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Within the Dark

Published: Oct 5, 2017

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Story Quest 2

It's a late evening, you feel sleepy. As you finally found a safe place to nod off you hear noises in the distance. It's a mare grunting in pain, you lift your head up and see a smudge of the Buckskin gal lying on the ground. What do you do?

1. Come over to her and ask what's happening, is she sick, maybe hurt?
2. You pin your ears down, if she's hurt and can't get up by herself she won't make it. You leave her there.
3. Stay where you are and watch.

Gender : Mare
Age : 6 Years
Color : Buckskin Tobiano
Geno: Ee/Aa/nCr/ToTo

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Altï was tired and weary, his muscles ached unpleasantly and his mood had worsened exponentially. He was missing his homeland, his friends, his family, he missed the hustle and noise of herd life, of having company to wile away the days with. Being a lone stallion gave him much, gave him freedom and experience but it made him lonely and ill tempered. Finally, the sun has set and night had fallen and, feeling secure enough among the light thicket he settled down for the night.

His rest was disturbed by the faint sounds in the thicket, sounds that were not the expected shuffling and scurrying of nocturnal creatures, but of pain and discomfort. Knowing sleep would evade him until he investigated, Altï roused himself and stealthily made his way between the thicket, edging towards the sound. A breeze blew by and he identified the source of the sound as a mare. As he approached he saw she was alone and from the sounds she tried so hard to muffle in clear distress. Whatever pain she was in was enough to keep her distracted and blissfully ignorant of his presence.

He stood there, hidden in the thicket for a while, simply observing her. She was nearly completely white save for some small patches of creamy gold, a colour she shared with an old friend of his, one he missed very much. In fact, he almost chose to leave the mare be, for what did he know of caring for injured mares, when a golden mare with warm chocolate eyes with a spark of mischief dancing in them came to his mind. He knew his old friend would have already gone to the mares side, soft, gentle voice calming and coaxing, trying to set her at ease while finding out if there was anything that could be done to ease the mares discomfort. With a designated sigh Altï took a step closer, clearing his throat and announcing his approach.

“What ails you?” He spoke, his deep voice like a mountain lions roar in the silent stillness of the night. The mare lifted her head, fear evident in her eyes. Her breathing laboured and loud, she tried to lift herself off the floor when Altï sent a warning glare her way. “Do not stress,” he admonished, lifting a leg her way, “I am not a threat. You will become too much of a bother if you injure yourself farther trying to flee from me.” His words were harsh but his tone held no animosity nor urgency. The mare, for her part, as flighty and distressed as she appeared, seemed to welcome the assurance that he meant no harm. He body relaxed, against her will or not he could not tell, and her eyes lost a shred of the fear enough to show him now exhausted she was. Altï huffed and quickly deduced that she was alone, whether some stallion was attempting to make his way back to her or not remained to be seen, and both of them were tired. He did not much care to learn what had happened and as she did not seem to be enclined to enlighten him he simply made himself comfortable a few feet away, deciding that he would await the morn before attempting to assist her. He was of more use as a bodyguard anyway, rather than a healer of therapist.

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Lead Horse : HotS | Altï | Lead Stallion
Activity : Story Quest
Featuring : NPC Unknown Mare
Current Kingdom : Mearc
Bonus: N/A

Art Quality :
Full body (10 R)
Drawn background (10 R)
Detailed Shading (7 R)
Word Count: 565 (10 R)
Level Quest: (3 R)

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