Twist of Fate RP

[veralynn]

A rural shelter and nearby town(think South Dakota/South-West Minnesota region, still tornado alley but with some trees) are struck by a F3 tornado. The shelter has its roof, doors, and in some parts walls ripped away. Luckily they used cinderblocks to build their kennels so the dogs are relatively unharmed. Now though with the area declared a natural disaster the dogs take the opportunity to runs free. While a few dogs break off to roam the town looking for easy food, most of the chose to run away and search for a new place for them live free. Along the way they must figure out how form a pack and survival in the wild.

Once the pack is established and in their home hunting parties will be sent out twice a day. Territory patrols will be sent out once a day and led by the Alpha or Beta along with 1-2 hunters who were not assigned a hunt that day. Patrols may be adjusted/changed as the pack grows. 

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Characters
Alpha - Nikita [veralynn]
Beta - Sakari [tenebria]

1st Lead Hunter -Vital [libsterthefavorite]
2nd Lead Hunter - Winter [Brooke0518]

Hunter 1 -Django [grim]
Hunter 2 - Ziva [veralynn]
Hunter 3 - Dart [Canadian_Sunfeather]
Hunter 4 - Akila [Canadian_Sunfeather]

[veralynn]

Nikita
The large dog lifted his head as the air stilled and everything went silent. The tornado had finally stopped after tearing through the town. The shelter was now missing its roof and some of the walls had been destroyed, though the cinderblock kennels remained. Looking up he could see the sky was clearing up with the sun getting ready to set. Shifted the light rubble that had been blow on him, Nikita stood up. The chainlink door of his kennel had been bent in half by something. So it was easy for him to hop over it, into the aisle. It looked like most of the kennels survived without much damage, hopefully the dogs inside were safe. "Hey who's still here?" He called out looking for others who made it through the storm.

Ziva
Peeking out from under her bed, Ziva saw that the tornado had passed. Climbing out from under it she stared a the chainlink door in front of her. It was undamaged but with a jump she grabbed the top with her front paws. Pushing with her hind feet she launched herself over the top and down into the debris filled aisle. Looking up and down the walkway she watched as a large, fluffy dog clambered over his broken door. He was calling out for other survivors. "I'm okay." She called out before peaking into the kennels around her. This really was all so strange, just two days ago she had been with her human on a hunting trip and now she was standing in the ruins of the local shelter. Ziva had no clue what she was supposed to do.

[Libster]

The Brittany looked up from behind her bed her ears still flattened. Her door was lying flattened on the ground. She hopped over the door and looked around, the shelter was mostly gone besides for the kennals. "Im ok!" She called heading over to the other survivors, A big fluffy dog, and A smaller female. She was still shook from the tornado but glad, she had almost been put down!

[tenebria]

Sakari

Sakari slowly got to her feet from the back of her cage, extremely thankful for the strength of the cinderblocks protecting her. Shaking her coat, dust puffed off of her, and she sneezed slightly, then glanced around her cage. It seemed to be intact, and she experimentally pushed her shoulder against the door. It rattled slightly, but didn't move, so she sat back down in front of it, looking around logically for the weakest point. As the air cleared she was able to make out the sound of a couple dogs barking somewhere down the row of kennels, but she couldn't make out the words. Thank goodness other dogs had survived as well!! But she was sure there must be some who were wounded, or trapped in their kennels. Her eyes grew determined and she got to her feet again, carefully studying the cage, pushing against it in a couple places. As she slammed her weight against one side, she heard the tell tale clink of metal against metal, and looked up towards the sound. A corner of the fence was loose, bent back, and banging against the frame. It was pretty high, but she was confident in her abilities. Backing up she took a running leap at the fence, landing almost halfway up, and pulling herself the rest of the way. Reaching the gap she wiggled and squirmed, pushing her paws against the frame until she squeezed out, landing hard on the concrete beneath her paws. She winced slightly, then looked down the hall. Three dogs were standing together, a long haired shepherd dog, a hunting dog, and a hound mix, she presumed. She quickly trotted over to them "Is anyone injured?" she asked in a calm tone, automatically directing the question at the shepherd dog, who seemed to be the one the other two were addressing as well.

[veralynn]

(So it was established Libster the guest is libsterthefavorite and just forgot to log on. The posts clearing that up have been deleted in order to clean up the thread.)

Nikita
"We're okay, I think the kennels protected us." He glanced over the two dogs before turning back to the husky that appeared. So far all the dogs that had managed to bust out of their kennels appeared unharmed, though perhaps a bit shaken. Nikita figured the injured dogs were the ones still stuck in their kennels. He tried to sniff the air to see if he could smell blood. It was there but it was also muddled with all the other scents of the kennel and outdoors, it was nearly impossible to track at this point. The light breeze that remained behind wasn't helping either.

"We should check the remaining kennels, see who needs help." Nikita glanced around at the three females. There was the husky, a spaniel thing, and then a skinny hound. There were about 20 kennels in the shelter and most held just one dog at a time. So they should see who had survived the tornado; it was safe to assume that the humans wouldn't be stopping by as they likely were in the same position with their place.

Ziva
"Okay, I'll head down that way then." Ziva gestured to the end where the humans alway came in. The more adoptable and friendly dogs where placed down that way along with puppies when they had them; Luckily the shelter only had adult dogs currently. The lost causes, stray holds, and behavioral issues were kept at the far end of the place. "You want to come with me?" She asked the husky. While Ziva could try she just didn't have the bulk behind her like the husky or the shepherd. So brute force might needed if a kennel door was stuck.

[libsterthefavorite]

Vital shook her fur free of dust and debris watching it all fall out. She trotted after the lead dogs her ears pricked for whimpers and her nose alert for the stone like tang of blood. She stayed behind the other two her fur still spiked in fear. She was wary of them, as she always was, for good reason. She couldn't help dogs with pushing kennel doors down but she could help the injured. She noticed a small pain in her hind left leg, where a price of glass was. she picked it out and lapped the blood up. She trotted to keep up her tongue lolling out of her mouth. No humans meant peace for her.

[tenebria]

Sakari

Sakari nodded "Thank goodness for that" she said in a relieved tone, then looked around. "Yes, i can imagine smaller dogs will not be able to get out as easily" she agreed, turning to the hound dog. "I would be glad to help you, although maybe you two should go together, and i could go to the other end?" she suggested, motioning towards the hunting dog, which appeared to be a brittany, and the hound dog. "We should make sure all the dogs are ok, in the most efficient way possible" she said in a calculating tone.

[libsterthefavorite]

"Ok, lets go!" She said her ears pricked with attention. She glanced at the hound dog her eyes round with curiosity. She was happy to help tho she preferred hunting. she was good at that. "It seems no injuries so far!" She called her gaze scanning the kennels, searching for trapped dogs.

[veralynn]

(We should probably slow down until Grim, Brooke, and Canadian can get a post up. Also everyone is free to find the NPCs that will be staying in the shelter/town.)

Nikita
Glanced between the three dogs as they figured out which way they were going. "Sounds good, I'll be coming with you then." He spoke to the husky is a way that made it sound like she had an option when she really didn't. Right now it was impossible to know what they would encounter and being in pairs would be the safest. Frankly he didn't care how they split up, though it did make sense that each larger dog was paired off with a smaller one. Though the skinny hound was taller she probably didn't have much weight on the husky. The only clear small dog was the spaniel dog, even then she wasn't a toy dog.

Ziva
She was a little confused as to why the husky was suggesting she go with the brittany, but it wasn't something that needed to be squabbled over. "Works for me." Ziva responded after the large shepherd said he would go with the husky. She followed the spaniel who was bouncing from kennel to kennel quickly. "Um you missed someone." She called out as she took a second look in one of the kennels. A lab mix was trapped under some rumble and needed help. His kennel door was hanging on a hinge, so she bite down and started tugging so there would be enough space to get in the kennel. 

[brooke0518]

Winter

Sneezing a bit, as dust from the collapsed building filled her nose, Winter pushes around a bit, to dislodge some of the fallen rubble, so that she could climb out of her kennel. Her body felt sore from everything, and tired from the adrenaline rush. That entire storm, paired with the fact, that she had been confined, with no means of escape, had left her incredibly shaken. But now that it appeared.....that the worst of the storm was over, she could leave, and try and see what she could do. She could hear chatter amongst the other dogs, so it was a relief to know that everyone was okay. Feeling the dust and dirt clinging to her coat, she closes her eyes, and gives herself a very vigorous shake. Straightening up, she begins to look around, searching for the other dogs. "Where is everyone?" She calls. She was wary....but in this scenario, it was probably best to band together, since she couldn't see any humans in the area.

[libsterthefavorite]

She turned on her heels and rushed over and helped tug her ears flattened with the effort. "Get out!" She said her voice muffled. After the dog was out she turned to the hound mix, "what's your name? Mines vital" she asked her voice husky. She tail was bushed out with fear and wariness but her nervousness was calmed by the Shepard and husky.

[tenebria]

Sakari

Sakari nodded at the shepherd, hearing the slight command in his voice. Quickly she began walking down the hall, her sharp blue eyes scanning the kennels. Surprisingly, a lot of them were empty it seemed, but she could smell dogs up ahead. Suddenly a dusty dog clambered out of her kennel and shook herself vigorously, revealing her breed to be a dalmatian. "There are a few of us right over here" she said calmly in answer to the dog's question, hurrying her pace to reach it. "Are you injured at all?" she asked.

[brooke0518]

Winter

Sitting back on her haunches, Winter begins to groom herself, her lips curling at the dry, pasty taste of dust clung to her tongue. She really hated the taste, but she also hated the way that it was stuck to her fur, turning her fur color ashy gray, rather than the pristine white that she was used to it being. "I think that I should be okay, but after all this, I'll be parched." She says. She begins to look herself over, checking for injuries. So far, her coat was not marred by scarlet red, nor did she feel any pain. "I think that I'm just a bit sore from the way that this place just completely caved in on us." She says, looking over at the new dog. She wasn't sure what breed she was, but she seemed very calm and composed. "Who are you?" She asks.

[libsterthefavorite]

Vital looked up, relieved to see another dog free. It looked to be a fluffy Dalmatian which surprised her. She keep tugging the door with all her might her forepaws planted and her tail stiff with effort. She pulled until it dreamed and shifted while the dog clambered out. She released her jaws aching. She checked all for injuries and tested the air, no blood scent or death scent, for now, they where ok.

[Canadian Sunfeather]

Late reply sorry 

Akilla

Akilla got up she looked around the somewhat destroyed animal shelter she looked at the lock on her kennel door it was still intact she was to hungry to wait for humans to find her so she figured out how to open the kennel door she stepped outside only to come face to face with a longhaired Belgian tevuren he looked at her "how did you do that I can't figure it out" he said to Akilla she showed him how to open it 

Dart

Dart now free of the kennel thanked the other dog and made his way towards the other kennels most would assume he would attack them but he was slowly learning to trust other dogs "Anybody hurt bad in there" he said as he walked past the various kennels he wasn't really sure if he should leave or stay as he was a older dog and far more likely to get hurt he looked in some of the kennels to find them empty