Recent content by Lorcan Rainclaw

Brows raised in silent admiration as the platinum todd explained the misadventures which had led to his ascension. It was heartening, on the one paw, to see that for all the apparent changes in the Navy since his parents’ generation that quick thinking and skill were rewarded irrespective of...

The unexpected collision at his back was enough to jostle some of Lorcan’s well-piled platters. Swiftly he compensated with a twist of the paw to avoid slopping stew before he could add, no doubt, to tomorrow’s swabbing duties. Worse still he’d be wasting good food: not a drop of fare this...

Still craning his neck to gawk at the spectacle (and discern jest from violence, particularly when it seemed that some…dramatics were unfolding) Lorcan stared in bemusement as he listened to the rest of the party. Daniil seemed more hesitant than Caden or Kinza and Lorcan himself was not...

Trotting alongside Kinza and Alwyn, Lorcan nodded away as he listened. Not speaking out of turn would prove…an interesting challenge more than the labour, he suspected. His mouth had caused enough trouble back home alongside his temper and on a Navy ship that would have far more dire...

One of the first sets of rapid pawsteps descending towards the galley at Till’s call belonged to Lorcan. The big todd had only recently concluded a heavy shift, spending hours up and down gangways taunted by the growing aromas of bubbling pans and simmering pots. Now came the culmination of that...

Lorcan was not as astute in recognising the facial shifts in Caden, nor to think overly much on matters of the family tree. He had, since first arriving, learned that said family tree was more akin to a tangled, overgrown thicket: impenetrably complex and often thorny. Easier, then, to simply...

“I were self-employed, you know,” Lorcan retorted with a defensive grumble under his breath. It was a ‘gates of a stretch considering he had only been contracted when the right ships were in port (and even then, he possessed more dismissals under his belt than long-term projects). Still...

The subtle signs of affection between Caden and Daniil did not catch in the oblivious todd’s awareness. This was commonplace for him, lacking as he did several social graces, but so too was his attention snagged by both the reassurances and explanations he was being given. They might have just...

It would doubtless prove both boon and risk that Lorcan did not seem to possess a fear of death. The storm was intimidating, indeed, but the youthful ignorance of a thrill-seeker and trust in a crew did wonders to assuage any fears of their capabilities. This was but an opportunity to the fox: a...

Snorting at his father’s dramatics (which he, completely and utterly, never inherited a scrap of, thank you very much), Lorcan picked at his claws as he listened. “Mmm, that explains why ma was always in an’ out so much,” he observed. There was much admiration for the Hide, both her history and...

It was welcome balm to his aching ego and tail that the two he had almost collided with were so welcoming. Brightening at once, the large todd readily took their paws and heaved himself back upright with a grunt of effort. “Thanks, mates.” He flashed the jack a grin and gave his paw a squeeze...

His had been a life of sandy beaches and dense jungle. Scaling tree or masts, running up dunes or through scrubland, the large todd was capable and comfortable. This fur even seemed to defy the Kutorokan heat and humidity to which he had grown up so accustomed. Ice was so much more than...

Whatever Lorcan's reflections were on Alwyn's reply, they were dismissed in the instant of somebeast shouting of a beast overboard. His gaze snapped to the railings. Strange: he'd neither seen commotion nor expected crew to be so green as to fall from the deck, least of all so soon after...

By all accounts it was yet another two hours until the shift-change would be called and, having been roused more by crewmates stumbling and scrabbling in the dark than the cry which had spurred it, Lorcan was moved to action by the air of urgency over any awareness of context. Given the apparent...

Though a cynical sneer flashed through his mind at the concept of privilege, Lorcan knew that his cousin had been raised to entirely different standards. He supposed a beast raised with the ideals of serving others would think such a way – or at least on the surface proclaim as such to remain...