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 Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:58 pm
Susan's Little Corner of the World
Come along and meet the first talking cotton-ball, if it do ya?
1. Introduction
2. About Susan
3. Rosie Reehl (What a great big deal!)
4. Susan's World
5. Space
6.-? Rp
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Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 8:20 am
About Susan
Cotton-Ball Extraordinaire
Name: Susan
Flock: Domestic
Current Age: Infant
Human: Rosie Reehl (She's a great big deal!)
Personality: Outgoing but cautious, she had a run in with a certain gryph who, ahem bit her. The bite made her think twice before bumping into others, in her defense he did bump into her. She's not a chatterbox
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Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 8:30 am
[ Message temporarily off-line ]
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Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 8:47 am
Susan is a Domestic grpyh and is part sheep, she lives in the town (North, left corner) with Rosie, her human. Her nest consists primarily of blankets, balls, and dolls. She sleeps in Rosie's room. When bad she's punished to play with the other animals in the feild, which really isn't all that bad! She could at least play with animals then. Domesticated Gryphs mostly come from the North West which contrives an area inhabited by humans. These gryphs don't really have any set look to them. From intensely thick coats to slick and bright colours, the Domesticated Gryph was once wild, but tamed by the human's they now live with.
Usually bred for playmates, the domesticated Gryph tends to be of a more easy going demeanor; although from time to time they've been known to be trained for guard duties as well. Being feriously loyal and devoted, they are perfect for either role.
In their newborn/infant stages, some Gryphs can usually seem rather aggressive (Attacking imaginary 'bugs', slinking around the house ect). This however is simply an instictual want to play. In the wild Gryphs often will wrestle with one another when young; Domestic Gryphs seem to exhibit the same behaviour.
Sometimes a domestic gryph will attempt to take on a more "Alpha" role in a household, if his human caretakers do not seem to hold up the role in their eyes. This can adversely affect the household as the Gryph may become more aggressive as he grows.
Domestic gryphs still tend to seek out a strong mate for breeding, the want to carry on a strong brood still nettled down in the back of their minds. Humans will often breed Gryph's much like they'd breed a purebred hound or horse. There have been rare occassions of Gryphs being born with genetic mutations causing them to appear almost like lambs, or other animals. These Gryphs are usually looked upon highly for their unique appearance.
Domestic Gryphs, sadly, are unable to survive in the wild on their own. Although they still retain some of their animal instincts, with being raised by humans their entire lives, they will not naturally return to their natural instincts to be able to defend themselves.
Since Domestic Gryphs don't really have the same access to creating 'nests' as wild gryphs do; many of them will create a similar ideal in their home. Be it a bed piled with toys around them, or a bundle of blankets tucked around in a similar fashion. This creates a 'safe haven' sort of feel for them, similar to the safe haven a wild gryph would create while finding a secure place to build theirs.
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Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 8:54 am
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 4:12 pm
(Pushing things around to make this nest more snazzy ^____^ Gimme some time)
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 4:12 pm
(First Rp)
A mass of white fuzz and feathers bleated anxiously, she'd found herself away from warm people hands. Although she had no clue what a person looked like, she knew they were warm, and they had treats. The small chick bumbled around blind and semi-deaf to the world, bleating for the hands that should have come to pick her up. Moving was a disoriented feeling, and without knowing it she walked right into a tree; awfully near the little beast.
Even though half deaf, Beast could infact hear the anxious bleating, and boy was it NOISY, he decided. So noisy in fact, that the lithe chick lifted his head from his front paws and sniffled the air angrily, hissing in annoyance at the general directiong of... well, the strangely noisy thing. Couldn't it see it was trying to sleep? How inconsiderate of it!
Beast would have none of this.
After directing a blind scowl towards the lamb, he snorted, grumbling as he curled up into a tighter ball. The day had not started well... all these ... things had been bothering him endlessly. But then again, there was little that didn't bother him, it was not poor Susan's fault in the least. As he had decided that perhaps ignoring the lamb would be the bst way to tackle the problem, a large female came forth, sniffling him.
This would just NOT do.
Snorting angrily, the Beast uncurled a paw and batted slightly at Gaea's maw, never hurting her, but rather... just pawing, almost as if trying to voice his obvious annoyance.
Helios made his slow way towards Beast, then stopped upon touching him and attempted to snuggle against him, taking in his scent to get the feel of him...but felt a paw hit him instead. He backed away a little bit. Hmmm....very odd indeed...and there was another strange smell coming towards them as well! He lifted his tiny fuzzy head to sniff at the little lamb-gryph
Susan's bleating stoped instantly as she took note of what she had run into, it was large but did not in the least smell like her favorite things, humans. She squished her nose against it trying to take in it's scent. It smelled like something alright, but not her human.
What is that?
The fluffy chick could hear something, although muffled and was not at all sure what to make if it. They were not people voices, they sounded more like her to an extent. She leat out a slow bleat and shook her head from side to side as if to say, hello anyone there?
Helios made his way determinedly to the fluffy little lamb gryph, sniffing at her curiously and then snuggling against her. Maybe she'd be as much fun as the other warm spot he'd snuggled and played with yesterday!
Well, the other gryph didn't feel like people hands, but he sure was warm! She pushed against him lightly trying to absorb his heat. Even with wool-like fuzz she was still very cold in the open air, and she shivered slightly, letting out a slow content bleat. You're soft, I like you. was what she thought and she slightly dozed.
Growling angrily (which of course, taking in his size and his newborn voice, came out more like a frustrated kitten yowl), Beast voiced his displeasure at all this... this snuggling, bumping and rubbing against his body. In fact, he was allready pondering going on an odesy (read: walking another five meters away from these here gryphs, because of course... the chick was SURE he'd be the ONLY one capable of such a feat), never once did it cross his mind that the larger gryphs would not only be able to follow his stumbling frame, but if he could... most likely, the other small chicks could.
So thus, the Beast-like-chick got up and began to try and pad away, failing utterly as he stumbled down, tripping over his own legs, not to mention running right into poor susan, sending them both down in a mangled heap or cloack, fur and feathers.
How.... how EVIL!
How terribly eeeevil! Lifting his head up, the small male finally gave in and opened his eyes to take a look around, whinning noisely as he tried to paw his way out of the mess he'd caused, however, he swiftly closed them, for the light was simply too bright to bear; how terribly unfair...
Gaea nuzzled him again, just to be sure, and then trotted back over to Helios and the new little lamb. She nuzzled both to make sure they were okay, since Beast had thumped into them, and then went back over to Torini,
"We should watch these chicks!" she suggested to the other, "..Make sure nothing bad happens to them, 'n all. They're just babies! There are...there are...-bees- and things around here that could hurt 'em."
Helios was amused, more than anything else, by all the jostling going on. He chirped appreciatively when Gaea nuzzled him, and then rolled over to expose his belly to the morning sun-- his favourite pasttime. Mmm...so nice and snuggly warm! So was the little gryph next to him, really, though she seemed to be shivering. But she felt warm enough to him!
A cry, much like a gryph and unlike the bleating of a lamb escaped her as she tumbled. She reached out and bit something beside her, not hard, but enough to hurt. How dare you?! She cried out again. She was pushed from something warm and cozy, grr! She bleated for the warm creature, where'd ya go? This new one felt slightly like the old, but she was terrified it pushed her away form a warm thing!
Upon feeling the bite, the small chick bristled angrily, eyes flying open, only to close almost instantly, this time a snarl marring his growl; he too aimed to bite right back, however, unlike the lamb, it was probable his bite was slightly more hurtful, what with the fact needle sharp teeth protuded over his upper lip.
As soon as he'd bitten the soft... thing, Beast stumbled away, annoyed, frustrated and altogether as upset as he'd ever been, looking much like a ruffled up feline; his plumage anf fur had puffed up, making him look bigger than he truly was.
How DARE they touch him? How dare they HURT him?! Still hissing and snapping at the air, the strange Gryph backed out from under Torini's shadow, having decided that company merely lead to being harmed, pushed, shoved and alltogether... bothered, all of them being things he didn't quite appreciate in the least.
"Bye Gaea!" Torini called out when the Green gryph suddenly remembered she was late. She'd plucked up the yellow Gryph and run off.
Turning her attention back to the chicks, she noticed a bit of a commotion had started. A bit of snarling and hissing, and some whining was filtering it's way to her ears.
Aww... the horned, brown chick seemed a bit upset when she saw him. He'd crawled out from under her shadow after the strange white and pink gryph had bit him. It wasn't nice to bite others.
A little frown formed on her lips and she wandered over the the lamb-gryph, nudging it lightly with her nose. "No bites." she stated firmly, trying to sound her best like her den mother.
small tears trickled from the lamb's closed eyes, and the bleating and noise had stopped. What she had bitten, bit back and HARD! In slight shock form tumbling, and then being harmed she lay perfectly still on her side, a small ring of blood, in the shape of teeth, was on one of her legs.
She was glad to feel it depart, and not to smell it anymore, the sent had reminded her slightly of the soft thing earlier, but it was most certainly not the soft thing. Human, where are you? I'm tired, I want to sleep and cuddle in your warmth! She let out a mournful bleat and didn't move an inch, she wasn't moving until she felt people hands.
She felt the nudge of something larger, and a muffled, "no bites!" brought more fear to her, what if it was going to bite her too? She wasn't going to use her teeth ever again! She shivered more out of fear that anything.
The crying and sniffling reached the partially deaf ears of the chick, however, he seemed unmoved by it; in fact, he merely snorted twice, as if to voice something akeen to 'Your own fault, Thing! Shouldn't have decided to BITE me!', for after all, how dare it? How dare any of them be near him, anyhow? All he'd wanted to do was rest, however, everyone seemed keen to annoy him.
Another snort was produced, his pelt finally settling down around him, however, it was visible he was still bristling
Grumbling, Beast decided that perhaps if he looked away from everyone and alltogether ignored them... perhaps they'd ignore him right back! However, he knew not of Toirin's disposition and the fact she wished only to help him... his plan was bound to fail, no doubt. At any rate, he'd give it a try; thus why he curled up away from both Lamb and larger griff, snorting once as a muffled 'No bites' reached his ears.
It deserbed the scowling; It'd started it, not him... he'd be damned if he wasn't going to answer back; violence for violence. Strange mentality indeed, but then again... he was young, and inmature. Beast had a long way to go.
Torini felt a little bad scolding the tiny lamb-gryph. Sighing lightly she nudged it a bit more gently, as if offering condolences of some sort, as uncertain of it as she was...
The thing looked a little out of place.
Oh, an idea! Hopping up she rushed over to find Mushu, quickly snatching him up and dropping him back down next to Susan. Grinning she wagged her tail and puffed up proudly. She was a genius! Mushu could play with her!
Man, she was so good.
Suddenly AND AGAIN being pulled from his warm spot, Mushu yowled out as he was suddenly dropped next to another, ... wooly? Gryph. He could just tell Torini was beaming. RUINING HIS LIFE! As short as it was so far.. That's what she was doing though.
Snorting, he ignored her and turned his head into Susan's side. Maybe, MAYBE this one would be quiet. He hoped so. He could get some rest finally.
Content that Mushu was going to stay there, Torini turned around once more, eyeing the Beast. Tilting her head, she slowly wandered over. For something so tiny and small, it seemed awfully moody. She'd heard stories about moody Gryph's before. Getting into fights with others. But she'd never met one, least... she didn't think so.
Plopping down about a foot away from it, her head dropped to the ground as she stared at him. Seemed... harmless enough.
If Susan's eyes would ahve ben opened she would have blinked multiple times. First the harsh prod, then a tender one, and now SOMETHING was next to her. As it settled in she whimpered lightly, the feathers pressed against her made her think of the thing that had bit her. She slowly lifted her head to sniff it, pressing her nose close to it's ear, inhaling deeply. It wasn't the thing! She pushed against it excitedly a small exstatic bleat escaped and then she fell silent.
No such luck, it seemed, for no sooner had he padded two steps away from them all, and had settled down again, that he more felt that saw or heard Torini pad over. His ears flattened back even further against the nape of his neck, a warning hiss escaping his maw in an attempt to scare her away... after all, this time he was taking no chances; he was not about to let this new one bite him like the last. Beast was not about to trip over the same rock twice! Not him!
Scotting away slight, trying to make the distance between them further, the small chick turned to 'scowl' up at the larger female, looking quite wary, offput and on edge; his frame still bristled slightly, puffing up in warning, trying to voice out with signals what he could not with his real voice, a chirp here and there accentuating the whole stance.
Good god, he should've NOT traveled those five meters , earlier; the place he'd stumbled upon was no doubt something akeen his particular hell, what with all the howling, noise, movement and touching! Emphasis on the touching... what was with these things and trying to touch him? Was HE trying to touch THEM? I think not!
Well, it only made a little noise. Mushu seemed pretty happy about that. Nestling down, he attempted to drift off into sleep...
To no avail sadly. All that commotion, and all the tossing around had brought him to as awake as he could be. Snuffing lightly, he padded the wooly gryph a bit, trying to figure her out. She smelled, sorta like a gryph, but sort of not. There was a strange, and unfamilar smell around her.
He couldn't place it though. Flopping onto his back, he stretched out his paws, yawned rather loudly, and struck his tongue out to the sky.
My he was a grumbly little creature. Torini knew she ought to really leave him be.. but it wasn't right to leave a little one all by his little self! Her den mother always went on about the dangers of being alone. Not that she really paid much heed to those warnings.
But that was beside the point.
The point was, that Beast shouldn't be alone. The point was, Beast needed to be with others. Even if he didn't want to be. Slowly, Torini began to inch her way along the grass towards Beast. She didn't want to startle him.
"Suuuuussaaaannn!" a muffled voice from a farther away. She knew that voice, it was her human's voice! A little girl peeked out from behind a tree, "Susan?" she was still farther off in the distance, but Susan would know that voice anywhere, semi-deaf or not she knew her human's voice. The human stayed away from the gryphs, not wanting to startle them.
I'm coming! she thought and let out a long bleat. It had been to long of a day and all of the fluffy critters around her scared her, but also caught her interest. She'd miss the soft ones, maybe one day she'd seen them again? She however would not miss the biting-thing.
She rushed toward her human's voice, sniffing along the ground as she stumbled clumsily. She didn't move very fast, but rushed all the same.
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 4:13 pm
Susan had wandered away from her human, yet again. She knew her by scent of course, and slightly by voice. But this time she was not wandering because she was lost, merely because she wanted to find that soft thing she cuddled. She had her head down, sniffing the ground, her head moving from side to side. She smelled something, maybe not her soft thing, but something like it. She inhaled quickly, a plant had tickled her nose and she was trying her best not to sneeze. "Acchoo!" too late, anything in the area would have heard that sneeze.
Gaea looked up at her friend, and smiled softly,
"Yeah...m'okay now. Sorry I ran off on you like that." She clambered clumsily to her feet-- a feat usually accomplished with a lot more grace,
"D'you wanna go swimming again or something?"
Helios caught the familiar scent of Susan and started crawling off in that direction. Yay for snuggly friends!
"What about him?" he inquires, blinking as he looks down to see the little yellow chick starting to scooch across the earth, and that's also when he had heard the sneeze.
His ears swivel and he turns in the direction of where it came from. Without waiting on a response from Gaea -- he's used to her following him wherever he goes -- he heads in that direction to find the very fluffy little lamb like Gryph.
"Wow! Lookit this one! There's so many little babies around now."
Susan made an anxious bleat at the sound of voices, one sounded slightly familiar the other was new to her. Don't bite me, don't, don't! she pleaded in her mind and flopped down against the ground trying to hide in the grass. The bite the Beast gave her hadn't healed yet, but the dried blood had been wiped away carefully by her human.
Gaea blinked, looking at Helios again,
"Hey. Where are you going, Helios?" she asked the little guy, trotting over to him. She nosed him gently, trying to make sure she had his attention.
Helios stopped when Gaea nosed him, making pleased, purring like noises and nuzzling her back, and then headed again towards the little bleating creature he recognized. Gaea was nice, but he wanted a cuddling buddy his own size!
The filly followed Helios, peering at the little lamb chick curiously,
"Oh."
He frowns when he hears the anxious little bleating sounds, something he's never heard before.
"Wow, is it okay?" he inquires, tilting his head as he watches the little yellow chick scurry closer to obviously get comfortable with the lamb. All of this is intriguing Duke who's never seen the lamb before and therefore isn't aware that it's possibly him that's scaring her.
She caught the scent of Helios in her nose and scooted closer to him, still staying low to the ground. She poked her nose against the yellow chick and a soft bleat escaped. Duke's voice was muffled, but she could almost make out concern in his tone. Maybe it wont bite?
Gaea watched the goings-on with a mild interest. The filly settled in the grass again. She'd just enjoy the grass and the trees and earthliness for a few minutes. Let them get reacquainted.
"I dunno. She seems to make those noises a lot."
Helios curled up next to Susan, snuffling her a bit first and then settling contentedly at her side and making a few reassuring, chirpy noises..not that she could really hear him all that well, but the effort was there anyhow.
Duke shrugs his shoulders and sits down next to Gaea, his tail swaying behind him, it too growing out in length along with the rest of his body. His ears swiveling as he watches. "I wonder where it comes from. I've never seen it before. I've never seen one that looks like it either." He was seeing new things every day now, especially in the terms of Hippogryphs.
She wished she had a way to communicate, even if she wasn't sure what that was. She wanted to ask the others where their humans were. She smelled Helios again, taking in his scent and made a face and noise quiet close to a yawn. She was tired from walking, and she found her destination.
Gaea rested her head on her forepaws, tilting it a bit so she could still watch Duke,
"It does seem a little different from the rest of the chicks. Then again, so did that one yesterday."
She stretched her paws forward a little bit, each digit on them digging neatly into the dirt. She picked them up and looked at them carefully, then shook the dirt away.
"My mother said that there's just a lot of chicks 'cause it's spring and that's when the most chicks are born."
Helios rolled over contentedly on his back, soaking in the sunshine on his belly. He liked that. And he liked the fluffy warm chick next to him. Then again, he liked just about everything. Helios wasn't a difficult chick to please.
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 5:37 pm
Finally, Mushu had managed to get some sleep in. The pink Tornado seemed to still be off with that horned beast, so he was safe for the moment. Stretching his back, he let out a soft yawn, face whiskers spinning outwardly from the breath.
It was such a nice morning. The grass was so green, the sky so nice and blue....
Blue? Green? Wait what!?
"AH CAN SEE!!!!!!!!!!" Mushu suddenly exclaimed.
"AND AH CAN TALK!" He bounced once in excitement.
He could see, he could talk.. and apparently, he could stand up on his own four feet!
That's when he fell over. Too much, too fast, but that was besides the point. The GREAT Mushu, was now able to see, speak and stand. Oh yah, he was awesome.
Susan blinked, wait..blinked..that was new! AS she opened her eyes for the very first time she realized she was not in the field, this ground didn't smell like the field, and where are the other wooly things? She glanced up, feeling disoriented, she'd of course never used this new sense before. She spotted a large red thing, oh goodness! What if it tries to eat me? She could hear what he was saying too! Wow, things were so clear right now!
"Go away!" she bleated, but wait, that really didn't sound like her voice at all! "Don't bite me!"
Go Away? Go away? Hey! That was his line. Snuffing Mushu turned his head towards the sound, spying a funny looking wooly gryph.
Least, he thought it may be a gryph. Maybe is was a cow.
"Go away?!" he called back over, "Well that ain't very nice you know." his little face formed a frown, "Ah don't bite cows."
"Hey! I'm not a cow, you thing you! At least.. I don't think I am?" she whimpered back, taking a step forward toward him. she dragged her belly along the ground, so that he would see she was no threat.
She was in such a huff with being able to see that she didn't realize the beautiful day around them, the only thing she could so..no wanted to see was this creature. He seemed too mean to be the thing she snuggled..but maybe?
"Maybe you're a cow!" She snorted back and then fell silent.
"Cow!? Do I look like a cow to you? No. I'm a dra... er... Gryphon. Gryph-on. Got it? Good. Now... why are you draggin' your belly around like that? You're gonna get grass stains all over your pretty white fur? Is that fur? Ah well it doesn't matter." he sat his butt down on the ground, paws in front of him.
"I am the Great Mushu..." he beamed, "Who're you?" he snorted once, letting his face whisker fly out to the sides again.
She blushed furiously, "I'm Susan. I think I'm a lamb.. I've heard that word before! My human takes care of me.. so I think I'm lost."
She stood up right and quickly covered the distance to sit beside him. Curiosity got the better of her and she started to sniff him vigorously, pressing her nose against his side.
"I know your scent!" the blush deepened and the pink around her nose and cheeks became dark red.
"Hey!" Mushu yelped then flailed a bit, being careful not to actual smuck the 'lamb'... whatever that was.
He still figured she was a cow, but he'd not mention it again because she seemed to get all dramatic about it. Silly cow.
"Your nose is cold. Don't you know it's not nice to be goin' and stickin' your nose into other people's sides? You should ask first. Manners, manners manners." he crossed his arms over his chest, wriggling slightly...
Then promptly losing his balance and falling onto his back. Well, that hadn't gone as planned. But not one to be put off, he turned his head to Susan.
"I meant to do that." wriggling around so that he was back on his paws, nose to nose with Susan he grinned toothily.
"Anyways Susan, it's nice to meet you. Did you say you were lost? Well... seeing as I am the great Mushu and all... I could probably help you find your... whatever it is."
"Cry your pardon, are you alright?" She looked at him with concern as he fell and regained his balance. "I lost my human, my person that feeds me and rubs me and well she doe! Don't you have one?" She smiled thinking of her human, and suddenly realized she'd be able to see her! Wow! How great would that be?
"I think I could find her, she's tall and walks on two legs and..hmmm...
What's so great about you?"
"..." Did she just question his greatness? This silly cow thing questioned the great Mushu?
"Well, just look at me! You should be able to tell my greatness just from that. Of course, if you can't there's got to be something wrong with you. You see these?" he pointed to the horns on his head, "No one's got these around here... and you see these?" he motioned, pointing out his whiskers, "Ain't nobody got whiskers like mine." he stopped a moment, pulling a paw up in thought.
"Least I don't think so." he shook his head.
"Anyways Susan, trust me. I can take care of you! We'll find your.. hoo man... How hard can it be to find a tall, two legged thing?" he put a paw around the little sheep gryph.
"Besides," he motioned to Cri Kee who was flying about them, "you see this little guy? His name is Cri Kee... an' he's a lucky horsefly. So no worries!"
"Erm.. I don't even know what whiskers are! For all I know yout're tricking me to eat me!" With that she let out a soft bleat of a whimper and looked up at Mushu, "Pormise you wont eat me? I promise I don't taste very good! But if it do ya, then eat me... I guess."
She was small and unsure of everything, this thing looked like her but wasn't the same, he had horns! She had..well she had wool.
"Lucky huh?" she whispered glancing up at the horsefly.
"You don't know what whiskers are for? Oh my GOSH woman..." he shook his head, "I already told you I don't eat cows, so no worries, I'm not going to eat you. Look at all that fluff. Does that look like it'd taste good? No. No it doesn't. " he stomped his foot once to emphasize his point.
Sighing and turning his attention to Cri Kee he nodded, "Yup. He's a lucky bug." his grin was bright, "We'll find your hoo man, no problem!" he nodded then began to trek forward, suddenly stopping.
"Any idea which way you think they may have gotten lost at?" obviously the human was the one who got lost. If she was a gryphon... cow.. then it couldn't be her fault.
His tail wagged a bit, this was a good way to prove how great he truely was! No one would question that after this!
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 5:38 pm
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 5:44 pm
Somehow, Lirit always managed to end up near that stream. He wasn't sure exactly what it was about it, but no matter how the little hard the little Gryph tried, he was always drawn to it. The most likely reason was because the water was as clear as a sheet of glass- you could see the darling little pebbles at the base, accompanied by the occasional red beta fish.
But most importantly- Lirit could see his reflection in the water.
His reflection had always fascinated him, and just a few short days ago was the first time he'd discovered it.
Wandering closer to the waters edge, it wasn't long before the uniquely tall, lanky-limbed Hippogryph was peering over the edge awkwardly, staring curiously at the face watching him from the water.Susan yawned lifting her head as a new being entered her field of vision, "that is not a sheep. " She watched the being as it crossed and seemed to peer down into the river. She wandered more and more, little Rosie (her human) let her romp as she pleased in the field, but this certainly was not the field. She didn't want to be a play thing, she wanted to play with others, she had bitten Rosie, and the two-leger had made her stay in the field for quite a few days, of course she found a way to escape. "That is a gryph, but so am I" she puffed up and stood to her feet. She wondered why none of the grpyhs spoke of their two-legers, did the have a human?
Her white wool coat stood out like a sore thumb as she tried to sneak up behind this Gryph. "Boo!" she giggled staring at him.
And of course, what better a response to being snuck up upon then to fall into the stream itself? Well, that was exactly what Lirit did.
Sqwuaking with little to no grace, the creature's immature wings splayed out in a desperate, vain attempt to hover and avoid the collision of Gryph-to-water. The inevitable occured, though, and a moment later a splash erupted from the depths of the cool river, spritzing out in every which direction as the black Hippogryph sputtered, surfacing to the water's edge.
"What was that for!?" he demanded cruelly, eyeing the pretty, fluffy white Gryph suspiciously. His coat was sleek and laid glued to his body due to the water that had completely saturated his entire form. He would've been rather cute if he hadn't sounded so aggressive.
"S..s..sorry! Do you need help?" she sputtered out as the Hippogrpyh fell into the water. A blush spread across her face, "I didn't mean to! I was trying to say hello, didn't think you'd fall!" she whined stepping closer to the streams edge to get a better look at the grpyh. Her feet sunk into the bank, her wool absorbent collected the moisture and turned a disgusting brown. " I don't know how to help," she gasped as she stared at the black grpyh.
Her ears flattened and it seemed that she was about to bawl her eyes out.
Feeling slightly more dignified as he saw Susan's goat become messy-ified and her face distraught, the prideful creature thrust his snout into the air, closing his eyes diligently.
"I'm fine," he hissed confidently, barely making it to the edge of the water with his neck above the surface. It was a good thing that the water was shallow- Lirit was simply fascinated with his reflection- he hadn't gone as far as actually swimming yet!... Lirit silently thanked the fact that the water wasn't threatening to rise above his head just yet.
Pulling his forelegs up to the mushy, lumpy edge, the Gryph pulled himself up. He proceeded to shake his entire body out in a similar fashion to a wet dog: water spritzed in every which direction. It was unfortunately clear that he didn't care very much for splashing Susan with even more water.
"Stop your whimpering, I'm fine," he insisted with dignity, his coat still damp, sticking feircly to his lanky, tall body.
Letting his eyes finally rested on the pretty little sheep-Gryph, the creature raised his head slightly, an eyebrow quirking curiously. "Do you have a name?" the tone of his voice had seemed to soften a bit- but he didn't look at all any kinder.
Lirit sometimes had issues with displaying the proper emotion he felt.
Right now, he was curious.
Susan blinked furiously as a drop of water fell into her eye, and made an angry snort, " I woulda helped!" she insisted, the hurt tone in her voice couldn't go unnoticed. "Susan, what's yours?" she asked watching the other Gryph, she felt small as he approached her, even smaller now that she had gotten wet. She was like a sponge and her coat absorbed all of the moisture. "You got me wet, silly. Sorry for getting you wet! You can sure swim!"
She eyed him cautiously he seemed to be angry, but why? She had said she was sorry?
"Susan?" he repeated dumbly, staring at her as if for some further explanation. Well. That was unusual. Then again, what kind of names were he to compare hers to? She was the first Gryph that he'd actually... met. There had been that strange chick, but he really didn't think he'd properly aquainted himself with the poor fellow.
"Lirit," he responded with a delicate ounce of pride, raising his head a tad bit and allowing his muzzle to be pulled back into a very faint grin. For someone who'd just fallen into a stream, he was very quick to change emotions. Very quick indeed. "Sorry about that. Didn't mean'ta. I just didn't wanna stay soaked and all," he explained with a small dose of sincerity.
Hadn't he just been rude a moment earlier?
In any case, Lirit was giving Susan a sort of half goofy, kiddish Gryph-smile. "Why're you in the meadow?" he asked curiously, taking a step foward before he slid down and sat comfortably in front of her.
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 6:09 pm
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Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 5:48 pm
(Reserved-ness for Rosie's scolding)
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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:17 pm
(I swear on the tower I'll rp tomorrow! XD)
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