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Prompts!

1. You are part of two herds. Two herds that dote on you and your siblings, for you are family to them. However, the Padmapani have a bit of a dark history in recent times. Once you are old enough to understand the dangers, you and your siblings are told of Hayagriva's daughter: the Cursed Catwalker, Samsara. She has torn gigantic holes within the makeup of the herd, using her own dangerous followers to kill your grandfather Nirvana, your great, great grandparents Scythe and Avalokiteshvara, your aunt Bodhisattva, as well as a familiar that had been bonded to another aunt. What do you think of the danger, even as you watch your mother pick her training to be able to fight and defend the herd?


2. Tybalt and Aria are your parents. You know this, and you and your siblings have always, and will always be, raised with love. You are also aware that Tybalt and Aria are not mates. In fact, Aria's now-lifemate, Payton, is very much part of raising you three little hoof-fulls of joy along with your biological parents. While you may or may not understand, there is no romantic love between Aria and Tybalt, but a love of another sort: they are the best of friends, and their love is still very deep and abiding. Your mother has only been too happy to help him build a family of his own. How do you feel about this business of having three parents, let alone that your biological mother and father are not mates?


3. As mentioned before, you and your siblings have places in two herds. What do you think of this? Do you have a preference for one over the other (it's okay--neither herd will mind; you'll be loved, regardless, little one~)? If so, why? What draws you to there? Or what makes you stay at the halfway point?


4. Open prompt! Whatever you want to do!

Keep an eye out! We may have a couple more prompts once Deri gets back to me!


The Form!

[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Meaning (if any):[/b]

[b]Personality[/b]
Limit 150 words!

[b]Prompt Response[/b]
Limit 300 words!

[b]Plots[/b]
Limit each plot to be 100 words or less. Please try not to do more than five (pick your best plots!). <3
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FLY MY PRETTIES, FLYYYY~!

Name:
Ocean Waves
Meaning (if any): No meaning to this English word.

Personality
She is carefree with a soft heart and a loving expression that always seemed to make her glow. She is bright and cheerful, always aiming for the positive side of life. She tries not to let it show that she is weak, but she cares for the wellbeing of others and doesn’t want anyone to be unhappy. She tries to play the “older sister” role so that way those around her, younger or older than her, can look up to her. She loves to show people how to have fun and loves to entertain others. She always tries to act, sing, and put on a play so others can laugh and have a good time, and won’t let anyone pick on others. She tries her hardest to avoid jerks, and protect others from jerks, and always desires to keep another from crying whenever she see it, and sometimes senses it.

Prompt Response
3. Hearing the news about having a choice between two herds, both her and her siblings, she didn’t know what to do at first. She thought of it over and over but when she heard about the herd that suffered from a skinwalker that mother was in, she just couldn’t stop getting the urge to go there and cheer them up. She heard her mother talk about the herd she was in so many times, and she would listen, wanting to be there even more.

She knew that the others that dwell within that herd must be crying on the outside and inside their hearts and wanted that pain to go away. She longed more and more and more to go there and one day she came up to her mother to give her answer. ”I want to go to that herd that you are in, Mom! I want to help everyone there, because they might be crying!” She exclaimed and knew that she wanted to do what was best for that herd and was willing to go there. She wanted to be with her mother and she also wanted to be there to help the herd to smile instead of cry.

Plots
o Laugh more, cry less:
She will see another foal upset and needing to be cheered up. She took on a huge urge just to help that precious child and went ahead and gave it a little show to make it laugh though at first, but it wouldn't laugh at first but after a while it would begin laughing and smiling and she would feel she just healed another from crying.
o A Trail of Joyous Tears:
She will notice the voice of someone crying that leads out of the herd lands and would follow it, leading to her exploring the lands. She will then find the Soq so far off and see that she was hurt by someone and cheer them up and have them go home, only to be a bit lost.
o Two Rings Of A Chime:
After a bit of exploring, she will have finally returned home, only to find out that to stallions have fallen for her. One would be from the herd, yet one would be a foreigner, and they both would try and court her slowly but whenever they could get a chance, though the foreigner would be more fascinating to her and she would choose him in return by joining the herd and becoming sworn to stay with her always.
o Will The Waves Bring Tears?:
When the foreigner takes her options and joins the herd as well has her lifemate, she begins to spend lots of time with him at the most less populated places of the herd boarder only to meet a foreign mare who took interest in the stallion and tries to steal him from her. After days of having the mare join her and her mate, she finally asks him if he picks her or decides to give everything away for the other.
o Gulls Over The Shores:
Where the skinwalker comes back and wrecks havoc upon the herd and when she is hidden away to live with some others, she is to wait for her mate to return and when it all dies down and everyone starts looking around, she finds her mate injured and weak and while the healers try to patch him up, she gives him a gift that'll not only bind them closer, but make the herd happy as well.

Name: Titania
Meaning (if any): "Of the Titans," also the name of the Faerie Queen in A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Personality Competitive and eager to distinguish herself, Titania sometimes speaks out of turn and earns attention she might be wiser to avoid. Rules are meant to be bent, if not broken outright, and she takes a certain pleasure in discovering loopholes. While she is by no means a fool, it suits her to allow others to think she is not very bright, as it gives her an edge and room to surprise them when necessary. She is fiercely loyal to those who meet or exceed her expectations, and occasionally runs into the problem of extending friendship where it is least wanted or deserved. Her enmity is difficult to earn, but she is not shy about violence in the event that a grudge match is initiated. In fact, she will gladly enter a fight if provoked, even if the odds are stacked against her. [Word Count: 142]

Prompt Response Prompt 1
She was aware, early on in her life, that she had been born into a family plagued by incompleteness. Even with more fathers than other children could hope to have, it existed on the peripheries of her childhood, a sense of turmoil that was at once intrusive and unsettling. It was encompassed in the weight of her relatives' regard, at times mute and grave in spite of the festiveness of the occasion. She compared it to being mistaken for a ghost, an echo of something or someone bigger than she could ever hope to be. When her mother had finally explained the extent of their losses – her voice measured, eyes both wet and hard – it all made sense. She was merely filling a slot left vacant, expected to follow a path laid out for her rather than venturing forth to blaze her own. Titania was only surprised that the absence of something could be so tangible.

The filly looked sidelong at her sister and brother as Aria spoke of Samsara, and tried to envision a betrayal on that scale. But the only imagery that she could conjure was of a slavering, bestial creature, so far from her family as to be an entirely different species. Her eyes dropped from her mother's steady recitation to stare at the ground, at her rounded hooves. A quivering sensation started somewhere in her belly as she stood there, turning into a spasm that reached inexorably toward her throat. It wasn't fear, wasn't even anxiety at the prospect of meeting some murderous aunt. Instead, she became more aware of the way her body thrummed with life, a contrast to those her mother had so recently laid to rest. In that moment of clarity, she made a vow to herself. It would not happen again. [Word Count: 299]

Plots
Limit each plot to be 100 words or less. Please try not to do more than five (pick your best plots!). <3
o Struggling Toward Enlightenment:
Titania isn't exactly predisposed to standing still, let alone clearing her mind for any significant length of time. As a result, meditation proves to be a trying task, and she encounters more trouble than most in finding her center. Obviously, failing at something so basic does not sit well with the filly. Too sheepish to ask for help from an immediate family member, she would either seek out her more distant relatives, or a stranger to give her further insight into the exercise. One possibility would be my Amarant, who has some formal training as a monk and a mercenary.
o Follow the Leader:
Not much for being a follower, Titania would likely attempt to form her own little ragtag band of friends outside the herd. Due to her somewhat trusting nature, this could lead to a situation where she is challenged as the leader of their group, or otherwise made to step down from that post. The result would carry over into her adulthood, and either boost or compromise her confidence as an authority figure from there.
o Perpetuating the Cycle:
Given her family's exposure to Skinwalkers, Titania develops a keen interest in – and hatred of – the accursed race. This leads to her investigating them on the whole, either with her merry band of misfits or on her own. The potential for trouble is obviously high, but she is determined to know what makes them tick, and so have a better idea of how to defeat them the next time they come howling for her family's blood. She would undergo training similar to that which her mother is enduring, and be an active participant in any future clashes.

Name: Avalo’s Eulogy aka “Eulogy” or “Euly” (You-lee)
Meaning (if any): Avalo, well – that’s obvious… based off of Avalokiteshvara. Eulogy - A speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly, typically someone who has just died

Personality
A quiet filly, Eulo soaks up the information around her. As-if she’s studying and learning as much as she can take in. Not to mean that she doesn’t play and have fun, but there’s a slight barrier – almost as if she’s living in this world but not –of- this world. She’s often seen just gazing around in wonder. Very Logical little girl

Prompt Response
Prompt One:

Sitting ducks.

That’s precisely how the herd situation felt to Euly. Her family had been torn up by a monster straight from nightmares and yet – they still stuck together.

Shooting fish in a barrel.

Since having been told of the ever present danger around her and her family, Euly couldn’t seem to rest easily. They were in danger so long as they all clung together. She loved her daddies and her mamma with all her little heart, how could she not? They made her laugh, played with her, and before being told the story of Samsara she hadn’t had any real worries.

Delusions of Safety.

Sure, she had often wondered why they had guards around, and why she couldn’t wander wherever freely… but that in her mind had been settled by “just being a young filly” And her mamma? Mamma had started to train again, to be ready to fight. What kind of situation was she in where fighting –had- to be learned. Was peace truly such an unlikely occurrence?

End the Madness.

Euly didn’t know what was going to happen, but even at her young age the urge to flee was present.


Plots
Limit each plot to be 100 words or less. Please try not to do more than five (pick your best plots!). <3

o Where Nightmares Come From: The telling of Samsara, with her siblings. This is where Euly will lose her sense of 100% safety. (Not that she feels endangered completely – but unease)

o Shooting Fish in a Barrel: An RP between mother/daughter – Questioning why they would stay together if that made them a target? Why not separate and hide?

o Sibling Scares – Euly and her Siblings will sneak off and talk about the story they were told. She’ll begin to form/voice her opinion on their safety.

o End the Madness – An adult Euly will take action from her childhood worries and leave the herd. Hellbent on hiding alone, she won’t even see what’s coming.

o The Boogey (Wo)Man Lives – A run-in with her childhood nightmare will lead Euly to understand why herd is so important – If she survives…

Name: Persephone's Grace
Meaning (if any): Persephone is the daughter of Demeter in Greek mythology. She was abducted by Hades and when she was eventually rescued, Hades tricked her into eating the pomegranate seeds he offered from the underworld. This act of deceit meant that Persephone had to spend a portion of the year in the Underworld. The second portion of the name, Grace, has no discernible meaning.

Personality:
Persephone cannot be labeled with just one type of personality. However the word that could closely sum up her nature would be introspective. It takes her a while to figure out the answers to questions that she does or does not voice. She can often be seen grazing but her gaze will always be roaming around, taking in her surroundings. Being introspective has its drawbacks though. When voicing questions Persephone isn't one to realize she's being tactless. This can lead to confrontation if she isn't careful and having her questions go unanswered as a result. When this happens Persephone becomes a little put out not realizing that offense might have been taken against her. She is rather select in her company and prefers to stick close to her parents and siblings. This will eventually hurt Persephone as her ability to form bonds outside of her family will be severely lacking.

Prompt Response:


"They say that time heals all wounds but I must disagree,"

The soft voice came from a brown colored mare as she stood near the entrance to a gorge. Cliffs rose on either side of the trail that wound through them. She had never walked this stretch of land but only now had she finally mustered the inner strength to view this place with her own eyes. Persephone had been raised hearing the story of the vicious attack by a motley group led by Samsara but she had been too young to take into account the cost of the battle. Now she stood with her head bowed in remembrance. Herd members had lost their lives: her aunt, her grandfather and great grandparents. Others had paid the price with blood but managed to survive.

The event had taken place before Persephone and her siblings were even conceived, yet the pall of the battle still seemed to linger on in the herd. Persephone had decided that enough was enough. She needed to tease her own opinion on the battle herself. She’d come here to the site of the battle. Persephone’s gaze took in the narrow trail that her ancestors had bolted down in terror and a lingering sense of that urgency filled the mare with apprehension. She was no seer, no predictor of the future, but surely with a sacrifice this large … would not the Padmapani begin to flourish once more? Tears pricked at the corners of her eyes as Persephone turned to head back towards the land that she called home. Her own voice echoed softly around her as the rock walls amplified her softly spoken words, “Avalokiteshvara, Scythe, Nirvana, Bodhisattva: know that your courage was not in vain. The Padmapani herd still lives on. I will never forget.”


Plots:

o An Uncertain Beginning -
As a foal Persephone will have a sense of incompleteness amongst her family and herd. It would be unusual as she has three parents to look up to and a fabled herd lineage. There are just things that her young mind can't wrap around. Feelings that she can't describe begin to plague her and Persephone begins to wonder what would happen if she left for a time. The journey wouldn't begin until she would be able to prove that she can look after herself adequately. Only then would she be given a green light (so to speak) to explore.

o Wanderlust -
As a young mare Persephone will leave the safety of home in an attempt to fill a full-out fit of wanderlust. She will feel compelled to travel, to take in the lands that she's never seen. Her journey will take her away from the Padmapani territory but she will not forget her roots completely. Eventually this leads Persephone down the road towards her return. This homecoming might be a little awkward due to what she believes in is good interest for the Padmapani. (Re: Misguided Ambassador)

o Misguided Ambassador -
On her travels Persephone will being to miss the lands of her birth. At first it might be a casual mention here, a slip of the tongue there. Eventually though Persephone will realize that she is talking more and more about home and to complete strangers. Persephone will come to realize that maybe her words can do some benefiting of the Padmapani and begin an intense attempt to bring new blood into the herd. She'll proclaim herself an ambassador and being to believe in the title, although the herd has never delegated her that position.

o Reconnecting with the Past -
On her return to the Padmapani, Persephone will realize just how incorrect her self-proclaimed title is. She'll self-ostracize herself before it's suggested that she undertake a journey of the herd's past. It will be on this journey that Persephone's eyes are truly opened to the grief that still permeates the rest of the herd. She’ll return from the journey a changed mare. She too will carry the burden of grief that Samsara etched into the herd's psyche with her fateful attack. This burden won’t break her though. However it’ll leave a profound change on her outlook on life.