Morwena and Morrigan wandered off with their mother giving no thought to the safety of their Alpha, besides from what they could tell the pack was merged now though it did seem odd that Pyrrhos had agreed so quickly to making this Nyxia female the Alpha, then again there were no other females in the pack besides them and it was pretty impossible to raise the rank of one of them above the other, currently they held a joint Beta position though it was likely the pack would have to be reshuffled to sort out the proper pecking order, which probably meant lots of pack fighting to work out the strongest and weakest among them.
They were both silent, walking next to each other as if they felt the need of each others strength to deal with all the sudden changes, not least of all was the appearance of their mother. They hadn't seen their mother since they were pups, but despite their patchy memories it was unmistakable that this Lucain who now walked beside them, leading them away to a private clearing on the slope of the volcano, was indeed their mother, or at least one of them for both their parents had been female. As they walked they exchanged glances full of meaning, their silent looks conveying whole conversations about their surprise and uncertain feelings, they clearly didn't know whether to be pleased or not, they didn't really remember much of their mothers personality at all and neither of them knew what to say to her so they left it to her to speak first.
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Pyrrhos was pleasantly surprised when Nyxia came and stood next to him the way she did, he still wasn't sure exactly what was going on so for the time being he presumed that he had merely agreed to the combining of their two packs. He bowed slightly in response to her curtsey still befuddled by the whole thing, and finally managed to wrench his attention from her as the blue and purple celestial male, that he had missed the name of but wasn't about to admit that to him, spoke.
"Well" he started, trying in vain to clear his mind, he was however unsuccessful, his thoughts were crowded by the image of the female who was standing beside him, so close to him he could smell her feminine scent, he suddenly thought that he should turn his flames down so as not to risk burning her and did so until they were nothing more than tiny flickers dancing along the length of his spine down to his two tail tips.
"Well, uh" he began again trying to order his thoughts, he was certain he couldn't be making a very good impression as their new Alpha but he had never been very good at all this diplomatic stuff, his strength lay in fighting and tactics not explanations and talking, he never did like talking too much. He sat down with a small
thump "Perhaps I should call Reggie in, he's much better at this sort of stuff" he explained, hoping it would explain his hesitation a bit. Without waiting for a response and without making any noticeable movements he sent two fire flares high up in to the sky where they soared and burned for several moments before slowly diminishing to nothing.
They didn't have to wait long before steady footsteps could be heard coming closer, and a new male Lucain came into the clearing:
"This is Reggie, my second" Pyrrhos introduced the newcomer, a most vibrantly coloured lucain. 'Reggie' glared at Pyrrhos momentarily before assuming a face of stoic calm,
"Pleased to meet you" the male said bowing with a fancy sweep of his foreleg to the two ladies and nodding politely to the other male
"Please, call me Reginald" he directed formally with the slightest hint of a glare directed once more at Pyrrhos; who was now grinning amusedly.
"How may I be of service?" Reginald asked casting his eyes about at Nyxia and the others. He was faintly curious as to the whereabouts of the twins, whom he had seen heading up earlier on from his own 'hiding place' - he never strayed far from Pyrrhos unless expressly forbidden - but didn't show it, keeping his face a mask of pure calm and polite interest. As he looked around at the others once more he felt an odd feeling in the back of his mind, something like a memory trying to resurface, it was something to do with the celestial male.
((I know right XD, can you see the family resemblance? I just
had to bring him in! XD))