<div class="floatright">(http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g393/theredfear/MaleCharPics/The-vampire-diaries-2x14-crying-wolf-tyler-lockwood-cap_mid.jpg)<br/><strong>Name:</strong> River<br/><strong>Species:</strong> Primal - Totemic<br/><strong>Location:</strong> Al'Mar<br/><strong>Summary:</strong> On the alert. <br/><strong>Tagged</strong> Abigail, Anyala, Amilcar, Keiran </div><br/>The musk, in it's pure and undiluted form damn enar made River puke. With his new nose it was monstrously overwhelming and he just sat there trying to keep his lunch for a few seconds as everyone else smeared themselves in it. Now if this had been a few weeks ago, that would have been all she wrote on the matter. When he first got his powers it was a full month before he could stand to be within thirty yards of the latrines, and even then it made his eyes water for a week longer.<br/><br/>But Elsa had been surprisingly helpful in teaching him techniques to cope when his senses overwhelmed like this. Partly, by forcing him to immerse himself in some truly detestable scents and painful sounds. He calmed his mind, and centered himself, and forced himself to take a deep long inhale of the vile musk. To start dissecting it in his head, element by element. Layer by layer. He caught hints of amonia weaved in with the scent of rotted meat and maggots. Breaking it down in his head to an assortment of scents helped him pick out which was the least offensive and focus on that.<br/><br/>After a few seconds he took a steadying breath and nodded. His arms, cheeks, and neck were coated now. "Alright. Slugg-Parade away. Good idea by the way. Disgusting, but good. Which is how somebody once described my appetite.  "<br/><br/>Leaving his spare hawk with Abby, he pressed on toward the Al'Mar. "Alright...I don't think we can get the wagon inside...so we'll need two people to stay outside with Shred and the Wagon, make sure we don't get cut off...while the rest head inside to grab the loot. Abby, we'll need you inside. You know the tech and what's worth grabbing. Amilcar, you've got the artillery in your hands...but using that kind of power inside could bring the place down on us. Best to keep you outside, where you can cut loose if their outlying hunters decide that defending the hive is more important than hiding from the Gor'slugg. And if we get trapped inside, you can blast us a new exit. Keiran...you could see me, back at the Enclave, right? If you got eyes like that, we could use you topside. Make sure nothing gets the drop on our Artillery Man.  "