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 Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:35 pm
 Time: Afternoon *The air was crisp as A black and gold splashed stallion stepped carefully along side the frozen edges of a small pond. Tri-colored wings of gold, black and indigo were folded tight to his sides as he survayed the ice. Before reaching out with a black and gold dotted hoof to tap the ice a little. It seemed solid enough to him, but he still didn't trust the frozen water.*
"Why does this have to happen around the best places to drink." The stallion snorted as his old gold colored eyes glared down at the ice that blocked him from the water.
*Shaking his head and tossing his sandy colored mane about a little he snorted looking around. There had to be another place somewhere... Somewhere it wasn't frozen. Turning away from the pond to head across the opened fields near a native encampment, he never noticed that there might have been others around. His long, ground draging sand colored tail twitched behind him as he walked around the camp, giving it wa wide birth as to not be seen or encounter a human.*
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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:48 pm
Zaphiro was tired. Not just drowsy, but TIRED. And really, who could blame him?
He wasn't sure exactly how he'd gotten roped into basketsitting the previous afternoon. The basket wasn't his responsibility, and he hadn't been asked to deal with it anyway when Safi had taken off on one of his little prowlings; no, he'd asked Elizabeth, and she'd been good with it. But then some emergency that required Liz's healing powers had come up, and off she'd gone, leaving him in charge of the basket.
But whatever the emergency had been, she didn't make it back until that morning, and he'd wound up waiting up the entire night, eyeing the basket. The SECOND she'd returned, he'd lit out of there, heading for the warm ssprings; and once there, he'd allowed himself to collapse in blissful sleep, lulled by the soft lapping of water.
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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 1:13 pm
*Is was strangely quite besides the rush of someone else flashing past, his mane whipped about his head as whatever it was went by. Shaking his head he looked around. Shaking his head his gaze turned toward the grounds as his tri colored wings opened. Beating them once, twice and three times Shihab managed to get himself into the air, where he flew toward warmer climates it seemed, even if it was only warmer waters. Landing again he looked around. It was calming here, very calming. Even though the water itself wasn't too cool, Shihab lowered his head to get at least a small drink. THe warm water heated his insides that soon spread about his body.
Lifting his head up again he looked about, Spotting another he sought to try and remain quiet, the poor stallion looked more tired the he himself did. Not wanting to disturb the sleeping one, he turned to step away and coquinceidently stepping on something brittle in the process. Freezing he looked back hoping not to have awoken the sleeping one.*
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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 9:11 pm
Given the fact he was exhausted, it would have been great if Zaphiro would have been able to ignore all outward distractions and focus on sleep; hell, just ENJOY sleep. But you can't live out on your own for too long without having one or two survival instincts hammered into you, and one of those was reacting to unexpected loud noises. The other stallion's foot had barely lifted from the cracked twig before Zaphiro had shot to his feet and was looking warily out over the water...
...At what appeared to be a frozen stallion. What was going on?
Raising his head cautiously, Zaph called out a greeting to the other stallion. "Afternoon, friend; what are you doing?"
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 11:17 am
*Shihab had put his hoof back down after sighting that he had indeed disturbed the sleeping one. Shaking his head a little he turned back to look at the blue and gold stallion. It seemed that he was a wind like himself, a tired one at that.*
"Sorry to have awaken you from your sleep. I was merely getting a well deserved drnk from the warmer waters. Being that every where else is frozen over." He said lowering his head a little. "Terribly sorry, I shall leave so you can sleep."
*Again he turned away and headed further away from the sleepy stallion, he did want to stay and chat, but it was more apparent that the other needed sleep more then company. Stretching his tri-colored wings a little, he stepped toward the trees, his ears twitching back to listen if the other happens to speak up.*
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 11:26 am
Ok, this was a chagrinning experience. If he wasn't so naturally dark, Zaphiro would have been bright red from being caught napping and in such an extreme state of over-suspicion. That's what he got for thinking a daytime nap was a good idea; he should have stayed back at the teepee, if a nap was his intent.
This point was hammered home by the other stallion's apology and move to leave. Zaphiro was shaking his head even before the other stallion had finished speaking, raising one hoof in denial. "No need to leave on my account, friend; I was merely napping. Which I shouldn't have been doing, actually, so on that account, thanks." And he smiled to show that he honestly meant it. Sleeping at this hour was not good, plain and simple.
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Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 7:17 am
*Shihab looked back toward the stallion who had beel sleeping as his ears twotched to catch what was being said. He wasn't one to actually intrude upon someone's resting place, even if it was out in the open. Turning himself back around, Shihab stepped tenderly over toward the wamer waters again to watch the stallion, soon canting his head to he side a little.*
"If you don't mind me saying, but you looked like you were more in a deep sleep for just napping." He said almost quietly. "So rude of me to not have introduced myself. My deeming from many seasons ago is Shihab." He said dipping his head into a bow, before straightening up some. "Might I have the honor of knowing yours?"
*It was a strange thing to be speaking to another of hos own gender instead of a mare. Where as the first days of his time in this part of teh place. He had been swooned with mares, chosing one for his mate. A winged mare whom looked like a dove to him and was accompanied by many silver bells. Shaking the thought of his beloved from his mind, Shihab tured his attentions back to the one bedore him.*
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:26 pm
Well, so much for looking awake. Had he really been that out of it? Apparently yes, but at least that meant he was making up for lost time. Smiling, Zaphiro shook his head at his own silliness, a bit amused that he'd let watching a BASKET exhaust him so much. Go figure.
Looking over at the other stallion, Zaphiro gave him a smile as well. "Obviously I don't understand the power of my own drowsiness. But it's too early in the day to be sleeping anyway, so don't worry about that; if anything, I'd owe you an apology, Shihab. And it's a pleasure to make your acquaintence; my name is Zaphiro."
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