defy the sun

[Amphitryon]

a m p h i t r y o n

Blasted sun.

Amphitryon peeked through one eye, huffing irritably as he stretched against the hard, crumbling earth. He had found a small depression in the ground that hadn’t left him too exposed to the glare of the unforgiving sphere blazing high above. Except the damned thing had long since changed position during is celestial journey across the bright firmament and had now turned the brunt of its beam on the wolf.

Southerners made a habit of only becoming active well after dark, and disturbances to the hostile male’s sleep patterns were both unwelcome and extremely detrimental to his mood. He heaved his gray-clad bulk to all fours, shaking clods of dirt from fur that was beginning to thicken as winter approached. It was miserable, being halfway between coats, especially when autumn was hardly full of pleasant chill in the desert. It was still uncomfortably warm during the day, yet bitterly cold in the unprotected night.

The force of his fiery gaze was one to challenge even the sun’s brazen heat as he stalked off to find shade, shoulders hunched as he melted into his usual smooth, crisp gait, effectively covering the miles without exerting too much vital strength.

His paws graced a familiar path, one that would cross a small strand of the South’s singular river. He bowed his head swiftly, a purposeful gesture that could probably have been called handsome if it hadn’t been executed by a complete jerk. He padded forward, letting his digits submerge to cool his calloused pads, claws flexing experimentally while his tongue fractured the rippling surface of the water to thieve some of its satisfying nutrients.

And then he was on his way again, as remorselessly as a cold-blooded murderer abandoning a crime scene, mirthless in his purpose with little to no regard for his surroundings. He eventually located the wooded copse. Though the trees were mostly coniferous in nature, he found a few whose lower boughs were plush enough to shelter him completely. He slipped beneath one such protective fir, trampling the layer of needles until they all lay flat. Nothing was more irritating than pine needles jabbing you in the belly every time you shifted.

Except, of course, that damned, dirty, blasted freaking sun.

[Cricket <3]

Cash's paws ripped over the surface as she ran, her heart pounding in her chest. She hadn't been this excited since, since, well she didn't really know when! Her tongue flopped from her mouth and she had that look upon her face like a pup. She was free, free! It was a feeling long since over due for the fae. Suddenly she finally slowed to a stop, her breath coming in hasty uneven beats and her tongue panting out her mouth. Now where was she? Orbs flittering this way and that the surrondings were very unfamilar. She hadn't meant to run that far. Green light filtered through the trees as she picked up her paws and shuffled forward.

Finally, Cash realized she was exsahusted, hungry and thirsty. The heat beating down on the back of her neck was completely not helpful. Lifting her face towards the brillant rays squinted up at the light. Blasted sun.. Narrowing her eyes looked back around at the trees around her, the thick scent of pine in the air.

And something else...

Sniffing once more she could tell, a male scent. Not good. Her ears flickered back and forth on her head, trying to decide whether or not to make a run for it or not. She didn't know this territory, didn't know the wolves, didn't know the males. This thought made her shutter, she had only j u s t became free. Did she want to risk her freedom? Then her blasted hard headedness took over her and she brought her chest up high, what could they do? Snorting she strutted forward, tripping over her paws for the first couple steps, but finally gaining a steady walking pace.

Next thing she knew she was upon the male. No, literally upon the male. There was a small steep incline and a pesky root she just hadn't seen. Tripping forward the next thing she knew she had collided with a furry form in her way. Scrambling to her feet she brushed the dirt from her form, skittering a couple feet away from him, "Wa--Watch where you're going!" Her stutter in her beginning word totally took away her confidence for the rest of her sentence and she cursed herself mentally. Looking up at the male from her rich coat, cocked her head to one side. He certainly looked like a brute, his facial features and expression screamed jerk. Figuring she was in trouble she pulled on her, this is me not caring, la la la. She watched his every move very carefully. Then she let a deep gulp of fear go down her throat.

La la la...

Word Count: idk.. : )
Music: I Want you to Want me (fitting no?)
Time Took: 20 minutes
Comment: Hahaha "I neeeed you to neeed me!!!"

[Amphitryon]

He’d settled himself by now, except that he had lost the urge to sleep and now lay motionless, trying to convince his body that it needed to drift off again until the heat of the day was long gone and he could rise to rule the night. Henna ears pivoted to every meager sound, though. The softest sigh of the wind would throw his efforts off course, to the point that he was cursing colorfully in his mind. Forfeiting sleep, his eyes snapped open and promptly scanned the vicinity.

He heard her foot falls long before she came into sight, though she was hardly one to miss with her pristine coat. One ear flopped over in a way that might have been called cute, if the observer in this situation weren’t a total asshole.

He watched silently, not bothering to move. If she approached him, well, then that was just her misfortune. Amphitryon registered her moment of indecision and snorted softly when she gathered herself up confidently, oblivious to her immediate peril.

But she didn’t consciously bring herself to him. No, rather gravity took control. He shot to his haunches, bracing for the impact as the she-wolf came tumbling toward him. Her soft fur met his in a chaotic tangle of limbs. The brute, hating physical contact, finally exploded.

A snarl erupted from his maw, lips crinkling back over a menacing set of fangs that couldn’t remember when they were last sated with blood. His hackles bristled, legs stiffening as he shrugged away from her and turned to face the female as she scrambled away and stuttered her accusations.

All his frustrations, from the present evening and the many other solitary days and nights in the desert, finally came to a head in this single, apparently innocent ordeal. He had no response for her, vocally anyways, other than the ruthless growl that rumbled deep in his chest, eyes like dual embers sparking and flaming with predatory vehemence.

He advanced upon her in a few swift bounds, though he hadn’t missed the fact that she still didn’t turn tail and run and this, startlingly enough, surprised him. But it would not spare her his wrath. Yet.

He cooled his jets just like that, letting his ferocious expression melt into one that was equally as withering with its cold calculation and mercilessness. The Southern male circled her once, his visage one that was neither impressed nor completely disgusted. She was probably some pampered female, who never knew the pain of starvation and near death. In other words, completely useless to him.

Still, some part of him, some piece of buried instinct that screamed to be shod of loneliness and writhed to hold command, uprooted itself and caused him to pause before taking drastic, annihilatory action.

“You have five seconds to explain yourself before I rip your throat out,” he bluffed, pausing at her shoulder to breath the words into her velvet ear, almost like a lover but with far more malicious implications. That was hardly his intention at all, for the time being. He loved to watch them squirm and plead for their life. It gave some greater sense of satisfaction to the kill.

{ooc} xD Greaaat, now I'm gonna be singing that song all day.

[Taenai-Ai]

|| ooc: Hope you don't me popping in here, and assuming that Amphitryon and Taenai-Ai already know each other.. C: ||[/color]

The sun was out. Again.

Taenai-Ai would have preferred it to be permanently dark, it was less painful on his eyes, and the sun being down meant that all the annoying creatures of the daylight disappeared. Perhaps they would disappear permanently if the sun enver rose again. Taenai-Ai would be fine with that.

He would have preferred to stay asleep, but there were voices talking, keeping him awake. Though he normally slept in the caverns at night, he had been too tired to go there last night. His day had been rather exhausting, patrolling the borders, giving Amphitryon a break. Seeing as it was just the two of them here, there was no point in slacking off because really, what was the point? It needed to be done, and somehow, Taenai-Ai managed to let this snotty bitch pass. It wasn't his fault that he was on the opposite end of the border, doing someone else's job.

But that didn't matter. Amphitryon would deal with her, and Taenai-Ai was perfectly content with watching from his seat in the shadow, in the cool of the not-sun.

The dark-coated wolf ticked his head, entirely amused at the situation before him. Girl was running. Crashed into Amphitryon, who was not in motion, mind you. And blamed him for the accident. What a little bitch. It bothered him that she had the nerve just to do something like that, and not apologize when it was clearly her fault. Taenai-Ai might be a total prick, but he respected what he liked to think was personal space. Only in given circumstances, of course. Taenai-Ai would have been perfectly content with not giving the girl a chance to explain herself, ripping her throat out first thing. Asking questions later.

But he figured Amphitryon was being somewhat forgiving by giving her a chance. Either that, or he wanted to fuck her. That was always a possibility. The wolf shrugged, stepping forward slightly, head canted still in amusement, dark bangs falling over his face. It distorted the image of his face, giving him a rather intimidating look. He rather licked it,. and Amphitryon never seemed bothered by it, so he didn't bother to fix it.

"Look, Amphi~ A toy...." Not calling Amphitryon by his entire name might have been a mistake had Taenai-Ai been anyone else. But this was Taenai-Ai. Dangerously capable of pulling things off that no one would ever be able to get away with. Sure, it might piss the long-bodied wolf off even more, but wasn't that the point? He sure thought so.

He stepped halfway out of the shadows, light and dark falling across his face, giving him an rather roguish look, one that nay girl would find attractive, had they not been cornered and frightened like this one was. He smirked, a toothy grin flashed playfully at Amphitryon, bright, mustard-yellow eyes twinkling mischievously. Taenai-Ai was feeling awfully playful today, so it wasn't a surprise that he was awfully flirtatious towards Amphitryon. He did, after all, have the slightest crush on him, but he wasn't one to admit such things. The playfulness was a rather thing, most likely egged on by the presence of this intruder upon his and Amphitryon's homelands.

"Kill her?" he asked, flicking his tail to the side, curling it around his hock before flicking it again. His voice dropped some deeper, deep and handsomely snarly, a rumble in his throat.

Word Count: 575
Music: Twister - J
Time Took: ~ 20 minutes
Comment: Shake me like a TWISTER~ <3 Taenai has a CRUSH on someone~ <3

[Cricket <3]

Cash let her gasp catch in her throat when the male grew so close to her, her muscles tightened and her tail dipped just ever so sligthly. She could feel her confidence slipping away but tried to keep it together. After a slight silent she perked up, "It was my fault, i am clumsy." However much she said this it was still said with a smirk on her face and a cock of her head. However sarcastic she seemed she was focusing on not trembling, this large male scaring the death out of her. With a last look around she gave him another smile and began backing up, "Well i have apologized and should leave now...." She trailed off, the whisper still tickled her ear.

Although, she wasn't backing up for long til another male appeared from the woods behind her. Voice catching in her throat she turned abruptly around, whipping her head back to look at Amph. This was so not good... When this new male spoke however she straightened herself up and narrowed her eyes, "I am not a toy." She stated clearly, her ears and head erect. She would not tolerate being pushed around by a couple of wack jobs.

Turning to look back at the first male again she gave a fake smile, "Not that I wouldn't enjoy being your toy, i just have places to be." The irony didn't quite creep up to her yet, it was still coming, waiting for the perfect moment to pounce. The two words the male followed up with made her whip her craninum around, her orbs squinted in anger, "You're a little rude aren't you?" Looking him up and down a smile cracked her face and the whole 'Think before you Speak' thing just went whoosh from her mind. "Little cranky cause we're lonely i see?"

Immediatly after she said it she wished she could s n a t c h it from the air and pull it back. But since she knew she couldn't, that's why she said this, "Well, gotta go!" And with that she spun around so fast to leave she caught her left paw on her right leg and tripped down, landing with a thunk. As all this happened she was staring at the feet of the fist male, Amph. Letting her eyes slowly look upwards towards his face, she thought,

uh-oh.