<div style="text-align: center"><i>It was some unspoken pact between the werewolves, the pack and the rogues they allied themselves with inside a city, that they would protect and defend the territory and the humans within it with their lives. Should it come to that, however, circumstances must be dire. And dire they were. Dire they are.</i><br/>
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<i>Though many have tried to slow the human impacts upon earth, it is a desperate truth that many places passed the point of no-return a long time ago. Electricity is a thing of the past, as is running water, and those that manage to set up settlements are sure to draw more attention than they were hoping. With major cities destroyed and in ruins, wildlife roams rampant and the vegetation has begun to reclaim its landscape. Though times have changed, the pack that roams one particular region has not. Still protecting their human companions from the shadows, in secret, these wolves have never been directly challenged by another pack before. And certainly not one as bloodthirsty and set out for human blood as these wolves. </i><br/>
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<i>Who are you and where will you stand in this face-off between beasts?<br/>
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A tumultuous thunder of hoofbeats along the concrete drew the attention of a hazel-eyed canine amongst the tall grasses, her eyes lifting just in time to see the very herd of deer stampede past her location. Their languid movements and frantic bleats were enough to have her heart thudding heavily in her chest. Her nose lifts and she tastes the air, maw parted, before leaping onto the hood of a nearby rusted vehicle. The herd is disappearing into the distance, bounding down the street as if it were their own dirt path. Snuffling, the wolf rolls her eyes and turns to hop from her perch when a snarling roar echoes across the skyscrapers behind her.<i> Oh. Hell.<br/>
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Swift enough to turn and hop higher along the automobile but not swift enough to evade the predatory gaze of a hunting lioness, the wolf gives a curt whine as it scrambles off the metal and down the street after the deer. She can hear the hollering of humans and then the roar of the lion once more as she rounds a corner and scrambles up a fire escape, claws snatching at the metal in a panic before she manages to slip inside a broken window on the second story. <br/>
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As the canid maneuvers its limber body into the window, the crackling of bones and a sharp inhale followed by a guttural, growling groan can be heard in the quiet of the room she's escaped into. Inside, she stands at a new height, on two legs instead of four and wielding hands instead of paws. Blinking and exhaling unsteadily, she snatches up the nearest bag and redresses herself in some jeans and a t-shirt before quickly tying her hair up in a ponytail. Predators and humans alike ran the streets now, and unfortunately for the werewolves, that meant more problems than the modern world once held. They always had to be on their toes. Shoving some of the nearby supplies- a water bottle, an extra change of clothes, and a semi-fresh apple- back into her bag, the young woman glances at herself in the small space of a cracked mirror as it leaned against the wall. Her dark brown hair is messy and slightly oily, but so are most peoples nowadays. Dirt stains her cheeks and neck, but that isn't exactly uncommon either. <br/>
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"Hazel!"<br/>
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Leaping with sudden terrified tension, the brunette wheeled on an approaching woman, her pale brown-green eyes alight with a sudden fire as she shoulders her bag and takes a few steps to meet her companion half-way. "Kelsey. Has the Council called another meeting yet? Hunting is hard enough with the zoo animals loose. The imposing wolves are going to become a proble-" She's cut off by a solemn Kelsey, her dirty-blond tresses hanging loosely at her breasts.<br/>
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"They're already a problem. They've killed one of the human settlements women.. The Council will decide tonight what the Pack's first move shall be. By the looks of it, we're torn right down the middle. Half of the pack wants to let them have the humans, maybe strike up an alliance with them. The other half wants to hang the murderous beasts." Her expression grows grim with her announcement until Hazel is left frowning and shaking under her friend's gaze. The older woman sighs and continues, "I'm hoping we'll get something right in the middle, myself. We need to drive these wolves out. The people of this city have struggled enough. We've struggled enough, right Hazel? Hazel? Haz- where the <i>hell </i>are you going?"<br/>
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The brunette was already halfway back out of the window, backpack tucked securely on both shoulders this time. She sent an exasperated glance over her shoulder and straightened out in the open before calling quietly, "To patrol more. I need more information."<br/>
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<i>"What? </i>About <i>what?" </i><br/>
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"About this psychotic pack moving into our territory. And just what exactly should be done about it." With a low chuff, she slid down from the fire escape stairs and carefully peered around the alleyways corner and deciding the coast was clear before she tread silently out into the open of the street. The skyscrapers were covered up to the first and second stories with greenery, a few trees and brush escaping through the concrete in some places and near where companies had clearly had decorative plants before the apocalyptic-doomsday. Keeping to the shadows, Hazel eyed the street for any signs of strangers, be them wolf or human. <br/>
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