What a terrible lecturer
(19:20:09) Vadimir dropped the meal when the others did, single eye catching sight of Zod and Nida's interactions. He'd let out a dramatic sigh. What was wrong with them now?! It seemed as if every time he turned around, someone was having another personal issue. His face and shoulder throbbing, Vad lumbered into the den, regurgitating Drak and Cinn's portion of organs, while re-eating his share. YUM. Trotting back outside Vad would see Zodiak go to lay down, and Nida.. appearing to try and contain herself. "Vot iz wronk now?" He'd murmur irately, not so much at her as to the situation as a whole. Waking up to them battling a boar and watching them get injured, getting injured himself in the act of protecting/aiding them, and finally coming home to more complications. Took a lot out of a person, canine or not!
(19:28:41) Nida flung the leg to the ground to see it thunk. She takes notice of Zod coming up to lick her chin and brush against her side, her tail doing a stiff wag. It soon dropped as Zod went off to lie down somewhere. A gusty sigh struggled past mildly parted lips and then recline to a sit, staring at nothing particularly interesting. Her head does lift up to Vad and both eyebrows squint markedly with bewilderment, not sure what he was getting at. " Aside from being next to useless and causing a lot of trouble for myself and the rest of the pack? Peachy." Just peachy. She'd only done one thing right .. and that was pretty much it. Yep. Any other endeavors were met with hiccups or a repercussion, minus the potential pregnancy thing -- that was the hormones talking. Nida glanced to where Zod was.
(19:38:03) Vadimir craned his head and neck back with a scowl, ears flattening against his skull. WELL. Angsty time was now, apparently, and Vad didn't want anything of it. But he'd asked, so other than turning about and NOPE-ing out of Nida's vicinity, he was forced via obligation to give some form of response. Flopping to the ground he'd begin grooming out his bloodied fur. "Vith zat attitude, are you zurprised?" To Vad it was all a case of 'ttude. If you willed it, there was nothing stopping you from greatness. Any external obsticles ought to simply be banished from your presence or obliterated, while things beyond your control, such as disease, birth defects, etc. Made you dead weight, and that was about all use you were. Nida was perfectly healthy, despite being on the portly side, and there were no external sources, far as he could detail. Keeping her from becoming a badass. Thus, it must have been all in her head! "If you do not vant to zuck, zen you obviouzly zouldn't make zucky decisionz. Train harder, longer. Push your boundariez und restrictions, until you master yourzelf. Zat iz ze whole point of Vechnyy." He'd say matter-o-factly, paw lifting to scrub at his face some more, careful to avoid his wollen eye. "Ze boar today vaz perfect practice, da? Go find more zings to challenge. Until you are zatisfied vith yourzelf." Easy peasy. Couldn't be simpler.
(19:53:39) Nida wanted to scoff. Since when was he allowed to give lectures? Her attitude was the product of repeatedly failed attempts, and he was there for one of them. In fact .. he helped, the whole drowning her til she was unconscious, on the verge of an inch of life. Nida's eyes made a passive slant to him almost wordless at his deliberate need to point out decisions, point out they were shit and were not good enough. Wow, way to burn down whatever self-esteem she has, Vad -- way to go. Great job. A deep intake of breath then a shake of her head; this is what she gets for staying with alphas bordering on psychopath, her supposed BFF had joined them even. Nida suspected she herself may be getting crazy for hanging around this long. " You shouldn't ... give advice any more. It's the worst .. " Just being honest, " but thanks." For being respectful and thoughtful to a fellow dejected packmate. " Spar with me .." she asked, looking over to the Vad and his inflamed eye. Uh, ew.
(20:13:57) Vadimir was nearly clean when Nida again spoke up, and he'd give her a quirk of lips, before uttering a quick bark of laughter. "Perhapz," He'd chortle out, rolling so he was partially on his side. "At leazt it'z better zen Zod's. Hiz anzer to your heat vaz to fuck you. Now, how helpful had that been?" Boisterous laughter resumed, turning to wheezing yelps as he fought for air. When Nida gave thanks, Vad turned to her quizzically, but his confusion dissipated. So... had he been helpful, or had he not been? PEOPLE WERE CONFUSING. "Velcome." He said heavily, about to resume his grooming. Good, he'd dealt with the issue. Now it would never need to be addressed again. But apparently Nida had other ideas, and when she spoke of sparring, Vad would glance to her wounded shoulder. "You zink you're able?" If she wanted to, he wasn't about to say no! heck, he'd just told her to shove past what others would consider walls of opposition. Pain was a wall, no? Though Vad wasn't really in any condition for a prolonged duel, he'd rise to the occasion. Never back down from a brawl! He'd test his eye to see if it'd open, but the gash below prevented it from doing little more than twitch. Welp, alright then. Looks like he'd have to spar with a metaphorical hand behind his back. Taking care into his stance, he settled into a medium crouch, growl beckoning the woman hither if she should decide that a spar was indeed what she wanted. HEAVE HO.
(20:27:09) Nida rasped a titter at his forthcoming. At least he knew his lecturing was a bunch of bologna, so none of what she said was a surprise. But one aspect does warrant a head-scratching moment .. and that happened to be him still handing it out tidbits like a pope even though he knew this yesterday's news. HE'S SUCH A WEIRDO. " At least I learned something from it, " jeered Nida. " Fucking is great." Snerk. A leg hitched up to scratch a long overdue itch behind the crevice of an ear before coming back down, placed in its initial spot. " I was .. able to help bring down a boar ..." So .. what's good ol' jousting gonna do? She moves to her fours and fluffed her filthy fur, before a lope was assumed, pushing forward to grasp for the other's face or neck in an attempt. Should it be successful, she'd go for a flail with her head.
(20:44:44) Vadimir "Tell me zomezink I don't know." He'd reply to her assertion. Heck yeah sex was awesome. Anyone who said otherwise was a liar or wasn't doing it right!!! When Nida rushed for him Vad, already partially crouched, waited until Nida was nigh upon him, before dropping into a playbow and, not a second later, lunging back up to try and claim her bottom jaw. The motion would be swift and fluid, combined with back legs pushing into the ground should his jaws find purchase. Should he succeed, upper body would twist in unison with forward momentum, aiming to cast Nida to the floor.
(20:52:10) Nida, given that she'd to angle for his face and keep from his damaged eye, missed with teeth snapping at air, for the side of her jaw to be nabbed. Holy snap! As he pushed weight onto his backlegs and sprung, she was thrusted off balance and onto her back rather easily. All that momentum he used to knock her down? Nida manipulated the force to tuck her forelegs in and make a swift jab into his windpipe followed by back legs into his pride and joys, to hopefully, and perhaps if the maneuver was successful, dislodge him off her person.
(21:32:12) Vadimir, when he'd successfully drove Nida into the ground, would press his upper body downward to pin Nida's skull into the ground. Which, as one would imagine, worked for all of about a few seconds, before paws jabbed into his neck and nuts. Eyes watered and he momentarily felt a pang of empathy toward the fallen boar. Sleep well, fair prince. Paws would collide with Nida's downed form to shove him away in the instant he released her jaw, wincing even as paws met earth fraction of a second later, joints already bent in an awaiting crouch. "Doez everyvone like strikink me in ze nadz?" He'd ask, face pained as he struggled to ignore the discomfort. Zod had done the same thing during their duel. He'd watch Nida carefully, awaiting to see what her next move would be.
Nida winced at the downward thrust, teeth clenched shut to bear with the pain and hope it'll blow over. Something .. to that effect. She felt her paws exacted some discomfort to the opponent, enough to have him push his own into her body and pull away! With a flail of legs like an awkward turtle on its shell, she'd find the grace to tumble back onto feet. A lousy shake with drool and a open-close motion of jaw to iron the strain out, before she sized him up. Nida's brows pushed together in a furrow, " well .. it works, so why not ..?" The effectiveness was a critical hit nearly most of the time. She noticed the half-crouched and circled halfway, before bounding forward and lurched all of her fat .. plus some developing babies at Vad, arms attempting to wrap around his ribcage from a side angle while swinging her butt close to his in a parallel formation. If this went well .. she'd go in for the wet willy. EHEHE.
(22:02:49) Vadimir's bristled, though mostly in good fun. "You vouldn't like it if I hit zomezink tender of yourz, now vould you?" No, she'd probably be a damn hypocrite! Which... hmm. As she circled Vad followed her motion, curling into himself to better distribute his weight across all four limbs. Good thing, too, for in no time flat Nida came barrelling toward him, limbs outstretched while all that damn mass came to slam right into his contorted front. Paws left sizeable furrows in the ground as he skidded, wind knocked from him, and when that tongue wagged in his ear?! Yippy bark tore from his throat and he'd kick forward, awkward forward push to enable head and neck beneath the woman. If he succeeded he'd snap at her titays, which thanks to her growing pupplings, were swelling and doubling in their normal size. LET'S SEE HOW YOU LIKE EET.
(22:11:29) Nida got a hold of him! Hooray! She began to lap at his ears and nip at them, too. It was all in good fun, though! Honest! She hadn't realized the extra .. fluff she had on her body knocked the wind out of him or .. y'know, caused skid mark tracks to be created! Whoops. Nida made a face at Vad when he made an awkward forward push, confused what that was suppose to do .. The woman stared for a number of seconds dumbly. It sent her back legs dancing forward, and poking out, so when his head and neck went under to bite one of her nip nips, a breath sharp was taken. " OH MY GAWD" she screamed, snarling. It hurt like a motherfucker. She'd side sidestepped away to his rear but not far that one of her swollen teats would be tugged so her teeth can come down and aim for the top portion of his scruff horizontally. If able and successful, she'd yank his head up and down, then side to side, hoping he'd let go. Something something.
(22:20:02) Vadimir cackled around the lobe of flesh he'd procured, finding this genuinely funny. Ahhhh goodness, why did things between him and Nida always end comically? Weren't they supposed to be sparring? FACK. The moment Nida began to shift to grab at his scruff, Vad would release her swelling teat to latch onto the crook of her arm in the same instant she aimed to bite his lower scruff, upper body rising with visible effort. JESUS FUCK WHY WAS SHE SO HEAVY?! With tangible grunts loosing from his clenched maw, Vad would attempt to muscle his way through, forearms reaching for her plump middle before twisting his entire body, intent to body slam her onto her side before she could correct her balance.
(22:30:02) Nida snorted indignantly. Truth be told .. most of her fights wound up .. becoming genuinely playful, which was probably the reason why she wasn't improving or learning from her mistakes. Oh well .. She got Vad now, and she wet willied and nipped his ear. The world has been righted again. Though when he grabbed the crook of her arm the same instant she his scruff ..? her head was raised few inches high to keep him close as possible to the blubber and lard she has. When she felt him rear, she'd go for little jumps with her fattness against and over his body, to keep him grounded to the floor or toppling over. NUPE. As she felt him using his burst of strength and muscle to maneuver beneath her and slam into her again, embraced. Nida fell off to the side while her teeth clasped around still his upper scruff, and would release to straighten a leg out to attempt at his uninjured eye. Whoops, didn't see you there.
Cinnema led the way calmly back to the courtyard, with sister likely following close behind. After their little chat and short bonding session filled with actual decent advice (because we all know Vad's sucks), she was actually feeling better. A big turn-around than the reason she'd been avoiding the den in the first place. Tail took its usual position at level with her spine as they approached, for of course she couldn't be all chill and casual here like she could away in private with Lee. That would just be unacceptable. Green eyes cast over the people currently around, finding only Vad and Nida who were, fighting? Sparring? Well whatever it was, it sure seemed to be the marshmallow getting squished by her friend's fat. Hehe. Of course at this point Cin was behind and did not only not know about the tournament but also about Nida's past disappearance or possible pregnancy.. Hohum. Not wishing to interrupt, she simply stood near the rocks of the den, amused gaze watching them.
(22:48:00) Hadlee grew taller the closer they got to the courtyard. Though she was marked a slave in more way than one, she knew all too easily that she needed to grow stronger to survive. So, while she had been kind and soft with her sister, she grew tough as nails here in the shadows of the two that fought. Vadimir and Nida if her memory served her correct. The gift to the Tsar, a plump beaver, was placed at her paws as she took a seat beside her sister. While interest touched her eyes, there was no movement forward. If they were going to spar, let them do it on their own without any help or further injury coming from Lee.
:57:50) Vadimir felt the weighted piece of pewpy that was Nida crash onto his body with each step, causing entire frame to wobble as he tried to execute his scheme. "CHEATER" He'd mumble angrily around her arm. HOW DARE SHE BE SO DAMN HEFTY. When Nida finally hit the ground Vad jerked immediately to--suddenly a foot out of left field struck him in the eye, causing it to smart terribly. OKAY, DATS IT. Rear end would swing about in the hopes of planting his buttocks right on her face, therein he'd sit on her grumpily. NEVER playing with her again, she was a dirty cheater with boobs. Forelimb lifted to paw at his stinging eye. At least he could still see out of this one, while the other would take some while to heal. Huff was exchanged as he'd remove himself from Nida, assuming he'd actually managed to floor her with his ass, only to find Cinn and Hadlee wandering up. Oh, hey, where had they been? While Cinn got the usual casual nod gifted to just about all Vechnyy members. Hadlee received the same weathered scowl as before. He hadn't forgiven her. And it would take some time before he did. When eyes came upon the beaver, he'd inch forward to sniff at it, glancing up at the ladies. "Nice catch. You brought it down?" Not hard to believe, but the question was still directed toward Lee. "Nida, Zod and I caught a boar earlier today. I left you zome of ze organz inzide, Cinn." He'd motion toward the den, before flicking an ear toward the shredded remains of the wild piggy. Cause, y'know. Hearts, livers, etc might not be enough to fill Cinn's bellyguts, and he understood this just peachy. "Vot vere you two doink?" He hadn't seen either of them in a while... and judging from Hadlee's perceived lack of newfound damage to her person, could only think they had been... doing nice things. EGADS.
(23:13:07) Nida went in for the kick with a single forepaw and laughed with a rumbling rasp, the other's expression too comical not to find humor in it! " I am not a cheater!" She's using her weight against him, and it was proving to be quite the advantage here! Maybe .. Vad .. dunno, needed to bulk up on muscle .. And then he sat on her .. this asswipe ..! Her mouth sprawled open, teeth and all scuffing against the ash, dirt and little grass to be had with a twist ofher neck and the small leeway, to grab at tender fat. Just some incentive to get him off of her, no biggie. If she got it? Nida would squeeze for a nice pinch before he was off addressing the -- woah, wait! Her eyes looking around frantically, but seeing nothing except Vad's booty and fur fluffing his bun cheeks - that is it her attempt happened- she'd flatten her ears. " Wot gohuning unn?" She smelled beaver and that scent from before, when she went ballzy at Vad, Corte there to witness. And oh! -- Cinn! But she frowned, a little sour and bitter. They hadn't hung out, and the free time she spent is with her sister, whom hadn't been seen in .. well, forever. Mouth further twists into a gnarled frown not at all liking this. She's utterly wordless.
(23:20:30) Cinnema had to smirk as the tide seemed to turn in the little spar, and instead of Vad being sat on it was Nida! Well, sure looked like they were having fun. Her head would turn to give a measured look to her sister, glacing to the caught prey before she'd look to Vad as he approached. And.. Nida behind him, giving her a dirty look. Eep. Causing her pleasant look to faulter slightly, and planting seeds of confusion. Wait, why was she upset? Oh, heck naw, she was not going to play the 'spending time with others' card. HELLO, CIN HAD BEEN REPLACED BY ZOD, REMEMBER? The woman looked away from the daggers being shot toward her to give Vad a now forced smile and a nod. "Thank you," she'd say, glancing between those present before seeing an opportunity to slip away and eat what had been left for her in the den.. If only to allow Lee to chat them up and get away from Nida's awful look. Mmm guts. She'd slurp all that up gladly, tail wagging a couple times while thinking how thoughtful it was for Vad to have left her some of the nice parts. At least he had a kind side to him. *cough* Nope she wasn't going there. Remember what sis said. Her portion eaten, she'd return to listen in on the conversation, satisfied for now that she didn't need to go fill the rest of her stomach at this exact time. Assuming Vad was speaking with Lee.. Cin would look to her (questionable?) friend with ears flicking back. "Nida, dear, how are you?" she'd ask softly, slight tail wag. Why was she maaadd, can't we all just love each other and be friends? And the queen had just found her good mood again SIGH no need for this kind of thing.
(23:26:30) Hadlee shifted uncomfortably from one side of her body to the other. While she was still sitting, she allowed for the stregnth in her stance to show. While the two continued their ease and play, she remained a silent observer. Only when Vadimir spoke out to her did she speak back in a rather stiff tone. "We were speaking of a way that I might prove my strength and loyalty to you." She knew better than to talk about the majority of their conversation. While she was not lying, she was not giving the full details of their conversation. No. Private meant private did it not? "This is a start." While her sister munched on some guts, she took the beaver in her jaws. With a toss, she hoped to get the fat thing to fly far enough to reach the man's paws. For now, Nida was ignored for the sake of interest.
(23:37:25) Vadimir, during his speaking, would find his voice going back a couple years in pitch as Nida decided to take a bite out of his derrier. But not to be outdone, he continued to converse with the ladies, striving to act like LADEDA nothing wrong. There isn't a woman munching on my asscheek, NOPE. Hind end would give an occasional wiggle in the hopes of getting her off, but had he seen the sneering gaze brought to Cinn he'd have likely gone rather stiff. Like, for once. He and Cinn were on very similar pages. Or would be, if he would but turn around and see. But no, he was currently too caught up in his confused angst over Hadlee's existence within Vechnyy. Another nod was awarded to Cinn when she thanked him and excused herself to dine, though his eyes never left Lee's. "Zat zo," He'd say flatly, jaw muscles working beneath skin as he conformed his body to a more mature stance. Vadimir felt the urge to snarl as the beaver was tossed his way, long exhale exuded from maw before he lunged for it, grabbing it by the back of the neck and ripping into it until he severed it's spinal column, pulling the head free with a twist while paw secured the rest of the body on the ground. He'd have stared at Lee the whole while, barely blinking with his one uninjured eye. If only he was allowed to do this to her. But no, he wasn't allowed. Even if she'd failed their agreement, the joy of tearing her apart would still not belong to him. So he'd just have to settle for second best. As blood dripped from fang tips he'd release the skull, lips tightening into a simpering smile while paws drew him closer to the pale woman. "Zank you, zis beaver vill do me very nicely." Cinn's return was given but a glance, before he turned back to place full attention on Hads. "Zo. Have you heard ze newz, about ze bear?" The past few days had been such a collective clusterfuck, Vad had no idea who Vadimir had and hadn't heard of the shizz that'd gone down. For now he had little interest in keeping up with Cinn and Nida's pseudo lover's quarrel, far too invested in passive-aggressively venting his ire on the Queen's sibling.
(23:48:55) Nida was completely fine being ignored by Lee .. she had no tiff .. nor did she like the woman -- just flat out indifference. And Nida would not have to seek out affections from another had Cinn not been vying for Drak's attention and sexy times. Huff. The butt wiggling done on Vad's part has her teeth pinching him again and imagining what his facial expression would be like .. Alas .. it was hard, catching sight of Cinn's look and frowning further. Nida lets go for a loose huff, then move her face away from Vad's booty to gawk at the girls. Well .. mostly her questionable relationship with the female alpha. Her eyes downcast to the ground, disturbed with a paw kneading gently into its contents, quiet. " I'm okay. How are you...?" See ... she's making effort to meet half-way.
(00:01:17) Cinnema had slipped away to let them have a minute, not that.. it was probably a smart, move, considering that when she returned the proffered beaver had been already torn up and abused. Her gaze would briefly travel over to the two who seemed to be having an unspoken scuffle going on, but for the moment she was more concerned with mending old ties she hadn't meant to neglect.. As Nida's gaze dropped to the dirt and began to spoke, Cin took the initiative to step carefully closer and close space between them. Nose sniffed casually at her pelt, as if trying to figure out where she'd been. A short laugh would escape from her throat. "Could be a whole lot better, but getting there. I'm glad you're well.." If the dark woman would allow it, she'd try to give her a shy lick to the cheek, as if appologizing.. Sorry dear. But, seriously, something had to be done before Vad decided to really destroy that lovely carcass they'd brought back for him. With a small smile to Nida, Cinnema would turn to position herself partially between the other two pale beasts. She'd blink at Vadimir and give him a little smile, jaws parting to very gently with ears tucked back grab his bloodied muzzle and give him a shake. Quite obviously in a submissive manner and only to try to distract him a little. If he made any move against her she'd back off oh so quickly. After the brief hold, she'd say calmly, "We had a little chat the river, and she caught that to bring back to you while I supervised. No harm done." She'd pause to turn her head to her sister, then back to Vad. Surely he wouldn't ask what about, considering it was mainly his brother.. While she'd be willing to tell Nida, she didn't want to discuss Drak with Vad at the moment. Not when she was calmed down quite a bit and actually in a good mood. Cin would shift over to her sister, standing tall to rest her head atop the other's and ever so gently attempt to guide Lee's chin downward. Chill out and put yur head down a little you nerd. The marshmallows are to be respected. But for now that was all she wished to do, standing again semi-between them but not touching either while an ear would swivel toward Nida's direction as if wondering if she would come join them.. All nice and happy together, yes? Queen was trying to have everyone make nice! Wasn't it great that she was doing something again?