(Taking place after Wendingo's conversation with Crucio. Location: The Birch by De Drinkplaatz.)
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The doe had just stepped from the healing waters, her body soaked through. The scent of magic rolled off of her fur just as the water droplets did. The Birch Forest swayed and seemed to watch over the little doe, anxious for her to heal and run through its tall grasses once again. Exhausted but no longer bleeding, she lay in the sun to dry off before another round of healing in the fountain's waters.
Soon Wendingo was sensed in the distance, her keen hearing finally picking up his steps as he moved closer. The grass was too tall for her to see over at the moment, so the doe just let loose a feral call of greeting.
As he drew closer, though, Poplar scented someone on him she did not want to smell: Crucio. His scent was strong on her new friend, and the doe grew angry. She soon managed to quell the anger, just as the stag was close enough to speak with. Her first thought was on his condition.
"Wendingo... Are you alright?"
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('sokay. I think you can do
('sokay. I think you can do it. 'specially when Wen hears Pop's side of the story.)Wendingo flattened his ears
He wanted to avoid what he would have to say for the time being, so he tried starting up a different conversation. "So how are you doing?" he asked, grinning to hide the fact he was heavyhearted.
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The doe nuzzled him back,
"I... I want to know everything he told you." Her words were stern and yet forgiving; she tried to be gentle with them. Poplar looked at the stag though she knew he would have trouble seeing her. She rubbed her nose along his neck to assure him everything was fine.
Wendingo felt tears welling
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The doe choked. Crucio had
"Adriian... the family member they spoke about... he helped raise me when I was a fawn. He and Nikodim raised me. I don't know what Crucio was talking about, but he lied to you." Her words were soft and comforting as she rested there. "Wen, the reason they do not like me... is because of Nikodim... because Nikodim helped raise me... and well... Umay attacked me to try and get at him... hurt him through me... and the fighting has been going ever since. Umay hurt Adriian as well for being around me after that... Before she used to hurt him for befriending Nikodim..." Her stoicism continued, eyes closed and her chin pointed to the ground.
A shaky sigh escaped Poplar as she reminisced briefly, before closing her argument.
" I used to belong to that family... to Umay and Kody... Crucio and Adriian... when I was young. Umay was the first doe that I trusted, her son Rui and I played together."
"Though they are close-knit... the Pack do not love others that aren't their blood. They'll cast you out just like me... or they will make you hurt me... Just like they almost did to Adriian when the turmoil started and he still wanted to be my friend. Wen, they are not a family you want to be a part of."
With that, the doe let her head rest on the ground in front of him. Her ears pinned against her skull, a tremor shook her body as she cried near-silently exempting a few sniffs. They had tried again to take her friends away.
"Poplar, I don't think you
"I just hope, if this is over or I live to get out of this, that we can be friends again. Poplar, I l--I'd never want to hurt you, okay? I won't try to."
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The doe raised her head and
Poplar rose to her hooves, turned, and walked daintily back through the smoke of De Drinkplaatz, her body transforming in to the spectre of a nameless as the magic took over her. Briefly, she looked back at him. "This is probably the last time I will see you as some semblance of a friend. When you wake up tomorrow, you won't be allowed to see me that way anymore. Go find Crucio. He might be waiting for you... just take a bath again first. You don't want to go near them with my scent all over you. Goodbye, Wen. Good luck finding a good family."
The nameless limped over to the Fountain and set herself down under the waters. She let them flow over her, soon seeming like a statue sleeping beneath them as she contemplated life while the water healed her.
Wendingo hurt. He hurt
Wendingo walked away, ignoring the growing anger in his body at Poplar. He thought about what Crucio said. He was tempted to go back and tell her that maybe Crucio was right, and Poplar was a sniveling snob, but he wouldn't allow himself to. That was just himself retaliating after feeling helpless against her.
Impulse control, Wendingo.
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