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He sat alone in the woods, as he usually did. The dark of night was his favorite time, because thats when people most often visited him. He was pretty sure why. His markings glowed softly like a welcoming camp fire, but soft blue. His hair was also luminescent. He lay on the ground, his four feet tucked under him. He closed his eyes, desperately lonely, but... afraid... to try to go find people.

Like usual, Nique had bribed her foster sister, Nyelle, guardian of the lost ways to let her out after dark. With war practically on the doorstep of the Emerald Wood almost everyone was banned from wandering the wood after darkness fell. Drow had already infiltrated the woods more then once, but so long as Nyelle escorted her to the borders she could sneak out safely. She just felt so closed in within the walls of the woods, she wasn't one of the elves, she was a child traded off in that damned foster program. A pony of ice stuck in the stiffling confines of the Emerald Wood.

He looked up, thinking he heard something. He hesitated then slowly stood, lonley enough to investigate. Maybe.

Nique had finally gotten out of the stifling woods, leaving the white and rainbow form of her foster sister behind. It was so nice to breath cool air again. Not the sweet tangy cold of the mountain-tops, but cooler then the tropical winds inside the woods. No doubt they were lovely, but just not her cup of tea. She was padding softly on the emerald grass when she heard a stirring and froze, leg lifted mid step, her entire body poised and ready to run. There were too many dangers for her to risk not being ready to sprint back to the safety of the trees. She could only hope the fact that she didn't look like one of the elven folk would protect her.

He definitely heard something that time, but then it stopped. Like when he comes too close to a rabbit. But...it was too far away for a rabbit to care about him... wasn't it? He had never been to this part of the woods before, so didn't know what to expect. He hesitated again, then sat back down. If it was friendly, it would probably see him and approach. He glowed brighter then the moon some nights, and this was one of those nights. If it was unfriendly... well... he didn't know what he would do, but not moving was always the easiest answer.

She narrows her eyes through the dense trees. She thought she saw an eerie blue light...and didn't know whether to run or approach it. It was lovely...but could very likely be a trick of the Neomancer. No..she couldn't risk it....but she couldn't leave either...what if it was someone in need of help. She stood there, undecided, still frozen in place.

He listened intently. Whatever it was... wasn't moving. Did that mean... it was gone? Or maybe it had fallen and needed help. That was enough to get him moving again. Loneliness wasn't QUITE enough to make him over come his fears, but some one who might be in trouble? He made his way carefully to where he thought he had heard her last.

Nique’s heart began to beat faster as she heard footsteps coming towards her. Goodness, what had possessed her to go out into the woods on her own. AFTER DARK! She wouldn’t even be able to find her way back to the herd. She was lost and stuck without Nyelle there to lead her back. She was lost, and alone, and something larger then her was heading her way. She couldn’t even more, so scared was she, and so unsure whether the best thing to do was to run or stay still and hope it passed her by. For the first time in her life she cursed her lovely snowy coat.


He kept walking. The sound of his steps had clearly reached her, the pale blue glow would reach next. He paused, unsure of where he was going now. Were it full daylight, he was close enough now that they would have been able to see each other clearly. He took a deep breath and willed his luminescence higher., His mane, tail, eyes, and markings lit up further, so that he could see what lay before him, if anything was still there. He blinked when he saw her pale form. "Are you alright?" he whispered, worried. "Are you hurt?" he asked, still a whisper.

Nique visible flinches at the words, then suddenly, the tension seems to leave her shoulders. Surely this could not be some trick of the Neomancer. He was fair to look upon, and his voice gentle...yet not so gentle as to be overly kind. The old quote ran through her mind “an agent of the enemy would look fair, but feel foul”. She was defiantly not getting any foul feelings from this pony in front of her. Perhaps...perhaps he was just lost, wandering the darkness on the border of the Emerald Wood. “I, I am fine” she murmurs in her soft voice, clean and clear like the drifting snow in early spring.

"I'm glad," he whispered. "You stopped so suddenly, I was afraid you were hurt." He shifted a bit, now unsure and awkward.

Nique starts to look suspicious again. “You don’t even know me! Why would you care if I’m hurt” Unless you just want your job to be made easy she thinks to herself, shrinking back into the shadows.


He looked away and pushed at the ground with his foot. "Sorry," he whispered, then shrugged. "I.. Don't know anyone else, so I can't just be worried about people I know..."

Nique is quiet for a moment, contemplating this. "Then why worry? It is a painful emotion, and many would give it up gladly! Why would you trouble yourself with something so many wish to be without?"

Nique shook out her snowy main, attempting to maintain a haughty air. "Perhaps you should! The herd does not like strangers lurking in the shadows of the Emerald Wood! Usually they mean us nothing but harm!"

If he wanted her to chase him, to bad! Nique had learned long ago that while the woods were lovely, they were dangerous. And if she didn't know someone, she should be cautious. She had heard stories of ponies attacked in the trees, one of Tenjina's children had been attacked by Fealooke, a particulary feared drow. And while this pony didn't look like a drow, she had ot be careful! She had heard the drow were breeding out and no longer looked like you would think. She didn't hate this pony, she was just cautious, and if he was going to leave then let him!

((I'm totally rping bitter after the stuff with john rofl sorry bard))

((I could always bring in a drow twisted ))

Nique snorts, proud of herself. He has appeared gentle but she didn't let herself be tricked by the spawn of the Neomancer. She had survived out in the woods on her own! She turns with a flick of her snow colored tail and heads to the north, skirting the edge of the trees.

((oo yay razz now I just need to pick one...soo soo many due to their massive spawning rofl ))

Feeling brave Nique trotted closer to the shadows on the edge of the forest. She had already defeated evil, so now she had nothing to fear. The normally timid and quiet pony was having a sudden and rare surge of bravery.

Her confidence is shaken as she hears stirring to her left. She forcefully quells the feeling of fear and pastes a look of disdain on her face. The darned dumb pony was stalking her now? This was just uncalled for.

She see's a patch of blue skin and knows its him. "You damned blue beast stop following me!" she says loud enough for her voice to carry to the real Blue.

((love how he doesn't get offended over being caused a blue beast razz ))

Nique snorts in annoyance and starts towards the shrubs meaning to give him a piece of her mind. But she is stopped when the pony steps out of its own accord.

"Beast am I" Yathrin purrs in a silky voice "Not usually what I am called around my home but I will except it from scum such as you!"