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 Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 9:54 am
 Smoke on the Water was just gonna chill today. She'd heard about a nice little fishing hole down the way that offered a patch of sun and the occasional breeze. Her philosophy was that if she didn't go anywhere, nothing could happen to her.
"C'mon Rolly, we're almost there," She called to the mongoose, having seen the animal weaving through the bushes nearby. She kept walking as she talked, though, head turned and unaware of where she was headed.
Then came the hiss and the fast scrape of a body. Smoke jumped back on instinct, barely escaping the strike of a snake which had, up until now, been minding its business hunting rats along the path. It coiled again, menacing, and snapped again. Smoke, who had already turned to run, happened to catch the serpent with the heel of her hoof when she kicked off for a sprint. She felt the impact, but she didn't stop.
"No!"
The reptile, heedless, had been temporarily granted the gift of flight, and sailed in an arch, off into parts unknown.
Smoke was running. She didn't know where.
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 6:05 pm
 It was a mundane day, Poison Mushroom thought. Not that that was an entirely bad thing, no. He just hadn't found anything interesting to look at or investigate. This day of exploration seemed like a fruitless one. He sighed inwardly to himself and continued his amble to nowhere in particular.
Maybe he could return to one of his more coveted spots in the swamp. He certainly liked those places, but they weren't new places and therefore not all that exciting. Poison looked up to the trees as if he were looking for answers. The only thing he received was a short sneezing fit from the sun. Shaking his head and snorting his nose, his gaze came back down to the swamp.
He could see something coming closer... and that something was coming towards him quite quickly. A doe was barreling straight for him! What was he going to do! "Ex.. cuse me." He said, not shouted. He had a feeling he wouldn't be heard, but he did not like to shout at other Kimeti! I mean, that could be rude, right?
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 5:24 am
As Poison Mushroom had posited, Smoke on the Water couldn't hear him over the rabble made by the flurry of her hooves.
But she did see him.
"Kill it!" She demanded, slowing only enough so she could bully her way around behind him. Disrespectful of his personal space, she made to push him a little back the way she came, hooking her chin over his back to look for any trace of the slithering beast that had accosted her. Her hooves danced nervously all the while. "Oh, kill it kill it killit!"
The swamp was still and, after a moment, so was she.
Then something rustled up ahead, which had her pressing into the purple buck once more.
What the bush gave way to, however, was a mongoose, hopping his way over the tree roots with a streamer of serpent hanging in his mouth. It was the snake, easy enough to kill once it had been stunned by the impact of a fall.
"Alright, Rolly!" Smoke on the Water cheered pleasantly, then realized she was still pressed up against a stranger. Stepping away, she quickly composed herself. "So... hey. How's it going?"
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:43 am
He was mortified. What exactly was going on here, anyway? Before he could even really think too hard about it, the doe was pressed up against him. Touching. Oh, Motherfather, she was right against him! Poison Mushroom could barely hear what she was saying over the sound of his swimming thoughts. Something about killing it. What was it? Was a beast coming for her?
Poison Mushroom only stood frozen in place, listening to the pleas of this doe, and staring out toward where she ran from. Then there it was! A rustle in the plants. Finally the beast was coming out and he would have to do something. Poison took a deep breath to puff up his chest as best he could.
It was a mongoose. The buck deflated at the sight and just blinked. It was the doe's, apparently, after she called excitedly to it. And she moved! Oh, she moved and stopped touching him. Poison shuddered, closing his eyes briefly.
His ears went back against his head. "How is it.. going?" Maybe she was trying to make up for their meeting circumstances. And touching him. "I am," he paused. What would be a good word? "..well." Sounded good enough to him.
"And you..?"
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 3:44 pm
"Not too bad, considering." She replied, moving toward her mongoose to admire his catch. "Hey, do you like snake?"
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:31 am
She did not say snakes. She clearly said snake, yes, he did not hear her wrong. Was she really doing what he thought she was doing? After running in terror and clinging to Mushroom was this doe offering him food-- food from the thing she was running from.
He stared a bit awkwardly, unsure of what to say. Snake wasn't bad, he thought and food wouldn't hurt him. "Sure," he said with a bit of a squeak, tilting his head a bit.
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