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 Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:22 pm
Name: Amadahy (Cherokee for Fawn)
Gender: Female
Age: 16
Species: Human (Indian)
Appearance: Long, straight, dark brown hair usually tied back or up with ties. Blue native leather pants and shirt along with blue moccasins. She has a pale complexion for an Indian but her skin is clear and youthful looking. Her eyes are Bluish-Green with long lashes.
Personality: Easily startled but trusts quickly. Fun-loving and adventurous if given the chance to be. She usually wants to constantly be along the side of somebody or something, human or animal. Just as long as it is kind hearted and understanding.
As Amadahy took her daily stroll through the enchanting forest she hummed a soft lullaby her mother used to sing to her when she was just an infant. The hum seemed to harmonize with the bird above and the crickets below her. Every step she took upon the moist, decaying leaves on the ground made a squishy noise that only kept her hum in tune and on key. With her concentration on the steps being on beat and her hum fallowing the steps she hardly noticed the path she was taking. Not like it mattered to her much anyways. She always took this road through the forest. It wasn't as much as a path way then a trail of pushed aside leaves and broken branches to mark the way. She trusted this path ever since she was a little girl. She would come out here with seeds from local plants and scatter them all along the forest floor just to watch the blue jays and chickadees feast upon them for hours. After a while of walking down her path she noticed that these trees were of a different kind then the ones that lined the path of the walk way to her bird feeding grounds. Slowly she tried to figure out her way back to the path but every way she turned only made her more confused. She started panicking and praying to the spirits for there guidance. Frightened and confused she began to run at a steady pace through the forest. That only brought her deeper and deeper into the woodlands. Giving up hope that she would ever make it back before sunset she began to cry. She was afraid of the dark. Especially being in the dark, alone out in the open, where anything can happen to you at any given moment. She knelt down to the grass and dead leaves and huddled herself tightly into a ball wishing that somebody would find her before the sun sunk into the mountains. This is how it felt to be lost, scared and alone. The solitude of it all was enough to frighten the strongest of men.
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:44 am
 The forest was Helaku's most common haunt. Quite reasonable, really. After all, his teepee was nearby, and a well-hidden but tiny camp that probably belong to the human that maintained the teepee. It hadn't seemed to realize he'd found the camp, and the stallion was in no hurry to disillusion her. The human was useful, making sure he was fed and comfortable in what was, for most wild Soquili, the equivalent of a palace. He wasn't even that far from his shelter, which made the sounds of panicked passage through the brush even more surprising. Ears pricked forward, every muscle alertly tensed, he moved cautiously towards where the sound had somewhat ceased, although the sound of heavy, frightened breathing could still be faintly heard. Another few steps brought him close enough that the rank smell of fear flooded his nostrils, and he snorted, shaking his head and causing his mane to ripple about his neck as he saw the human. She was so frightened, he doubted she was much of a threat, so he let down his guard a hair while he stretched out his neck, snorting softly in what was meant to be a reassuring fashion.
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 6:57 am
From off in a small distance the cracking and snapping of little twigs and decaying leaves were heard by the timid child. In alarm she whipped her head up to see what could possibly big enough to snap that many twigs at once. Her eyes squinted as she looked through the trees that seemed to blend together. Then she saw it, a beautiful grey and black Soquili! It's was a sight were you just wanted to stay in the moment forever. She had never seen a wild Soquili before. Slowly she tightened in her little ball so as if not to scare away the majestic beast. As Amadahy saw it's neck extend in length to the ground she felt as if she was able to move around a bit more without sending the Soquili flying away though the trees. So she looked to it and couldn't help but unleash the smile of amazement that was building up inside her since the instant she laid eyes on it.
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:01 pm
Helaku had been around two-leggers before, of course. The skinwalker incident had brought many Soquili, wild or no, into the village, to view the devastation and try to deduce who had caused it. He shivered mentally, remembering. It had caused him to go into hiding, nearly fracturing his budding relationship with Olathe.
Pulling his attention back to the human, he noticed she seemed a great deal more relaxed. Nickering softly, he gently nudged her, much as he would a timid foal.
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:25 pm
The nudge given by the large stallion made her topple over on her side. She unfolded for her secure state and looked up at the Soquili. 'Is this a tame Soquili? It doesn't seem to be wild,' she pondered that thought for a bit and then reached out her hand to the beast, waiting to see what on earth it would do. "Here girl, it's ok girl," she cooed to the male Soquili. She wasn't quite sure what gender the Soquili was so she called it was she wanted.
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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 5:00 am
Helaku, of course, didn't understand a word the human was saying, except that she (the scent and sound seemed female) appeared to be much calmer now. Thankfully, this saved him the huge amount of indignation he would have felt upon being called a female. His ears flicked back with an obvious expression of dismay as she toppled onto her side, and he tilted his head curiously.
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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:16 am
Slightly confused with the Soquili's actions she also tilted her head in response. Her grandmother told her once, before she had died, Soquili's enjoy it more when you speak Cherokee. Her grandmother and her were very close. Spending all there time with one another. So her grandma taught her a couple words of Cherokee. Hopefully grandmother was right about Soquilis. "agisi?agiusdi soquili?" she smiles with a bit of hope in her eyes.
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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:04 am
Helaku didn't quite understand this, any more than he had the previous words. However, he was getting the uncomfortable feeling she thought that he was female. Something in the look she was giving him, that look that females often gave each other when being mutual conspirators.
Well. If this wasn't a fine mess...
If this had been another Soquili, he'd have simply been able to tell her. Then again, she probably would have realized he was male, because her senses would be on a par with his own. If this had been a male human, he would have simply turned in such a way that it was blatantly obvious he was also male. But one just...didn't do that, not to a female. Maybe...maybe he could try something different.
He whinnied, purposefully making it as deep and gruff-sounding as he could. It sounded horribly contrived to his own ears, but perhaps it would serve.
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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:06 am
Amadahy noticed the sudden change in the horses mood as he showed off with a large whinnied. She then withdrew herself and looked at the horse timidly. Then she looked the horse over again. Was there something wrong with it? Once she fully looked it over again she noticed that this was not a female Soquili. "Oh, excuse me your a boy." She laughed at this and then stood up to the horse slowly. The gender was now clear after she saw the body frame of the stallion was larger then a females. There was also something else that made it very clear but she didn't think much about it and just stared at the soquilli. She reached out a hand and softly petted the nose of the soquili. What would his reaction be though?
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 6:42 pm
Helaku froze with a small, surprised snort as the human laid a hand on his nose. Touching it himself was one thing, but it made him oddly edgy to be touched by one. He couldn't see any reason to fear her though...she was a native, not one of those ghost-pale humans that tossed ropes at them.
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:45 pm
Amadahy softened the pet, now only using her finger tips. This was a moment that she would cherish forever. She looked around for any signs of an owner but no owner was seen. 'It must be wild. Nobody would let such a handsome stallion roam freely, alone.' She then looked back to the Soquili. Her hand lowered now and she looked into the eyes of the beast. Now what to do? She needed to get back before the sun set, and it was just starting to near the horizon.
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:00 am
Helaku's ears swept back against his head as he also noticed the lowering sun. He didn't know much about humans, but it was safe to assume they didn't usually wander around at night alone. She'd seemed to have been frightened when he first came upon her, so it was likely she was lost...
Well. At least he knew where the village was. He'd try to get her to follow him there, and she could figure it out once she got there. At least she'd be able to communicate with the other humans.
Taking a few steps in the direction of the village, he turned his head to look at her and pawed the ground impatiently.
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:42 am
The massive stallion turned away to leave, but it stopped. Amadahy stared at the horse. Was it trying to help? Possibly it was, so she walked up to the side of it and genitally wrapped a strand of his mane around her fingers and nodded to him as if to say that she would fallow him. As the stallion would step though she would have to double step to keep up with him.
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 1:45 pm
Huh. The human seemed to be getting the hint. Well, that made things easier. Helaku started walking again, slowly although he knew time was short. The village was far, but Helaku knew the general direction to go. After all, it was where all had gathered when the skinwalkers tore it apart. He kept a careful pace, eyeing the sun that was nearing the horizon.
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:10 pm
As the sun continued to set Amadahy began to grow weary. The dried leaves crunching beneath the weight of her and the horse were the only thing keeping her going. Unfortunately, the sun was almost gone over the horizon and they had yet to leave the forest and reach the village. Her steps grew shorter and slowed down. 'Where are we going?' she thought to herself, 'I'm so sleepy, I'll never make it back to my village before night fall.' She sulked as she let go of the mane and sat down in a pile of leaves at the base of an old pine tree. She looked up at the horse expecting it to continue on without her.
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