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[ragedagainst]

IC INBOX text / voicemail / emails / pack telepathy"Yeah. It's Ren. Text me. Don't fucking call, y'weirdo."Ren Rages-Against-The-Odds O'Neill Homid Fianna Ahroun - Adren (31) Guardian of the Sept of the Relentless Beat Alpha of the Never Say Die Pack Child of Coyote art credit code credit

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[ragedagainst]

[ Ren instinctively startles at the voice in her head. ]

Jesus, fuck, Jordana.

Can y'not even do a courtesy lick first?

Yeah, no shit about gnosis. Ain't like there's a caern. I'm fine without the clothes. S'not like nudity is as much of an issue here. Ain't even CCTV.

[wyldfire]

You've been here long enough that you should be used to hearing non-pack in your head. These people squabble like they're on a telenovella.

You're not taxing me to have clothes dedicated. I did this for myself a week ago to see how long it would take. The basics are fine - clothes, weapon. Anything else is too frivolous.

[ragedagainst]

Aye, but those idiots I can zone out on. [ The unspoken part being that Jordana's voice in her head is more unsettling. ]

Makes sense. But wouldn't it be smarter to reserve your gnosis? You've gotta have more gifts requirin' it then me.

[wyldfire]

[Just because you go ten years without hearing someone...]

Between that and my various rites, you're correct, but I also have a deep connection to Gaia. I do recover gnosis when I sleep in the woods.

[She also didn't throw her gifts around, but that she kept to herself.]

[ragedagainst]

[ Ren, you're correct.

Not a phrase she hears often enough for her liking. ]

That's...kind of a relief to know.

Y'considering coming out of the woods at any point? There's fuck off huge spiders out there that eat people apparently.

[wyldfire]

I've marked the territory around my den and have stared a few down enough that they keep their distance.

But I'm considering it. I miss community.

[ragedagainst]

It ain't so bad at the Boarding House. If you can tollerate people fucking at all hours and not cleaning their dishes up.

If you do happen to wander back into civilisation, lemme know, I've got some people I could use a read on.

[wyldfire]

The dishes will bother me more than the fucking. I've been to Beltane enough to be desensitized to it.

Ran into this young wolf out here. Seneca is her name. She's not Garou, but half her day she spends a a girl, the other half as a wolf. She didn't know the wolf tongue and is big - hispo big.

I've never seen anything like her.

[ragedagainst]

[ Ex-fucking-scuse? ]

What the shit?

You sure she ain't a confused Garou-born?

[ One of those more politically correct terms that the Never Say Die pack preferred to use. ]

[wyldfire]

Positive. I Scented her; she isn't Garou. I don't know what she is.

She says she's a human girl that turns into a wolf when she sleeps, has been like that as long a she can recall, and has no control over her shifting. She only has the two forms and has never known unconsciousness. Or ever met someone else that can shift.

She's a shithead like any homid cub. [Teenagers.]

[ragedagainst]

All teenagers are shitheads. Not just Garou. Comes with the hormones.

Sounds fucking weird.

Do you think she's a danger?

[ The the Veil, to herself, to Void Touched, to the Rubeans. ]

[wyldfire]

I'm not sure yet. She has no rage. She really is like someone took a bumbling human teen and shoved them into the form of an oversized wolf.

She only knows me when I have fur, though I've given her the task of finding me when I'm in homid. We'll see if she manages that as the only name I have her was Wyldfire. I explained some of what Garou were and that we hide from humanity for their safety. She's agreed to keep my secret.

I did mention you, so she wouldn't be surprised, but she doesn't want people knowing about what she is.

[ragedagainst]

Okay, I know I need t'stop sayin' it's withes BUT--

This seems like some witchy bullshit right here.

[wyldfire]

In your years after my pack headed off on our quest, how much experience did you gain with the Awakened?

[ragedagainst]

Not much.

But enough t'know to never trust one.

[wyldfire]

I don't understand them enough to know if this is them or not. Is it possible? Yes, but this doesn't fit their vibe. They prefer to do "magic" that isn't vulgar.

I really don't know.

[ragedagainst]

There's all sorts of magicky types here. They don't even try t'hide it. Fucking unsettling.

[wyldfire]

And just listen to that Ivica at the Moot and her fear. The calls for different standards and lack of trust. This is a living example if why the Veil exists.

[ragedagainst]

Yeah, it's...it's one thing t'think about lowerin' the Veil and another t'see it in person.

[wyldfire]

Which is why we need to maintain it, despite everyone else having no sense of restraint. I know it chafes, but we are Garou. We hold ourselves to a higher standard.

We learn from the tales of our ancestors.

[ragedagainst]

Don't need to tell me twice.

I've got no desire to cause us more issues then we already got. All I'm focused on is gettin' us home as soon as possible.

[wyldfire]

Without a Theurge, we must tread carefully and not make any foolish attempts out of impulse. Between the two of us, we have all the Glory and Honor anyone could need. We are sorely lacking in Wisdom.

I miss Siobhan.

[ragedagainst]

[ That feels like a pointed comment but Ren takes it on the chin. ]

Can't say I think this situation'd be made better by having Colin here.

Siobhan would be good though.

[wyldfire]

[Jordana knew she lacked Wisdom. She's made some fucking awful decisions because of a lack of Wisdom. It was pointed at them both.]

We could use both.

[ragedagainst]

[ Ren makes a grumbling noise that is, ostensibly, one of agreement. ]

Yeah, yeah, I know. I just don't like the idea of anyone else gettin' trapped here with us.