Continuation of The Trial of the Battle Born, a part of The Totem Quest series.

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It was the following morning when Quad awoke. He went straight to the Twin Gods' hill, where oddly enough they were waiting for him there.

"Hello Quad, did you enjoy your trip to visit the Battle Born?", Auriea immediately asked as he approached.

He hesitated, "It was...interesting...though he certainly put up a fight. I feel much stronger now, maybe even ready to take Iugulare on now...", Quad replied.

Michael and Auriea looked to one another, then back to him. "We're not through with your training, unfortunately. There are other trials we want you to take. Many more teachers that are very, very eager to meet you.", Michael spoke.

Quad blinked in confusion, "Wait, you mean there are more trials? You don't...have faith in me?", he asks

The two gods shakes their head, "On the contrary, we know you will not let us down. But we want you to be as prepared as possible. Quad...", Auriea says, "once we transport you to the next trial, you will be doing them consecutively from here on out until each one is finished. You will not be brought home until they are done."

"Do you accept our training? We want the fight to be as easy as possible.", Michael asked.

Quad hesitated. This may be a long time, they didn't even say how many trials were involved. But with a slow gulp, he nodded, "Y-yes...I'll do them..."

The gods smiled. "We knew you would. You will be leaving immediately to visit the Cotton Sage.", Michael spoke, and Quad began to blink. The second his eyes closed, he opened his eyes and found himself in a springtime meadow. He looked around, blinded by the sunlight right at first. He wasn't used to being in the open like this.

So I'm rather new to all of this. I started playing a month ago although i wasnt on much as i was waiting to become a 'stag'.

Anything i should know? I've noticed most deer keep together in groups and dont interact with others much, but the fauns are fun. Im still getting the hang of everything.

Tips and tricks always appreciated!

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The sun-motes dancing thought the air brought with it the warm scent of coming autumn, sweet and heavy with fruit, full of warm colors amid the rising cool. The air was crisp and clean, the ground soft and gentle. Cast in the light of reborn love, the world seemed full of promise and beauty. My flowers, after a bit of summer wilt, have come into an explosion of rapid, showy blossoming. Each flower gradiating into warmer or darker purples, the colors of the petals complex and shifting, the petals big and waxy with a curve like an ocean's swell. They might be a little too extravagant, really... But then again, maybe when we meet next, she'll see them and know herself to be the cause. And a smile will alight on her face like a single butterfly, and I'll not feel silly at all.
I mooned about for a bit, my thoughts on Sage and sighing to myself, concocting little rhymes that never went anywhere, building ideas around Sage, sage, sage in all its wefts and meanings -- could I tie the strong aroma of the plant to the overwhelming beauty of her smile? Could I tie the idea of wisdom to her words, tie her words to the cool green of the leaves?
I'll consider the matter further.

In such a good mood, and cut at ends, I was feeling rather social. I was resolved to just greet the first deer I saw -- it's been a while since I've made a friend. I found a small group of a mini-deer, a stag, and occaisonally a fawn (I can't recall if the fawn was there from the start). When we had begun to play around a bit, we spotted a very small little creature. Like a baby bird, trembling in the cold air, its little wing-stubs folded in tight. I've seen others like her, full-grown, here and there. I suppose you could call them Perytons -- that's the way I tend to think about them, though it's not exactly accurate.
She poked her head out from behind a tree, and backed away at my approach.

The forest has always been magical, miraculous things have been done here, but what happens when you dream? Dreams are the most magical thing in reality, what happens when their introducted into the forest? One night a little fawn was dreaming. She was lonely and bored, seen everything there was to be seen. Her dream was just powerful enough for her answers to be granted. In the morning a shiny metal figure a little smaller than herself was snuggled next to her, emiting a steady warmth. It appeared to be some sort of deer. Plates formed the creature, space inbetween each plate like it was floating in place. A warm turquoise glow came from the spaces where the heart would normally be. Two discs floated above the head where the ears would be. A small glowing turqoise button in a diamond shape sat in the plate that was it's forehead. The fawn was rather brave and was curious about this little thing. The creature stood up and stretched like any deer would and it's turquoise eyes seemed to look at her with joy. The two instantly became friends. All the other fawns were scared of the creature, whispering the one word:robot. But nothing seemed to get the creature down aslong as it was with it's fawn. The "robot" loved it's companion, doing everything for her, but everything wasn't enough for the robot. The fawn didn't share the same love, she merely thought it as a toy that her parents had gave her, not an amazing miracle. As the fawn grew, the robot grew at the same exact time. Days were filled with laughter and happiness, but like reality, kids grow and toys are forgotten. The little robot started to notice the decrease in interactment until it woke up with it's friend gone, nowhere to be found. The robot was confused as a deep pain rolled in waves, for it had grown to love the deer. All the ceasless rumors and theories had said it didn't feel emotions. Maybe it was just defective....No, it was different, just different.

I will add to this as I go, but hay here's somethings to help everyone.

Running deer: http://www.flickr.com/photos/61643745@N04/9678767941/

When getting close to wild deer during the rut there's no point in having good running shoes, I recommend tree climbing skills though

oh no not another one of these sorry so sorry 8C

Ello. C8 So, I`m looking a Gen 2 picto for one of my newer characters. I think she`d fit into a Gen 2 far better than the picto she currently has. Basically, what I`m looking for is a...softer picto. I don`t believe a more rigid picto would really fit her 8C I think that the dots common on Gen 2`s would fit her far better. So what I`m looking for is a more "gentle" picto-one with a few dots here and there. C8

I can offer writing or art for a character in exchange, if you`d like. This and this are examples of what I can do for writing. C8 Here`s an example of what the art might look like.

Thanks for taking the time to read! <3

Hi everyone, I hope your all well.
I was wondering Has anyone here read Bambi & Bambi's children by Felix Salton? If yes what did you think of it?

I have finally got a copy of both and read them both in two days.(was sniffing at poor Gobos tale.) I know you cant compare it fully to more modern books, but how has it made you feel.

I would love to know your feedback

I was watching a video on youtube about a video game I am waiting for to come in the mail from florida
its called zoo hospital I know its a old game but I have good memories with it so I seen a suggestion about a game called wolf quest having a fursona myself I took a look at the vid but geuss what I seen in another suggestion the endless forest gameplay that's how I found out about it and I looked at the site but was greeted with a problem this is a k-12 school computer and I was nervous about it getting a virus but I have downloaded minecraft before I looked at the youtube comments and people were talking about how it does not bring any virus so I downloaded the game and this is my 3rd day as a faun
and im loving it!