Et Stellas: Beyond Different Worlds

Arcus Fei Scriptor (I)

As the canine troops start moving opposite the entrance of the Empire led by the feline, a half grinning wolf, sweat on his face and a hunchbacked back, trot to reach Decimus who's not far behind Aurelius.

"Decimus. Psst-" He hisses as quiet as possible but loud enough to make one of Decimus' ears twitch.

"Psst-" Hisses again.

Decimus grows as he raises his ears, slightly tilting his head to the Jackal. "What do you want Matei" He snorted in irritation.

"Yeah. Yeah, oh I've- I'm having, there is something strange around here" He rumbles, rubbing his paws on each other with his head pointed to the ground as if he would be asking for forgiveness "I can smell it, my nose never lies"

"Why would your nose think that?" The wolfs asks in sarcasm, crossing his arms, rolling his eyes, and shaking his head.

Matei wasn't recognized for his great aim with the bow and arrow, nor his great loyalty to the Solus, but more for his craziness, or whatever he had inside his mind. He would start screaming war calls on a calm afternoon or stand right outside his house wearing a heavy war armour.

But there are a few moments when he actually is calm and relaxed. When he meditates and when he is with Aurelius.

The Jackal raises his head to face him "No! There is something bad! Yesterday I saw that mysterious Bull Terrier wandering around the woods"

Decimus' ears point up. They can't know, he says to himself. He starts filling with desperation and anxiety, he pats his paw on the side of his legs like trying to clean dust from his paws, turns to look at Aurelius who's walking next to Lucius then turns back to glaze at Matei and grabs him by the face with both his paws.

"If you ever-" He scoops clinching his teeth, saliva spitting out from the wholes of his teeth to end up in Matei's face as Matei whines, raising his paws to protect himself.

Decimus pulls Matei closer but he hastily turns to check on Aurelius.

The Samoyed is still walking next to Lucius but seems he noticed the situation. Aurelius was already looking directly at him.

Their eyes meet and Decimus quickly lets Matei go. The Jackal falls butt to the ground and the wolf quickly fixes himself. He can't know, oh he can not know. Is all my planning really going to be ruined because of this freak, he just stares at the Jackal whos on the floor.

"Was thy trip long, Princeps Aurelius?" Lucius says, making Aurelius quickly turn his head forward.

"Pardon?"

Lucius quietly chuckles, "I was just asking about your trip to Arcus Fei Scriptor" he elaborates moving a paw in the air.

The dog smiles, calmly taking both paws to his back "It wasn't that long. I had worse trips"

Lucius lets a small laugh, then quickly recovers himself in his serious-not serious attitude "I've never been in Et Stellas, I read many books about it. I would love to go someday"

"Once this peace treaty is done, I'll make sure you visit all Et Stellas famous places and not too famous places" Aurelius replies.

They both chuckled for a moment, and then they both go back to silence. Yet beyond this, both of the Princeps had a reason to smirk to themselves. A soft smirk of a deep feeling and meaning.

"Well, this is it" Lucius says as he breaks the silence, turning to face Aurelius.

Aurelius takes a quick look at the horizon. A big vast camp, few plumbers the size of a door and trees surrounding the site.