[Mature]Werewolf: The Forsaken - Preludes

[Graf]

Camera squats back on his heels, his writing book clasped to his chest. Grinning and idly toying with his hair he’s positioned near the edge of the group. His eyes flick intently from face to face as various people speak and he nods during their conversation.

 

[Shayuri]

Ari just stands and stares numbly as the conversations wind on.

Faith's verbose introduction does little to reassure her. In fact, it seems to unnerve her all the more. If it hadn't been for the 'dream' with the Death Wolf, she reflects distantly, it'd all be over about now. As it was, it was still all over, but in a different way. She'd been a wolf. Now a person again. If 'werewolf' -wasn't- the word for that, what was?

With her eyes still a bit too wide, a bit blank, Ari turns to Faith and says, "Kid...uh...Faith. Sorry. Could you check around to see if anyone's got some pants or skirt or something I can borrow?"

Then she waves at Buzz to get her attention. "Hey! Could someone bottom-line this for me? I'm prepared to go along with the 'urathra werewolf whatever' thing, because short of someone slipping me some kind of souped up acid, I don't know how else to explain what I've seen tonight. But what's it MEAN? Like, did I just go tearing out of my apartment, ripping people open as I went and busting the door off? Or did I -actually- go where I -thought- I went...which is hunting gazelle with some 'death wolf' or something?"

 

[Tokiwong]

Then she waves at Buzz to get her attention. "Hey! Could someone bottom-line this for me? I'm prepared to go along with the 'urathra werewolf whatever' thing, because short of someone slipping me some kind of souped up acid, I don't know how else to explain what I've seen tonight. But what's it MEAN? Like, did I just go tearing out of my apartment, ripping people open as I went and busting the door off? Or did I -actually- go where I -thought- I went...which is hunting gazelle with some 'death wolf' or something?"

I will assume you are directing the question to one of the NPCs in the room, Buzz is still on her way with Piotr and Drake.

Isaac turns to Ariella at the mention of Death Wolf, “Kamduis-Ur, the great she-wolf of Death… she roams far and wide, and you say that she came to you? That is a great honor for any young uratha. The great tribal totems rarely make their presences felt to those so young.”

 

[Tokiwong]

Ariella, Faith, & Camera

Subtle Storm gasps, “So Death Wolf has given her blessing to a new daughter, and you are honored.”

Candace nods, “Just what the world needs… another Bone Shadow.”

Isaac focuses on Ariella, “Did she make you take the ban, to Pay each spirit in kind?”

 

[Shayuri]

(oops! I misread. Yes...say I direct it at Subtle Storm then. )

Ariella nods, snapping a finger and pointing at Isaac.

"As a matter of fact, yeah! What was that all about anyway? I mean...except for the spirit part I guess it makes sense, but she wouldn't explain it. I'd already had my four questions and..."

She pauses, then shakes her head.

"It sounds like a Lewis Carroll story. Four questions. Pacts with spirits... I just want to know what it -means- for me." Another pause, then she glances at Candace.

"What's a Bone Shadow?"

 

[Shalimar]

Faith smiles at Ariella and nods at her request to try and find some clothes, though she didn't know exactly whether or not there were extra clothes, but the pink haired teen figured it would be likely given the fact that new Uratha were brought here often and that they were in a bedroom. She moves to a dresser and picks through the drawers looking for something for Ariella to wear.

"So what is a Death Wolf? Wait...Tribal Totems, are those spirits that are in charge of the tribes? Do all tribes have totems I guess? So there would be a Storm Lord totem and a Blood Talon totem?" Faith asks over her shoulder examining all the dressers for anything that might fit the other new Uratha.

 

[Tokiwong]

Max Roman's Estate

“Gods rarely explain themselves,” Isaac replies. “The same can be said of Kamduis-Ur, she is aloof and walks alone. There are beings that understand the hisil as well as her. She is the tribal totem of my tribe, the Bone Shadows. We concern ourselves with the matters of the hisil and the spirits.”

“Bone Shadows,” Isaac continues, “the Hirfathra Hissu, seek out the mysteries of the spirits, the Shadow World. We seek knowledge in the lost places, and always pay each spirit in kind; either with respect or justice. Always respect your prey, and spirits more so. They fear and hate us for the role we have taken, but just the same they respect our strength, and we must in turn respect them.”

“Death Wolf has given you her favor, that is enough for me,” Isaac finishes.

 

[Tokiwong]

"So what is a Death Wolf? Wait...Tribal Totems, are those spirits that are in charge of the tribes? Do all tribes have totems I guess? So there would be a Storm Lord totem and a Blood Talon totem?" Faith asks over her shoulder examining all the dressers for anything that might fit the other new Uratha.

“Yes all eight of the great tribes have a totem, one of the great wolves of Father Wolf’s get. They are simply gods, more powerful then any of us can reckon yet their power is finite,” Subtle Storm adds, “We owe them respect; in turn they grant us favor in both the worlds of flesh and spirit. But even so, very few uratha can claim to have spoken to one of the great totems directly.”

Ariella and Faith, can find clothes.

 

[Shalimar]

“Yes all eight of the great tribes have a totem, one of the great wolves of Father Wolf’s get. They are simply gods, more powerful then any of us can reckon yet their power is finite,” Subtle Storm adds, “We owe them respect; in turn they grant us favor in both the worlds of flesh and spirit. But even so very uratha can claim to have spoken to one of the great totems directly.”

Ariella and Faith, can find clothes.

"Wow, she got to meet a God? How cool is that...I'm all jealuous now, especially since she like adopted you into her tribe...Cool, at least you know which tribe you get to be part of." Faith congratulated the police officer. "Lets see here...I think this should work for you." Faith told Ariella pulling out a pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt from the drawer, it was very similiar to what had been scrounged for Faith by Candace. The pink haired girl offers the clothes to the trench coated woman with a friendly smile. "Tonight is my first night with all of this stuff too, I guess we are in the same boat." she offers in addition to the clothes.

"Candace, you and Max said that packs were all like families...that they don't really let people join them...how do new werewolves generally find packs? Do all new werewolves get lumped together or are there generally a few packs that are umm...recruiting at a given time? Oh, and since werewolves can be of all different tribes and Auspices are packs suppoused to all be one kind or something? That could be kinda limiting and make it hard to find the right type of packs huh?"

 

[Tokiwong]

"Candace, you and Max said that packs were all like families...that they don't really let people join them...how do new werewolves generally find packs? Do all new werewolves get lumped together or are there generally a few packs that are umm...recruiting at a given time? Oh, and since werewolves can be of all different tribes and Auspices are packs suppoused to all be one kind or something? That could be kinda limiting and make it hard to find the right type of packs huh?"

Max Roman walks in with a smile, “Every pack forms differently. Every pack is unique, some are single tribe, and some are not. Others form from the remnants of other packs, and still others are a continuing legacy of generations. But tonight I think a new pack will be formed from this young blood.”

Isaac nods, “I agree Max, we have the core for a new pack here, far too many for my own pack to assimilate.”

Candace agrees, “Yeah, Duncan Dumb-Ass is all the new blood we need.”