Deep within the room of swirling wind, in the gorge of the Monoceros, there would be the beginning of a story. Down where the winds could not reach, safe from the powerful air, lay a smoky quartz egg. Almost translucent, one could see inside that there was a figure. Deep inside, a little life would be stirring awake and realizing it was time to break free. The walls pressed close around her, trying to stretch out her legs to find she could not. What is this? How long had she been inside . . . realizing that they never noticed how tight the space was. This would change, it was time to break out and well, not sure what would come after. Only time would tell. Little legs pushed, using her back and all the strength she could muster up. CRACK The walls around her had seem to fall away, breaking apart and freeing the small gembound. Large eyes darted about, taking in what she could see. Where was she? --------- "Speech" Thoughts OOC: OPEN c:

He was practically glued to Odyssey today, refusing to leave their side or give them any privacy. He was being a real bother for someone who doesn't speak, but he was gracing the older gembound with a few sounds, grunts mostly. Sounds he'd make when he'd try to pounce on them or chew on a leg. Truth be told, Othello was bored.

There was a loud cracking sound that ran through the cave and it suddenly caught thw boys attention. His ears perked up and he looked in the direction of the sound, searching for the source. He stood and bolted off, abandoning Odyssey and leaving him in the dust while he searched for the familiar noise. He came upon a broken chrysalis then, though he cared little about the baby gembound that hatched from it. He cared little about boundaries or the gangs territory, so he didn't question the odd thing. Instead, he tried to sneak up from the side and steal a piece of the pretty chrysalis for his stash that was surely overflowing by now.

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"And then that's when I told him, 'You better watch your back, because I'm gonna break it!' and he just swore at me and ran off! The stupid coward, hahaha." Odyssey rambled on, delivering a tale to their friend as they casually walked near the edge of the gorge. The legitimacy of this tale was rather questionable, as Odyssey was neither intimidating nor were they likely to break anybody's back any time soon. Still too young to be boastfully powerful, Odyssey liked to imagine that they could destroy somebody if given the chance, despite having only ever sparred with their brother and Mother, but those couldn't really be considered real fights. As much as Mother liked to be completely merciless, there was no real... combat quality to their fights. It was more seeing who could wield their prokaryotic magic better, and more often than not it was Mother. Iliad, unfortunately wasn't much of a fighter and didn't give much of a challenge.

Regardless, Odyssey was confident in their abilities. Even if such an event did unfold where Odyssey had gotten into a fight and threatened to break somebody's back, it probably wouldn't have been against a very strong opponent. But it didn't matter; by the time Odyssey had finished their story, a thunderous crack had rang through the air and Othello was off like a shot, startling Odyssey with how quickly he had bolted away considering how closely he'd stuck to Odyssey's side today. "Hey! Where are you going? I wasn't finished with my story!" They called, then promptly frowned. Rude.

Odyssey charged after the boy, long tail wavering behind as they trotted delicately into the gorge. Before long, they reached the source of the noise, and what seemed to be Othello's destination: a shattered chrysalis. Within its smokey walls sat a fuzzy... thing, while Othello was already busy nosing around the chrysalis. "Augh! Next time you run away, I'll break your back too!" Odyssey scowled at him, snorting as he walked past the canine towards the freshly hatched Gembound. Turning their peridot gaze to the small creature, Odyssey stooped in close and gave it a sniff. "What is this?" They asked out loud and to nobody in particular.

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The air was fresh, finding it easy to fill up her lungs. Was it always so stuffy inside? Glancing down to the translucent shell she had broken out of. Soon to find there was another, one who was taking hold of her late home. "H . . Hey!" Getting to her split hooves in a rush, seeming to have a pair of noddy knees. It felt odd to use those legs, wobbling a little; but her determination kept her upright. "What do you think your doing!" Her ears would pin back on top of her fluffy head. The young cria* was glaring over to the thief before a voice rang out in question. She turned to see there was a second. Were they a thief as well? Was her home being taken away because she could no longer fit inside? " . . what are you, huh?" And what was she, and who was the other? There were many questions right now and all was happening so quickly? But, the door was open and there was no going back. --------- "Speech" Thoughts OOC: @Othello **Cria is a baby Alpaca.

Othello grabbed a piece of the chrysalis in his jaws when he'd been caught by the new gembound. He stared at the thing for a minute before scurrying over to Odyssey with his tail wagging rapidly, despite the recent threat that fell upon deaf ears. He tried to show Odyssey the piece he stole, holding it up to the slightly older gembound as if they were going to praise him for it despite getting caught. If Odyssey ignored him, Othello would gladly shove the piece into his neck a few times as if he was a young child begging for attention... Other than the fact that was exactly what he was trying to do, even though the hybrid had been telling him a story just a few minutes ago.

He seemed to care little, if at all, about the baby gembound Odyssey questioned. He looked at it briefly when it spoke, but his attention quickly went back to trying to show Odyssey his treasure.

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Odyssey shoved their nose into the baby, snuffling over her thick, curly and plush fur. She looked almost like she could've been a canine too, except she had weird ears and a weird face and nose. And her paws! They weren't paws at all! Odyssey quirked a brow, withdrawing their head slightly to get a better overall look of the alpaca, but Othello had quickly come running back up to them and was now shoving a shard of the chrysalis into his neck in a bid for attention. Odyssey scoffed and curled their lip, snapping their head towards Othello. "Hey! Stop!" The child grumbled, trying to pull their head away from the affronting maned wolf and his prize. Really? Was this necessary? "Yeah, I see it, good job." Odyssey added flatly, taking a quick look at the smoky shard before focusing back on the cria.

"I'm a-" Odyssey paused. What were they exactly? They didn't know beyond a simple catch-all. "canine." They snorted. "I'm Odyssey. This is Othello. And you're trespassing." Odyssey spoke, nonchalant and rather blunt in their delivery. Sure, the babe had just hatched and couldn't help where their chrysalis formed, but the fact remained that they didn't belong here unless they were a Merryman.

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So, they were canines? Interesting. Already taking note that the two of them shared many differences with her own form. Eyeing the green horn-like gems on top of the taller ones head. When the names were given, she considered her own until his claim stopped her short. Trespassing? Confusion struck her face. "How is that so?" Glancing down to the left overs of the rocky cells she broke free from. "I woke up here!" Seeming rather upset with his claim, but her ears just pinned back. "Seems like you and you trespassed on my home . . ." Or what was left of her home; but it was clear she would not be crawling back in. The cria was still wobbly on her feet as she glanced between the two of the canines. They both had names . . and did she? Mind ticked about as she thought what to name herself. --------- "Speech" Thoughts OOC: @odyssey @Othello

Odyssey seemed less than thrilled with his steal and he frowned around the chunk as his utter lack of patience for the kid. Othello knew he was difficult at times, but he didn't understand why others couldn't fathom it. He blinked a few times and sat at Odyssey's side, slightly farther than he always did, and put his treasure on the ground before him. His shoulders slumped and he wondered if Iliad or Louie would appreciate his steal more. He didn't consider taking it to them to find out, however.

Instead, he solomnly listened to the conversation Odyssey and this baby were having. He had been given the same treatment when he hatched from his chrysalis, but it was okay because Odyssey claimed him and made him their pet... Wait, was Odyssey going to claim this thing too? Large ears suddenly shot back and he looked up from his treasure and towards the two with a slight glare. He scooted over closer to Odyssey then, pressing himself up against the canines side. Mine.

Was this... Jealousy??

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