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 Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 3:36 am
((Anyone reading: Please refer to this Wikipedia article and this NatGeo article on on quicksand, before you argue that Thanatos should have taught Gem to get out of trouble another way. ^^ Here's a video for those interested.)) 
Than and Gemini had travelled far south, for he wanted winter to be an easy one for her - and winters to the north were the harshest. Here, there was food all year round. He expected to have to fight for territory, if other like-minded stallies decided to migrate their entire herds... but flame-mane wasn't too worried, no. He had already humiliated one stud in the past, and he'd make quick work of the next, if they tried anything that would threaten Gem's safety or well-being.
If he was travelling solo, Than wouldn't have bothered coming down to the lake - but he knew how Gem loved baths. Nevermind the mud on the bank; they were hot and sweaty from travelling throughout the morning, and he could probably source out a more solid shore for them to emerge from the water later.
Light and sure-footed, he nimbly cleared the mud with three leaps and waded into the lake with a sigh. Then, he turned back to his lovely companion.
"The water feels great, Gem! Come join me!" He called, sure that there was no way she could resist the lake now. It was high time she got used to mud, anyway.
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Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 2:15 pm
 As thick grassland turned into clinging mud shores, Gemini sighed more and more to herself. She had had many adjustments to do since joining the rank of 'wild' kirin. Searching for food instead of it being brought to you, searching for shelter instead of it being made, well, searching for just plain anything one needed. Little by little, she was adjusting, even to the company. Thanatos telling her what to eat, where to sleep, don't touch this or that... Even having her name shortened to Gem. She had thought it disgraceful at first. After all these lessons, she still had much more to learn about. Like mud.
She wrinkled her nose when her hooves sank through the closer she got to the lake. Unfortunatly, this was the closest and easiest looking way to get to the inviting waters, and she felt desperate need for a good bath. "I'm coming." She called in a half whine, listening to the mud suction each time she pulled her hooves up. To emphasise her distaste for the path Than had chosen, she paused and flicked each muck-clotted hoof in his direction before setting it back down.
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Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 3:26 am
Thanatos was, as usual, highly amused at Gemini's obsession with staying clean. With a huge gulp of air, he plunged his head beneath the surface, bubbled, and came back up again - quickly receiving a splatter of mud in his face from one of Gem's hooves.
"Pbbbftffft!" he exclaimed, shaking his head. Unable to see, the stallion put his head underwater again, hoping the water would wash it off.
It was because of this that he failed to notice Gemini extracting her hooves with increasing difficulty as she approached.
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Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:02 am
Pleased with her results, Gemini decided to take complaining to the next step; verbal. Never mind that the stallion was under water. "This is the loosest mud ever." She whined, feeling her legs sink deeper than before. Appalled, she looked down at the mud up to her knees. "This is absolutely rediculous Than! How can-" She gasped when she nearly toppled forward when he body tried going forward but without her legs. She glared down at the steadily thickening mud.
"Congratulations! You've gotten me stuck in this mess!" She scolded, trying to kick her legs, which only seemed to make things worse as she sunk to mid-thigh. She was too busy being upset with Thanatos than to worry about her safety. Yet.
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Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:31 pm
Here we go again, thought Than with an inward sigh. He couldn't fault Gemini for her reaction, really... he should have known better than trying to get a lady through mud! Without actually getting out of the water, he waded up to the shore.
"Please stop struggling," he said, as politely and calmly as he could, trying his best to remember his mother's teachings. There was something about quicksand up there, he just had to find it - he hadn't seen quicksand in ages, and his memory was rusty.
"If you keep kicking around like that, you'll sink faster, and then it will be very hard to get out, and if it rains and the lake expands you will drown."
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 11:08 am
Gemini was a sight to see. Tail high to keep it clean, legs two-thirds stuck in the mud, splatters of dirt and sand up her chest and neck from kicking. "Sink faster?" She paused only then to cast a glowering glare at the male. "Drown? What did you get me into?!" She snapped. Realizing her voice was raising, she cleared her throat to regain her cool composure. "And how, sir, do you propose to get me out of this?" She asked in an irritably controled manner, chin tilted in a pout.
(( *apologizes profusely on knees before crawling backward under the rock again* ))
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Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 5:41 am
((It's ok! I've been too tired lately to tag, so if the RP was waiting on me the same thing would have happened. -snugs- ))
Thanatos suppressed a snort of laughter as Her Highness tried her best to stay civil in return to his own efforts to be polite. With loud squelching sounds, he edged forward until he was at the tip of the quicksand pocket. Inwardly he did feel a little worried - getting out would be a slow, tiring process, and he didn't know how long Gemini could work at it. He'd just have to support her all the way - maybe help pull her out at the end.
To think it all began with an invitation to swim...
"Ok. Do this slowly. Wiggle one of your legs around so the mud trapping you loosens."
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Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 2:17 pm
Gemini kept her eyes on Than, first wondering why he was standing so close to the stupid pit she was in, and second to keep herself from thinking about drowning. Because sharing that with her was supposed to keep her calm!
"Wiggle? I thought you said to not do that." She glanced down for only a moment, giving her leg the tiniest of turns. Was that space opening around her leg?
(( 4laugh ))
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:12 am
Than thought about pointing out that wiggling and struggling were two kinda-sorta-different things, but thought better of it. Best not to try Gemini now.
"Yeah, like that! Keep doing it, uh, slowly.
When you're out far enough, I'll help pull... But if I do it now, I might pull you in half."
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 3:21 pm
Trying to not show that she was gaining comfort from Than's encouragement, Gemini continued to wiggle her legs. Along the slushing sound of her legs slowly releasing was the rising whine in the female's mind. The more her legs emerged, the more she saw the wet mud clinging to her fur. "How will I ever get all this mud off me?!" She complained in a rhetorical question.
Eventually, she got herself out down to her knees, mud drying or clumping off the exposed portions. "Than, this is icky!" She complained again, her voice getting breathless from the exertion and her nervousness. "Can I get out now?"
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 4:45 am
The flame-maned stally's response was to pick his way over to hard ground, put his neck beneath Gemini's forelegs and push upward, hard. With a loud squelch and pop, his jewelled companion was free at last.
"Great job!" Than exclaimed, rather impressed at how far she had gotten out all by herself; he had expected her to tire out faster, and thus have to work harder at helping. Perhaps living in the wild this long had toughened her up?
"Mud is only temporary... and you won't have to put up for it very long," he said, gently nosing bits of the crusted brown stuff off her neck. "Winter is coming, and it will be too cold for mud.
I guess a bath sounds great now, doesn't it?" The stallion grinned, and turned back towards the lake again. "Ladies first."
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:58 am
Gemini stumbled backward, falling onto her butt, softly gasping for air. Inside, she was glowing with the pleasure of Than's encouragement. Great job? Really? On the surface though, she was too busy glaring at the quicksand to let it show. "I am never going near any mud again! You never told me mud would try to eat me!"
She sat still when Than started to nudge some mud off her neck, slowly relaxing at the subtle affection as the male talked. She snorted softly. "Yes, a bath would be good." She felt terrible, all sweaty and covered in mud and tired. Yet... Something... She felt different too. Something that made it not as miserable as it normally would have been. Unbeknownst to her, it was a healthy pride in getting herself out of the mudhole.
"Oh no, I'm not going first. What if there's another pond of mud?"
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Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 1:49 am
Thanatos shook his head, grinning. He supposed spontaneity would be too much to ask of his beau, even if she was getting used to life as a wild Kirin.
For a brief moment, the thought that she would face more hardship in winter than quicksand and mud sobered him. He needed to seek permanent shelter, a steady source of food and some way to keep both of them warm... the stallion had never provided for two before, and this was a cause of some anxiety to him.
But this worry did not last for long, or he would not let it show to Gemini; with a quick turn and leap, he splashed into the lake, ripples spreading out from where he entered.
"Come on!" He called to her. "Let's get the rest of the gunk off you!"
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Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:26 am
Shaking her head, Gemini looked at her pearls with a sigh. She'd need a long bath to get those cleaned off. Deciding to not just jump in, the dainty female walked around the sinkhole, carefully placing every step to grassy spots, solid ground.
Reaching the lake, her hooves started to sink again in the water soaked lake floor. With a yelp she pushed off, jumping as far into the lake as she could. It was all she could do to supress the laugh that suddenly wanted to come up. Finding a rocky spot in the lake, she used that to stand on as she bathed. Her gaze often went to Than, feelings mixing in her mind. What trouble would that male get her into next?
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