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Wanderers Silent Dream

I turned, and I ran. I ran without thinking, straight in the direction of Latte and Serenity. The Deer Of Death thundered on behind me, its haunting laugh and chattering teeth rang in my ears.
I exploded into the clearing where Latte and Serenity were sleeping
" Run, Run for your lives! " I yelled at them and darted off in the other direction to the way they were running, The Deer of Death followed me.
Our speed was equally matched , but Death was a god, he would never tire. I thought frantically of what I could do..
That was it!
There was only one way I could avoid the Death God, I ran in the direction of Da drinkplaats, my breathe already beginning to run out.
Trees and bushes shot past me, deer let out calls of alarm and horror , but I ignored that. I had to keep running. I was aware I was slowing down slightly, the gap was closing between us.
The hoofbeats of Death were like drumming in my ears, the echoes never fading out. Then I saw the da drinkplaats, and hope shot into my chest. I didn't have much chance, if it went wrong, if I didn't become a bird and fly to safety. I was doomed.
I leapt over the edge of the fairy circle, Death crashing through behind me. I could smell the water now, I could hear the water trickling down onto the platform. I bent my head down whilst running and opened my mouth. As I ran water flowed into my mouth, I gulped it down then waited. Death ran closer. A flash in the distance,I looked down at myself...
I had become a toad.
Fear shot through me keeping me frozen to the spot, Death leapt at me, laughing.
Then everything happened so fast, a brown flash leapt from the bushes, slamming into the side of Death.
Death got up and reared above the fawn...It was Serenity.
" No! " I cried, Death's antlers came down.

thank you for the inspiring song Ephra (: x

Wanderers Silent Dream

Hey guys! Lieka brought it to my attention on Deviantart that I never posted my "goodbye" post.

Those of you who know me know that I have recently been disappearing off and on for quite some time. Unfortunately, this time I'll be leaving the community for good. I'm so sorry if my disappearance has worried anyone, or hurt anyone's feelings.

I'm not making excuses with this post, I just want you guys to understand why I won't be around. I figure I owe you at least that much. (:

Friends of mine know that I've been struggling with anxiety for many years, and recently the stress has gone through the roof. The Endless Forest was, at first, a place where I could come and relax. But as my character grew, the drama kept increasing, and it became stressful simply playing the actual game. This sounds bad, but it isn't meant that way. Drama is good, I've always said that. But I'm at a point in my life where stress is so high that I can't deal with any more. So roleplaying isn't for me, right now -- and not just at TEF, but everywhere I used to roleplay. I get too intwined with my characters, and I can't take it.

Please understand that it isn't you guys at fault. I really want to stress that part. Basically, I have a disorder which causes my brain overreact to every tiny amount of stress. Things which most people don't bat an eyelash at. It gets so bad sometimes that I actually feel the physical effects. For a few years, up until last June, it was difficult for me to even leave the house. That's under normal circumstances.

Yup, here we go again. There probably won't be as many this time.

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Warning: This is very cold, neglectful, and evil. You have been warned.

[=10]Kaoori laid on her side in the grove and watched her new child taking it's first steps. It was funny, five months ago she looked forward to this moment with hope and desire. The moment she would finally become a mother and bring life into the world.

And yet, as she looked upon the clumsy disproportionate creature before her wobbling to stand and falling repeatedly she could only feel shame. She had known Wesker had his bad hair days also, but she had been hopeful that his least desirable physical traits would spare her future child. The tiny fawn turned it's head to face it's mother with adoration and let out a muffled "mrrrrrrr". Not an adorable moo. Not a cute maww. a Mrr. She felt disgusted and looked away.

Wesker had left to find food for his new family and she was left alone to babysit that..thing. She had never thought herself shallow, but as the crippled child took it's first tentative steps towards her she could not have moved faster to recoil from it's presence.

"Mrrrr?" It stared at her with those large firey eyes and opened it's gaping jaw questioningly. "Mrrrmrrr?"

Kaoori reared violently and screamed in protest. "Get away! Get away you s-sick..you Get!" Shame. Fear. Desperation.

Another clumsy step and pleading call. "Mrrrr...?"

Wesker would return soon. He would make it better. He would take this..their son away and she could have time alone. She froze as she felt a wetness slide across her forleg and stared down at the protruding tongue of her godsforsaken child.

It was an impulse.
She couldn't explain it to Wesker when he returned.
She said it was an accident.
....
She said that she did not see their child.
That she had thought he were a snake in her confusion.
...
And yet she knew better.

Amadahy

She'd seen it, just laying there, abandoned. White, perfectly rounded and oval...covered in mud. That wasn't right, was it? Not if that was what she thought it was.

Amadahy blinked at the azure waters, making sure of what she saw. It couldn't be. Not his...
His.
She'd heard the rumors...chosen not to believe them. It couldn't happen, not to him.
It did.
The mask was undeniable proof, sitting abandoned at the bottom of the pond, like a child's abandoned toy. So far down...
Maybe she could reach it. Maybe when she did, she'd see that it wasn't his. It'd just be another abandoned mask. Not Furfur's.

The doe stood at the edge of the pond, readying herself to jump. She would swim to the bottom, dredge up whatever was there. She would grasp it, pull it to the surface, find that it wasn't his.

She jumped.

The water parted in little ripples around the small doe, sealing her beneath its clear surface. Ama dove, deeper down, searching through the disturbed mud floating in the water.
There.
Suddenly, the water was choking, pulling her down.
Drowning...
Just inches before the mask. Only inches.
She propelled herself upwards, bursting the surface and landing face-first on the bank, breathing heavily. Slowly, she stood, covered in mud, and turned to face the pond again.
It was his.

[Alec & Kita: Hope you don't mind that she tried to retrieve the mask. >.<]

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[=Sylfaen][=13]Kita stare at the stag she followed behind, mind whirling with what he had just said. Seshi. He had called himself Seshi, but that couldn't be. Seshi had died, he had died and become her Furfur. She supposed he might have had the same name, but she had never met another who had the name of someone else. She frowned, troubled.

She looked ahead as they walked, making their way up to the twin gods statues. She slowed, "Can we stop here for one moment?" she wanted to pray to them for Furfur's safety. She didn't know where he had gone, but she could hope that he was safe and he would come back to her soon.

"Of course, look! I am as strong and mighty as the gods!" He posed beside the statue and gave her a smirk as he watched her.

Kita looked over toward him, rolling her eyes and sighing shaking her head "Oh ya, so big and manly" she turned to go, hoping that they walk was over so she could get back to trying to figure out how to get His mask from the pond.

"Hey, hey! Our walk wasn't done yet, I have stuff to show you still," he gave a grin and trotted before her, cutting off her path back to the lake. She had just wanted to go to find some to help her, someone who could go into the pond and retrieve His mask for her.

Kita sighed and shook her head slightly. She looked at him with her head partly lowered and blew out a breath as she gave in.