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 Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 8:53 pm
His nose twitched slightly, tickled by the soft flattened blades of grass beneath him. Snuffling softly as he blinked blurry sleep laden eyes to awakeness, surprised at the new sight that unfolded before him. Long golden stalks and bright sun, an insanely blue sky above. The large red male groaned faintly and rolled onto his back, eyes widening in awe of it all. He swore he'd never seen a sky so blue before...more important then the scenery around him though..."Where the heck am I?" he muttered softly afraid to disturb the rather still air by speaking to loud. Even if he was only speaking to himself..
Chipotle vaguely remembered a sweet smell and feeling really warm and happy. Normally his memory was so much better then that. Wondering vaguely if maybe he'd wandered out here, wherever here was, in the middle of no where just so he could lie down and take a nap. Yet even that seemed odd to him. "Haahh..."
He huffed at his own foggy memory and slowly rolled back over onto his stomach, groggily getting up onto his paws to get a better look about. Jaw dropping as he realized he was completely surrounded by tall golden stalks. Curiously reaching out and nibbling at one, his sense of taste always better then his sense of smell. Surprised to find that he was in a field of wheat. He'd never even seen wheat get this huge before! "How in the heck..." had he truly wandered all the way out here and fallen asleep in a field of wheat? The situation was now up a notch from odd to extremely strange..Still, other then the indent in the grain where he'd laid down to 'rest' he could see no path from where he'd come in, no line that led out, just endless wheat.
"At least this is a good find..wheat is always useful" he thought to himself, plopping back down on his rear to sit and think it all out. There had to be some explanation.
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Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 9:44 pm
Ceres soared in the air above one of the fields in the foothills she so carefully tended, getting an aerial view of everything occurring below. The field was peaceful, with pale yellow stalks of grain waving gently in the breeze. However, not all was as at rest as it seemed. Something red was in the field below. Uh-oh. While it wasn't a full-out fire, from up here, it could easily be a patch of sparks, sparks that would turn into a fire when the wind picked up. This was a problem; today was not a good day for a fire, and this was a young field, not an old one. In some cases, fire was good, but this? This was not one of those cases. As she dove down, the 'sparks' became more defined, and soon, became quite obvious that it wasn't a danger at all. Instead, it was a flaming red male of her own species. Ceres, landing downwind of him, cocked her head. Another 'giet? That was odd. This was a pretty remote field; what was one of her own kind doing so far away from the mountain?
Curiously, she padded closer, wings pressed to her sides, her mostly golden and white coloration doing a fair job of camouflaging her in the tall stalks of wheat. Still concealed, she called out to the male. "Hello!" Her voice was friendly, but curious. "What are you doing in my field?"
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Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:03 pm
Chipotle yelped childishly at the intrusion of the voice, friendly and light as it was it still managed to spook the poor confused male. Sheepishly turning on his haunches, admonishing himself mentally as he answered back. "Ah..h-helo? Haha, your field, I'm sorry I didn't know!" his voice meek and unsure, though deep with friendly undertones. "Uhm..." he blinked slowly turning his head from left to right, eyes scanning the tall golden socks and widening.
"Oh my goodness I'm losing it" he hissed at himself in a low anguished whisper, he was totally loosing his mind he was sure of it. First he woke up in a field he didn't remember coming to, and now he was hearing voices, pretty female voices! Chipotle got to his feet again, trying once more to place a face or a body with the voice, his panic only rising when he realized he couldn't. He knew which direction the voice had come from, or at least he thought he knew, and yet whenever he looked there was still nothing there. "Do you..I'm sorry this is to odd..where are you?" hopefully he wouldn't sound too crazy, hah then again if there was no one there, there wouldn't be anyone to hear how crazy he sounded!
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Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 6:04 pm
"Here I am!" the female chirped and popped up behind the scarlet male, a grin on her face. To those not used to them, tall fields could be confusing. She'd once experimented with growing grain in patterns and making mazes of them; the labyrinths she'd created were oh-so-dastardly tricky, and she herself spent several hours lost in one. "I'm sorry to startle you, but you see, not many come to this valley, especially not of our kind. And I wasn't expecting anybody; from up as high as I was flying, I was concerned that you might be the start of a brush fire. But, you're not, which is a very good thing indeed." The female fanned her white-feathered wings and shook out her short, spiky mane before nodding her head in greeting to the male.
"So welcome, stranger. My name is Ceres, and I tend the grain that grows here. You are welcome here." He, in fact, was particularly welcome here; it had been weeks since she'd seen another 'giet, and while the pensteige were amusing, they were also not the best conversationalists. Quite dull, really, and so self-centered! She hoped that the male would be different.
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Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:35 pm
Chipolte yipped and spun around to face the female who had suddenly popped up behind him, so unexpected and sneaky. The male let out a long sigh of relief, glad to see that he was not as he'd though, crazy..Just lost! Perfectly sane and completely lost, better then being crazy and lost for sure. "Haaah..there you are! Do you know how badly you scared me? I thought I was hearing voices" shaking his head slowly, a small exasperated smile on his face, at least the female had apologized, it wasn't her fault he was so easily startled. "Hee...you thought I was a fire?"
Chipotle snickered at the thought for a moment, trying to picture it from her point of view, seeing him so high up, him looking like a beginning blaze in the middle of all this wheat. "Its alright, I'm glad I was spotted at all, you cant imagine how lost I am right now" she was lucky to have wings like she did, being able to fly so high and away from things.
His heavy tail swished slowly as he nodded in return. "My name is chipotle, and I am a gather! I'm also a cook..You have a very lucky job you know, getting to watch over all this fine grain. I'm just sorry I stumbled into it like I did.." he nervously kneaded his paws against the ground and gave her another one of those bright sheepish grins, realizing that he'd flattened out a nice patch in her poor field.
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Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 7:42 pm
"Sorry that I frightened you, Chipotle; I was just playing." The female smiled friendlily- with Purr gone for the season, she didn't want to lose the one 'giet contact she had. "And don't feel bad; it's easy to get lost in the grain, and there's so much of it, a bit of cull doesn't matter." Ceres giggled, flicking her tail back and forth. "One season, I scattered the seeds in the pattern of a maze, and I spent hours lost in it myself. Though, I must say, it was an excellent way to protect the stalks from soliten. And indeed I did; see, a burn in a field this young at this time of year would spell utter distaster. While burning is good for old growth fields and the ashes are excellent insulation for young plants, it wouldn't do for a field that hasn't been harvested yet to burn. So I'm very happy you're not a fire!" She nodded happily. "Although, even if you were, this is one of three fields, so I wouldn't be out my whole harvest. And I always grow more than I can possibly eat- there's enough extras to get an entire herd of pensteige through the winter, which is what I usually do with it after my apprentice and I have made our deliveries to all the clans." She nodded. "I used to gather, too, but I was drawn to growing. There's so much about caring for a field that's just fascinating, I think. But I've never tried my paw at cooking!" She cocked her head curiously to one side, looking inquisitively at Chipotle. "Y'know, if you're ever interested, I can put aside a sheaf or two for you personally to experiment with in your cooking. Have you ever used cultivated grains before?"
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Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:30 am
Chipotle sighed and nodded, her smile making him feel a little better, at least a little less panicked. She seemed nice and gentle despite how she'd spooked him earlier, and some how he managed to smile back without feeling like a total dunce anymore. How ditzy of him to have thought he was really hearing voices! "I've noticed that..very very easy.." ears flicking back against his head, snickering softly under his breath, he noted with curiosity that she had wings, also had a very pretty laugh, but still she had wings.
"Really!? Haha, your trying to make me feel better arent you, well its working I'll say that" he nodded with a slow smile, glad indeed that he hadnt been a fire scattered about her field. "Its always a shame to loose crops to natural disasters, I'm glad too though that I wasn't some scary fire, the grain out here is so pretty" Sitting back comfortably as she spoke, eyes widening slightly when she said that she'd never tried cooking! Surely a grower would have a wonderful talent at preparing certain types of food.
"I would love that! And..ah..no, haha I havent, I imagine thats what I came out here to do though, to gather some of this lovely grain so I could use it. I've never found any of such a fine quality." his own sweet way of complimenting her, she was a wonderful grower, even if he didnt feel confident enough to say it out loud "You know, if you help me gather some to experiment with..maybe teach me a few planting tips. Maybe I can in turn give you some cooking lessons?" he offered catiously, he would love the grain, but he didnt just want to take it without giving anything in return.
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Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 12:36 pm
Nodding deeply, Ceres looked respectful. "Thank you for your kind comments about my fields; I am, after all, just the steward of the planet's goodness. It's the earth that does the real work; I just reap the rewards. And speaking of those rewards, that arrangement sounds fantastic!" Her voice rose in tone from the hush of her respect for the planet to a bright, bubbly alto. She was discovering that the red male was really delightful company, even if he was a bit bashful. "Usually, I just eat the grains raw, or else I grind them up and mix them with a little water. I'd love to know how to better prepare them!" A thought crossed her mind. "Y'know, there's a field of tritocale a short walk away. Tritocale's an early-headed grain, and a good portion of it's ready for harvesting. If you're not needed elsewhere, I could show it to you and show you how to harvest, and we could have a cooking lesson now!" She wagged her tail a bit, a happy look on her face. What a fortuitous event this was indeed, finding this non-fire!
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Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 12:54 pm
Chipotle grinned, the way she spoke was so elegant, she seemed like she really revered her work. Chipotle often found it hard to find others who enjoyed working or tending to anything other than themselves. So many selfish and lazy giets about all the time.
"Hahah! Wonderful wonderful! I'm sure the fields are happy to have you as a steward and a protector Ceres" he grinned overjoyed as she agreed to his arrangement, the way she squeaked so brightly made him giggle, his large bushy tail curling about his back leg as he did. Somehow he just couldn't stop smiling in her presence.
"Ah..raw grains? I've heard its healthy but, mnnmnn that just wont do, we must teach you how to steam them at least" he shook his head at the thought of eating grains raw. True they tasted good with some things, like raw grains on fresh chicken gave it that nice crunch. "I'm sure I'm going to enjoy teaching you then, heh, it'll be an experience"
He tilted his head curiously as she spoke of tritocale's , trying and failing to remember if he'd ever heard of them. "Well then, what are we waiting for! Tsk If I were needed elsewhere I probably wouldn't be out in this field, so I must have time to spare" he nodded swiftly skittishly trotting around her form, a bounce in his step as he watched for her to lead. He realized that she could fly while he would just be stuck running. He'd never seen anyone with wings up close before..
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Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:11 pm
The field of tritocale is right this way; I can't wait! I'm so glad you have the time for me," Ceres chirped as they walked, ducking her head and ears in silent thanks for the compliment. "Raw grains are nutritious, that I know, but I bet they'll taste so much better steamed. And I think you'll pick up on the planting quite easily; while we're over there, I can show you the most basic techniques." She sniffed the breeze; the gold scent of growing grains was delicious. While she knew it would be unconscionably rude for her to fly and leave him on the ground, she did want to at least stretch her wings. She'd just flown, after all, and needed a cooldown. She stretched them, fanning them to their full span, and accidentally poked her new companion with the lengthy pinion feathers. "Oh, excuse me!" she said, her nose flushing. "I didn't mean to do that!"
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Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 2:34 pm
"I have a lot of time today..but I imagine, that even if I didnt I'd still spare time for you" he lowered his head humbly, giving her a bashful grin as she went on about the grains. He'd never truly thought about the nutrition value, more about the taste really.."Really you think I'll be good at it?" he wasnt to sure of himself, but if she thought he could do it. Well then chances were he'd be able to do it!
"Ahh the basics for me, hopefully I can pick them up as quick as you think I can ceres" a bit of a bounce in his step as he followed her along, purring slightly at the soft breeze her wings made as she spread them wide. Yelping softly when he was suddenly poked "Eeep!" chipotle jumped and laughed, shaking his head as he waved a paw dismissively.
"No no its alright! Apparently you have rather large wings..Hahah..it does make the scent stronger though, when you flap them like that. A nice breeze for me" chipotle said with a small smile, making sure to stand back just a bit further incase she did feel the need to flap them again.
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