Welcome to Canis Major

a wolf and animal rpg (role-playing game)

Canis is a writing community for play-by-post (forum-based), freeform roleplay set in a fictional dream world in the intrusion fantasy genre. Most characters on Canis are wolves; many play elements are focused around wolves and canids, but the world makes room for a large variety of other animal characters such as dogs, horses, cats, bears, deer, and many, many more.

Our community is focused on flexibility, creativity, and collaboration. That boils down to a few important features:

  • There is no set activity requirement to write
  • The setting and plot are member-created and staff-supported
  • The game is continuously improved to increase fun and decrease stress

Learn more in our Rulebook!

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Every breath I breathe


Morning
#1
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Ecologist
Discovery
01-29-2022, 10:24 PM (This post was last modified: 04-02-2022, 06:27 PM by Atreyu. Edited 3 times in total.)
It had been a hot minute since he had been in the garden where he would meet Izumi from time to time... but he wanted to see the world beyond the dying and decaying leaves that were left behind in the gardens and see what else these new lands brought. So he wandered a little further, day by day and would come back to see if @Izumi had popped by to visit. With every day that went on without her coming by, he assumed she was busy or had found someone else to occupy her time with than the creepy boy who came from the skies.

He didn't go far, however. Still wanted to see Izumi again at least a couple of times and if he had to say goodbye well... then he would do so without just vanishing. At least within the warmer mountains (as warm as winter could get further south), there was some more food for him to eat without needing to hunt the local fauna. Some wintery fruits were around to nibble on, herbs and mushrooms of course. Every now and then he would eat some leftovers from a hunt someone else left to keep with his own musculature no matter how small it may be. He was a lean fellow after all, and didn't mind it since he avoided fights.

From here Atreyu could see the frosted top of a nearby mountain looming in the distance. His breath still faded white as he dug just near a tree to follow the scent of something scrumptious. Ears drawn forward, he wondered if he could find more than just one so he could show Izumi the little rare treasure.

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#2
03-27-2022, 03:23 AM
And despite everything against it—

Everything remained the same.

Unchanged, and unending.

Relentless.

Absence didn’t make the heart grow fonder, and forward he stomped. Heavy-footed, with broad, curling shoulders. Brooding and defensive.

“Outta the way, shit-stain.” He grouched, moving to bodily shove past the red-furred, stupidly-fucking-fluffy dumbass digging in the dirt.

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#3
Ecologist
Discovery
03-27-2022, 04:03 AM (This post was last modified: 04-02-2022, 06:27 PM by Atreyu. Edited 1 time in total.)
So focused was he on the rare scent that he doesn't often come by that Atreyu didn't notice the grumpy young man stomp his way over close enough to bump shoulders with him. “Ah! - Oh - sorry!” Even if the other man was completely in the wrong for obviously going out of his way to bulldoze through Atreyu, the overly friendly lad showed little resistance in being pushed over and nervously apologized.

“Umm!” Stepping toward where the man was thundering off to. Atreyu, being awkward and perhaps wanting to see if he could lift the man's mood called out to him softly. Slowly following in his footsteps a little ways back. “Have you ever tried truffles?” Maybe the guy just needed a friend?

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#4
Content Warning
03-27-2022, 05:29 AM (This post was last modified: 03-27-2022, 05:30 AM by Daighre. Edited 1 time in total.)
Content Warning
This post contains content that may be unsettling to some readers, including:
  • Strong language
And like a fucking flower, Shit-stain wilted. Busying himself out of his way and apologizing.

He growled, at his vicinity.

Flashed his teeth as he passed and growled, low, in his throat.

Ignoring the way he could hear him seemingly hurrying to toddle after him, until—

‘Have you ever tried truffles?’

What the fuck were truffles?

He paused.

Shook his head, before continuing on.

Grunting a vague ‘no’ over his shoulder.

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#5
Ecologist
Discovery
04-02-2022, 06:34 PM
Obviously the other guy was grumpy about something. Atreyu knew it couldn't be something personal because they had never met before! So perhaps he could lift the man's mood with some positivity. “Do you... wanna try some? I just found at least one, all I gotta do is dig it up.” He said with a sway of his tail, trailing just behind the other man a few steps away.

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#6
04-03-2022, 12:07 AM (This post was last modified: 04-03-2022, 12:08 AM by Daighre. Edited 1 time in total.)
He paused.

His curiosity piqued.

“Are they poisoned?” He asked, his back still turned.

Because why the fuck else would Shit-stain be so determined to ‘share’ them with unsuspecting strangers?

Little shit was probably fucking planning something.

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#7
Ecologist
04-10-2022, 05:05 PM
“Not at all!” He'd chime in without missing a beat. How silly, why would Atreyu ever want to poison of all things, the precious little treasures like truffles? “If you'll give me a moment, I can dig them up and have half. Does that make you more comfortable?” The young man smiled. Perhaps he was being a little silly to think he should try to befriend someone who was clearly not having any of it. Yet he was adamant of trying to break through this hard outer shell he was shown.

“They're such a rare find I would love to share them with someone.” His tail swayed happily with that same smile still across his face. He thought of @Izumi and how he would have loved to share them with her as well - perhaps another day when he saw her again.

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#8
04-10-2022, 09:45 PM (This post was last modified: 04-10-2022, 09:50 PM by Daighre. Edited 2 times in total.)
‘They're such a rare find I would love to share them with someone.’

“Uh huh.” He grunted. His expression flat as he let fucking Shit-stain do whatever the fuck he said he would do, following just behind.

Yeah, sure, whatever, they were a rare find, love was involved, and there was a beam of pure unfettered sunshine coming out his ass and every other fucking orifice Shit-stain had.

Spare him the emotional fucking bullshit.

They were just truffles.

A shitty fucking food that came from the fucking ground.

Seriously, where was the thrill? The hunt? The adrenaline and exhilaration that come from hunting a moose, packmates surrounding and watching as he delivered the killing blow? The feeling of moose’s nostrils and mouth in his muzzle, suffocating?

There wasn’t any.

He huffed.

Sat.

Smacked his lips, once, twice.

His ears cocked.

The sound of the wind, the grass, the fucking noise of Shit-stain hollowing out the very earth itself.

Zoning out.

And coming back to the view of Shit-stain’s ass wiggling about in the dirt, stupid and as fucking feathered as could be.

His ears rolled back against his head.

“You eat any old shit you dig up from the dirt often, Shit-stain?” He leered.

Would probably fucking explain why he acted like that.

Mom probably fed him a fucking mushroom when he was nursing or some other fucked up shit.

They were better than that.

His mom would never let him go traipsing about eating shit off the ground, if the old hag had ever actually paid any fucking attention on him when he was a puppy instead of only on the old man and pack bullshit.

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#9
Ecologist
04-16-2022, 02:45 AM
He wasn’t about to let this guy go. Not any time soon not when he was on the cusp of being intrigued about this little experience he was being offered.

The man sat, reluctantly so but it was enough of an invitation for Atreyu to turn and continue to dig out his little treasures and waste little of the man’s time before it ran out and he’d wander away again. It would be such a shame to miss out on an opportunity like this!

“Of course not! It’s not poop, its a mushroom~” He sang with his paws busy carefully trying to feel around in the dirt and scrape away extra to reveal the little round black-ish thing.

The scent was enough to prove it. “Got it!” With his price he’d return to the blonde’s side and smile with the mushroom clenched gingerly in the gentle maw of his. Tail wiggling with an excited two-paw step dance happening with pure excitement radiating off of him.

“Here, we’ll share.” After all the other guy was concerned about it being toxic so Atreyu went and chomped half. Savoured his bit before swallowing and nudged it over to his snack buddy.

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#10
04-16-2022, 04:13 AM
“Uh huh.” He grunted, yet again, as Shit-stain wiggled and danced about.

Watching, as he emerged from what might as well have been the fucking center of the earth with how fucking long he took, with a single brown, dirty, crumbling clump.

And he was actually pretty fucking amazed at how well Shit-stain was holding up his end of the fucking bargain. Which was, taking half of it in his mouth with zero hesitation or fear and not only fucking chewing it but also seemingly fucking swallowing the thing.

If it was literal, actual fucking shit, buried and dug up from the earth, Shit-stain had some fucking acting chops, with the way he seemingly savoured the fucking brown clump. And if it wasn’t, well, he’d do his best to treat the entire scenario like it was actually the former happening.

Shit-stain passed him his half, and because he wasn’t a fucking coward—

He ate it.

Chewing it, clumsily, between his jaws. Bits and pieces dropping loose from his mouth because of the highs and lows of, y’know, having a mouth not fucking built to eat the fucking shit. Throwing his head backwards to try and actually chew the fucking shit with his fucking molars instead of having it get all over him and his fucking chest and feet, and—

It tasted, admittedly, good.

Tasted, the way a forest smelled, the way a forest looked.

But he wasn’t about to let Shit-stain fucking know that, so—

“Tastes fucking terrible.” He grunted. Making a show of chewing with his front teeth, canines and incisors and pre-molars as more crumbled and fell out on the ground than what was swallowed.

“See you the fuck around, Shit-stain.” He sneered. Already standing up and hip-checking the loser.

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