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Osiris left The Nameless Mountain early in the morning with one goal—to find @Leta an engagement stone. He hadn't found anything that struck him as perfect yet, but he was determined to find something sooner than later. She could go into heat at any moment, which only upped the antsy; he wanted to be more than boyfriend and girlfriend before they included children in the picture. 

Stone Mountain was a reasonable jaunt from his home. It took him a few hours and—thankfully—it was only late morning when he arrived. They were still a few hours without the summer's sweltering heat, and he would take advantage of whatever time he could get. 

He picked around the mountain's base, seeking any granite deposits that he could find. Osiris knew—based on his findings in his stone hoard—that he could find some beautiful deposits inside of them. He poked around, his head bowed low to the ground, as he picked through the rocking terrain.

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 While Stoker was of sound mind and body - it was a body he was wholly unused to. He would blame unfamiliarity with a lower center of gravity for his current predicament. 

 That was him stuck on a ledge he could not seem to pull himself from. Stoker paced from one length of the narrow ridge to the other, staring down and insighting a woozy wave of vertigo. 

 He cleared his throat. “SOME ASSISTANCE WOULD BE MOST APPRECIATED.”

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“SOME ASSISTANCE WOULD BE MOST APPRECIATED,” said an unrecognizable voice.

Osiris was caught off-guard by the yelling. When he looked towards the noise, he saw Stoker teetering on a ledge overhead. He didn’t know why the other wolf needed help—as backing up was a quick and easy solution—but he was curious to see how the other wolf would get himself out of his predicament. He watched, making no effort to lend a paw.

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You can decide if he lands on or next to Osiris :'D

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 When the surrounding rocks and boulders remained steadfastly silent and maddeningly unhelpful, Stoker rolled his eyes, muttering to himself. “I see, so you can turn me into a furry, four-legged creature but you can't help a fellow who's scared of heights....”

 He did not notice the way down, an easy picking trail, particularly for someone of sound balance. But he was far too preoccupied with his own anxiety and decided to leap into a quick solution, jumping down from the ledge.

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One minute Stoker was on the ledge—the next he had fallen to the ground. Osiris had backpedaled just in time to avoid the impact, and he continued to distance himself as the dust settled. His neck hair spiked once he saw the stranger's silhouette and a growl reverberated in the back of his throat. Whoever this was—and frankly he didn't want to familiarize himself with them—was a threat to him and his pack. He would do what he had to to make sure they stayed far away from Empyrean; Stone Mountain was even too close for comfort.

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 “Oh, bother. Are you the growling kind and not the talking kind? That's unfortunate for me.”

 With that Stoker got up slowly, not bothering to shake the dust from his fur. Ears flat and tail naturally tucked, he began to shuffle away. “Good poochie.”

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"Good poochie," was the straw that broke the camel's back. Although Osiris didn't know what a "poochie" was, there was something about the word that came across as derogative to him. 

He charged immediately—churning the earth under his paws with his claws—with his fangs bore and fire in his gemstone eyes. He ran as fast as possible, hoping to gain ground on the strange and unwelcome man. Osiris chased Stoker until his form disappeared along the borders of Ichorwood. He watched the wolf disappear and lingered for a while to make sure he was gone. Once he felt that he was truly alone, Osiris returned to where he'd been looking for Leta's stone and resumed his search.

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