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 Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 9:53 pm
 It was a clear and beautiful day but none of that mattered to the female Ice Tiger currently fuming her way though another forest. She had spent the last few days wandering through one forest after another trying to find her brother. When she finally found Arctic she had a few choice words in mind for him about his ridiculously vague directions. We live in the forest, that was the message she was given. A little more information would have been nice, there were so many forests here. Artemisia had never seen so many trees before in her life.She paused in her steps as the sound of water reached her ears. The sound made her realize how thirsty she was becoming and she changed direction heading towards what sounded to her like a river. She barley kept from growling as she reached the source of the sound. Not a river but an extremely muddy stream. She was really getting tired of the way the forest twisted sound and was starting to regret agreeing to come here.Artemisia stared blankly at the mud as her thirsty screamed at her. There was no way she was going to wander around covered in mud. With an unhappy sigh she turned away from the stream and started back towards the path she had been fallowing. Her foul mood becoming fouler.
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Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 10:25 pm
 Chayse was out taking a leisurely stroll on her own. Bees were buzzing by and birds were chirping. It was a beautiful day. Well, if you liked that sort of thing. The bees were actually quite annoying every time they'd swoop by her head, she thought one might fly into her ears. Don't even get her started about the birds. Those pesky little creatures make way too much noise in her opinion. She'd rather not have to deal with them waking her up at the crack of dawn with their songs. She did have to admit that it wasn't a bad day to take a walk though, pesky critters aside.
She often found herself traveling the same paths when she would venture on her own. It had become a familiar routine actually. She and Arctic would travel together most of the time when he was around. Preston, her mountain lion familiar, wasn't accompanying her on her stroll today for he had just become a father and was attending to his own little brood. Chayse couldn't be sure where her children were as they had all grown and found their own homes, but not too far away.
She had been walking for quite some time when her ears perked at the sound of someone approaching. Through the bends in the path, she caught site of a white coat with blue stripes. Arctic! Could it be that they had both been out for a walk at the same time and just happened upon each other? Giddy at the thought her love might be just feet away, she sped up and almost ran right into ---- 'Wait! That's not Arctic!' she thought just as she ran up on the long-haired mare, barely stopping herself short of coliding with her.
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 1:16 pm
Artemisia's eyes widened as a pink mare came taring around the corner and nearly ran into her. "Watch where you'er going," she snarled in annoyance. She gave the pink tiger a once over and nearly snorted. Trust a wingless to be so uncouth. While Artemisia wasn't as bad as her mother she still believed that those without wings were inferior to those with wings.While she knew her brother's mate didn't have wings, five of their six children did which made the mare acceptable. If she had born mostly wingless children then the queen never would have allowed the match. Not that it would have mattered to Arctic but if the queen hadn't agreed then Artemisia wouldn't have been allowed to leave home. Unlike Arctic, Artemisia never went against their mother.Giving her head a slight shake the priestess brought her thoughts back to the present. Something about the mare in front of her niggled at the back of her mind but she was in no mood to pursue the thought. If she had she would have realized that the mare fit the description her nephew, Demetrius, had given of his mother.
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 2:13 pm
 She was a bit taken aback at the hostility from the other mare. "Sorry. I thought you were someone else...." she mumbled, trailing off.
She took a step back and chuckled lightly, feeling a bit embarrassed. "Didn't mean to almost run you over. I'm not usually that clumsy."
She looked the mare over, taking in her striking colors and stripes against white fur. "You remind me of someone..." she commented, taking note of her wings and stripes. "I do apologize and hope I didn't scare ya too much," she said, trying to lighten the mood.
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Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 7:26 pm
Artemisia gave the other a nasty look. "Do you honestly think someone like you could scare me?" she asked her voice dripping with disdain. She looked past the mare and nearly sighed. She refused to show weakness in front of this stranger but she was tired, hungry, thirsty, and about ready to murder her brother.
Her ears went back as she growled to herself. "Arctic were the frost are you."
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Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 7:40 pm
She found her patience wearing thin with this mare. "Perhaps 'scare' wasn't the word I meant. Startled, perhaps? Maybe that's a better word." Her tongue clicked at the end of her sentence with annoyance. "Anyway, I wouldn't want to hold you up, so -" She cut herself off mid-sentence at the sound of Arctic's name. "Arctic? How do you know him?" mistrust in her voice, her eyebrows quirked in a questioning, and accusatory manner.
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Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 8:02 pm
She blinked in surprise. From the mares reaction she knew Arctic. "He's my brother," she answered no sign of her earlier hostility present. Technically half brother as they had different sires but to an ice tiger as long as they shared a mother there was no distinction between whole and half siblings.
Pink tiger, pink tiger, the thought continued to niggle at the back of her mind. Suddenly her eyes widened as the reason it was bugging her was realized.
Her eyes slipped closed as a pained expression crossed her face. "You're her aren't you?"
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Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 8:09 pm
This mare was his sister?! She had to be kidding!
Well, no....after looking her over again, Chayse could definitely see a similarity, though they're personalities were not.
"And you're her aren't you?" she asked the rhetorical question, distaste present in her voice. "You're Artemisia."
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Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 12:21 pm
Artemisia gave a miserable nod before suddenly perking up. "Wait if you're Chayse then this in finally the right forest." She skirted around the other mare and practically skipped down the path chanting, "Water, water, water!"
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Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 12:56 pm
"How rude!" she said, hoping that Artemisia had heard her. She furrowed her brow, and turned to follow her. 'I best not let the princess get lost I suppose,' she thought, and sighed. She could already tell that they weren't going to get along....
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