Night Hideout

[Osterreich]

Ivan drummed his claws against the wood, still leaning over the edge pretty far to look at Skylar. "So.. .you know your way around this place well then, da?" He asked

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Skylar shrugged a bit. "Kind of."

[Osterreich]

"Hm..." Ivan pondered this for a moment longer before he sat back again. He stood and walked to the edge of the shelf, looking down to the box he used to get up on the lower shelves. It was a much fartehr drop now, but he was sure he would be fine. No diffrent than jumping in snow. He laughed quietly at the thought and took a step back before jumping down with a cry of something so be distinguished like 'vodka' before landing with a tumble on the box, falling off it's edge and onto the wood floor. Ivan sat up and shook his head with a cough. "Ow..." He muttered under his breath, placing a pawe over the left of his chest where pain easily built. Though it was only for a moment beforeh e stood and looked back to Skylar. "Well, I'm going to look around." He said

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Skylar giggled and climbed down. "I'm gonna come. I'm bored."

[Osterreich]

Ivan nodded and laughed a bit, "Sure, you know this place better than I." He said, before turning round and setting off to explore the curious two-leg built building. "I wonder why they built this place. What's the point of it?" He wondered aloud. He didn't see any point to this hollow termite-wood-eaten structure, really...

[x [Shakes] x]

Skylar shrugged a bit and looked around, "It is kinda weird, huh.."

[Osterreich]

Ivan nodded in agreement, "Da." He complied, looking around as he walked. "Though I suppose it has uses..." He started, looking around a carboard box that fell over on the floor, the open top now laying on the side. Curious, he walked inside it, stil ltalking as he did so, voice a bit muffled by the box around him. "I'd love to have something like this back in my home- to hide from the snow and actually be warm. It'd be nice." He said, stepping back into the open backwards, now covered in a fine layer of dust. He sneezed and shook out his fur.

[x [Shakes] x]

SkSkylar laughed a bit and nodded.

[Osterreich]

Ivan nodded and managed before another sneeze, "Da. And maybe Anastasia could of hid there-" He said just before another sneeze, doubling him over. He blinked and sniffed, standing back straight and laughing a bit. He got sick often, so he was used to sneezes, though these were caused by dust

[x [Shakes] x]

SkSkylar giggled. "Who?"

[Osterreich]

(lol random question: Do you know the legend of Anastasia? I learned about it in class today, and thought it was cool, so wanted to use it with Ivan since it was Russia related. I already planned on him having had something like this happen, I just didn't have a name for the girl, so I went with Anastastia cause of that lesson lol)

Ivan looked back at Skylar and thought for a moment, "Ah... Anastasia was a girl, much younger than I, though not a pup." He said, smiling a bit. "She would always be drawing these pictures in the snow- or on rock with her claws. She drew pretty things, like sunflowers. Sometimes even I, with sunflowers- where it's warm." He sighed happily at the thought. "She was a nice girl... with pale blonde fur and light purple eyes." He said with a nod

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((Uhh, no. Never heard of it. lol Tell?))

Skylar nodded. "Ah."

[Osterreich]

(lol kay, um... this might take a second to explain, I have to start from the beggining. Ok, before russia was the Soviet Union it was controled by the Czar Nicholas II (pronounced Zar, though in out language we'd say Ceasar). He wasn't the best ruler out there, to say the least. He was weak, and he was loosing World War I for the Russians pretty badly. Eventually all the food shortages and bad living caused revolts. and the rise of one strong political power- the bolshevicks, lef by a man names Lenin. Lenin gathered power of people, promising food, peace, land, and jobs to the people. He grew in power, and soon the Czar willingly stepped down from the throne and was imprissioned with his family in Siberia. Though it wasn't over, for Lenin stil ldidn'th ave control of the government, and many people still where against Lenin. lenin wasn't Russia to become a communist country, so anti-communists opposed his power. This caused there to be two armies, the White anti comunist army, and the Red Soviets. In the end, the Soviets won. Now Lenin was in power, but he feared the Czar may come back. So, he sent a man to their prision in Siberia. Basically he just walked in- and shot them all. This was all before Stalin came into power, a dictotor worse than Hitler (Stalin killed around 15 million people, and they're still finding dead bodies in Russia to this day from his rule- which ended in the early 1990's)
Anyway, according to legend, Anastasia was one of the Czar's daughters. And supposidly she escaped the exicution and ran away- surviving in Siberia and living on. They suggest this for her body wasn't found, I believe, but it hasn't been proven, it's just a legend.
That's about it, really... It's pretty basic. Though Stalin still pisses me off though. He killed a lot of people man... and I thought Hitler was bad! Hitler who killed millions of Jews and created Nazi Germany, thus starting Worl War two, wasn't as bad as Stalin. Stalin killed 5 to 10 million people just by starving them to death, not includding all the exicutions and crap! That's a lot of people!... Dam8...
Anyway! there you are.
Heh, that reminds me, in class today earnnig about that, one kid (who is from russia) randomly said, "yup, stalin wasi n our classroom today...' and I went: "dude, if Stalin was in our classroom he would have taken out the whole front row with a large calibur weapon!" lol XD)

Ivan nodded and shrugged a bit, still smilnig as he thought of the happier times in his past. "Da... she was sweet." He looked back to her, and again grew that sort of eerie gaze and grin of a cold arua and said, "Till that bastard went and killed her and her family." He said. He stood still for a moment, just watching Skylar before he broke out laughing, "But I got that bastard back for doing it! He put up a horrible fight... sat around for hours holding the artery of his arm and shoulder in his teeth to try not to bleed to death after I got through with him." He grinned a sharp-toothed smile. "He failed."

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((Mhh, I can't read all of that now.. sorry, I'll read it later, mmk?))

Skylar blinked and nodded a bit. "Ah.. ok then.."

[Osterreich]

Ivan snickered, same odd grin on his face, "Do my words bother you?" He mused for a moment. He turned and shrugged, continuing to walk forward as he said, "Hn, he had it coming anyway. no need to feel sorry for him..." He trailed