Viper

Traveling Wolf - rescued from fodder and now under new ownership!

Rules:
PLEASE DO NOT CHASE. Viper needs his traveling log intact and I'm 99% sure chasing him would wipe it. If you need him gone just give him back to me please, I'm on every day
Please make sure to pass Viper along to others! If you keep him more than 2 irl weeks I'll have to recall him back
Don't change his name or personality please. His laziness is an important part of his character
Please create lore for him. It doesn't have to be anything fancy, even just a couple sentences will do
Don't neglect him please. I will bring him back if he gets too hungry/bored and is in danger of running away
Feel free to decorate him! Just don't remove decor others have put on him
Put underscore (__) line breaks in between the logs. I've provided an example for easy copy and paste
When logging please hyperlink your username and ID so we can easily check out what stops he's been to
Breeding and pairbonding is allowed
Don't set him as a pack leader or breeding male though, as those are rather permanent positions and I would like him back thank you

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Traveling Log (use example to copy and paste below the line)

Username & ID:
Incoming Date:
Incoming Stats:
Outgoing Date:
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Outgoing Role:
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Story:
Spoiler
Lore goes here.

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Username & ID: Forest Storm #139508
Incoming Date: Original Home Pack
Incoming Stats: N/A
Outgoing Date: June 4th, 2024
Outgoing Stats: 415
Outgoing Role: No Role
Added Decor: None
Story:
Spoiler Viper didn't understand why he had to do anything. Everybody else would just do it for him. Viper came into the NightBlack Pack through a Peace Trade. His old pack and the NightBlack Pack had been fighting a they would have killed each other if they didn't offer a trade. Now, Viper was stuck in this meager pack. Everybody wanted him to do something, but Viper didn't see the reason. If he got too thin or too annoyingly bored, somebody would take pity and take care of him. This was the life that Viper really wanted. Going to his secret spot everyday and lazing about in the sun, avoiding all the training and patrols, was the only life he needed.

Viper entered the Pack camp to come back for SunDown Prey. He skipped SunBright Prey, so he was hungry. Alpha Nightmare barred his entrance.

"Where do you think you are going, exactly?" Alpha demanded.
Viper sighed, "To the SunDown Prey pile, duh..."

Beta had trotted up behind Alpha and helped with the interrogation. "Did you catch any of that prey, Young Viper?" inquired Beta Dusk.

"Well, no...but I can't starve, right?" Viper laughed off the question. Usually this would allow him to the Prey Pile.

"Viper, you are no longer a pup. You are aging up tomorrow and you have nothing of value to bring to this pack come adulthood. You can no longer freeload," Alpha chastised.

"Yes, the freeloading, the stealing of resources, needs to stop," stressed Beta.

Viper rolled his eyes. When had this come on? He had been doing the same thing for almost a half a year now and nobody had made a fuss before.

Smoke, one of the Senior Hunters came over. "I think, and I know that Alpha will need some time to think this over, but I think that we should temporarily banish Viper. He needs to learn why wolves form packs."

Viper's eyes widened. They wouldn't! These wolves were too softhearted. Alpha Nightmare would never!

Alpha seemed to think over this proposition for a while, but then hardened her gaze. "Yes, I think this is the correct course of action. Tomorrow morning, you are banished from this pack until you are 3 years of age. Once you turn 3, you may return, but before then, if we see you, we will treat you as an enemy intruder. Live by yourself, find another pack, or never come back, I don't care, but please, Young Viper, learn the importance of community and hard work."

All three of the older wolves turned away and left, leaving Viper to think over what had just happened

He thought that this NightBlack Pack was full of a bunch of mouse-fluff-eaters, but, apparently, it isn't.

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Username & ID: Khanivore04 #117204
Incoming Date: 06/04/24
Incoming Stats: 415
Outgoing Date: 6/19/24
Outgoing Stats: 433
Outgoing Role: Pupsitter
Added Decor: Lunar Orb Ring Anklet
Story:
Spoiler
Viper felt himself getting even more tired as he walked along, until he stumbled upon a rotting woodpecker carcass.

"Oh, finally! Some food!" Viper exclaimed. He went over to the carcass and sniffed it. It smell putrid and there might have been a maggot or two. However, Viper didn't care. He hadn't eaten in days and this was the first meal since leaving his home pack. When he was done he rested on a nearby moss patch to get some sleep.

When Viper woke up, the trees swirled around him and he felt a lump in his throat. Viper whined, there was absolutely nobody that could help him in the woods. That's when some brightly colored fur pushed her way through the bushes sniffing around.

"Ah! I found another wolf! 379 come here!!" The other pup came behind the lightly colorful pup.

"0402, we're not supposed to wander far from the pack. What if something happens?" The other pup was the total opposite. Instead of white covered spots, he had black spots covering his colorful fur.

Viper was in shock. Not only had he never seen such colorful pups, but they had numbers for names? What kind of name is 0402? "Please, I feel sick." Viper muttered as best as he could. The pups looked at each other and disappeared through the bushes they came from. Viper cried, these pups left him here to die. They didn't even bother to help him. Viper felt his eyelids grow heavy. He tried to fight it until sleep completely took him over.

When Viper woke up he was surrounded by completely colorful wolves. They were all different hues of green, blue, purple, and pink. Never in his life had he seen wolves like this. One wolf pressed through the crowd until she reached him. Surprisingly, it was a normal gray wolf with a black muzzle and black spots.

"A couple of our pups found you and came back here to report it. We came and brought you to our pack. Our herbalist said you had gotten sick from eating rotten food, but you should get better in time. I am Khani, the leader of Galaxy's edge." The wolf looked around gently and motioned for the pack to give the new wolf some more space.

"I thought they left me to die. Thank heavens you guys found me. I hadn't eaten in days and came across a rotting carcass. My name is Viper, I'm from the NightBlack pack." Viper winced for a moment. He was from the NightBlack pack, but they had kicked him out for being lazy. He had no idea if he ever going to go back or if he would find a new pack.

"Well welcome, Viper. You are welcome to stay with us for the time being. However, we are on our journey find a new home, closer to the stars." Khani motioned up to the sky. "All of us, are connected to the stars. Our Oracle has a naming ritual, in which every single wolf in this pack is connected to a celestial body. I have not found my connection yet. It occurs at different times for each pack member, some are born with a connection, others are earned." Khani explained. It explained the funky names the two little pups had.

For the rest of the night, Viper was cared for by the Herbalist. The two little pups came to bother him and ask about where he was from. The next day, the Galaxy's Edge pack began to pack up their camp and prepare to move. Before leaving, they offered Viper some food and herbs to keep him healthy on his journey. The pup named 0402 gave Viper a small anklet."

"It's for your journey, and may the stars watch over you," the little pup said before turning away. Viper smiled and thanked the pup. He was off to continue his journey.

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Username & ID: Pikabolt #133374
Incoming Date: 6/20/24
Incoming Stats: 433
Outgoing Date: 6/27/24
Outgoing Stats: 443
Outgoing Role: None
Added Decor: Berry Necklace [Blue] and Forget Me Not Bracelets
Story:
Spoiler
When Viper first stumbled over the Garden of the Gods, he was terrified. First of all, there was the impossible grove growing out of the ground in between two giant glaciers way beyond the treeline. And second, who wouldn't be terrified in the face of a literal god walking the earth? The God of Groves, on the other hand, quickly proved to be different, caring passionately for the wolves under his care. Wolves that now included Viper.

Not wanting to be kicked out of his new paradise, Viper decided on taking up the easiest job: pupsitting. And the pup he got assigned was glorious. Blueberry was a puppy after his own heart - why waste energy running around in the dirt when one could take long naps instead? Blueberry even clumsily went through the effort of making Viper a blueberry necklace so he could be a blueberry too, something the older wolf wore with pride. Viper and his charge became a common sight to see snoozing in patches of sunlight, cuddling adorably together.

That is, until an outbreak of pox infected both puppy and pupsitter. Viper could only watch in horror as Nimbus diagnosed the little one, both knowing the death sentence that had been handed down from above. That day, Blueberry was passed around from wolf to wolf, cuddled and fed treats and basically pampered for his last day of life, before being handed back to Viper who insisted on sleeping with the puppy one last time.

That night, Blueberry stopped breathing. And something in Viper's heart broke.