[Sodium_noir] a Company of Wolves

[Alyson Young]

Chester, Nez, Poe, Korben
Bone Gnawer, Uktena, Raven spirit, Bone Gnawer
The Isle of Crabs

> "Ready!" The Elder Garou said with a voice that hinted at tiredness and 
> hope all at once. "But this is your show, the both of you are top dogs 
> here. I'm just along for the ride and to help where I can. Eventually 
> one of you is gonna have to step up to the plate and become pack Alpha, 
> till then its a two man democracy. I go where you say!"

Korben sighs at the mention of pack order.  A pack needs an Alpha... 
being born homid doesn't change the needs of the Wolf, and the Wolf 
needs pack order.  It's not even that the Wolf doesn't like democracy; 
the Wolf can't even grasp the concept.

On the other hand, Korben knows himself.  Ahroun or not, he's not a 
leader, and deep down he doesn't really believe Ahroun should be 
leaders, even though that's the tradition.  Even though that's how the 
Wolf thinks... he can't escape the knowledge of the human either.  If 
he's in charge, it's bad news.

Given only the two of them, that means Nez would be Alpha.  She seemed 
like a take-charge type, so that might work well... but did she want the 
job?  Did she even want to assert a pack order?  Sure, he could force 
the issue by challenging her for the post, and then throwing the 
fight... unless she conceded without a challenge, and then he'd be in 
charge.

Catch-22... nothing to do but wait until Nez made a gesture.  Once she 
asserted herself, he could challenge and lose and make it official, with 
no great loss of face either.  But not until then.

> He holds up a hand already growing a little larger as he effortlessly 
> shifts into Glabro.
> "Forget Rank and priveliege, so long as you don't spit on me and 
> rememebr yer manners consider me a willing follower!" he smiles a canine 
> smile. "And get a hurry on, the Moons coming up!"

Korben shifts as well, choosing the war-form over mere Glabro.  Whatever 
the job at hand, it probably involves breaking stuff, and he's good at 
that.  "Ready," he grunts in Garou.

[last dance with mary jane, one more time to kill the tag]