Wolgroth blinked in surprise at the confident vayron, she eyed her suspiciously before grunting in acknowledgement and carefully navigating around the cramped interior of the warehouse. For the humans and vayrons this warehouse was massive and spacious but for her it was quite cramped. Before long Elliot began to shiver again as the group steadily warmed him up. A few brave souls nervously approached the black tyrian and offered to assist her in removing the extra ice from her thick fur. She curtly agreed and before long both Wolgroth and Elliot were free from the heavy ice. Elliot had stopped shivering and was finally sleeping peacefully. After double checking his condition she sighed with relief.
As Wolgroth started to settle down beside him the vayron who had led the others in helping Elliot approached her. She eyed her suspiciously once more but realized she was being too hostile. With a deep sigh Wolgroth shook her head, trying to forcefully dislodge the feeling of paranoia that was aching in the back of her mind. Meekly she said, “Thank you… for helping us.” she awkwardly looked away as the silver vayron blinked before smiling in a friendly manner. “Don’t worry about it. I couldn’t exactly ignore such a dramatic entrance.” Wolgroth blushed in embarrassment before retorting, “You try sneakily opening a door that size in a blizzard…” The silver vayron chuckled to herself as her charcoal mate cautiously approached. “My name is Shinook and this,” she paused slightly to gesture to the dark male, “Is my mate, Lumiska. And you are?” Wolgroth greeted the gray vayron respectfully as she could tell he was wary of her. She couldn’t blame him, after all she felt just as protective of Elliot. “I am Wolgroth, and this is Elliot…” she paused, considering what she should say. “Thank you for helping him.” Shinook smiled softly at the black tyrian, mildly surprised at the genuine thanks she had just received but she graciously shook her head. “There is no need to thank me, I merely did what should have been done.”
Wolgroth conversed lightly with Shinook and Lumiska around the steadily pulsing warmth of the space heating crystal. It turned out these two had been traveling between the cities when the blizzard had rolled into town, effectively stranding them in this warehouse as well. The black tyrian stared down at Elliot as he peacefully slept beside her, she hesitated to explain their circumstances to strangers. After all, how would a stranger react to suddenly finding out a band of poachers could randomly show up now that these two had stopped in the warehouse. She frowned briefly letting her conflicted emotions show on her face before she squeezed her eyes shut and forcefully put on a different expression. “We were merely traveling on our way to Warrenfall when we got blindsided by the storm.” Lumiska raised a skeptical eyebrow at the tyrians' obvious lie, this town was nowhere near Warrenfall and there wasn’t anything around here that anyone would have a reason to travel to see either. Shinook also caught her lie but decided not to confront the tyrian on it.
The three of them spoke about various non-invasive topics for a short while before the exhaustion of the day finally caught up to them. The two vayrons politely excused themselves before moving a short way away to find a more comfortable spot to sleep. Left alone, Wolgroth snuggled up to Elliot, silently gleeful that she could sleep so close to the white runner without feeling awkward. His fur was no longer damp and he smelled like mud but Wolgroth didn’t mind. Just being able to sleep beside him filled her heart with joy. The black tyrian let her eyes close and as a blissful wave of sleep washed over her she hoped she would be able to enjoy this feeling for as long as possible.
…But of course it wasn’t meant to last. All of the humans and reoseans had gone to sleep, exhausted from the many trials that they had faced from the blizzard and none of them expected any trouble. There were no guards posted and there was no one to catch what was about to happen. A sudden deafening noise exploded near the front door of the warehouse shocking everyone inside awake. As soon as the first detonation had occurred six more rapidly followed from both sides of the room. Three explosions from the front door and three from the back. The horrendously loud sounds were accompanied by blindingly bright flashes and the assailants finished their discombobulation effort by tossing in pods that released a large amount of smoke. The once peaceful inhabitants of the warehouse were suddenly thrown into chaos, humans and reoseans screamed as they panicked at the sudden onslaught. Wolgroth jolted to her feet immediately taking on a defensive stance over Elliot who had also been awoken by the chaos around them. As the white runner groggily staggered to his feet he could see nothing but shadows darting through the thick haze of smoke as Wolgroth protectively huddled above him.
Across the warehouse Shinook and Lumiska were not faring much better. They had been in a deep slumber when the chaos erupted and were desperately trying to stay together as the civilians around them darted through the smoke searching for an escape from the suffocating haze. “Stay close!” Lumiska screamed to his mate, trying in vain to be heard over the screams and ringing in their ears. Shinook didn’t need to be told what to do as the light gray runner pressed her flank firmly against her mate's side. Through the chaos they could just barely see the massive form of Wolgroth slowly looming up across the space. “Over there!” Shinook gestured to the massive shadow, they had no idea what was going on but right now that massive tyrian was the only landmark they had in this confusion. Together they cautiously made their way through the smoke until they stood before the giant tyrian. She didn’t notice them at first through the smoke but when Lumiska called out to her, she snapped her head down and spotted them. Not sure what else to do, the dark tyrian quickly reached out with one of her wings and scooped the two runners up under her to protect them. Another round of flash bangs and smoke bombs exploded making the already chaotic space even worse. Rage swelled within Wolgroth as it became difficult to breath with the heavy acrid smoke choking her lungs.
Wolgroth took a deep breath of the smoke and activated her magic, when she breathed out a thick column of red smoke blasted forth quickly overwhelming the white smoke of the bombs. The dark tyrian continued to release her magic into the space until there was nothing red smoke visible. The civilians’ panic intensified at the horrific change to their surroundings but the dark tyrian could sense something retreating through the barely open warehouse doors. Whatever was attacking them had finally retreated, Wolgroth snorted as she made sure her magic stayed inert but still lingered. She looked down underneath her belly at where she had stashed the three runners and asked, “Are you all o-” her voice cut off as she realized there were only two. Elliot was missing. The tyrians head shot up, but she couldn’t see anything due to the smoke. She swore as she reared up and flapped her massive wings to dispel her magic. The humans and reoseans that had been panicking in the warehouse puffed and wheezed where they were, still confused and scared but now that the ominous smoke and magical fog was gone they were regaining their wits. Wolgroths eyes darted frantically around the warehouse, searching for the familiar white form of her mate. But he wasn’t there, he wasn’t in the warehouse anymore. They had taken him.
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Wolgroth blinked in surprise at the confident vayron, she eyed her suspiciously before grunting in acknowledgement and carefully navigating around the cramped interior of the warehouse. For the humans and vayrons this warehouse was massive and spacious but for her it was quite cramped. Before long Elliot began to shiver again as the group steadily warmed him up. A few brave souls nervously approached the black tyrian and offered to assist her in removing the extra ice from her thick fur. She curtly agreed and before long both Wolgroth and Elliot were free from the heavy ice. Elliot had stopped shivering and was finally sleeping peacefully. After double checking his condition she sighed with relief. As Wolgroth started to settle down beside him the vayron who had led the others in helping Elliot approached her. She eyed her suspiciously once more but realized she was being too hostile. With a deep sigh Wolgroth shook her head, trying to forcefully dislodge the feeling of paranoia that was aching in the back of her mind. Meekly she said, “Thank you… for helping us.” she awkwardly looked away as the silver vayron blinked before smiling in a friendly manner. “Don’t worry about it. I couldn’t exactly ignore such a dramatic entrance.” Wolgroth blushed in embarrassment before retorting, “You try sneakily opening a door that size in a blizzard…” The silver vayron chuckled to herself as her charcoal mate cautiously approached. “My name is Shinook and this,” she paused slightly to gesture to the dark male, “Is my mate, Lumiska. And you are?” Wolgroth greeted the gray vayron respectfully as she could tell he was wary of her. She couldn’t blame him, after all she felt just as protective of Elliot. “I am Wolgroth, and this is Elliot…” she paused, considering what she should say. “Thank you for helping him.” Shinook smiled softly at the black tyrian, mildly surprised at the genuine thanks she had just received but she graciously shook her head. “There is no need to thank me, I merely did what should have been done.” Wolgroth conversed lightly with Shinook and Lumiska around the steadily pulsing warmth of the space heating crystal. It turned out these two had been traveling between the cities when the blizzard had rolled into town, effectively stranding them in this warehouse as well. The black tyrian stared down at Elliot as he peacefully slept beside her, she hesitated to explain their circumstances to strangers. After all, how would a stranger react to suddenly finding out a band of poachers could randomly show up now that these two had stopped in the warehouse. She frowned briefly letting her conflicted emotions show on her face before she squeezed her eyes shut and forcefully put on a different expression. “We were merely traveling on our way to Warrenfall when we got blindsided by the storm.” Lumiska raised a skeptical eyebrow at the tyrians' obvious lie, this town was nowhere near Warrenfall and there wasn’t anything around here that anyone would have a reason to travel to see either. Shinook also caught her lie but decided not to confront the tyrian on it. The three of them spoke about various non-invasive topics for a short while before the exhaustion of the day finally caught up to them. The two vayrons politely excused themselves before moving a short way away to find a more comfortable spot to sleep. Left alone, Wolgroth snuggled up to Elliot, silently gleeful that she could sleep so close to the white runner without feeling awkward. His fur was no longer damp and he smelled like mud but Wolgroth didn’t mind. Just being able to sleep beside him filled her heart with joy. The black tyrian let her eyes close and as a blissful wave of sleep washed over her she hoped she would be able to enjoy this feeling for as long as possible. …But of course it wasn’t meant to last. All of the humans and reoseans had gone to sleep, exhausted from the many trials that they had faced from the blizzard and none of them expected any trouble. There were no guards posted and there was no one to catch what was about to happen. A sudden deafening noise exploded near the front door of the warehouse shocking everyone inside awake. As soon as the first detonation had occurred six more rapidly followed from both sides of the room. Three explosions from the front door and three from the back. The horrendously loud sounds were accompanied by blindingly bright flashes and the assailants finished their discombobulation effort by tossing in pods that released a large amount of smoke. The once peaceful inhabitants of the warehouse were suddenly thrown into chaos, humans and reoseans screamed as they panicked at the sudden onslaught. Wolgroth jolted to her feet immediately taking on a defensive stance over Elliot who had also been awoken by the chaos around them. As the white runner groggily staggered to his feet he could see nothing but shadows darting through the thick haze of smoke as Wolgroth protectively huddled above him. Across the warehouse Shinook and Lumiska were not faring much better. They had been in a deep slumber when the chaos erupted and were desperately trying to stay together as the civilians around them darted through the smoke searching for an escape from the suffocating haze. “Stay close!” Lumiska screamed to his mate, trying in vain to be heard over the screams and ringing in their ears. Shinook didn’t need to be told what to do as the light gray runner pressed her flank firmly against her mate's side. Through the chaos they could just barely see the massive form of Wolgroth slowly looming up across the space. “Over there!” Shinook gestured to the massive shadow, they had no idea what was going on but right now that massive tyrian was the only landmark they had in this confusion. Together they cautiously made their way through the smoke until they stood before the giant tyrian. She didn’t notice them at first through the smoke but when Lumiska called out to her, she snapped her head down and spotted them. Not sure what else to do, the dark tyrian quickly reached out with one of her wings and scooped the two runners up under her to protect them. Another round of flash bangs and smoke bombs exploded making the already chaotic space even worse. Rage swelled within Wolgroth as it became difficult to breath with the heavy acrid smoke choking her lungs. Wolgroth took a deep breath of the smoke and activated her magic, when she breathed out a thick column of red smoke blasted forth quickly overwhelming the white smoke of the bombs. The dark tyrian continued to release her magic into the space until there was nothing red smoke visible. The civilians’ panic intensified at the horrific change to their surroundings but the dark tyrian could sense something retreating through the barely open warehouse doors. Whatever was attacking them had finally retreated, Wolgroth snorted as she made sure her magic stayed inert but still lingered. She looked down underneath her belly at where she had stashed the three runners and asked, “Are you all o-” her voice cut off as she realized there were only two. Elliot was missing. The tyrians head shot up, but she couldn’t see anything due to the smoke. She swore as she reared up and flapped her massive wings to dispel her magic. The humans and reoseans that had been panicking in the warehouse puffed and wheezed where they were, still confused and scared but now that the ominous smoke and magical fog was gone they were regaining their wits. Wolgroths eyes darted frantically around the warehouse, searching for the familiar white form of her mate. But he wasn’t there, he wasn’t in the warehouse anymore. They had taken him.
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