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BlackFireKitsune Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 2:15 pm
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Epona tossed her head with a snort as Abigail's heels gently nudged her sides, and the hornless Rapidash set off at an easy walk away from the city. With a smile, the woman reached a gloved hand down to stroke the fire-type's neck briefly, her eyes flicking down to glance at the top of the Rapidash's head. "How about a nice run, hm?" She'd worn pants today instead of her usual preference for dresses or skirts, mostly because she knew she'd be riding, and riding in a dress or a skirt was... difficult at best. Especially if you wanted to go fast.
The Rapidash tossed her head again with a soft nicker of agreement before setting off into a trot, and shortly thereafter into a smooth canter. Abigail gathered the reins up into her hands a bit more and dug her heels into the stirrups more to keep her balance, but overall she wasn't doing too badly. Thankfully Epona wasn't going as fast as she could, of course; the woman was still new to riding. A couple of months had sufficed to teach her the basics, but she still needed practice to get the experience needed to feel more comfortable atop her still-new Rapidash. Despite living for about twenty years on a continent on which they were relatively common, Abigail had never owned nor ridden one in her life. Funny how things like that worked out.
A strange, rhythmic noise from among the trees caused Epona's ears to swivel and she turned her head slightly, quickly slowing down to a trot and then a walk. Her abruptness caused Abigail to pitch forward slightly, but luckily she caught herself and ended up with one hand firmly on the Rapidash's crest, nestled in the warm flames of her neck. She opened her mouth to speak, but she too heard the curious noise. She thought she knew what the sound was, but she did like to make sure of things. "Come on, let's go check it out," she said to her mount as she gently pulled the reins in that direction. Epona needed hardly any direction, having already started to head in that direction anyway.
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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 2:33 pm
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BlackFireKitsune Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 5:08 pm
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Epona halted near the line of trees not too far off from the man and the pair of fire-types, snorting lightly as she did so, and awaited her next command. Abigail was studying the young man - for he was younger than her, obviously - and more than him she studied the fire dogs. The Growlithe appeared to have gotten into a serious altercation at some point in his life, while the Arcanine had a curious adornment attached to one leg. Both of them had beautiful coloring, in her opinion.
Suddenly she realized that while he had noticed her, he hadn't said anything. It made her feel kind of awkward, but maybe she should have said something first? Maybe he was waiting for her to say something? Well, if nothing else, she could at least give him that. "Hello," she said politely. "That's a wonderful pair of dogs you have there." On second thought she probably should have said something along the lines of 'I hope I'm not trespassing' or even asked him what his name was and given hers, but for an ex-breeder, pokemon were always the first thing she noticed. Or if not that, then at least the main thing.
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 9:31 am
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BlackFireKitsune Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 6:50 pm
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 6:59 pm
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BlackFireKitsune Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 1:20 pm
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"It's not?" Abigail seemed surprised at this bit of knowledge, but quickly made her own assumptions. Why else would a young man be shirtless and chopping wood outside a house that wasn't his own? "Are you getting firewood for whoever lives here, then?" What a sweet thing to do!
Oh, wait, names. She nodded at his, attempting to commit it to memory, as well as his two fire-types. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Yuri, Repede and Link." She really, really wanted to get down off Epona so she could go pet both canines, but moreso so she could study their compositions and their coats and as much as she could in a brief time. Being a breeder for so many years kind of did that to you, but especially with the species she focused on. Now if he had any Buneary or Lopunny, she would've dismounted and ran over to see them ages ago. She never bred Growlithe, although she did seriously consider it a few times.
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Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 2:27 pm
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"Yep. There's an old lady that lives here, and I offered to cut it for her."
"Who you calling old, young man?" This coming from the gravely voice of an elderly lady as she stepped out of the house with a couple glasses of water. Although her voice was jovial enough to show that she hadn't been offended in the least.
Yuri turned with a grin, accepting the glass as it was handed to him. The other was then offered to Abigail. "It's not often I have visitors all the way out here. So I was more than happy to have an able bodied boy chop my wood for me. Speaking of which, here."
The lady then offered a wad of cash to Yuri, at which point, the man blinked. "Whoa whoa, grandma, I can't accept that much."
"You can, and you will." With that she stuffed the cash into his back pocket, and Yuri jumped slightly. "Hey!"
"So what brings you out here, my dear?" This question directed at Abigail.
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BlackFireKitsune Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 3:28 pm
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 3:59 pm
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Yeah those old ladies, you had to watch out for them. Yuri knew a few back in the lower quarter as well, and they liked to tease him in similar manner. Thus it didn't really bother them any. If anything, it was pretty funny. While the lady spoke with Abigail, Yuri gulped down his water then went and picked up his clothes. Slipping them on, but still leaving the front undone as he picked up his sword. It would get dark before too long, and there wasn't enough time to finish the rest of the wood. He would just have to come back later.
"I see, I see," the old lady replied. "Well then I won't keep you. That's a long ride, and I'm sure you want to get there before the sun sets." She then turned to the young man behind her. "Yuri, I expect to see you tomorrow morning to finish that wood!"
Yuri chuckled, "Yes ma'am."
Link meanwhile had meandered over towards Abigail's Rapidash once she had dismounted. The large Arcanine sniffing towards the other fire Pokemon and wuffing his returned greeting.
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BlackFireKitsune Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 4:11 pm
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 4:58 pm
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BlackFireKitsune Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 2:09 am
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 8:51 am
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BlackFireKitsune Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 11:42 am
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