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OOC: Yay! Keno Render! ^^ My turn to post...

Keno felt a slight shift besdie him as Sam swung his harness on. Keno payed no attention to the other teams, all excited and hyped up, around him, his eyes were still fixed on the horizon. Right now, he couldn't give a toss about the other teams, full of young cocky whippersnappers who thought they owned the world. They could boast and yell and gloat all they liked when their teams got a "head start" or seemed to be in the lead. Because ot was when the initial enthusiam began to waver, and it took all their stamina just to keep going, that the race would really begin. The first burst of energy really meant nothing, especially since this was a long endurance-biult race. Keno's speciality. His thoughts were interuppted by a burst of laughter from the leader of one of the teams, when he saw their team. Keno didn't flinch at all, or look angry. But when the leader turned away again he said to Sam-

"Just wait till they start to get tired. We'll wipe the smirks of their faces then, won't we?" He had a compainionship of sorts with Sam, since after all, they were united in their job as wheel dogs. Once again, Keno turned his face towards the horizon, and their destination, far away.

Sam looked at each of the teams in turn, though some look took longer than others as he sized them up. He quickly looked over the all female team, but gave them another lookas his eyes swiped passed Saba and Belle. That team was going to be fast considering the thinner build of the females, but the load of supplies on their sled would be more of a burdern to them than it would to any other team there.
The burley team with all huskies weren't the only over-confident team in sight. The malamute team was standing up very tall as well. And so was a younger team, a mish-mash of dogs just like Sam's team except that these dogs were all very young, barely out of puppyhood. It had to be beginners luck that even got them to this race. He prayed secretely that known of the young ones would get hurt during the long, treacherous trails.
Then, there were the teams that just stood out. One of them was a pack of Samoyeds, and their white, thick fur was almost brighter than the snow. They all seemed very quiet, checking on their compitetion. But none of them spoke a word to each other. They must keept to themselves quite a bit. Next to them, team number 9 stuck out like a sore thumb. Black coats contrasted with the snow and made them look like shadows in the middle of the afternoon. Sam immeditely thought they were very scary looking, but one more glance at the team made him catch a few smiles and a light, bell-like laughter coming from one of their females. Sam looked closely and realized that most of the team was smiling and laughing, like on big family. He wondered if the black fur was all for show, to intimidate the other teams. He couldn't say that the wolf-hybrid team was all for show, though. The scowls on their faces and hard look in their eyes immeditaely shouted 'All or nothing.' And Sam had a feeling they would do anythin got first place.

Sam shot a glare at the laughing dog. Then, he noticed that he was not only the lead dog, but the lead dog of the pure-bred husky team. Sam scoffed at the husky. Did he really think that his breed for team was good enough to beat this team? This team of dogs whos only dream is to run? And who's greatest possesion was speed and strength? Well, maybe that last part was a lie, but they were still good!

Sam grinned slyly at Keno, agreeing with him. He even let out a small, dark chuckle. He knew that Kena would know that Sam was agreeing. They had a sort of mental connection after being together at the back of the sled for so long. The only reason that the two got along so well was that Sam hardly said anything was on of the only ones on his team that didn't complain about Keno's nagging. He guessed that his almost constent silence had somehow gotten Sam into a soft spot of the older dogs heart. Sam knew that that soft spot would come in handy someday.

OOC: We've arrived at the race starting line, but you really should read the previous posts.

The musher was making the final adjustments to the sled, tightening and loosening harnesses where required. He ran a thorough inspection of everything and checked that the number painted would not rub or flake off. The second-last team to arrive to Saba appeared to be the most dangerous competition; apart from their team, of course. They were an equal mix of Greenland Dog, Canadian Eskimo Dog, Siberian Husky and Alaskan Malamute. As Saba got a better look at them, and could hear what they were saying... they were all siblings! With the father in the lead!

Saba could picture her family as a sled team--- Balto in the lead, Dingo and herself on the swing, Allira and Kodi as team dogs and Aleu and Rogue at the wheel. But she opened her eyes and saw her real family. Lucifer, Alpine, PitchBlack, SnowBelle, Samson, Keno and the musher of course. She smiled at that thought. While her blood family would always be dear to her, these guys had been through more with her and today would be the start of something amazing. The musher tightened Saba's harness and she was glad for it, she had almost tripped because it was too loose in the last training.

The musher stepped onto the back of the sled. The race was about to start. Saba breathed deeply. They were travelling across a whole country! Saba readied herself in running position, though she knew not to run too fast to start off with and to conserve her energy, but keep reasonable pace with the other teams.

The gunshot was fired. As predicted, the cocky team of huskies and a few of the other teams shot off like a rocket. The huskies looked back at the teams behind them and laughed arrogantly. Tehy obviously didn't realise that this race would take weeks, maybe even months to complete.

i would like to join but is there any room for creatable characters

Sorry, we're no longer accepting, however, there will be many more character spaces open when they arrive at Nome.

Name: Dingo
Gender: Male
Age: 2 years and 3 months
Breed: Husky/wolf
Appearance: http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j209/ ... UPLOAD.jpg
Personality: Dingo is fun loving, and lvoes to run. But he adly didnt make the sled team, whicih was his dream, and is very jealius of his brother, Kodi. ANd his sister, Saba
History: Dingo's father is Balto, and his mother is Jenna. He grew up not knowing he was part wolf, nd he still doesnt know that.
Other: Dingo loves to play, stil acts liek a pup.
Preferred Position: He wiahes he could be on the sled team, he doesnt care where.

Why is everybody joining now? This RP was started a while ago, so please don't post your bios now. Later on, there will be space for more characters, but not yet! So please, wait until I post saying that more people can join. Anyone planning on joining might also want to read the rules and plot, okay?

So please don't ask to join now!!!

Oh.. sorry... I tought you were still aceepting...