((gonna go to bed. night night
As the summer days rolled by, a full moon crept closer and closer. Thankfully, the woods surrounding the camp were large and caves were scatted everywhere, maybe Carlos could wait this out in a cave? all he had to do was find one and hope some other animal didn’t make its home there, right? -(the worse starter maker) L
Carlos wandered through the forest. He knew he’d seen a cave somewhere – it looked like an old bear cave, though he hadn’t gone in it before. He wanted to be as far away from his camp and the summer camps, in case the children had an idea to wander around at night to hunt for snipes. The full moon would make visibility perfect for it, so it was a reasonable concern in Carlos’ mind.
He finally came across the cave he was looking for. And not too soon either – the moon would rise probably within the next ten minutes. Carlos ventured forth, holding his flashlight up to search the inside of the cave. Hopefully it was empty. Could a werewolf beat a bear? Maybe?
the
creature til;ted its head as it sat down. it looked like it could be
another werewolf, if not for the one detail Carlos hadn’t noticed yet –
the large wings pinned its sidesit curiously sniffed at him before laying down, dull green eyes seeming to glow in the dark
Nothing was happening, and the wolf realized that the other being wasn’t acting threatening at all. He gave a low, suspicious “Boof”, but the raised fur started to go down and his tail curled against his side. His haunches sat on the ground, though his front legs still held his chest up. Carlos regarded the other being with confusion and suspicion. This seemed weird, to him. It was acting so… friendly.
it wagged its tail happily as it sat up again, wings twitching slightly as it excitedly sniffed at him again. it does seem oddly excited to find basically a trespasser in its home
Carlos made a snuffing noise as it watched the other… creature. Not bear. Definitely not. But not a wolf either, like him. He backed away a bit from the sniffing, not sure what was going on.
it tilted its head again, hesitating slightly before going back over to its unfinished meal and chirping at Carlos again
What… was it doing? Was it inviting him? No, that can’t be it.
Carlos just stayed where he was. He sat up fully. his ears up as he watched the other.
it chirped again before sniffing the dead deer and looking at him
Carlos wished that he could still talk. Or that the other creature could talk – it didn’t seem like it could. He didn’t know what it wanted or what it was telling him. But despite how good the carcass smelled to his wolf brain, his human brain wasn’t going to risk getting in a fight with this thing. He was just hoping to sleep the night away before returning to his camp, eating some human food, and getting back to work.
Silently he lay down on the ground. His eyes were still on the other creature, but other wise he was settling in for a long sit.
it huffed slightly before trotting out the cave, the creatures footsteps faded away, leaving only the sounds of the night to echo through the cave
Carlos lifted his head curiously, confused. What the hell? Did it hear something?
Slowly Carlos got up and walked toward the entrance of the cave. He stopped a moment to look at the carcass left behind. He was definitely very interested in it, but some semblence of human reasoning kept him from tearing into it and he pushed to poke his head out of the cave. He listened and sniffed the air, trying to detect anything that was out of the ordinary. He tried to get a bead on the direction that the other beast went as well. A thought in the back of his mind hoped that it hadn’t gone toward any of the camps.
nothing seemed out of the ordinary but unfortunately, it seemed the beast did wander towards the camp, a trail beaten through the bushes and tall grass to help comfirm that
Carlos’ ears perked up as he felt a cold feeling go down his spine. The wolf mind thought of one thing, that had him bounding in the direction that the beast had gone: “My pup.”
“Oh, look! Full moon tonight!” // hello!
Carlos felt unsettled by that, for some reason. He frowned and he drew his gaze toward the horizon where the moon was, indeed, starting to peek through the dark and dirty clouds. Just looking at it he felt sick and fatigued.
Carlos stood up from his spot by the fire. “I’m gonna turn in,” he mumbled. Though he didn’t think anyone else would care – hardly anyone knew anybody in this hastily put-together caravan of theirs. He grabbed his packs and carried it with him toward one of the buildings they had set up next to – it was a half-destroyed house, where the back end of it had collapsed into the ravine behind it.
With every step, the sickness seemed to grow and make him a little antsy, and he felt like his skin was crawling and just incredibly itchy. He hoped a good night’s rest would help him relax and feel better.
They rubbed their nose gently against Carlos’, “and the best scientist I know. You can help me make a grading system for the Ketchup Scale.”
Carlos smiled. “Sure thing, honey,” he said. “I’m thinking of a quadrant graph… put ketchup in the middle and the distance of some items on the graph determines how alike ketchup it is.”
“You’re so good at providing.” they put their arms around Carlos’ hips and kissed him gently
Carlos just kept grinning, hugging Magnus close as he returned their kisses. “I try to, babe,” he cooed softly.
Werewolf Starter Sentences!
“Oh look, full moon tonight!”
“Sorry, I just like to spend the full moon alone…”
“Why do you have all the curtains closed? I like to watch the moon go across the sky.”
“It’s funny how something so beautiful makes me look so repulsive..”
“Don’t make me angry. Trust me on this one.”
“You’re a what!? Show me!”
“It’s… not something I can control.”
“Do you have any jewellery… not silver?”
“…Remind me to never treat you like a puppy.”
“Ugh, you smell like a wet dog.”
“PUPPY!!!!”
“Wait so you don’t look like the werewolves from Harry Potter?”
“Aren’t you eternal enemies of vampires?”
“Are you the Alpha wolf?”
“You’re way hotter than the ones on Teen Wolf.”
“Okay so now that you know my secret… don’t tell anybody. A N Y B O D Y.”
gentle reminder
i
know there are days where it’s hard to get out of bed to do something even as
small as having a shower, but you’re made it here, and you’re trying your best
– your best might be different to tomorrow’s best, and that’s okay; just take
care of yourself, as best as you can, and please remember that this is not the
end: it gets better from here
Reblog in support of they/them pronouns!
((am i missing any threads? sorry i wasn’t on all day – i was otherwise occupied.
The Perfect Scientist 