<div class="floatleft">(http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae282/caela_ecub/Brunettes/52a4b5b0-3041-4025-8067-1ca988bd10f1_zps1d93cce1.jpg) (http://s980.photobucket.com/user/caela_ecub/media/Brunettes/52a4b5b0-3041-4025-8067-1ca988bd10f1_zps1d93cce1.jpg.html)</div><strong>Character name</strong>: Uciz'aani Uk'e nesii "'Nesii"<br/><strong>Who:</strong>Open<br/><strong>Where:</strong>Kayax, Making Rounds<br/><strong>When: </strong>Early Morning<br/><hr/><br/>'Nesii loved the early morning hours. As usual, when Ts'itu was gone, she had risen far earlier than the rest of the Pack and was circling the village that they all called home...at least for the moment. She hadn't even bothered to get dressed to do so, but roamed the village as a large white wolf, her nose scenting the air, feeling the slight chill of the wind through her fur and barely making a sound on nearly silent paws. If you weren't looking for her it would have been hard to spot one shifting blur of white against the snow all around her. If you did see her, you would notice an air of expectancy about the white wolf, as if she was waiting to see something with every turn she made.<br/><br/>And then she was still, ears forward, nose up, clearly catching something with wolven senses that might not be so obvious to someone with only human hearing or scent. Having heard Ts'itu's howl, she filled her own throat and returned it in kind! Releasing a long howl to welcome the returning Hunters! When the sound died from her throat she gave her fur a sharp shake and, with a happy yip, spun to dart back through the village and into the Beta House so she could change back to her human shape, and into clothing to properly greet the return of her Alpha.<br/><br/>As she dressed she tried not to grumble. She hated it when Ts'itu lead parties out of the village. It usually meant she had to stay behind, as the Alpha's Second, and it also meant that she wasn't there to watch her Alpha's back if something went wrong. Granted, all of the Warriors were well trained, but some things she simply didn't feel fully comfortable trusting to anyone but herself.<br/><br/>Dressed in supple leather pants that clung to her legs, soft suede boots laced to her knees, and a tunic (of her own make, 'Nesii is susprisingly skilled with a needle when you can get her to settle long enough to use one) of some soft material whose name she couldn't remember (cotton) but whose vibrant purple coloring had caught her eye on one of their trade trips and she'd had to have it! It was not her favorite shirt but she wore it sparingly to save the color. That she wore it now was a clear statement (to any that knew her) of her loyalty and respect for their Alpha.<br/><br/>Looking at the few Beta's still in Beta House she turned her gaze, pointedly, to the door, making it clear with just a look that they were expected to come out to greet the returning party as well...or they'd have to deal with<em>her</em>later. Without waiting to see if she would be followed, she left the Beta House and made her way to the edge of the village that the Party would approach from, her face a quiet mask of calm, though inside she was just as eager as anyone else to see what the Party would bring back with them.