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 Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 11:04 pm
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 2:01 am
NOTE: NO THEY ARE NOT ACTUALLY TALKING TO EACH OTHER, BECAUSE HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND SPEECH. IM SORRY I CONFUSED ALL OF YOU.  Flannery ties down the last of the food rations and straps her bow and great sword to Fergus's back. She then double checks the bags and saddle. Fergus waits patiently as she does so, but doesn't look happy about it. Flannery see's his irritated expression. "Oh Fergus," she says to him sweetly, "Don't look so upset, Lemon will watch the teepee for us, and we will only be gone a few days."Fergus ignored her sweet gestures. She had enough rations on him to last them more than a week. He flicked his ears back looked away from her.
"Im only bringing the weapons in case we need to go hunting!"
Fergus looked at the enormous great sword strapped to his butt. 'what would be possibly hunt with that? Bears?' he thought.She sees him looking at the sword "Oh, yeah that's in case of bandits" She pats his neck merrily, "See I thought of everything!"Flannery may be his keeper but she has a reputation of bad ideas. She has a thirst for adventure, and often drags him along. He knows he is special to her. He is the first Soquili she befriended, but it is Lemon who gets the credit for introducing them. He think's Lemon and Flannery are so much alike, they both get him into trouble, but always manage to get him out of it.
He can't help but feel that sinking feeling he gets when Flan is about to do something stupid.
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 2:20 am
 Fergus looks back at Lemon, who was tending the garden by eating the tops off the carrots.
"Don't have to much fun while we're gone Lemon, I know your a party animal."Lemon laughs, bits of carrot greens fall out of her mouth. "No worries. In an hour ill be so fat from the garden I won't be able to move. I won't be going anywhere."The idea of Lemon taking on the shape of an actual lemon is not hard to imagine, considering how much she can eat in one sitting. The thought makes him giggle.
Flan tugs his lead slightly and Fergus follows her reluctantly. As they walk down the path, he notices her way of packing has improved. Compared to last time, this packs weight is evenly distributed and he doesn't feel restricted or weighed down.The path is rough and Flannery moves ahead to pull branches out of the way for Fergus. She is kicking over fallen limbs and pushing logs to the side of the path. She now realizes how infrequently she goes this way, but it is the fastest way to get the the first checkpoint. He sees how much she struggles for him; holding low branches out of the way, and moving logs. She can somehow sense his reluctance and he recognizes her efforts to make him comfortable. He smiles to himself, but doesn't let her see.
They move slow through the path, but it opens up and joins with a well traveled gravel path.
The path is on a slight hill, Flan leads him down the decline. The forest is still thick around them but begins to open up a few paces down. Far down the trail is a small valley, in the wooded area a small rise of smoke can be seen.
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 12:38 pm
 Flannery points to the smoke in the distance, "Thats our first checkpoint, we're going to pay a visit to Baba Yaga."He looks at the smoke Flan is pointing at. He recognizes the area as Baba's territory. Fergus stops in his tracks and rears his head, pulling back on the lead.
Flannery's arm is pulled back from the lead and she looses her footing. She slips on the gravel and on her butt she slides down the decline slightly.
"What the heck Fergus!"Fergus doesn't move. He refuses to see that wicked mare again, the last time he saw her she wanted to eat him! He actually felt a small wave of panic run through him at he thought of it. The image of her sharp beak and black iron teeth flashes through his mind, and makes chills down his back
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 1:47 pm
 Flan saw the look of fear in his eyes. She remembered the two had met once before.
"Fergus, please, you have to come. I need Baba's help on this one, don't worry, shes not coming with us."
She tries to encourage him to come with a hand gesture and holds his lead again. He gives her a disgruntled expression, she resorts to plan B.
Flannery pulls out a roasted peanut from her left side satchel, and waves it in front of his nose.
Flan said, hopping his suspicions were wrong. Baba was dangerous, but surely she wouldn't turn on her. She hoped.
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 2:26 pm
Fergus leans his head forward to smell the peanut.
Flannery pulls it back in response, teasing him.
Fergus steps forward to reach the enticing peanut, and Flannery rewards him with it.
Flannery smiles and rubs his nose. She pulls out another peanut and again presents it to him at a distance. "See there's more where that came from."
He is no-longer reluctant and follows Flannery as she leads him down the path and continues to feed him peanuts.
'damn, she knows my weakness' he thought while munching the peanuts, 'but I won't go in that hut, even if she gives me the whole bag.'
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 10:39 pm
 Baba Yaga is in front of her shabby shack. She uses her tail to sweep the dirt with her birch tree broom. She is sweeping dirt because she is crazy. Her milky eyes are looking off at nothing.
She suddenly turns her head sharply and squints her eyes at a small path.
She sees Flannery with Fergus approaching her. Flannery is waving at her, and is smiling.
"Ah yes, and she brought the prince." Baba says to herself with a coy smile.
But Flannery leaves Fergus in the trees and approaches Baba alone. Baba looks slightly disappointed but smiles at Flan. Given her previous experience with the girl, Baba feels she can trust Flan and decides not to eat her today.
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:18 pm
Flannery looks back at Fergus and motions for him to stay where he is. She continues to walk to Baba and pulls out a roll of leather (or velum).
Still smiling at Baba she kneels before her and unrolls the velum. She points at a drawing of Baba's hut to draw her attention to it.Baba looks at the drawing curiously, and then looks at her hut, then back at the drawing. She nods to signal to Flannery that she understands.
Flannery looks pleased, and draws two circles on the drawing of the hut with a bit of soft charcoal. She then sketches an image of Baba in front of the hut with lines that connect her to the hut.Baba squinches her face and makes a grimaces as she tries to understand what Flan is desperately trying to tell her.Flannery looks at Baba's confused expression. She knew it would be difficult to explain to Baba what she planned to do. She came prepared.
Flan pulls out a small wooden house the size of a child's toy, from her satchel. She then sets it on top of the drawing and points to the toy house then to Baba's actual hut.Baba nods again.Flannery points to the drawn circles then pulls out another wooden object. It is a piece of flat wood, and has four tiny wheels attached to it. She picks up the toy house and placed it on the cart and rolls them on the velum.
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:28 pm
Baba looks shocked and excited! This was a wonderful idea, she nods and bounces her head in excitement to signal to Flannery.
Flan giggles at Baba's reaction. But Baba tries to reach for the tiny wooden object. Flan pulls it away and shakes her finger at Baba.
Baba gives her an angry look and snaps at her finger. Flannery pulls away in time, holding her hand to her chest.
She was beginning to feel frustrated with the girl, and was wondering what on earth she was getting at. After a few tense moments, Baba steps back to give Flannery some room, and to make her more comfortable.
From what she can understand, Flannery intends put wheels on her hut to make it more mobile. The last time Baba traded with her, Flannery had build Baba the hut, and in exchange Baba would be kind to Flan and they would continue to be helpful to each other.
Baba sits patiently, she waits for Flan to explain what she wants in return for the wagon hut.(this is how she travels with her hut as of now, she is crazy and insist on having it)
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 1:04 am
Now that Flan has Baba's attention again, she unrolls the rest of the vellum. It is a map with Flannery's camp and Baba's hut drawn in.
Flannery goes to show the map to Baba, pointing to the mountains and then the mountains drawn on the map. A drawing of Baba's hut and then pointing to the hut.Baba nods, but still has a curious look on her face. Flannery begins to draw again and Baba leans in curiously to look closer.
She draws a picture of a dragon, and is careful to point out its horns, claws, wings, and tail to Baba. She even makes motions with her hands to relate what she is trying to tell her, making horns with her hands and moving her arm like a tail. (It's rather comical to watch and Fergus giggles in the distance)Baba looks off to the mountains, and appears to be in thought. Flannery extends her hand to Baba and places the charcoal in-between the claws of her feet. Flannery points to the dragon and taps the drawn map, to try and ask Baba to point out where she can find one.Baba looks back at the drawing of the dragon and flexes her talons. She ponders the map then raises her foot over it to make a mark. She holds the charcoal, hovering it over the map for a moment before she places the black rock on an area of the drawn mountains.
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 1:43 am
Flannery takes the placed charcoal and makes an "X" where it was placed, and draws a circle around it to mark the general area.
She rolls up the velum and places it with the charcoal in her satchel. Before leaving she places the wooden wagon house toy at Baba's feet and makes a small bow to say thankyou. She runs back to Fergus with new energy. She now knew where to look for her dragon!Baba watches Flan run off, and winks to Fergus before they leave.
He makes a grimace and gags before he turns away with Flan back down the path.
She looks down at the tiny wooden toy before her. She places one of her claws on it and rolls it over the soft earth under her foot.
She thinks to herself, "I sure hope I didn't just send that girl to her death. Baba want's her wagon hut before she dies. But the prince is with her." She nods to her self, mentally agreeing. "Yes the young prince will keep her safe, and realize his given powers."
She picks up the toy with her hooked mouth and gently carries it to her shabby hut, placing it near the entrance. She then began to comb the surrounding grassy areas for any bugs she might want to snack on.
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 11:11 pm
It takes a lot of energy for these two to communicate. But when they both stay focused and concentrate the effort is worth it!  Here is an animatic video I made for class based on their encounter together.
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Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 9:49 pm
Flannery was excited to get started on their journey, and Fergus was unsure of where they were going or what exactly Flannery had in mind, but he was just happy to be by her side. If Flan was happy so was he. 
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Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 10:58 pm
Flannery rubbed Fergus's nose and fed him a handful of peanuts. She led him back down the path while he thoroughly enjoyed them.
He was glad to leave Baba behind them, that Hag gave him the creeps! Fergus felt fairly certain that wherever they were going it was going to be better than Baba's hut.
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It was now dusk and the duo had covered a lot of ground and only stopped once for a drink. They were now tied and looking for a place to rest for the night. The sun was quickly setting and they were still on the road. Fergus knew that Flannery hated traveling in the dark. Once, a while back, they were trading some furs and had to make a deadline. In the night they were robbed by some men on the road. Flannery had been to tired and was unprepared for an attack. The robbers had nearly taken everything and would have harmed Flannery if Fergus hadn't kicked one of them in the leg. He remembers those intense few minutes like they were hours.
Flannery placed on of her hands on her dagger. Fergus could tell by the way she gripped the lead that she was anxious. She must have been thinking about the same thing. She looked relived when she saw something in the distance. Fergus looked ahead and could see a light on the road not far ahead.
As they continued down the road and closer to the light it appeared to be a farm. It wasn't much of a farm, just a log house and a few plots of land. But it looked like they had chickens, and a small stable. Flannery walked up to the house and knocked on the door.
He could see a candle flicker through the window and then a man opened the door. The Farmer and Flannery spoke to each other quietly and Flannery offered him a bit of silver. Which Fergus had learned to understand it was some form of currency. But the Farmer rejected it and closed the door. Flannery looked back at Fergus and smiled.
Fergus felt slightly confused, if the man had rejected them, why was she smiling?
Just as that thought rolled over his mind, he saw the answer. The Farmer came out again, but with blankets and lead them to the stable. The Farmer then handed Flannery the blankets and she again offered him her sliver, but he shook his head. Flannery shook the mans hand gratefully. The farmer went back to his house and Flannery had begun laying the blankets out on a pile of hay.
Fergus just watched as she made herself comfortable, when he realized how sleepy he was. Flannery set out some hay for Fergus to munch on while she unloaded the saddle and gear. Fergus thought how very kind that farmer must be to let them stay out here for the night. The stable was quite cozy and he felt a bit pampered. He had gotten used to sleeping under little to no shelter, often in the rain or wind. It was good to be in a place that a was dry and warm for a little while.
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 10:51 am
It was early in the morning when Flannery gently brushed Fergus's neck to wake him. The air was damp and smelt earthy. It had rained lightly during the night and He was again grateful for the shelter. Flannery was too and after she loaded the gear on Fergus's back she carried the blankets back to the house. She left them on the doorstep along with a small coin purse.
Fergus shook his head, Flannery was very determined to pay for their stay here. Some times her determination could be misread as stubbornness.
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