This is a private RP between AstoriaFallen's Astraea and ABVirus's Obelus. Please do not post without invitation.
AstoriaFallens Teepee |x| ABVirus Teepee
AstoriaFallens Teepee |x| ABVirus Teepee
The trip had started as a casual trip to gather herbs and find new growth. The wet earth made it easier to find bulbs and seeds, and cleanly pull out fresh growth for replanting. Mushrooms, as well were plentiful, the scattered rains of early spring calling the caps from their hiding places. She had run out of her spring herbs a good while ago. and was looking forward to the new spring. As the warmer weather and rains were ideal for most of her favorite scented herbs and plants, returning anew from their sleep. Winter was a difficult season for the blind mare- who relied upon the scent of plants to orient herself. The sterile landscape of winter even bleaker for the mare, unable to see the beauty of snow and the clear winter skies.
The storm had come suddenly- the pleasant light rain quickly turning to a heavy downpour with the distant rumble of thunder coming off the horizon. The energy of the land starting to take on a foreboding heavy notes of a large storm. The scent on the heavy wet air was that of a large storm thunder meant lightning, and fire. She heard (or imagined) the sound of crackling fire. The fear of fire was an early terror instilled at the memory of the heat of great flames that claimed an home. The skittish young mare dropping her half full basket and fleeing.
She tore through the leafless underbrush at a full gallop. Fleeing the sound of cracks of lighting and thunder behind her. Her blind eyes remaining open, their milky gaze fixed forward as her soaked florescent mane whipped along her neck. Breath coming out in great clouds on the lingering cold of winter. Gusts and unpredictable cross breezes heralding the strong headwinds that were to come.
Tree roots were everywhere, causing the mare to trip up and fall, only to be up again in moments, blind terror driving her forward until the accrued bruises made full gallop too painful. Slowed by the soothing sound of quick running water, serving to replace the crackle of imaginary flames. At this point- she stopped and flared her nostrils while exhaling a warm breath into the cold air of of the changing seasons. Smelling familiar shoreline plants, wet dirt and the dust free fresh air of the storm. Finding a maple tree by it's bitter scent, finding temporary shelter within the grove of trees. Taking comfort in the odor of the maples' crushed twigs, pressing her nose into a pile of sticks, their strong scents overcoming the chaos about her.
...This way, she stayed, slowing shakes and heavy breathing, returning again with each new crack of lightning and the approaching rumble of the storm. The blind mare was lost. Terror amplified through the groans, cracking and scream of the trees and destruction and death of her beloved plants in the growing winds. the larger world about her turning to swirling scents of chaos as the headwinds began to hit.
This is a backset RP from before Obelus was a walker or Astrea lost her memory. It is intended as a set up for a future RP post these character changing events.
setting:
RP is set in a heavy storm in early spring- For now it's uncomfortable,although there is a foreboding heavy feeling of the quick moving storm on the horizon. but safe to be without cover- but as wind speeds grow- and risk of downed trees and flooding increases, high ground and shelter will have to be found soon.
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this is early stages of the first severe storm of the season-
AstoriaFallen
And so it begins...