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 Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:49 pm
"Idiot stallion better not be too far away.."
Yzma grumbled ceaselessly as she slipped along the ground, body slung low and silvery-purple brush held straight out behind her as she moved. Her ears were twitching, catching sound, discerning where there was movement, nose twitching, drawing the air in as she sought for Guillian's scent.
Unfortunately (for her! she groused inwardly), she knew his scent only too well, the musk of it had clung to Izusa for days after their 'tumble'..or was it fortunate? She didnt want to have to ask where the female-obsessed stallion was, although she had an inkling that merely asking the first un-mated mare she found would give her a direction if she needed it.
She snorted her contempt, but this task she would have to complete, Izusa was far too weak to find him herself, and she knew that even though he was a cad, a lothario with more libido then brains, the mare would want him to know that he was now a father.
"And what a father.." she said to herself, as she paused to take stock of her location, looking around, and scenting the air whilst she was stood still.
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:58 pm
Shortly after Izusa has left the stallion with Echo, he had wound up departing himself to follow the kalona. Prudently, he had decided to keep his distance; a few lovebites were one thing, but being eviscerated by an upset mare in labor was something completely different. That didn't mean he wasn't concerned, though; with his own skin safe and time on his hooves, he had little more to do than muse about the mysteries of birth and wonder how everything was going.
However, just because he was musing didn't mean he had to waste time otherwise; while he waiting, the stallion had settled himself down for a nice hoof-polish. Now, how long to wait...that was the question.
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 4:19 pm
"Finally.." Yzma groused, catching sight of a brilliant crimson pelt before the scent she remembered registered sharply in her nose. She wrinkled her muzzle in disgust.
"Overly sexed idiot.." she padded over and growled at Guilian.
"Oi, winged dumb-a**." she called at him, having hopped onto a fallen tree so that he would see her straight away.
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 4:26 pm
..."Excuse me?" Hardly a proper greeting was putting it mildly; Guilian was more than a wee bit put out at the very rude greeting, yet greeting it obviously was; there was no one else about, and the voice was very close. He'd need to have a stern talking to with the one so very...
Rude. At least, that was the theory before his gaze settled on a small, silvery fox-creature, one who's appearance was eerily reminiscant or Izusa. And, judging by the expression on the fox's face, she WAS talking to him, so...
"Yzma, by any chance?"
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 1:11 pm
"That'll never happen," Yzma quipped in a short tone. If he had attacked her for her tone..well he wouldnt have landed a hoof on her, she was far too wily and swift for someone like him to make a mark.
"I am. At least you are that much aware of Izusa's life!" she bared small, needle-pointed teeth at him.
"Anyway. Before I lose my good manners and really speak of my feelings on you, I should tell you what I sought you out for. Izusa has given birth."
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 1:23 pm
Eyeing the small creature across the distance between them, two things were glaringly obvious between the two creatures. One...Yzma didn't care for Guilian. The other...he didn't care that much for her, either.
Actually, he'd never cared for familiar animals, finding them too prone to get airs regarding their bond with a Soquili. And THIS one in particular...well, for one thing she had no concept of good manners. If this was POLITE Yzma, he'd be lothe to see BAD mannered Yzma!
But she was not here to quibble with him (or so he hoped!) At her rather blunt announcement, he was swiftly rising to his feet, giving the fox a piercing look. "And? Is she doing well? Are the foals doing well?"
..."Can I see her? And them, for that matter?"
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 1:31 pm
Yzma seated herself on the fallen tree, tail curled around her feet as she regarded the crimson dandy. She waited for his reply, radiating contempt for him. She still failed to see what it was that had warmed Izusa to him, but sometimes there was no understanding Soquilis.
"She is weak.."
Yzma shot him a look as if to say like you care!
"The three foals are healthy, from what I saw of the brief time before they were placed inside their baskets. You can see her.."
And she jumped from her perch and scuttled off across the ground, pausing once and turning to see whether the oaf was following her.
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 1:33 pm
So the foals were healthy; that was good. And it was normal for mares to be weak after childbirth...wasn't it? Weak for Izusa was probably tougher than the average mare anyway, and besides Yzma wouldn't have left her alone if there was a problem...theoretically.
Regardless, he was NOT so desperate for company that he would stoop to exchanging petty insults with a temperamental fox!
That decided, he simply tossed his mane and trotted after her.
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:03 pm
Ymza took the most direct route she knew, but still travelled on the outskirts of the Village. A winged stallion following a fox was bound to noticed, commented on and she wanted to raise the least amount of suspicion as possible. She knew of the two-legged ones fear of Kalona. Izusa's current state, and the vulnerable nature of the foals meant that she could take no chances.
Izusa had stirred a little since Yzma had left to fetch Guilian. She was weak still, feeling more drained then she ever had in her life but at the sight of her baskets she managed to move some. Dragging herself to them, she sniffed each one in turn, gently nudging them with her nose and listening. Then she draped a wing protectively over the top of them, and rested, waiting.
Yzma stopped, motioning to the teepee that was by itself on the very edge of the Village, and at the canopy near it.
"There.." she said, and with a flick of her tail she left for a while, but she would stay near the area. Just in case.
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:08 pm
Let it not be said that Guilian couldn't at least take the high road. As Yzma indicated the site of Izusa's confinement, the red stallion gave the fox a slight nod along with a polite (albeit short) word of thanks thank became a snort of relief when the obnoxious canid had finally absented itself.
And then he was striding purposefully up to the indicated shelter. Pausing briefly outside the door, he listened for a moment for any noises; crying or cursings, either would given him an indication of what to expect. Upon hearing nothing, though, he knew he'd have to take a risk. With that, he squared his shoulders, then poked his noise into the dark of the shelter. "Izusa-Chica?"
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:48 am
Izusa had drifted a little, the toll taken causing her eyes to shut, drift into a doze. At the voice she jumped, looking around herself in confusion at first. Then a wing knocked one of the baskets and she realised; she was in the birthing shelter, she'd had her children...and someone was outside. She hadnt registered either Guilian's voice or scent yet and so she growled, tail thrashing.
'If you've come to do me harm I will bleed you!' she said, forcing as much hardness into her voice as she could. She fell back after the proclamation, sides heaving, wings fanning her heated body.
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 1:28 pm
Hostilty ahoy...obviously she hadn't managed to work through all her upset while in labor. This could be unpleasant...
Still, that didn't mean he was going to flee. Instead, he shouldered his way into the shelter, propping open the flap entrance with one wing so that he was clearly illuminated by the sunlight. "I assure you, Chica, that even if I wanted to do you harm I'd likely be unable to follow through on that wish. The question is, are planning on doing ME harm?"
As he spoke, Guilian's eyes were flicking about the shelter, his eyes adjusting slowly to the dark as he hunted for the baskets...
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 12:57 pm
Izusa blew hard out of her nostrils, a little tension leaving her body as relief became the predominant emotion.
'No..' she said, looking up at him.
'I'm tired Guilian..I didnt realise it was you. Would you have me let just anyone in here with our children.' her wing patted the basket tops proprietally before she folded the wing away, revealing them to the stallion.
'Your children..you are a father.' she moved a foreleg, a feeling of pins and needles making it sore.
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:35 pm
Understandable, if a bit surprising. Nodding his head, Guilian strolled the rest of the way into the enclosure, his eyes now able to make out the three baskets as Izusa moved to reveal them. As his dark eyes flicked from one to the next, a smile crossed Guilian's lips; not a smug smile, or a sensual smile, or even a pleased smile, but one that was warm, wide, and radiated pride.
Moving over to the mare and the baskets, he gently set himself down beside them, nosing gently at each one and finally giving Izusa the full-force of his smile. "Of course I don't expect you to let everyone and their cousin in, Chica, but I had assumed that you knew my scent so well that it alone would tip off my identity to you, to say nothing of my voice. But having never given birth, I can't say I actually thought about the stress involved."
To put it mildly. Looking back at the baskets, Guilian's expression softened and he placed his head on the middle one, the one of dark purple and red. "Such lovely baskets...how are they, Chica? And how are you, aside of tired? Did everything go well?"
Not that he'd know if it was otherwise!
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:18 pm
'I was out of my mind with pain, and exhaustion for a time..' she spoke softly now, her moods tempered by the look she had caught on his face at seeing the baskets. Her tail swished a little, unconsciously mostly, when he touched each one and when he was done she spread her wing, covering the one closest to her.
'I know you when I'm in full possession of my senses. One of our sons...he came out painfully. But he is healthy, as is his sister and brother.'
She leant towards Guilian, her heart and mind both at ease for now and she brushed her nose against his in a small gesture of fellow feeling before moving away again. Here, alone, she would let down her guard...it was the most special of occasions after all.
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