rooted fast to the earth

Tawny Wagner · 09-07-2011, 10:14 AM

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Everyone participating in this thread will be getting a present from Tawny. Big Grin

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Hours and hours of stressing over this gathering that Saul had invited her to participate in. The holiday required that no one have a meal alone on that day, but Tawny had just thought that she could get away with it. Nobody thought about her ever, right? There was no reason for anyone to want her to be a part of their festivities. It came as a great shock when Saul had mentioned it to her, and then she could not refuse the sweet man. There was no way in heaven or on Earth that she would disappoint him, not after all he had done for her. The girl figured that this was the perfect opportunity to use up some of the supplies she’d gathered on her last exploration.

After dragging a few armloads of stuff outside, she stretched out on the ground, laying on her tummy, and got to work. Threads were braided and beads strung, bones painted and filed down into shapes. Before long she had a small pile of jewelry, colorful rocks, beads and bones glittering in the soft sunlight. This of course wouldn’t be enough for everyone, for she knew that Saul’s family was a large one. Deciding to make extras just in case there were others from the pack attending, like her, she fetched a handful of fish bones and began making a series of necklaces from them. It was so fun! The tiny brittle bones snapped sometimes, but the ones that stayed strong looks so wild, dyed in pretty colors and tied together in odd patterns by colored strings. She really hoped that whoever received the presents would like them.

Before it was time to go, she slid all of the necklaces around her head, letting them hand from her neck and bounce against her chest as she moved. The bracelets and earring pieces were put into the rabbit skin pouch that also hung from her neck. As she was gathering her things and getting ready to walk away from her hut, her eye caught sight of the thing she had made for Saul a while back, this would be the perfect opportunity to give it to him. Smiling happily, the girl wrapped her hands with strips of dried out deer skin before picking the heavy glass up, not wanting to have a repeat of her time with Saul…

It was hard for her little frame to move the piece, but she sucked it up and kept going, staring at the ground and mapping her way by the scents of the forest only. Whenever she smelled someone not of Saul’s family, she changed direction until she caught the right scent again. This probably made her journey take longer, but eventually she got to the outskirts of the town that she knew Saul lived in. Taking a deep breath, she straightened up and walked down the street, glancing around nervously as she went. Being surrounded by the dilapidated buildings was kind of creepy, not something that Tawny enjoyed. She’d have much rather be out in the woods, frolicking in the forest. But…there it was; the apartment building where the Stormbringer family lived.

Hefting the glass piece higher, she trudged up to the front doors of what used to be the lobby and pushed them open gently, walking in and looking around. The sound of Saul’s and Eclipse’s voices came from the room of to the side, so she turned and strode closer. Leaning against the wall, she set the mirror and all of the necklaces and other jewelry on the ground in the corner, then grabbed an old torn up piece of furniture and pushed it in front. She wanted the presents to be a surprise for everyone. "Saul? …I’m here. I b-brought presents f-for your family." She dropped her eyes and leaned back against the wall, feeling nervous and shy, not sure of what she was supposed to do now.

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