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Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 5:55 pm
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She was getting rounder by the day, it seemed, her future children making it hard for the usually carefree and wild doe to get about with her routine frolicking, chasing...all manner of moving. Storm felt encumbered, but it was not an unwelcome weight, simply...new. Her second clutch. There was something wildly exciting and unparalleled in being terrifying about the very notion of her as a mother. She wasn't exactly maternal material, but she'd taken the dalliance and the MotherFather saw fit to bless her with an ever widening belly...
She'd only heard of Legendaries in passing and had never truly taken much mind to think on them. Now, however, she could see the merit in their stories -- and she supposed that made her just another knocked-up doe asking for help and guidance, but...she needed the help. Oh MotherFather, how she ever needed help!
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Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:34 pm
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Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 7:52 pm
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Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 8:32 pm
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"What an amazing boon to be granted," Storm marveled, making ample room for the feline to land neatly. "I admit, I didn't know what I was looking for -- surely not an animal. They've never talked to me, anyway, for all the talking I've done! But I digress..."
She chuckled, bowing her head by way of apology. There was mirth still in her gaze, but trouble still lingered on her upturned brow. "If you can - if you would - I could really use your help." The doe's voice soften, a smidgen of doubt lingering on the edges. "This is not my first clutch, but I am quite fond of the father and we're both a bit...oh, how to say..." Storm pursed her lips in a most unlady-like fashion before she brightened with the word needed. "Flighty! We're both a bit flighty. I'm all gangly and gung ho and he's all sneaky and...well, if you don't mind me saying, cat like..."
The smile she wore was a little tired and more than a little hopeful. "I just really don't want our bundles of joy to be like us. I want them to be more...you know. Sensible. Self-reliant. I don't know how this works, but I'd do anything for a little guidance."
Amorpheous *HIGH-FIVES* YES WE ARE. /drags face to make dinner
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Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:34 pm
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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 11:24 am
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Now this was interesting! She hadn't counted on a philosophical debate about what it really meant to be what she was asking for. Storm wasn't one for being wordy or very cerebral, but she was going to try her best. For her children's sake.
"You're absolutely right -- there's nothing wrong with how I am, how he is. We're great!" Storm beamed for a moment, but her expression again sobered into a touch of seriousness. "My first clutch, they're more like me. There's nothing wrong with it, but...I don't know how they are. I don't even know if they're alive. I guess I feel maybe I let them down because I raised them to my benefit instead of theirs." The doe clicked her jaw to the side as she thought, seeking the words that eluded her so. "Maybe they're perfectly happy and having clutches of their own. But I'll never know."
So the answer. How could she say it in a way that didn't sound as childish as it felt? Some were just more maternal than others, she guessed. "I seek stability so they have the freedom to choose who and how they want to be, instead of just being a product of my nature. I want them to be grounded because...as a mother, I want more for them than I have. I want them to be bigger and better and smarter and more amazing than me and I don't know how to do that with...you know, how...limited I am." She chuckled; despite her words, she was by no means self-deprecating. Storm just wanted things for her children that she lacked in herself. "So...maybe my little ones and I could teach each other in that way, but they'll need all the help they can get."
Amorpheous WHAT'D YOU DO TO YOUR LEG? D: And sorry for delay, oh god the sick
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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 12:48 pm
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Starburst nodded as the doe spoke. She didn't agree, necessarily, but it was an answer from the heart, given in good faith and with good intentions. She smiled up at the doe before stretched up onto her hind legs to bump the doe tenderly, nose to nose. "Perhaps you feel limited now, but flightiness is no more a limit that being. Look and maybe you will find that your limits are merely foundations and starting points from which you are actually capable of branching out."
She settled onto her haunches, tail wrapped around to rest on her paws, as she considered what blessing to give to this doe and her children. "May your children see what they want to see, feel what they feel, and walk the journey of life with their hooves on the ground and their heart with the stars, grounded and free in turn as the journey demands it of them."
Chrystali Just a shin splint. I just can't give it any rest right now, so I'm icing it any chance I have and hoping that I'm not making it too much worse by continuing to use it. Take care of yourself, Chrys! <3
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Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 10:13 am
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Storm lidded her eyes when their noses touched, feeling truly blessed -- not in the sense that the being before her was touched by the MotherFather, but because she'd met such a kind, considerate soul, was given encouragement and a patient ear. It was new to her, and it filled her with joy.
She listened the entire time, expression awe-touched, ears slightly lowered in humble reception. "Thank you," she murmured demurely, bowing her head to the cheetah. "Not only for your blessing for my children, but...for being you. It's -- it's obvious to me why the MotherFather picked you." Smiling sweetly, she was about to bid the Legendary farewell, knowing the cheetah had more places to be and couldn't sit with her idly all day --
Storm perked up, shock awash on her face. "I'm so sorry! I was so excited to meet you, I didn't -- I didn't meet you! I'm Snow Storm, and I am eternally grateful to you."
Amorpheous I'M SO SORRY FOR THE DELAY. Been having bursts of dizziness when I look at the screen for more than 30 minutes, less if I'm reading. I HOPE YOUR SHIN FEELS BETTER. Q~Q CAN WRAP THIS UP. <3
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Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 10:06 am
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Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 10:14 am
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