Recon | Beta | Male | M: Merlin, Doji

Doji | Female | Subordinate | M: Indrectly:Kiran Directly: Recon

The golden she wolf eyes were closed as she welcomed the better temperature by the river. Luckily if it wasn't as hot as water naturally and the current slapping against the bank would cool her down. Her medium length fur waved in the wind unwinding the whisps in her fur. Her amber eyes saw Kiran splash into the river. Then catch a fish then leave. She inwardly chuckled at him, but a little peeved that he left her.

The birds were loud, but almost telling her welcome to their new home. It made her smile in her thoughts.

Her ears heard rustling as she would turn her head but it was almost like a chore. Though the scent betrayed who it was. Recon.. If she could move she would try to run out of embarrassment, but she took a deep breath in to calm herself. Doni watched him in the corner of her eye as he took slow sips of the water. She listened to his words as she knew he was right, but she already knew that herself before his wise words.

"Really? No way.." She scoffed sarcastically.

She added "I know. I was looking for a source of water for the pack as I felt thirsty and had inkling everyone else would be. I didn't wait for permission, no offense. But now I'm paying the consequences of my own actions. I guess the human's thing is working a little too strong for me."

Her head rested between her paws watching the current go by. She struggled to get to her feet to sit on her haunches. She was off balanced and swayed almost like the wind could knock her over like a leaf in the fall.

She jabbed at him "Careful Recon.. Your gentle side is showing. Wouldn't want any female think you actually cared or not all cold and stern.."

She completely regretted that she said that as soon it left her mouth. She cursed herself for saying that. She was an idiot for saying that.

She quickly added trying to change the subject "How is everyone? Do we need to get back. Especially in the heat, we need to get back.." She stammered on her words as she quickly got on her paws, but she was off balance and weak. She quickly fell on her side with a grunt.

She cursed to herself "Of course this happens to me.."

Recon | Beta | Male | M: Merlin, Doji

Lidiya - F - Subordinate - Mention(s): / (ind: Anubis, Merlin)

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The female sat in her little box, having adjusted to the fog slowly being pushed out of her head. She didn't do much. She just sat there and watched the stupidity erupt.

Was she watching with interest? Yes. All of her senses were tuned as to what was going on directly in front of her, after all. What a good hiding spot - no-one cared about the few wolves still wearing off the knockout drugs, and of course they wouldn't specifically look to her.

She may have been considered unruly, but then why wasn't she allowed to go do her own thing now and again? So she lay there, comfortable with her small frame in the little plastic box, as she watched them bicker and argue amongst themselves.

What's more, she had the shade on her side. They were all out there sweating in their coats in the hot, humid air, and here she was, hiding - in the shade, directly in front of them.

A perfect place to just be observing with interest - and a tinge of humour. While this hadn't been expected by any of them, it would certainly be interesting to see how that stuffy Alpha held up to the many, many things that he had to do.

It would be unlikely he changed such that their goals aligned, after all. Unlike Anubis's with hers. Her eyes briefly flicked to the left, taking him in, watching him retreat without much more option - before going back to the group. Lidiya felt a brief urge to go and talk to him - he was one of the few people whose goals aligned with hers, after all - but then stopped herself. She could talk later. They had all the time in the world to talk later. But there was only going to be one time where she could observe this new dynamic and sink into it where needed.

Unlike the wolves out there, she didn't have such the dire urge that she needed water. Well, of course, she did need water. But priorities. She could handle temporary dehydration if it meant she could look on for a bit more.

And what was going on right in front of her was interesting, indeed.

Rather than dashing to the water and drinking her fill, as her body told her she needed, she simply lay there. Observing. Only once the fun and action had gone, would she leave as if she had just woken up.

How would any of them have known otherwise, after all?

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Deverick - M - Subordinate - Mention(s): Timber (ind: Recon, Doji)

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Deverick did not feel good. Oh no he most definitely didn't. He was thirsty, his legs barely obeyed him, and the marching band inside his brain didn't stop.

He needed water. Vaguely hearing them talking about water and howling, following that a howl, Blindly stumbling along - damn, his legs would not obey him that much - he managed to get out of his little, claustrophobic box, and make his way around the outside of the circle of plastic boxes.

Tiny, tiny, plastic boxes. In his blindness, he stumbled into a box. Vaguely, he was aware that a sleeping Timber was inside it, but the sedatives still had a moderate grasp on him, the marching band didn't want to play quieter, and his damned legs wouldn't obey him.

Somehow - and only gods knows how - he was able to stumble down to the stream. He was aware that he had definitely taken a different route than everyone else - his path, if he had cared to notice or look back, meandered sideways and diagonally, with him ending up maybe twenty, or thirty-odd meters away from where he could tell Recon and Doji were having a quiet conversation. With no wish to interrupt them, he sank - more like flopped - onto his belly, and started gulping mouthfuls of fresh, clean, water.

As he quenched his thirst, the dehydration lifted, and the fog in his mind did too. His marching band didn't go away, though, and neither did his damned legs refusing to cooperate with him.

Damnit.

Sable/Subordinate/Female/M: Inderectly: Merlin and Kiran Directly: Echo

Sable watched as everything unfolded around her. The sights and sounds felt strange, almost surreal, and the new sense of freedom felt less like a gift and more like an uncertain burden. With every breath, she tried to shake of the lingering effects of the sedatives, though nausea still rolled in her stomach and her mouth felt dry. She wanted to help somehow, to be useful to her pack, but moving too much right now felt like a risk, with how nauseous she was, especially with the others relying on her to be ready when it was time to follow Recon’s signal to water.

Sable’s gaze drifted to Merlin, the wolfdog she trusted above all. She wanted to approach him, to ask what they should do next, but he seemed occupied with Kiran. She hesitated, reluctant to intrude, but also realizing how much comfort Merlin’s words could bring her right now. This sense of freedom – they were supposed to want this, to be here out in the wild. And yet, everything about it felt foreign, strange, even a little frightening. She was both grateful and confused. How could the humans just leave them like this?

After a few moments, she noticed Echo nearby, her presence somehow grounding. Deciding that focusing on someone else might help her shake off the sedative’s fog and her swirling thoughts. Sable slowly pushed herself to her feet, her paws pressing into the soft earth. Moving towards Echo, she tried to keep her steps slow and steady. “How are you holding up, Echo?” she asked gently, her voice soft and warm. The question wasn’t just about Echo’s physical state; she wanted to know how Echo was feeling about this whole strange ordeal.