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 Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 12:10 pm
Carnivore nodded his head. Yes, they would need a distraction, something to pull Regret away from Thanos before he could move. Then the colt spoke and that glimmer of hope faded. Damn, he knew Chaos was right, Regret wouldn't care if the colt came stumbling into the meadow injured. "Need different distraction." He told Love after a moment of thinking. Then he head another voice and swung his attention back to his parents. There came Rowan, another beta of the herd, one who was extremely loyal to his father and then another stallion. Carnivore swallowed hard, it was Thorn.
Well, crap, this was going downhill fast. He might have been able to take on his father and Rowan together, but with Thorn there he would be crushed like a bug. "This change everything." He said with an obvious tinge of disappointment in his voice. Giving the colt a nudge and motioning for Love to follow Carnivore led the way out back the way they had come. When they were far enough away to talk but still hidden within the trees Carnivore stopped them. "Thorn is strong, stronger than Carnivore." He had only overheard a snippet of the conversation of the two alpha's but he could tell Thorn was eager to get the herd moving. "If Thorn take herd, father stay behind with Regret, then he will be open to kill."
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 12:30 pm
Love frowned. "So what your saying is that we should head back? wait till the herd moves on?" He narrowed his eyes... Love had prided himself on never running from a fight... no matter what the odds.
He snorted lightly. "And what do we do with him while we wait? He won't stay quiet... he will tell your father that you had come looking for him...." He snorted... "Your father would never stay unprotected if he knew..." Snorting quietly he turned to the foal. "If they don't care about you... you really are of more hindrance then help in this matter aren't you... unless you happen to have any ideas." He tossed his tail and then looked back to carnivore.
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 12:42 pm
Well damn, one second things were looking up and that he might be allowed to go and then next thing he knew he was right back in crapville. His eyes went wide for a moment and then he calmed down. What was he afraid for? This stallion wanted to kill Thanos and Thanos had made it clear he was none too happy to have a normal foal running about the herd. "I...I can help you." He blurted out as he looked between the two stallions. Calm down, think your words through, he scolded himself before continuing. "Thanos and the others don't like me...because I'm normal. I would give anything to see them fall. Why would I tell Thanos your plans? He wouldn't believe me." He'd probably get killed for saying such a foolish lie as well. "Let me live and I will serve you instead." His eyes were on Carnivore, though he took a moment to spare Love a quick glance as well.
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 12:43 pm
Carnivore stomped his foot in anger. He didn't want to abandon the fight not when they were so close, but three to one odds were not in his favor, especially with his mother standing among the three stallions he would need to fight. "Don't want to head back...but need new plan." When Chaos spoke his head whipped around and he let out a snarl. "Why we trust you? You normal horse." Wait a second, that was it! Chaos was a normal horse, he would easily be overlooked by most of the herd. An idea popped into his head as the colt began to pledge his loyalty to the pair.
His gaze swung around to Love and there was a gleam in his eye. "Use colt. No one listen to normal horse in herd. He be spy for us, let us know when herd is moving." As long as the colt didn't blabber on about their plans to anyone they would be fine. "You betray us, I kill your parents before you, make you watch." This just might work after all. "How many horses in herd?" He asked the colt and then turned his attention to Love. "What info he need to give us?" If they were gonna form a new strategy then they would need to find out as much about the herd as possible, but Carnivore wasn't the thinker so he would need Love's input on this.
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 12:51 pm
Love was following carnivores plan. Just because the foal thought of it first didn't mean that he got the credit. "You are right... this could be beneficial..." He glanced at the foal and tried not to snicker when carnivore used one of the most cliche tragedies there were...
"We need to know when the herd moves...That would be when we would make our move..." His eyes ticked to the foal and then back to the other large stallion. "Their numbers... we should keep tabs on thanos' ritualistic behaviors..." by this he meant that if thanos went off into the bushes to pee at the same time each day.... he wanted to know bout it.
What else. "Regret... you need to work on getting on her good side... just in case... so be nice... go out of your way to make regret think you are the sweetest little angel that the spirits have placed on this earth." The spirits really? He mentally shook the thought. His eyes narrowed. "If you let anyone get wind of this... it will be the end of our plan... and your family as you know it.."
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:05 pm
He tried to not blow out a sigh of relief as the two once again spared his life. So all he had to do was give them the information they wanted and he would live. Well that seemed simple enough. The herd rarely took notice to any of his wanderings so if he stood at the edge of the meadow counting them they would ignore him in their usual way. The threat to not only his life, but that of his family, was not lost on the colt and he gave his head a firm nod. "I can count them. There are probably a dozen or so now. But Thorn and Thanos have been holding meetings with the herd lately," this was probably info that the pair would want to know. "They always hold them near sundown. That is when I will be able to count them all."
Chaos let out a bit of a sigh. He really didn't want to try to befriend Regret but he knew he would have to. "Alright, I will make Regret like me." Though honestly he wasn't sure how to go about this. He held his head high for a moment. "I promise you I will not fail, and I will not tell any of the others what I am doing. How will I get this information to you?"
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:06 pm
Carnivore bobbed his head, good Love had understood what was going on. He was glad to have the stallion around to help out, and if Love needed help in the future he would be certain to provide it for him. Of course having this colt try to get close to his mother struck a sour chord in Carnivore. Bending his head down low so that he could look Chaos in the eyes Carnivore spoke in a low voice. "You get close to her, you do not touch her. If Regret get hurt in any way Carnivore blame you." Clearly he was very protective of his mother.
News of the herd meetings made him consider. If they were having regular meetings now then that meant they would likely not have long until the herd did move. He glanced at Love before turning his attention to Chaos. "You get info, we come back in three days. We meet over there." He motioned towards a stand of trees near the border where they would be able to hide from view of the herd. "Do not fail us."
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 3:05 pm
Love nodded his head. "Three days...." He twitched his tail and started walking. He paused. "Don't let them catch onto you sniffing around." Tossing a look to carnivore that said meet me at the grove, love took off out of the decaying smelling rotten hell herd lands.
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It had been three days.... He yawned. His eyes opening to the still dark morning. He glanced around him to try and find carnivore before he stretched and went about his morning routine.
Take a run to the river... drink, come back and then munch grass for a while. Then once Carnivore woke up he would wait for the boy to hunt his food down... and then they would train.
His hooves pounded against the ground as he returned from the river. He tossed his head and then called out. "Carnivore... wake up to eat...we need to leave soon..."
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 3:44 pm
Carnivore snorted and got to his feet instantly. Finally it was the day they had waited for, now he would find out just what his fathers herd was up to so that he could make his move. He said nothing to Love as he hurried off to go hunt up some breakfast. It didn't take him long to find a fat grouse that was too stupid to try to run or fly away. With his breakfast taken care of Carnivore returned to the small grove Love and him shared. "Carnivore ready to go." And with that he turned and began to make the journey to where they would meet Chaos. Hopefully the foal had gathered some valuable information or else he would get a second kill in today.
As they arrived at the designated location Carnivore's sense were alert, just in case the little beast set up a trap for them. But there was no one here save for him, Love and the colt. When the colt made his presence known Carnivore wasted now time. "What you learn?"
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 3:45 pm
Today was the day he would prove his worth to Carnivore and the other stallion. He had made sure to sneak away from the others without looking like he was sneaking away. It was fairly easy given no one really gave him much thought. Stepping out from the trees Chaos looked at the two stallions. Now he could share the info he had gathered and hope it was to their satisfaction.
"There are twenty one members. I counted them a few times to be sure." They had asked him for numbers, but they also wanted to know if Thanos had certain activities he did routinely. "Thanos always goes out to the ridge near the base of the mountain in the early morning, he is almost always alone, only occasionally does Thorn or Regret go there with him. The meeting they held the other night, Thorn talked about the herd spreading out, making it's move. He didn't say exactly when it would happen, but it sounded like he wanted to do so soon, probably a few days to a few weeks...depends on how quickly he can get the others moving." Chaos then fell silent to see if they accepted this information or if they wanted to know anything else.
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 4:30 pm
Love simply sat back to wait for carnivore to handle this situation... Love nodded his head in acceptance to the information. He glanced at Carnivore before speaking. "Thank you..." He tossed his head. "That sounds like just the thing we needed." Looking to Carnivore he raised his head... It sounds like we camp out until tomorrow and then ambush your father in his morning routine.
His tail flicked and looked at the foal... If he was waiting when they got there.... Love would come back for the little traitor....
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 4:45 pm
Carnivore listened to what Chaos had to say. Sounded like father had made a fatal flaw, and that was developing a routine that was far too predictable. Glancing over at Love he caught the stallions nod, the information provided was just what they needed. With a little bit of strategic planning they could be able to strike a deadly blow to his father and free his mother at last. "Good, you serve Carnivore well." He told the colt with a nod. "You go now. You tell anyone about this..." Carnivore suddenly kicked out, his hoof missing Chaos' head by only a few hair widths. "...I kill you."
It only took a second for Chaos to nod and being dismissed the colt took off. Carnivore waited until the colt was out of site before speaking with Love. Staying here tonight made sense, that way they would not need to travel to get here, then when his father made his way towards the ridge he would make his move. "Father will die..." He said with a smile on his lips. "..but must make sure mother safe too." He couldn't afford to let Regret get hurt. He would have Love keep an eye out for his mother when morning came, for now they would rest, discuss the finer details and then wait.
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 4:46 pm
His information was well received. Before he could say anything Carnivore's hoof came dangerously close to his head. His heart definitely skipped a beat there. "I am loyal to you." He finally said after he regained his composure. "Good luck." With a slight nod to both Love and Carnivore the colt turned and trotted off. It wasn't until this moment that he realized just how much like his father he actually was. Yes, he looked like him, minus the decay, but what he had just done right now was definitely something his father would do. He had overheard Rowan say a number of times that Vengeance was nothing more than a weasel. Right now, at this moment, he was a weasel too.
With a single glance back towards the stand of trees that he had met Carnivore and Love in Chaos made his way towards the herd. He really did hope that Carnivore succeeded, then he would have to deal with one less horse here that hated him because he looked normal. What would happen to the herd should Thanos fall Chaos didn't care, he just wanted to have some freedom and perhaps some acceptance.
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 5:09 pm
Love shook his head. "Even when people are nice to you you lash out... Remember the last part of your training... be humble... " He rolled his eyes... "I want to camp out toward the border... last time i found my way into this land i was chased off by a very toxic mare." He flicked his tail. "We will get up extra early to watch for your father."
With that he watched the foal disappear before he tuned and headed back toward the border line.
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 5:15 pm
Carnivore snorted at Love. He couldn't help it that this whole idea of being humble was hard to get used to. He was the mighty Carnivore, being humble was not a part of the package. "But foal need to know Carnivore not stand for backstabbing ways." How could he be humble and get his point across? Well whatever, they had their information and that's really what mattered. Nodded Carnivore took one last look towards his fathers lands. They began to make their way closer to the border, finding a well hidden spot to sleep. But Carnivore needed one last thing before he could call it a day. "Carnivore hunt." He would need his strength for tomorrow and a nice fresh meal was just the ticket.
He returned to where Love was a while later, stomach well fed but not so much that it would prove distracting in the morning. After taking the time to discuss some last minute details Carnivore settled down for the night. Tomorrow morning all would be set right.
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