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Private RP between Novablu's Ace and Phail Ninja's Timbira.



The trickle of a breeze was the only reprieve from the sweltering heat as summer hit the Kawani lands hard, and even the breeze was warm. Despite the sweat coating his red and white pelt, the large stallion trekked on, one hoof after the other, clip clopping on the hard, cracked earth. Ace wasn’t sure where he was going, but that was normal for him. He was in a continuous state of being lost, but wasn’t that the best part of life? The surprises? The people he might meet on his random journey. A happy smile on his face, he trotted along, humming a merry tune that had stuck with him for the past several miles, a tune he’d heard a mare humming and it had just gotten lodged inside his mind, like a flea clinging to a dog…well, you got the picture.

He was on the search for the ocean; he’d heard it was beautiful…and that the tastiest of salt grasses were on the beach. And he was hungry for something different. Clovers were sweet, but what about something being salty? Yummmm.. His stomach rumbled at the thought. And if he met someone along the way? Well then, he would have company!

Ace's humming intensified, keeping his beat with each touch of his hoof to the ground, a steady one-two. His tail flicked and swished the flies off his rump, hungry for his blood, the little pests. Up ahead was the birdcall and sound of a forest, balmy yet dark and sheltered from the sun--yet, was that the right way to the ocean? Or moreso--did he already pass this forest once already? Hmmm... He couldn't remember. That rock might look familiar, but...was that his mind playing tricks on him?

"Oh, curiouser and curiouser," he murmured, the quote stuck in his head. That's when he saw a dark-pelted mare standing right at the very edge of the forest, looking anxious. The breeze whipped her purple and teal mane around like she was from a Pantene commercial and Ace had to laugh. A chuckle burst into the air as he meandered over to her, the sword strapped to his back clinking with each step.

"Lo there, pretty lady. You look a lil bit lost, you alright?" He gauged her; she seemed nervous by the way she was pawing the ground with one hoof. He tilted his head back, blew bangs out of his eyes, and then bowed with one leg bent beneath him. "I'm Ace."

Ace watched her, triangular ears pricked forwards and waiting…waiting for what? A reply…but the poor girl seemed to be stumbling over herself, looking at him as if he was a ghost. Ace blinked and looked down at his hooves, then over his shoulder. Was he scary? How? And why had no one ever told him before now?! Eyes wide in alarm, he glanced back up at the purple mare and tipped his head to the side. He wanted to help her somehow, but…she might just be afraid of him. Dang.

Then she spoke, her voice soft and feather-like, and a tiny shy smile appeared on her face. Ace’s heartbeat slowed down a bit--maybe he wasn’t terrifying after all--but he didn’t approach her any closer, waiting for her to calm down. “I’m sorry to startle you, ladybird, wasn’t my intention.” Timbira… “You have a pretty name to go with a pretty face.” He wore a smile now too, as bright as the sun. He wasn’t being flirty--or well, he wasn’t trying to be. It just came natural.

“How’s the forest?” He motioned towards the woods behind them. “Still hot?”