Welcome to Gaia! ::

She removed her head from the ground, leaving the mole to its rest. She had realized she seemed a little rude to the Trast, but she wanted that grub! Hole after hole she dug, dirt and grass was kicked up. She had found more than one of bundles of hairballs, each escaping before her. At this point she was becoming rather annoyed. She had turned to look at Ahi, who was digging up things, and perhaps seeing him dig gave her a bit more motivation to find her own grub. After another hole was dug and nothing. She looked down at the empty a bit more discouraged than before. Hole after hole nothing. A scowl came across her face and she thought she might as well try again and again.

Hoofs covered with dirt, broke through the first layer of soil. As she dug deeper she could smell something odd, different than one of those other subterranean animals that lived with them. No way! The Trast dug faster, desperately hoping that this would be it! Through the earth she dug, she stopped, a small noise emitting from the hole. It was close, very close and she was about to continue a little more before the dirt began to move. A small fleshy coloued thing popped up and scared her. For a moment she looked at its betty eyes. “Oh my lord... I FOUND ONE!” Sumire was excited beyond belief. She couldn’t believe it. Her fast approached toward the grub had spooked it causing it to burrow and she went after it until she caught it once again.

“N’aww it’s okay little fella, I’m not going to hurt you!” Sumire brought it out of its hole and onto the ground next to her. “You need a name...” The thing had calmed down, allowing her to get a better look at it. It was utterly adorable, though she felt bad, poor Ahi didn’t seem to have one yet.

Quartz blinked slowly, thinking about the name he gave his grub... or... was thinking of giving it. "Really, I don't know. I was sort of thinking of bouncing ideas off you." She punctuated it with a flick of her paw, flicking a bit of dirt at him that bounced off his chest and legs. "But that doesn't seem like it's going to work." she sighed and lowered her head a little, making the little grub on her head squeal, though not near as loud as the first time. Quartz snorted "If you don't like it cling to a different part of me." The grub chattered a little and squirmed down Quartz's neck, making the female shudder.

"Oooooog that feels so weird!" She bristled as the grub settled about Quarz's neck, and draped itself off her nape. Quartz had her eyes closed as the grub crawled about her, and opened one eye as it finally settled. "It is kind of a noise maker though... I should name after the noisiest trast I know. But since it would be confusing to name it Dach." She teased, tossing her head a little to shake her mane from her eyes. "And I don't know why I'd name something so cute and squishy after a big tough guy like you." Her grub seemed to share the sentiment that it was cute by clicking at Quartz, sounding quite pleased. "Though wouldn't it be funny to call this cute little screamer Banshee?"

heart

(sorry for the wait!)