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[*] The leaves crumbled before her paws. The crisp sounds of them decapatating themselves by the small amount of weight applied. Leaving them to sit a a dozen scrap pieces. Autumn could be looked at as a beautiful time, at least it was how she viewed it. It's when everything around you would begin to change, in some of the most spectacular ways. It was a wonder to her, how a leaf could originally be the bright lively color of green, and then be reduced to the decaying color of orange. The elegant figure of the fea moved with such poise for being nothing more than a common stray that was. Her deep ebony fur brushed past the fresh bark of a maple tree as she began to enter the Junkyard. Leaving her sent at the entrance, leaving the note to say, 'you have a visitor.' A slight smirk was resting on her maw as her gaze passed over the place. Long, silky tail flicking slightly as she made her way in. The debre that was left in this place was simply unthinkable.

[*] For example, she saw a perfectly good couch laying off to the side of a mount of rubble. The faded green and white stripes made it's age apparent. Though it wasn't as if it was unusable, it looked like it would be just as comfortable as a brand new one. The couch having caught her attention, she made her way to wards it, it seemed light a relaxing place to wait to be greeted. Her serene hazel eyes passed over the place, still she caught no sign of anybody. Waiting, she knew for a fact that a pack lived here, they'd show sooner or later. Giving the yard her own inspection, she made a note to herself. "Not that bad...for a Junkyard." She mused to herself. Her folded ears pricked slightly, listening for anything, but loosing her patience, she decided to look around. Passing threw the heaps, the items within them most of the time didn't seem as if they deserved to be thrown away.

[*] Yet, in a way, the same thing applied for dogs. If your human didn't want you anymore, you either go to the pound, or get dumped out here. Personally she hadn't ever known the cushy pillow life, nor did she feel like she missed out on it. She was content with her life on the streets, and didn't see any reason to go begging for a home at a humans doorstep. Val could easily think of how many stories others had told her about how they had been abandoned or something like that. Flicking her tail, she padded back to the fadded couch, she lept on it, quickly laying down and resting her head on her paws.

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(P U P P E T|) valentine

(T A G G E D|) open!

(N O T E S|) It's more or less a joining thread...yeah x3 Oh, for my first canine post in a few monthes, I think this one was...decent. (:

[Cursed Heavens {Uzuri Grace}]

The air was cold and everything was so foggy he could barely see anything through it. On the ground he could feel the gentle touches of grass and snow. He told himself that winter wasn't here yet. It was still autumn. Yet there wasn't any grass in the junkyard and if there was there wouldn't be this much. It felt like he was walking through a field of grass. Dusk narrowed his dark blues, trying to look further on. He paused, his ears twitching, someone was whispering nearby. Dusk couldn't make it out but he knew it sounded like a dog. A shadow loomed in front of him, it was a dark his size. "Hello?" Dusk called, wondering who it was. The dog moved its head to him and for a few moments he thought the dog was going to answer. Then it turned and ran away. He blinked, "hey! come back here!" Dusk ran after it. It was strange though, he can detect any scent of a dog, but he told himself it must be because of the fog. It's so sick its making his eyes sore and his coat heavy and damp. Dusk panted, clouds puffing out of his breath. He felt like he was going down hill, he ran down it and bit down a yelp of surprise when the earth disappeared on him for a moment under his paws. A heartbeat after he landed on his big paws on earth. Dusk blinked and looked up, he could see from the edges that he had fallen in a dried up ditch. The earth below felt so cold and wet.

Dusk looked around, wondering where the dog went. He looked to each end and padded on, wondering how long the dried up river was. He warily padded forward, having his ears open so he wouldn't have a surprise attack. His nose was as useless now to him as his eyes, he can only count on his instincts and ears. Dusk paused, seeing the other side of the bank above him. It seemed wide and he could see lots of huge rocks. Where was he? At one rock he spotted movement. He turned and noticed the shadow moving deeper into the rock. Dusk clamped his jaw and padded slowly to it. His instincts roared in his head to get away from here. Everything felt wrong, felt bad. His heart pounded harder with each step, his blood roared in his ears and eyes wide and focused on the rock. He didn't hear or notice that the dog was behind him. "Blaze!" Dusk's eyes widened when he heard someone call out behind him. He turned his head quickly, everything changed, a flash of fire slapping at his face and the furious scent of suffocating smoke and the heat on his shoulders of burns. Dusk bit back a yelp and narrowed his eyes at the quick flash and noticed something ahead of him. His eyes widened as far as they could go.

Dusk eyes flew open and saw the fire was gone. He panted, looking around, his face staring into space till he calmed down a bit. He sighed and closed his eyes, that was definitely a horrible dream. Dusk opened his eyes and looked around, he was in a bed, where humans make soft nests with blankets on them. There was a worn out pale green blanket on this bed with white dirty sheets. He leaped out of bed and padded to the control area with the seat to where the humans sit down and steer that ring around. Dusk realized that it was early morning. He sighed, he looked around in the den. This used to be Axel's main sleeping place. Dusk uses it a lot now, if he doesn't sleep in here its sleeping in the bus to where Zytka and everyone else sleeps. He leaped down and landed neatly on the ground. He squinted through the light and padded down, he looked back to the busted down Semi which is the biggest vehicle he ever seen, other than the strange yellow machines.

Dusk came to the entrances, wanting to see if there were any loners coming to join. There wasn't, it saddened him that ever since he became Chief that no loner has come here to join. When Axel was still here, being a lazy ass lots of loners were coming and wouldn't stop coming. He had been Chief for almost a month and still nobody came to join. Dusk came to the entrance and found an officer coming to him, telling him he found a loner coming into the junkyard. Dusk nodded to the dog and padded down to where the dog had left the scent. He didn't show his emotions around anyone that much, only to a few dogs that matters to him most. Though everyone in the pack matters to him its the fact he doesn't want to show his big softness that mattered to him a bit more than showing he cares. Plus everyone knows he does, he is after all the one that is working hard to bring them out and show they aren't ghosts to the rest of the packs.

He came to a small clearing and found a unfamiliar fem lying down on a worn out couch. Dusk knew she was the loner, she has the same scent to which the scent he had been following. Also its the fact he knows every dog in the pack, he knows their scent, their looks, their voice, and their personality. Axel probably wouldn't have noticed since he never really tried to get to know anyone. He padded to them, looking a bit mad but actually he wasn't at all, he was happy that a loner has finally come to join. The scent had it all over the place. His head down but not a submissive stance but more likely a look of a normal member though he isn't a normal member at all. "Greetings, I take it your the fem spilling the note everywhere in the yard." He said, his voice hard as stone but smooth and warm, not a piercing way that would show anger. Like he said before he isn't angry, looking bold is always him.

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[*] A subtle breeze brushed slowly past her cheek. The warm autumn fragrances entering her glands. There was a mixed scent of piercing red tulips, which she had passed beyond the perimeter of the yard. Along with the tingy stench of rotting debree, that came from within. Only minor setbacks to her, for she had a bigger picture in her head. The elegant, dainty figure of the mutt remained in her place on the couch. Her long, ebony tail flicking over the edge, swishing back and forth slowly. Serene hazel gaze continued it's sweep over the area. A small sigh escaped her maw as she began to gain boredom from the wait. Not that she had been in the vicinity for long, only that her patience was not as thick as her sense of loyalty.

[*] Soon, the voice of a male was heard, catching her off guard. "Greetings, I take it your the fem spilling the note everywhere in the yard." Folded ears narrow slightly, as her gaze turned to meet that of the male. Lifting her head to meet his gaze, he didn't appear to be much more than any other common pack member. Remaining in the same comfortable position, Val nodded her head. "Yes, In fact it's about time somebody took a notice to it." She said with a bit of sass in her voice. Perhaps, not the best first impression right? She paused thinking about what she just said. Oops. "I'm sorry, where are my manners, I'm Valentine, but, I go by Val." Gaze sweeping over the males exterior. He seemed officially well fit, his deep rusted colored coat looked pretty well kept. It was obvious that he held Husky somewhere in his bloodlines, if it was not all that he was.

[*] Long black tail flicked back in forth in a few slow movements. She hesitated slowly, the larger male could easily pin her, but as she saw it, most packs were always in need of new members, and if only the male would be ask kind, to introduce her. Little did she know that she was speaking with the Leader already. Hopefully her smart ass comment didn't lead them to a rough start. Giving her pelt a brief shake, she felt the small pieces of dead grass and cracked pieces of leaves fell from her. Slowly letting her front paws fall from the side of the couch, she caught them on the rubbled dirt beneath her. Pressing off the fronts of her paws, she slowly rose to a full standing posture. Her tail in an upright position as she sized up the male. Quickly realizing that any further mouthing off could easily lead to a messy confrontation that she wasn't wanting. Best not to upset him, though he didn't look the type to attack a stranger.

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(N O T E S|) My posts will get better over time, promise :3

[Cursed Heavens {Uzuri Grace}]

Dusk watched as the fem answered back in a way that sounded a lot like Anastasia. Or even that Zytka. He has been around fems with a sharp tongue enough to know what they mean and stuff. Tolerating Zytka and Anastasia proved hard sometimes but he managed to. To tolerate this fem would prove no different. Unlike Axel who had a bad temper and couldn't get along with some of the dogs Dusk learned how to tolerate and respect them through his time of being apart of this pack that was three seasons ago. He actually learned a lot from this pack, before all he ever did was hunt to eat, sleep and hunt daemons down and kill them. Dusk learned to make friends in this pack and actually he really started to live when he came here. Sure a lot of problems came for him like when he became captain, being left in charge of the pack when Axel went on a trip. Through the time he was in charge he found that Delphino had fallen in love with a Paladin dog.

He had to try through the nights and days after that to make sure Jewel and Delphino didn't kill eachother. Jewel wasn't the same dog as she is now, she picked fights with lots of dogs, she disobeys orders from him and always mooned over on Axel. Then there had been that raid from the Paladins, taking Delphino with them since he had kept her prisoner after he learned her little secret. Axel came back after that, Jewel in a fit since Axel yelled at her left and never came back. Everyone thought she had left the pack but then Delphino came back with one of the Paladins that had been in the raid and the same dog that had made a surprise attack on Dusk since he was the only one that wasn't fooled in going after the decoy they had set up. Jewel had been taken prisoner by Demeron by Judge who used to be one of the Morgs. Then Dusk met Anastasia and had been very confused over his emotions. Of course, when Delphino came which was shortly after Ana came to join he went against Axel to try and get him to try and save Jewel after hearing the news, yet he didn't even lift a paw. Then there had been the problem where Ana had sneaked out of the junkyard with no dog with her. He found her almost getting raped.

Problem after problem came to him ever since he joined Morg, but it made him a better dog wouldn't you think. Dusk had overcome many problems, especially the one with Axel. He changed a lot and became a lazy butt. When Jewel came back after baring Judge's pups Axel didn't even come to greet her. Jewel loved Axel a lot but it was obvious that Axel didn't care enough to help her. Especially when he learned that he was going to father Julian, the only pup in the litter of five that wasn't daemon. Now, look what happened, he said he would father the little one but he abandoned Jewel once again and her pup as well as the pack by leaving them. Dusk had to clean up the mess Axel made by lying to the whole pack, telling everyone that their leader was dead. It was better that way because abandonment is too hard for most dogs to take, he should know that because he had been abandoned, just like Anastasia had been abandoned.

The fem, Valentine or Val introduced herself and shook her coat. She got to her paws and leaped off the couch. Dusk sat down, realizing that she has a fansy name. A lot like Anastasia. Dusk thought about her and the pups and wondered if they were up yet and playing. He wanted to go see them, see how Jasmine was doing. Dusk kept himself in mind about Apollo, he knows that the male pup wants to be a doctor. No one in the pack has any knowledge of herbs but he does know Paladin has. He told himself that he should ask to give his son some training through healing. Though he knows that he probably would have to make a deal with them. Dusk doesn't want to do it but the pack does need a doctor and Apollo seems dead set on becoming one. "I'm Dusk, the leader of the Morgs," he introduced himself and rose his head a bit with his eyes hard to show he wasn't choking.

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[*] A whirl of thought's began to mass in her head, reminding her of why she came to be here. She'd lived on the streets alone for 3 years, why would she now, out of nowhere decide that joining a pack would be in her best interest? For her, it felt like a rather simple explanation. Val had finally had heard whispers about her last remaining family being driven out of the city, and now had next to nothing left. Seeing families all huddled together to stay warm in the brisk and chilling winter. Who did she have? Nobody. She had such a hard time with commitment, that she had lived on her own, all her life. Bumping into strays fairly often, but never joining a group of them. Was going by the rules truly that difficult for her to the point where she had refused all these years to join a pack? It seemed to be the most likely possibility for her, yet she wasn't about to go off confessing all of her flaws.

[*] Another of the most likely causes, would have to be out of fear. Not as if she was anti-social or anything of that sort. No. She was actually afraid of love, even though she had been named for the day with which love was suppose to be expressed. Val had always viewed herself as a tough little gal, feeling that she was stronger while she didn't have a shoulder to lean on, and in many ways she was right. Many times over, and over again had she seen the sight of couples of mutts staring at each other with those lovey dovey eyes. To see how easily one could give their heart to another, how was it even possible? Why did all of these fea's serve their heart out on a silver platter? Was Val like that? Most definitely not. She was more of the type to lock their heart in an iron chest, and to hide the key in a impossible spot. Sure, she may partake in the more physical aspects of love, but never would she give her heart to another. Breeding, was totally differing than loving. Loving someone, had to be the one thing she feared the most.

[*] Many have long past miss-interpreted this mask, as being nothing more than a common, shallow, street tramp. From her outer appearance, she may give off that sort of a first impression, but their is more depth to this gal than what meets the eye. In fact, if one could ever break past her hard exterior, you could find that she was as deep as the ocean. Val is the type, where the phrase, 'look can be deceiving' fits in perfectly. Not only because her personality is impeccable different, but also because her sweet, innocent exterior, is hardly innocent at all. With the fact that she has spend many lust filled night with canines she's barley even known. Though that is part of her history she won't tell anyone, unless you happen to fall prey to her manipulative ways. Though, looking at the brute, he was cute alright, but guys like this usually have a pretty little vixen wrapped tightly around their wrist.

[*] Narrowing her ears, as he started to speak again, her eyes flickered at his words. "I'm Dusk, the leader of the Morgs," The leader? Hm... Soon after, she spoke in her light, sweet, angelic voice. "Leader? Well then Dusk, I must say, you run a fairly...well coordinated pack." She said with a friendly smile. Figuring the main reason she hadn't seen anyone yet, was because it must have been the leaders job to greet the guests, correct? "I have come to seek your permission to join your ranks.." She trailed off slowly, looking tot he leader for his response.

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(N O T E S|) Theeeeeeeeere we go, that's much better (:. A few parts were a bit sketchy, but I liked it. God of loveh meh Vally Wally *squishes her*

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Dusk watched at Valentine praised him on running a nice pack. He nodded to her, accepting her praise, blue eyes lighting a bit to show he was pleased. Though his face barely showed it. Not a surprise since he barely shows his emotions to anyone. It came to being alone all your life. Dusk was abandoned by his mother when he was just a newborn, leaving him in the cold and open. She left him to die. He survived from a human that found him and looked after him for a bit. He had been alone since then too, because the human only fed lots until he didn't need milk anymore. The human locked him up in the basement, starving him and dehydrating him. He survived by eating rats, he had to learn how to hunt by himself. To survive from dehydration... well you use your imagination by being in a locked room for months with no single drop of water anywhere in sight. When he got out of the basement and away from the human he had to live as a loner. He had no one by his side, his parents had left him, he had no brothers or sisters, he didn't even have a name. Dusk named himself that name because it was the time his mother had left him and the time the man came and saved him from the coldness. How could he know was his dreams.

To no nothing about the world around him, locked up in a room. No parents to feed him stories of the world and give him imagination. To have a dream the only way he would be able to dream of something was of his past. He had dreamed a lot through the days locked up in the basement of a female red and golden husky walking away and ignoring his pleas. He had seen the sun setting. When he got out of the basement and met some loners, he asked about what the huge ball of light was in the sky and they told him it was the sun. He asked what it was doing so close to the ground when it had been that time of dusk. They told him everything he wanted to know, told him it was called sunset or dusk. He used dusk as his name so he could forever remember of the start of his hardship and journey that brought him to this day.

Now Dusk isn't alone anymore. He has loyal dogs at his side, friends, a beautiful mate and six pups. Dusk was happy that he joined this pack, though he faced a lot of problems, it was worth it don't you. If he hadn't he wouldn't have met Anastasia, and wouldn't have been a father. All six of his little ones are adorable and have so many dreams. He is happy that they didn't have to worry about the next meal and be able to dream. Though he hadn't been aloud to dream because of all he went through, he never played as a child either. Sin, he knew his son was strong and would be a great fighter, same with Koda. Though as he realized that Sin believes he is a wolf. He could only think that Zytka is feeding him with those ideas since she was the one that used to live in a wolf pack before she came here. Apollo dreams to be a doctor, Diasy wishes to become deputy one day, Ursa he could bet would be an officer, maybe even the best one yet. Then there is Jasmine, her spirit and determination seems endless and he knew she would be anything she wants to be. He knows she can since he saw her training her splayed paw and trying to walk straight.

Dusk listened as Val told him she had come to join under his ranks. He closed his eyes slowly and made no response for a bit. Dusk had already made up his mind about Val. He got to his paws and turned to walk away. A few steps he took before speaking though he did not stop. His padding was slow, giving the fem time and him to talk a bit more. "You are welcome to join," he growled in a bit of a welcome voice. Dusk needed a bit more members and it came to his realization that there are just as many females now as there are males. If not more. Hopefully there would be more males after this than fems. They need more males in this pack since two had gone up and left the pack. "Your rank would be chosen for you after today. If there is any rank you want you better work hard and show your skills for it." Dusk already knew from her shape that she was a good hunter, but he needs someone to do their work hard on the first day here so he would know just how devoted they are in this pack. He wants to get to know them just like they want to get to know everyone in the pack. It's just that simple