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 Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 4:07 pm
Quote: Setting: Just south of the northern mountain range bordering the desert; not far from the Monster's Grove guarded by Azumoth. The forest is temperate, if a bit dry, and populated by tall firs and a sparse understory. The temperature is cool from the shade, but a stiff wind blows down from the peaks.
Stepping back; Muriel stared at the odd plant with obvious fear and the treacherous gleam of curiousity. Part of her wanted to nibble on the brightly colored petals; but Daddy had warned her about the bright colors in the forest.
"They are bright to warn you off Princess, so just admire them from afar and nibble on these." He had gone on to point out some rather dull looking leaves, and one delicious looking red berry... but the young filly didn't see any of those safer plants near this small yellow and pink banded flower.
Torn, she bent down and sniffed it again.
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 4:37 pm
 Faeolen was bored out of his brain. His dad was off and about and that was who he had decided to stick with for the next little while. Why hadn't he stayed at home to play with Finn and his mam? Oi... Now he was wandering around some big forest and hoping not to fall into some hole and be forgotten.
My.. Wasn't that just a cheery thought.
Up ahead something caught his eyes.. She.. it was a girl most likely since the thing was bigger than him but not by too too much. She was sniffing at a flower that his daddy and shoo'd him away from early, "Och! Don' eat that!"
Lovey was in the same area with her three babies. The only one she had an exact tab on was CandiFloss who usually didn't go too far away.. she preffered to jabber to someone that had to listen with at least one ear.
Lovey figured that her sisters all loved Flossy but sometimes too much talking made them wander off to be alone with their thoughts. Probably bad parenting to not be sure but they'd come around soon. As far as she had seen none were liable to just wander away for days on end.
Boredom. Her momma wouldn't say why precisely they had to walk through this forest something about a dad or some such. Bah.. She'd meet him soon enough. Why couldn't they go play in a meadow? Meadows were nice and usually just full of people that would play for hours on end.
Honey had gotten to wander off and be with Biscuit.. which worked for her. She liked being with her momma most of the time, they could girl-talk more most likely.
What had she been talking about?
A quick skip-hop of a step as both creamy ears flicked to the little black-teal colt. Who was he yelling at...?
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 4:37 pm
With a gurgle, the foal struggled up the slope alongside her father. Uncertain of her footing on the dusty and uneven surfaces, she frequently stumbled and creased her expression in concentration. She was only recently born, a couple of days old but as of yet her legs were still being rather disobedient in terms of what she wanted them to do.
Sure, she could walk but she stumbled more frequently than not to the point that she had finally decided that clinging to her dad's tail for balance was the best thing in the world - and she'd discovered it all herself. The tail was even the perfect height for her not to fall just as easily and even when she stumbled, her daddy managed to catch her.
He was a good daddy, just like her mummy was.
Nevertheless, it seemed that both had entered an area which was most certainly not the same as the Herd lands. It was directly on their borders but all the same... Why had daddy brought her here again? He'd said he wanted to let her meet someone but she wasn't entirely sure.
Strange, very strange.
It was only as the glimpse of another filly caught her attention that she released her father's tail and gave a squeal.
"Daddy! It's a nymph!" She trilled excitedly, causing her father to glance round.
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 4:55 pm
Two tiny brown ears flicked up at the warning, followed by a pair of amber brown eyes widened in shock. Strangers? Here?
Subconciously the slightly older filly knew her daddy would not be pleased by the younger colt's presence, or of the rest she could now see approaching. But the subconcious was not a thing the youngling knew enough about to heed.
"I wasn't going too..." she drawled, hiding her shyness behind a stubborn pout and a deliberate sneeze on the plant. "Who are you anyway?" That came out a little bit harsher then she intended; and she couldn't hide the embarrassed flush.
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 5:04 pm
Cadance skipped around. It was such a pretty pretty day and he was out and about and exploring and stuff! So many things to do! People to see! and Oooh what's that?! He pushed his head towards the ground to stare at a ladybut who had been about to fly off a leaf. Snorting softly he nosed the scared bug and it took off much to his chagrin.
Ooooh more foals! Cadance skitters over towards the small bunch of foals which seemed to have congregated around a tall fir and he wanted to be right in the middle. "Heya folks! How are you this fine cloudy day." He excitedly spun around almost completely as he tried to greet everyone at the same time.
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 5:10 pm
Celeanor
Two tiny brown ears flicked up at the warning, followed by a pair of amber brown eyes widened in shock. Strangers? Here?
Subconciously the slightly older filly knew her daddy would not be pleased by the younger colt's presence, or of the rest she could now see approaching. But the subconcious was not a thing the youngling knew enough about to heed.
"I wasn't going too..." she drawled, hiding her shyness behind a stubborn pout and a deliberate sneeze on the plant. "Who are you anyway?" That came out a little bit harsher then she intended; and she couldn't hide the embarrassed flush.
His dark teal eyes danced back and forth with curiousity as he took in all of her stripes. They made his eyes kind of blurr together since he wasn't used to all of the markings. His dad had clovers, his mam had nothing but black and white. He had gotten her pretty plack and some white in his mane.
"Well.. If ye weren' goin' ter why would ye even bother playin' with the lil bugger?" His tone was a lighter brogue than his fathers and carried much less of the heaviness to it. Finn had even less than him in his own mind, but Finn was around mamma more often. Grinning slightly Faolen dropped down onto one knee for a moment in a bow - this time including the other colt. "Faolen, at yer service."
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 5:23 pm
"Mrrrf, mrrrrrrrf, MMPH!" With a heave of effort (and some help from her father), Honey was soon scuttling across the small expanse towards the group of gathering foals. Preparing to make her own dramatic entrance, she was completely beaten to the mark by the excitable pink stallion and simply gawked in astonishment at his words... Although they weren't particularly impressive and were that of a general introduction, he'd said them so fast.
...And how'd he move like that? She would have fallen on her rump by now.
"Ello." She replied at last, swivelling her ears at his chatter before glancing at the other babies, there was Floss...her sister and then there was a strange stripey one and a black one who seemed to be talking about something. What did 'poisonous' mean anyway?
"How ye guys all 'ere too, ye meetin' the same person me daddy be talkin' about?"
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 5:31 pm
Flustered by so many strangers, Muriel melted a bit behind the more outgoing rose colt, perfectly willing to let her response to the black colt... no Faolen, drop. Daddy had never let her meet others... aside from the animals and tree nymphs that lived in the grove... and while she wanted to be the center of attention...
She just didn't know how to go about it...
And who was the fourth white and gold newcomer talking about?
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 5:32 pm
Oh! Her sister! Mamma had been too busy earlier to really pay attention to where everybody had gone off to. Something about foals would be foals.. or had it been "Oh god my head." No.. no the last one had to do with some jabbering on her part most likely. Hehe, oops. She grinned at the stripey colt and bowed her head to him in greeting. Now THAT was the way a horse should act. All energy and no seriousness.
.. Back to Honeycomb! Her own steps were solid now but none too adventurous as she wasn't used to this steepness that seemed to come and go. Right now the land didn't feel too bad in her mind. "How ye be sis?"
Then her mind went back to the black and teal fellow. He certainly either knew lotsa stuff or pretended at it!
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 5:39 pm
Oh fun more people! Cadance hopped a little to the left and then turned to give them a bow. One that looked more like he was about to fall over and then catch himself before he actually did. "My Mum said I could come but I had to be nice and so asking how people are doing is a way of being nice right? I love to play games best, what kind of games does anyone know?" The pink-striped foal hopped right this time and then darted to the right.
"Anyone know what kind of tree this is? I've been told that some are not good for eating. Like that flower right?" He peered towards the darkest foal as if he was the wises of all the little ones around here.
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 5:52 pm
Faolen just blinked for a moment when the Cadance looked at him. He just knew certain flowers since he and his father liked to jabber back and forth almost all of the time. Like he'd learned odd little tunes from his dad's home and how he'd come here and just all sorts of tidbits that made things interesting when climbing got to be way too hard to focus on. Shaking out the short spiky mane Faolen tried to decide if he really wanted to be the one that others looked to to know things. He'd only stopped the cootie-infested girl since getting sick and him having been able to stop it wasn't good.
Why was he fussing so much over something that really wasn't anything of too much importance, "Aye.. that flower's nae good for eatin'. I dun remember what me dah told me but it's jest nae good."
As if the colt's thoughts had summoned him, Caelen came wandering up towards his son with both green ears pricked forward. The stallion saw his son, the one that reminded him so much of his mate and made him want to just go home now talking to a rather large group of little ones. Lovey had two of her triplets in plain sight, a striped pink colt, and another little striped filly. Lovey wasn't too far back and that was all his eyes could make out.
Stepping up and ruffling his son's hair slightly, not too much affection in case he was the sort to be embarrassed by his "old-man" Caelen grinned down at all the little ones, "Makin' friends, eh son?"
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 5:52 pm
Ah, his peaceful lands had been very quickly shattered, the serene and pleasant conditions completely destroyed by the sound of over excited and eccentric chatter. It was severely out of place, enough to cause the amber eyes to shift and the ears to swivel towards the direction of the sounds. Ah yes, this monster was well aware of the chirping and chatter of his own daughter but these voices were unfamiliar.
...They were also exceptionally loud.
Releasing a somewhat quiet snort, the mutant folded his wings tighter against his sides and very slowly made his way towards the disruptive beings. Submerged in shadow and only partially visible due to the unusual orb in his chest, at first he would have appeared more ghostly and bestial than a normal soquili...more of a predator so to speak. However it was as he stepped out of the shadows that the unusual and rather fierce some form became clearer.
"It is a Balsam Fir," His voice rumbled from deep with his chest, his eyes narrowing to mere slits as he took into account his daughter's somewhat intimidated form behind the pink colt.
Unfortunately, his gaze upon him was merely fleeting as Honey released an almighty shriek of terror and quickly darted under her father's legs for protection from the fanged and devilish creature.
"Daddy, s'gonna eat me!" She wailed.
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 6:03 pm
Oh lord. That wouldn't do at all... Hopefully Biscuit would take care of Honey's fear and she'd just make sure that her fearless little sugar-queen didn't get the idea that screaming at the sight of more.. unsually Soquilis was acceptable. Nipping at her middle-child's mane she leaned and stage-whispered into her ear.
"Now that stallion right there is Ignacia's daddy.. and 'Naci is your sister.. So be extra nice to him for me okay Flossy-baby?"
Her mane had fallen ontop of CandiFloss' and the purples melted together for a moment, making the mother-daughter duo impossible to mistake. Lovey cast a glance over to Caelen who had stepped up protectively to his son but seemed no more worried than anybody else. In fact.. the Irishman was smiling and his son was leading by example.
Aye.. now it was Biscuit's turn to soothe.
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 11:50 pm
Cadance's eyes widened as he saw the large dark soliqui enter as if from the shadows. Whether it was from fear or awe he was definatly taken aback for a moment and paused in the litany he had been speeking. Unfortunatly the pause was very short lived. "Wow, that's so cool! Man, I wishe I knew so much about plants an' animals and stuff! Is that your dad?" he turned towards the Honey who had skittered away to hide under a different set of legs. "You are so lucky! Your dad is AWSOME!" Cadance hadn't gotten it into his head that maybe the newest stallion was no a father to any foals present.
The striped foal was excitable and yet weary and so he calmed down considerably when he came close and did his funny wobble-bow. "Greetings Mister. Thank you for that information. I am hoping you are having a plesent day." It was easy to see that while he was standing with poise, at anymoment he might jump back into the lively form he usually was.
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Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:58 pm
 Misu pranced around bolting in and out between the trees. He had managed to sneak away from the teepee without anyone noticing. He smiled as he went stopping every once and a while whenever something caught his eye.
It was Misu first time really out by himself and he was enjoying every minute of it. He was excited to be able to explore the place by himself.
All of a sudden Misu came to a sudden hault. He saw something off in the distance. What he saw looked like other soquili, but unlike any soquili he met which were all adults, they seemed to be smaller just like him. He smiled happily and headed towards the small gathering of foals.
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