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 Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:04 pm
Set in Sugarplum Pasture...Quote: A short, white picket fence encircles the entire pasture, blocking out intruders with a locked gate at the center. Trees line the south end of the pasture, with the largest orchard growing alongside the fence a few yards from the gate. Oranges, apples, pears, lemons, plums, cherries -- any fruit a pony would ever want to eat.
Outside the fence, there is a large hill to the left -- walking up and over the hill leads off to other pastures. To the right once outside the gate, leads into a thick forest, where some ponies take off to explore.
Inside the fence, the sweet smell of the fruit trees scents the air. The grass is lush and green and always meticulously groomed, though who does the landscaping is unknown and mostly unquestioned. There are smooth stone paths leading from the gate through the grass, marking the way to several sets of small stables dotting the otherwise untouched land.
The largest stables are owned by the oldest ponies in the pasture, though they are not stingy with accommodations. Peophynnia lives in the largest building, where there are several empty rooms she offers to other ponies to sleep on cold nights -- that comes complete with a warm, fresh breakfast in the morning. Yet another building, several yards away, houses Dolci and Yuuki and most of their family, with a tall chimney that constantly billows smoke from the overworked ovens. Other stables are empty and otherwise unowned, there for any pony (from the pasture or not!) to take shelter in should they need to.
A lake borders the northern end of the pasture, on which the other side lies another pasture. The water is clear and brilliantly blue, where fish are free to swim and frogs are free to croak, relatively undisturbed by the ponies who reside on the grasses. Unless, of course, they feel like swimming.
This includes their offspring...
Or their offspring's... offspring (grandponies? xD)...
   Please note: They are still currently babies in the RP!
Or ponies their offspring have bred with...
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Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:11 pm
 With a spring in his step, Junior galloped his way through the familiar white fence. His long mane and tail whipped behind him as he ran, his breath coming in through his nose in quick, shallow pants. It felt as though he'd been running forever, and that the distance never seemed to lessen no matter how many yards he traveled, but his destination was finally in sight.
The small, squat building, with it's thick chimney and welcoming pathway was in front of him in a matter of moments. He let out an excited whinny and charged at the closed front door, knocking on it with excited vigor. He had news! Amazing news at that! And he couldn't wait to share it with his family.
"Open up!" he called out in between breaths, impatiently kicking at the door with one of his hooves. "C'mon!"
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Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:20 pm
 Trotting up along side Junior, Jasper cocked his head to the side as he watched him kick at the door.
"Dad is going to get mad.." He nodded matter of factly, walking over to duck his head down, grabbing the handle of the door and pushing against it. "Besides, it's open."
Stepping around Junior he walked into the house, inhaling deeply when he smelled the scent of fresh baked muffins coming from the kitchen, heading right to their location. "Mom.." He mumbled, lifting a muffin from the counter to bite it in half, chewing slowly. "Junior wants you!"
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Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:27 pm
"It's open?"
Staring dumbfounded at his brother, Junior just watched as Jasper casually walked right in. He snorted loudly and kicked the door open a little more, just because, before turning his head to peer behind him.
"All right, you can come in no--..." ....oh no. All he saw was grass and stone and the fence and... oh no!! "I LOST THEM!"
Turning right around on a hoof, Junior called out quickly into the building, "MOM, DAD! IMANI! LEILA! FLOSSY! AND JASPER, COME BACK HERE!" before pushing off and running at full speed in the exact direction he'd just come from. It didn't take him long to find the three little ponies he'd run off in front of...
...trotting as fast as they could through the grass, trying to catch up with him.
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Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:36 pm
Jasper lifted his head, muffin crumbs scattered all over his mouth as he watch Junior run off, yelling at the top of his lungs.
Grabbing another muffin, he followed after him absently, stopping dead in his tracks and going wide eyed when he saw three tiny little ponies running in Junior's direction.
"What's..going on here?" Yuuki opened his eyes slowly, his afternoon nap interrupted by loud banging and then the sound of Jasper and Junior's voices.
He sat up slowly, shaking his head quickly before sighing and pushing himself up onto all fours.
"Just once I'd like to be able to sleep without one of them waking me up.." He grumbled quietly, turning the corner to see Junior running back out into the pasture, screaming for them all to come and Jasper following behind him, leaving a trail of crumbs as he went.
He blinked once, looking around for Dolci before making his way out the front door to where everyone was gathering.
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Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:50 pm
 "Don't eat too many of those," she said to Jasper, though her back was turned. Dolci had acquired that motherly ability to see with imaginary eyes on the back of her head. And even though she was pushing cleaned muffin tins onto a shelf, she without a doubt knew Jasper was sneaking muffins from where they sat to cool.
Only when she turned around, he was gone. And her head cocked as she heard Junior yelling, then a small procession of ponies following after him and out the door.
So she followed, her head dipping to shake a little bit of flour out of her mane, until she could stand next to Yuuki.
"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to leave you like that..." But he'd momentarily forgotten that little pony legs couldn't possibly keep up with his much longer strides. Junior turned and stepped in behind the three babies, nudging each one of them on the rump with his muzzle to hurry them along. "There are others I want you to meet." Dolci peered curiously around once she was outside. Junior had seemed so... excited when he called out, but what exactly was there?
All she saw was Jasper, with muffin crumbs covering half of his muzzle.
And Yuuki, who looked sleepy. And grumpy. But mostly sleepy.
But she saw the tiniest flash of bright pink in the distance. With Junior close behind. And when she squinted and focused on the forms as they came inside the fence, a high-pitched whinny bubbled up out of her as she nudged repeatedly at her mate's side with her head.
"Yuuki, look! Junior has BABIES!!"
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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 12:01 am
Babies... Yuuki leaned forward, squinting and sure enough he saw three little ones trying there best to keep up with Junior as he headed in their direction.
Still a bit groggy, Yuuki smiled when the tiny pink pony scampered up to him. "Aren't you a pretty little thing.." He smiled wide and ducked his head down to brush his muzzle against the babies side gently.
"Junior.. are all three of these yours? You made me a grandfather so early." He chuckled quietly, his tail swinging back and forth lazily.Staring at the three babies, he licked his lips quickly before lowering on all fours in the grass, watching everyone absently.
"Yeah, I definitely didn't see this coming.."
Tilting his head, he watched the babies running around playfully in the grass, it wasn't that long ago that he, Junior, Leila, Flossy, and Imani were that size and doing the exact same thing.
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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 12:25 am
Once the other, larger ponies were close enough, Jhin took off like a little pink shot. He whinnied and made a beeline for Yuuki, prancing happily around the black pony's hooves. He practically beamed (or as much as a tiny pony could!) when his grandfather complimented him and he turned his head to lick the end of Yuuki's muzzle appreciatively.
"'Course they're mine!" Junior replied proudly, nudging the two darker babies forward with one of his legs. It wasn't a hard nudge, but enough to topple one of the little ponies over, and he quickly bent down to push the baby upright again with his muzzle.
"That one is Jhin," he said to Yuuki, with a nod towards the small pink pony. "This one is Scotch," Junior went on, pressing the end of his nose to the purple maned baby's side. "And this one," he said, as he turned back to the pony he'd previously knocked over. "Is named Evynne."
Then turning to Jasper, Junior flashed a wide, smug pony-grin. "You're an uncle. Where are the girls? I bet they'd go nuts over--..""Why didn't you tell us?!" Dolci interrupted Junior, but she stepped around Yuuki's side to peer at Jhin. She lowered her head to the little pony and sandwiched him between her own muzzle and her mate's, nuzzling the baby's other side affectionately.
"So cute," she cooed, before taking another step carefully towards the other two. Her front legs bent and she leaned on the grass so she could get a better look, touching her nose gently to Evynne's, and then Scotch's. "So so cute!"
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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 9:33 am
Jasper blinked a few times, Junior brought up a good question.
"Floss..was around here somewhere and Imani, now that I think of it, I haven't seen her around lately. Maybe she went off to have some babies, too!"
Jasper shrugged his shoulders and laughed quietly before raising a brow, feeling the slightest of tugs on his tail, peeking over his shoulder slowly to see the little one with the pink hooves, Evynne, chomping down on it.
"Fiesty.. You have mom's hair, that's probably why." Yuuki's ears perked up slightly when he heard that Jasper hadn't seen Imani around lately, he frowned slightly and was just about to announce that he would go to find her when Jhin jumped up and licked the tip of his muzzle, falling back onto the grass afterward.
He laughed quietly, ducking his head down to nudge at his side, helping him back up onto his legs carefully before mumbling.
"I remember when you all were this little, and now you have little ones of your own already. You grew so fast.."
Yuuki lifted his head to eye Junior for a moment. "What about your mate?"
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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 10:16 am
Letting out the tiniest of whinnies, Jhin stumbled around on the grass once Yuuki helped him to stand. He was unsteady, just slightly, on his hooves, but that didn't seem to deter him. He kicked his little legs, first the front pair and then the back, before taking off running again.
What should have been a headbutt to Jasper's side from the small pony probably felt no different than a fly landing on the back, but! He did it once more for good measure and then proceeded to attempt to climb up onto his uncle's back as if he were scaling a black, orange and pink mountain.
Junior's brow ridge furrowed when he heard his brother's answer. "And Leila too?" No sign of his sisters? At least Jasper had seen Flossy, but what about the other two? "Maybe they're together," he offered, sounding hopeful. After all, Imani didn't seem the type to carelessly run off by herself and have a batch of orbs without telling anyone!
Eh heh.
Edging Scotch over towards Yuuki with the side of his muzzle, Junior answered the questions asked of him ...carefully. The babies were a pleasant surprise, no doubt, but he wasn't completely sure his parents would take all the news as well as they reacted to the young ponies.
"I didn't say anything because I didn't know," he started off, averting his gaze to watch, instead, as Jhin tried in vain to climb up onto Jasper's back. "I mean, it just sorta happened. One minute, I'm on my way back to the pasture and the next, Seraphim's in front of me with at least a thousand orbs trailing behind him, telling me that three of them are mine."
Then he kicked at the grass in front of him, digging his hoof down into it firmly enough to make a small hole. "The other parent isn't my mate. Idon'tevenknowwhoitisreally. All Seraphim told me was that the other pony looks like dad, only purple."
Raising back up onto all fours, Dolci stepped in closer to Junior. She'd heard what he said, of course, but with the babies there.. she'd been completely distracted! She hadn't even given her son a proper hello.
Her head turned, ducked, and she nuzzled her muzzle against Junior's lightly. She spoke to him quietly, "I'm glad you're home, Junior.." and she leaned in to press a maternal kiss to the end of his snout.
But with her close proximity, she took the opportunity to lift her head once she felt her welcome was delivered. And her mouth opened and immediately snapped shut again, but with Junior's ear caught between her teeth. "Don't you ever do that again!" she scolded, through her teeth. Giving his ear another firm tug, she released him, bobbing her head in a curt nod.
"Now what's this about another pony that looks like Yuuki?"
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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 10:47 am
Jasper yawned and lowered his head to lay it in the grass while his nieces and nephews all began to climb onto his back, rolling around and kicking their legs.
"Yeah,, good to have you back Junior!"
He nodded slowly and flattened his ears slightly, closing his eyes and within a matter of minutes he was asleep, letting the little ones scale him like he was their personal playground. Standing up straight again, he trotted over to stand next to Dolci, leaning in to nuzzle Junior for a moment before mumbling.
"He's talking about Iris.. I don't know him well, haven't seen him since Seraphim created us."
Nodding slowly, he looked around the pasture, kicking his hooves against the grass, he was still bothered by the disappearance of Imani. It wasn't like her at all to do this.. She was always close by and it was starting to worry him.
"Dolci.." He turned his head to look at her, speaking quietly. "Would you mind staying here with the kids while I go look for our daughter?"
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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 6:32 pm
"Iris?" Dolci peered over at her mate, eyelids blinking several times in quick succession. Why had she never heard this before? "And he looks like you?"
Sliding her gaze over to her other son, Dolci studied the three little ponies as they climbed all over him. Locking her gaze on the baby with her own shade of mane and tail, she could see markings on Evynne that reminded her of Yuuki's, Leila's, Jasper's and Imani's combined.
Imani... how long had it been since Dolci saw her last? It wasn't uncommon for her ponies to leave their home pasture and come back at will. Junior, after all, had done much the same thing. But he returned in a little more than a day, Imani.. it had been two days, maybe three... maybe longer than that? When Yuuki stepped in closer and spoke to her, her attention turned to focus on him instead. She frowned though at what he said, or as much as she could at least, and she nodded her head a little bit. "I'll watch them," she replied, leaning over to touch her nose to the end of her mate's. When she spoke again, her voice was soft... trying to mask the worry that was inching it's way in. "Go find her."
Grumbling to himself, and bending his head down to try and rub at his ear with his leg, Junior made a face. His nose scrunched and his head shook, attempting to rub off his mother's bite to his ear tip.
"I'll come with you, Dad," he said after a moment. His eyes flicked over to Jasper, watching the three little ones play tug-o-war with the ends of his mane. "We can find Imani."
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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 6:41 pm
Yuuki tilted his head, nuzzling Dolci gently before mumbling. "It will be alright, don't worry.."
He nodded once, taking a step back before trotting over to stand next to Junior, nudging him gently.
"Say goodbye to your little ones and catch up to me." He nodded once, smiling back at Dolci for a moment before taking off in a quick sprint across the pasture, heading off in the direction of the woods.
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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 7:07 pm
As soon as Yuuki took off running, Junior nodded at his instruction. He first stopped to press the top of his forehead against his mother's, speaking to her gently. Mirroring his father's words.
"Don't worry, we'll find her." Then... "Thanks for babysitting," he said, a bit more impishly. "If you see Leila or Flossy, tell 'em I'm home!"
Stepping over to where Jasper laid sleeping, Junior ducked down to nudge his three ponies around with his nose. He pushed Scotch over gingerly and nuzzled (or, probably tickled!) the baby's belly. Evynne got a kiss to the top of her head. And Jhin, though he tried to latch onto Junior's mane instead of Jasper's, was given a kiss as well. "Be good, you three."
Before he took off, Junior extended a leg to nudge his hoof against Jasper's back, shaking him around on the grass. And when he finally set off after his father, Junior was cackling wildly.
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Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 4:45 am
Opening one eye slowly, he turned his head to stare at Junior as he ran away, grumbling to himself quietly before turning back to see all three of the babies standing in front of him with wide, crazy eyes.
They were all ready to continue where they left off, hyper and full of energy and ready to start climbing all over him again. Jasper swallowed thickly before mumbling.
"Uh.. Mom.. Help?" Stopping in front of the path that led into the woods, Yuuki lowered his head to the grass, sniffing slightly to see if he could pick up Imani's scent.
His brow furrowed when he came up with nothing and he started to think of the last time he saw her.
There weren't many places for her to wander off to, the woods.. which he had made clear that he didn't want any of them in there alone, then there were other pastures.. but surely by now someone would have sent word that she was there. There was the ocean, but all of the ponies knew that, that area was forbidden, no one had ever gone there.
Yuuki was at a loss for where she could be. "Junior, do you five have any hiding spots that you kept a secret? Maybe she is in one of those.."
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