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This thread is reserved for Shiaree to RP with, and maintain a diary for, her Silva Regia Fey, Muris. Thank you to Anya! for her permission to use her diary concept. DO NOT POST HERE UNLESS YOU ARE SPECIFICALLY INVITED TO BY SHIAREE! Violators will be reported to a moderator.

Background: The daughter of Stablemaster Cauda and his wife Agila, Muris has the same affinity for horses as her father before her. Muris was the 10th child freed of the curse.

Personality: Muris is a sweet and gentle tomboy of a fey. Her natural aptitude with horses comes from her father's tutelege before the curse. She can be shy at times, but when she truly has her heart set on something, she finds courage.

Muris as a Cursed One-- still trapped in her window!



Muris as a child. Isn't she adorable, with her little mouse ears and her favourite horseshoe necklace?

Papa always said you could tell a lot about the character of a man by the way he treats his horse!

Rosa- Owner of Nimlote A rather gorgeous horse, and she knows it. Nimlote is a Cremello. White, with pink eyes and hooves and a pink star pattern on her rump. Sadly, for all her beauty, she isn't the most pleasant of horses. She's possessive, rather competitive, and seems to look down on the others.

Rosa..might be okay. She's really mean to Aesculus, which I don't like, but she seemed to sorta like me at least a little. She offered to teach me to be more 'ladylike' whatever that is. I think it means I can act pretty like she does!

Alces- Owner of Orin A Grey, with white speckled rump, a gray star pattern, dark hair, black socks, and black eyes and hooves. Orin is very patient, which is good because Alces seems rather nervous about him. He also seems to have a one-track mind-- eating.

Alces is really really nice. He was pretty scared of the horses at first, but once he settled down he was really trying to get stuff right. I think he's going to be a very good owner, and he's a nice person for a friend.

Filix- Owner of Fera He's a Sorrel, with three white socks, white blaze, a pale tan mane and tail, blue eyes and hooves. A rather gorgeous creature, but he's a bit skittish. That is, he doesn't seem to like the other males, and he likes to boss the rest of the horses around quite a bit. Still, I think he'll calm down in time.

Filix and I used to play together when we were kids! She's so much bigger now, I didn't even recognize her. But I can remember how we used to play hide 'n seek in the hay and stuff. She's really fun, and I hope that we can keep being friends!

Lilium- Owner of Zora Zora is a Champagne coloured mare. She has dark socks and muzzle, with gold eyes and hooves, a gold pattern on her rump, and a dark mane and tail. A gentle, but elegant creature who enjoys being pampered a bit, and will occasionally get annoyed if she isn't looked after enough, but is generally sweet-tempered.

Lilium seems quite the same. A very nice woman who's used to having things done her way. I don't know that I'll find out much more about her, though. She's going to marry the King, afterall! Don't tell anybody, but she's secretly kinda scared about the wedding. It's a secret between me and her, though!

Equus- Owner of Altaea. A Sabino, dark mane and tail (flows to white!), pale tan eyes and hooves. Gorgeous creature, though I haven't had much opportunity to get to know her.

I look forward to meeting Equus, as his totem is the horse, one of my favourite animals!

Aesculus- Owner of Dearg Red bay, black mane and tail, black and white socks, gold eyes and hooves. Dearg's a nice enough horse, but he's very picky about certain things. He wants them done his way, or he simply won't do a thing. The other day I tried to groom him a bit early and he just about threw a fit!

Aesculus is really nice, though. He invited me in his room to see his mice, and they're really really cute. And Aesculus is easy to talk to, even if he does use really big words. He promised to come to the stables to play with me sometimes. I hope he does.

Cervus- Owner of Sunshade. A gorgeous black horse, solid black mane, golden eyes and hooves, and beautiful golden markings on his rump. He's very strong and rather temperamental. Oftentimes he won't even let the other grooms near him, and he has a tendency to bite even me. Still, he's a gorgeous creature.

Oh, yes. And Cervus isn't all bad either. He seems like a very nice man, though I doubt I'll have a chance to know for certain. Kings don't associate with the likes of stablemice!

Ardea- No horse. I only met him once, but he seems sorta...scary. Very intimidating (Sissy taught me that word!)

Ursa- No horse. I've finally met her! Ursa seems really nice. She helped me figure out what was wrong with my bunny and everything. I feel really bad she's sick, though.

Pappila- No horse. A very pretty and strange little girl. She's too young to talk just yet, but somehow she manages to get her point across just fine anyways. And she seems really really smart already!

Muris' room is pretty simple, and she likes it that way. The floors are plain wood, as are the walls. She's mentioned to Shiaree that she might paint them sometime, but it's unlikely as she tends to appreciate the natural look of them.

It was pretty dusty when she first got up there, but she cleaned it quickly enough. The once-grey curtains on the window are now white again, and Shiaree's bought her some all-new furniture as the old stuff could easily have been condemned.

Against the right wall there's a wooden day bed with white sheets and a soft gray comforter, as well as gray and white striped down pillows with white cases. It's made of thick, heavy wood and was quite difficult for the two of them to move up there because of that and it's bulk.

On the side of it near the door there is a nightstand of the same wood with a small lamp on top of it. The nightstand has two drawers in it where she keeps her various pieces of paper and stuff for writing and reading practice.

(in progress)

Journal Entry:

I arrived back at the castle not long after Muris finished her conversation with Aesculus. It seems, however, that a lot of her cheerfulness was facade. The girl gets excitable, but when she calms back down, she appears generally rather sweet and easy-going.

Of course, that was before we talked. She's rather bright for her age, not at all unlike my own daughter, Linali. But she is still a four-year-old girl, just as my daughter is. I knew that she would be upset, even if it didn't show after that first bout of tears.

More than likely she was reluctant to show this side of her among the others because she didn't want them to think of her as a baby. She seems very self-conscious about that and about her own rank, and confided (in the manner in which all children confide) to me that perhaps she was mistaken in this, for Aesculus had been nothing but kind to her.

Still, she spent a good deal of the time before she fell asleep in tears. I think that she misses her family more than she will let on. Muri loved her father quite dearly, and her mother only slightly less so. She's still so very young to be on her own, as well.

Hopefully Lady Sun will be able to take care of matters at my home until I feel confident that Muris will be all right here by herself for a while.

August 3, 2004

Roleplaying log from Page 2-3 of Aesculus' journal

Summary: Muris goes over to visit Aesculus as per his offer to show her the mice. The littlest mouse seems to take quite a liking to her, and Aesculus and Muris get along quite well too. Muris asks a bit about the other Fey, wondering if they're as easy to get along with as Aesculus. He informs her that most are, although he seems to think that he's actually not really that nice, but Muris disagrees. Eventually she comes across the idea that he really needs to have more fun, and offers that he come to the stables to play any time he likes.