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 Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 3:00 pm
Jaden cawed a laugh at her. He wasn't a dog to sniff her hand! He nipped at her hand playfully, not touching her except for with the rounded front of his beak. "Silly human! I wonder if Delphia's silly human will want to see you?" He eyed her thoughtfully. The best thing to take the human Talencia would be some of that blue hair this human had. But he knew that would be impolite to pull it out. The horses tended not to mind, but the humans were finicky about such things.
With no other ideas, he leaned down on the rock where he was perched and tweaked off some of the fragrant plants that grew here in this sunwarmed area. This would have to do to bring the message to Talencia that there was a human here. Let the horses figure out how to get her to see how the plants meant a human.
With a shrug of his gleaming black shoulders, he bobbed his head to the blue-haired woman and then launched himself into the air. Swiftly he flew back to the little traveling group, which really wasn't all that far away. Swooping low over Eloran, he scree'd and dropped his gift to the human on his bcak before landing gracefully on top of the packs on Delphia's back.
Tal looked up at Jaden in time to get smacked in the face by something leafy. Startled, she automatically caught it before it fell to the ground. Sitting back firmly, she signaled Eloran to stop while she examined what the black hawk had brougth her. It was still warm to the touch, so clearly it wasn't under the trees of the forest they still rode in. And it smelled so good! She had the sudden thought that if this plant was plentiful, it would make a wonderful bed to sleep in back at Sarrow Moon.
"Jaden, could you show me where you found this?" she called to the bird, not feeling foolish at all for speaking to a bird. She didn't expect him to talk back, or even give her a discernable answer. Predictably, in fact, he practically ignored her, flipping out one wing and grooming it meticulously with his beak, muttering the whole time as if to himself.
"Jaden, what was that all about?" Delphia asked, her ears flickering back at the hawk while Talencia looked at the plant. She listened while the hawk related what he'd seen, knowing Tal would just have to wait before she got any answers. After the bird was done with his tale, she glanced at the other two. "What do you think? Do we go there and meet this flower-haired human?"
Tal was still mulling over what to do when Eloran smoothly moved on beneath her without her nudging. Looking up, she saw the two mares had also set off, all in the same direction. Baffled, she tangled the fingers of one hand in Eloran's mane and sat quietly, waiting to see where her hooved friends were taking her.
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 7:01 pm
Wolfie recoiled her hand slightly stunned that the bird would mock her so. But then again, it wasnt a harmful mock, more of a game it would seem. She smiled as the black hawk picked bits and pieces of flowers and other folliage off of the rocks. They were colorful hues of blue and violet. The perfect colors to make dye from. Many of her own hideskins were laden with painted markings from the very same plants. The hawk was so cute as he set about his task. Wolfie stiffled a giggle. "Silly little one." She cooed as he fluttered up into the drafts above.
She crawled to her feet on the rocky ledge and gripped the one above her. There, a small cave was comprised of a large overhang of fallen boulders. Perhaps from the iceage or a rockslide in eons past. The overhang was not much of a retreat, spotty with open wedges and niches, but it served well-enough for the daytime hours. However, if one were to scurry up the boulders, watching for snakes and poisionous spiders and the like, than there was a secondary alcove above. This place was sheltered by spindly trees with roots growing like rampant spiderwebs through the silted landscape. It was hidden from most of the valley below, both the boulders and the trees serving a plentiful purpose.
Wolfie hefted herself into a corner and began to slide up a tight wedge in three very large, very steady mica laden slabs of rock. She had done this many times over the years, though her shape and that of the hole had changed with each passing season. The landscape was always changing. People were always changing.
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 9:17 pm
Soquili left the forest and came back towards the village towards another teepee. It was home of Talencia and Wolfie. Soquili never met them but heard alot of nice things. She left some handmade moccasins crafted with dyed quills of a porcupine by the teepee entrance that could be shared.
"I hope that they will like these" Soquili said softly. Dakota, her loyal baby fox familiar sniffed at the moccasins and curled up inside one, poking out his head to chatter.
"Oh silly, Dakota. Get out of there.. we need to be off" she giggled at the silly fox.
Dakota obeyed and popped out of the moccasins and pounced after Soquili.
((if you want this post deleted then PM soquili if it interferes with your RP ))
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 8:26 am
Talencia sat back and enjoyed the gently rocking ride on Eloran's warm back. She ran her hands over his neck and shoulders lovingly. She smiled as she felt him arch his neck proudly at her touches. He was such a sweetheart, and she couldn't believe he'd simply appeared into her life as he had. And now, no matter where they were going, she reveled in sharing his company. Contentedly she wove her fingers into his mane and cast her eyes about where they were going.
Ceylona's ears were busy, flicking forward, to the side, and back. She was listening, not for predators as you might think a wild mare would, but for the human they were seeking. She was not at all sure she wanted to go and meet another human. In fact, when the bird told them they were arriving, she planned on dropping back and staying as far away as was polite to her human friend. Her ears pinned briefly at that thought. Calling a human her friend? Who would have imagined she, born wild and chosen wild, would claim such a dominant creature as her friend? Ah, but this one didn't ever attempt to dominate her. Not once!
She heaved a huge, groaning sigh that earned her a concerned glance from the human. She may not think of binding Ceylona to her, but she did care. In response to the glance, the mare nickered quietly to Talencia. Yes, the woman had proven herself a very good friend indeed. Thus it was Ceylona didn't mind going with them to meet this other human. She simply wasn't willing to risk the danger that this other human was the dominating sort.
Jaden swooped and curved above the earth-bound group. They were almost there, nearing the edge of the forest where they would soon be bale to see the rock face which was even more brightly lit now with the westering sun. The animals of the forest were making noises as they prepared for night. The sun should still be above the horizon when they reached the rock face, but not long after that it would sink behind the horizon. He peered downward at the woman riding the red bay. What would she do if this blue-haired female was unwelcoming?
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Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 1:00 pm
Wolfie sqeezed through the opening and to the top of the ledge. Here she could get a better view as the sun began growing orange with night and settle onto the treetops. The evening birds chittered lously in the trees nearby.
Something clunked on the trail below her. She became aware of every little sound, wondering what could be walking up the mountainside at this hour. The forest creatures were much too small to make such a loud sound. She hunched low and peeked over the edge of the stone, a cool breeze shuffling her blue-silver hair into her eyes.
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 12:08 pm
Talencia was near-blinded when they came out from under the trees. Glowing brightly before them, struck by the powerful last rays of the setting sun, was a monolithic cliff face. Tal held a hand up to block the reflected light, and Eloran stopped beneath her, his head tipped upward. She too squinted up the cliff face.
The sun then began to dim, sliding it's slow way below the horizon. Tal blinked a few times to clear her eyes to the darkening landscape. What had at first seemed to be a stark cliff face she could now see was pocked with crack lines, rock edges, natural caves, and tumbled boulders. Jaden had landed on a ledge about halfway up. She watched as he hopped along and then mouthed a clump of plants. She saw that these same plants clung to the rocks in the most astonishing places, and that these were the same as what the hawk had brougth her.
"AHA!" she crowed triumphantly and swung down from the tall red bay's back.
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Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 5:33 pm
Wolfie hit her stomach as something strange made a loud sound. In the back of her mind it sounded like a rather large crow, squacking away at something or other. But then again.... her mind drifted. She inched closer to the edge and peered down and over.
The trees bent slightly in the wind as a cool dusk breeze began to blow through. The evening critters were beginning to emerge as a tiny lizard crawled across her hand, momentarily startling her. She shook it gently off and placed it in the tall grasses that grew along the cliff face. Here, she could peer down and not easily be seen back. What a wonderful place this was to stage an attack if ever so needbe.
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 9:16 pm
The sun sank below the horizon as Talencia went about gathering the herbs that clung to myriad cracks and nooks in the rocks. Meanwhile, all three horses turned their noses upwards and gazed in the direction the hawk was flying. For Jaden had risen on the still rising warm thermals and popped up right in front of the creeping woman above.
"Hello again, Flowerhair!" he chittered amiably, maneuvering his wings delicately so as to hover directly in front of her hiding spot. "Why are you sneaking around like a fox?" He peered back down at his companions, then looked back at her. "Don't tell me you are afraid of that lot? Not a one of them would hurt a fly!" Hearing a squeal from the wild mare, he winced, ducking his head. "Well, maybe that one would, but the others won't let her hurt you, I promise!"
Ceylona had crept forward against her own better judgement. The human was... hiding? Her muscles tensed, her instincts telling her that the only reason to hide was to prey upon them. But startlingly her inner voice told her differently. How could her heart know this human was not a danger to them? Irritated with herself and her conflicting thoughts, she gave another, louder squeal of frustration and reared, twisting faintly in an echo of a maneuver to loose a cougar from her back. What was wrong with her? First she decides to trust one human, and now without even having SEEN this flower-haired human, she decides she can be trusted as well? She snorted hard, as if to clear her nostrils of grit. This just simply did not make sense. Out of ire, she began to paw viciously at the earth with one forehoof.
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Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 4:14 pm
There it was. A horse! A horse had been making all the noise. With a sigh of relief she relaxed a bit for her perch in the grasses. Unsure of whether this horse was on the run from a coyote or mountain ram, she waited a little bit before slowly rising from the spot to look further over the edge.
Standing to her full height, she brached her feet apart on the grassy incline and peered over. The setting sun outlined her in the evening sky as reds and oranges had begun to sweep across the land. That silly bird she had seen earlier was swooping overhead and she tried not to look up and watch him catch the solar winds in fear she might loose her balance and fall victim to vertigo like many non-mountain creatures tended to do.
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:17 am
Hearing movement above her, Talencia glanced up. At first she only saw Jaden, hovering and talking in chitters and squawks. But she realized he wasn't touching the rocks, and that he was talking TO something. Curious, she maneuvered herself backwards, careful not to stumble over the uneven rocks. The light had nearly faded away, but she was startled to realize there was a human form standing up there! Almost absently she whispered, "Is that... ?"
She watched the woman peering down at them. It was entirely possible she couldn't see them, since they were now in the deep shadows of the forest as night fell. Deciding not to hide her presence from this other, she called out, "Greetings!" She didn't notice all three of her soquili glancing at each other in a satisfied manner.
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Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 10:49 pm
Something squawked from below. It was another. A land-walker like herself. She squinted hard to see. "O'siyo" She called out unsure. She was able to make out the outlines of others below. Barely. They were much taller than this native and she guessed it to be stallions of the plains.
"o'siyo" She repeated. She inched foreward a tad bit more and skittered on the sandy stones that lay beneath the grasses.
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 7:34 pm
Talencia continued to peer upwards as the other person called down to her. Before she could draw breath to call back, though, Eloran took a deep breath behind her and heighed loudly. She supposed his thought was to reassure the other person that they WERE there... not just an optical illusion. Still, she wniced. "Easy boy, I'm sure whoever it is isn't deaf... or wasn't until now." The look he gave her made her feel guilty, and she went to him to pull his head close to her and stroke his jaw. "I'm sorry love. Just be more careful about my ears next time, eh?"
It was only then that she looked up again. The sun had gone completely now, and dusk had fallen. All she could see were shadows and outlines of the rocks above. "Hello? I'm sorry, I can't see you....," she trailed off and spoke quieter. "And I am not going to try to climb those rocks in the dark. We'd best bed down here, I guess." She cupped Eloran's chin and tugged lightly, urging him after her. She then whistled for the other two mares and set about trying to find a flat spot of ground near to the cliff. She figured it would provide the best shelter and protection they could find in the dark.
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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:29 am
As she leaned forward on the rocks, the sound of horses talking echoed up to her. It was loud in comparison to the evening birds. With a startle, she jumped, but perhaps too much so. The little pebbles beneath her feet began to slide and she found herself airborn before she knew what was happenening. The grasses atop the rock were not match for gravity and they came sloshing with her. In the dark, there was nothing to sheild her from anything. Only the unknown.
She cried out quietly as she free fell a few feet before landing with a whoosh into a nearby tree. The impact alone knocked the wind out of her and she threw her arms protectively over her head as best she could. Wolfie tumbled down the branches, the bark scraping at her face and arms and legs as she went.
Finally the momentum stopped and she remained dangling at precurious angles. Her leggings were clutched by the branches above and she hoovered upside down, swinging lightly. Wolfie was thankful to have escaped more serious injury. But then again, this was not her first fall from those very same rocks. It was murphys law that seemed to control most of her life and she had finally given in to its ways.
With a huff, she blew the whispy hairs out of her face only to realize she had a pair of eyes directly in front of her, glowing slightly in the dark.
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 1:16 pm
Instinctively, Wolfie threw her arms in front of her head, lightly smacking whatever it was staring at her in the process. A wet thwap echoed in her ears and her hand became slimy and sickeningly wet. She rushed to smear whatever it was off on her leggings as fast as she could. The being snorted and huffed, warm air gushing at her face.
Wolfie paused a moment and remembered to release the breath she had been holding since her landing in her percarious spot. The eyes moved closer to her again. It snorted. She exhaled. It snorted again. She thought that somehow this was a contest of sorts. She heard the rustling of shrubbery and then hooves on rock. A Horse!
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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:35 am
Ceylona was quite startled when the landwalker fell from the sky. She pfttt a bit to herself. What was it with humans wishing to be who they couldnt be? Look now! She thought. This one thinks she is a winged one.
Wolfie carefully watched as the horse approached. Her eyes slowly adjusted to the dark and she began to see the form of a rather prudent mare. The horse did not seem to wish to touch her, though was curious indeed. Wolfie Held her breath.
The human dangled percariously from the tree. How intriguing these things were, thought Ceylona. Always always getting into messes they couldnt get out of. Perhaps this is why they traveled in bunches? Not one could mark its territory without at least one other present at all times. It was such a disgrace! Why was it that the other equine thought that these beings were actually intelligent?!
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