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 Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:51 pm
It had taken almost two days with very scared help that seemed to disappear often, but Vexus believed that she finally had enough set up to have a small Autumn Festival in this comfortable clearing on the edge of the forest. There were a few apple trees, from which she'd taken a few off to put at the roots, in case there were little ones who wanted some apples. There were also a few bushes with berries on them, but as a carnivore she wasn't sure which of the bushes had non-poisonous berries on them, and she didn't want to look like she was trying to poison anyone.
The hardest part was collecting all the bats that were now in cages that were scattered about clearing. Thankfully, she'd had the most help for that part as well, and was now content with everything. Well, almost everything. There was the small problem that... no one was there. The clearing was empty except for herself and a snoozing cervitaur who'd been helping her with the preparations. It was still quite early in the day, though, and he'd helped her a lot; he could still sleep a bit longer, if need be.
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Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:18 pm
 Having managed to slip away from her guardian, Vensa wandered curiously through the woods, thumb nervously in her mouth. Maybe leaving him hadn't been such a grand idea... She liked having someone around.
Soon enough though, she toddled into Vexus' clearing. Another naga! Vesna's eyes widened. Would she be like that yellow one she had met before? Thumb securely in place, she trotted over and sat down near the naga, waiting to be noticed. She didn't see the sleeping taur off to the side yet.
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Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:33 pm
 Reyson trudged around in the woods grumpily. As a cattaur, he never went through such strenuous exercises. He ruffled his hair angrily wondering just why he decided to wander around forest.
After walking for a while, he noticed a clearing. He sped up to the opening, and to this surprise, saw a small group of taurs. His ears flattened against his head instinctively as he hissed. It was a Naga. And even more surprising, a small child was sitting next to her! He had to go and protect that child from harm!
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Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 9:50 am
Vexus' tail tip flipped about slightly, and she had yet to notice the company that was appearing from the forest, of all places. Her red eyes focused on the other side of the clearing, that extended into a large hilly place, trees scattered all hither and thither.It wasn't until she heard the rustling of another approaching 'taur that her eyes finally found the small purple cervi, and a soft smile came to her face. Surely, she was one of few naga who could make a friendly smile actually appear friendly. Perhaps because she was one of few who was truly ever sincere.
She pulled herself lower to the ground, for the sake of being less-intimidating to the small girl, who may not have seen a naga before as far as Vexus was aware. She waved a bit, before the hiss of something that wasn't a naga caught her attention. She blinked, before raising herself back up, and peering curiously at the stitched up and pasted together cattaur. She'd never seen anything like him before. Still watching him curiously, she gave a cautious wave, his hostility making her worry about doing much more than that.
The slight noises around him were what finally drove Nouă to rouse himself from his comfortable sleeping position beneath one of the apple trees, and he blinked a few times, trying to get a feel for what was going on. When he caught sight of Vexus and the two other 'taur, it almost felt like a stand-off, the two staring at each other and the little cervi sitting in the middle of all of it. The unlucky cervitaur lifted himself off the ground and took a few paces toward the other three, though kept his distance, a questioning look in his bright blue eyes.
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Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 11:42 am
The small cervi smiled back around her thumb and wiggled her fingers of her free hand at the naga. Another friendly naga? Maybe her parents had been wrong about them.
She looked over at the new cattaur. He looked like a dolly almost! But why was he angry? She looked between the cattaur and naga, and wondered if maybe those two just weren't friends. "Pftltltlt!" She exclaimed, showing what she thought of their disagreement, particularly when she didn't think the naga had done anything to deserve that anger.
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Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 11:52 am
Reyson twitched ever so slightly when the Naga looked at him. Igoring her wave, he marched over to the child cervitaur, attempting to scoop her up in his arms.
He bared his teeth at her. "What were you going to do this child?". Looking at her curious expression again, he faltered. Maybe she did had good intentions? Maybe she she needed help? Reyson shook that thought out of his head quickly. 'No.' he told himself firmly. Naga were evil. They had to be. After all they created something like him. They can't have good intentions.
But this Naga made him question his ethics.
He peered at her suspiciously. "Are you starting an autumn festival?" he asked trying to be polite.
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Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:28 pm
Vexus laughed soundlessly at the disapproving sound that the little cervitaur made, and pat her head softly before she was picked up by the cattaur. Blinking softly, she watched the male curiously, before looking a bit taken-aback. She raised both hands in a self-defensive gesture and shook her head, mouthing the words 'nothing'. She wouldn't dream of doing anything to the little purple cervitaur; it was a despicable thing, hurting a child so innocent, especially one so young.
When he mentioned the Autumn festival, she grinned, happy that he'd noticed. Gesturing out toward the apple trees and the other things she'd thrown together, she smiled back at him, nodding a few times. Certainly, she was throwing an autumn festival! It was her own favourite time of the year, though it did make room for winter, when she would have to sleep for three or more months until the temperatures were warm enough that she could crawl outside her cave without freezing. Her red eyes caught a bit of movement, and she glanced toward the cervi boy, waving at him kindly as the best greeting that she was really capable of.
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Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:23 pm
The small cervi squeaked at both the petting and being scooped up. She looked between the two adults and started poking at the cattaur's chest gently. The naga wasn't going to hurt her! She gurgled playfully and faced the naga with a big smile when they seemed to start being cordial with each other.
Looking at where the naga suddenly turned, Vesna recognized someone she had met once. She exclaimed happily and started reaching for Noua. "Gooba Nouuuuuah! Eeee!"
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 3:52 pm
He was still suspicous of the Naga. Even though she didn't look like a threat, he still felt uneasy. He would have just have to trust her. He wondered why she just motioned and didn't talk. However he didn't want to sound rude asking her such a 'personal' question. "Do you need anymore help setting up?" he asked.
He chuckled looking at the small taur. She was very playful and happy. He almost dropped her in surprise when she suddenly exclaimed some gibberish he couldn't understand. He placed her on the ground and saw another cervitaur. He waved carelessly.
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:04 pm
Nouă stared for a moment as the little cervi girl babbled his name, before he recalled who she was. With a soft laugh, he trotted forward a bit more, lifting the small girl from where she'd been placed on the ground and cradling her, tickling under her chin. "Hello, Vesna," he cooed at the small cervitaur, ears flicking a bit as he looked up at the cattaur curiously. Briefly, he debated intervening, or at the very least translating for Vexus, but merely waved and looked back at the caged bats, wondering if the girl in his arms was in fact old enough to paint bats yet. If not, he would be looking toward a future of trying to get paint off of his fur for the next few weeks, but oh well. At least it would be fun, no?
Vexus looked thoughtful for a moment, red eyes scanning what she'd put up already. She looked back at the cattaur and smiled, shaking her head. Before letting him leave, however, she let her gaze turn to a questioning one, pointing to him, and then gesturing at the rest of the little festival, as though asking if there was anything that he wanted to do in the ways of the festivities.
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:55 pm
Vensa gurgled happily and wriggled around as her chin was tickled, then clung happily to Noua's shirt. "Boo!" She said playfully, trying to tickle him back a little. When Noua looked somewhere other than at her, she had to squirma bit to see what had his attention. Her eyes widened slightly. What were those big white things?! "Coo Nouahh?" She asked, pointing at the bats.
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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:13 pm
Reyson pointed to himself. "What I want to do?" he tilted his head to the side pondering. "...Well I always wanted to paint the bats..." he glanced as they flapped about in the cage.
He looked over at Vesna and the other cervitaur. They certainly seemed familiar with each other. He chuckled at the child's enthusiasm.
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 3:03 pm
Nouă laughed along with the little girl trying to tickle him, and played with her small hand grasping at the hem of his scrappy shirt. He glanced over to the bats when she made the little babytalk noises, and smiled down at her. "You want to paint the bats, Vesna?" he asked, not talking down to the little girl, but still using a kind voice reserved for talking to children. Now, of course, he was off in his own little world aside from the cattaur and the naga, and was carrying the little girl over to the caged bats, thankfully managing not to trip on his way there. It seemed that he was pretty good at that when Vesna was around; the little cervitaur was his personal good luck charm.
He set the little girl down next to one of the cages, where most of the bats were asleep, while one of them was walking around along the bottom of the cage, squeaking occasionally. Opening the cage, Nouă went to grab one of the sleeping bats, and was promptly bitten by the one who was awake, before it shrieked and flew off, waking up the rest of the bats in the cage. Nouă's blue eyes widened, and he pulled the bat he had already out quickly, closing the cage before the others escaped. He smiled sheepishly at Vesna, before making sure that the bat he had in hand wasn't about to fly off. Smiling at how surprisingly docile it was, he let the small thing wander around on his palm a bit, before offering it for Vesna to pet before he let her take it and went to find the paints.Vexus smiled at the cattaur's interest in the bat-painting, and nodded happily. Of course, when she glanced over to see Nouă looking for the paints, she realized that she hadn't gotten those out yet. Blinking a couple times, she tried to remember where she'd left those, before snapping in realization. She help up a finger toward Reyson, a 'one second' gesture, before she slithered off to try and find the paints where she'd stashed them, to dissuade herself from wasting all of them before people started showing up.
"Vesssnaaa!!" the small cattaur called, a slight lisp accenting her speech as she trotted through the trees, trying to find the cervitaur girl whom had gone off somewhere. As much fun as Luke and Syem could be, they weren't nearly as fun as a little girl her own age. However, as was her luck, she ran into something -or someone- before she was able to find her friend.
"Oof!" she uttered, falling back when she ran into the leg of a very patchwork-looking cattaur, whom she stared up at with her pale purple eyes. She put a finger to her lips, and a single electric strain crossed her purple hair, making a few strands of it stand on end. She pointed up at the cattaur with a questioning expression on her face. "D'you know Vesssna?"
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 3:19 pm
 *at this time, both eyes are still the dark purple of her left eye* Vesna's eyes widened almost fearfully. Such a racket! And all of them suddenly flapping! She put both hands to her mouth, staring cautiously at the bat Noua held out. She watched it like this for a few long moments before daring to reach out a hesitant hand to pet it. She cooed softly. "Bat..." Reaching out, she very, very, very slowly and carefully took it into her grasp, squeaking softly at how soft it felt. "Fuzzy!" She said with a giggle.
Her ears perked at a familiar voice and she grinned. "Jaione!" She yelled, waving the poor bat in the air so that her friend could see it. "Look-it! Bats!"
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 4:49 pm
Reyson cocked his head to the side. "D'you need help finding something?" he started after her. If she needed help, then she came upon the right person.
He felt something collide onto his leg. He turned to snap at whatever bumped into him to watch where they were going, but stopped. It was a another child and this one was capable of magic! "Vesna?" he tilted his head. "Um...that one?" he guessed pointing at the unlucky taur and the cervi child.
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