Such A Mess... {(Open)}

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The sun beat down harshly on the Barren Lands as it kept it's peak spot in the middle of the sky overhead. There was no foliage to hide behind, no trees to provide shade or shrubs to hide under. The Barren Lands lived up to it's name. There wasn't even a cloud in the sky, unfortunately for the two brothers trying to make it through this forsaken place. They had been lost here for a long time - far longer than either Romulus or Remus would have liked.

Romulus found this place to be unbearably boring. There was no way to play hide and seek or any creeks or streams to play in. There were no squirrels to harrass or mice to chase... He hated it here. "What's wrong with this place?! How come there's... nothing?! There's absolutely nothing here! Just a bunch of dirt!" he yelled, kicking up some dirt with his paw. His brother, Remus, let out a small, annoyed growl, "Watch it...!" as some of the kicked up dust almost made it into his eyes. He loved Romulus, but he was cranky.

They hadn't found anything to drink in a while and the only thing they'd eaten was a snake, which hadn't been easy to catch. They'd only done it because they were desperate for food, not remembering to eat something before heading out to explore this new place. Both had been lucky they hadn't been bitten - they hadn't learned of the different types of snakes, but they had actually chosen to attack a venomous one. Neither of them realized even now how close they'd been to possibly losing each other, and who knew how the survivor might've gone on.

Romulus and Remus' family was a broken one. Their father had abandoned them and their mother, although as far as either of the two were concerned, he had died defending them from wild dogs. Their mother had attempted to care for them as well, but had abandoned them not long ago either and the pair had had to survive on their own ever since. Although the brothers had their differences, they both loved each other unconditionally and shared a goal. The reason they had started wandering through the lands of Kongrai was to try and find their missing mother. It hadn't occured to the pair that maybe she had left them to fend for themselves. All they knew was that they wanted to be a wholesome family again.

But traveling through these lands, the pups had hit a rough spot. Neither of them knew exactly which way to go and neither were accustomed to trying to live in a place without shelter or a plentiful source of food and water.

As the two made their way down the side of a hill, Romulus stopped. Though he wanted to push on, he was sick and tired of it. They were lost and they both knew it! He hated it here! Absolutely hated it! He knew that just stopping wouldn't get him or Remus out of here any sooner, but... well, didn't they deserve a break anyway? Remus, who had gone ahead just a few paces, stopped when he heard the sound of his brother plopping to the ground and rolling to his side. "..." Neither of the pups spoke. For a minute, both just stayed where they were, Remus frowning at Romulus, Romulus staring off into the distance. Remus felt like he should be angry at his brother, but he wasn't. He was just as tired of this place as he was. But Romulus just looked flat out angry....

The second Romulus dared to shut his eyes, Remus leapt on him, playfully nipping his ear as the two rolled down the hill. Both of them seemed to immediately forget their woes as their play fighting began. Dust began to stir up, but neither of them cared any longer. It just made the game seem more exciting! But what the pair didn't seem to realize is how dangerous they'd just made their situation. The plum of dust began to rise as the brothers continued playing, welcoming wanderers all tgrough the vacinity, good and bad, to explore.

((Sorry if it's kindof bad, but I just really wanted to get these boys started))

[friday]

Wandering through these lands was harsh, harsher then anyone could expect. the sun was dreadful, the ground was hard, and the heat, Oh the heat! It was terrible! Enough to kill, if Rehd hadn't managed to squeeze herself into the tiniest of tiny spaces between two small rocks. Why had she sqeezed herself between them? Because it meant shade. The one thing she had been searching for for the last week or so. It was a mirachle she hadn't died from hunger. The last time she had eaten must have been, what, three days ago? But Rehd was stubborn, she had lived in these lands once before, when her mother had dissapeared, she had been out here for a month, living off small reptiles, and she had managed it then, so she could manage it now. Thats what kept her going.

But it was trickier then she had expected. As she walked now, out in the raging sun, her paws were sore from the ground, her legs were threatening to give way beneath her, and her head was drooped in an attepmt to keep the sun out of her eyes. It wasn't working. After a fight with her own legs, she gave up, and fell to the ground with a thump, lying their in the middle of no where, stomach grumbling uncontrollably.

The pup lay there for a while, exausted, and in the middle of the sun. Only was it when she realsised staying here like this was dangerous, did she get up, and carry on walking. She couldn't just lie there, it was a death wish. So she did what she had to do, and carried on on her journey. Well, if you could call it that. Was it still a journey if she didn't know where she was going? And if she had no clue where she was?

Tongue lolling out of her mouth, and panting heavily to try to cool herself down, Rehd glared out into the scene infront of her. All it was, was land, land and more land. But it wasn't lush, green, cool land like she would have wanted, it was harsh, bright, hard, barren lands. She could see the heat rising from the ground, and not a living being in sight. Which was both good and bad, this meant no threats, but it also mant no food.

The Fae padded slowly up and over a large rise in the ground, only to see something that gave her a bit of hope. Their was dust rising into the air not far ahead, which could possibly be a rabbit! Food! Happy thoughts gathered in her head. She would eat! She could almost taste the meat in her dry, parched mouth now. She padded forward, still slowly, cautiously, their was still the possibility that it was danger, but she ignored it, the opitunity of food still in her mind.

Not untill she was realitivly close did she realise that it was not food. Damn it. It was two wolves, looking to be around the same age as herself, fighting. or playfighting. It was hard to tell. She padded forward, towards them slowly, cocking her head to the side, trying to decide whether to approach them or not. It seemed her legs had already made up her mind for her. As she got closer, then strong scent of young Brutes and dust filled the air, and so she sat not far away from them, watching their fight, not wanting to get in the way. For now.