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 Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:12 pm
 The morning air was crisp as the multi-colored stallion made his way out from the trees into the open meadow, his breath puffing out in small clouds as fog as he went. Today he had the day off from training, rest was after all an important part of any training regiment. Training too much could lead to injury and that would only delay things even more. He was glad for the rest, not that he was being pushed too hard in training. No it was not that at all. But it was nice to be able to just relax, take a day for himself and wander wherever his hooves lead him. It was also a chance to meet new faces, and through that learn new things. So in an odd way it was like another day of training. Chuckling to himself Kale trotted out into the open meadow.
Birds chirped overhear and flit about looking for berries to eat or searching for mates. Spring was certainly in the air. Of course with the passing winter there would be new challenges to meet. Some Soquili tended to hide away for the winter, preferring to stay away from the cold and snow. Others used that time to form plots that someone would need to unravel and put an end to. Being a knight, or close to one at least, that would be his job. To thwart those who would do harm to others. So he was always on the lookout for any signs of trouble, even if this was to be his day off.
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 5:21 pm
 Jacqueline walked in silence. Her thoughts were elsewhere today. She seemed to be unable to focus on one thing at a time. For some reason or another she felt.... out of place. Maybe it was due to the spring? Victoria and Taja had explained to her that she needed to be careful during the spring due to males being more..... generous in their feelings. They had tried to stop her from going on this journey she was so dead set on compleating. However, not even them could stop her from trying to reach her goal. She hoped or more like planned on curing herself of her anxiety while on this journey. However, she wasn't sure if she could do it.
Jacqueline sighed and looked up at the sky. Birds were flying around above her head. She secretly longed to be just like them, free from all problems and attachments. Not that she didn't want to become attached to something or someone, she just didn't think she ever could do her extreme anxiety. Why was day to day life so hard for her? Jacqueline closed her eyes for a moment as she lowered her head only to open them a few minutes later. She had been walking the whole time and hadn't noticed that there was a large stallion just a few feet ahead of her. How had she not noticed?! Jacqueline felt frightened and intimidated by the sheer size of the male. However, his body coloration had intriged her as well as his hair being almost identical to Victoria's. Never before had she met someone who had reminded her of Victoria, let alone intrigued her. However, she was still afraid of everything and she could only stand there staring at him.
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 6:59 pm
Kale was beginning to get that odd feeling one gets when they are being watched by someone. Slowly he swiveled his head around to look upon a mare not standing too far away from where he was - and she was staring at him, though at least she looked semi-curious. Though there was something about her manner that told him she might get a bit flighty, he would need to move slowly as to not startle her. He smiled gently to her. "Good morning. It's a lovely day to be out isn't it?"
Turning his body so that he was fully facing her he looked her over quickly. Her colors seemed to compliment each other nicely, the soft greens mixing well with her brown base. "Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Kaleidoscope, but most call me Kale. And who might you be?" He wasn't sure if she would be ready to introduce herself just yet but there was something to be said about being polite. Kale however was curious as to what the mare found so intriguing about him, though he withheld any questions as he didn't want to embarrass her or point out that she was staring.
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Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 6:32 pm
As soon as Jacqueline noticed the male had turned to face her she squeaked, looking around quickly for a place to hide. "Uhhhhhhh. Good morning..." She said as she tried to calm herself down. She needed to will herself to stay so that she could hopefully take the first steps to getting over her fear of others. However, starting off she knew this task would not be easy. Her legs shook with fear as she continued to force herself to stay in front of the large and wonderfully handsome stallion. "I'm..... I'm..... I'm Jacqueline......" She said with a shaky voice. Jacqueline breathed in deeply as she tried to calm herself down. However, talking to the stallion had taken a great deal of energy from her. Finally she could not stand to be so close to him and so she began to look around once more. Unfortuantly for her, there wasn't anything near enough to her to hide behind, so she simply laid down with her legs standing straight up in the air to pretend like she was dead. To the stallion she probably looked rather funny, however, even faking she made a rather convincing corpse. Jacqueline's only giveaway was that her eyes were tightly pressed together.
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Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 9:05 pm
Seeing how she shock Kale remained where he was not wanted to frighten her more and allowed a friendly smile to cross his maw. Of course out of no where she suddenly laid down with her legs pointing up in the air and this alarmed him greatly. "Are you alright?" He took a half step forward but didn't want to push any boundaries as she seemed to be struggling a bit. Lowering his head a bit Kale could see that she had her eyes closed tightly. This made him chuckle slightly. "You know I must say I've never met a mare who played dead as well as you do." Perhaps this little joke would relieve some of her fears about whatever it was that was bothering her.
He took a step back, to give her some space now that he could see she was just a bit overwhelmed by this situation for some reason or other. "Of course, I wouldn't stay like that for too long...you might get stuck. Now how about you get on up." Laying about like this wouldn't be good, for her or for him, one could never be certain when a Kalona or Skinwalker was in the area.
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Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 10:39 pm
Jacqueline heard the stallion move closer then back, talking as he did both. "I'm dead.... As a tree." She said still lying where she was with her eyes closed tightly together. But then she heard a twig break in a tree and instantly stood up and looked around her with large eyes. "WHAT WAS THAT?!" She said a little to loudly. Jacqueline closed her eyes and laid back down, this time putting her front hoofs over her face. Jacqueline didn't hear anything from the stallion so she lifted her right hoof and looked at him. "Aren't you afraid?" She asked, realizing that she was awfully close to him. "Ummmm." Jacqueline said as she jumped back up once again and stepped several inches away. "And I can play dead all day if that is what it takes to get whatever it is to go away." She nodded firmly to the stallion. "I will not allow myself to be..." She trailed off into memory.
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Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 7:08 pm
Kaleidoscope was normally a fairly serious stallion, but this mare and her antics made him him laugh. He didn't want to embarrass her, but it was funny to see her so scared of everything and playing dead just made him laugh. Giving his head a shake Kale quickly stifled his laugh, it was not right for him to laugh at her, that went against everything he was training to become. He should be doing what he could for her, to try to ease the fear she was feeling, become her protector if needed. "Don't fear." He told her in a calm voice. "It was just a small branch breaking, happens all the time."
At her question he gave his head a shake. "No I'm not afraid for I have no reason to fear." Oh there were times where he had been afraid, and chances are there would be more times in the future given the path he was taking, but Kale had to master his fear in order to succeed. "Are you from around here?" Chances are she did as a flighty mare such as her likely would not wander too far from her home, the place that was safest.
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