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- Skoll Haskel - 04-10-2012 [html] Skoll Haskel
i need another story something to get off my chest
my life is kinda boringneed something that i can confess Skoll wanted to spend some one-on-one time with Hwin today. He’d always sat outside her stall and talked to her, and pet her and brushed her coat once, but most of her care was left to the more experienced Alder. It wasn’t that the boy didn’t want to learn how to tend to his own mount, but he wasn’t sure what would be overstepping his boundaries. Certainly, he wasn’t a little puppy that needed to be constantly watched around the horses anymore, but he had learned caution. He was going to try today, however, to at least lead her out to pasture. He didn’t know how to ride her yet, but he didn’t think that guiding her with a halter would be hard if he walked alongside her. His tail wagging, he dove for the tack, knocking aside bridles with his shoulder, almost kicking a bucket, grabbing one of the old worn halters at last. “Let’s go, Hwin,” the boy cajoled as he moved past the other horses’ stalls to the bay sabino’s. He swung the door open slowly, and the mare blinked sleepily at him; she was always sleepy when he didn’t want her to be, he thought. He fumbled with the halter until it was around the right way and attempted to slide it onto the mare’s long snout. She stood placidly while he fiddled with the straps, and triumphantly he hooked a rope to it. “Let’s go!” Skoll barked again, and walked toward the pasture—about three steps, at least, until he noticed Hwin wasn’t budging. “Come on. I know you’re doin’ this to annoy me on purpose!” He tugged again, but she only stared at him innocently and flicked her dark tail. Word Count: 000
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i need another story something to get off my chest
my life is kinda boringneed something that i can confess
Narrow green eyes and placid dark ones remained locked for what seemed like hours, a battle of wills—although Hwin was winning the battle by doing absolutely nothing, standing and staring at him. Her tail swished again at one point, which made his ears perk up from their crossly flattened position in his wild mane, but she betrayed no other signs of weakness: gone still as stone.
The voice of the Marshall made the boy’s tail wag once in greeting, and the mare whickered as well although neither looked away from each other—though with the peripheral vision of herbivores, the horse could see Alder much better than Skoll could like this. “Very stubborn,” the golden boy growled. Sighing, he finally abandoned the staring and looked over at the older male, dropping the rope and letting Hwin shake her mane out and twitch a shoulder that an annoying fly had landed on. “She’s really nice but she doesn’t want to go out,” he whined, stepping toward Alder to appeal. “I wanna run and exercise ’er and and sometime ride and stuff, but… She’s a silly horse.” This last remark was snorted in the mare’s direction, but she ignored him with maternal patience. No prob. <33
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i need another story something to get off my chest
my life is kinda boringneed something that i can confess
The golden boy frowned when the man insisted they needed to get used to each other. “We hang out all the time,” he complained. “Sometimes she lets me brush her, and I come and read her a story about a boy named Shasta and a talking horse named Bree; she likes that I think.” Although she fell asleep about mid-chapter, he didn’t mind and still enjoyed sitting outside the stall and reading out loud. And she was nice to him, never flattened her ears at him meanly or scared and she never bit—but she was still stubborn as a mule. He peered at her suspiciously, wondering if she really was one.
Watching Alder pet the horse, he suppressed a snort. Hwin seemed happy for the attention, and he almost forgot to answer the Marshall’s question. “She came from Cercatori d’Arte, after the open borders thing Oak took me home from. She was a gift, since I was around and had good manners and stuff.” He trailed off and stared in bewilderment as Hwin took a little step forward with the masked male’s encouragement. It wasn’t like she was suddenly racing out of the stall, but she did move forward a little and peer at Alder. template by revo. <3
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i need another story something to get off my chest
my life is kinda boringneed something that i can confess
Skoll had grown up knowing that horses were friends instead of food, and while that meant that he would never dare to hurt one, it also fostered a rather unrealistic view on how to bond with one. While they couldn’t speak the language of wolves, he’d always thought they were the same anyway. And so why shouldn’t Hwin be his friend since he read books to her? In reality, though, his constant presence had built her tolerance and a sort of amused kindness toward him but not much else.
The mare whickered back at the masked wolf, standing steady as he instructed and swiveling her ears forward at the sound of the prince walking toward them slowly. He nodded, allowing some of his uncertainty to show, and came to stand beside her. He guessed her eyes were more on the side of her head than the front, like a deer’s or rabbit’s; he hadn’t really taken that into account. “Okay,” Skoll muttered to Alder, and said with a gentle little nudge of her rump, “Hwin, walk.” He clicked his tongue, and the mare started forward again, one hoof in front of the other. The boy was startled by her obedience, too much so to move, and she stopped and looked back at the canines for further instruction. template by revo. <3
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i need another story something to get off my chest
my life is kinda boringneed something that i can confess
Alder told him to take charge, and Skoll realized belatedly that a prince shouldn’t have to be given that order. He was naturally dominant, his siblings feeling his power from a young age as he pushed them around gently and commanded the most attention, but perhaps he’d been afraid of scaring the horse or being too rough. He wasn’t aware just how much she was able to handle, and in treading softly, he hadn’t done very well as a leader for the mare. She swiveled her ears when the masked wolf walked ahead, and the boy set his jaw determinedly.
“Let’s walk, Hwin,” Skoll said more firmly than before, and a touch made her take a few steps forward. He tried to remember to stay at the side of her head, and the going was slow, but she plodded alongside him more or less complacently. When the ring came into sight, she moved a little bit faster, and he had to give a little tug on her halter to keep her from dashing off without him. “Easy. Why’re you excited all of a sudden?” the boy chattered, and stopped once they reached the gate. He glanced sheepishly at the Marshall, wondering if he’d done a good job or not; just because Hwin was complying didn’t mean that he was the sole cause of it, after all. Bluh, I'm sorry too; I haven't had any motivation for Skoll lately.
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“Come on,” the boy said cheerfully to the sabino horse, heading into the ring. Sometimes he had to click his tongue to get her to pay attention, but they paced around the ring, and she followed where he led. After he felt like they’d gotten the hang of it, he headed back to the masked wolf, smiling sheepishly. Hwin almost seemed amused. Image manipulated by Cait; table code by the Mentors! <style>.skollhorse02 p {padding:5px 10px; margin:0px; text-indent:30px;} .skollhorse02 p.ooc {font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px; letter-spacing:.4px; font-style:italic; padding:10px;} .skollhorse02 b {color:#dee0a6;} .skollhorse02 .separator {text-align:center; margin:2px 0px 5px 0px; background-image:url(http://i.imgur.com/1AhYo.png); height:285px; border-width:1px; border-size:1px; border-style: solid none; border-color:#adab76; width:520px;} .skollhorse02 {background-color:#adab76; border:1px solid #000000; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size:12px; color:#000000; letter-spacing:0px; word-spacing:0px; line-height:18px; width:520px; text-align:justify; margin:0px auto; padding:0px 0px 10px 0px; } p.template-credit {text-indent:0px; text-align:center; font-size:10px; font-style:italic; width:485px; text-align:center; margin:0px auto;} </style>[/html] - Alder - 05-24-2012 [html]feel free to PP Alder explaining/showing him the basics of lunging... I didn't want to draw anything out with gallons of dialog. I'm happy to continue if you are! [/html] - Skoll Haskel - 05-31-2012 [html] Sorry for the wait. :c +329 Skoll nodded at the other’s explanation. He had a feeling that Hwin had been trained at least a little bit, but maybe there was a reason she had been given away rather than any of the other horses. Then again, he had no idea about what Cercatori d’Arte’s livestock were like, despite hanging out around the barn with Orin for a while after he ran into her. But at least she wasn’t a bad horse, or unused to wolves; she just liked to test the boy, who didn’t quite know how to relate to a horse on this level yet.
He smiled faintly as he unhooked the lead, attaching the one at the end of the longer rope. He stood back then, moving more quickly to stay back when Alder nodded toward the edge of the ring. Green eyes watched curiously as the bay mare began to walk out, soon getting the hang of walking at the end of the line. Alder knew what he was doing with his different corrections, and the squire flattened his ears nervously when it was his turn.
“Okay,” he mumbled as he came closer alongside Hwin. He took the line and the whip gingerly, glancing at the mare. He lightly snapped the whip as he stood in the right position, after Alder had gotten to a safe spot and given him the go-ahead, and the sabino began to move. He kept the rein too tense at first, but with Alder’s help he recognized the discomfort and adjusted quickly to give her more range of movement with her neck.
Eventually, Hwin was reacting to his commands well; he was a bit clumsy and slow in asking her for what she needed to do, but she compensated for the inexperienced handler and worked well, especially with Alder constantly giving the boy direction. After a while, Skoll called her in again and stroked her neck happily, glancing at Alder with a small grin on his face. Image manipulated by Cait; table code by the Mentors! <style>.skollhorse02 p {padding:5px 10px; margin:0px; text-indent:30px;} .skollhorse02 p.ooc {font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px; letter-spacing:.4px; font-style:italic; padding:10px;} .skollhorse02 b {color:#dee0a6;} .skollhorse02 .separator {text-align:center; margin:2px 0px 5px 0px; background-image:url(http://i.imgur.com/1AhYo.png); height:285px; border-width:1px; border-size:1px; border-style: solid none; border-color:#adab76; width:520px;} .skollhorse02 {background-color:#adab76; border:1px solid #000000; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size:12px; color:#000000; letter-spacing:0px; word-spacing:0px; line-height:18px; width:520px; text-align:justify; margin:0px auto; padding:0px 0px 10px 0px; } p.template-credit {text-indent:0px; text-align:center; font-size:10px; font-style:italic; width:485px; text-align:center; margin:0px auto;} </style>[/html] - Alder - 06-25-2012 [html]we could close this up. I would love another thread! [/html] |