PRINCE LINDWORM, SLOUGH A SKIN Entrant Usernames: Valkymie & AstoriaFallen Kin 1's Name: buried deep Three Personality Keywords: selfish, abrasive, and naive Short Personality Blurb: Buried Deep tends to think of himself first and others later. He also can come off as rude when it comes to tending to his needs and desires. He is gruff, but not necessarily mean. He also has a limited worldview, and hasn't had the chance to explore much beyond his family's den.
Kin 2's Name: unyielding faith Three Personality Keywords: loving, cautious, determined Short Personality Blurb: Faith has a rather wide view of looking at things and will often place the needs of others before her own. She is extremely loving and forthcoming with her feelings about things. Once she has her mind set on something she won't stop at anything until she's made it a reality.
Entry: "My brother finds a mate before me? Unheard of, unspeakable, unjust!" "You should be careful of your words, you never know who might over hear." "What? Who dares approach me?" "Just a pale face with no name. Perhaps things aren't always how they appear to be. It might be that what he thinks might be his one, might not be her one." "Aren't always....then do you have a name after all?" "Faith, Unyeilding Faith... You're Buried Deep, are you not?" "I...How do you know my name? You're here for my brother, aren't you? It figures...he's always getting visitors. Then begone! He isn't here." "I might be here 'for' your brother but I'm not here for him, I'm here for you. You're who I want to see" "What? Why? I need nothing of you." "Why do you push everyone away?" "They push -me- away. I'm doing you a favor." "You're pushing me away right now and I WANT to be here, so don't try to do me any favors." "Tsk. Suit yourself. Do you not fear me as everyone else does? Perhaps you fell on your head as a foal." "What is there to fear? I see nothing that I need to be afraid of....... What if I did? I doubt anything would of changed." "Hm...nothing to fear, you say? Then why are you here? Why see me and not my brother?" "Are you implying I'm here to gauk at you? Did it ever dawn on you that perhaps there are those that wish to get to know you?" "No." "Its a shame you feel that way." "Is it? I've never known differently. Just what I've seen of my brother's life." "Maybe your brothers life isn't everything it looks to be." "How so? Speak!" "Maybe just being an ornament in his life isn't something everyone wants for themselves. It's definitely not what I intended of myself. There is more I want than to be someone's property." "And what of what I want? I certainly don't enjoy watching my parents fuss over mates for my brother and nary a glance for me." "Im looking at you right now." "Grk...so you are... Why." "Do I have to say it? Is it not clear to you?" "Yes. And no." "I don't and cannot love your brother.... but you..... I want to know you." "What is there to know? I am what you see." "What do you think I see?" "A beast, something vicious. And maybe you don't fear me as all else do, for whatever reason. But that is what you see." "No... that's not what I see. I see a kind and gentle soul and I want to spend my time showing you how true that is. I want to show you what I see when I look at you, show you the love that you deserve." "Hah! Kind? Gentle? Where is this soul you speak of? For he is not here!" "I've seen you when you think you're alone... I've seen what your heart and soul long for. I want go give that to you." "I--when...even the flowers? .......Tch, do as you please. It seems nothing I say can stop you. But if you think you can give me what i desire, you must think highly of yourself." "I have nothing but time to try and prove my worth to you. I am not saying I'm the only one who can give you what you desire, but I wish to try if you'll just allow me to get close to you." "Are all does like you? So...driven...and straightforward?" "I'm afraid I can only answer that question about myself. I cannot say that for other does." "Hrm..it seems there is much I don't know... In truth I've rarely ventured far from home. All I've come across just shy away. But maybe...with one such as you to cleave a path for me... I can finally see what's out there for me!" "Perhaps this can be a journey the two of us can partake on together then."
Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 12:00 pm
FOR A FEW GOLDEN APPLES Entrant Usernames: AstoriaFallen & Valkymie Kin 1's Name: Flash of Sunrise Three Personality Keywords: Escapist, Colorful, Adaptable Short Personality Blurb: A colorful character in display and personality flash is one to make the most of any situation. Not caring so much as to how things are done he tends to do his own thing and wing it if things change mid-process. Being one to get his hooves dirty time and time again he's fancied himself a bit of an entrepreneur when it comes to collecting things that aren't exactly his to take. Though he won't cheat you out of things as he does believe in fairness,
Kin 2's Name: Windfallen Three Personality Keywords: Jovial, adventurer, just Short Personality Blurb: Windfallen loves to take risks and rely on things like luck and chance, especially if the prospects will net him fun and profit. That being said, he would prefer to take the legitimate path; earning his boons properly, rather than stealing them. To him, relying on dirty tricks is the cowards way of doing things, and sours the prize.
Entry:
Heist
Windfallen wanders into the brush, sour look upon face. He owed Flash a favor, but this? Stealing was not something Windfallen stood for. But he'd be a liar if he didn't think this heist wasn't at least a little exciting. And he'd be a failure to himself if he refused to return Flash's favor.
Flash had his eyes set on some apples growing on a tree and had needed help getting them, thus came Windfallen.
The two of them make their move, stealthily leaping over the meager creak that marked the edge of Tears Upon Roses' domain. Just ahead, there was a small orchard of apple trees. And ripe, ruby red apples they were!
"Here, crouch down!" said Flash of Sunlight. "What?" Windfallen refused. "Just do it, I can't reach!"
Windfallen groaned and obeyed, while Flash scrambled onto the kiokote's back. But just as he was about to pluck an apple from the tree, a voice called out.
"Who's there?"
"Damn!" Windfallen cursed as he fumbled himself into the bushes, sending Flash to the ground with only a mouthful of apple.
"Whubaryubooinguh?!" The acha's words struggled to make it past apple bits.
In their panic, the two of them hid in the bushes. "What should we do?" Windfallen asked his old friend.
Disguise
"Just follow my lead, okay?" Flash of Sunlight took a couple of branches from the bushes around them into his mouth. He held them in such a way that the leaves obscured most of his face.
Seriously?
Windfallen shrugged and did the same, just hoping to the motherfather that they wouldn't be caught. This would devastate his good reputation.
The two apple burglars kept low to the ground, like a couple of inconspicuously shifting bushes. They made their way back to the creek, keeping an ear out for the owner of these trees to call out again. But he was surprisingly silent.
They could just make out the sight of the creek they had crossed when they heard -- no, saw -- the owner of the orchard standing right there in front of them!
The two friends screamed, even before Tears Upon Roses could get a word out, dropping their poorly-made disguises and making a run for it.
Escape
"Dont...stop...running!" Windfallen cried out to his apple-hungry companion. The two of them gambled through bushes and over rocks until they finally made it to the creek's edge. All the while, neither dared turn around, for fear of seeing the orchard's owner in hot pursuit.
It wasn't until they were safely on the other side, outside of Tears Upon Roses' territory, that they stopped to catch their breaths.
"That...was a bit more exciting than I..expected." Windfallen said between gasps of air.
"...He's not there?" Flash of Sunlight asked, as he dared a peek behind them.
"No, wait. Look!" Windfallen nodded, and Tears Upon Roses emerged from the bushes, a little winded from the run.
"Wait! Stop!" the buck called out to them.
"Ack! Let's get out of here before he catches us!" Flash said, and the two of them ran off further still, until they were far out of sight.
Tears Upon Roses craned his neck, trying to catch a glimpse of the runaway bucks. "I would have given you some apples if you had just asked..." he muttered to himself, a bit forlorn.
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