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 Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 2:49 am
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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 11:05 pm
As his mother Thesh-ah was off on patrol rounds and, his father was taking a little break. Recovery ran about playing Marco polo with Reii yuki around the campsite. His colts laughter lighting the air alongside his playful shouts. Every so often he would look into the nearby field to see Blake and Poet (their indian caretaker) collecting herbs in large bundles to dry for winter and medical use.
It was worth watching because he couldn't help but marvel at the fact that . . . Not only was Blake working but she was quiet. No comments or jokes just doing what needed to be done and doing it rather well. One would even dare say a tad seriously. Other than that this was an average day arround the teepee.
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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 11:24 pm
Out of breath and lathered in sweat Reii dashed around after recovery. He certainly was fast not to mention energetic.
Would he ever slow down? Were all foals this . . .rambunctious? She didn't ever remember being this energetic then again she was very sick most of the time, but it didn't seem like he would ever get tired! She mused, suddenly she tripped over some unseen thing most likely a log and fell a** over tea kettle laughing all the way.
"time out! time out!" she called laying down in the dust for a moment mock panting in exhaustion.
"auntie Reii! No breaks! You havent caught me yet!" recovery shouted dog pileing on top of her.
"ha ha I have now!" she shouted useing her teeth to grip his mane and pull him down to the dirt.
Reii you cheated!!! He laughed as she tickled him with her wing tips
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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 11:34 pm
Blake stopped looking at plants for a moment as Poet placed a gentle hand between her ears to ruffle her short mane. Blake took this as a sign to pause for a break and laid down carefully putting her head in Poets lap for more pettif. For a bit they just sat enjoying each others company, the summer sun, and the warm breeze.
Suddenly Blake's head jerked up and her ears swiveled forward she was listening to something quite intently. It was panicked whinnies in the distance someone was calling for assistance.
"what is it girl?" poet asked
Blake got back onto her hooves and filling her lungs with air she called out to the unknown voice as loud as she could manage.
"over here!!!"
For a time there was no response but then a pinto mare with two colts in tow broke through the tree line at a dead run. Seeing Blake and Poet they ran up slinning to a hault. The mare bore fresh wounds though nothing to serious and the foals seemed more than a little frightened.
"Are you the teepee mates of a mare who bears a skull mask." She asked without a greeting nearly out of breath. Blake looked to Poet, They may have not been able to speak to one another but she had a feeling that poet understood something was wrong.
"We are indeed as are they over there. The mare you speak of is named Thesh-ah." she then indicated to Reii yuki and Recovery in the distance behind them "you don't mean to tell us she is responsible for your current state do you?" blake added.
The mare looked angered for a second as she tried to catch her breath
"if by my state you mean alive then yes she is. Though she might not be aloud the same grace if you don't come with me right now. I fear she may have forfeit her life for ours."
Blake looked panicked for a moment sensing something was wrong poet climbed onto her back.
"there isint time to waste I'll need you to lead me to her." blake shouted and bolted for the teepee so poet could grab supplies.
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Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 1:08 pm
Reii yuki even amidst her rough housing and bad vision saw the strange mare speaking with Blake and knew somethin was up.
As they sprinted past her toward the teepee she found the courage to ask- "what's Happening?"
Blake spoke quickly and directed toward the woods with a nod of her head.
"It's thesh-ah. Quickly go get some fire wood Poet will need hot water when we get back."
"oh goodness!" Reii replied and took To wing to do as directed as quickly as possible.
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Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 1:32 pm
Recovery saw panic coupled with the mention of his mothers name and became worried.
"what about my mother? what's happening." he shouted looking about at all of them as Reii took off.
"Everything's going to be alright stay here with auntie Reii too collect fire wood." Blake replied looking him in the eye for a moment. Despite his usual dislike for her something inside of him felt a little better just because of her confidence.
Though before he could say anything in return poet tossed a coil of thick silk rope. Blake caught it wearing it about her neck like a necklace poet mounted once more with small medical bag then they took off like a shot fallowing the strange mare into the dense forest.
Slowly Recovery looked at the two colts about his age. They looked back at him with wide eyes that expressed fear he couldn't comprehend at the time but was certainly starting too.
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Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 4:47 pm
Meanwhile somewhere in the woods. . .
As the adrenaline from the fight wore off the pain began setting right in. Wearily Thesh-ah chanced a look back at herself to asess the damage done. There was so much blood it was hard to tell what was hers and what wasn't. Slowly her eye lids began to droop.
"Awake thesh-ah. Stay. . .awake." she encouraged herself shaking her head as she stumbled toward a tree that could support her like a crutch untill help (most likely in the form of Blake) arrived. Knowing if she went down in this state she might not get back up.
Blinking to clear the blood that was dripping into her eyes she looked around. The slain purewalker lay only a few feet away, it's eyes that had been so fierce only minuets before now were blank red orbs. Its mouth was a twisted snarl of rage, and it's life blood ebbed slowly from its gutted underbelly staining the colorful fallen autum leaves.
With a snarl of distaste she spat bloody saliva from her loose teeth in the foul creautures direction and uttered a curse.
After a moment more of waiting her eyes began to become to heavy too fight. At last they closed and it felt so blissful . . .like a million boulders had been lifted from her weary back. Just a drifting sensation amid calming blackness.
However the bliss was much too short lived as suddenly images of the battle flashed before her. Long blood caked claws, jagged sharp fangs, foul breath, and hellfire eyes came at her from every direction In the darkness of her mind. A roar caused her to wake in a startling manner almost causing her to fall.
For a moment she was afraid the walker hadn't really been dead her breath held she stared at it for a moment waiting for it to move. However there it lay still and stark. It was all just in her mind for now till the end of time . . .like so many other past experiences.
"anytime now blake." she whispered not sure how much longer she could manage.
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Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 5:24 pm
The Calvary was on the way, but that's not to say Blake wasn't having difficulties of her own.
The mare was moveing as fast as she could with her wounds but that wasn't fast enough for Blake. Not that much of anyone was fast enough for blake when she wanted them to be.
"are sure this is the way?!" blake asked not hiding the frustration in her tone at all. To her it seemed like they were wasteing preshuous moments rather quickly.
"Yes I'm fairly sure-"
"Thesh-ah the mare who you owe your life too because she placed it on the line for your sorry hide and your just " fairly sure" were headed in the right direction?!!!" Blake shouted.
Poet patted blakes shoulder in an attempt to calm her but blake went right o
Shouting nothing would calm her at this point.
"Don't yell at me! It all happened so fast I just got my foals and ran when she told me too!" the mare replied starting to weep.
"stop crying! Your pathetic! I don't need your tears I need you too focus!" Blake yelled wanting to knock this idiot senseless. Though she supposed that would kind of make all the trouble thesh-ah went through to save her a bit pointless.
The mare seemed shocked that someone could be so heartless and stood there dumb founded. At least she had stopped balling.
"MOVE." blake shouted angrily and nipped her in the shoulder.
She wasn't going to loose a friend over this idiot and her offspring.
The mare took off at a dead bolt.
"now this is progress! It appears I've found your motivator!" blake shouted in a humored tone.
Don't worry thesh ya old nag I'm on my way. She thought nipping the mare again.
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 4:50 pm
Slowly she felt herself sinking down sliding against the rough bark of the tree of which she was relying on for support yet with her strength gone she was powerless to resist the descent.
"get up." she mumbled to encourage herself but to no avail. U
"get up!" she shouted becoming infuriated with herself.
Tears filled her eyes as she at last slumped down to the soft moss of the forest floor.
Moments later she felt something touch her. Instinctively she turned to bite whoever it was fearing it was something else that desired a piece of her flesh. Not that there was to much flesh left to want a piece of.
"whoa Thesh! It's me I'm here to help!" blake exclaimed narrowly avoiding thesh-ahs nasty bite.
"blake?" Thesh-ah mumbled. She could barely see so instead she smelled the air. Through the haze of blood she could tell It was indeed familiar scents.
"everything's gonna be okay girl." poet cooed sitting down beside her, her tone soothed like aloe to a burn as she started to tend to the major wounds.
"Thesh-ah stay away keep talking to me." blake said distracting her as poet worked to make something to use to drag Thesh-ah back to camp. Seeing now that she was in no condition to walk any distance.
Meanwhile the mare who had been saved pranced nervously around in circles looking this was and that yet always avoiding being near the slain walker.
eventually though blake was hitched to the sled Thesh was laid onto it, poet road beside her and slowly they made their way back toward camp.
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 10:55 pm
Reii tried to shield recoveries eyes with her wings when she saw the make shift sled break through the tree line.
"don't look dear." she pleaded softy but of course the over zealous foal would have nothing to do with it. He tried to dash Around her weaving this way and that.
Puffing up her chest Reii dug deep down inside and pulled out her authoritative mommy voice.
"Recovery listen to me." she said
His ears laid back in shock for a moment as he had never herd her try that tone with anyone and it seemed he would listen. Foolishly Reii looked behind her to see of they had gotten Thesh-ah into the teepee yet and just as she turned her head recovery dashed around her and right up to his battered mother.
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:32 am
He wanted to see what was wrong more than anything but now that he had he really wished he wouldn't have. He shrank back from the sight she was all blood and slashes. His mother had been in battles before it was as she called it her duty but never has he seen her return like this. He hadn't even imagined anything like this could happen. Thesh-ah was invincible she could do no wrong let alone end up like this.
"m-mom?" he chocked out.
Warily one of her emerald eyes opened and found him. For a moment she looked as if she tried to speak but instead coughed and more blood spattered poets dress. Her whole body convulsed.
"Reii get Thesh inside I'll take him to his father! " Blake shouted angrily biteing through the straps that latched her to the sled. her self. Reii immediately began pulling Thesh-ah into the teepee and out of sight.
"n-no I wanna stay with mom!" he cried as blake began to heard him away.
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:52 am
"you can't!" Blake tried to reason whith him gently. "she needs her rest and needs you need to be strong for her. Besides We have to find your father. So we can Collect herbs to help her." she pleaded still pushing him away from the teepee.
" I wanna stay with mom she needs me!" he shouted trying not to cry while trying to push her out of the way angrily.
Thesh had trained him well he strong but blake held fast.
"I don't know where he is only you can find him. Recovey only you can do this and your father needs you too. Don't you think he'll be worried?"
Recovery looked down at his hooves shamefully backing away a little.
"don't you think he needs to know what's happening?"
"yes." he replied after a pause
"okay then lead the way and hurry." she said nudging him forward with her nose gently With that off they went.
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 6:12 pm
Poet carefully removed all the armor and began to properly clean all the wounds with sea sponges of cold clear creek water water and antiseptic remedies.
Admittedly Reii wasn't a top notch healer by any means hardly even a very good one but every little bit helped at this point as there wasn't time on hand to seek out of of skill. Thesh-ah's life spark was weak and fading more by the moment. Squeezing her eyes shut to hold back fearful tears she touched her glowing horn here and there.
"your not as young as you used to be you know." Reii said gently after sometime trying to sound casual and good humored.
"Exactly." was all Thesh remarked before closing her eyes as poet applied pungent smelling healing salves around all Wounds. Clearly not desiring to be involved in this conversation at all.
For sometime now Reii had sensed a darkness in her friend, a creeping depression one could say slowly consuming her. Though it was understandable Two stallions now over the year had left her high and dry with a broken heart and no family to call her own. Despite how tough Thesh-ah was it was no secret her one wish now that she had found a sense of peace and stability was to be a mother. She tried but it just never happened, it took it's toll but she still managed to keep trudging onward. For awhile it seemed helping raise Recovery with her friend BrakenHide had soothed her desire for offspring but he was growing up rather quickly and Thesh was apparently feeling her age now more than ever.
This state of affairs was no accident this was a reckless act of . . .self destruction. With a heavy heart Reii Didn't bother to speak after that.
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 6:22 pm
After the bandages were tightly applied and her cracked ribs were properly set Thesh-ah lifted her aching head just enough to look herself over. she looked like she was a giant bandage roll.
Then came the medicines a gulp of wet ground plant paste fallowed by long drinks of water poured down her throat.
At least the water tasted amazing so crisp and cool. She wondered why in those moments she didn't just always drink water and never stop. In fact she began to envy mers and seathi just a hair for being so submerged in paradise.
The last gulp of paste was particularly pungent and as it set in it made her very sleepy. Her head swirled as she fought it. With her last glance she noticed Reii dozing in a corner worn out from healing no doubt.
"sleep Thesh-ah." poet cooed softly stroking her mane and Thesh happily obliged.
I can only imagine what they think of me. What they think of this. They probabbly think I've lost my marbles if nothing else. She mused as she dreamed of being back in her war torn homeland and how her life might have been.
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 6:38 pm
~~~two hour time skip~~~
Blake and Recovery marched around and around. Eventually Blake with her notoriously short attention span got fed up not caring who heard and began to shout.
"Bracken!!! BRACKENHIDE!!!."
Recovery jumped at the initial shout like he had been stung like a bee.
"Blake! Stop that something could hear you!" he said looking arround cautiously.
"that's what we want. Right? Right. BRACKENHIDE!!!!"
Recovery gave his eyes a roll he knew better there was just no arguing with this mare. Esspecilly now that she was going to have foals delivered soon. So he began to shout as well.
"DAD!!!"
((Bracken would know all of Thesh-ahs teepee mates fairly well.))
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