With Gemma no where to be found, Teo'd been a lot less willing to stay in AniWaya's village; he hoped to god he'd find her if he went out of the territory more often, maybe run into her by chance someday. He was frantic, worried about her, scared for her health... terrified for her life if Alaki had found her.
Claudius had informed him of Alaki and Panda's visit to AniWaya. The angry rakeebnow knew where he and Gemma had fled to, which meant that should Alaki ever deem it worth his effort, he could come and beat on Matteo whenever he wanted.
Lovely.
So Teo had taken to travelling around, mostly making the excuse of 'finding medical supplies' whenever someone asked him why he'd been away for so long on certain days. Ayasha had been told the real reason and on rare occasions even came with him, and on those days, the two would spar and train in territory they weren't used to, to sharpen their skills. Teo had to admit; he was starting to get into the whole sparring routine he had going with Ayasha. She was a great girl and he enjoyed being her friend.
Today, his excuse was going to find himself a horse. He'd taken some of his extra coin and pelts along with him, as well as a promise to hunt, in hopes it would be enough to trade some poor sucker for a horse.
It was to his great delight that, on the main road to Halifax, Teo happened across a young man on his own with two horses too many; "I didn't mean for the male to follow but he won't leave the mare alone," he complained. Teo, being the nice business man he was, decided to rid the man of both the newly broken mare and the wild stallion. The boy was glad to be rid of them and even happier to have the coin Teo'd given him; that meant he'd be able to live for a while in Europe once he got there! The walk to the coastline would suck without a horse but at least now, he'd survive.
Teo might not, though. The stallion was as wild as the boy had described. As soon as he'd taken the reigns and the boy was out of sight, Teo was left to handle a very upset wild horse, one none too happy to be tied up to some flashy white thing with teeth. The mare, on the other hand, did nothing more than flick an ear at the loud stallion, irritated but not at all spooked.
Probably because the mare had a beautiful blue roan coloration, almost white in color with darker hues of gray-blue on her legs and a black trail down her chin to cover her soft nose. Her tail and mane matched, starting off white near the roots and quickly turning black for the rest of the length. Despite her beautiful coloration, the mare had unremarkable hazel-brown eyes.
The stallion was a bay color, as expected from a mustang cross. Dark socks and a white blaze across his face, with jet black eyes that were too dark to be normal, in Teo's opinion. His mane and tail were streaked with brown, but otherwise remained a steady coal black.
Just as Teo thought he'd had the horse tightly in his grasp, the animal reared up and kicked out, forcing the albino to make a quick dodge into the mare's side, letting go of the reigns in the process. Taking his moment, the stallion fled a few dozen feet away, stopping only to turn and face Matteo with a look that screamed gloating victory.
Damn it, get back here you wild beast! Teo snapped, recovering from the sudden onslaught of hooves. I'm not going to hurt you, now come on! He couldn't let go of the mare, though; doing so would risk her spooking and running off as well. However, approaching the stallion would only upset the thing more... now what? ...stupid thing.
