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 Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:41 am
 There had to be a beginning to all of this, she'd spent minutes upon minutes training and leading around after old rope neck - who she used to think was a mean and horrible example of a hell herd member but had recently decided was not nearly so upstanding, what with his recent hatred of Medea that ivy covered mess who wasn't nearly as good a match for him as she was - none the more, despite his recent success Ruin had managed to learn a few things from the pale stallion and now was the time....before the time actually...to make bad on all those lessons.
She was going to take his job, which she felt was suitable revenge for his denial of her hate. Wretched stallion. Of course to do this she had to convince Thanos and of course his rats, not that that would be hard, she was clearly the worst choice for the job. She just had to find him first.
Trotting through the lands Ruins head was swinging to and fro as she searched for the familiar broken black hide of her mother, what she found instead of course was the brown hide of her scrawny and sadly still living father. Ruin supposed that she would do for now - at the very least she could point her in the right direction and altering her path she headed in that direction.
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:59 am
 Regret was so far having a pretty decent morning - meaning of course that no one had shown up to annoy her, threaten her or otherwise make things difficult for the three whole hours since she had cracked open her gummy eyes and shuffled off towards the stream. Which was about as far as she had gotten before she resorted to starring listlessly at the flowing water and contemplating the way her hooves were starting to crack.
A good morning that was completely ruined by the cackling of that infernal crow. "Shut up you flying rat" the mare muttered at the bird, ears flattening slightly in the vain hope that such an action would shut out its noise and return her to the quiet contemplation she had been enjoying earlier. But no..she wasn't so lucky the blasted creature cackled again. With a sigh Regret raised her head slightly and glared at the bird...only to spot the approaching form of Ruin behind it. Blast. Her morning truly was ruined..but Ruin.
Turning about she began to shuffle further into the trees in the vain hope that should she simply remove herself from Ruins sight the filly might forget she had seen her - though sadly that rarely worked with Ruin who despite being off did not have her fathers forgetfulness. It was still worth a try though.
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:24 am
Now where did father think she was going? Surely the mare had heard her approaching, she was living which was unfortunate but she wasn't blind. Snorting in approval Ruin picked up her pace, pausing in her pursuit only long enough to jump up and take a snap at the raven. Pretty furred beast was always around, always behaving and Ruin was sure it shouted numerous annoying words into her fathers ears. She'd eat her mothers rats if she could get a hold of them as well.
Happily the raven managed to fall off in a flurry of feathers and Ruin watched it appear over the tree tops with a glare of pleasure before turning her attention back to Regret. Now where had he gone? Into the bright trees to be sure where it would be more comforting to talk - away from the infernal darkness of the sun. Of course..now that she thought about it like that Ruin was sure this was the answer. "Oh father!" She called out, plunging heedlessly through the trees after the mare, it would be funny to catch her and give her a new scar, just one step closer to joining her and mother in life...which of course Ruin knew the mare ultimately wanted.
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:34 am
As she had thought it didn't seem like Ruin was going to be dissuaded from her goal, though from the indignant squawking of the raven Regret could assume the filly had paused long enough to accost the bird, you'd think the avian would have had enough of her children's assaults by now and left, but no the beast kept returning, as steadfast and patient as any predator waiting for a meal.
It would have to wait a while longer, despite her daughters best attempts and Regrets own apathy towards the subject she had yet to join the dead of this herd...and a small part of her was glad. not because it meant she was still alive..no she didn't much care about that..but because her continued living presence annoyed the other mares in the herd. There was so little in life to bother enjoying - why keep herself from enjoying that at the very least?
Head low she continued to shuffle into the trees, her pace far outmatched by Ruin's noisy tramping behind her - and when the filly called out nearly directly behind her Regret gave up the chase, letting out a long rattly sigh and turning about to face today annoyance. "Ruin" She grated at the mare listlessly. "What do you want?"
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:47 am
Dancing to a halt Ruin snaked her head out to n** none to gently at her fathers shoulder. "Are you negative that you don't want me to begin it all?" She asked the mare in a tone that while hopeful could not be considered uncaring - it really would be in her fathers worst interest to simply die and join the rest of the herd in life. She was only offering it out of hate. "It would be quite hard, merely a slow blow to the feet and all would be started" She suggested. It was not the first time she had brought this down to the mare and one night Ruin was sure she would reject it.
"Or there is a mountain just into the forest a ways, you could simply stand off and be done with it" She went on "Though Rope neck has trained me horribly..I would miss if that it what your worried about" Surely the only reason Regret continued to accept her offer of a slow death was because she thought Ruin to untrained to deliver an improper blow. This was simply not true of course thought perhaps her father would not know it - sequestered away as he always was.
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:54 am
regret took the blow from her daughter with hardly a twitch even thought she could feel the warm trickle of freashly drawn blood seep into her woolly unkempt coat, as far as Ruin was concerned the strike was more akin to a love tap then anything else. Of course the filly then went into her normal spiel - practically the exact same one Regret had now heard several hundred times or pretty much every time she spoke with her.
"I know that you did not come all this way just to offer to kill me again" Regret pointed out in the hopes of turning the filly's attention off of that train of thought and towards whatever it was that had brought the filly down here. Ruin rarely came to speak with her unless she had a reason, these little side offers were merely something that came up off handedly once she got here.
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 10:11 am
Ruin drew herself up with importance as her father pointed out that she mus have had a better reason for coming over here. Of course she hadn't! She was merely making large talk before getting to the point of course - even a dead horse could be a rude horse you know. But now that her father had asked well Ruin felt no more need to try and be rude and got right to the point of things. "I am looking for mother, I thought that you wouldn't know where he is" The filly responded, though of course that only half explained the reason she was here and since this was her father Ruin decided that she deserved to know everything.
"I have decided to give Rope Neck his job, surely mother will think that it is time for such a thing and then we can follow this herd to its wrong place in this lands, stop this nonsense of doing everything and take over as we have been meant too!"
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 10:22 am
Even Regret who was used to Ruins botched speech patterns had to take a moment an unjumble those scrambled words. Of course one she had made sense of the speech she was not at all surprised. Ruin had been making noises about becoming a beta almost since she was old enough to realize what a beta was. Regret found herself doubting that Thanos would fire Rowan - the palomino stallion had proven far to valuable to simply usurp at the whim of an ambitious filly.
But the conversation might prove somewhat amusing and there were other betas that regret disapproved of, like that beast Vengence and hi mate..and all their normal perfect foals whom had been allowed to stay in the herd when her's couldn't. Yes..Regret could see the value of installing Ruin in such a position now that she thought about it and so she decided to accompany Ruin on this quest so that she might whisper words of encouragement in Thano's ears. "Ah yes..I see, of course you are right..come let us find your father" The bony mare encouraged slyly before shuffling off through the trees again - if she was right and she typically was Thanos was likely at the ridge right now inspecting his herd of miscreants.
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 10:33 am
Things were finally starting to look up for him. The newest recruits that Thorn had brought back were not perfect, but there were a few among them that may very well prove useful in the upcoming plans. The others...well every army needed fodder to feed to the enemy, and those worthless beasts could be just that. And in doing so they would prove their worth to him. On top on that, he and Thorn had become brothers again, and together they would surely whip this herd into shape and march across the untouched lands, spreading disease, chaos and death.
Now he was off to tell Regret the good news, that finally after many long months of waiting his plans, well his and Thorns, would finally be put into action. He wasn't sure what role Regret would play in all of these, as he wouldn't want to see her get hurt, but she had to pull her weight in all of this as well. He had only left the ridge when he spotted Regret and Ruin together Thanos' eyes rolled over the situation. He saw a fresh wound on Regrets shoulder and instantly seethed with rage, why couldn't his daughter be nice to her mother.
Shouldering Ruin aside roughly Thanos made it over to Regret, looking at the wound closely. It wasn't deep, thankfully. Spinning around he faced Ruin once more. "What is the meaning of this?!" He snapped at his daughter.
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 10:48 am
Ruin dipped away as her mother shouldered her aside, merely laying her ears back to show her calmness at the situation, as usual her mother was far to infatuated with father to notice that they had come here for something far more unimportant. But Ruin was used to this of course and merely gazed at her mother when he whirled around to snap at her. Rolling her ears slightly at the question "It is only a large scratch" She told the stallion "It bleed profusely and didn't bother father at all"
Really was the large wound worth this type of display? She didn't think so, it was barely oozing now and mother was acting like she had gone and hacked the foot off her head or something - which would be sort of interesting because then she and father would match.
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 10:53 am
Right. The wound, she ought to remembered that before coming over like this, Thanos was prone to fits of rage whenever something happened to her and as ruin went on to explain what had happened Regret sighed deeply...in his anger Thanos might not recall that his daughter had a problem with words and take what she said at face value. "I am fine" She assured the stallion "It is just a small scratch - I barely felt it" she went on to try and furter soothe the beast.
If Thanos decided to become angry with Ruin it would certainly make things harder when it came to installing her as a Beta of the herd. "She is your daughter and she is fierce as you wished her to be..you cannot get angry at her for displaying that fierceness as a part of her love" She reminded the stallion though Regret had her doubts about Ruins so called 'love'
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 11:02 am
Thanos looked between Regret and Ruin. He hated this, but like Regret pointed out, Ruin was fierce, a quality he wished in all his children, and the herd as well. Sighing Thanos shook his head, much as he hated to overlook this he had to, because Ruin was and likely would continue to be a great member of the herd. "Fine." He mumbled looking at Regret, but he would make sure the wound was cleaned later, so it did not fester.
Taking a step back Thanos looked towards Ruin, he had a feeling that she wanted something from him, why else would Regret be leading her to where he was. "You are a fierce one." He finally said with a nod of her head. "And what is it that you wish to talk to me about?" There was no point in beating around the bush, so they might as well get to it already.
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 1:27 pm
Ruin snorted at her mother as though to say of course she was and thank you for finally noticing that lie. And with her father voicing her non support and keeping mother from getting angrier over that significant large wound it was now time to propose her idea. It was a bad idea..probably the best she had ever had and since ruin tended to have a lot of ideas - not that they all saw them - that was really hearing something.
Pulling herself up to her full height - which was quickly becoming quite respectable as she hit what would eventually be her adult height. "You know I haven't been training with Rowan" She made sure to use his real name this time around as she wasn't sure that her mother was aware of the personal nickname she had given the pale mare. "I have forgot everything she could teach me and I think it is now time for me to take my improper place in that herd, I wish to take her place" She stated decisively with another snort. There was really no way that he could deny her, mother had to see that this was for the best of the herd. She - Ruin would lead them all to defeat!
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 1:32 pm
Regret blew out a light sigh as Thanos calmed down lowering her head slightly she waited quietly as he daughter plead her case. While Regret had already decided to support Ruin's decision in the end it would be Thanos who chose what would happen - but the subsequent conversation might be amusing if nothing else. Regret wasn't quite sure what would happen if Thano's denied Ruin, despite her speech issues she was a driven filly and Regret was pretty sure that she would find a way to advance one way or another.
It wouldn't be long before Ruin decided that killing one of the betas would be a suitable recourse in order to gain access to the position. Hopefully it wouldn't come to that - Regret didn't like all the hell herd members but she was aware that they needed every one of them if they were going to be successful in following through with Thano's plan.
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 2:02 pm
Until now Peace had remained quiet, though the turn in conversation had peeked his interests. So Ruin wanted to be beta, well despite her screwed up way of talking the young mare had shown much potential. But Rowan was one of the few good horses in this herd. "Surely you will not let her take Rowan's place." He hedged carefully. "He has served you well ever since we left Hell."
War hated to admit it, but her brother was right. Rowan was a worthy member and Thanos would be a fool to let his daughter remove him from beta rank. "There is surely another way she can be beta while still maintaining Rowan in that position."
Thanos took a few moments to rearrange his daughters words into what she actually had meant to say. Sometimes doing so was more difficult than others. She wanted to take Rowan's place? But Rowan was the only horse who actually did things in this herd besides the recently returned Thorn. "No!" He shouted all too quickly without giving it much thought. He then tipped his head turning it slightly to listen to his rats, their opinion was important to him - most of the time at least. Wait. Could he make Ruin and beta and keep Rowan in that position as well? Well of course he could, he was alpha and what he said went.
"I mean..." He continued and then paused to thoroughly think it out. It took a few moments for him to work out what he wanted to say. "You know Rowan is a worthy horse, I cannot demote him just because you want to be beta. Without him these last months you would not have learned what you have and even less would have been done within the herd." There, that sounded right, now to continue...what had he wanted to say again?
"Make her a beta as well, on top of Rowan." Peace suggested, knowing that's what Thanos was wishing to say.
"Yeah and get rid of that other lump of a beta." War chimed in.
Thanos bobbed his head a bit at the rats, yes, that was the perfect idea, why hadn't he thought of it before. "Perhaps you can be beta beside Rowan. Our other beta has done nothing so far. I think you might be able to make up for his slacking." He didn't outright say she could take Vengeance's place but if that's what it came down to then that could happen. He would first wait to see what Ruin said.
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