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[OPEN] Without a friend

Roland Posts: 230
Aurora Basin Phantom atk: 7.5 | def: 10 | dam: 2.5
Stallion :: Unicorn :: 16 hh :: 8 yrs HP: 60.0 | Buff: NOVICE
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The greeting Roland called out into the darkness was only met with silence, and at first the stallion wondered if she hadn’t heard him, or if her reply had been lost in the snow thick air. It was only when she met his questioning gaze that he realized there was something different about her, a subtle message in her expression that wordlessly hinted at the nature of her reticence. Perhaps she was just shy, ashamed of her lack of hair, or perhaps there was another reason entirely for the silence that stretched between them, his introduction left unanswered.

Roland shifted his weight off his forehand, wincing at the pain blossoming in his knee as he turned towards the sound of approaching footsteps. A voice cut through the darkness before its owner was illuminated by the distant light, and Roland smiled faintly as his eyes fell upon Farenjer’s chestnut form. It seemed the Impersonator was meeting all kinds of new faces in the darkness when stumbling across someone was near unavoidable. He nodded wordlessly to the stallion, avoiding the redundancy of stating his own name in reply and turning back to face the silent filly.

She had taken a step back as if purposefully trying to distance herself from them, and Roland awkwardly wondered if she was intimidated by their presence. As an adult, he hadn’t interacted with many children, having left his herd in his youth and wandered for many months. His skills in that field, so to speak, were relatively rusty and he was lost for what to say that might have a chance of ameliorating whatever distress or distrust she might have felt. He felt rude, somehow, for finally asking the question that was pressing at the back of his mind, but there was no other direction for him to take that might have seemed less invasive. “Can you speak?

(Definitely not one of my best posts >.< My muse seems to have ran away on me)

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Messages In This Thread
Without a friend - by Sielu - 07-07-2013, 10:37 PM
RE: Without a friend - by Roland - 07-10-2013, 05:18 PM
RE: Without a friend - by Farenjer - 07-11-2013, 08:13 AM
RE: Without a friend - by Sielu - 07-28-2013, 11:04 AM
RE: Without a friend - by Roland - 07-31-2013, 04:47 PM
RE: Without a friend - by Farenjer - 07-31-2013, 11:00 PM

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