<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/5/5b/Tsitu%2C_Nadaeki_Alpha.png)</div><strong>Character name</strong>: Ts'itu e'e Son<br/><strong>Who:</strong>Danae, Astir, Open<br/><strong>Where:</strong>Alpha House<br/><strong>When: </strong>Night, Sixth Day of Hunger Moon<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Ts'itu watched Danae's gaze slid away from her to land on Seni. That's when the blush started, as surely she caught how Seni continued to look at her with such hangdog adoration. It was a relief though to see that despite the blush Danae appeared to be truly considering her options. If Seni were to have swayed Danae into an imprudent match with sweet words and rippling muscles Ts'itu was fairly sure she would have ripped the wolf's head from his shoulders. There was some relief in knowing she would not actually have to kill one of her best betas.<br/><br/>"I think my heart has certainly spoken," Danae said, placing a hand over her heart. Her smile was bright and she let out a rueful chuckle. There was surety in her green eyes. Even before Danae continued on, Ts'itu knew her<em>daedze's</em>answer. Maybe, she thought, it had always been inevitable. Of course Danae was too sweet and too kind to garner anything other than a mateship proposal from one of the pack's finest warriors.<br/><br/>To be given a hug so suddenly and in the middle of a party by her usually reserved<em>daedze</em>was enough to shock Ts'itu into momentary silence. Her limbs felt heavy and tears stung at the back of her eyes as she wrapped her own, far more muscular arms around the smaller girl and squeezed tightly. White teeth bit fiercely into her lower lip as she heard Danae's soft spoken words. She turned her head slightly and buried her face into the smaller girl's hair. She'd had Danae's scent imprinted on her memory for longer than she'd known how to shift. As happy as she was she was also deeply saddened. It was only the knowledge that she was alpha and not a pup anymore that allowed her to pull back slightly as whisper back, "As I love you. You will be blessed with a happy mateship, or I swear on Mother Winter he will pay in blood." She pressed a quick kiss to the top of Danae's head and then allowed the girl to pull away.<br/><br/>As Danae's walked away, toward Seni and her future, Ts'itu wrapped her arms about her middle and fought back tears. It seemed stupid to get so emotional over so natural a thing. She was the<em>alpha.</em>Where was her sense of pride and control? Her teeth sank into her lower lip once more, if only to stop it from trembling. Happiness, true happiness, at her sister's situation battled with the feeling of abandonment. Of being utterly bereft of a companion.<em>Stop it, you're being silly,</em>she thought viciously. She rubbed at her eyes with one hand, dashing away the tears.<em>Danae would never abandon you. And think, soon you might be an auntie. You will be able to scare the living daylights out of Seni. You must stop being <strong>selfish.</strong></em><br/><br/>And there was Danae, hand in hand with Seni, smile small but utterly brilliant in her delicate face. Ts'itu found it within herself to smile back just as true. "I'll have to start an announcement," she muttered to herself, turning away from the scene that she might go back to the music makers and get them to stop soon.<br/><br/>Even with her nose slightly clogged by the held back tears, she still recognized Astir's fast approaching scent. Ts'itu grimaced slightly and then rubbed at her eyes briefly but vigorously. "Aren't you a sight for sore eyes?" she said, voice light and carefree as she spun to look at her third. He did look good, chest bare and sheened with sweat, dark curls complimenting the glitter of mischief in his eyes. Any other night she might have taken him up on the bold offer, if only to rile up Kon further and see what the young wolf might do when challenged. After the revelation that her<em>daedze</em>would be mated soon, however, his offer of no strings attached sex just made her want to howl with mingled fury and sorrow.<br/><br/>Giving him a smile that spoke of exhaustion but little else, she shook her head. Her features became guarded and shuttered, as if she were locking away into her own mind. She was. It was a night of celebration and good tidings. She couldn't afford to linger over why it was that she wished she had a mate to lean against at this moment, someone she could confess it all to without feeling weak.<em>Stop wishing for what does not exist.</em>"Danae and Seni will likely be announcing their intention to mate soon. I must arrange some things in order to help with that celebration. Another time, perhaps."<br/><br/>Unwillingly her eyes flicked over to Kon. For a space of time he had wanted her. The temptation to go back over to him and forget all of her raging emotions in the strength of his arms and the heat of her bed was great. In the morning, she knew, she would likely regret it though. He'd roll out, clearly both proud and embarrassed at having had a night with the alpha, and then trot off to practice with 'Nesii, to avoid Ts'itu's eyes evermore and mate to some pretty little beta.<br/><br/>"Perhaps you should go join 'Nesii," Ts'itu suggested, forcibly tearing her gaze away from the young beta to rest upon her second instead. It was well known that while Astir was one of her best friends, if he were to ever mate it would likely be to 'Nesii. Assuming, of course, that he could convince her to mate with him.<br/><br/><hr/><hr/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/5/5a/Skrida.png)</div><strong>Character name:</strong>Skrida<br/><strong>Who:</strong>Hiti, Son' Lahleli, Open<br/><strong>Where:</strong>Alpha House<br/><strong>When:</strong>Night<br/><br/><hr/><br/>"Yeah, I know how it is," he said. "I can be happy for you anyway, though. Eira usually avoids these like the plague and no one would have forced you to join, but the fact you are speaks well." She was a curious little cat, her head cocking from side to side as she questioned him further. Though her voice might shake at points it hardly seemed to deter her from her quest to know as much as possible. He found himself smiling at her and shaking his head slightly. "They hold them fairly often. It brightens the pack's spirits and bonds everyone closer together. I've attended every one since I came to live with them, which would have been three years ago about. And yes, I usually enjoy them."<br/><br/>As they'd reached the door, he saw Hiti get ready to answer his question. She'd seemed a bit nervous as they approached but her features quickly smoothed out. Yet before she'd done much more than open her mouth, the night air was split by Son' Lahleli's voice calling out to him.<br/><br/>"Yes, Son' Lahleli," he said promptly once she'd finished giving her orders. His eyes went to just behind her, a dark shadow that seemed like it might be another Tikaani. His human senses couldn't tell, but he assumed that the beta warrior had to have found something important if she was insisting that he fetch Ts'itu with discretion. Yet despite the seriousness of the situation a small flush covered his cheeks are her last teasing words. "He's waiting for me? I mean, ah, of course, I'll make sure he doesn't get into any trouble." Though he tried to say the words with his usual teasing aplomb, he missed the mark quite a bit.<br/><br/>Turning back to Hiti, he pace a hand at the small of her back and gently shoved her through the door as he opened it. If one were to look at his face in that moment they would see both the worry of what might be waiting outside for his alpha, battling with the delighted idea of Nilteni waiting for him. Most likely Son' Lahleli was teasing and trying to keep him indoors, but he would settle for even friendly banter with the beta wolf.<br/><br/>"Yes, you can come with me. I'm sure the alpha would enjoy meeting you in these brightened circumstances." His eyes searched through the crowd before pinning onto the alpha, who was standing near her third and seemed to be quite tense. Then again, she always seemed tense. So many in the pack, even himself, tended to view her as strangely infallible because she never showed true weakness, yet... Skrida shook himself. "She may wish for your questions by the end of the night," he said finally.<br/><br/><hr/><hr/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/5/5b/Tsitu%2C_Nadaeki_Alpha.png)</div><strong>Character name</strong>: Ts'itu e'e Son<br/><strong>Who:</strong>Astir, Skrida, Hiti, Open<br/><strong>Where:</strong>Alpha House<br/><strong>When: </strong>Night, Sixth Day of Hunger Moon<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Ts'itu noticed the moment that Skrida and the new redheaded sacrifice came in the door. It was not merely because of the chill wind that swept through the heat briefly, or the way that Skrida searched the room before locking onto her. Instead it was a mere nudge at the base of her spine, a need to turn around. It was not unlike what sometimes happened with Kon, but it was all the more unexpected because when she turned it was not on some well known friend or trusted pack member that her eyes landed upon. It was the little redhead, who was clutching a white fur about her tightly.<br/><br/>As the two began to weave their way through the crowd toward her, she blinked away whatever madness had briefly overcome her. "Go on," she said to Astir, nodding in 'Nesii's direction once more. "You won't win her over standing with me, and I've a feeling there's some pack business I must attend to."<br/><br/>Skrida and the redhead, she truly needed to garner the girl's name if she was going to be staring at her this often, drew close to her. She pushed some of her hair over one shoulder and then crossed her arms to appear more formidable. If her eyes would be slightly red from the unshed tears, at least her body language could be uncompromising.