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(Heh... thats why I am having it so Bakher doesn't know what all of his powers do yet, or even what he has..... little mystery. Anyone gonna post?)

(too much for me to summarize.... you may want to take a careful, slow readthrough to make sure you caught everything thats happened...)

(...you did? to me it seems more like you were waiting for ME to reply, but I got distracted with what Kaishin was a'doing......)

(.....Lets go with that I didn't see it..... whatever. Have your guy do something, I'll respond to it, get things a'movin' again.)

{It's alright, Kotetsu. I understand. D: Thanks for posting when you can, though~}

Larka snickered as she tried removing excess fur from her mouth with her tongue, making very strange faces as she did so. As she worked, some of the wet fur went up her nose and she fell into a sneezing fit.

Once her body calmed and her mouth was free of fuzz, she looked up at Bakher and smiled sheepishly. "There were some issues..." She looked back at the carcass and lifted her head proudly. "Asiril and I ended the Eldest Bear's life responsibly. It was his time; though he was old, he fought well. His death was swift and merciful." She lowered her head and dug at the ground in anger again. "However, the Foxman stranger that was healed here made a grave mistake. He killed the Eldest's son illegally. The cub was healthy. A little crazy and dangerous perhaps, but he was a kind male. And the vulpine just went in, harassed the Bear, and killed him mercilessly and slowly with Earth magick." She hadn't seen Miles provoke the Bear, but that was the only thing she could think of, otherwise the Bear would not have fought.

"So, we brought this carcass back, the one of the Eldest, because it was a proper kill and so we may eat from it." She turned back to Bakher and lowered her head again. "But we will need you to bury the body of the Youngest. Kaishin and I will go soothe the Bear Tribe, as I'm sure they've heard the news already. With must respect the Bear with a ceremonial burial, despite his brutal death." The she-Wolf looked up and smiled apologetically. "Do you mind?"

meanwhile, in a den manufactured rather than grown, a Dark Elf tossed and turned in his bedsheets, grunting and growling animalistically. Twilight couldn't sleep; he was suffering from his usual nightmares. he'd been being plagued like this for weeks.

snapping awake with a loud, ferocious roar, he sat up, sheets flying. his perpetually cold body was shivering, his scars feeling on fire. his heart wasn't beating, but he was breathing heavily and strained from hysterics. after calming himself, he got out of bed, got dressed in his slacks, sleeveless black shirt, and dark coat, and slipped outside, barefoot.

it was early, the sun was only just starting to set. he squinted his eyes at the light. through the treetops. his home seemed completely out of place, a large and ostentatious door set against a boulder. in fact, it was very strange that an entire mansion could fit inside a tiny Boulder. the truth was that the Mansion existed in an extradimensional space-pocket, and the door was a multi-way Portal.

shifting into the form of a Black Panther, Twilight bounded off into the woods, running nonstop.

He stared at the wolves for a minute, then nodded; at least now, the far off scent of blood could be explained....as well as the Earth Magika he'd sensed. He looked at the body of the bear, and he wondered just how the hell they had managed to move it; even he'd have a hard time moving something that big.

"Hrrrr....I'll do it, but I'm going to have to use Magik to do so... talons aren't exactly the best for digging.... Also, I assume I just follow the scent of magic, and I'll find it?"

He glanced around again, then noticed that it was only the three canids who had brought the bear- Asiril, Larka, and Kaishin- no sign of the Fox Anthro, or the Wind Mage Owl.

"By the way...what happened to the Earth Mage, and the Owl?"
He asked, not wishing to run into the obviously irrational Fox while he was busy, nor the Owl who'd taught him to use Magika.. Another thing occured to him; He hadn't answered Eriks question. He winced, then looked over his shoulder at the Feline-anthro.

"sorry I forgot abut you.... In the matters of Magika, you would normally be trained by either a Master-ranked Mage, or at the very least, someone whoes been minimally trained. There is, also, the spellbook way, but that is not how I was taught.... walk with me, Erik, and I'll tell you more."

staying under the shadows as much as possible, avoiding any Sunlight he could, Twilight ran mindlessly, trying to drown out his thoughts and focus on just running. he wanted to relax, he couldn't stand the fear that he felt.

as he ran deeper and deeper into the woods, he suddenly realized that he didn't recognize where he was anymore. he was in someplace new, a part of the forest he had never been to before. stopping to look around, he came to two more realizations. first, that it was dark now; and second, that he didn't know which way to get back.

"damn!" he growled. "where am I?"

he looked around, and listened carefully. making out some voices, he twitched his ears and flicked his tail. he huffed once.

slowly, carefully, stealthily, the Panther crept and stalked in the direction of the voices, making each padded step count. to make a noise was potential suicide, given the Tribes of Werewolves and Clans of Vampires who live in this forest. he cast a Shadow Spell to increase his speed and make him semi-ethereal, so as to be harder to detect.

after a while, a clearing came into view. he stayed a distance back, peering through the trees at the scene of several Anthropomorphic animals, most of them Wolves, talking over a slain Bear. probably a fresh Hunt. he watched them silently.