Where's Wolfy?|Aegestrom, Maelstrom

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Robin, his face already wet with tears, ran into Aries' room. "Aries! I can't find Wolfy. Wolfy's gone."

Hunter, lying on the bed and hogging Nick's favourite sunbeam, flattened his ears and remarked, ~I'm going to find Pas if Robin's going to start wailing.~ His tail twitched to lie across Nick's nose.

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Nick made a noise deep in his throat and batted at Hunter's tail.

"Robin, calm down, I'm sure we can find him," Aries told his little brother as soothingly as he could. "Where'd you last see him?"

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Hunter just purred smuggly and flicked his tail out of reach. He enjoyed teasing the other cats.

"In the garden," Robin said, sniffling. "I went inside and I didn't know the gate was open. And now Wolfy's gone and I looked everywhere and I can't find him anywhere. And now Muma and Daddy and Letha are gonna be mad."

Letha might be inclined to be upset by the loss, but given that Wolfy had grown from a tiny puppy to a dog nearly the size of a small pony, Acqua and Mat would probably be quietly relieved.

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Aries heaved a sigh. "Well he's a huge doggy, Robin," Aries explained. "He won't be that hard to spot. Why don't I take you to go look for him?"

Nick readied himself to pounce but paused at what Aries said. ~I'm coming too!~

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Robin gave his big brother a shaky smile, though he was still sniffling and on the verge of starting to cry again. "Okay," he agreed.

~Should I get Pas to help?~ Hunter asked.

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"We'll find him," Aries assured Robin. He nodded at Hunter. "Can't hurt. The more eyes the better, aye?"

Nick washed a paw with an air of self righteousness as he commented ~If nothing else, we'll probably be able to smell the mutt from several streets away.~

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"Woofy doesn't smell," Robin told Nick, scowling at the cat. His irritation at the insult to his beloved dog stopped the sniffling at least.

Hunter leapt off the bed and trotted upstairs to get Pas, returning a few minutes later. Pas barely managed to stiffle a yawn as he asked, "Woofy's missing?" The cat affinity hadn't been sleeping well lately, as Wish had begun to finally succumb to old age. The impending loss was constantly on Pas' mind and troubled even his dreams.

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"Aye, and we're going to go find him," Aries said. He gave Pas a concerned look. "You don't have to come though if you're not feeling up to it." The words, 'You don't look so good' went unspoken but they were there in Aries's glance.

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"I'm all right," Pas replied. "And another pair of eyes might help."

~I'll look after him,~ Hunter told Aries privately. While they weren't (yet) bonded, Hunter was protective of Pas.

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"All right then," Aries agreed and he set off with his brothers and their feline companions out into the city.

"A pity I can't really, fully fly yet," Aries sighed with a wistful look. His wings seemed to twitch at the statement. Not by wing or by sign was he yet capable of that feat. "It'd make this so much easier."

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"You'll be able to soon," Pas soothed. "Let's just try and think where Woofy might have gone." Forces how he wished they hadn't let the little twins name their puppy. Woofy was so... babyish.

~The mutt's probably looking for something to eat. Again. He never stops wanting food,~ Hunter remarked.

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"The market?" Aries suggested. Nick ran ahead. "Don't go too far!"

~Oh please~ Nick replied disdainfully and disappeared around a corner. Aries tried not to be too concerned for him.

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"He'll be fine," Pas assured his brother with a smile. "Come on, let's try and keep up?" He knew he didn't have much chance of that, he was too tired to summon the energy to chase after a cat, but the attempt might stop Aries from worrying.

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"All right," Aries agreed and picked up his pace.

After a bit of searching in the general market area, they didn't spot the lost dog. Even Aries was beginning to grow a bit worried by this point, though he did his best not to show it. "Maybe he spotted a stray cat or something else and decided to chase it."

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Pas frowned and touched his beast sign. "I'll see if any of the street cats have seen him. Woofy's hard to miss, after all." He touched his sign and 'called', trying to bring as many cats to him as possible.

Hunter rubbed against Pas' leg and waited. Robin held onto Aries' hand, looking like he might start crying again.