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Post by gingerlisous23 on Mar 9, 2015 21:34:48 GMT -5
Ebony/Slave/Bachelor
Ebony curiously looked over from a distance to a group of foals that were playing in the fields. The broodmares were grazing happily not minding the mule passing through. She loved the children that came along. The boys never stayed for too long and the girls were always around to play chase with! This time though she was surprised with a mare looking over them She was usually the babysitter. However she didin't remember this one. Since the first part of the war ended, new mares had came to join the broods. She happily trotted over to this particular mare. "Hello^^..having fun?"
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Post by thegoldenkitsune on Mar 9, 2015 22:18:10 GMT -5
Pandora ~ Bachelor Slave
Pandora had taken up the task of watching the foals this morning, the stallions were least likely to bother a mare when she was looking after a bunch of younglings lest she sick them upon him. The idea of such thing though brought a smile to her face as she continued grazing the sound of the approaching mule had her ears turn but she kept to her grazing a moment longer knowing that there wasn't any danger. When Ebony spoke to her she lifted her head looking to the mule it took her a moment to recognize her, the two had never really interacted much.
Politely she smiled and nodded her head in greeting "Good day.... I suppose, the boys are not giving me too much trouble and the girls seem to keep to themselves. I did have a firm talking to an older colt though, he's just at that age when they start thinking they rule the world" she smirked rolling her eyes at the thought "With any luck for us he will grow out of it by the time he reaches 17, most of the good stallions do" turning her head to the foals playing around just a bit away lifting her head higher to get a better look as she counted them "... good, just as many as I had when I put my head down. And the other mares wonder why I don't want children, I have no doubt my son or daughter would be a little hellion"
She just watched them but not really it was like she was looking past them only to turn her gaze back to Ebony ".... I have heard about you, but we never really have had a chance to talk before this. I am sorry about what happened to your mother, it was a tradgedy that never should have happened. Makes me wonder though, this place this herd must be painful sometimes.... that's a funny word isn't it? herd.... it means so many different things. I have to wonder being all that you have been through, what does herd mean to you?"
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Post by gingerlisous23 on Mar 11, 2015 21:40:57 GMT -5
Ebony/Slave/Bachelor
Ebony smiled happily. She hadot agree with the caring of the foals. "I should know, I grew up next to one who acted just like that the older he got...but..he wasn't so bad in the beginning..not all foals get to become a strong brute like the others do; to each their own~ But you kinda have to expect them to act like that...they keep all of us safe after all. Despite their attitude;" She looked over at the foals playing with with other. "You don't want any children? How could you not? They are so bouncy ans playful! I hope to have my own babies one day" [no ones ever told her shes sterile, poor baby OTL] She found that a bit odd. "..well Madam says you never know till you try it.." she leaned her head down to pick a flower and ate it.
Her eas folded back some hearing abot her mother from her "Well...it was my mother's fault..to begin with...she didn't listen..so she got hurt. I don't remember much of it, my head got hit pretty hard. I only remember what my Madam told me. Its not fair...but it happened." She slurped up the last bit of it. She didn't want to make it sound like it hurt her to think about it but it did. She masked it over with a smile.
"Its painful, if one makes it seem that way. I know its much different than my point of view...some of the mares say I might be a lucky one and not be treated as hard as any of them have. Cause I'm a mule." She quirked her ears a bit to fix her beads back in place. "I'm not sure what they mean by that but...I don't see this herd all that bad. It can be worse than this.
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Post by thegoldenkitsune on Mar 13, 2015 20:35:24 GMT -5
"Madam is not me nor is she you, her personal experience on the matter is that... her personal experience. And I.... have the motherhood instincts of a grass beast" she spoke simply but when Ebony spoke about her mother, Pandora's usual mask of calmness shattered into one of horror for a moment then disgust as she snorted pinning her ears back ".....indeed" she said her voice dripping with discontent as she leaned into Ebony "I wonder then.... if it was so 'just' why was it not 'fair'" looking at Ebony, her magenta eyes focused into the mule's own eyes for a moment before she was calm and slipped back into that calm politeness.
Offering Ebony a gentle smile "That isn't exactly what I meant by that question dear, I meant more of what does the word mean to you... we use it to describe the different herds but each and everyone of us see the meaning behind it differently though sometimes similar. To some of the mares here herd is a new term for prison, to some one may describe the herd of the olde as a cult, others are loners without herd. Their herd is their own small family unit and the friendships they made"
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Post by gingerlisous23 on Mar 15, 2015 2:03:26 GMT -5
Ebony/Slave/Bachelor
The mule couldn't give out a clear answer right away for the first one. Talking bout her mother wasn't an easy subject since she's seen her lady brood as more of her mother's lately. "The meaning of herd?...hmmm...well.." Her ears moved around as she thought. "I think a herd to me, would be like, like....a garden...yes! A flower patch!You see a lot of wild flowers, but none never look the same. Some have thorns and are rough and rigid...some are little and soft. Yet..they all come together to make a beautiful garden patch..if they all were the same it be boring wouldn't it? I wouldn't call this place a prison.." Shaking her head, "..but its a flower field full of thorns thats for sure.."
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Post by thegoldenkitsune on Mar 15, 2015 18:56:48 GMT -5
Pandora smiled at that thought letting out a little chuckle "A flower patch... an interesting take on it for certain. But there is something that is interesting about flower patches especially those with long grasses, they hold snakes and some flowers wither because others take up all the sun. When the winter comes they all wither, and winter always comes" nodding her head "sure the thorns can protect the flowers but what if there is a dry season or a rot? you can be as sharp or as strong as the greatest thorn bush but when something eats at you from the inside then it is very hard to protect"
Her eyes traveled down back to the foals ".... and the unfortunate fact is that, seedlings are always the worst to suffer that kind of fate" pausing for a moment only to look back at Ebony "But perhaps I am being too grim. Is there anything you would like to ask?"
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Post by gingerlisous23 on Mar 17, 2015 15:05:24 GMT -5
Ebony/Slave/Bachelor
Ebony nodded. Much of what she said made sense. "Winter comes...but spring does too..it might get bad here and there...sacrifices will be made..but..none the less...it just gets gloomier if you keep thinking bad thoughts all the time.." She looked at the foals. They did receive the worse, even more than she did. "Not too grim^^..I think its good to let things out good or bad. It terrible to keep it inside. Madam says we should always be truthful, but be careful how you say it <3.oh!..I did want to ask how come I didn't notice you earlier..usually I know everyone here..."
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Post by thegoldenkitsune on Mar 21, 2015 11:23:27 GMT -5
Pandora smirked "what an optimistic mare you are..." she said softly only to chuckle at Ebony's next question "Yes well, I sometimes tend to keep to myself and I like to wander with the splinter groups of the bachelors every now and again. Though you may remember my most famous incident" she chuckled "I was the young mare that ran screaming from her coming of age ceremony"
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Post by gingerlisous23 on Mar 23, 2015 13:50:21 GMT -5
"Really?? That must be why ^^ Madame never lets me too far off from where she is..I'm not a filly anymore I told her but she likes my company I suppose...and Tobias freaks out if I am anywhere else too." smiling happily. "Oh...right ^^...I was told about that one..I wasn't here when that happened.." She shook her head. "Most of the other mares remember it very well though ^^;" she chuckled nervously "I remember mine...it was fun^^ I got to see the landbridge for the first time...it wasn't as scary as the mares told it to be. I was a bit nervous." Bending over to grab some grass to munch on "Although...I didn't get as many tokens as the other mares did.." she swallowed "They just said I was extremely too lucky to have them...and I should save them for other mares..sounded like the right thing at the time."
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Post by thegoldenkitsune on Mar 24, 2015 21:43:12 GMT -5
"Understandable, the splinter groups are much more... forceful, but they also keep a looser guard on the mares" Smiling gently to Ebony "You should be very happy that you have people to care for you like that, and I swear it's not as bad as you heard... I only screamed a little" blinking when she heard the story of Ebony's ceremony smirking "If I was clever enough to request going close to landbridge I probably would have taken off back then" letting out a chuckle "Course now... I just want to help the mares of this herd, and Ebony you are a very very special one. You should have been showered with all the tokens you could carry, im sorry that you weren't" Stopping as she spied a pretty flower off to the side, getting and idea she walked over to it and lightly picked it before moving back to Ebony "here... hehe, I used to be pretty good a weaving these into tails"
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Post by gingerlisous23 on Mar 29, 2015 10:13:39 GMT -5
So sorry!! im late ;v;]
"Yeah I'm starting to figure that out a little bit...I think most of the things they say to me is just to keep me in line..which I'm grateful for^^" The mule wagged her tail before eyeing on a foal that was running way too fast. "Careful!" the foal stumbled along with its friend. "Ooo..." she winced. She looked at Pandora shaking her head "Oh don't worry, I'm used to things like that, its pretty normal for me" She sighed happily. It was better than getting nothing for her ceremony. Once she spotted the flower ans the mentioning of tail weaving Her eyes lit up. She loved dressing up. "Ooh! ovo I help Madame with her tail all the time..you never know when it will get knotted up" she chuckled turning around to show off her lil bouncy, wavy tail. It wasn't as long as a horse's, but it had curls in it.
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Post by thegoldenkitsune on Mar 31, 2015 23:23:32 GMT -5
Pandora watched at the little foals ended up crashing together letting out a snort as she chuckled "reminds me of my fillyhood, I was a little hurricane always getting into trouble" glad to see that Ebony was smiling it made Pandora feel like she was doing some good at least. The little mule was a cutie, a little too innocent but it kind of reminded her of someone else she knew ".... heh you shouldn't give blanket statements of agreements to tricksters after all one day I may sneak decorate your entire tail like I do the stallions when im bored. I suppose old habit do die hard, when I was little I always used to sneak flowers into my best friends tail. He was very good natured about it though, always in for a laugh" she stated remember fond times as she gently placed the flower in Ebony's tail "there..."
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Post by gingerlisous23 on Apr 10, 2015 22:57:12 GMT -5
Ebony wagged her tail looking at the flower. OOoooooh...beautiful! Thank you very much Pandora ^^" She couldn't contain her happy mood as it showed her hooves 'dancing' as you may say on the grass. She was always getting after acting a bit like a filly sometimes. "Hehehe^^ I used to help play trick with my little brother Tobias when we were younger, thogh he usually starts it first then I follow.." she blushed nervously "..Madame Sheva got mad a few times but we had fun!.." Though the friend perked interest to her "What was your friend like?..is her in the Elite?" Plopping herself on the grass letting a cabbage moth land on her nose
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Post by thegoldenkitsune on Apr 26, 2015 21:27:00 GMT -5
Pandora smiled watching the mule it made her feel good to make the girl feel so happy, the bachelors could be a tough herd to be in some days all of the girls needed a little joy in their lives now and then. Letting out a bit of a chuckle seeing the grown mare dance like a little filly "I bet you two were a bit of a hoof full with your Madame" seeming to brighten up a bit until her friend was mentioned. Pandora's ears laid back a moment and she responded softly ".... no.... he was a loner when we were children, I have no idea where he has gone to now"
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Post by gingerlisous23 on May 13, 2015 22:09:44 GMT -5
"Oh I was ^^;...but I guess most of it had to do with my brothers..they always took me to places I wasn't suppose to be..but in the end they made sure I never got hurt.." Ebony chuckled. Her ears flickered happily just mentioning her quirky family. Her tail still wagging looking up at Pandora. her friends attitude suddenly changed when she answered her other question. "OH...I'm sorry...I'm sure he's still thinking about you..my birth mother used to say that some horses we care about, carry our love with them forever...its like they have a piece of your heart..at least that's what I remember there was a lot more..but I was a baby then.." she smiled. "I know my mom is far away now..but shes got a part of my heart with her so shes ok...so am I. Maybe you'll see him again?"
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