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Post by starlight5279 on Feb 27, 2012 19:45:41 GMT -8
The ocean crooned to the two beings on the cliffs that night,one human one equine and both part sea,beckoning them to join it,but as long as the reins were held tightly in Cassandra's hands the sea wouldn't have them tonight.The girl buried her face in the mare's neck,taking in the smell of the sea while the Capall kept her eyes trained on the sea with her mouth moving slightly, as if singing a silent song."Calypso"Cassandra purred and ran her hand through Calypso's long white mane,the mare turned her ears at the sound but kept her eyes on the sea beneath the cliffs.They stayed in this comfortable silence for a while until Calypso suddenly raised her night black head and let out an earsplitting scream,signaling a visitor,one she didn't trust."Shh,quiet Calypso"Cassandra silenced the mare then turned to the approacher"Sorry for my mare's manners,she doesn't know how to properly say hello"
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Post by Anastasya Sanders on Feb 27, 2012 20:08:59 GMT -8
"That's alright." The dark form said. A bit jingled nearby as the form approached, quiet. Nausicaä twisted her head, eyes focusing on the other Capall, the bit jingling again. A small shudder ran through her skin. With the sea, and another so close, in was incredibly tempting to misbehave.
Anastasya pulled her hood back from her face, thankful for the coat she had on this chilly evening, before she reached down to take a fistful of mane, and squeeze tightly. The hair was coarse and slightly stringy in her grasp, needing brushed. "Behave." She whispered softly under her breath. One of Nausicaä's ears swiveled back toward her, but her eyes remained fixed on the other, sizing it up.
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Post by starlight5279 on Feb 27, 2012 20:22:07 GMT -8
"So what brings you here so late at night."Cassandra asked,then added"Oh,and the name is Cassandra,but you can call me Cass".Rubbing her thumb over her mare's ear to stop Calypso from forgetting she was there,giving a warning growl of Calypso when the mare started flattening her white tipped ears and pawing the ground.With a grunt the mare once again turned back to the sea and began her silent song.
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Post by Anastasya Sanders on Feb 27, 2012 20:33:13 GMT -8
" Nausicaä was restless." She responded curtly, eyes flicking over to meet the other girl's. She didn't dare move closer, not wanting to pressure the water horses into a fight. "Ah, my name is Anastasya... But you may call me Ana..." She smiled a little dryly. "We're both used to abbreviating the longer names, I think."
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Post by starlight5279 on Feb 27, 2012 20:44:36 GMT -8
"Yes, whoever though of long names must have been an idiot"she chuckled softly"Not even thinking of the people who have to say those names".Cass quickly glanced at her mare,thumb still running over her ear,then just as quickly turned her attention to Nausicaä"She is a beautiful Capall Uisce"Cass commented.
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Post by Anastasya Sanders on Feb 27, 2012 20:52:14 GMT -8
"Its torture sometimes..." A soft laugh followed in tune with Cass' chuckle. Anastasya then offered offered a small smile, fingertips brushing over her mare's neck. "Yours is as well. Black with the points is more uncommon than just flat black." Nausicaä made a sort of humming noise as Anastasya continued the petting, and a louder hum when her rider broke down to scratch her neck affectionately.
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Post by starlight5279 on Feb 27, 2012 21:02:08 GMT -8
"Torture is the perfect word for it"Cass returned her smile with a large one of her own"Thank you,"she replied"I have the sea to thank for dropping her at my father's feet,but he was always a lucky man."Her fingers now traced Calypso's face before finally entangling themselves in her mane.
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Post by Anastasya Sanders on Feb 27, 2012 21:16:22 GMT -8
"I know the feeling of thanks for the sea. Nausicaä...." The dark points of the water horse's ears perked at the sound of her name, "Was churned out when I was trying to approach another. It was one of those situations that you see... and you just know. I don't know if it was the grullo-brindle coloring or not, or if it was just the way she tossed her mane... In any case, I let the bay I'd been going after go to somebody else instead, and went for her." Ana patted her mare's neck again. "I think it was a good choice myself."
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Post by starlight5279 on Feb 27, 2012 21:28:21 GMT -8
"Its amazing how such beautiful and unique creatures can be so deadly,"Cass turned to Calypso and smiled"But if I had a choice between my safety and Calypso,I would chose Calypso."The mare broke her eyes away from the sea to look at her rider"I can't imagine a life with out her,even if my whole way of life was torn down,as long as I had Calypso and my father I would be fine"
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Post by Anastasya Sanders on Feb 27, 2012 21:34:24 GMT -8
"I agree..." She said softly, voice pitching down in an almost distracted way. With her next question, Anastasya hesitated. "You say Calypso and your father... No mother I take it?" Her voice was soft, compassionate.... with an eerie sense of understanding in the tone. She herself had lost her mother.
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Post by starlight5279 on Feb 27, 2012 21:44:40 GMT -8
"She died when I was five,"Cass replied softly"I don't remember much,but my father always says I'm the spiting image of her,right down to the black Capall Uisce."She smiled faintly at the memory of Black Magic,her mother's water horse."But the past is the past and its best to look to the future"
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Post by Anastasya Sanders on Feb 27, 2012 21:51:00 GMT -8
Anastasya's brows rose. "I couldn't agree more. Though... My mother passed away when I was five as well. From what I remember, it was almost like she had a cold, or maybe the flu..." Her nose scrunched slightly as she tried to grasp the full details. She waved a hand, and her water horse's ears flicked to acknowledge it. "In any case, it was fast, hardly more than I week if I remember properly."
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Post by starlight5279 on Feb 28, 2012 15:51:31 GMT -8
"All I remember is my father forbidding me from seeing her,afraid I would catch what she had"Cassandra sighed"At least she passed quickly as well"Her eyebrows furrowed as she tried to remember more.
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Post by Anastasya Sanders on Feb 28, 2012 18:47:17 GMT -8
She nodded slowly, shifting back to rub her Capall on the top of the rump. "Its a small good in bad, I suppose." Anastasya sighed. "My father rode in the races for three years after her death; he was very nearly suicidal without my mother."
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Post by starlight5279 on Feb 28, 2012 19:35:03 GMT -8
"After my mother passed,my father shunned everything;everything that reminded him of mom,"she replied sadly"the races,the horses,...me."Cassandra shifted to lean on Calypso and started tracing flowers on her neck.
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