do what it makes you [backdated to late last night]

[callinallfreaks]

There is a wolf lurking in a suburb of Chicago, sticking to the shadows and watching the few people left out on the streets wander by with a distinctly predatory glare. She's skinny and hungry, and larger than any of these people. And while she's doing her best to stay in the shadows, stay mostly unnoticed, it's getting really, really hard.

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[couldusealaugh]

There's another wolf in the city - who, for the most part, has managed to keep herself locked up and away. Years of doing so have quelled the urge to kill, to even turn if she can focus all her energy on not doing so. But the full moon brings out the worst kind of urges, and she finds herself shifting before she can even begin to control what's happening.

Interestingly enough, it seems as though the lock on her cage has grown a bit rusty.

Fifteen minutes later, she's slinking along a darkened alleyway outside the city, trying to avoid any and all urges to eat.

Though she wouldn't pass up a rabbit or a squirrel if it happened to pass by.

[callinallfreaks]

Huck trots by the alley a bit later, stopping just after it as she catches a whiff of other wolf. Normally she doesn't care one whit about other shifters in her territory (never mind that she's getting quite close to the outskirts of what she considers hers), but the wolf instinct is just a little overpowering at this point. She's only 16, only been changing for a few years now -- she can't quite suppress them at this point, only just barely stop herself from acting on them when she can.

Besides, she's a little curious anyway.

So she slinks into the alley after Avery, keeping close to the wall but not necessarily trying to be at all sneaky. The low growl she lets out doesn't really help either.

[couldusealaugh]

Avery can sense the other before she sees her - there's a breeze that picks up, and her ears catch, flicking back and forth as the scent overwhelms her nose. She sniffs once, looking up, and blinks in the direction it's coming from.

As far as she can tell, this one's still young, but there's a familiarity about it, and interest wins out over inconvenience.

The other's shadow precedes her, and Avery blinks again as she finally slinks into view, greeting her with a huff of breath.

[callinallfreaks]

Huck stops, watching the other wolf for a moment, wariness in her eyes. This wolf seems older, but not an immediate threat. She trots forward a bit more, the growl dying out, replaced with a few small returning huffs.

She circles Avery a bit, the wariness dissipating. This is, after all, her territory, and she'll be damned if she's going to let some strange wolf run into her in it and see her cower and whine. Not that she would do that. It's just...the confidence is important. So she's just going to circle this wolf, nose twitching, gauging how careful she should be, whether to approach or not.

[couldusealaugh]

Avery stops, standing still, her tail relaxed between her legs, but the rest of her body still on alert. She knows she's in this one's territory, and even though she outranks her in age, land might trump that. So she stays still, acknowledging the other's presence while asserting her own.

She won't flinch if Huck chooses to get closer. Nor will she make any kind of threatening movements. It's more of a casual greeting than anything else.

[callinallfreaks]

After a second or two, Huck takes a few steps inward. Clearly an older wolf, but so far she's recognizing that Huck has the power here, even if she's not exactly submitting. Huck can deal with that; she's not part of her pack, after all, so it's not a big deal. She doesn't expect every lone wolf (or whatever shapeshifter) that she runs across to recognize her Alphatude.

So she's going to slink in a bit closer, nose twitching. Friendly greeting, then, if wary.

[couldusealaugh]

Avery's greeting is equally friendly, if a little aloof. She's been able to sense the presence of other shapeshifters - other wolves, perhaps - but this is her first real encounter with another, and she's not entirely sure how to proceed.

Her ears remain relaxed, but perk up at the small sounds that echo down the alley, and her eyes follow Huck's movements.

[callinallfreaks]

Don't worry, Avery. Huck's not very big on the whole 'procedure' thing so long as you're not causing trouble for her and hers. So after a few tentative snuffs in Avery's direction, she relaxes a bit.

Her ears also prick up at the sounds, twisting toward them; to her, it sounds a little like a small, scrabbling animal. She can't smell it yet, but then, the wind's not entirely right and there are numerous other smells of domestic pets and rats crowding the area anyway.

So she turns back to Avery, forcing the human to come forth a little bit, long enough to give the other wolf a very human tilt of the head toward the sound. Care to go hunting?

Then she's off, trotting down the alley, stopping once to look back and see if Avery's following or not.