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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2020 12:20 pm
 It was a warm afternoon for the Reins. The birds flow over head singing happy songs and heading for their hidden nests in the buildings left behind by the Others. Deep in the Rein a sprout grows that might died only days ago. But thanks to a crazy adventure and a little help form two nouls is now growing very well. Dryxel and Twix had decided to go and check on the sprout today. "So where is this little plant?" Twix skipped happily ahead of Dryxel. They had been playing 20 questions all morning since Dryxel mentioned check on the sprout. "Deep in the Reins we should be there when the sun reaches the middle of the sky." He explained for the millionth time. Thank the Grandfather Tree Dryxel had learned patients early form raising his sister. "So do you know what is the plant is?" Twix had asked this question many time but Dryxel did not mid and simple answered. "No Twix it is only a sprout." "Well what do you want it to be?" Dryxel had imagined a couple of times on what the sprout could be but he really had no idea one way or another. "What if its a flower those are nice. Or maybe its a tree...Yes a fruit tree." Twix joyfully skipped along through out guesses not really waiting for an answer form Dryxel. It was cute really, which made Dryxel smile. He had been smiling a lot more lately. This foal was really making it hard for Dryxel to keep his emotion on lock. wc:261
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 11:35 am
 This was all very new for Tempest. She wasn’t entirely sure how she was to go about her day with a living shadow hot on her heels. Glancing over her shoulder, the small brown noul foal was still picking her way over rubble, trying to keep up with Tempest. She sighed and paused for a moment, it was too hard to just stand around and wait, so she doubled back and nudged the foal over the hardest parts and nudged her again for good measure. She’ll have to learn to keep up, Tempest thought to herself. This isn’t a place to get lost or left behind in.
They where in the Ruins of Erli today. It was a nice enough day at least to go plonking about in the place built by Others. But it was slow going with a shadow who wanted to look at everything. I guess it was all new, Tempest did find her in the barrens just outside Homewood. I feel too young for this kind of responsibility, Tempest thought but made sure not to mutter out loud. She wasn’t sure how the foal would react to that thought.
“Come on now. We can’t stop and look at everything.”
The foal just looked at her and tilted her head. Tempest sighed and just kept walking on. Surely the foal would just keep following, she hadn’t stopped since the barrens why stop now. Little feet on concrete sounded right behind her and Tempest nodded, thought so. Tempest’s ears swung forward as she heard something up ahead. She moved to a trot and head towards the sound, pausing at a corner to peer around. She didn’t take into account that the foal would follow but not stop as she flew past and right out into the open.
“Hey! Wait!” Tempest shouted suddenly, but it was too late. She trotted over to block the foal from whoever was talking and saw that it was a buck and another foal. “Oh!” she said in surprise. “Ummm, hello there!”WC: 338
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 1:21 pm
 Dryxel stopped in his tracks a young brown foal come bursting from around a corner and loud shout follow after. "Well at less the foal is not alone." He thinks to himself after all had just found Twix himself. Hot on the heals of the foal comes a beautiful lilac zebra roan doe. "WOW." his muse says as he spots the doe for the first time. Wow was right but that was not the type of thing he would say out load. Dryxel was surprised to see another noul out this far but not as surprised as he might have been. "After all you did just have a hunt with a big group pretty recently." he though to himself. ]"Hello nice to see such and well cared for foal." He said as he watch the doe stand next to the foal. Twix had taken his protected place right behind Dryxel. "Good boy." Dryxel thought with pride of the foal learning so fast where it was safest to be. "My name is Dryxel and this is Twix." He introduced them with a node of respect to the doe and her foal. "What brings you this far out in the Reins?" He asked more out of kind curiosity then nosiness. Twix had decide that since his Papa was talking to the doe and foal it was now safe so he had poked slightly out form behind Dryxel and ginned happy at the two strangers as he waited to see where they might be going. wc:252
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 1:53 pm
Tempest walked over to the buck, who seemed just as loudly marked as herself. She hadn’t seen many with striping like theirs. He was quite handsome, she thought to herself. Smiling, she walked closer to the buck and his foal, her own following right behind once more. He introduced himself as Dryxel and the foal as Twix. Very adorable, she mused. Maybe their trip out here will be fun, seeing as they both had foals in tow, the two could play. Would be ideal for Cordelia as who knows how long she was alone.
“Ah, I’m Tempest and this is...Cordelia, Cordy for short. Found her a few days ago in the barrens on my way back from the Grandfather Tree.” Tempest laughed at the memory.
Cordy walked around Tempest to look at Twix closer, she tilted her head as she looked him and then looked quietly up at Tempest. She was busy talking to the other adult noul so she looked back at Twix and blinked.
“I thought we come out here and explore a bit. Maybe practice using my new ability while I’m at it. Plus it’s not nearly as dry and hot here which is a nice change from the barrens. I’ve been out there too much. What are you two up to here?” Tempest tilted her head and smiled. WC: 223 Total: 561
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 2:57 pm
 Dryxel's muse grinned and winked as the beautiful doe cycled him checking him out. "She must be think the same thing as me. Not many nouls look like use." He continued to think. "Tempest that is very nice name." he told her not that she needed his approval but it was his honest thoughts. "You did. How strange is recently found Twix in the Homewood." It ws frustrating to Dryxel that two foal would be abounded is such a short time. "What is wrong with their parents?" he thought angerly. Shacking the anger away this really was not the time to let his emotions out. "We are heading to one of the Others buildings I visited not to long ago. I was able to help a wilting plant on my last time here and would love to see how it is faring." He explained with a small smile that really was almost unnoticeable form his normal muzzle expiration. "Would you and Cordy like to come with us? I am sure Twix would love another foal to play with." He said with a wink at the cute foal that seemed to be attached to Tempest hind quarters. "Poor dear must have been alone for sometime." He though as he waited for a reply. Twix on the other hand had made his presents well known. He was now standing in front of Dryxel jumping with excitement at the thought of playing with someone his own age but he remain silent and respectful just very excited. wc:253
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 7:14 pm
Hmm, might be better to travel with someone who has been here before, Tempest thought to herself. The ruins was still a strange place for her and she’d not been this far into them. There was plenty of places to explore closer to Homewood boundaries. She did hear about how farther in is more untouched and more to find. “I’d be happy to join you and Twix. I’m not sure how Cordy will be around another foal. But why not see how they do.”
She was curious about this place where Dryxel used his gift. A plant he helped, hmmm. Maybe her gift would be of use here after all. “So you’re a botanic noul then,” she said after a moment. “I’m an atmos.”While Tempest continued to talk to Dryxel, Cordy approached Twix who moved about happily. She tilted her head and watched him for a moment. “Hi,” she said finally, “So you’re like me?” Some how without parents, alone and then found and kept. Was this how it was for all foals? She didn’t know but everything was still fresh and new to her and she didn’t understand, why was she alone in the hot place. Cordy still wondered if Tempest will stay or if she’ll vanish one day too. WC: 212 Total: 773
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Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2020 11:35 am
 Dryxel smiled at the doe who has agreed to come with them, a real smile, which was strange for him. "Wonderful the building is just few more building up." He indicated forward with his head and began walking again. "Yes I was gifted botanic. I must admit is did not expect this gift but I have found it to be more then I thought it to be." Dryxel did not know why he was share that thought with this stranger doe but his emotions had been pretty hard to get under control lately so he try to play it off as normal. "An atmos that is wonderful. What ability do you posses?" He asked in a very practical way. "Maybe I wont have to worry about finding a way to water the sprout." He thought to himself with hope. --------------------------------- As the adults talked amongst themselves Twix happily skipped behind them at a safe distance. The cutie turned her head to one side at Twix who smiled easily back at her. Cordy askes him a question the makes him miss a skip. Was he like her? it made him think of his short past and how he what had been lost. As sadness began to creep into his mind, Twix gave himself a mental shack "Nope not going there." he though and started skipping again. "Yes I guess I am like you." he answered cheerfully. He had been found so the there was no reason to be sad anymore. Changing subjects Twix thought maybe they could play circle tag. "Would you like to happily circle tag?" he asked hoping she would like to play. Dryxel was a great noul but playing really was not his strong suit. wc:286
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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 1:25 pm
Tempest followed the buck in the direction he indicated. This should be interesting to see, she could probably use her gift here too. Maybe they’d also find some interesting stuff in the buildings. She listened to Dryxel talk about his gift being not what he expected. I guess that could happen, she thought. Then he inquired about her’s.
“My ability? I have two now. Drizzle and Purify. Drizzle might be more beneficial here as that makes clouds and rain. Did you want me to water your sprout then?” she smiled at him and then giggled.
Cheerfully, she too, began to skip about as if she was no older than Twix and Cordy. She began to happily hum a tune to herself. Tempest would get ahead of them but double back, skipping the whole time. Cordy eyed the doe who found her. She was quickly learning that this was normal behavior from the doe and didn’t panic when she got too far ahead. She watched Tempest skip back to them and circle back. Her attention then returned back to Twix who was also skipping and asking her to play a game.
“Circle tag?” she asked, tilted her head. “What’s circle tag?” Cordy hadn’t had much of a chance to play with other foals like herself before she found herself alone. Tempest liked to keep on the move and that hadn’t allowed them the time to stop and play with foals either. Cordy was certainly building up stamina trying to keep up with this doe. Cordy was more than happy to learn to play typical games other foals play. Why not? WC: 269 Total: 1,042
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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 7:22 pm
 Dryxel smiled at the does quick understand. "Yes that would be most helpful if you could use your gift to water the little sprout." It was nice to be around an other noul the just understood what was needed with out the need for explanation. As they neared the last building, Dryxel wondered to himself about the doe. What was her story? Does she have a family? Was her childhood a good one? I was a strange feeling for him. Sure other does had found him attractive and different then anynoul else but he had not felt the same towards them in anyway. Dryxel watched the doe skip along and it was a cheerfulness he had only ever seen a foal displace. It was a wonder to him really. How can an adult doe be so free? He thought as he watched her. "So tell me about yourself?" he was sure it was a bold question but he really had no conversation skill and he was not one to beat around the bush. He wanted quietly though hoping he had not offended her in anyway. --------------------------------- Twix turned his head to the side in confusion. He had not had to explain circle tag to any noul before he had just done it. "Humm… well Dryxel does not like me going to far form him so I just run around him in a circle chasing butterflies or fogs." He was not sure if that explained what the game was at all but that was the best he know how. "Do you still want to play?" he asked hoping that she would since he had never played with someone like himself. wc:279
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2020 4:25 pm
She could feel him watching her though it didn’t seem to bother her at all. Growing up, Tempest was use to being watched a lot. She had been a lot more energetic as a foal and was definitely up to no good a lot of the time. It was mostly due to boredom. Her parents, while they did love her so, had a hard time keeping her from disrupting others. While away, she gave nannies hell and ended up being passed off on a different one frequently.
Her energy levels were lower and easier to manage but she still had to keep on the move. Tempest didn’t like settling down in one place. She felt a bit bad about that since now she had Cordy to look after and Cordy seemed a very quiet and low energy foal. She wasn’t entirely sure why that was. Tempest smiled over her shoulder at Dryxel. He was so blunt and she didn’t mind a bit. Nouls who couldn’t get to the point lost her attention quickly, he straight up asks or says what he means and that was great.
“Oh, well….I have a mom and dad who raised me. I was a hoof-ful for them but they did their best. I also have an older brother, he’s the opposite of me and a botanic. I didn’t have a bad foalhood, but I got passed around by the nannies a lot when Mom and Dad had to put me in daycare during their trips or while they worked.”
Tempest slowed to a walk besides Dryxel. “What about you?”Cordy looked from Twix to Dryxel and then to Tempest who was skipping about. Her gaze then went back to Dryxel and once again to Twix. “Umm sure, I can give it a go. But let’s stick to circling Dryxel. Tempest moves around too much.” Cordy smiled with a light giggle. Despite being a young foal, Cordy just didn’t seem to have enough energy to keep up with Tempest and she didn’t really feel like it either. But she did like the idea of games and figuring out stuff so she’d go with that. WC: 359 Total: 1,401
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Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 9:06 am
 He smiled at the mention of her being a hoof-ful. He could imagen she was, he could see her energy level was very high even in adulthood. That was apart of her charm and spirit which only made Dryxel smile all the more. It saddened Dryxel at the thought of being cared for by a nanny. He knew he should not judge but he would never do that with Twix or anyfoal else he had. Foals are the key to Vykeli's future and are treasures to be loved are protected by their mama and papa. "I have a sister she is a solar. I helped raises her after our papa died in a cave in during a exploration through the barrens. My mama did all she could to care for us but she was a mess after our lose so I stepped up as a foal and took care of them both." He was short and very matter of fact about it with no real emotions coming except at the mention of his sister whom he cared for very much. The building came into view and became excited it was a strange feeling for him. But somehow this sprout was special to him. It was not like he had not seen a sprout before but this was the first time he had used his gift it ment something to him. ___________________________________ Twix hopped excitedly form hoof to hoof. He could not wait to get started. "Ok you run around Dryxel and I will chase you until I tag you and then you have to chase me." He was bubbling with excitement at getting to play with somefoal else. "Ok 1...2...3...Go!" and he was off racing after Cordy giggling the hole way. wc:290
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Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2020 11:53 am
Tempest paused in her prancing about, he seemed rather distant and vague about his foalhood. Then again, loosing a parent when you’re that young and you’re other parent is lost in grief, it couldn’t have been easy. While she hadn’t lost her parents, they hadn’t always been there but that never seemed to phase her. She was more bothered by the fact that she never had one nanny who was consistent. Her parents loved her and only put her in daycare because they had work to do. They always seemed happy to see their spunky daughter, even big brother who was so quiet and broody, seemed happy to have her around. Spending the day with a nanny who just didn’t understand her was tough. The other foals didn’t seem interested in playing with her after a while either, she was just too much all at once.
Tempest shook it off. “My condolences,” she finally said. “I don’t know what it’s like to loose a parent. So I wouldn’t be able to understand.” She looked down, loss was something she didn’t understand very well and she felt clumsy here. He seemed to perk up suddenly and she looked over in the direction his excitement seemed to flow. This must be the building she thought.
Cordy prepared to race off as Twix counted down, when he said Go, she was off. Cordy wasn’t much of a runner but she was developing strong legs from keeping up with Tempest. She ran past Dryxel and curved back around the front of him in an arc. She could hear Twix come after her and she pivoted again to race around behind Dryxel and back towards his front. She squealed with delight, this was fun!
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Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 7:57 am
 Dryxel had walked quietly for the short time to the building. There just was not much to be said about the lose of his father. He had long since buried those emotions, well all emotions really. But having Twix was bring a lot back up. He still was not sure why he had reveled the lose to Tempest. Watching lesioning to the young foals giggle and run around him in circles. It was nice to see Twix having so much fun. Dryxel was even more happy they had come across Tempest and Cordy. But he did his best to perk up at the sight of the building. As they entered Dryxel could see that the sprout was doing pretty well. But could clearly use some water. "Here it is." he said as he trotted over the sprout. It had only grown an inch maybe two but it looked strong and already had its second set of leaves now. "It for sure needs some water though. And maybe a small boost form me again since the sun does not really get through to it that much." He explained to Tempest mostly to feel the award silence form before. ________________________________ Twix was having great fun playing tag with Cordy. She was fast and he had only managed to catcher her once in the time they had spent running around. It was all good fun though. Giggling and grinning with pure delight Twix panted for air in the entry way of the building Dryxel had entered. "That was so much fun. You are a fast one too." He said between in hales and exhales. After a moment of four Twix was still grinning form ear to ear. "Lets go see Dryxel's sprout." he said skipping over to where the adults now stood. The sprout was not much to look at. Not that it was not exciting but as a foal Twix just could not see what all the fuse was about but Dryxel cared so Twix checked it out anyways. "What is it do you think?" he asked Cordy since the adults where taking. "Might as well guess for some entertainment." Twix thought to himself. wc:361
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Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 1:24 pm
Tempest followed Dryxel into the large building and towards a crack in the ground. She did glance over and spotted the steps that one could take upwards to the other floors. How interesting, she pondered. She was curious about what could be up there. Dryxel would know since he’d been here before. His comment on it requiring water got her attention back on him and she looked down to see a healthy sprout of some kind growing up from the crack in the flooring.
“It does look good. I wonder how it got here. Not really the ideal place for it to be growing.” She said and looked up. Just the ceiling and stairwell above her head. There wasn’t much light coming in and rain would be hard place to get in here. Of course she was here now and rain is what she did.
The hum and crackle of her magic was music to Tempest’s ears. “I’ve got this,” she said absently, her body stilled almost unnaturally so. The hair on her back and neck rose as her magic did. Tempest was getting the hang of riding the wild energy, it was exhilarating in fact. Her horn glowed a stormy blue and storm clouds rushed in. Being inside a building made it seem more chaotic and wild than normal as they fought for space inside. Fat drops of rain began to fall down around them. Cordy was panting all with Twix. They’d been running and chasing the rest of the way to the building. He certainly gave her quite the work out. She may have been fast but he was certainly up to keeping up with her. “Thanks,” she panted. “Let’s go see it.” She followed after Twix and looked down at the sprout. She tilted her head and examined the plant.
“Hmmmmm,” she said. Raising her head she looked around and then up. “Maybe a small animal carried the seed in here? If that’s the case, it could be a tree. Not sure how big it can get inside here.” Suddenly she felt the fine hairs on her back rise and the smell of atmosphere. Her head shot up as she gazed at Tempest who was eerily still.
“Oh...she’s doing it again,” was all Cordy could say. She gazed in wonder as rain clouds appeared above them and grew. A big fat raindrop fell and landed on her nose. She shook her head and grinned. “Oh she made it rain again!” Cordy pranced around in the rain and jumped in the developing puddles. WC: 426 Total: 2,116 Ability Used: Drizzle, Tempest
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Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 10:02 am
 It was exciting to Dryxel to see how confident Tempest was about being able to help. "This one is a live wire." His mused grinned at the beautiful doe before him. Dryxel watched at Tempest released her gift on to the sprout he had helped. It made him smile as the droplets slashed on the ground and all around the plant. As the sprout took in the water it looked a little greener to Dryxel but he was sure that was just his imagination. "Thank you so much I really think that helped the little guy." He smiled with joy form the help she had done for a plant he had help. It was nice that she was willing to help him even though they had only just met. ------- Twix nodded at the very logical explanation Cordy had come up with on how the seed might have gotten into place like this. It was a good thought for sure. Something crackles through the air and Twix looks around in confusion. "What the heck is that?" He says in a little more then a whisper. But then he see Tempests and can see she is the cause of the change. Twix watched in aww as Tempest used her gift. He had never see any noul use their gift but this it was by far the coolest he had ever heard about. "Wow now that is cool." As the drops from small puddles Twix has a great idea. "Come on lets play." he says to Cordy as he runs over to the first puddle and jumps into it with a big splash and a giggles will droplets are sent flying in every direction. "YAY!" he squeaks and runs for another puddle. "Your turn." he says to Cordy and waits for her to take a jump well looking form her to the puddle and back again. wc:313
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