Baa baa black sheep, have you any heart? (Blood warning, character interaction)
June 30, 2013 - 4:48am — valediction
The metalic, sickingly sweet smell of blood hangs thickly in the air, completely drowning out the normal scents of the Forest. Viscous red liquid is splattered all over the surrounding area, and pooling into gouges marking the ground.
Something horrible obviously happened here, it'd be a miracle if anything survived the event.
But, wait, what's moving behind that root?
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A black doe had been
Her ears flicked forward, listening for anything dangerous before she walked closer to the tree. Looking down, she traced her hoof across the gouges that scarred the ground. Something large had been by here? It certainly seemed like that. She looked up at the tree, indifferent to the blood spatter. Whatever caused all this, it was obviously gone from here now. But what was it? And what kind of strength did it have to cause something like this? Another question that ran across her mind was where was the body that spilled all this blood?
The doe snorted, shaking her head as she turned to leave. This marked tree would give her something to watch out for. Though, right as she started to go, movement caught her eye. Fusion stopped, looking back at the tree. A little black speck rested behind a fern-covered root. Her ears pinned back, surely this tiny thing couldn't have caused all the gore. But... why was it left behind? The black doe lowered her head and walked towards it, keeping a distance, but letting her curiosity take her as close as she dared.
Fusion tilted her head curiously. Was it alright? She stepped closer, looking down at it. She hoped she wouldn't scare the small thing.
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I swear I'm not always this long-winded.
Heavy hoof beats approached
What felt like ages passed as the deer wandered around, her anxious curiosity building every minute, until she couldn't stand it anymore. The little female's head peeked out of safety to get a look at the owner of those hoof beats, watching cautiously as the doe seemed to be leaving.
Cold fear gripped the blood-spattered fawn as the stranger's red, slited eyes stared right at her, every instinct telling her to run but her body wouldn't listen. She sat frozen in place as the doe continued to approach, blue eyes following her every movement. The child couldn't take the stress of the situation anymore and attempted to flee, toppling over backwards in her haste.
Thin legs flailed wildly in Fusion's direction, a series of squeaks coming from the fawn's mouth in a vain attempt to scare the dragon doe away.
{Sorry that it took so long to me to reply, every time I sat down to work on this something came up that I had to deal with first.}
The black doe frowned sadly,
"It's alright, I'm not going to hurt you. I won't hurt you."
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Totally alright. : D
The doe's speech rendered in
"Hh-ur-t?" she mimicked questioningly, glancing around quickly before looking towards the ground in front of her. The blood covered fawn scrambled forward so that she wouldn't continue to lean against the marked tree.
Having righted herself, the little one stood up on wobbly legs, tilting her head back to get a better look at the deer in front of her. She really wasn't as scary as she first looked, though her red eyes and sharp teeth were still somewhat menacing. "Wwwoh-n't hu-rt?" she asked, looking up at the dragon doe expectantly, her head coked slightly to the left.
Fusion watched cautiously as
"Where's Mommy? Is Mommy alright?" Fusion asked, hoping she would understand. If this fawn had a mother, she could take it to her. The amount of fawns in this forest without parents... it made her sad at times, though mostly she was indifferent. A priority after finding this fawn's mother, if she had one, was to watch out for whatever caused all the bloodshed.