Chapter 5 - Riddles and Tales

Loop opened her eyes to darkness. The groggy doe got to her feet and blinked a few times, shaking harshly. Around her was nothing but blackness, above her, a sparkling blue 'sky'. Though there were no shadows or light, and no bottom to the hole she was standing, she found that she could walk upon the emptiness. When she at last found the strength to speak, she called out, trying not to panic. "Rutilus? Corsair?"

Silence.

"Anyone?"

"Loop!"

It was Swiftkill that leapt forth from the void and skidded in front of her. "I've been looking all over the place for you guys!", she panted. "Where's everyone?" The older doe breathed an inward sigh of relief and adressed her friend. "I...I've no idea. But we need to find them. I don't know...what's going on." Swiftkill bit her lip, but nodded. "Okay. I-I think this whole place looks the same. I don't know how big it is. But," her voice held false hope, "We'll find them! Right?"

"I sure hope so."
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It felt like years before they came upon Lieka.

The Queen of Darkness was sitting amidst the blackness, her eyes closed. A qruesome humming was coming from her lips. Swiftkill's face lit up in a smile, and she tried to bolt for the doe, but Loop held her back. "Hold on. I have a feeling this is her territory. I'll go first." Cautiously she stepped forward, and called, "Lieka?"

The Queen's eyes snapped open, and the air seemed to warm. "Wha - Loop?! What are you doing here?!" Her eyebrows arched in anger. "And who's that?"

Loop winced. "We...fell in here, I think. It wasn't our doing. Where...where are we?"

Lieka flared and jumped to her feet. "You're in MY realm. The Deermuda. And you shouldn't be! Only those who -" She stopped, snorted, and gained control of herself. "Listen. I wish I could help you get out. But I can't...not now." Loop cocked her head, fear creeping into her mind. "Why not? Don't you know how?"

This is Anzel's means of anger/sadness management.

(i spent half an hour on ms paint tinkering with images, heh, no fancy art programs for me)

I wonder who she's squishing. She is actually trying to squish them all one by one, MWAHAHA.

(no offense meant to who she is squishing, i just had to place her SOMEWHERE)

Been all over the place emotionally recently, so forgive me if I act wierd. :/ Just thought I'd let people know before I offend someone, 'cos I think I nearly have! *nuzzle*

Edit: Also, I may just run for a while sometimes too.

Cato is sick today D:


I blame you Skokey....you sent your germs to me via internet X3


I still need a co-writer....so whoever wants to just tell me. And I may be working on it today.........maybe. Depends on how I feel. I may just go into the forest to relax. And eat soup.



*noms soup*

For some reason, not a single deer in the forest has acknowledged me since I got on this morning. It isn't pleasant. -_- Just venting, I suppose. You can ignore this if you want.
...
I've had a bad week.

I refuse to use the letter that comes after O because it will take a screenshot. So I will substitute O for it. Okay, so in Ohotobucket I have an album for Abio oics/1 Go there. DO IT.
http://s106.photobucket.com/albums/m263/sdwrenn/Pool%20Party%20Abio/

I was absolutely amazed at how wonderful the Abio was yesterday. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but rest assured oh mighty developers that the display blew what expectations I had out of the water.

But the absolute surprise came later.
But enough of that. Here are a few shots of Vesper before and during the Abio.



Poor fellow. So short.

I left right at the end of Abio to go eat dinner. When I signed online a little later:



Holy smokes! Whoever Vesper's buddy was, step forward, would you? Your picto is insanely familiar, and it's going to drive me nuts until I figure out who it was.

And an update on those twelve art requests, here's Vipin. I posted it in fanarts, but for posterity I figure I'll post it here, too.



Hope you like!

Thank you very much creators, that was so fun and beautiful !! I love this game and all of you !! I love running with all the players, it looks like a wave of deer, does not it? I love you ^^

Hello!

What's all this?

Birds and other flying things.

Got an itch.

Trees to rub. Falling green tree bits. Pretty flowers. and trees to rub.

Oh MY! Big Stones. Watching. Listening.

Close my eyes and lower my head. I can hear them now.

Peaceful.

I'll go look around now.