punishment, and she had bigger matters to deal with, though the wolf was keeping her attention for the moment. “Now, why would I do that to the humans? Seems like cruel and unusual punishment for them.” she teased, flashing a small smile. “Nothing yet. But I’m sure you could come up with something…”

“You’re right,” he nodded, lighthearted in his tone. “As one of your curses, it would have to come with a handicap of some sort. I can still shift -- so that should have tipped me off.” Genius, really. He should get into the curse business. “They would have been safe, relatively, and I would’ve gone mad.” He hadn’t meant to give her ideas, but at the same time, he doubt she would even need the help at this point. “Will you be keeping tabs?” he challenged her with a teasing smirk. Convel assumed her own journey back home would take up her time. 

[scarredalpha]

kctya:

“Lucky me.” She would be thankful for the comment if it had been brought up under different circumstances. “What do we do now?”

“We hug, like normal siblings do. Or did you honestly believe that I wanted to disappear from your life without so much as a goodbye?”

[scarredalpha]

thexenchantressx:

“Plenty of animals are territorial, but that doesn’t mean they wish to be alone. Everyone, even you I’m sure, care for someone.” the witch replied. She couldn’t help a slight smirk from forming on her own lips at his own comment. “You know, when you can speak, you can be quite funny..” she chuckled. “But you’re right none the less.” 

“I’ll let you know if I happen upon native wolves that don’t mind me stepping in as their new alpha.” Because surely, Convel wouldn’t have it any other way -- and that was what made making friends that much harder. He’s avoiding the ‘care for someone’ comment because, as she should have assumed, he cared for little but himself. “I’m aware,” he mused, though he was quite pleased with receiving her compliment. “It couldn’t be helped. Seemed like your kind of thing -- sticking a wolf in a society of humans.” At least, that was what it appeared to be on the surface, so of course it was the one he stuck with until given reason to believe otherwise. “I was about to ask what it was I had done this time.”

[scarredalpha]

kctya:

“Because we’re FAMILY. Are you so proud that you’d hurt your own sister?”

“That hasn’t stopped me before,” came his rather heartless answer. “But you know I would never hurt you, Katya. And not because we are family -- but because, at the end of the day, I actually like you.” He spoke as if that should’ve been more than enough for her.

[scarredalpha]

thexenchantressx:

“Really? I’d imagined you would find some kin here.” the enchantress mused before she really thought about what she was saying. She knew wolves didn’t tend to be creatures to travel alone, they had families, packs, something. “You know what assuming gets you…” the witch replied, shaking her head before admitting “I’m not sure how I got here actually, but I’m going to find a way home.”

“Need I remind you that we’re territorial. Even if I were to come across others, it would just be a fight waiting to happen.” If they weren’t of his original pack, of course. They would be fools to try and undermine him, even in this new land. “A sassy remark, apparently,” he countered without skipping a beat, a smirk gracing his lips. But her answer pulled his attention, and satisfaction took the place of his playfulness.

[scarredalpha]

kctya:

“Your threats don’t scare me, Convel.”

“How come?  Because we are BLOOD ?”

[scarredalpha]

unownedwolf:

He was trying to copy her tone and he didn’t do too badly; but the look she gave him was unimpressed. Arms folded over her chest as she huffed lightly. “Both you and Ulric left around the same time. I then decided to experience the forest for myself.”

Her words amused him; it was plain as day. A dark laugh passed the younger wolf’s lips and he shook his head. “I knew he wasn’t fit to lead us. Didn’t I, Aria?”