Azar blinked hopelessly, tongue lolling. He was exhausted after all his fighting to escape the egg he was trapped in, and wanted nothing more than to go to sleep. He could hear the steady dripping of water from somewhere nearby, and Azar's ears pricked as he listened. His world was an array of black and grey as he lifted his muzzle skyward, sniffing the air proudly. He didn't know where he was, or why he was there in the first place, but none of that mattered. He had a purpose and he had a life.
'Hello?' The fox cub barked, his voice high-pitched and excited, 'is anyone here?'
He didn't get a reply, but this wasn't disappointing. Azar hadn't expected anything living to be nearby, he hadn't smelled anyone. It was as if every breath he took filled him with more eagerness as he studied his surroundings, brown eyes round and inquisitive. He wanted to know everything about everything. He began howling in pure happiness, howling to the roof above him with determination. Howling with joy because he was alive; because he was Azar.

Astaroth was sprinting through Polaris, away from the spire and what he had done, foam dripped from his mouth from exertion and rinsed away some but not all of the blood from the small fox he had killed. He saw another gem up ahead and slowed himself to a trot, seeing the debris of a chrysalis he supposed the creature had just hatched. He licked his chops and cleared his muzzle of any foam and blood, leaving only dark red stains around the edges as he walked the remaining distance to the newborn gem. Having been thoroughly distracted by his proclivity to greet every new gem that hatched near him. "Well hello young one." He said as he reached the small creature, sniffing at their neck.
"Speaking."
Thoughts.
tags: @Azar
notes:

Azar lifted his head, only to see another gembound. His bushy tail twitched as he gave this newcomer a happy smile. 'Hello,' he barked, trying to hide his excitement. Another gembound! The first gembound he'd ever met.
'My name is Azar,' he said, lifting his stiff paw. 'I've never seen one of you before.' He cocked his head hopefully. 'What is your name?' As he waited for a reply, his tail wagged even more.

@Astaroth

Astaroth smiled, he remembered the sweet naivete of youth. He remembered it well in fact, when he has met his mentor, Kin-Kin, and the cat, Bartos. His voice was as cool as fresh water when he spoke. "I could go by many names and have been called many names, monster, demon, so many. But you may call me Astaroth" He said with a chuckle. "And as for what I am; I am a wolf. And you are a fox."
"Speaking."
Thoughts.
tags: @Azar
notes:

'Wow, Astaroth...' the young fox liked this wolf's name, it sounded nice. His ears pricked, eyes sparkled. 'I have a gem on my claws,' he remembered suddenly. 'I don't know why but I do. Funny, huh?' He flexed his claws in acknowledgment. 'Anyway, are you young too? When did you hatch?' He had so many questions he found himself confusing, and stopped mid-sentence, shaking his head abruptly. 'Never mind,' he yipped, 'I suppose I have a lot to learn about this world.'

@Astaroth

"Hehe, I hatched many cycles ago. As for the gem on your claw, eventually with that you'll be able to do things, let me try to show you~" Astaroth focused his gaze on a medium size boulder, his eyes flared violet for a second before dimming out. "Huh.. must be kinda low at the moment. What I was trying to do was throw that boulder against the wall, one day if you choose to study like I have, you may be able to do things such as that." His ear flicked as he heard the fox correct himself. Smirking lightly. "Yes, you do have many things to learn. If you would like to, you could stick around with me. I could teach you everything you need to know about this place. But lesson one, always be careful, you can trust me, but not many are as worthy of trust. I want the best for you."
"Speaking."
Thoughts.
tags: @Azar
notes:

Azar grinned. 'A teacher?' He spluttered, smiling so much his furry cheeeks hurt. 'That's... that's awesome! I'd love a teacher!' His tail wagged furiously as he watched the fox in front of him. 'Of course I'll stay with you, that's great! Yes!' The little fox spun around in happiness as he heard the words over and over again in his head. A teacher! He really was lucky to get one of those!
'Really?' He whispered, 'you'll really be my teacher?'

@Astaroth

Astaroth's almost purred as he continued to speak. "Oh yes, I'll be your teacher. I'll tell you everything you need to know to survive in this cruel, cruel world. With so many bad, bad creatures everywhere." he chuckled a bit, licking the last bit of blood from his chops. Circling the fox as he swung his head forward, "Follow me for your first lesson." He said as he started walking forward silently.
"Speaking."
Thoughts.
tags: @Azar
notes:

With a new spring in his step, Azar began bounding breathlessly towards his new teacher. His heart was pounding joyously as many thoughts spun around in his head, several of which prophecied a pupil of his own one day. 'Thank you, Astaroth,' the fox whispered eagerly, 'this is great, isn't it? I'm going to become a proper gembound and I'm gonna be the strongest ever one, too.' Azar grinned, bouncing along proudly as he fantasied some more about his lessons with Astaroth. This would be very interesting, and the fox cub just couldn't wait.

@Astaroth

Astaroth walked coolly towards the spire, stopping a little bit from the column of glowing stone. He turned around, blocking the view of the fox from the spire. "Now your first lesson. Is about death. In the caves, everything dies eventually. You can't be afraid of death to survive." He stepped aside, revealing the mangled corpse of a fox, its neck was in shreds. Though he was confused to see it had been cut.. he didn't remember slicing the neck like it was. The fox was lying in a pool of its own blood and.. the gem had been cut away??? The ribs of the tiny vulpine showed, the lungs and heart through the bone. Astaroth supposed creatures must have scavenged on the corpse. "I killed this fox. It said it wanted to fight. So I fought him. And he died from his own stupidity. Don't be stupid Azar. Or you will likely end up like him." He placed a paw on the still-bloody ribs of the fox, pressing down and cracking the rib cage.
Thoughts.
tags: @Azar
notes: I owned the dead fox, Nkosana when he died. So Astaroth may interact with the corpse as he wishes. Azar may do anything with the corpse that you wish.