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The Howling |IC| ( )

Postby SaveYou on Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:26 pm

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Years ago, scientists made a major breakthrough in combining DNA. They created a human/wolf hybrid, a stronger, more intelligent type of human, but prone to violent outbursts, with short tempers, and something of a blood lust, though scientists were confident that the more they created, the problems would fade. It didn't exactly happen that way. The 'werewolves', as they were called, got it into their heads that they were better than their creators. They started to fight against the humans, and it turned into a full-blown war.

The werewolves won, and humans went on the run, fearing for their lives. The scattered across the globe, making small villages where they could. They had no technology, that was taken by the werewolves, and few weapons. Guns are not available to them, and they can only fight with knives, and whatever else they can get their hands on. One of these medieval-esque villages is set in a forest in the English countryside. It's been given the name Den Adel, and the people who live in this small community think it's fine, and that they will be safe.

They are wrong. Having now gotten their hands on all the technology they can, the werewolves have found a few of the villages, Den Adel being one of them. Determined to wipe out the rest of the species, becoming the dominant one, they are planning an attack on the village. A small squad will be sent, and the attack will take place in darkness, so the humans won't know what hit them.
Can you survive the night?


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Natalie felt cold, though she didn't know why. Shivering, she sat up groggily, before realising that her blanket had fallen off her in the middle of the night. Damn. It was going into winter, and the huts that everyone in the village lived in weren't exactly the warmest. Standing, she picked up the blanket and wrapped it around herself in a vain attempt at warming up, but it didn't work. Sighing, she threw it off, and picked her clothes up from where she'd left them. She had few left, seeing as most of the clothes were handmade, and most hers were falling apart. She blamed the werewolves, and the scientists who had created them. If it hadn't been for them, maybe what was left of the humans wouldn't be constantly living in fear.

But the village of Den Adel was safe. Of that, Natalia felt confident. They had been there for a few months, and they hadn't been attacked. It made a nice change to the last place she'd stayed in. That place had come under attack almost immediately. Raking her fingers through her hair to comb them, she thought of the group who had arrived the previous day. They had said they'd lost a few people because they'd come under attack at the started, though there was now no sign of the werewolves. Thank God for that, Natalie thought, leaving her small hut, and shivering in the cold air. She hated winter.
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Re: The Howling |IC| ( )

Postby St.Jimmy on Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:37 pm

Ricco woke up slowly. He was always cold and stiff when he first rose on these bitter mornings. The wind howled unkindly through the holes and gaps in his makeshift hut, constructed by himself and a few others when building the hidden village of Den Adel.

But there was nothing to complain about. After all, the werewolves hadn't found them yet.

Goosebumps rose on Ricco's skin. He didn't exactly have a wide wardrobe - mostly, he slept in his underwear and put his clothes on the next day. He did this now, shivering as the cold bit into his bare arms and legs before his trousers and shirt were in place.

Stepping out of the hut, he stamped his feet on the frost-bitten ground. Winter was beginning and the icy chill was already in the air. Surrounding trees swayed in the wind.

Across from him, Ricco could see that Natalie was also up and awake. He stamped his feet again, encouraging the flow of blood around his body, warming himself up.

~

The frosty ground was cold under his paws. The wolf moved forwards slightly, the weak winter sun dappling over his many-shaded dark fur. It blended from grey to white to browns and blacks. The wolf might not have been the most handsome, but he was far from ugly. He looked rugged and well-used to hardship, but not scrawny or sly.

Reaching a low outcrop of rock, the wolf paused and stretched out. At once, an extraordinary thing happened. His fur shrank into white skin, tanned and weather-beaten from days in the open. The grey eyes brightened and became an azure blue; an open shirt formed over a bare chest. The wolf-turned-human wore black trousers and a cross around his neck, some scornful mockery of religion. He twisted the silver ring on his finger - he wore two; one on the thumb of his left hand and another on the forefinger of his right - and briefly touched the silver medallion around his neck with an image of the wolf. Then, brushing his shaggy brown hair out of his face, he turned to find the pack.
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Postby LALAshesang on Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:50 pm

The cold had kept her awake all night. Ironically, she had been too lazy to build a fire before she went to sleep, and now Branca was wishing that she had.

"I hate winter," she muttered to herself as she slowly got up, her blanket wrapped around herself. The blanket was the only nice thing she had left from her life before this village. It was a very thick handmade quilt, one that her mother had made before she had been killed.

She padded across the dirt floor in her thick woolen socks to her shoes, which definitely needed replacement. Without really thinking about it, she pulled on her shoes, quickly shed the blanket, and quick as a flash put on her clothes, throwing on top of them a coat that had belonged to her father.

"Time to be productive ..." she said to herself as she buttoned up the last button and then stepped outside her hut. The first thing she noticed was her breath on the wind. It was going to be a cold winter, for sure.
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Re: The Howling |IC| ( )

Postby The Rogue Doll on Mon Sep 15, 2008 8:00 pm

The wolf stood tall among the sheep, and for some incomprehensible reason, he was the one who was nervous. They milled around him, making plans for their survival against his unstoppable people. Futile hopes, futile effort. They weren't even treating it very seriously...they had no idea how close the enemy was.

A hand clapped him on the back as the nomad's leader, Eric, joked heartily with another important looking man. Men and women hurried around, busy, scurrying, avoiding their eminent fate. How he pitied them. A frown etched into the man's handsome brow.

A little girl from the nomad's group rushed up and curtsied, handing the general a bound message. She smiled sideways at Owen and hurried away.

"So," said the leader, setting the message aside for the time being "Eric tells me that you're quite the swordsman. Took out a few of those nutcases." Eric beamed at Owen. The wolves had been injured and Owen had thrown them into the river...he knew not whether they survived. It was their fault for their insolence in attacking a superior officer, no matter what his behavior. They had dared to question him.

"I...I'm not that great...sir." his brow furrowed further as he tried to think of what to say. Irritation rose in him and he beat back the flames of rising rage. "I have a little skill." he concluded lamely. Eric stepped up again, grabbing his shoulder.

"Don't be modest, Owen! You can be a real asset to our resistance! We'll show those fascist wolves what it means to be a survivor!" his eyes teared, and Owen knew he was remembering those they had lost on the journey here. "It's people like you...who give me h-hope for our future." Eric's eyes were locked on Owen's. He looked at the warrior with utter faith.

Owen the werewolf, a spy in the heart of his enemies, said nothing. What could he possibly say to that?

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Separated by forests and hills and mountain tops, Owen's brother, Aiden, returned to the current headquarters of the wolf pack, major. This territory was rule almost exclusively by one massive pack, with many offshoots that tended to go their own way as long as it broke none of the pack code. And the pack code was...well, whatever the leader said it was.

The Werewolf group leader howled his greeting to inform the pack major of his approach, then entered with his small but lethal force. He relaxed slightly as he was surrounded by his own people. The thrill of the hunt was always exciting, no, more than that, intoxicating, but it came with a tension that never eased until you were walking safe ground again. Aiden bowed in wold form and shifted, staying low.

The Wolf pack leader grunted his acceptance and Aiden stood. He gave his report on number of humans killed, dwellings located and reports collected on these.

"And has this lead you to information about their cities?" the Alpha said impatiently. He greeted every sub pack the same, interrogate them about the humans activities and whereabouts and abuse them mildly when they came back with unsatisfactory results.

"No sir." Aiden said, ashamed that his group could not have found what the others couldn't. He felt that his group was better than the others and should therefore have succeeded already. The Alpha gave out a humorless laugh.

"It's a good thing we have your brother in there, eh, do do what you obviously are inept at doing!" Aiden's voice broke out in a low growl before he could stop himself. The Alpha changes parts of his upper body and slammed into Aiden, pushing him to the ground and fitting his teeth around the lesser male's throat. Aiden let him , trying to stuff his growing fury away. He knew he couldn't beat their pack leader.

"With all due respect, sir," Aiden said carefully once the other male let him get to his feet. "If I am correct, we haven't heard from him in a while now." The pack leader paused, considering this. He nodded and Aiden felt his chest swell with victory at the hard times that were now going to be shoved down his brother's throat rather than his.

He had always been a bit jealous...of the place of prestige his brother had always held. He knew he was the better combatant of the two of them, so why did he always snatch everything out of his grasp? He was dismissed and he growled as soon as he was out of earshot. Well, he had something to work with that others didn't. He was sure that by now his sentimental fool of a brother was deeply immersed in the humans now, and Aiden knew Owen's scent better than anyone.

He returned to his sub-pack and gave a jerk of his head, indicating that they were free to break down for the night. His radio buzzed quietly, no one was calling and all was peaceful. God he hated that.
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Re: The Howling |IC| ( )

Postby Roll_The_Bones on Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:57 am

Emma was currently sitting cross legged on the floor with a bottle of nail polish next to her. Twisting the lid open she took out the paint covered brush and started to apply it to her right hand. She was using black this time because she felt it gave a more intimidating look. She was starting on her second coat of nail polish when Aiden walked over.

Emma raised an eye brow when her leader did nothing but direct with his head. She stayed silent for a few minutes, listing to the annoying buzz of the radio, as she finished up her nails. Then setting the bottle aside she blew softly on her fingernails to help the dry. Her eyes where raised to where her leader stood and she cocked her head in curiosity. "So I'm guessing our Alpha wasn't in the best mood today?" She asked with a small sarcastic ring to her voice. Of course the Alpha is never in a good mood but sense we haven't found any cities, I'm guessing it was worse than normal. She thought to herself as her eyes stayed on Aiden, waiting to see if he would reply.

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Postby xenchantedx on Tue Sep 16, 2008 8:53 am

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Jade sat on the the icy rock and started sharpening her knife, it was cold, she'd admit that much, but it wasn't like she could do anything about it seeing as the only clothes she had were the ones she was wearing.
Jade sighed and thought about all the people in this camp, she didn't know anyone, and loneliness swelled up inside her.
Jade shook her head and tried not to think of her dead family in friends from her previous town, all who had died in vain fighting against the werewolves, trying only to stay alive.
Jade scowled when she thought of them. They were beautiful, with their soft furry coats of glorious fair and their huge eyes, but Jade still hated them, becuse they had taken everything from her.
She craved the company and love and support of her friends more than ever now, but she could hardley say she knew anyone here.
Jade put down the blade and her fingers stung slightly as they touched the icy ground, she lifted her head and looked around at the other people who had now gotten up, letting her gaze rest on a man near to her with shiny blonde hair and green/grey eyes, she thought his name was Ringo..Racco? Oh wait! Ricco! Of course! She smiled in triumph at remembering his name and continued to study his features out of intrest, he was walking towards someone already though.
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Postby St.Jimmy on Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:30 am

Ricco was in fact merely wandering aimlessly between the higgledy-piggledy lines of jumbled huts, although it may have appeared that he was heading towards a specific person. As his head turned slightly, brown-blonde hair catching the weak rays of winter sun, he saw a girl looking at him. Being good with names and faces, Ricco remembered her at once. She was Jade. They had talked briefly a while ago, but he doubted she remembered. However, his mind, determined to look on the bright side, catalogued every friendly moment and every good memory. He changed direction and wandered over to her.

"Hi," he said, swinging his legs round to share the cold rock she was sitting on. It was laced with whispered train tracks of frost and ice and sent shivers through him, but he ignored them. "Are you okay? You probably don't remember me; we only talked once. But I'm Ricco. It's Jade, right?" He smiled and held out a cold hand.

~

Logan swept his brown hair out of his eyes as he strode into the camp. He didn't really enjoy pack hunting, but occasionally the whim would take him and he would integrate himself into a pack with ease, usually due to his natural charm and skilfull hunting abilities. He could make himself very useful, and in these bitter days of expanding winter, it was hard to turn down the offer of a young, confident, strong individual.

He had been with this pack for the better part of three months. Twisting the ring on his finger, Logan wondered idly whether it might soon be time to move on. However, even he could not deny the benefits of a pack in the cold weather.

Boots crunching over the frost riddled ground, he paused for a moment to observe a hot-headed male he thought was called Adam ... Aiden, something like that. Near him was the female called Emma. He watched their exchange from a distance and then glanced towards the direction of the Alpha, wondering if he should report. His stealthy spying out of Den Alder the night before had revealed some more about positions of huts and houses, but it was the spy on the inside who was providing the most useful information.
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Postby xenchantedx on Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:05 pm

Jade smiled warmly as Ricco held out his hand to her, she shook it with her icy fingers and felt the heat of his radiate through her body,"Yes I do remember you in fact Ricco, your green eyes rather unforgettable if you don't mind me saying," She said chuckling, it was a suprise that he had come over to talk to her, but a nice suprise at that," I'm fine thanks, VERY cold, but other than that I'm good, and you?" She asked sweetly.
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Postby St.Jimmy on Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:35 pm

Ricco nodded, his breath steaming before him as he half-laughed and clapped his hands together to try and encourage some heat to his frozen fingertips. Gloves were just one other commodity that they didn't have.

"Very cold too," he replied, smiling. "But I can cope." As he spoke, smoky trails of water vapour rose from his mouth and twisted into the white, clouded sky above. Shifting his position on the icy rock, Ricco felt the familiar numbness creep into his feet, freezing his toes. It was always like this every day, and he had grown used to it. His boots were not adapted for frosty ground and icy water always managed to seep in.

"It's going to be a cold winter," Ricco remarked.
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Postby xenchantedx on Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:42 pm

"You think?" jade asked, raising a perfectly arched eyebrow at him before laughing and copying him rubbing his hands together.
Jade paused and studied him for a short while, he was different that was for sure, but unusual, he looked in a way innocent, she let her eyes roam free as she took in the shape of his face, the curve of his angular jaw and his green/grey eyes, his hair with all it's different tones...
Jade abruptly stopped and looked away, realising that he must have thought she was staring at him like some freak, she blushed and decided to change the subject quickly,
"So do you have any family here? or...?" Jade winced and couldn't bring herself to finish the rest of the question.
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Postby St.Jimmy on Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:50 pm

"No." Ricco's voice was not harsh or hurt, but even so, the way he spoke allowed her to see exactly what had happened to his family. Trailing a fingernail through the layer of frost on the grey rock, he created tracks through it, weathering the awkward silence that followed. The question on his lips was, of course, "how about you?"; but he could not say this without causing some offence.

He had noticed the way she had looked at him, but didn't resent it. He, too, had automatically sized her up. Ricco liked company and extended the hand of friendship easily - too easily in these bitter times, although he did not realize this.

Passing a hand over his green eyes, Ricco peered out into the surrounding forest. The dark trees stood like sentries to a forbidden world. The village was hidden; they were safe. All the dark flutterings of memories from the past floating in the self-destructive corners of his mind meant nothing - the present was what mattered and right now he had to be thankful that he was secure and sheltered.

"How are you?" he asked her now. A lot of the people around the village had been falling ill as winter came down, bringing with it illnesses like flu. With a lack of medicine, it wasn't particularly desirable to fall under the weather.
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Postby The Rogue Doll on Tue Sep 16, 2008 2:18 pm

Aiden looked at Emma and relaxed visibly. He came and sat next to her, lithe and graceful into an easy chair that was next to her. It didn't surprise him that she was sitting next to it and not in it. She was just like that. Her many quirks never ceased to surprise him and she was very resourceful in a fight. If anyone could be called his second, it would be her.

"I know the humans are gathering somewhere. The lot of the filthy bastards. They guard their secrets too jealously. You know how many of their little nomads we've tortured. Their not giving up anything. Or at least not enough." he stared furiously at a TV screen. It came across as only static, the same as on his radio. No one manned the TV stations anymore and programs didn't play. There were more important things to do.

"In the morning we are going to head out again, so be prepared. Before sunrise. I am going to try to track my brother be scent and see why the bastard hasn't been communicating. You knew him, back when he was leader of our group. He was always a little sentimental...but do you think..." he wasn't sure he wanted to confide in anyone about this particular fear. "...I don't think he would. He was nothing but loyal to the pack and to the Alpha. I don't think it's in his blood to betray us...but sometimes I wonder. He seems to sympathize with those little cockroaches." he paused.

"It's not something I've seen so much...he has as much blood on his hands as I do. But there is a...hesitation...that makes me wonder. We have to find him. If they managed to kill him somehow we have to avenge him. And if we find out he crossed over..." he let the sentence hang, unable to finish it. Would he kill his brother? Of course he would.
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Postby LALAshesang on Tue Sep 16, 2008 3:19 pm

As the village was beginning to come alive, Branca started to move through it. She knew there wasn't really much food to be had or bought, but she really had to try and find something. Money was useless, of course, so normally she had to bring things to trade. She had very few things to trade, and anything she had, she needed.

So, Branca had turned more into a forrager. It was frowned upon to leave the village alone, more for fear of everyone, than for the one. In fact, leaving the village at all was basically forbidden. However, Branca had no one who would go out with her, and she needed to find something to eat. She didn't really eat much, but in the cold, she knew it was important to have something, otherwise she would fall ill, and that simply would not do.

"I won't get very far," she thought out loud as she moved to the outskirts of the village in order to avoid the majority of the people. "And I'll be very quick." These were rules she had set to herself. She knew that at any moment, she could come upon a wolf, and the only thing she would be able to do then would be to let the monster take her, because there was no way she could lead them back here.

But then again, if they were as close as where she was going to be, there was no hope for the village, anyway.

So, with her coat buttoned up as far is it could go, and her hands stuffed into the pockets, she stepped into the forest.
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Postby The Rogue Doll on Tue Sep 16, 2008 3:22 pm

The view was magnificent. From the mountain cave of the stronghold the humans called De Spera he could see the lush valley below and a large expanse of nearly impenetrable wood. Through the middle of it cut a river with steep cliffs on either side that flowed under the mountain in an underground river network that fed the thriving community that lived within it. The human had set traps, crude, yet effective ones throughout the woods and along the river. The river was unpassable and the woods were deadly if you didn't know the right way to go. Owen and his fellow nomads had been brought in by blindfolds, but Owen felt he could get out by following the scent of the humans he knew back through the woods. Would he trick many traps anyway? Probably. It wasn't worth the effort when he could wait until a party went out to bring in more villagers and go with them.

He had tried to memorize the steps he took as he came in, but the way they took was so winding that it was nearly impossible. He was sure that he couldn't do it again backwards and he didn't dare lead a pack group into potential death when he was unsure where the danger lie.

Within this setup, the humans were content. Too content. They didn't see a way that the wolves could possibly find them. Their settlement could not be found from the air, and the angry and impatient wolves gave up entering the woods when they discovered how difficult it was to maneuver through. Their pride also buffeted them, telling them that if they couldn't get through, then the humans hardly could either. This would be true, but they forgot that the humans were driven by survival, which could cause anyone to do things they normally wouldn't or couldn't.

Contemplating this, Owen watched the day trek on. The crisp chill air beat against his skin, causing goosebumps to rise. He cared little, though, as in he had spent many a day in harsher terrains then this, hunting and killing their people. There were two men near him, holding their own conversation and including him by asking the odd question here and there.

"Where did you get such nice clothes?" They asked, "And that sword? Looks very well made." Owen didn't even turn and simply answered as he had countless times before.

"I took it from the wolves." he answered, truthfully enough. The wolf had studied sword making and delightedly handed it to Owen, who took it. He preferred to tell the truth where he could. The humans stared at him in awe and pressed on.

"What happened to the wolf who had it before?" they asked, assuming like most, that he had taken it from the corpse of one of them, or from a sick or elderly wolf. Owen breathed deeply, trying to keep his irritation in check. He turned to them and gave them a level and slightly menacing look.

"He ran away." the wolf had run. Run to follow his next order. To get him something else that he required for the start of this journey. The Alpha and some others had accompanied him to the site where some wandering humans were known to travel through on their migrations that season. The Alpha and several others turned on him and beat him senseless. It would make the humans more likely to take him in, the pack leader had explained before tearing up his shoulder. Owen hadn't dared to resist or fight back. It would have been suicide. He had been outnumbered six to one and each of them were highly powerful and highly experienced. He might have had a chance against one of them. He might have had hope against two or three, but six? It was futile. So he took his beating and they left him in the middle of the path.

His mind came back to the present with a jolt. The nomad girl, whose name was Ella, was poking him with a stick. He looked down at he, irritated and twitched in effort keeping himself from grabbing and snapping at her, telling her not to touch a man aggressively, especially if you aren't from his pack. It is a way that a wolf would teach his young to behave appropriately within their instinctual hierarchy, but it was considered ghastly and inappropriate to treat a child thus in human society. He also had affection for the girl, loath that he was to admit it.

"Will you come with me, Owen?" she pleaded, her eyes tearful with the question. He acquiesced and followed her and as they went she explained her tail of woe. No one believed her when she said had a friend who fought the wolves and lived. They said she must be lying or he must. Because no one could harm the wolves, the children told her, and if there was such a man who could, he certainly wouldn't be friends with her. She pointed at the group of kids, three boys and one girl, who were still laughing about making Ella cry.

Owen walked up to them, his arms crossed. He kneeled down and put an arm around Ella as he addressed the children, whose eyes had gone wide at the sight of him approaching them. He did make an intimidating picture with his red cloak and armor and broadsword strapped to his side, especially to children who were not used to seeing nice things.

"I hear you disbelieve my Ella's tales?" he asked gently. "She knows quite a lot, really. Very grown up for her age. So maybe you should take her word for things when she swears them true. I have never known her to lie." he stood, and looked down upon them. They were too scared to ask questions, so he shot a smile at Ella, who beamed back, and left.
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Re: The Howling |IC| ( )

Postby xenchantedx on Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:30 am

Jade winced as she sensed the hurt in his voice, so it's not just my family... she thought to herself as she lowered her gaze to her shoes and bit her lip,"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you..." jade's voice had grown quite and she felt like an ass, she should have known better than to bring that subject up with someone, she mentally cursed herself. She looked up again to see if his eyes told her she was forgiven and instantly regretted it, he was looking right back at her, what was it her mother had told her? It was rude to stare, but Jade couldn't help it, she liked to study new things and people.
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Re: The Howling |IC| ( )

Postby St.Jimmy on Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:51 am

Ricco shook his head. A particularly icy gust of wind swept through his hair, chilling the tips of his ears and making his eyes water. It died down, but the cold