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 Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 8:03 pm
This is a private roleplay between the following soquili. Others may join at a later time.
Tinuviel and Calixte (Mahogany Sunset) & Pachelbel (Lady Argentum Draconis).
Please do not post without being invited to do so.
  
Posting Order (so far): Tinuviel, Pachelbel, Calixte.
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Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 10:30 pm
Tinuviel paced impatiently in the dancing meadow, kicking aside a rock occasionally. For some reason, even after she and Pachelbel had cleared the meadow the last time they'd danced, there always seemed to be more rocks. Perhaps they came out of the soil as the pair wore it down, or the rocks snuck back onto the grass after they'd left... Whatever the reason, they were now irritating the usually fair-natured mare.
It wasn't as though she'd been waiting long - Pach had only just stopped to talk to his parents before his family rushed into hiding for fear of the purewalker threat. Even though Tin knew that they didn't hold her responsible, she couldn't help but feel guilty for telling them in the first place. It had been her duty, though, to inform Pach and his family that something might be out there, hunting them. Had she not told them and harm had come to them, she would never have been able to forgive herself.
With a nervous sigh, she forced herself to stop fidgeting and listen to the wind. Taking a deep breath, Tin began to calm herself, one piece at a time - beginning first by allowing her tail to go limp, she let the soothing sound of the wind against her ears relax every part of her body. Pach was going to live with her now, he was going to meet her parents; they could stop being so secretive all the time. This had the potential to be a good thing.
Standing there with her eyes closed, Tin waited for Pachelbel to arrive in silence, hoping to hear him before she saw him. This was the most relaxed she'd felt in weeks, and she didn't want to be interrupted by anyone other than him.Cali will post once they get to the main herdgrounds. :3 And Kenton if I get an affirmative from buggy. <3
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Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 8:42 am
Feeling better after talking to his parents, but not completely, Pach left the only home he'd ever known towards the forest to meet Tin in their clearing. He gave a look back once he was near the edge of the trees and sighed quietly. He knew this wasn't going to be the last time he ever saw the place he'd grown up, but he had a sense that something was gone, that even being able to go back again things would be different, even if nothing changed there ever at all. Maybe it wasn't the place he realized, but it him instead that had changed.
He shook his head letting his bells clear the air and then hurried towards the grove where Tin was waiting. Although he knew she was safe enough there, he couldn't help but worry anyway. When he finally came to the clearing he stopped at the edge and let a smile play across his face. Even though she wasn't in motion he was mesmerized by her grace and poise. He waited just a few more moments before stepping in and going to nuzzle her. "I'm ready when you are." he said.
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 2:38 pm
The peal of bells in the distance was the first thing that alerted Tin to Pach's presence. Letting out a breath of relief she didn't know she'd been holding, Tinuviel opened her eyes to wait for him. It was just a little bit longer before she heard his definitive footsteps - the tiny tinkling of bells that accompanied his every step. It was one of the most comforting sounds that Tin had heard. Closing her eyes again, she listened as he approached.
When she opened her eyes again, she just caught his smile as he moved closer to her. It was almost contagious - feeling a grin of her own spread across her lips, Tin nuzzled Pachelbel in return. "All right," she replied, pulling a way for a moment to catch one of the pretty golden eyes that lay hidden beneath his hair. He really was something to look at, she thought - just the right amount of fun and maturity encapsulated in a perfect form. And he was perfect.
Turning to lead Pach in the direction of her home, she asked, "Is everything set? Do they need help moving or anything?" As she wove her way around the bushes that she'd fallen through the first time she'd seen him dancing, she spotted another rock. "Look out for that stone, there, it's kind of in the way." Indicating it with a nod of her head, Tin stepped onto the now-worn trail she used to get to and from the clearing. It really had been a long time that they'd been together - she'd worn what had once been grass down to a packed, bare trail.
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Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 9:02 am
Pach shook his head. "We've always lived a little on the light side. There are a few saddle bags and grain bags that will have to be stashed or taken with them, but otherwise that's about it. The trees and bushes will take care of themselves." he gave a wry laugh. "Sort of depressing when you think about it really. Oh, the birds and some of the small animals might miss us, but it's not like they won't get along just fine without us." He followed her though the bushes and had to jig a bit to avoid some of branches that Tin had no problems avoiding anymore, but threatened to catch on his scarf.
"Stone?" he asked as he had to turn and untangle his scarf from a branch he hadn't been able to avoid. He took a few steps back and his back hoof hit it and his leg nearly buckled. He turned his head and looked at it finally being free. "Ah, that stone." he snorted amused at himself and then trotted along after her.
"Nice little trail." he said once he was on the trail. He swallowed and looked out at it as far as he could see as it wove in and out of the trees and undergrowth. He took a deep breath and took one step forward. "I know it's silly...but I'm now the furthest I've ever been away from home. Kinda lame isn't it." he said giving her a playful nudge.
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Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 2:08 pm
Nodding to Pach as he informed her, Tinuviel glanced back just in time to see him step on the stone she'd mentioned. Stopping short on the trail and turning around, she winced with him. "You okay?" she asked, concern wrinkling her brow and remembering the time he'd stepped on a stone when she'd met Beat. It'd had an affect on their whole afternoon. "That looked like it hurt." Reaching over to try to straighten his scarf without plunking herself on the muzzle with its bell, Tin looked up at him. "Are you sure you're all right with leaving? I mean, we can go back and take care of the grove if you get homesick," she said, thinking of the herd's gatherers, who would be more than happy to help the pair of them care for the grove, if given the chance. That might be overstepping some bounds, though - it felt like a private matter, between her and Pach and his family... Or, probably, between Pach and his family alone.
Eyeing Pach when he stepped onto the trail, Tin gave him a weak smile. It's not silly or lame, she thought. "Not really," she said in reply, gently nudging him back. "Your grove is the farthest I've been from home, and the first time I'd been there was last night. So I think we're both even when it comes to lame." Flashing him a quick, slightly broader smile than before, Tin paused before taking another step. "It's fine if you want to take a minute and look around." She wanted him to be comfortable - she could only imagine the scolding she'd get for not coming home the night before. Her parents were probably sending out search parties, and the welcome Pach would receive couldn't be guaranteed as anything more than an interrogation until they realized who he was... For all the herd knew, he might as well have kidnapped her.
Groaning internally at her worst-case-scenario thought process, Tin echoed Pach's deep breath and tried to calm herself. There was no reason to be anxious; she was unharmed, and Pach was the good guy bringing her home. There wasn't really anything to be worried about.
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Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 8:24 pm
Pach tested his back leg and nodded. "Surprised me more than anything. I didn't step on it enough to cause any damage." he said. He lifted his head while she fussed with his scarf so not to bonk her between the ears and gave her reassuring smile. "I am. It's hard but it's what I need to do. I don't know what I'd do if something happened to you and I wasn't there to protect you. So it's all for the best in the end."
He chuckled at her admittance to never having been far from home either and decided to take a moment and look around. If this was the way to his new home he wanted to be as familiar with it as possible. He didn't know much about strategy but knew enough to know that the more familiar you were with one's surroundings the easier it was to detect when something was wrong or different. "It's pretty around here." he said starting along the path. He then bit the inside of his mouth and voiced the question he knew had to be voiced at some point no matter how cliche it seemed. "Do you think your parents will like me?"
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Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 10:07 pm
Letting out a soft breath of relief, Tin briefly rubbed her cheek against his neck. "Oh, good," she replied, looking down at his foot for a minute. The butterflies she'd gotten used to constantly having around Pach fluttered happily when he smiled at her, and she nodded. Though she was glad that he would be there to protect her, Tin also knew that they'd have to learn to protect each other - she wanted to protect him as much as he wanted to protect her, so learning to defend themselves was inevitable. Not knowing quite how to respond to Pach's words, however, she went with simple. "I love you," she said quietly, looking him in the eye. "I'll keep you safe, too."
Following a little ways behind Pach as he advanced up the trail, Tin felt her breath hitch when he asked about her parents. Sure, they would like him. He was a good boy, sweet and gentle and kind. It wasn't so much her parents she was worried about as one or two of the herd members - particularly the stallion she'd recently found out was her biological father. He was greatly prejudiced against those that he called 'round-hooves,' or soquili who weren't Cerynei-blooded. She had a feeling he wouldn't put up too much of a fuss, though; he hadn't been in her life, at least as a father figure, enough to have a say. "I'm sure they'll like you. My mother actually told me, before I left last night, that she'd love to meet you... I guess they noticed me sneaking off a lot more than I thought they had." Giving him a little sheepish grin, though he'd have to look back to see it, she looked ahead. "The Herdlands aren't very far from here," she said, wondering how she hadn't noticed how close they were before. It was a wonder that no one had heard them laughing in their meadow... Then again, sounds carried strangely in the forest.
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Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 8:30 am
"I love you too." He said. "And I know you will." he said with a firm nod. He continued on down the path and sometimes took a few moments to peer into the depths of the woods just to get an idea of how things looked right now. Of course he had no idea if this was normal but birds were singing and they wouldn't do that if a large predator was lurking.
He paused and let her come up beside him before answering her again. "They have a way of doing that. I think there must be some secret teachings that all mares get when they become mothers. Let's them know when their foals are hiding things from them no matter how old they get." he said teasing. "I'm sure you'll know the instant our foals try to hide something from you, when they come along." he said. For a moment he wondered what their foals would be like. Dainty for sure, he and Tin were pretty lightly built so they'd definitely be graceful, but after that...well there would be time to daydream about their future children later. "So close and yet so far away." he said in reference to how close their homes were. "I'm ready to face trial." he said with a playful nudge.
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Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 9:46 pm
Stepping quietly next to him when he paused in his step, Tin couldn't help a blush. They'd never talked children before - it seemed like they'd never gotten around to it. "You think so?" she asked, thinking about her own mother - and Pach's - for a moment before his little nudge reminded her that there were other things afoot.
Laughing a little bit at his joke, Tin nodded. "We really were a lot closer together than we thought. Strange," she said. She'd been so lost in daydreams on her way to the clearing that she'd never thought about the distance she'd traveled on her way. On the way back, she'd been worried about getting caught - though what consequences would follow, she'd never really thought about. Though she supposed she could have been grounded like other foals were, her parents had never seemed the type. Glancing ahead, Tin felt her stomach drop when she saw the sky through a break in the canopy. "We're almost there. The Herdlands start where the forest meets the sky up there, so we're already in the territory. The patrols must be somewhere else," she said. Giving him a nervous grin, Tin returned his nudge and started forward. "There'll be clearings on the left just before we get there, and there might be soquili in them. They're Gatherers and generally pretty quiet, so don't jump." Only partly teasing, Tin mentally shrugged when she realized they could probably hear them, if there was actually anyone in the clearings, anyway. The only Gatherer she'd had constant contact with was her 'Aunt' Lynnea, and she was worried about the green mare judging. Heck, she wasn't worried about anyone judging, aside from Faye and her mother - Kenton, the father of two unknown 'half'-siblings and Trovin, her older brother, was one of the most accepting stallions Tinuviel had ever met. "Shall we?" she asked, eyeing the short bit of trail that was left before they broke away from the forest.
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Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 10:45 am
"Nearly positive." he said. He paused and wondered if he should even bring this up now, but plunged ahead anyway. "I suppose that's something we should talk about one of these days when we get some time...you know foals." he said then trailed off.
He listened to her explain about the herdlands and tried to settle the butterflies in his stomach. Inside he was still a shy boy and hoped he didn't make to much of a fool of himself. It had been a long while since he'd met anyone new and it didn't help that he knew that members of her herd would object to him just because of the shape of his hooves. "I'll do my best." he said when she said not to jump at the gatherers that would be quietly at their work nearby if not all around them.
He swallowed getting down as many of the jitters as he could manage and nodded putting on a brave face. "We shall." he said letting her lead the rest of the way into her home territory.
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Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 9:31 pm
Tin nodded as she listened to Pach's voice quieten. He was right, of course; they'd have to talk foals sometime, though half the time she still felt giddy as a foal, herself, at least around him. She wasn't sure if she knew anyone who was as young as they were when they'd met their soulmate, let alone had foals with them. But hey, wouldn't being young just mean more time together with their family?
Leading Pach past the clearing, Tin chanced a quick look toward it - no one was there, though the piles of dried flowers looked as though they'd been added to. The row of woven baskets was nearly gone, which meant that Lynnea had gone out flower and berry hunting with at least one or two other Vanaras. Doing her best to stifle a relieved exhale, Tin felt her butterflies leap from her tummy to her fluttering heart. There were no more obstacles in the path toward the family's nest - as soon as they cleared the trees, it'd just be a short walk through the plain. She could hear the stream that wove through the forest a short ways off in the distance, where her mother often met her father as he finished a patrol; it reminded her distinctly of home.
Finally coming to a natural arch in the trees where they encroached on the plains of the main Herdlands, Tin gazed out over the well-worn grassy land. "We're here," she said, surveying the landscape. Even from this distance, she could hear the river rushing on the far side of the giant tree that served as their meeting place. Taking another step, she turned her path a bit to the right, walking toward the nest. She felt as though she'd walked this path a thousand times before, and yet this time was different: she had Pach with her. She'd finally brought the boy home.
Lighting up a bit as her thoughts brightened, Tin spotted the green-brown shape of her mother near the nest, tidying it up a bit, from the looks of it. Turning to Pach, she said, "That half-green half-brown mare over there is my mother. She can probably hear us already." Glancing back in the nest's direction, sure enough, Tin saw her mother lift her head and turn her ears forward. "You ready?" she whispered, grinning a little nervously.
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Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 4:45 pm
Pach came up next to Tin and looked out over her home. It wasn't that much different looking than the plains around the fruit grove. A little more worn from all the hooves that traversed it perhaps but alike enough. It made him feel a little better. He didn't know what he'd been expecting but for some reason he thought the entire place would be radically different than what he was used too. Maybe because Tin sometimes gave off the impression of being a little otherworldly? That must be it.
He turned his attention towards the mare she pointed out and swallowed. The butterflies in his stomach suddenly seemed to turn into little fish flopping around making him feel more nervous. He could do this though. All he had to do was be himself and he hope he was already the sort of good boy that she'd want her little girl with.
He let out a breath and nodded. "You bet." he said with more confidence than he really felt, but knew it was what was really needed right now.
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Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2013 11:23 pm
Calixte had been trying not to worry all morning when her daughter hadn't come back that night, doing her best to sleep (albeit fitfully) during the night. When she'd gotten up in the morning to a still-empty nest, Kenton having gone off on patrol at ungodly hours, she'd felt her inner anxiety meter crank up another notch. Tinuviel was her baby, her brave little girl who'd saved her family and herd from at least the immediate threat of skinwalkers. The mother knew that something was going on in the depths of the forest, where she'd never be able to hear, but that didn't stop her from hoping that, rather than getting mauled as she'd dreamed, the boy's parents had taken her in. Or that they'd spent the night somewhere safe, covering their tracks as the Vanaras had been taught to do, disguising them as deer tracks if nothing else.
When she caught Tinuviel's voice on the wind, though, her heart jerked: she was home, she was safe. Looking up from what she'd been doing - tamping down the edges of the nest in a neater circle - Cali was glad she'd taken out her worry on the offending grass, as it would certainly look nicer for the company who'd apparently just arrived with her daughter. Butterflies swirling madly about to find a place in her mane to wait in apprehension to meet the stranger, Cali smiled in relief. Even from this distance, she could see his bangs flopping in his eyes. He really did look like a nice boy, though the pretty green of his coat might have added a bit of bias to her opinion. "Tinuviel," she called, stepping carefully on the path that led from the nest so as not to ruin her work. "I'm so glad you're home!" Saving the 'worried sick' line for the lecture she might or might not give her daughter later, Cali made her way toward the pair. "Who's this?" she asked, knowing full well who the boyish stallion probably was. The one to whom she'd snuck off for weeks, months... More curious about his draw than anything, Cali wondered where he'd gotten his reported dancing grace. Not many flat-hooved soquili she'd known had made a habit of dancing.
Tin glanced toward Pach as she heard him exhale, but returned her attention to her mother when she called out. Hoping Pach would follow her, she started toward the familiar leafy and fawn-spotted shape. "Mom," she began, "This is Pachelbel. The one I was telling you about yesterday, before I... well, ran off." A little sheepish to admit her erratic behavior in front of Pach, she hid a grimace. She'd have to inform her mother about the situation - the fact that he would need a place to stay for a while, in the safety of the herd - sometime soon. For now, though, she hoped a simple introduction would do; once they'd met, it'd be easier to judge what her mother thought of him, and how best to continue. "Pach, this is my mother, Cali-"
"Calixte," Cali finished, giving her daughter a pointed glance as she cut her off. The nickname was a force of habit for the family, but she didn't know young Pachelbel well enough yet to let him call her that, and so tried not to give him the opportunity. "I have been waiting a long time to meet you, Pachelbel," she said, smiling gently. They did look good together. And from what vagueness she'd heard of her daughter's explanation, balanced each other out a little.
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Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 6:27 pm
As Tin introduced him Pach had a sudden desire to toss his bangs out of his eyes, realizing he might look a bit untidy. He took a deep breath though and bowed his head politely to Calixte. "It's very nice to meet you Calixte." he said raising his head and using a very minor gesture to flick his bangs out of his way. Much better.
He had a little panic attack as he wondered what to say. He managed to keep his calm though as he managed the most mundane, boiler plate second sentence to a parent. "I've heard a lot about you, and you're herd. It's nice to finally meet you and see a part of your lands." There that didn't sound so bad, neutral polite, respectful. He only hoped Calixte took it that way. It wasn't like he'd ever done this before, and he had no idea what he was supposed to actually be doing. He figured now was not the time however to make bold declarations about his love for her daughter, and that they'd never done anything to compromise her innocence. Deep breaths, stay calm. Let her ask him what she wanted to know. Safer that way.
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