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 Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 6:59 pm
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The path seemed to wind on forever, like a snake, leaving it's trail through the long grasses that lead from the village to the forest. A guiding spirit, showing the idle wanderer the way to paradise. The dust kicked up with each step, sending plumes of airborn earth into the cerulean sky. Crickets sang a lazy, summer song. Rising and falling delightfully as though wishing those who traveled their lands safe passage. A few birds dotted the endless heavens, mostly hawks who gave a cry, making up for the vast empty expanse where clouds usually loitered. Now, it was unblemished, giving the illusion it was about to swallow the earth whole. Proving it's greatness. The sun was it's only occupant. Glowing brightly, beating down golden rays upon the earth. Coaxing sweat from workers and kissing the flowers, it's love affair with nature strong today. Apparent, bringing the electricity that only lovers could to the very air itself.
The forest loomed ahead, obviously the path's destination. Another illusion. Disappearing between the ancient trees as tall as both totem and teepee alike, wiser, stronger and kind. Spreading shade in patterns along the cool, moist earth. Shielding it's flora and fauna charges with the care of a concerned mother. Touching the sky to feel it's own sense of freedom. The likes of which the birds, who roosted in it's branches, knew every day of their lives. Yet through the trees the path wound itself into a clearing. Coiling into a circle like a true snake would. And within its coils was a Teepee, startling against the lush background of forest. White as the first snows of winter. Designs littered it's outside, the work of an artist. Raised beds lay strewn here and there, bursting with herbs and vegetables. Flowers grew in abundance, surrounding the teepee and holding it hostage in a suffocating ring of fragrance and color. A whispering wind ruffled the leaves and petals of a lilac, telling it to grow strong and tall. Sending all plants this message.
Within the folds of the teepee itself, enchantment flowed like a stream, serenity. A sense that the world here was always at peace. A floor table, surrounded by purple hued pillows woven from silk fabric, adorned one corner. A long, arched counter, set into the side of the teepee itself and curving to meet it's shape like the cresent moon, was littered with jars and dead leaves, also small huts filled with silk-worms. The scent of medicinal herbs wafting, mixing with a stick of burning incense. The smoke rising towards the heavens like a prayer. A rolled and fastened futon lay off to one corner while wind-chimes dangled and dances from the wooden stakes above. The last item to be viewed being that of an old spinning wheel, spools of silk thread set carefully at it's side. An odd way for a person to live, one might muse to themselves as they step back outside and into the warm sunlight. Yet to Alora and Falla, this was home.
Welcome weary traveler, rest your head within our keep. For tomorrow is another day, as for now you'd best be asleep. |
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Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 7:00 pm
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Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 7:01 pm
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. neutral Alora of the Flying Spirit Dove.|:.
Name: Alora {-Flying Spirit Dove-}
Age: 18
Birthday: February 11th
Height: 5'3' and a half.
Weight: 103-105lb.
Face: She has a sweet, gentle face. Innocent almost and often times distant.
Hair: Hip-length, chestnut brown. Woven into a braid and threaded with purple silk and silver thread.
Eyes: Alora has naturally kind eyes, slightly almond shaped and the color of moist earth.
Lips: Soft pink, the lower a little more pronounced than the top.
Teeth: Her teeth are crooked but not frighteningly so, it makes her smile cuter. Though her canines are a little sharper than most.
Complexion: Fair to pale
Attire: Alora has a love for unique clothing and fabrics, jewelry as well. Most often she wears a long piece of black silk, wrapped tightly about her upper body starting just below her armpits and reaching to just above her navel. Adorning her arms are a pair of thick, black bracelets attached to the middle of her upper arm. Having attached white, almost gossamer cloth so the fabric falls gracefully down her arms and ripples with every movement. Not to be left out, beads of an almost wine hue are found wrapped about her wrists in rows of seven. Adorning her lower half, an ankle length skirt made from the finest of silk, white in color and slit on both sides up to the knee. Black ivy sewn to trail from the bottom and upwards to mid-shin. Beads of obsidian draped about her waist, which click as she walks.
Talents: Alora has a keen understanding of nature and the world surrounding. Therefore she has a natural green thumb and knows a great deal about animals, physically and mentally. She also prides herself on her ability to grow almost anything in any given condition and on her tracking and hunting skills. Her indoor talent is silk weaving. Using natural dyes and silk cultivated from silk worms she cares for. She spins tapestries and blankets, clothing even. Silk is a rather remote and unique or odd skill and therefore few know of her talent.
Weaknesses: Being lonely by nature and untrusting she tends to have a hard time communicating and understanding others. Therefore making friends isn't easy. She also gets chills and can grow rather weak during the winter months. And so Alora has to be especially careful during winter, otherwise she could pass out in the snow and die of hypothermia quite easily.
Personality: Alora is anti-social but sweet, she's the kind of person who has a hard time opening up and telling others how she feels and therefore can be pushed around quite easily. Though she is untrusting, if she ever did find a friend her loyalty is un-matched and she has a selfless way about her. What she cares for she cares for with all her heart. But wound her deeply and you'll find your luck has run short.
Bio: Alora is a sweet if not solitary girl by nature, closer to animals and plant-life than actual humans. An orphan by a very young age, the petite girl was taken in by the village Medicine Woman and reared under superstition, myth and the healing arts. When she was old enough, she set out for the forest, raising a teepee and living in the folds, growing close to nature and the animals that gradually showed themselves more and more often. Having cultivated her own flower, fruit and vegitable garden she often can be found attracting a few of the villagers trying to find the more rare species of herbs and medicines. She never takes profit and only trades when she needs to. She's a mystery that's hard to solve unless you truly want to know her.
Soquili: Falla and Tao Fizz.
Relation and friendship to Falla: On a rather ordinary day while foraging the forest for herbs and natural bounty for winter harvest, Alora found herself in the deepest portion of the forest, face to face with an exotically purple Soquili. Thinking the Mare a spirit she offered her everything she'd gathered that day in tribute. The Soquili, having traveled from a distant place to arrive here hungry and exhausted, was quite thankful, if not a little hesitant, for such a gift. Not sparing a single portion in the end. Alora made visits once a day, just before evening, to share with the Soquili what she had, calling her by the name Falla. Slowly the Soquili began to trust her, allowing her to touch and pet and very seldom ride. But friendship and trust is a hard thing to earn when you've yet to truly open your heart to another. |
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Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 7:03 pm
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Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 7:04 pm
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Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 7:07 pm
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Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 7:08 pm
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Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 7:09 pm
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Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 7:22 pm
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Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 7:24 pm
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Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 7:25 pm
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. neutral Current RP with Firefly. Status: On-going.|:.K i n u The wind was soft today, like fingers combing through her mane as she stood atop a rise in the clearing. The green, lush grasses lapping at her smooth, multi-purple hooves. Eyes, like jewels, blinking against the fading sun as it rode low in the sky, fading just over the rise and down below the mountains. Ah, at last, the harsh rays had gone and allowed night time to rule. The sky shifted slowly, like a giant tapestry of stars being pulled over-head to shield the nighttime creatures and allow them passage. The moon, full and pregnant, in it's last stages before it would rest to give birth to the new moon. An endless cycle of life and death in glorious silver hue.
Feeling the breeze tug her mane, send her tail into a curling, twisting frenzy. Falla inhaled deeply, filling her lungs gratefully and reflecting on the days events. This place was amazing, Alora had been quite kind to her and she couldn't help but wonder if all the people of this place were so kind to her breed. It wasn't a first, but it certainly was rare. Shaking her head and giving a nicker, bouncing up off her front legs for a second or two in sheer rapture. Settling to paw, as though impatient, before she closed her eyes. Simply listening to the world around her, listening as the earth sang the song of night. Yayoi Firefly was doing her midnight wanderings through her meadow. Her dark figure almost melting in with the darkness of the area as she moved about. Dark red eyes scanned as far as she could from where she stood in her meadow. Standing there completly still, she seemed almost statue-like untill she flicked her silver and black striped tail a few times and continued her moveing about. She was seeing if anyone would decide to wander again into her meadow.
Her ears twitched slightly as she heared the nicker not too far away as she looked off in the direction it had come from, her ears perking a bit to see if another would soon follow it. It did seem a little far away but then brushed it off as she didn't hear another. K i n u There was a low, rumbling sound in the distance, it had been a really cloudy day to tell the truth. Humid. And as if on cue a loud crack sounded above. Thunder splitting the heavens in half, or so it sounded to the mare as her eyes widened and she blinked. Tilting her head upwards to regard the sky as a big, fat raindrop hit her square in the forehead. Smacking against her fur with a wet plop.Making a low, nicker in surprise and going cross-eyed she shook her head, blinking up as more and more raindrops fell. It would be pouring soon enough. How had she missed the change in weather? Was it an omen?
Her tail snapped from side to side, freeing itself of water as she started at a steady pace down the ridge and into the clearing. She needed to find somewhere dry, perhaps she'd plod around in the rain some. Then again getting sick wasn't good and somewhere deep inside she hoped Alora was keeping inside. That girl was quick to ill if she stayed out in any extreme weather for even a short time. Rolling her eyes and exhaling powerfully through her nostrils she rolled her eyes. Humans. Moving a little faster as the rain started to grow heavier, trying to avoid the thick spots. Yayoi Firefly nickered deeply as some water started to drop on her. She hated the rain with a passion. This also made her aware that Atsila went out hunting today and she might not be home just yet. But she wasn't too worried about it. Atsila could take care of herself. But in the mean time Firefly would wander back into the forest that encircled part of the meadow except the one clearing that opened up to the outside of the forest which opened into a larger area.
She snorted a puff of air through her nose and started to head back towards the trees. Her tail giveing a few flicks here and there. Guess she wouldn't be meeting anyone today. K i n u The purple hued female started to pick up speed, going from a slow trot to a fast trot and then into a steady lope. Yet as she moved farther across the clearing she noticed another figure, almost impossible to distinguish from among the shadows, yet still there, moving quickly. Was it a spirit? There were many things she had yet to understand about this place. Especially the vast variety of Soquili. But she was a fast learner and intelligent enough to grasp things without much help. Her bright, wild eyes blinking through the darkness. She'd thought she heard a nicker, but it was far to faint for her to be certain at the time. Was this another of her kind? Or simply a mirage at the fringes of her vision?
Picking up speed, her hoofbeats like the steady pound of a drum or the rhythm of a heartbeat. Following after the shadow as it headed for the forest, or at least, she thought it was the forest. Blinking against the onslaught of rain, keeping track of where her legs were at all times so as not to slip or fall. Falla didn't mind the rain, she rejoiced with the plants as they sang to the sky. Asking the heavens for its tears to aid them in growth. Tossing her head and giving another nicker she followed after. Uncertain where this path lead but interested to find out. Yayoi Firefly's ears flicked back as she heard another loud nicker. Turning her head slightly, she stared off at whatever was comeing closer to her. The sound of pounding hoof beats told her it was comeing in fast. A few flicks of her tail as she stopped dead in her tracks, stareing off through the rain.
Water gathered on her long eyelashes as she blinked it away. The water streaming down her cheeks slightly. And soon through the darkness and rain a large purple figure seemed to emerge. She raised an eyebrow as she waited for it to draw closer. K i n u Shaking her mane free of the clinging droplets she sent an almost cascade out and across. Blinking through narrowed eyes as the shadow appeared to stop. Had it gone? Trying to focus she came up fast, nearly running into the midnight pelted mare. Spying her quickly she stopped herself, sliding across the grass and using her body weight to completely stop herself. Coming up close but just missing a collision. Frozen, steadily becoming soaked by the heavy rain, she blinked at the other Soquili. As if seeing a complete and utterly new species of creature. The truth was she was afraid and felt a trifle foolish for having moved so fast after something she couldn't even see clearly.
Falla blinked against the steady downpour, her eyes reflecting off the drops as they passed. She knew she should say something, her throat even clenched, preparing to form words but what was she to say? She was in a terrible spot at the moment. Perchance she met a marewho was out for blood or would lead her into danger? It was possible, she'd seen Kalona before, knew how their minds worked. And in this sudden weather, anything could be lurking. Yayoi Firefly's body tensed as the other nearly collided with her. She braced herself for impact as she didn't have much time to react. But she she relaxed slightly as the purple mare had stopped just short of running into her. For some reason people always seemed to run into her. She loathed her dark coat for that sometimes, but loved it even more because of it's beauty.
Her dark red eyes narrowed as she stared at the other mare, a quick snort comeing from her nostrils as she sized this one up. K i n u Falla didn't like the look in the other females eyes, like she were some piece of meat on display for predators. Raising her head, her eyes took on a serious, if not, guarded look. A heavy, powerful breath escaping her flared nostrils. Her ears almost still, poised to listen to both her and whatever lay behind. Even her tail ceased moving and her hooves remained locked to earth, her legs like marble pillars rising from the ground and connecting with her sturdy, if not smooth frame. She would have asked if the female were friend or foe. But doing so now would just seem foolish. She'd been the one to nearly colide with the mare, not the other way around.
Her eyes never leaving the form before her, careful to make sure she missed not a single movement from the opposing mare. Her gaze grew slightly misty, calmer if not a trifle distant. Though she'd been running her breath now appeared to come with steady ease. The rain growing monstrous in the distance and closing in faster as time passed. Soon, the bit that was drenching them would seem like a light sprinkle, Falla didn't plan on standing around like an idiot in it, staring down a mare she'd possibly insulted. Yayoi Firefly continued to size Falla up then snorted lightly again. Her long two toned tail giveing a long, drawn out flick before she turned her head away from looking at her and started to head back towards the forest. Her ears in a more relaxed position.
She wasn't too worried about this mare. She didn't seem to pose any threat, atleast she hoped she didn't. If she intended on hurting Atsila she'd be dead in an instant. And there it was again. That feeling to protect Atsila, even though Firefly knew she was a strong two legger. AFter all they'd shared when they first met meant a lot to her, not like she let anyone know though. K i n u Falla blinked against the rain as the female chose to leave instead of fight. A slow spread of relief relaxing her nerves and clearing her mind. She remained standing there, merely watching as the other mare headed towards the forest and wondering what on earth had just transpired. She felt a little nudge at her insides, maybe she should check on Alora. Just in case, this weather was getting worse and Alora had little sense. Problem was her location was in the same direction the mare appeared to be going. Why that was a problem she wasn't quite certain.
Shaking her body she made a slow start towards the forest, once she was under the trees it would be easier. Less obstruction. Though exposed roots might just present a hazard deeper in, if she wasn't paying attention. Eyes scanning the fringes of the forest she headed steadily onwards. Anticipating the shelter the towering, ancient trees provided and wondering if the silly little human was all right. Yayoi Firefly kept walking through the trees. Her figure flitting in and out of shadows that filled the dark forest. Giveing her long tail a few more flicks, she snorted as she heard someone following her. Was it that mare that nearly run into her?
Looking straight ahead, she payed no attentiont to the mare as she contineud on her way. Maybe she'd stay with Atsila tonight if she had returned home tonight. Who knew? K i n u Falla made cautious haste through the trees, the wind was growing steadily stronger and the crack and boom of lightening and thunder caused her heart to race. The ions in the air recharging gratefully with each explosion in the sky above. The heavens were angry, the clouds alone were proof of that. Large, gray-black beasts that curled and over-powered the stars. Her eyes scanned her way, lit moment by moment from the light above.
It wasn’t that she was afraid of the storm itself, only worried for Alora. The girl could easily fall sick in such weather and she’d likely be trying to save the outdoor plants from a beating the wind would, no doubt, provide. The mud making a sickly sucking noise beneath her hooves, she continued on her way. Once spying the opposing female as the lightening brightened up the area and gave the world form. |
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Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 7:26 pm
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. neutral Current RP with Kimimela and Glory. Status: On-going. |:.K i n u The wind whispered through the ancient canopies as it might through the feathers of a hawk on the prowl. The forest floor was sent into a splatter of spots, shadows from the treetops above. Roots from the trunks of wild trees sprouted up here and there, causing a hazard to any runner who forgot to use his eyes and mind the path ahead. Tricksters of the forest, awaiting the foolish and holding back folds of laughter for the unfortunate. Cool pools of water could be found at the bases of such trees, smaller animals scurrying in a flurry to sip and avoid the keen eyes of any predator prowling the area. It did not do to become dinner so early in life.
All though relatively silent there was a sudden sound, like the beat of a heart or the rumble of thunder. Hooves against earth, a pounding. A flash of purple, no.. not simply purple a cascade or rainbow of purples appeared and disappeared from within the folds of the forest. Birthed from the mysteries of its heart. As though she were a spirit or ghost forced to run the earth until reaching its edge. The beat slowed to a steady rhythm, nostrils flaring with breath, chest rising and falling steadily. Her upright ears swiveled first one way and then another in complete opposition of each-other. Minding the area for any other signs of life. And once assured she was alone her graceful neck declined to partake of a much needed drink. Her throat burned with parch and once she'd tasted the sweet waters of this region she found herself entranced. Rein_Carnation As the day forwarded to night the sky darkened to a canopy of shining orbs within the sky. The breeze light yet carrying a simple chill gave grace to the shining mother orb within the sky. Every creature dormant till this very moment had seemed non-existant then exploded like magick all over the land. Two figures, one of pure white along with one of shadowed gray walked silently amongst the life that scattered here and there. Their eyes captured the escence of the night bathing them in radiance of what futures they could possess.
Walking side by side the unicorn and the lemur mare were recalled as a team. One helping the other on things they didn't understand. Flowing manes and tails combined of a radiant silken river of purples and black and white paused nearest a soft pool within the ground. They were thirsty feeling the need to drink heavily. K i n u The Spirited female drank deeply, the waters sating her almost monsterous need. She'd been traveling long and at a pace that might suggest she had Kalona at her heels. As the sun slowly burned its last and allowed night to reign she found herself amazed by the marvelous heavens. Lifting her head and tossing her mane. The silken hair falling as water across the sheen of her pelt, the hues contained within it too multiple to truly number. Her tail tossed to first one side, then the other before it stilled. Widening her nostrils, scenting the earth in all its glory and exhaling lengthily. The very beating of her heart sounding as a song to the mare. Reminding her of how much journey she still had.
A sound. One ear caught it first and swiveled in its direction, followed closely by the second. Her head turning slowly, eyes calm and intelligent as she scanned the darkness with her eyes. What beasts roamed these parts during such an hour aside from travelers or those who sought knowledge and the enigma of night. Her breathing came in length, having slowed it into silence. The sudden splutter and gradually numerous bodies of fireflies graced the forest with their light. Dancing, like earth bound stars. Rein_Carnation Kimimela smiled warmly as the mother moon still held her grace for a day at most. She was rather prominent in remembering how the mother liked to go into a deep sleep until she rose in eloquent grace once more among the thousands of lights dwelling around her. The mare birthed with the mysterious orange eyes plunged her head into the water first drinking deeply. The water was a blessing as it was pure and clear as her own homeland. Water that simply poured from the sky, opening up realeasing itself unto the crying land. Ah the smell that she remembered most days standing there, simply listening to the droplets bounce upon each leaf or branch.
Glory followed directly behind Kimi drinking with her neck stretched to reach the deeper water. Her snow white form shimmering like a legend. Eyes of the purest cyan blue glanced at her reflection feeling a bit of happiness rush through her entire being. The spiral she was adorned with gleamed the mother's light creating a shimmer that danced in a waltz, its own manner making her more radiant than she'd ever notice before.
The wind carried a new scent. A Soquili perhaps as it danced in mirth around her. Her nostrils flared as she combed through the others that tricked her senses. Lifting her head slowly the mare adorned with the alicorn caught a glimpse of another not to far off. Breathing softly she whickered to Kimimela the same. K i n u The mare blinked steadily, her form exuding a kind of serenity as she observed the approaching Soquili with a mixture of curiousity, caution and even, in some remote way, comfort. Her startling eyes catching the light from a passing firefly and illuminating in the night. Did they come with ill intent? She could gather little scent, the wind was against her this eve, sending her scent to them and leaving her to grasp and strain her scent glands. Nostrils flaring, steady inhalations as she finally managed to weed out the faint traces among a multitude of other more powerful scents. She found it slack with inauspicious emotions. And therfore she relaxed her tense body, feeling it thank her and slip the wild mare into a stance of welcome. A more approachable look to the Soquili.
Raising her sleek neck to regard them, her eyes both warm and clever at once. As though an intelligence smoldered beneath the quiet surface. Falla was raised on folklore and enigmas, on the path to places fortold in legend and hidden behind simple fairy-tale. Therefore she was full of stories, full of songs and full of knowledge. Then again she was quiet, more prone to absorb knowledge from others than to relay any. Living off mystery turned her into one and by nature she left most guessing or unsure of where she stood on any ground. The trees swayed slightly, the leaves sounding close to the crash of a wave across the golden shores of the ocean. And slowly, the sound died away. Rein_Carnation The mother shinied upon the gray mare with a sense of protection. Her warmth was not of the sun but more of a reflective nature. Time would tell how the mare would show her own interest toward her. Swallowing deeply she spoke loud and clear trying to be as understanding in her speech as she could. Closing her orange orbs away from the light she gathered her senses.
"Day is good to you yes? Kimimela is who I am yes. Forest I am born living with Glory. Meet you it is nice." she chattered trying her best to be as polite as possible. Hopefully she wasn't condeming herself to be a freak in other's eyes. Trying so hard on her lessons to create communication that was ledgible and understood.
Glory nodded her long elegant neck white as snow it contrasted her silken mane and tail. Flowing rivers of dark violet streamed cascading from her towards the ground beneath. Her eyes were smiling as she breathed her first words unto the newcomer. Celendria had taught her adoptive daughter well to always be polite to anyone she'd encounter.
"Good eve to you. I do hope we are not bothering you." she notioned towards Kimi who had indeed taken the first inititive. "I am Glory and of course this is Kimimela. She is foriegn to this land so please bear with her when she tries to talk with you."
The mare then stood tall trying her best to not show any sort of mal content. Surely the other was as docile as she and Kimi. The breeze that swept past them playfully lifted her bangs rearranging them before she placed them back to their original location. K i n u Falla listened, filtering out the sound of the wind and the chirp of the crickets to hear and be sure no mistakes were made on her part. The accent of the first female caught her by surprise. A forgeiner? Like herself perhaps? She did not excite nor did she allow herself to speak outright, she simply waited and listened further. Fully understanding of the females protective nature as it came through loud and clear. The second spoke now, her tongue experienced in the native language and her body showing no signs of aggression. Then again, as the enigmatic female watched and listened, she knew they mean't her no harm. If she felt otherwise about them she wouldn't have relaxed so easily. Her ears stood upright, turned foreward to show she was listening and intended to keep listening.
As all fell silent it felt like ages until the purple female slowly, very slowly, inclined her head in greeting. Where she hailed from inclining the neck to certain degrees relayed respect or greeting depending. Of course such was most likely used commonly among others. She claimed no special hold over such a tradition. Her voice flowed in serene harmony with the wind, like the whisper of the earth or the soft chime of ornamental bells. "Hark, greetings." She replied, her voice carrying well over the ever shrinking distance between herself and the unfamiliar mares. She spoke not often, nor was she in any way used to casual, sporatic conversation. Though she would endevor to do her best. "I am Falla, daughter of Kael of the Winged. Might I inquire as to from where you both hail?" Rein_Carnation Listening intently the language of the newcomer was strange to the gray shaded mare though she perked her ears with high interest. Her assumptions were clear that this would not be a fateful meeting with malicious intent. That which the stories of the demons she shied away from to perserve her own bravery. Thinking on lineage she frowned deeply remembering her parents lost in a storm. Disheartening as it seemed she held her memories in secret away from the curious world. Not even Glory knew this tragic tale which was best lined within the grieving forienger's heart.
"Trees yes a long way from here. Still home I call this that trees still grow here. Know not..," she paused with a sigh, "of family live with I would have yes."
She paused once more feeling slightly offbalanced though her eyes reflected she was fine. Yes some things were better off being locked away. Precious things one held dear always deserved to be remembered.
The unicorn's eyes widened at seeing the lemur mare's temper for an instant change. Like that of a looming oppression that was eating at her like a carnivore. She frowned slightly feeling sadness n** at her flanks.
It wasn't in one's interest to pry but it seemed Kimi held something dark in her heart. She shook her curiousity in respect returning to a nod towards the newcomer.
"I am Glory whom was founded by Celendria on the night the star fell.
I am said to be the star which my mother followed finding a basket bearing my mark." she noted pointing her muzzle toward her distintive shining shooting star among her rump. "We come from the forest near the mountains to the North."
She stood proudly letting her breath fill in and escape her great lungs. Thinking on the gifts she'd help make this very morning to hoor both Aria and her mother Celendria. K i n u Falla could almost taste the hint of sadness on the air and it made her eyes soften momentairily before she remembered herself and they slipped into that clever, aloof glow. It took her a trifle longer to understand the foreign female but she gave her just as much attention as she did Glory. Manners were well bred with her, polite interaction was key in almost all that she did. Her tail slid from one side to the other, almost like it was rocking back and forth. Finally the motion stopped and she was left standing perfectly still among the silvery moonlight, then again she was well covered by the canopies above.
"Well met." She answered, it was, for the most part, her way of saying 'It's a pleasure to meet you.'. Falla could understand the dialect of this region quite well, she simply had a difficult time slipping into it. Preffering her own dialect instead. Perchance she was simply hard-headed in the matter, in time she would most likely warm up to this language. "From the North, I've a ways." Her gaze shifted off into the forest, giving her a feel of distance from the moment. Minutes passed slowly until she turned back to regard the females. "I pray, have you a place I might rest 'til morning wakes?" She could sleep here, beneath the moonlight and stars. But in such unfamiliar territory it was not wise to travel alone. And she'd been doing just that for too long, her luck was bound to run out if she kept up such a lifestyle. Rein_Carnation As the night broke into the early hint of dawn the call of the canines initiated the normal routine. Light would come as fast as day washed into the sleek blackness of night. This was how the Soquili from Celendria's bonds lived and breathed daily.
The lemur mare watched a bird make its way overhead firmly gripping the branch its claws dug into. It was nothing of the colorful sort she remembered but it was interesting in its own natural habitat. She breathed with an air of reassurrance that she was fine but she still felt that lingering sadness cling to her very existence. Shaking her head vigourously she tried ridding herself only to look back at her companions whom she knew developed a bit of concern.
"Glory. Go we must as day nears us yes? Room is plenty within home. Come with us may you yes?" she queried towards the unicorn looking quite distained but not completely taken from her conscience yet.
Glory sensed the morning approach on fleeting wings as the grass moistened her fetlocks. She felt the damp air tickle her nose with the sensation of an itchy horn. She of course wouldn't make a fool of herself though to relieve her little annoyance. Kimi on the otherhand was making her worry with good reason. Though it was hidden something was wrong.
"Indeed Kimimela. Yes Falla you are more than welcome to stay in the clearing of trees we live within. It is warm with safe souls whom dwell there. We're quite a mismatched group but we are kind and welcome all whom need shelter. Come with us."
She turned toward the horizon spotted faintly of pink as the sun prepared his glorious return strung along by horses, magnificent creatures pulling the great glowing orb toward the heavens where he's sit in all his majesty overlooking all there was to gaze upon. K i n u Falla felt the breeze lift and tousle her mane, stamping a hoof simply to shake out the ghost of a chill which had seized her as she stood. Perhaps being so still the frost thought her a tree? The notion spread the warmth of humor deep within her chest, lightening her mood every-so-gently. Yet a feeling in the air set her to caution such blithe disregard for her surroundings. Her companions appeared wary, and for what cause? Such uncertainty made her nervous but she neither questioned nor allowed such feelings to show. She would place her trust in these two mares, it had been a while since she’d done so with any creature. Yet their nature appeared to inspire such emotion and she soon shed any inhibitions. A story was hidden here, a story in the mare Kimimela, it was not her place to inquire and therefore she refused to do so.
"I welcome such kindness and courtesy shall not be disregarded. Let us depart with haste, the sky gives eerie tidings the likes of which I do not savor." She could feel her heart fluttering quickly, like the wings of a bird. Beating against her ribcage, begging for a chance to escape. Her legs quivered only once at the anticipation of a run, she silenced them abruptly, abhorring the sensation. Her ears swiveled to the side, once, twice and finally resting. Focusing on the mares before her. It wouldn’t be long before dawn kissed the earth. The twittering of birds was already on the rise, a sure sign of impending morning. The trees were still, the breeze had died. Scents dying with them and the chance at an upper-hand long gone should they be in danger. No matter, she would not allow herself to become unnerved. |
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