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300+! Postdated to 25th Post order- J'adore, Ookami, Jace.
J'adore was watching the great fire as he usually did once in a while. Of course he could watch his own fire, but the beauty of the whole tribes dreams, wishes, thoughts, worries, etcetera seemed a whole lot more meaningful than his own fire.
Standing, he moved over to the large tarp haphazardly made sack filled with the logs he had chopped the previous day. He smiled as he remembered they would still be just past the borders of Phoenix Valley without Jace's help.
He, with a large amount of effort, managed to drag it towards the town hall. The load was heavy but he had already split it three times before. One for his stock, another time for the great fire and once more for the town hall stock, which sat in the tarp sack. Opening the wooden door to the town hall, he placed the logs in their place and stood back to admire, two days work. Yesterday he spent his morning chopping and transporting, today he had stocked the stocks.
Though there was no need to travel so far for wood, he did it for the exercise. Only realising it would take effort to return with his findings later on.
He returned to his seat by the fire, the ground he had been sitting on was cold now, but the air surrounding where he had once sat was not any colder.
J’adore was eager to move up in the ranks, he wanted to do more in his job, to have more respect. To be able to teach more about AniWaya. Unlike some, he didn’t force people into believing the myths, because he didn’t, well some of them. But he took the morals from them and didn’t question what they had to say. Because the myths of AniWaya weren’t for show, they were to teach, not just the young, that they had to work together to get what they wanted. He had no doubt that the part about the seven families was real, nor the dying children since he had come up with an excuse for that. He believe some of it, other parts not so much, but from each part he took heed of the morals they held.
Right now he was waiting for his next students, Ookami and Jace. They were going to learn the art of horse riding.
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Ookami was happy for the evening to finally come. J'adore had been willing to give him lessons for horse riding. He thought maybe sometime in the future he could have his own horse, or maybe go riding with Adonia. He smiled as he shifted slowly into his Secui form. His legs stretched and his fur grew longer and bushier. His tail turned into a thick mass of golden fur. His paw was feeling better now, the snow on the ground acting like an ice-pad numbed it. His paws were even bigger than before and he felt tall. He was a good 8 inches taller at the shoulder. He took off at a fast run towards the AniWaya territory. His back leg was slightly swollen and still ached but his body seemed to be getting used to the pain. It faded slowly as he ran to a mere soreness.
He reached the borders quickly with his fast gate and longer stride. Ookami thought about stopping at the borders and wasn't quite sure if he should. He slowed to a bouncy trot and decided to just pass them. He stopped about 5 feet passed them though, remembering the conversation he had had with Jace. Maybe he should wait for her here at the borders. He gave a quick nod of the head. That is what he will do. He turned and sat down right on the borders and waited for Jace. He let out a quick howl especially for Jace, to see how close she was. Then he waited patiently for her arrival.
Jace reveled in the thrill of a truly long distance run, stretching her legs and body at the same time. Her white, black, grey and tan furred form almost flying over the snow covered ground, her paws barely touching the ground as she ran at full speed her body almost a blur beyond the edge of sight. She was glad to see that the snow was slowly melting, she was an arctic wolf so she loved the snow and ice but it caused havoc down here where the wolves were not so used to it. She was like a demoness of the snow as she ran, her tongue lolling freely from her maw as she traversed the distance between AniWaya and Phoenix Valley. The Valley would always be her home now, she couldn't imagine living anywhere else.
Her ears pricked forwards as she heard the howl from up ahead and she grinned letting out a short sharp doggish bark back to him. Pushing her body faster and at the same time shifting from lupus to secui and then secui to optime, finally ending up in her two legged form. Her long braided white blonde hair that faded to deep brown the further down they were flying out behind her. She leapt into the air and grabbed onto a branch overhanging a small stream, using her weight to propel herself over the stream, hitting the ground with bended legs and carrying on. Soon enough she came into sight of the giant hulking golden male waiting at Aniwaya's borders for her and came to a skidding stop next to him, her breast heaving up and down with her exertions.
Ookami heard the bark and he stood up, shifting into his Optime form. His legs stretched and his front paws split into fingers. His spine lengthaned out and he stood up. He had practiced walking around in his Optime form so he had quite good balance now. He stood a full seven and a half feet. He seemed so much taller. He had always been bigger than everybody but this was just huge. He stood up as tall as he could, wanting to practice good posture.
Jace had finally come into view, she too turned into her Optime form. He smiled, "Hello Jace. You ready?" He turned to cross the borders and continued on. Catching J'adore's sceant and followed it quickly at a light jog. When J'adore came into view he smiled, "Hello J'adore." He was happy to see the wolf who had helped him learn to shift. He turned to make sure that Jace stayed caught up.
She waited patiently as she shifted into his optime form, this was the second time she had seen and she observed it with interest. When he was finished he towered over her by a foot and a half seeing as she was just under six foot tall it made her feel like someone small as he always did in his huge presence. She grinned back, her tattered ear swiveling towards the pack lands that she had never visited. She would usually never cross the boundaries of another pack, Inferni had been the exception because their markers were different than a wolf packs and she had not realised But it was ok because J'adore had invited she and Ookami into the pack he called home.
"Hey! Yeah i'm ready." A shiver of anticipation thrummed through her and she followed Ookami who seemed to know where he was going. She observed the lands of AniWaya with a quiet curiosity and jogged after Ookami. She grinned when they finally caught up to J'adore, smiling at the orangey male with the white eyes.
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J'adore's white eyes flicked up as his two companions joined him, 'Hey guys, lets get to the stables'.
The arrived at the stables a few mintues later. Of course, being a master of preparation, J'adore had already fed, groomed and tacked the horses ready. He would not be able to ride, since Ookami would be on Fuerte and Jace would be on 'Quera. Quera was the largest and wildest one, Jace had been assigned him since Ookami was only just getting used to his body. Fuerte, the gentler male, would suite him better at this time.
'This is Fuerte' J'adore said gesturing to the grey male as they approached the pair, 'Ookami, you'll be riding him'. He turned to Jace and pointed to 'Quera, [/b]'Vasquera is a little wilder, Jace your stuck with him'[/b]. The last part was a joke, but messing about with 'Quera wasn't. The stallion nudged J'adore as he said his full name.
'I will not be riding seeing as you too have hijacked my steeds, so I'll be walking him on a leash' the golden male said gesturing to the small chestnut colt.
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Ookami nodded his head and walked with the other two wolves to the stables. He was a little wobbly on his new legs but overall he was walking just fine. His ankle was bothering him a little more than before but it wasn't anything really painful. When they reached the stables there were two horses already tacked up. His was called Fuerte. Ookami reached his good hand out for the horse to sniff. He smiled as he gently pet his face. He chuckled when J'adore stated something about taking his horses. He waited to see how Jace would react to her horse as he got more aquainted with Fuerte. He pet him and murmered to the horse, talking gently, he introduced himself quite sillily. He turned so he was facing the others and looked at the chestnut colt that J'adore was going to be walking. He smiled and looked at Jace with a smile on his face. Excitement was growing in his stomach. He wanted to surprise Adonia with his skills that he hoped to obtain.
OMG *dies* soooo tiiireeedd sorry for fail post.
Jace smiled as she followed the two taller males, her ears were half resting back and her tail swished contentedly with her laidback attitude. AniWaya had made her feel safe in simply minuted of being here, she guessed she may end up spending a lot of time here visiting J'adore and the horses. The stabled brought out a curious look from her multicolored face as she looked around, her eyes fell upon the two horses that sh recognized from her meeting with J'adore and she was glad to hear she had been giving the one who had been most curious about her to ride.
She moved towards Quera holding out her hand for the creamy coloured stallion to sniff at his leisure, "Hello there Quera, you remember me dontcha boy?" The large beast still made her slightly nervous but she hoped she would get over it soon. She turned to J'adore and laughed with Ookami about them stealing his horses. She almost let out a girlish squeal at the cute little colt but managed to contain her female reaction.
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J'adore nodded to himself as both of his friends aquainted with their steeds. Grabbing the rope stemming from Inez's headcollar he coughed to get his companions attentions, 'Cool, you guys know how to mount right?' Horse riding was dangerous and even though it was boring, for him, the horses and his students, it was of huge importance they knew the basics. He had already patched Ookami up once, he hoped his vague medicinal knowledge was not called upon again any time soon.
Inez, instead of waiting for his master to instruct the two strangers, decided he would rather try reach the bale of hay which was just out of reach. Inez gave a solid tug on at the rope and pulled J'adore sideways. The Spaniard loosened some of the rope, enough to let him reach the bale. The male shook his head, 'He is greedy' he stated firmly, not breaking his eye contact with Inez's swishing tail.
A slight breeze flew past the male. It was a warm current however, the snow had melted and the sun was finally giving the world brief days of sunshine. J'adore squinted as he turned his milky eyes to the sky, his ever present (not) spirit guide was circling the group as they readied for their lesson. She gave a look to J'adore which he read as 'Hello and goodbye' before doing so, using her fine wings to drift away behind the trees.
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ooc- sorry for the wait(:
Ookami thought for a moment. he had never mounted a horse before but he had seen it a few times before. He thought it looked fairly easy though so he would give it a shot. he didn't want to be embarresed but he didn't want to flat out say he didn't know how to mount. He smiled to himself, Hope I don't make a fool out of myself! Ookami turned toward his horse and spotted the stirrup. He was on the left side so he put his left foot into it. He pushed off the ground with his right leg and sat down easily into the saddle, slipping his right foot into the other stirrup. He grinned, piece of cake.
He looked at the colt as he tried to pull away from J'adore to reach the food. He chuckled at J'adore's comment and looked at Jace, waiting for her to mount up. He looked down at his hangs and took the reins up. He threaded them through his fingers the way he had seen before. He looked at J'adore again, waiting for the next instruction. He patted the horse's neck once before giving a happy sigh.
I'm assuming that J'adore's spirit guide is invisible
Jace looked up at the magnificent stallion and turned her head to J'adore. She had never ridden a horse herself and had only seen one being ridden once in her life but that horse had no saddle or tack like J'adore's had. She watched as Ookami mounted the other horse, studying where he put each of his feet and positioned his body a concentrated look upon her face.
She laughed as the colt dragged J'adore sideways for some food, Quera looked at her as though to say 'well are you getting on or not?' and she patted the horse's neck. She placed her foot into the stirrup and pulled herself up onto him, settling down gently into the saddle and locing her foot into the other stirrup. Quera nodded as though satisfied with her attempt and she curled her tail around to rest against her thigh. She took up the reins in her paws although was unsure how to hold them,
"Not quite such which way to hold these ropes those." She did not know that they were called reins so they were simply rope to her. She looked up, following J'adore's gaze and saw a bird high in the sky above them and wondered what it was doing circling them. She clicked her tongue gently as she had seen the tribal man do a long time ago and gently stroked on of the ears that flicked about in front of her. This was a totally new feeling to her of being able to see over peoples heads for once.
OOC- Nope, Ptitsa is visible to all.
Both mounted. And J'adore attention was dra to Jace who was having trouble with the 'ropes'. J'adore, with a gin, moved over to 'Quera, patted his rump and turned to Jace. Reaching up he righted her grip. 'You hold the like this, in a c shape with the mouth facing you. The ends that go to the bridle head towards you and then go down and up to the horses mouth. You put your thumbs on top of the reins. Like this'. He explained while his hands made changes to her own. Finally both were ready.
'Okay, give them a kick and say 'Walk on'. Click your tongue if you need to, and don't be afraid to give them a sharp dig' he said as he patted 'Quera's shoulder, 'There big boys, they can handle it'. His second sentence was more to the horses than anything else. Inez pulled forward, towards the field and J'adore moved towards the fence and gate, 'Follow me'.
The passed through the gate with little hassle and continued towards the centre. 'Wait do you guys now how to stop?' J'adore asked, when they were about half way there.
Ookami watched J'adore as he explained to Jace how to hold the reins. He looked at his own hands and finding that he had one error he quickly fixed it, checking Jace's hands once more to be sure he had it right. J'adore told them how to walk and Ookami followed the instructions. He gave Fuerte a gentle nudge, "Walk on." However all Fuerte did was shift his weight. Ookami laughed, Walk on boy." He gave a harder kick and with a little sigh Fuerte walked. J'adore said to follow him so Ookami pulled the rein in the direction that J'adore was walking. He asked if they knew how to stop and he hesitated, he wasn't quite sure and he didn't want to hurt the horse, "Not uh- exactly." He smiled as he waited for J'adore to tell them how to stop.
She laughed as J'adore corrected her grip on the ropes, it was not that complicated but seemed very specific. Quera huffed and munched at the bit in his mouth and she smiled,
"I'm learning as fast as I can. He nickered gently and she laughed. She clicked her tongue and gently tapped Quera's sides with her heels, "Walk on boy, walk on. The horse grumbled good naturedly and started walking and Jace guided him with the reins although she suspected the beast knew where he was going and was simply humoring her, she stifled a giggle.
Again she looked up, Quera pulling up alongside Ookami's ride and she grinned at him, this was more fun than she had thought it would be. She clicked her tongue and Quera began moving a little faster, following his owner and the colt in front of them as they passed through the gate
"Haha, Not entirely."
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J'adore nodded and unleashed Inez's head collar. 'Just pull on the reins slightly and squeeze the horse with your legs'. His answer was simple and as told the pair halted the horses.
'Now dismount' J'adore said, 'Just set down the reins, lean forward and swing your leg over and drop down'. He reached to his bag an pulled out a set of brushes out. Grooming was important to learn first. He had let them ride the horses down to the field as a treat.
As soon as the bag rustled 'Quera pulled forward, looking for treats. His wall blue eyes stared obsessively at J'adore's hands, the dark red stripe on his snout edged closer, before J'adore's hand grabbed a hold of the reins by his mouth. 'No 'Quera!' he ordered, tapping the stallion's nose and reaching over to stroke Fuerte. 'Good boy' he said, allowing Fuerte to muzzled his palm.
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Ookami did as J'adore said and the horse stopped. The horse let out a happy little sigh as he cocked one of his back hooves off the ground. J'adore said to get off and he nodded. J'adore made it sound easy and Ookami was sure that it was but he hoped he didn't make a fool of himself. He leaned forward and swung his leg over the side of the horse. One foot got stuck in the sturrip for just a moment but he got it out easily. He smiled and patted Fuerte's neck, "Atah boy!" He grinned at the horse as he bobbed his head up and down, as if in agreement. He grinned as Quera walked forward, looking for treats and he patted Fuerte as he stayed put. "What now?" He grinned, ready for whatever came next.
ahaha Jace fell over
Jace nodded at J'adore's words and pulled up on the reins also squeezing her legs against the horse's flanks, Quera stopping his walk without much trouble. She leaned forwards and patted the horse on the neck and murmuring "Good boy." at him. She saw J'adore pulling an assortment of brushing and things that looked as though they were for hair care and guessed they would be grooming the horses first.
She took one of her feet out of its stirrup and began to move herself off of the great beast before Quera decided he would much rather investigate the bag than stay still while she dismounted. The result was the sudden lurch knocked her off balance and instead of gracefully getting off the horse she fell straight to the floor with a heavy 'oof' landing on her back and her head connecting painfully with the ground. She staggered to her feet, rubbing at her head with a paw,
"Nice to see that I am expendable to you." She glared at the horse, the base of her tail now throbbed where she had landed on it.
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Holding back a laugh J'adore gave 'Quera a light tap on his neck, 'Naughty boy'. He moved the b away from the cremello's snout and turned to Jace, who had now gotten up. 'Cool, so now we're gonna groom the boys. Grab a brush, the one with the soft bristles and give them a brush over their body. Then get another brush, the one with the harsh bristles and brush the mud from their legs. He paused, outting down the two brushed he picked up first and replaced them in his hands with two other items, 'You also need to get the brush that looks like a paint brush and a pot of oil. All you need to do with this is wet the brush with oil and lighty coat the hooves. You then need to get a hoof pick, I'll show you how to use them'.
J'adore turned away, letting Jace and Ookami get themselves sorted. He collected up his own brushes and brushed Inez down. Though it was a challenage, the growing Russian Don Horse foal had other ideas, revolving around the water trough at the far end of the field. He was soon brushed all over and hooves picked, so J'adore felt inclined to realease the foal who hurtled off as soon as he could. The tan male then turned to watch his friends, ready to help if asked.
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ooc- hehe I remember sometimes when I would groom my horse he would spook at the brushes and I had to let him sniff them for like five minutes before he let me brush him! XD
Ookami bit his lip as Jace fell. It was a silly sight but she seemed kind of hurt, "You okay?" He turned back to his horse and patted its neck. He turned back to J'adore as he began speaking. He explained how to use the brushes and as he was talking Ookami gathered up the supplies he listed. He picked out the softbristle brush and ran his fingers over it. He stepped beside Fuerte and ran the brush over his body. Fuerte snorted and side stepped, seemingly not wanting to get brushed at the moment. Ookami clicked his tounge, "No." He said the words sternly but not at a yell. He tapped Fuerte's neck lightly and stepped towards him again. As he ran the brush over his neck once more the horse again stepped to the side, swinging his head around to have a laughing look in his eye. Ookami looked at him sternly once again, "No Fuerte!" He said it a little harsher than before and the horse shook his head, giving up the play.
Ookami was able to finish with the soft brush without the steed moving away again. He got the hard brush and ran it quickly and efficiantly over Fuerte's legs. When he was sure everything was gone from the male's legs he picked up the 'paint brush and oil can.' He followed J'adore's instructions as he tried to be as quick as possible to finish up the grooming. He felt like he had taken a long time because of the game the steed had wanted to play. Any other day when Ookami was just grooming for fun he would have had no problem playing with the horse.. but he didn't want to if it meant people may have to wait on him. He picked up the hoof pick and looked at it questioningly... He looked back up at J'adore, his facial expression asking the question he was a little embarresed to ask.
ooc- as you can see my muse is nearly back.(:
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