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OOC: Oh, yay ^^ my longest RP ever is still here. I can't post now, but I will most likely this weekend. Thank you ^^

OOC: I'm going to wait for Kodi Girl's reply before I post again. However, this needed to be brought to attention for everyone who's been asking to join lately. We haven't been ignoring you, and we're sorry if you thought we were. However, since the rp is so long and has progressed this far, Balto678 and I have been talking about plans for the plot. With Kodi Girl's consent, we were thinking of starting a new topic with a more updated version of the plot so that new rpers won't have to go back and read through the immense amount of pages that we've already contributed. If Kodi Girl agrees to this, then you all can try out for characters in that topic, and just so we stay organized, please wait to ask for characters then.

We're heading toward a crux in the rp where we'll have a nice cliffhanger to start off in the new topic. And, so far the way we've planned it out, it should only take a few days to get to this, so please remain patient. So, keep watching this topic and in a week at most we'll post a link to the new topic (which will probably have a similar name) and then you guys can join there and we'll get started again! Thank you guys so much for displaying your interest and we hope to rp with the rest of you soon!

OOC: I consent! ^^ This is, on record, my longest RP on BS. It would be a shame to leave it hanging. My post is going to be short, sorry, I'm not even allowed online at home right now.

Jenna blinked, concerned for her son. She was about to say something when Balto pulled her to the side. "I..." she stuttered softly, blinking rapidly "Just, just talk to him, Balto...He really may need his dad right now."

Saba blinked softly as Slyth's nose touched hers. She chuckled. "Hello, Slyth." she said, quickly pulling her nose away from his. "Is...something wrong?" she asked, glancing a Balto and Jenna. "Uh...Mom, maybe we should leave Papa and Slyth alone to talk."

Jenna nodded quickly, giving Balto a stern look that said Talk to him, see what's bothering him so much. "C'mon, Saba, we'll go somewhere else and have our own little chat." Jenna nuzzled her son softly, before going out of the room, Saba in tow.

(Okay, managed to get some time online finally )

As Saba padded away with their mother, Slyth found it hard to take his eyes off her. They followed her until she and Jenna walked out of sight. Only then did he manage to tear his eyes off her. But even with her not in his sight, he could still enjoy her scent she'd left behind.
Allowing himself to take one good whiff of the smell, he continued outside to wait for his dad. He wasn't sure where he wanted to meet him, but he figured the porch was as good a spot as any.

He only got a minute to gather himself and get over the nervousness he felt in his stomach before he heard his dad coming.

Balto nodded his head in recognition of Jenna's words and followed behind his son. There was deffinatly something going on here. There was a look in his eyes that he'd never seen there before. Whatever Slyth needed to talk to him about, it was serious.

As soon as he stepped outside and breathed in the air his highly acute sense of smell was able to discern the scents of several dogs that had been by recently. This first scent that caught his attention was not Jenna's or Slyth's, but a certain other female that he'd met on only one occasion. That dog. . . Blitz. The one currently with his son had been by here. But when?
Maybe she had come by at some point looking for Slyth? Or she might acctually have something to do with this problem his son had come to him for help.
Deciding it was better suited for another time, he followed the scent left by his son. Which turned out to be not neccesary because he had seated himself on the porch.
"Slyth" He said, padding over to him and sitting down beside him "What is it?" Looking at him, he could see that same look in his eyes and a determined look on his face.

Taking a deep breath, Slyth prepared himself to tell his dad something he hadn't intended to ever let pass his lips.
"Let me explain first" he started. "You see, i've got a problem here. It's nothing i did, at least i don't think so. I've just been really confused the last few days and I think the only way i'll be able to make sense of some of the things going on is if i get some advise. Some help. Which is why i've come to you."
He said all this slowly, choosing his words carefully. He was talking to his dad about a relationship he had with his own sister. Not exactly the kind of thing you want your parents to know. He didn't want to slip up and say the wrong thing.

He could tell he was having trouble enough just getting it out, so Balto tried to make it a little easier on him by looking away. For some reason, eye contact just made other people more insecure.
He also did his best to heed his son's request to let him explain first. But when he paused, his tongue slipped. "Has this going something to do with that dog we saw you with earlier? Blitz?" as soon as he said it, he hoped it would help Slyth spit it out. In these types of situations, it was easy to fall into a loop where you could never get to your point.

Slyth's words faltered as his dad's deep voice interrupted. This distraction caused Slyth to fumble with his words for a second before he stopped and looked over at his dad. Regathering his thoughts, a silence fell between them briefly.

"Yes. . . and no. It's complicated. And really confusing for me. I really really like Blitz. She makes me feel. . . strange. I can't really describe it, but i really like it. Everytime im around her, i get this feeling."

Again, Balto's words interrupted Slyth. But this time, they were better chosen words.
"What you're feeling is love. It's one of the best things you'll experience in your life."

Biting his lip, Slyth paused before continuing.
"Er, yea. That's an easier way of putting it, i guess. But, like i said, it's complicated. As much as I like her, i'm not so sure how she feels about me anymore."

"Have you tried talking to her?" Balto suggested, able to understand where Slyth was coming from.

"Yea" Slyh replied, nodding his head slowly. "But she keeps running off everytime i see her."

"Ah" Balto frowned.

"Here's the other thing though." Slyth went on "There's another girl that i like. This is where it gets really confusing to me. I feel the same way about her as Blitz. She makes me feel the same way when i'm around her. But lately it seems like she's been avoiding me too." He shook his head and closed his eyes as he said this.

Balto had to think for a minute before he could say anything to that. It was unexpected. Right out of left field. But, his pride as a father wouldn't allow him to just sit there in silence.
"I can see where your confusion would be coming from."
Looking over his son, the evidence of stress was there. He was getting really thin and he looked tired. Apparently, this was the source of alot of reasons why he had been acting so strangely lately.
With as unkept as his coat was, Balto could only assume that there were a few sleepless nights spent thinking about this.
"Slyth, i'm not going to pretend to be an expert on this whole love business. It's tricky. I just barely got your mother. But i'll help you in what ways i can. Unfortunatley, the only way i know how to help you in this is in advise."

Slyth opened his eyes to look as his father once he said this. He was eager for any kind of advise to help him. Right now he was just blundering through everything. Somehow though, he'd managed to keep himself from going crazy. Though only just barely. He looked terrible. Some food and sleep would deffinatley do him some good.
He had trouble sleeping these days though. Every time he layed his head down and closed his eyes, his mind filled with visions of Blitz and Saba. Even his dreams were taken over by those two.

Balto stood up and turned to face Slyth before he said anything. After clearing his throat, he set a paw on Slyth's shoulder and began. "The only way you'll know who to choose to spend your life with, is by listening to your heart. No one else can tell you who to love or who to have your first mate with. . ."

"Dad!" Slyth gasped. His eyes widened slightly in shock. He'd honestly never thought of either of them like that. There may have been that one time with Blitz when they were alone, but he'd never acctually thought about it. If he was going to spend the rest of his life with one of them and start a family then, yea, it had to come up at some point. He had never addressed it though. It was just something in the back of his mind he didn't feel ready to think about.

Balto couldn't supress a light laugh. "relax Slyth. Let me finish. All i'm saying is that you can get advise from all the dogs in Alaska who claim to be experts on love, but at the end of the day you'll be in the same spot you are now."

Slyth frowned at his dad. His heart was still beating a little fast from that last bit, but he ignored it. "But i don't even know what i'm doing dad. I'm going to go crazy if i don't do something about this. I can't keep living day in and day out not knowing who to spend my life with." All this spilled out of his muzzle in a stern tone. His voiced raised a bit in his frustration. Slyth stopped himself there for a minute to let himself calm down.
"Right now" he resumed, his voice much calmer, "i've got two girls who have won a place in my heart. The problem is, i don't know how to choose."

The next thing Balto said surprised even himself.
"Well," He breathed, taking his paw away from Slyth and sitting back down. "Who says you have to choose."

Silence met these words. Neither had anything to say to it. But Balto and Slyth had different reasons for their speechlessness.
Slyth was just confused and didn't understand what his dad's words ment. But it was coming togethar clearly in Balto's head.

"What? Of 'couse i have to choose. I can be with them both for the rest of my life." Slyth's moaned, raising a paw to his head. His head was starting to hurt him.

"What I mean son, is maybe you're putting too much importance on finding out who should be your mate instead of really enjoying your time with them. You're young, can you even be sure that Blitz or this other dog is who you're ment to be with? Why don't you just go find them and spend some time with them. Maybe you'll find that the answer will find you sooner than you can find it."

For a moment Slyth remained silent. He didn't move either. He closed his eyes and pointed his nose parallel to the ground and just sat there for thinking hard. Then, after a minute of this after Balto's words ceased, he looked back up at Balto. His eyes were brimming.
"I think i wanna be alone for little while now." He choked out as he stood then, resting his head beneath his fathers chin, he breathed out a thank you.

With that, he stepped down from the porch and slowly made his way down the street. He was too distracted by his own thoughts to notice that he passed Blitz and Dis. Even though he may have walked into clear view of them, his mind was too busy to think of looking around.
He had decided to go to the only place in town where he knew he could be alone. The old boat wreak outside of town.

Ten minutes later, that's where he found himself. He hadn't seated himself anywhere with a nice view of the beach beneath the boat or the small town that was Nome on the horizon. He had been hit with some strong words from his dad.
Granted he had been looking for help and was throughly grateful to have finally found some in his dad. But he had to take in it.
For some reason, his body's reaction to this was to cry. Which was exactly why he has layed himself down in the darkness of the cargo hold. He had known his brother Kodi to hide out in here when he wanted to be alone. As far as he knew, no one had ever found him.

However, Slyth didn't really care about being alone or being found, he just wanted to get this whole sobbing thing out of his system first.
Afterwords, he didn't care if Blitz or Saba came looking for him. It was doubful that either one would since the both were apparently avoiding him. But just then, he found that he wouldn't have minded their company.

Bear with me here. This last part may seem a bit rushed but this post was getting long enough and i'm getting really tired. It's to the point where i'm having trouble keeping my eyes open long enough to type much.

A wind blew past her, and Eleriss' ears twitched as she raised her muzzle to the sky and took a deep sniff of the air before glancing toward the boat.
"Hmm? What are they doing there?" she whispered to herself. She noticed a moving figure by the ground beside it.
Punting one last rock into the water, she walked calmly toward the scene, both curious and a little worried. Worried that she could be interrupting something she really had no business with - and this made her stop about halfway there.

She closed her eyes to focus on her hearing - perhaps she could catch a glimpse of the noises there. She could hear the other fae' speak, but couldn't make out the words - still out of range.

Eleriss shook her head, sighing.

Slyth, Saba - even Blitz reminded her of her time around their age - lovestruck and all that jazz. She could remember.

Eleriss pounced on a small rabbit and finished it off as quickly as possible. She had just become familiar with the skills required to hunt, and she had to practice. Her mother had told her to only kill what she could eat and nothing more. 'Respect the nature and it shall respect you', she had said.
The wolf cub followed her mother's words - she only killed what she could eat. She had gotten a certain knack of playing with the food, though. This knack had certainly made itself known to the rodents in the area (particularly through mass genocide a few weeks back).
This day, though, everything did not go as planned. As she was chewing happily on her rabbit prize, a gray wolf stepped out from behind a tree. It was also a cub, around her age.
Eleriss jumped and took a few steps backwards, lowering her ears in defiance - although she was unfamiliar with snarling as that time would have it, allthewhile the newcomer just offered her a carefree glance and continued to move closer to her. She left her prize and backed off.
"I win?" the stranger suddenly said and took a quick bite of the rabbit once he had gotten close enough. It was a male. But the male had done a mistake - the moment he'd swallowed his bite, she was over him, having toppled him on his back, staring him in the eye. She didn't snarl - she knew not how to.
"That's mine!" she called out with a growl.

Although she did not remember the details after that, she did remember spending her first year alone looking for that male again. And when she found him, he already had a mate. She did everything to get his attention and steal him away - but unlike the story that could be for the three turtledoves, she never got him.

She sighed and chose to remain in sight, but out of hearing range.

OOC: Sorry, just no muse today

Blitz nodded to Dis as the other female exclaimed in surprise at his identity. "Yep, that's him. Oh, you two have met?" That was peculiar, where had Slyth managed to meet Dis? But she shook her head at the thought because it didn't matter at the moment. "I saw you leave the house and followed you here. Just wanted to talk some things over, especially about this whole situation, and Saba, like I said before." She hung her head and sighed. "I just don't want to end up hurting her, but I don't want myself to hurt either."

Slyth didn't say anything immediatly. Even after Blitz had stopped talking. He just looked at her with a blank look on his face. Something about being alone in the dark with her made him fell a bit awkward. BUT, when was the last time he didn't feel awkward around her?
Nodding his head and looking down as his paws for a moment he spoke. "Yes. I, well, I went and talked to my dad about this. Things were just way too confusing for me to sort out and figure anything out alone."

He breathed and looked back up at the fae infront of him. "I didn't exactly tell him about me and Saba, but you were the first person he thought of when i came asking for help. He was partially right though.
He gave me advise that i think sounds really good. He told me that maybe we don't have to decide on anything. That really we should just let our hearts choose for us."

He shuffled his paws a little uncomfortably as he said this.


(bleh, no muse but i felt i had to churn something out.)