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 Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 3:42 pm
Harley was tired, her spandex was torn, her legs hurt, she officially hated swamps and the crap that lived in them. She held a little glass vial in her mouth full of what looked like mildly bioluminous green moss the consistency of jello. It seemed like a good snack, but she was bringing it as a gift for her friend, it was the least she could do since she was just showing up unannounced. Geeze, a doe out all alone in the world was just a big ol' target to everyone! She huffed and stamped her hoof a few times as she trod through the marshes.
What if Red doesn't even recognize me? Hey, hey Red it's me Harls...she'll remember...she wouldn't forget little ol' me.
But it had been a long time and Ivy had been disgusted by Harley's constant devotion to her somewhat abusive mate, but her Puddin he never meant to hurt her, he just loved a little rough. Besides that was all in the past now, she wasn't with her Puddin and she hoped to never see a batwing ever again, she was gonna turn a new leaf, be a real sweet doe!
Maybe if she turned back now the old herd would still let her back...Puddin would put in a good word for her, and TwoFace might flip a coin and she could probably rig that, and that chubby bird might turn his nose up at her but who cared? No...no she couldn't go back, and it had been so very far.
Oh Red...where are you?
She wondered for the hundredth time if she was even anywhere near where Ivy might be.
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 4:32 pm
Ivy was doing her weekly ritual, of going as far towards the swamps as she could with out getting caught, and sinking deep into the mud, and allowing her entire body to soak. She soaked up the nutrients, and what ever else it was in the place that made her fur look so nice and lovely. It also seemed to keep her plants nice and green and healthy. Ivy sighed comfortably to herself, it was times like these that she had moments to sit, and think, and reflect. She seemed to be having llittle of these moments lately.
Where had she gone wrong? Had she gone wrong? She'd allowed herself to become mated, she'd become pregnant... and now she had three rowdy beautiful fawns running around her. Her guardian had lamented at the loss of freedom, at the way she'd allowed herself to lose her freedom... But... Ivy wasn't sure if she missed the freedom she'd once had. What was it really? what was so free about where she'd come from? Her old homeland, where she'd used up all of her 'resources' and found the whole place lacking? Queen Maya's court? Where she'd made a fool of herself chasing after a male that had no interest in her? The desolate waste land she'd stumbled upon where every day was like a game of death, where she ruled her own little section, but warred with others just as dangerous and twice as deadly as her? Where was the freedom in that?
Here was much freer she felt. Here... Here she had friends who didn't seek to kill her when she wasn't useful, here she had a mate who comforted her, here she had children who looked up to her and trusted her with their lives. She smiled at the thought of her children. Some day, someday they would each grow up and find a mate to love them. A mate that she approved of of course. She smiled a warm smile to herself and sank into the mud a bit more. Soon she'd try and adorn her daughter Flora with plants like hers, maybe even Robin if he wanted, and she'd bring them here for some time with her. When they were big enough not to sink into the mud of course.
She chuckled to herself until she caught scent of something, and heard it a few moments later. She quieted herself and sunk a little lower into the mud, her ears straining forward to listen to what ever it was coming towards her.
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Poisin Ivy Josephine Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 4:41 pm
Harley was seriously starting to regret this wild journey, she had been walking and running, jumping and dashing all over the place for weeks and sure this area was kinda nice compared to some of the cruddy places she'd been to but it was her against the world. She remembered the way her sweet Puddin would smile at her and for a moment she was so caught up in that memory that she stepped right into...mud.
"Ewww! Gross I needed this like I needed a chipped hoof...ugh forget it Harls you weren't cut out for this kind of living it's time to go back and beg them to forget you ever left!" She leaped aside and tried to shake the mud off her leg and find the vial she had dropped when she opened her mouth.
"Great and I even dropped Reds present...well it's not like I'll get to give it to her now anyway." Maybe her Puddin would like it...maybe he'd forgive her for splitting.
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 5:12 pm
Ivy's ears perked for a moment more, and her head lifted from the hidden state she was trying to keep. Harls? No. RED! YES! Ivy struggled for a moment to get herself from the squelching mud that seemed not as relaxing as it had been. She growled to herself as her muscles burned for a moment and she was able to get herself out of the mud. "HARLEY!" She shouted, bounding from her spot and to harder ground.
She looked down at herself, the mud suddenly not so relaxing. Now she was covered in dirt and grime, and there was a friend who she hadn't seen in ages... She stepped forwards and then stopped. Was it just her? She frowned and put her head up, the elegant hind she used to be, stepping forward with a few hard, jolting hits to the ground, shaking most of the mud off of her. "Is that you Harely?" She called, her voice not so excited, more measured now, wondering if her beloved 'puddin' was with her.
Becuase he was the LAST thing she needed in this new life of hers.
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Poisin Ivy Josephine Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 5:38 pm
Her ears perked and she turned around her blonde pigtails flopping half in her face, so for a moment she thought...oh jeepers it was! Ivy had always been the one with decorum Harley was just too happy to actually see her friend to care about mud or anything!
"RED!" She bounded over and surprised herself with the leap she managed to make as she slammed against Ivy's side a little harder than expected. "Oh geeze it's really you Red have I got a lot to tell you, and...oh yeah I brought you a present!" She looked down and lowered her head between her hoofs trying to find the little vial desperate now before she spotted the slight glow under some mud and brushed it off with her nose before smiling.
"Here!" She pried to top off with her mouth and then offered the green moss to Ivy.
"Oh boy have I missed you Red, things are as bad as ever...maybe worse...back home...well not home for me anymore no sir! I came to find you and I said to myself, wherever Red is that is where I wanna be and...well...well I figured maybe you could...uh help me fit in?" She looked at Ivy worriedly for a long moment, the other doe sounded pretty cool and calm and Harley wasn't sure if she was gonna be welcomed or sent off, but it was still good to see her.
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 12:14 am
Ivy's head pulled back slightly in surprise at the way Harley moved, had she moved like that before? Had she ever moved like that? That was some distance she'd gone... She did a quick look, making sure that her 'mate' wasn't anywhere near her. She huffed harely as she was slammed into and nearly lost her footing. It was a good thing that pregnancy and child rearing had made her a bit more sturdy. "Be a bit more careful would you Harles?" She asked her looking her up and down, frowning lightly at the condition of her clothing. She nosed her gently as she leaned down to get what ever it was that she wanted to give her.
Ivy looked at the glowing vial. Cautiously she sniffed it. There could be a lot of bad or stupid things that came of this. She didn't even know what it was... In her younger days, she would have taken it. What did she have to lose? Glowing things weren't entirely bad. On the one hand... This could make her stronger, glowing things in her old life normally meant an ability boost... On the other, it could kill her. She huffed. Then again... Harles HAD been carrying it all this way, and she seemed just as fit as ever. She reached forward and took the vial in her mouth, tilting her head back and letting it slide into her mouth.
It tasted bitter. Strange. She took a moment and realized what the taste reminded her of, waste.
Radiation.
The kind of stuff that rotted a herla's fur and skin right off. She gagged and shook her head in a panic. But it was too late, she'd already swallowed it. She could feel it sliding down her throat, it was starting to burn, her mouth suddenly tasted like acid. She looked around in a panic, what could she do? What was there to do? Her legs felt weak, her whole body felt weak. She looked back to Harley, her eyes suddenly heavy. "Harles?" She slurred to her slowly, before falling into the mud.
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Poisin Ivy Josephine Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 11:12 am
"Oh yeah sorry Red I guess I just don't know my own strength...it's kinda funny you know I felt so awful for weeks walking along but as soon as I found your present I perked up a bit, I guess it was just thinking of seeing you again. You don't know how much I...I've really missed you Ivy, I know it's been a long time and all..." She blinked as she saw the way her friend had started to wilt.
"Hey Red you ok-OH!" She dashed over as she heard Ivy slur her name and fall. Harley was quick to slid her legs under the other doe to try and keep her from sinking into the mud. She nudged her head under Ivy's nose and lifted it up worried about her drowning in a pool of muck.
"Red! Speak to me!" What in the name of the guardians had happened?! Oh no...was it her present? Had she poisoned her own friend? No...no that couldn't be it she'd been carrying it for days and nothing bad had happened? Unless maybe Red was different now, soft from this kind of living?
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 4:24 pm
Ivy was out cold for most of the day, and if Harley would have paid close attention, she would have noticed the way her vines and plants started to cling to her of their own free, instead of just wrapped around her the way they once looked. The leaves seem to move as she breaths, and she is breathing. Her eyes are closed, she's just unconscious.
Her brows are knit together, and her body twitches every now and then... even the plants in the mud seem to sway and move with her movements.
It is a few hours before her body reacts as if she is waking, the plants on her perk up, as if they've just been splashed with water. Her eyes twitch, once, twice, three times, before slowly opening as she looks up and around her, her eyes falling on Harley silently.
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Poisin Ivy Josephine Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 5:54 pm
Harley had watched over her friend concerned and trying to keep her head up and ensure she was breathing. Luckily it didn't look horrific she WAS breathing and her body moved. Each time she thought Red was going to finally wake up it turned out to be a false alarm until the panic rose. When Ivy finally opened her eyes she gasped and smiled relaxing.
"Oh Red your really okay! You've been sleeping for a while Red...what happened?" She slowly moved to stand back up and stamp some of the mud off her hooves and side. Her eyes followed the plants wound around her friend and she blinked. "Hey red...uhh where did you get those plants? Cause they've been..." She paused unsure how to explain the strange subtle movement of the plants.
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 10:53 pm
Ivy felt groggy and not all quite there yet. Her head felt heavy and her movements were slow. She coughed a few times and moved to get to her hooves, putting her weight on Harley and standing slowly. The plants on her body reached out to Harley, as if wanting to use her as an anchor to help Ivy get up.
When Harley mentioned something about her plants she looked at her confused, and then looked down at her plants. What about them? The plants pointed up at her, as if looking back. Ivy tilted her head slightly, they didn't always point up... The leaved tilted the same way. There wasn't a wind blowing through here... and then suddenly the leaves wrapped tightly around her legs and Ivy realized the plants were alive! Ivy screamed a high pitched scream and jumped trying to get the things off, the harder she jumped the harder they clutched to her body, and when she nearly ran into a bush it reached out to her, petting along her body as if to comfort her, before moving out of her way as if frightened by her as well.
"WHAT IS THIS???" She screamed hysterically.
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Poisin Ivy Josephine Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 9:16 pm
Harley jerked and danced about on her hooves panicked by Ivy's sudden scream and running about.
"I DON'T KNOW!" She screamed back and then looked at her friend worried.
"Wait...wait Red, maybe it's just...well you've always had a pretty green hoof, it looks like those plants of yours just...like you." It was kind of creepy, but kind of neat, she edged a bit closer.
"It's okay Red, see look it likes you!" She pointed a hoof at the bush.
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