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 Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:32 am
Breathing hard, the soft purple mare dropped down, laying on the ground. Falling beside her a brown basket bounced. Her hear beat a mile a minute as she tried to calm herself down. She needed to relax. Calm... This wasn't the end of the world. This was gonna be ok... She shook her head to clear her thoughts, unsure how to continue. Moving her head she looked at the basket. It looked like him... Crap she hadn't meant to grab this one... Sighing she closed her eyes and opened them again, looking it over. It was so small it seemed. So hopeless... Was it hopeless? Moving so she was sitting up she nudged be basket, body still heaving and shaking slightly. This was going to be hard.
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:45 pm
 Siegfried had been wondering, as always. Still without any real purpose. All he'd really managed so far was to get tormented by the she-demon Fjola and befriend a harpy. Bumps in the road really. He heaved a heavy sigh as he continued on. His armor made soft but audible clanging noises. Slowing his pace he stopped, ears perking up as he surveyed the area. There was a feeling that somebody was nearby and he couldn't shake the feeling. As his eyes patrolled the area he caught sight of the purple mare. Unlike the harpy and the she-demon she didn't seem to have an ill feeling about her. Cautiously as not to startle her he made his way towards her. The basket caught his eye. "Excuse me...?"
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:53 pm
Forest started, jumping up quickly to stand over the brown basket protectively. Her legs shook in protest, however, due to her long run. This was not going to be vary good if the stranger was dangerous. She shouldn't have left Thackery... the bug brain could have at least tried to protect her. Her eyes looked over the stallion quickly. His armor was strange and startling... what was he some sort of battle horse? That worried her even more. Only then did she realize he had spoken to her. "What do you want!" she snapped at him. Her ears pinned back to show her anger. Yet there was not much force behind her words. She was to nervous and tired.
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:03 pm
His posture shifted to one that look like he was standing in attention waiting for orders. "My apologizes if I've startled you!" He didn't mean to, it was pure curiosity that had called him over to see what was going on and who she was, that basket has only fed his curiosity. "Mare, you look tired. Have you been traveling long?" He wanted to ask her if she was alone just to make sure his presence wouldn't make another stallion think he was closing in on their mate, especially with a child involved. He would wait to ask though. He stood unmoving, his expression relaxed and nonthreatening as he waited for a response from her.
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:20 pm
Forest watched as he seemed to snap to attention. He made no move after after that, simply speaking. She started to calm down a bit. It didn't look like he was going to hurt her. She stayed standing over the basket, however, not wanting to let her guard down just yet. "You could say that..." she looked around, just now realizing she hadn't been aware where she was running to. She recognized the area. "Yeah, real long..." her voice dropped to a softer sound, like she was in awe of her surroundings. She was close to her parents home. She knew the area. Realizing this she relaxed a lot more. Come nightfall she would be able to figure out a safe place to sleep. She didn't have to sleep to know her way around this place.
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:44 pm
He relaxed some, giving a gentle shake causing his armor to rattle. "It would seem you are alone out here.. Unless of course your mate has gone to seek food or shelter for you and your young?" He nodded, gesturing towards the basket. She had a child, she had to have a mate. And ig she did it would be best he left quickly. He wasn't in a mood to stand off against another stallion when he had done nothing aside from try to answer the call his curiosity was making in the back of his mind. He didn't know the area at all so he would be little to know help if she asked him anything. He'd wondered for so long he could also say he'd forgotten where he came from at all.
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:53 pm
The cloud maned mare looked down at the basket. He thought... Her ears pinned again and she shook her head before looking at him. "I have no mate." She said, managing to sound stern for that once sentence. "I'm alone alone with..." She nodded towards the basket. That was risky to tell him that, she realized. Her legs were still shaking. She couldn't run even if she tried. Perhaps she could protect the basket and maybe her parents would find it before it got damaged. Perhaps... "But I do have parents nearby, so don't you try anything!" She warned, a bit weakly. She needed to lay down. Before she fell and crushed the sleeping baby bellow her.
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Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 12:23 am
"No mate and a basket..." He tilted his head a bit as he gazed down at it. "I mean you no harm." He bowed his head politely. In how he was raised he would introduce himself and state who he was. "My name is Siegfried, I am a wondering knight. Of course. Not much of one. As I said I mean you no harm. My job in life is to protect. It is all that I'm really good for." He paused for a moment, the mares exhaustion was something that couldn't be hid. "I you would like. You could rest and I could keep watch. I mean you and your young no harm and I could use a rest in my travels."
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Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 12:33 am
Forest's ears shot up as spoke. At first she tensed, ready to lash out at the stallion. However he continued in a reassuring way. And offered help... She needed help. It went against every fiber in her brain but she needed it. Badly. Slowly, she nodded. "Alright..." She said carefully. "We should move out of this spot, though. The buffalo walk by here. The shade of the trees should be a good place to rest..." Backing up she carefully leaned down to nuzzle the basket before lifting it. Motioning to a shady spot she turned to walk there. Vary, vary slowly, one step at a time, least she fall. She reached the shade and set the basket down before all but collapsing. Grumbling a little she noted that there was no way she was getting up any time soon.
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Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 12:44 am
He took note of her words about the buffalo passing through and agreed silently moving would be a good idea. When he was shown where they were moving he nodded, "Alright." As the made their way over he made sure to keep close to her encase she did fall. He kept an eye on her the whole time until they were safely out of the way and she did collapse. "You must indeed be very very tired.." Making sure to leave a bit of distance between himself and the mare and her basket to keep from making her feel uncomfortable he lay himself down. His armor made soft sounds as it settled into place in his new position. The saddle on his back slipping to the side a bit. "Rest as long as you like. I've nowhere to be but here at the moment."
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Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 1:00 am
"You run as long as I have and you'd be tired to." Forest snapped at him, moving to lay her head beside the basket. God what was she thinking... This was just... "I'm not some easy mare. In case you were wondering. It was an accident." She snorted lightly then nuzzled the basket. "Just an accident..." Sighing softly she lifted her head to nod. "...Thanks..." She said lightly. She was still shaking lightly, but it was better now that she was off her feet. She didn't know this stallion, but he gave off the sort of feelings that comforted her. Like a protective father. Or heard leader. Someone you could trust. Part of her snorted at this. She didn't know him, she couldn't trust him. But...she was.
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Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 9:53 am
"Oh trust my good lady. I have been walking weeks. Months." He chuckled softly at her snapping at him. "I did not mean to imply that you are easy.. I apologize if I sounded or did something to make it seem that way. There are some things in life that we just truly don't expect to happen." His eyes examined the basket, his ears flicking at the word accident. His head lifted to look at her when she thanked him, he nodded, the armor on his neck making a soft sound because of the movement of the gesture. He sighed softly before he turned to gaze off into the distance. "It is... nice to feel like I have something to protect again. Even if it is only a temporary task. I've been without a duty to uphold for some time.." His eyes turned to her and he gave her a warm and soft smile, "Now. Rest well."
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Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 7:22 pm
"Walking and running are two totally diffrent things." She snorted lightly. Two totally diffrent things. "You don't even know me. Why are you trying to protect me? Why not let the skinwalkers and kalona eat me? Why not let me wander and let the wolves get to me?" She asked him honestly. It didn't make sense to her. Sure she had a basket, perhaps that was the reason. But how he said it made it sound as if there were other reasons besides her young. "its kinda sad if thats your total life goal, living for the protection of someone else. If thats all that makes you happy in life." She looked past him, into the trees. "What about yourself? Shouldn't you worry about making yourself happy before you worry about taking care of some stranger and her b*****d child?"
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Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 7:46 pm
"Walking and running are different but.. in the long run you'll get much father walking." He smiled a bit in response to her snort. He closed his eyes and remained silent for a few moments, "I am a knight. It is my duty to protect those around me who need it. To be noble and kind was how I was raised. In my life time I have even gone so far as to befriend an enemy." He opened his eyes and look over at her, her comment about his happiness making him think. "My own happiness in life... Well. I suppose as long as those who I have given my time and strength to protect are safe and well, then I have done my job and will be happy knowing I have completed my duty. There is nothing really I seek in life.." Nothing exact or specific anyways.
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Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 9:53 pm
Forest shook her head. "Thats just sad." She said. "Your whole life is dedicated to taking care of people and knowing they're ok. Thats the only thing that makes you happy? To sacrifice yourself for others? What would you die to make sure someone was alive and well?" She asked. It seemed so stupid. And yet... She looked down at the basket. And yet maybe...it wasn't. She had been prepared to fall for this basket. Wasn't that a sign she was just as crazy as this knight. Ugh it bothered her so much. Her parents had ne...no... her parents had cared for her. They'd cared for her and her sisters, even if Kezia would argue that fact. She snorted and rolled her eyes lightly.
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