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Post by mouse on Feb 22, 2016 14:20:39 GMT -8
Duchess Rose slowed to a canter. She had been galloping through the grass for what had felt like forever. As she slowed again to a trot and then a walk she became aware that her scar was hurting again. She nipped at it angrily and the pain ebbed as if afraid of her. The thought pleased her as she came to a stop and looked around for the first time since arriving at the Steppes. It was plain, with a flicker of blue ahead of her and nothing but grass everywhere else. She became aware of her thirst and raised her muzzle to scent the air.
The primary scent was of salt, but she thought she smelled freshwater coming from the blue area near the horizon. Hopeful she picked up her feet and trotted towards it.
As she got closer she realized that her suspicions had been right. The blue speck had been water, and as her thirst was quenched when she drank from it, freshwater. She was alone, and safe so she decided to wade in a bit. She waded in just enough so that when she laid down her neck would be halfway cover with water. Laying like that she could rest while being mostly hidden from most predators. Including stallions, though they would be able to scent her.
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Post by abear87 on Mar 5, 2016 9:29:12 GMT -8
Firefly was glad for the company, another mare. She loved the grass beneath her feet, and the blue sky above, she loved the sound of the water. She also loved the lack of stallions, though she was seeking one from her past. How she had hated it when they had expelled Airheart's and his family from the herd just because of a fight gone bad. They had sent away Airmane, her love, the one she was humbling. She had gone too, to seek him, when her father had let her. Now, she was thirsty. Cantering towards the water, she stopped to drink before addressing the other mare. "Greetings, stranger. What is your name?"
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Post by mouse on Mar 18, 2016 8:23:03 GMT -8
Duchess Rose had been relaxing peacefully in the water when another horse arrived at the watering hole. A quick scent check told her it was a female and Duchess Rose ignored her, as she drank up, but then was interrupted from her peace when the other asked her name. At first, Duchess Rose simply concentrated on ignoring her, but after a few moments decided to answer anyway. "I don't know, what's yours?" She to make her voice sound friendly, but it definitely came out sounding forced. She had no intention of telling her name first. Or telling it at all for that matter.
The lady did not think it necessary to stand and so she simply didn't. The other horse may be larger, but Duchess Rose wanted to make it clear that she was not going to be intimated or back down. So she continued laying in the water with her head and neck sticking up and pointing towards the new mare. That was all the other was allotted. Duchess Rose's attention. For now.
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Post by abear87 on Apr 14, 2016 15:03:53 GMT -8
Firefly was glad for the other horse's attention, for it felt good after all she had gone through with Airmane. He had proudly given her a tour of his new land, then had 'invited' her to spend the night. She cringed as she remembered the thought, a long, cold, dark, night sleeping next to a strange stallion whom she did not trust. She wondered what his next plans for her were, and her heart shook at the thought of it. He might be trying too be nice, but unfortunately for him, he did not know proper manners around mares. "My name is Firefly, is the water nice?" she too was trying to be nice.
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Post by mouse on May 1, 2016 16:13:22 GMT -8
The mare announced her name to her, and Duchess Rose scoffed at her question. "It is if your skin is on fire." She said, no sarcasm visibly in her voice, indeed The Duchess was not being sarcastic (For once) because that was what her scar sometimes felt like. Like she was burning. "Not that mine is," She was quick to correct, "I am simply resting." Not that resting displayed strength, but Duchess Rose decided not to correct herself this time, it would make her seem weaker. If 'Firefly' wanted to test her, then Duchess Rose would have no problem putting the other horse in her place.
"Join me if you want, or be on your way." The haflinger continued, sounding gruff. If she was brutally honest, she would have to admit to Firefly that she wouldn’t mind her staying. If the mare had been a stallion, however this would be another story entirely. For a moment, she struggled with herself, but finally she convinced herself she needed the company and rose, her sides numb. "Or we could just walk." She suggested. She was glad for the numbness, for it meant (For a while at least) that she could walk comfortably without her scar hurting at her every move.
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Post by abear87 on May 5, 2016 6:30:57 GMT -8
"What happened to your shoulder?" Firefly asked this question while trotting over to walk beside the other mare, "Did another horse do that?" she asked, eyeing the scar. "On another topic, you are one of the prettiest, not to mention smallest, horses I've ever seen. Your palomino coat just compliments your delicate build. In was not trying to offend when I said that you were small, it just makes you look nicer.
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