Noctis Common Grounds

A light shudder ran through Hoshi's body. Her burning-star like pelt bristling in a state of nerves, she wasn't like this all the time. No the day dreamer had some sort of social skills, she just wasn't that comfortable around the new wolves. Her comfort zone she was used to was her and her brothers. But this was a little over whelming. Suddenly golden ears perked forward as the Alpha began to speak again, although her gaze was still locked onto the ground as if it were something more interesting than just dirt. "Well, we currently do not have a healer. We previously had one, but it seems that she has abandoned our pack," Hoshi's eyes widened as they looked up to the Noctis Alpha, a little hope slivering through her chocolate orange eyes. "I'll have to test your skills later when there are injuries within the pack, but for right now, you will be Noctis' unofficial Salutary,".

A dazzling smile settled itself onto Hoshi's pretty features, her fire-like tail wagging slightly behind her small frame. "Thank you, thank you so much!" she said, her tone not only ecstatic but also a little louder than her previous mumbles. The multi-tone male then glanced around to the rest of the pack and Hoshi did likewise. Her eyes scanning each individual. They all seemed healthy physically, although some seemed to be in tears and rather depressed. A small sad frown etched itself onto her face. She would have to start somewhere, and as a potential Salutary, she would have to take care of the pack members not only psychically but also mentally.

"You're welcome to join us in our meal," the highest ranking male spoke and Hoshi gave a small nod in appreciation. She had recently eaten not too long ago so her nutrition wasn't a concern. What did concern the little fire-ball was skinny, feminine looking male who seemed to be rather down. Hoshi took a deep breath and put on her 'brave face' before tearing off some of the carcass the hunters provided, holding it in her jaws as she made a B-line towards the small male. By the time the sunset-pelted female had gotten to him, another larger female had embraced him in a sort of comfort just as another female had ranted.

Although Hoshi agreed with some of her words, she was still being pretty rude and Hoshi gave a small glare at her. She dropped the bloody piece of meat infront of his paws and gave him a bright smile to match her star-like name. "Here, eat this. It'll help." her voice wavered and although it was only half true, what Hoshi thought the male needed was a little distraction. It wasn't easy for everyone, and Hoshi could relate as her insides twisted with anxiety. But she would put on a brave confident face, since she wasn't the one hurt here.

The shaky words that Newt spoke almost made Wren melt with relief. Her gentle words had worked, had gotten though to the scarred male. "I can heal."M-My sister he-helped me learn," Newt choked on the second sentence, showing that there was still a fresh wound within those words. She gave a bright smile to Newt, giving her support for his bravery. She knew that the mostly cream coloured male had a skill hidden under his low self-esteem. A healer, Noctis needed one of those, Wren thought back, not remembering seeing Signi lately at all.

"Everyone starts out as omega. And everyone deals with it. No one wants to, really, but even I would have had to become Omega first if I joined the pack at an older age. They don't know what you're good at and, until then, you will remain Omega. Others have to go through it too. Sometimes you just have to disregard your doubt and fear and lack of confidence. Suck it up, buttercup. This kind of attitude and confidence won't get you anywhere," the sharp tone of the younger Aili took her off guard. She stepped away from the she-wolf she thought was her friend before, almost disgusted by the tone and words that Aili had used towards Newt.

To patronize a wolf after just meeting them, and after seeing first paw that they were not the most confident of wolves, was completely out of character for the Aili that Wren thought she knew. However, it seemed that both of the wolves she had in her company were strangers, as Newt lashed out, "You ignorant wolf, you think you got me all figured out. Well, honey, you don't. Where in the hell did you get the audacity to speak to me as if I'm a pup, as if I can't care for myself? Before you bestow your "knowledge" on me, why don't you fix your own problems, because the only place your attitude landed you was hunter."

Still shocked by the seemingly newly found confidence of Newt, she didn't have the heart to tell him that Aili was a scout. However, she did feel a pang in her heart when he mentioned that it had only gotten Aili to a hunter rank. She herself was a hunter, and loved it, so why Newt would think that it didn't take effort and fineness was beyond her. She had worked hard for her rank, especially in the first two months of her time in Noctis, and she was still learning from the other wolves in her hunting parties so that her skills would improve, and she could take down prey with ease in the future.

"Take my truth how you want, though it wasn't an insult," The seemingly unbothered voice of Aili snapped her out of her thoughts, "I never said or implied I had you figured out, but if you wish to draw random points from out of nowhere, fine by me. That's not how I speak to a pup, either, that is how I speak to an adult who I assume is responsible enough to take the facts. And my attitude didn't land me a position as a scout. I didn't have or focus on an attitude as I was hunting down food for the pack. My skills best appointed me to being a scout, and I'm taking it maturely."

With those words, Aili strutted away, her tail swaying behind her as if she was satisfied with her words. Wren watched her go with slightly narrowed eyes, not knowing what had gotten into the younger wolf. She was going to apologise to Newt for Aili, but a new voice entered the conversation, "Here, eat this. It'll help." The young she-wolf didn't mind the new she-wolf's addition to the conversation; she couldn't find the words to apologize anyway.

She didn't recognize the voice, so she assumed that this was the wolf that young Feyre and Maytr had brought back from the borders. Seeing that she had gotten a chunk of flesh from one of the deer, Wren dipped her head to both of them and gave a quick, "Excuse me," before trotting over to the carcasses.

They had gone slightly cold, but were definitely still fresh, the blanketed she-wolf determined as she neared the deer that she had helped bring down. Nary a dent had eaten from both of the carcasses, so Wren decided to add her scratch into the pile. Flicking her gaze towards the Alpha pair, just to make sure that she could take her share, she sank her teeth into the flank of the buck that she had helped to bring down. She buried her carnassials deep into the buck's flank, and clamped her jaws together before yanking backwards a few times in order to actually rip of a decently sized chunk of venison.

Satisfied with the amount of meat she had taken for now, the young lupess headed back over to where Newt and the new wolf were still stationed. After hearing Newt's inquiry to the new russet wolf, Wren tuned in to the conversation once more. She was eager to get to know her new packmate, alongside find out what happened with Newt's sudden confidence boost. Hopefully, the small russet wolf would say her name, and once she did, Wren would happily introduce herself with a slightly quiet, "Welcome to Noctis, I'm Wren."

While she waited for the conversation to continue, she sank her teeth into the chunk of rump steak she had ripped off, savoring each bite as if it was the first piece of prey that she had ever brought down. In her mind, all of the prey that had been brought down with her help was important, and she wanted to feel the same sense of pride and joy as she had when she brought down her first fawn, no matter what Newt's opinion towards hunting was.

@newt @aili Salutary Hoshi