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 Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:29 pm
 It was impossible to believe in mundane destiny. No on wolf could so easily be allowed a quiet life when born with markings like he was: the shadow of a blue moon upon his brow, the scintillating white rose almost carved into his shoulder, these were not just birthmarks but birthrights. At a younger point in his life, barely weaned from his dear mother Disneyana, the realization had crushed him without remorse, for with his eyes wide now to the realm about him, he had wanted nothing more than a quiet life; being the least noticeable in overall color (in comparison to his beautiful sister Terabithia and the mystical mute Yensid), what could he have hoped for himself but a strong upbringing as a breadbringer in their small family. And yet how also could he, Fantasia, deny what fate had bestowed upon him and his siblings - the chance to become something so much more if only pursued doggedly?
It would be a weary life, he knew, but a greatly rewarding one to be sure.
Thus the youngling struck out to know this land called Telk, hungered for knowledge and experience with quiet enthusiasm, dark bronze eyes searching away his family's rose-riddled den with assured pawsteps. Today he perused the brook nearby, following its path in hopes of finding a wider river for which to rid himself, if for a moment, the sweet scent of the flowers his mother decorated their den with. Yes, Fantasia enjoyed the scent secretly, but a man could not carry such an odor and be taken seriously as far as he was concerned. Hence, he trotted alongside the water, ears alert to the sounds about him.
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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 4:23 pm
 Sil was typically quite happy in her family life - they were a good family, loving,protective....smothering...once in a while she just had to get away from it all. Such is how she happened to be out and about and away from the pack. she could only hope that she would return without them ever knowing she had been away - otherwise a tongue lashing was in the future for sure.
It would be worth it she thought if she found even an hour of peace way from the overly loving family. Right now her attention seemed focused on the small fish swimming about the brook shallows, balancing precariously on an overhanging log the Grey pup dipped a paw into the water as though trying to scoop up the fish.
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:16 pm
Finding what seemed like a shallow spot to bathe in, Fantasia waded in with a quiet sigh. He never did like water much, worse still the feeling of Disneyana's tongue whenever she deigned to clean the trio after a long day's worth of play, but mud was worse than water, and thus that was the only reason why he endured it without complaint. Cleanliness was next to godliness, and now he could temporarily get rid of that sweet scent and maybe at last be able to properly hunt. Of course, a quick silver dart in his vision and an impulsive act later, Fantasia found himself floating along with the current and the object of at least one minnow's ire. Curse fish.
Bobbing along, he saw a small mass of gray and . . . pink? This was the first unnatural color he had seen beyond his family, and it stuck out amongst the forest. This pup, too, seemed with the mind of fishing, but Fantasia felt no real need to get out of the water at this point and drew closer still with the water. Mayhaps his scent was gone now at least?
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Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:26 pm
Sil was pretty focused on the silvery fist as they darted beneath her and failed to notice the arrival of another pup until the beast practically bobbed along right under her nose. With a startled yelp the grey and pink femme scrabbled backwards and forgetting that she was only on the relatively narrow expanse of the log slipped right off the other side to land with a splash in the water herself.
Sputtering she righted herself, fur plastered i odd direction with a bit of weed drapped onver one ear as she eyed the bobbing unknown pup.
"Well..you could have given a girl some warning"
She finally piped up somewhat piqued at having her fishing go so terribly awry.
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Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:35 am
Warning? Wasn't his bobbing body coming down the slow stream warning enough? Fantasia scoffed quietly, making bubbles near his nose. "There're plenty of fish in the river and sea," he retorted with a slight shrug, paws finding some purchase in the loose mud beneath him; it was a shallow bank at last he could latch onto at least. "A hunter has to be prepared for mishaps and setbacks. Like maybe getting better posture so you wouldn't have fallen."
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Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:35 pm
Sil humphed at the bobbing who did he think he was some sort of super hunter? why she bet he'd never even been on a hunt - probably just toddled along after his mother. Gaining her feet the grey and pink pup waded closer to the shore and shook her head dislodging the weed. The resulting fluff of her still wet fur did not do much to add to her attractiveness, truly she looked all together bedraggled. Perhaps it was the embarrassment of her predicament which made her frown at the other pup so - normally she was a fairly easy going creature but today she seemed to be in a bit of a temper.
"Well Excuse me!.. expect you can do better?"
She challenged him sitting on her haunches with a defiant look.
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Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:49 pm
Jeez, were girls always this annoying if you gave them advice? Gods. Slightly rolling his eyes, Fantasia waded out of the water and shook himself dryer, his shorter and more wiry fur not nearly as tumultuous in appearance as the other pup's; luckily for her, he didn't much cared for looks, however out-of-place or funny. "Seems to me I can, yeah," he responded brusquely, "if one fish escaping gets your fur so ruffled." A pun? That was rare. "What, don't have any parents to teach you how to go about fishing or hunting?"
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Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 5:42 am
"It's not missing the fish that got my fur ruffled...it's you"
Sil responded snappishly, this little creature was quite full of himself to Sil's way of thinking and she rather hoped to see him fail miserably at something so she could point it out. Ignoring him for a moment Sil attempted to smooth some of her fur back into place, his last comment however got her attention - well there was a sore spot despite how much she tried to say it wasn't a problem. Of course he could hardly know about her missing parent - but that didn't matter to Sil, she jerked her head up and narrowed her eyes at him.
"My mother takes perfectly fine care of us thank you very much!"
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Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 10:47 am
Gods, but she was an irritable little creature. "I was just going to offer to help," Fantasia said with a snort. "You don't have to get so touchy. Well, least you're not a loner pup, so there's something for you yet." He stood erect after another quick shake off, the white rose glistening upon his shoulder with untainted shine. "Live near here? You could come hunt with me if you're hungry; I doubt the fish'll want to come so close after the ruckus."
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Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 6:05 pm
Sil sat waiting for his response her chest rather puffed up as though she expected him to make some sort of smart remark. When it came she let out a long sigh - sure his words weren't exactly heartwarming and cuddly, but then she hadn't exactly been sweet either. At least he hadn't made fun of her.
Shaking vigorously to remove as much water as possible Sil took the time to look him over properly only now noticing the rather pretty marking on his shoulder. Still wouldn't do to let him think she thought he was sorta cute - not considering his haughty temper anyways or at least thats what she told herself.
"Well..I suppose I could go hunting with you..."
She finally allowed somehow making the words sound like she was doing him a favor by accompanying him.
"I live close enough, but ugh family can be so...cloying at times"
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Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 6:30 am
Cloying, huh? So it was large. "Sounds like a luxury to me," Fantasia remarked as he turned and indicated for her to follow, padding towards the wooded area on their side of the river. The incline was of wet mud from some previous rain, and thus the trek would involve many tries to get up. "I have a small family, but Disneyana has enough smothering love for a whole pack, and my dad just loves it. It's a fairytale love, theirs, all mushy and soft - like this cursed mud!" he growled at his brown and dirty paws, sliding back down.
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Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 4:58 pm
"You say that..but trust me...after a while it gets tiresome"
Sil remarked with a wry look on her face as she watched him attempt to climb up the mud..and slide back down she grinned a look on her face that said she was clearly trying very hard not to laugh at him. Bounding forward she took one long leap and tried to jump up the incline. Landing about halfway up she skid sideways, tumbled off her feet and went sliding back down directly towards him...well she though somewhere in the back of her mind as she yelped out a warning..its a good thing I didn't laugh at him after all.
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Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:40 am
Thoroughly caked in mud as it was, he had trouble in getting out of her way and indeed was pushed further down below as their combined weight slid them to the riverbank. Fnatasia huffed as sigh as he sturggled away from the pup, practically flopping back into the river to cleanse himself of this digusting mess. What god had decided to invent suich a nasty concoction like that?! "Nothing is as tiresome as this," he said with a huffed sigh as he dunked himself into the water. "I'd rather just let the river carry me down some more than climb that accursed wall of mud. Maybe fish like dirt. That's where the worms live anyway."
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Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:29 am
Sil wrinkled her nose after glancing over her now mud caked body - if her mother saw her like this...well lets just say it wouldn't be pleasant. Following the males example she waded into the water as well hunkering down to let the water rinse out her fur. Staring downstream she sighed.
"Is there a better way up downstream?...and you never did tell me your name"
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Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:38 pm
"With mud like this everywhere, you'd probably have to swim upstream yourself or go further down until dryer land can be found." And his family's den was upstream to boot. Curses. Forgetting his initial urge to just float away, Fantasia began to try and fight the current for the sake of it, wondering perhaps if the other option of trekking would take him forever to return home. It was a gentle river, yes, but it took a surprising amount of effort just to stay afloat. "It's Fantasia," he added with a grunt of effort as he paddled perhaps half a foot forward, barely splashing since he kept his paws mostly underwater. But the river seemed to stretch on for forever ahead of him . . .
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