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 Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 6:37 pm
Caelen listened to her explaination and decided that acting like a nagging old wife was more her style than his, "Ah, but Aghra, when ye look so cute an ye don't shake it.. yer adorable an ye don pose much o a threat ter me eyes water-wise."
His neck moved against hers again, pushing her forward. The slow pace had finally managed to eat up a smidgeon over half the distance to her teepee, "Look lass, yer almost ter yer warm bed. I bet ye'll be fast asleep afore yer two-legger managed ter get ye all bandaged up." Come to think of it.. He would probably be completely asleep before it was done if it weren't fore the desire to make sure the two-legger didn't hurt her.
"Lass, yer a cruel bit o' goods some days.. Ye made it sound like ye have err... company that're the same type 'o friends we are all the time.. It struck me pride if I were ter tell ye the truth." It was hard to let her know the truth, but lieing would only serve to make her suspicious of him again.
"Hows yer leg holdin' up lass?" His voice was a bit surprised, as it was nice to feel the soft, soaking wet, touch on his own cheek. She was starting to warm up to their friendship. Thank all the saints in Ireland.. and any other Saint he could get ahold of. "Now lass, It's almost impossible ter get me outta shape."
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 6:53 pm
Azariel didn't answer immediately. She was unsure of whether to become angry, or lose enough of her fluster to speak normally again. Compliments always made her uncomfortable, especially from him. "Humph," She answered finally, still embarrassed.
She groaned at his description her home, "Do you want me to fall asleep at my feet?" She hissed, eyeing him through her soaken white mane. She sighed and almost shook her head-save for the resistance her she put up to avoid further comment.
She turned her head to completely look at him, eyebrows raised, "Why would you think that?" She rumbled softly, "I haven't had a stallion around my home since Ares and he only spent one night, Mashki couldn't get him to stay anymore." This time she did shake her head, "It's not a big deal, I apologize for hurting your pride."
An ear flicked towards him, "It hurts enough that I limp," She grumbled, "But it's not falling off, so I guess I'm okay." She laughed a bit, "How much do you want to bet that I'll be sick after all of this is through. I hate being sick." She chuffed softly. She really did hate illness. When she had to be taken care of my someone else...she felt too helpless to put words to.
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:01 pm
Caelen yawned widely and smiled down at her. She could kick him out tonight but he'd probably just collapse in front of her door and fall asleep. The unending urge to slip into sleepy abyss was nearly overwhelming him. "Uhm lass.. quit yer fightin' I'm too tired ter argue ternight."
She was in such a grumpy mood, and yet all he had done was describe a nice.. warm bed.. tender care.. Mmm ahh another yawn. Damnit, were yawns contagious. Even thinking the word "yawn" made him do it. Pfft, lad yer losin' yer marbles that's for sure and for certain. "Now then lass, do ye plan ter fall asleep on yer feet? I would think ye'd be off balanced."
That thought made him laugh slightly and in the darkness her eyes couldn't see his light blush, "Ye've been a mare fer a good long while now lass.. I've seen many lasses that haven't waited more'n a week upon reachin' their adulthood before givin' up their maidenhood." Hopefully she wouldn't understand that he wasn't grouping her like that.. Actually, that was why it had been such a blow because mares like that bored him. They were transparent.
"If it hurts ye then ye shouldna be walkin' on it. Ye'll be inside the nice warm teepee.. well look, it seems that all o' me jabberin' has gotten ye ter yer home nice and quick-like!" Caelen's chest puffed up a bit as if he had carried her the whole way and he began to nose at the door, snorting and demanding it open up. Of course, to the human inside it probably sounded like a load of ruckus.
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:22 pm
Azariel managed a faint chuckle, "You aren't the only one," An aqua eye looked up at him, "So if I were to say something tongiht, you wouldn't be able to argue?" A mischievious grin flickered across her face, that thought could be fun. He'd never admit though and she didn't have much of anything to say.
She huffed softly, looking up at him squarely, "Huh?" She replied intelligently, mind too fogged to really understand much anymore. All she wanted was sleep...
"Any mare who does that risks both her intergrity and her independence." SHe answered solemnly before allowing a yawn of her own, "Mares should know that doing such will only make them be looked down on by stallions andthat there is a high risk of said mare acquiring a few extra additions to the family." She sighed, "I'd never let myself be one of them."
Had they really returned to her home? She blinked blearily, trying to force sleep from her eyes. How had Caelen know about her home anyway? She must have been incredibly tired to not realize it until now. Aqua eyes glanced at him, suspicion in their gaze.
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:34 pm
Caelen nuzzled her nose lightly, wiggling his lips back and forth across her own lips. It was a playful touch but rather daring. He figured he was relatively safe as she was half asleep and close to being draped across his body. "No no lass, ye'll find I've the ability ter find a way ter argue.. just nae with words.. Care ter try me?"
Lord he hoped so. "Huh?" It seemed that both of their minds were getting a bit fuzzed over. With an impatient snort Caelen kicked at the teepee's entrance. The two-legger had another minute before he would smash his way in.
It was almost impossible to listen to her little tirade against mares with loose morals. Not because he didn't agree but because he was so cold, and so was she... Oh lord.. She had just now realized that he had known how to get her home? Weeell, time to fess up again. Damnit, why do I always get caught being good?
"Lass, I've been gone fer well over a month now, did ye really think I jest diappeared? Every now and again the past month my curiousity has made me follow you and one of the times ye came here.. are ye mad at me fer that lass?"
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:48 pm
Azariel was surprised at his bold touch, and wondered if he was marginally out of his mind. "Mm..." She replied, lipping back defiantly, "Not at the moment, you should make an appointment." She nudged him, Quit trying to break the door in, Mashki's hell to wake up but if you keep at it like that--"
"Who the hell is trying to break my door in?"
"--You get a cranky two-legger."
The young woman--more like her head as that was the only part out of the teepee--glared at them balefully, clearly almost half-asleep. She wasn't in the most pleasant of moods either. Being woken up in the middle of the night is not one of the most pleasant experiences. Azariel knew very well to be quiet when returning home, Mashki was not so pleasant when disturbed, though she'd never actually hurt anyone.
Her two colored eyes--one blue the other green, widened a fraction as she caught sight of both of them, "Inside. Now." Her words left no room for agruement and the flap into the teepee opened wider to let them both in.
Azariel looked at the soaked green stallion, no longer bothering to pretend to be angry, "No, I'm not angry," She replied softly, shaking her head a bit, "At the moment, I'm too tired to care more then a wink." She looked at him with as much of a raised eyebrow as she could manage at the moment, "I'll just give you a bit of a talking-to tomorrow." She moved past him and in the warm comfort of the teepee.
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:58 pm
Caelen nearly grinned in delight when he felt her lips fussing with his. What an interesting day this had turned out to be, "Oi lass, yer out here bleedin' an ye want me ter wait politely fer the two-legger ter get up?" He shook his head at the ridiculous idea..
"Thass ---" The rest of his sentance was cut off by the cranky creature in question staring at them before giving her order. It was impossible to understand what she said but her tone and motion left nothing to be questioned.
Now was time for him to decide.
"Lass I dunno if I'm goin' ter come in.."
For all of his bravado, Caelen wasn't much for dealing with yelling when he was tired. If the two-legger had been in a slightly better mood he would've shuffled in and waited to curl around Az. Probably would've had to wait til she fell asleep. He could feel the heat coming from inside and it was wonderful. Knickering softly he shuffled inside. If the two-legger was in the mood to chew him out he'd just bust the door down to get out if need-be.
"Az lass, we both know ye won't lecture me tomorrow as by then I'll have charmed ye inter a rosy mood." Oh the lord was going to strike him down for that big ole whopper, but thinking coherently was hard when the chill of rain was beginning to slide away. "Uhm is it bedtime yet lass?"
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 8:07 pm
Az turned and looked back at him silently, "Scared all of a sudden?" She asked, voice strained from both exhaustion and the desire to go inside into the warmth. She sighed softly and went in, whether he came or not she'd be the one to get the help she needed.
She was marginally surprised when he followed her inside and she couldn't help but retort with an, "We'll see how that goes." She allowed herself a chuckle at his behvoir, "Not yet, Cael," She chuffed softly, watching Mashki clean her wound, only wincing every few dabs. She hated getting cleaned up too. "Though I'm sure you can go to sleep right now if you -yawn- like..."
Mashki was grumbling softly, though her work was clean and efficient. This wasn't the first time Azariel had come home wounded, it was a guarentee it wouldn't be the last. She pressed a bit more of the healing balm into the wound, glancing up at her charge sleepily, "Couldn't you have brought your boy home when it wasn't so late?" She grumbled, amused and put-off by this. Honestly, think of the person who has to take care of said mare for once!
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 6:54 am
Caelen shook his head no, he had led Az all this way home and it wasn't in him to tuck-tail and run off now that she was most likely safe. If the two-legger, for some reason, had no idea how to properly care for the injury then he'd want to be around to go smashing in door.
Caelen moved forward and nuzzled at her neck, keeping one eye trained on Mashki. "She's doin' a fine job with yer leg lass, jest keep yer mind on somethin' else." He was raising enough fuss for the two of them since she looked so exhausted. Whenever he was hurt he would fuss and make noise until Aely wanted to smack him.
"I'll nae go ter sleep til yer taken care of lass." His own voice was more than a little bit sleep-slurred but stubborness had a way of keeping even the nearly-dead awake. Exhaustion was several steps above dead. "Now then, tomorrow we'll have ter walk yer leg out good ter make sure it doesna heal with yer muscles tightened up, else ye'll have a limp fer a very long time."
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 8:01 am
Azariel let out a sound that could have been a chuckle, but was more likely one of pain. "She's fine, no harm, it's happened before. Mashki knows what she's doing." She assured him, wondering if she'd have the honor of being wiped down too. If she went to sleep like this she'd assuredly wake up sick.
This sound was clearly a chuckle, as much as she could manage one, "You're not going to go to sleep until your dry," She informed him, feeling the last of the bandages tie off, "Mashki won't let anyone go to sleep wet it's against her-Oof--" The towel landed on her head, "--nature." She sighed and allowed her two-legger to dry her in silence just waiting for it to be Caelen's turn.
It took a while, but Mashki finally finished toweling Az down as best she could even if she was onl,y half-awake. With another towel, she turned to Caelen, "We can do this the easy way, or I can kick you out." She told him, eyeing him searchingly, "So are you going to stay and put up with getting dry and compfy next to your girl? Or run away and be cold and wet and probably lose affection from the princess?" She let him enough room to do either.
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 8:30 am
Thinking was getting to be a bit of a pain in the a**, so he just chose to smile at the mare. "Yer leg's all bandaged up now lass, and yer about ter have a towel thrown on yer.."
Oop. Too late.
He watched with half-opened eyes as she received a fast toweling down. It was hard not to laugh slightly when she was all fluffed up and rather touseled looking. Laughing probably wouldn't get him into too much trouble until tomorrow morning. The ground was looking awfully nice right now.. and he usually slept standing up like most other Soquili. Lock-kneed and knocked out.. Well tonight he'd just pass out near a warm..
Ahh.. was he drooling yet?
The human was giving him the evil eye, so Caelen gave one right back to her. "She wants ter do this the hard way, eh?" If he had had just a bit more energy he would've "accidently" stepped on the side of her shoe, or swung his head just the right way to knock her off balance, but as is... A deep sigh and a lazy lowering of his neck was his only reaction. Oh, and propping a foot up to rest while she dried him.
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 8:54 am
Azariel held back the laugh from her two-legger's ministrations, but only because she was too tired to really make the effort. SHe watched him this time, though her eyes were more then half-closed, as Mashki set about toweling off the green boy. She hoped he wouldn't fall asleep just yet, though she herself was slipping already. She wanted to his his tousled mass of fur and indignation before she fell asleep.
Mashki worked as fast as someone still trying to retain a bit of their slep could. If she didn't, she'd be up for hours and that wasn't healthy. In the mean time, she made sure to dry him off, in the mean time deciding to give the green boy a bit of advice, even if he probably couldn't understand her at all. "ARe you trying for her, boy?" She asked, toweling his neck, "You'd best be careful and warned, she a handful, yo'll have a hell of a time."
She shook her head, proceeding to the rest of his body, "But once she's caught she won't leave, patience is the key, patience and a hell lot of determination, but you've got that, right?" A sleepy chuckle, "I hope so, she needs a good man in her life. Her father just doesn't cut it sometimes and her brothers left long ago." A wistful sigh, "Hope they come back soon, or at least little Twilight, he was one chipper boy from what I can remember, though he's probably all grown up now, just like the princess." She finished him with a flourish, tossing the towel down next to the others. SHe'd have plenty of laundry to do in the morning.
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 9:20 am
Caelen sighed softly. For all his bluster and grumble getting rubbed all over with a dry towel wasn't something he was liable to kick up a fuss for. It was probably overly feminine and Az would give him hell tomorrow for acting like a meek little kitten but hell.. it felt too good to be "manly" Grumbling slightly he lifted his head to nudge Mashki on the back.
If only he could just tell her that not only was he not trying for the girl and that he didn't have to have patience... but also that he already had her and it was too much fun to want to tame her. Caelen grinned at the nickname the two-legger had used several times, "Princess, eh lass? Ye'll nae find me ter treat ye as one.. too much bowin' would be bad fer me knees."
How could her brother's just abandon her? She was far too young to be dealing with the world alone. The abandonment had also made his job about ten times more irritating. She tended to hit below the waist when he got too close to seeing a bit of her. Alright, he had had enough of this drying business. Shuffling around the human Caelen bullied up against Az and growled slightly in her ear. He wanted to sleep with his neck wound around hers and tell him "no" would only make him more demanding. "C'mon lass... time fer sleep."
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 9:43 am
Azariel snorted, "She calls everyone that, you're "boy" until she get's to know you and then she'll start calling you "prince". I'm "princess" because she takes care of me, therefore she jokes that she's my servant, okay?" Az shook her head, not wanting to explain much more at the moment.
She gnashed her teeth a bit, "Humph, wouldn't expect you to treat me like one either, it'd get boring very quickly." She stopped to yawn, wanting to go to sleep already. He should stop talking.
She jumped a bit (as best she could when almost asleep) when she felt him next to her, "Hey now--" She sighed, too tired to argue very much, "Yes, yes, go to sleep already, I am." She sighed and closed her eyes, he'd have hell to pay in the morning if she ever got the energy to make that promise stick in her mind.
Mashki shook her head, smiling, "Fine, fine, you two go to sleep, I'll..." She glanced to the mess they had all made, "...Clean this all up in the morning." She crawled her way over to her sleepingg mat and promptly lost consciousness.
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 9:53 am
((Short post.. xD sorry))
Caelen listened half-heartedly to the explination that was given and just tightened his grip on Az before grumbling softly in her ear. "Hold still lass, I want ter sleep." In the morning he'd probably be woken up with a bite to the chest to get him off, but hell. She was warm.. actually.. everything was warm now and it was sleeping time.
A quick yawn, "I'll nae be prince... I'll.. uhm.. I'll uhm have ter throw a fit... or summat.." His green eyes slid shut for the final time and into an oblivious sleep he slid.
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