ORIGIN

Rimese walked through Monoceros. It was windy, as always, but the big fox kit had grown used to it. He hardly ever flopped over anymore, something he found he was rather proud of. The wind still tugged at his fur, which was a huge nuisance, but he paid it no mind. Or at least tried to. His red fur was tussled, his eyes sometimes watery from the wind blowing in his face. After some time of walking, he managed to find a partially sheltered place. He quickly moved over to it, and took shelter. He let out a sigh of relief as the wind stopped tugging at his fur so much.

Rimese, unsure of what to do now, began to think. He was, quite frankly, bored. What could he possibly do? He thought back to all that he head met. There was someone who had begun to grow plants on her fur. Maybe he could do something like that? Or maybe something entirely different. Who knew? Might as well try, right? So he closed his eyes and began to focus. But what should he focus on? He decided to focus on his gem. It had to be there for a reason, right? Not just to make him accidentally scratch himself a bit whenever he fell. He focused on it, thinking about making leaves or plants or something sprout, simply because it just felt right.

Before long, small, sprawling fungi began to grow from where his paws touched. He blinked in surprise before touching another area. More fungi began to grow. He grinned before drawing his paw across the ground. Wherever he touched, fungi grew. He gave a little yip of enjoyment. This was fun! He began to jump around, dragging his paw and letting more fungi grew. They just kept sprouting. Eventually, running around so much began to get tiring. Besides, he had gotten out of his shelter. He quickly scurried back. Now he really didn't know what to do. Maybe someone was nearby? Someone he could show his cool spell off to?

This place was... Painfully unfamiliar. It was also, frankly, too loud. Despite his best efforts, he found himself nervous-- it was funny how without his Omega, the proud, brave Alpha had been reduced to an absolute mess. He sniffed about, unable to pick up any good scent... Frankly, it was downright unlikely that the foolish pup had wandered here, but where else could he look? He'd have to search up and down the caves for his submissive, and without him, what was he to do?

It had been... A number of days. Alpha counted the moments by the light cycles, preferring to sleep when it was bright and move when it was dark, if only to avoid too many others. His whole pelt shook with uncertainty in the windy cavern, noting the hundreds of pocketed holes in the walls here. Omega could be in any of them. With a groan, the white wolf stalked through the area, hoping to avoid any conflict. He was still technically a baby, not quite at his full height-- and older gembounds could kick the crap out of him if he wasn't careful.

When he felt the pull of fungi, however, his worries about Omega melted away momentarily. He padded after the sensation, trying to grasp at the fungus with his magic. Where was it...? It felt important to him. Before long, his magic led him right to the source of the fungus, and his ears perked. He thought he heard someone, and scenting the air, he caught the trail. Tail held high, he inched after the perpetrator.

"Hello?" It wasn't his Omega... But it wasn't a big gembound, either. In fact, for whatever reason, he felt like he might have a chance of getting somewhere by asking the fellow fungi gembound for help. Perhaps it was a bit of instinctual bond to someone of his similar kin. He found the shelter and stopped outside of it, raising his voice. "Hello, is anyone there?"

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@Rimese

Before too long, Rimese heard foodsteps. Someone was nearby! "Hello!" he called out in response. Finally, someone else! He had grown bored being by himself. Fungi only grew interesting for so long. He began to wonder if they, too, could grow fungi. Well, not like that mattered at the moment. He began to peek out of his shelter and saw a white wolf.

"Hello," he repeated. "Who are you?" He looked at them curiously. They were bigger than him, but perhaps not as big as they could be. "I'm Rimese. Have you noticed the fungi? Isn't it great? Gets kind of boring after a while thought..," his voice trailed off. He blinked, and then gave his head a quick shake. "Nevermind that! Can you make fungi grow too? Or is your spell something else?" He tilted his head in curiosity, wondering what this wolf could do.

@Alpha

Alpha froze as the red creature came into view, vibrant fur flashing. The creature was clearly smaller than him, and this immediately made him feel safe. He held his head and tail high, gemstone shining behind him. The fox introduced himself and the white wolf flashed a soft grin.

"I'm Al--.. A. Call me A." It just wasn't the same without Omega-- so for now he'd go by a shorter name.. a Nickname. It was alright. "Rimese, huh? Well, I can sometimes make the fungus come." This whole time he couldn't stop thinking about the one called Louie-- but this obviously wasn't the same fox. Probably for the best, he supposed.

"I don't know what else I can do, but," he started, holding out a paw and summoning his magic. He had to prove himself to this stranger, even though it wasn't always easy to make the fungi come.

Immediately, however, his magic swelled to life. Fungi burst not only around where he held his paw above the earth, but all around his form. It spread like wildfire, small, vibrant red fungi. He blinked as they grew tall despite their small shape around him, budding off of each other. Smirking, he held his head all the higher.

"Pretty good, huh?"

"A, huh? Nice! Oh, cool! Fungi is pretty cool sometimes. I wish I could do more, though." He watched as A began to make fungi grow. His eyes widened as it kept on growing, until it was tall and everywhere. It made his fungi seem so insignificant. "Wow!! That's so amazing!"

He pawed at one of the stalks, unable to keep the wonder from creeping into his eyes. He had never made it go this tall, or spread this much! Maybe if he tried again he could? He decided it was worth a try. "I wonder if I can make it do that!" With a deep breath, he began to focus on his magic, willing it to work, willing it to come up tall and spread everywhere!

Fungi began to pop up around his paws. It didn't grow near as tall as the wolf's, but it did grow a bit taller than it normally did. It spread a bit away before stopping. "Well, I guess I can't do it as well as you. You must be really good!" He grinned up at the wolf.

@Alpha

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