Old Oaks and New Roots [Herd Meeting]

[OPEN] Old Oaks and New Roots [Herd Meeting]

Areli Posts: 82

Absent Abyss atk: 6.0 | def: 10 | dam: 4.5

Mare :: Pegasus :: 15.3 hh :: 3 (Birdsong) HP: 65.5 | Buff: NOVICE

Bee :: Grey Wolf :: None Shady

05-09-2015, 09:03 PM

ARELI

You don’t fully understand why everyone’s packed up and moved to this new place. It’s pretty, sure, but what was wrong with where you had all been before? The forests of the Edge were where you had been born, where you had first explored and frolicked, where you’d first felt safe and at home. To you, it seemed like you’d had a good thing going…so why change it? However, you know that you have no say in these matters, and part of you was excited to venture outside of your cozy woods. You’d spent the day staring at one of the waterfalls, clambering along the slippery rocks at its base and marveling at the deafening roar of the falling river. There was nothing like that back in the Edge, that was true. And as long as your family was here, you guess it couldn’t be so bad.

As it happened, while you were ruminating on the subject, the call came for the herd to gather. Not that you heard it—between the all-consuming thunder of the waterfall and your imperfect hearing, there was no chance of you noticing. Instead, you stumble upon the meeting by accident. Having scented both Mama and Daddy about and finding Mama’s telltale hoofprints, you skip along in her tracks. You had been getting hungry, and you judge that it’s about time for a snack.

You didn’t expect to see all these others gathered, but you take it in stride. Wordlessly, you sidle in between Mama and Daddy with a little wriggle of joy that they are both present. The one Mama calls Kaj is present too at the front of the group, and you shoot him your most charming face. Maybe you’ve never spoken to him one-on-one, but he was there at your birth, and that has to count for something, right? The grown-ups are all talking, but their words mean little to you. Tail twitching in boredom, you plop down in the grass at Mama’s hooves and snuffle at some bugs, waiting for them to disperse. Then, it’s snack time.