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 Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:18 am
Welcome to the original birthplace of Sekhmet, Andre, ??? This journal is maintained by TawnyAngel, BlackFireKitsune, pippi18848  Height: 15h 2" Sekhmet's Stats Skill level: 70Power: 7 pts Strength: 12 pts Intelligence: 11 pts Wisdom: 15 pts Courage: 15 pts Luck: 7 pts Speed: 7 pts Agility: 12 pts Adaptability: 7 pts Stamina: 11 pts
Personality: Sekhmet is wiser than she is intelligent, and these good instincts are matched only by her nerves of steel. She is determined to avoid her mother’s fate and to always steer her own course though life, even if that means breaking off ties with her family. She would sooner die than back down from a vow she has made, be it to herself or to another Nequus, and if this means she has to fight verbally or physically she will do so without hesitation even if she knows she cannot hope to triumph over her foes.
Location: Anywhere and everywhere, but she avoids truly dangerous regions unless she has good reason to go there.
 Height: 15h 3" Andre's Stats Skill level: 0Power: 13 pts Strength: 6 pts Intelligence: 15 pts Wisdom: 14 pts Courage: 11 pts Luck: 12 pts Speed: 9 pts Agility: 12 pts Adaptability: 14 pts Stamina: 7 pts
Personality: André can be quite vain at times, and he makes frequent trips to see the two-leggers to ensure his coat, mane, and tail remain pristine. He enjoys living in his herd near Ryuten, helping his relatives with whatever possible. He does envy his striped sister, however, and secretly wishes to see more of their world than he can at the moment. Her talk of being used as bargaining chips when they were younger has had little effect on him, and the topic of arranged matings doesn't appear to weigh too heavily on his mind, as it did for his sibling.
Location: Mostly Ryuten, or wherever else he is needed.
Their Tree is located in the Western Quadrant 
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:41 am
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:42 am
Some information on me for you entertainment or whatever.
Well, okay... I’m sensible, or at least I can see what is sensible in any given situation; I don’t always go with it though. I’m pretty good at reading people, and at making myself likable to them if I need to. I’m not too concerned with the greater good or wrong and right; while I don’t intentionally harm people unless they’ve harmed me first I’m not the sort to risk my neck for a stranger just because it’s ‘the right thing to do’. I’ll go out of my way for friends and family of course, but I won’t give up my freedom even for them. Maybe that makes me selfish, but I don’t really care too much if people think that of me; I do and have done in the past what I need to in order to have a life I’m happy with.
Other than that... I’m pretty bold; I don’t tend to run away from things that scare me, I’ve always felt if you start doing that you could spend your whole life just fleeing and never really looking for a solution to your problems. If a great big warrior type is chasing me looking for blood though, then I’ll run away; facing something like that down is stupidity, not bravery.
On more physical things I’m fairly prettily built, a little too short for an ideal mare but suitably slender and elegant and with a nice enough face. My best feature though, I think, is my markings; they’re bold, distinctive and elegant. Ha, that sounded a bit vain; it wasn’t meant to, I just happen to like the way I look and not mind admitting it, it’s not something I regurlaly mention in conversation but if it’s brought up I’m not going to deny that I’m an attractive mare. I’m fairly agile, fairly tough but not stunningly so and my strength and speed leave a bit to be desired but oh well, nobody can be good at everything after all.
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:43 am
This is a list of people that I know and what I think of them. They’re more or less in order of how much I like them, but some people are on a level with one another, members of my family and such.
Bastet - My mother. We’re alike in some ways and not in others; both of us love our freedom but... well, she’s got one heck of a temper on her. Still, I love her very much and I miss her.
Diego - My father. Ha. I’m a lot like him, too. I have his way of keeping my cool, his common sense... Wish I could have told him, but he would have had to make me stay. I hope he’s not too worried...
Andre - My brother. I miss him loads, as I do everyone, and I wonder how he’s grown up. I hope he’s happy, and I hope I see him again soon, too.
Spyke - Hey! My traveling buddy. He’s got all the common sense of a cinca pod, but he seems to be good at surviving that and he’s great company; couldn’t ask more of a friend save maybe that he stop checking out my a**.
Dahak - The Katilenuck’s Shama. He’s a bit of wuss, but not bad company all the same.
Savit’Taren - The queen of the Katilenuck; nice mare. Friendly, intelligent and all that.
Vierna - An Aeri mare I met in D’ob. She was really nice to me, I hope I see her again sometime.
Undine - The first Katilenuck I ever met, and pretty decent to me once we got off on the right hoof. She was a b***h to Spyke, but she’s a Katilenuck so I guess that’s to be expected.
Xerris - She seemed alright, didn't talk to her for very long though.
Yi - Apparently she’s the Heiress to the throne of the Katilenuck. She was alright I suppose; far nicer before I found out who she was though.
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:44 am
Err... just a bit of spare space in case I ever need it, nothing exiting here.
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:46 am
This is a list of, and summaries of, the various encounters I have with the people I meet.
A Quarter-Dozen - Light, other foals, mother, father... Sekhmet, Saoirse, Andre. Us. Me, I; Sekhmet. Sleep.
An Adventure in D’ob - I crept away from the herd again today, just to have a bit of an adventure and explore. I ended up meeting a nice mare called Vierna, and we chattered for a bit before I had to head home again.
Talk about problems - I met Andre by an elppa tree first thing in the morning. We decided we should go play, after we found Sao. Somehow I ended up telling him my plans to escape. He wasn’t happy, but he’s keeping my secret. We decided that going off to have fun was even more important if I was leaving soon, so we went to tell Sao then news, and then to play.
A Question of Freedom - I got away. I did it, and at least ute knows where I’ve gone. I was surprised, a little, that she gave me her blessings but... not all that much really. She knows the same love of freedom as I do, and I know she’d love to be me, running off into the night to live her own life... Still, she didn’t do it when she had the chance, but I have. The world awaits me, and I don’t mean to bored it with inactivity; I have much to do.
Horizons - Today I acquired a traveling companion; his name’s Spyke and he stares at my a** a lot but he seems cool other than that. I’m glad I talked him into coming with me; adventures are more fun with someone to share them with.
Discovery - Found the red mountains, and a Katilenuck mare who came off as pretty crazy at first but actually gave me and Spyke some good advice in the end.
Curiosity and caution - I got into the lands of the Katilenuck properly today, and I ran into the Heiress. She was okay, useful at the very least.
Worries and Plans - After leaving Yi, I ran into a mare called Xerris and learned some useful stuff from her.
New friends - Today I managed to meet the Shaman. Managed to seriously piss him off, too, but we got through that. He seems like pretty good company, and he’s just about perfect for my plan.
Because I told you to! - So! I’ve got a meeting with the queen, and Dahak does as he’s told. Nice! I'm having doubts about my plan though...
Recruitment - So, I’m a Katilenuck now! Also, the queen’s a lot nicer than her daughter.
Homecoming - I made it home! Two new sisters, and nobody died while I was gone! Yay!
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:49 am
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Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:21 am
...Freedom. Bright world, Saoirse, Andre, Sekhmet; me. Mother, father. Games; tail pulling, chasing. Life. Beautiful... Tiring. Rest now, more later. Rest.
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Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:22 am
Well, that just goes to show not everyone in the world is out to get you. I met an Aeri mare called Vierna today while I was out in D’ob, and though we didn’t get to talk for that long I think I consider her a friend. she’s kind, and tells good (embarrassing) stories and I like the way she trots. She was concerned about me, which was nice too though a bit inconvenient. She thought, I guess, that somebody unpleasant might happen to a foal out alone. I guess she’s right, I mean I’ve got enough sense to know when I ought to avoid people, when I ought to leave a place or whatever but I guess sometimes I might realize too late and, small as I still am, that wouldn’t be good.
Still, I got home just fine and I asked ute about Yisi, as Vierna had told me about the place and it sounds cool. I managed to persuade ute to take me there sometime soon, with riruy and Sao and Andre too if they want to come. I’ll have to pay close attention to everything I see there, just in case I ever decide to leave home in a hurry and need somewhere to hide out. I don’t want to have to do that, of course, but I’d rather run away from my family than end up like ute and riruy. I really hope it doesn’t come to that but... Well, time will tell I guess. All I can do now is make sure I’m as prepared as possible, just in case.
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Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:27 am
I told Andre and Sao about my plans today. Neither of them are telling on me, but I can tell they’re unhappy about the idea. I get that; I kind of am too. It’s scary, thinking that I’m going to go out into the world all alone with no friends to laugh with, no parents to protect me... Still, what choice do I have? I can’t stay here and let them take my freedom away, can’t end up like ute and riruy, stuck together for the greater good rather than their own good. I’m not selfless enough to do that. Not a good enough person. I guess that should bother me more than it does, but isn’t surviving and doing as they will the way Nequus should be? I don’t know, it’s all too big for me to think about.
I’ll be soon now, I think, I don’t want to leave it much longer, I’m nearly adolescent as it is and with that in mind somebody might be eyeing up a mate for me. I can’t let that happen. Lots of foals manage in life without parents right from the start, and I’m hardly fresh out of my fruit. I’ll manage. I’ll have to. I’ll miss everyone, but I have no choice. I have to go.
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Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:31 am
Well, I did it; I left. I think I’ve know I would do this for a long time, but until recently I couldn’t admit it to myself. Fleeing for everything I know is daunting, but I don’t see that I have any other choice if I’m to avoid the fates that mother and father suffered. When I take a mate, I will take one for love, not convenience, and if I have to leave my home and my family behind to win that freedom for myself, so be it.
Mother caught me, though.
I thought it was all over, that I was caught and that I’d be hauled back in disgrace. I wasn’t. She... gave me her blessing, I think. Wished me luck and happiness, I’m sure. I think she was jealous, too, that she hadn’t thought of doing this at my age... Still, she let me go, which is the main thing. I guess. I’m going to miss her, temper and all, and I’ll miss my siblings and riruy... He’s going to torment himself over this. I wish I could have left word with him, let him know that I’m okay and that I love him... But I couldn’t. That would have been too risky; he’d have to go after me, I know how much responsibility he has with his herd and everything...
Still. I regret it, and I’ll miss all of them but I have a new life out here in the world to look forward to, and I plan to make the most of it.
One day, I’ll go back and see them all and tell them all the things I’ve done and the places I’ve been. Not yet though, not until I’m not a good bargaining piece anymore can I return. Still, it’s a thing to look forward to, along with this freedom I now have. As yet, I hardly know what to do with myself, but I think travel is a good start. Yisi, I think, is a good start; plenty of places to hide if I need to, and plenty to see, too...
I think I’m going to enjoy this.
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Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:38 am
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Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:39 am
Do I push people into being like me? It feels like it today. I met this guy, nice guy, his name’s Spyke and he’s an Ichsa stallion of around my age. I was just going to get him to show me around his bit of Quirne and tell him about the places I’ve been in return but I ended up talking him into leaving with me. Until today, he just lived with his father and it sounds like he was happy enough with that.
I talked him into giving that up, into going to tell his sire that he’s off to see the world with some mare he just met. He’d have made the decision to leave on his own in the end, I’m sure he would. What if my pushing has made things go too fast, not everyone’s the same, maybe he needed a bit more time to decide he wants his own life and adventures and everything. He didn’t have the push I had to get up and go, maybe he’d have been happy here a while longer.
I’m waiting for him now up by the rock stack cut off from the rest of the cliff he told me about. It’s an amazing sight, indescribable. Why wouldn’t he be happy here for a good long time? Why couldn’t I have let him do things his own way? I really hope I haven’t made him mess up his relationship with his father, I know if I was somebody’s parent and they said they were leaving home with somebody they just met for no real reason at all I’d be pissed or hurt or both.
Still, I guess there’s nothing I can do now, I’ll just hope for the best and I really do think that getting out in the world will be something Spyke will enjoy. Okay so I’ve known hi mall of a few minutes, but he seems like the adventuring type. It’ll turn out okay, I’m sure.
I hope he gets here soon...
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Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:43 am
Well, it took a little while but Spyke came and found me. He seemed pretty happy with how everything had turned out with his father, and we set off once we’d had a good long drink. I’m taking him northwest, towards Fyhi. Always wanted to see the red mountains. There’s the possibility, of course, of running into the Katilenuck. I’ve a basic knowledge of which bits they call their territory, but I might make a mistake or we might meet a patrol or something so I’ve made a just in case plan for that.
Though I might not be one of them, I think if I say Spyke is my slave, they’d respect that and not try to take him in. He doesn’t much like the idea, but he agrees it’s the best one. I haven’t told him that I’d actually quite like to see the Katilenuck territories yet; I’m guessing he’d part company with me while I did that, pretending to be a slave for longer than it took to get away from a patrol or whatever wouldn’t be any fun I think.
It’s nice having somebody to go around with, it really is. Spyke might still check out my arse more than necessary, but it’s kinda flattering and I do like the guy. He’s smart and he’s great fun to be with even if he does have all the common sense of a cinca pod. I suppose I compliment him well there what with my ability to spot trouble practically half a sun ahead.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m still not ‘interested’ in him, but I would like to stick with him for a good long time. First time since I left home that I’ve been around the same person for more than about a day, first time I’ve had a proper friend and I’m not in a hurry to give that up. He seems happy to hang around with me too though so it’s all good. I’m glad I met him; having friends is good.
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Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:44 am
Arriving at the base of the mountains, Spyke and I made final plans to head up them. Basically he played slave and I played indulgent mistress but that went a bit hooves up when a Katilenuck appeared and let us know we’d fail miserably. She was a right b***h at first, but then me and Spyke weren’t exactly kind to her. It might have escalated into all kinds of s**t, but then I had a thought. What a load of idiots they are, how hateful and bigoted and unlike my herd they are. Excellent. If I could at least associate myself with them in some way, maybe I could get out of being a bargaining piece for good.
So, I started being nice to the mare, Undine, and she was decent back to me. She also said that taking Spyke up was a really bad idea so when she left he and I decided against going up together; instead I’m going alone. My idea might work, it might well not but either way I want to see the views the places has to offer ad there’s no harm in hoping, right? You never know your luck unless you try it, and so far in my life trying it has gone pretty well. I think I’ll go with chance again, and hope it treats me as well as it always has; no point worrying too much about it really and as I’m a Jala I ought to be pretty safe. Sooner I can find myself a guide the better though; this place looks like it’s going to be a bit confusing.
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