((I'll write their origin story later. Pseudo bio here))


He took his usual sip of pond water, cooling his body during the unusually hot day. Quad sat up, sniffing the air. Something was off, he could smell something familiar...he sensed danger close.

The blackbuck noticed something out of the corner of his eye. Two faint eyes seemed to glow from the cover of a willow tree. The glow was green, nearly camoflauged through the leaves.

He tilted his head curiously. He knew there were a few creatures in the Endless Forest whose eyes had a glow, but this seemed more like a threat...stalking him.

"Hello?", he asked. The eyes moved just slightly. Quad caught a whiff of the scent again, and immediately a shiver shot through his body - Iugulare! The creature smelled like her infection. He was more alert now, his eyes locked on the glow.

The creature approached, passing through the leaves of the willow, revealing himself. Quad was surprised to see him as a skeleton, though he didn't look quite like his deer friends who had skulls on their faces. This creature was different, it had sharper teeth and the face was different.

"What are you? A wolf?", he questioned. The creature opened it's mouth, rows of sharp fangs that seemed to snarl quietly at him. The creature didn't speak or make any noises other than strange creaking sounds as it moved the bones of its body. Quad took a defensive stance, calling out, "Stay back!"

The creature didn't heed his warning, and when it got close, Quad attacked, slamming his zombie antler into the threatening creature. Quad watched as the bones hit the ground, and then he noticed the bones seemed to be covered with the black infection. This had to be Iugulare's work!

"At least that's over...", Quad began to say, but then he saw as the creature's body reformed seemingly quickly.

Rock Hound RP/Event Blog here

I came up with an idea for a new creature during my drive up here to visit my brother and sister-in-law. I wrote down the notes, intending to tell you guys about them later, but since I'm wide awake tonight here they are.

These new creatures are called "Rock Hounds" (which is a term often associated with geologists). The ideas I had for them are the following:

- They are created by my infectious stoat, Iugulare, as scouts and hunters. She has ordered them to seek out Quad and incapacitate him (or even kill him if they are able).

- They are the reanimated skeletons of a lost species of wolf that lived before the Endless Forest. They were wiped out in a mass extinction (haven't decided on this yet), so they are quite bitter toward living creatures. Their bodies are entirely bone and infection aside from a special crystal Iugulare has created that animates them.

- There are four types of crystals, each with it's own color, that gives each Rock Hound a special attribute. The attribute can be determined by the color of the glow within their eyes. The colors and ablities are:

Red - Enhanced strength (Red Rock Hounds can often overpower even the toughest of deer)
Blue - Stronger defenses/more endurance (Blue Rock Hounds can take much damage without wearing down)
Green - Regeneration (Green Rock Hounds can heal their bones quickly)
Yellow - Enhanced speed and reflexes (Yellow Rock Hounds are extremely swift and agile)

- The crystals are made of either quartz or diamond so it is difficult to break them. Removing the crystal lodged in the Rock Hound's skull will 'defeat' them (the bodies fall apart and will no longer move on their own) though the spirit/essence of the Rock Hound remains in the crystal.

Ventwriting response from Quad Wolf about my recent blog.

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Those great paws were wrapped around me, the claws on the ends digging just slightly into my back. He pressed my face into his white chest, I could feel his breath on my back. I had the realization that as a wolf, he was not the same, and could easily bite into my neck or shoulder if he wanted to.

"Quad, I don't want to do this right now...", I tried to tell him.

"Hush.", he replied. "Just listen to the silence."

I tried. I really did, but my mind began to wander. I didn't speak, but he seemed to hear my thoughts.

"I said hush!", he barked.

I cringed, his claws dug in a little deeper.

Silence. Warmth.

"Now...", he began, "I want you to listen. Your head has been filled with a lot of negativity. What happened to everything you've learned? What happened to the progress you made? You're better than this, Chris."

"I...", I tried to answer, but he stopped me.

"No, don't respond. You don't have an answer. You're just asking for attention again.", he said.

"No, Quad! I'm not, I really need...", I tried to say.

"Help? No, you don't need help, you need your ass kicked!", Quad barked. He dug in a third time, this time he lightly gripped my neck in his mouth. I could feel his fangs as he just barely bit.

"You want to know what things would be like if you weren't alive?", he asked. I couldn't answer, I was too afraid of what was going on. "Think of everyone that loves you, Chris! Think about them! You're so selfish!"

His fangs grasped my neck, he put more pressure on it. I grimaced, in more pain than ever. "Common sense, Chris! Common sense!", he roared.

"I got it, alright? I got it!", I cried.

He released his grip, his mouth let go of my neck. He let me rest.

"Don't forget it, Chris!

I apologize for this, I know it's unnecessary, but I've gotten into a rut again and I need some more help.

No L'oreal jokes, please.

The question I need to know is quite simply, Am I worth it?

I've told myself countless times how worthless I am, how much I hate the way things are in the world and how powerless I feel. My opinion has gotten me in trouble numerous times, and whenever I feel like I've offended someone I hide what I said, despite the damage being done.

I'm at the point where I just don't think I'm allowed to have an opinion on anything anymore. It's like one of the Buddhist practices I read about, that you 'detach yourself from your surroundings', that you 'let go'. It's part of trying to find a sense of balance, you have no opinion.

Sitting in church today, I had many thoughts and feelings about who I am, and I actually considered how much better the world would be without me. I just don't see the point of being a good person anymore, or rather, despite trying to do good things, I feel like they go unnoticed and my faults and defects are seen at a much greater scale. So why do I even bother trying to be a good person when people are going to continue to take advantage of me and then ridicule me for not being more selfish? Why is it wrong for me to be myself instead of a greedy, selfish, violent person like the world wants me to be?

I don't see myself as anyone of worth, I see myself as a pawn, an expendable human being.

So am I worth anything? Is there any value in trying to be a good person? Or am I just a waste of a life?

Better now. I'm sorry for this post. I will have some serious talks with myself, and I'm starting to realize how childish this was.

I had a strange idea that there was a reason you had a 'bed time'. My thought was that by midnight there was a night wolf that roamed around, looking in your window to make sure you were asleep, and if you stayed up late you would be in danger of being eaten by him. My brother had a similar idea but it was a dragon instead of a wolf for him (which is really ironic, because he likes wolves and I like dragons). The wolf was really there to make sure I was taking care of my body by going to bed and getting enough sleep each night, and when he peeked in and saw I was asleep, he'd move on to the next house.

I came up with this idea long before I developed my misconceptions and general hatred for wolves, because it was before the Internet was really created. Since I'm in a better mindset and have more respect toward them, it makes me feel good that I can talk about this once again without having these negative thoughts toward the animal.

So remembering this old idea made me wonder if that was Quad as a wolf in his early life protecting me. Did he actually exist long before I really knew him?

I may write a story about this, it's really intriguing me remembering such an old idea.

This isn't an official topic for this (I'll post an official one if I decide to set this up) but I thought it would be neat to have a writing tournament/competition! I'd need some help with it, though, like I was thinking prizes could possibly be artwork anyone would be willing to do for whoever won and maybe 2nd, 3rd place...dunno

Anyway, the idea was that there would be brackets, and so two writers would write stories/poems that would face off against each other. And the community would vote on which one they liked. I'd probably do a story bracket and a poem bracket. The voting process would most likely be silent (e-mailing or IMing me your votes) so there wouldn't be any hard feelings toward anyone. And then it would continue until there were two or three writers left in each bracket.

It was a thought to promote more writing for this community, but I don't know if I plan to set it up or not. I don't want anyone's feelings hurt if they got eliminated, but then again it IS a competition *shrug*. I don't know if I would participate in it myself either, which I would love to but I'd be afraid that anyone would that was unfair, which isn't my plan at all. It is just supposed to be for fun and for the community to get some creative writing done.

Anyone interested, or do you think this is too risky/complicated?

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Themes -
1. Write a story about any TEF character other than your own
2. Write a poem about any TEF character other than your own
3. Write a story about a pronghorn antelope
4. Write a story about your TEF character being transformed into another animal than what they are
5. Write a story about your TEF character's thoughts on the season of your choice
6. Write a story where a deer meets a wolf
7. Write a story where a deer dreams of something (flying, swimming, ect)
8.

...on ants! The Cordyceps Fungus attacks ants and other insect species, infecting them from the inside and controlling their minds. When they die, the fungus grows and shoots spores out to infect more insects. This is strange how much this fungus resembles my stoat's infection!

Pics via National Geographic




Pretty creepy huh? When we start seeing deer and larger animals becoming infected with this, we'll know who is responsible.

Has anyone else ever received hatemail? I think it's kind of funny that someone would actually take the time to write it, you know? Two years ago on another community, I got a hatemail from someone who thought that making fun of me made him more of a man than I was, but in reality, I laughed it off because the guy was older than me and actually took the time to write all of this. It's got language so be warned


Here's the picture of me he was describing:




And here is his e-mail:


From: Buff Hungstud

Subject: Good God GoatBOY!!

NICE PIC!!!

Is it POSSIBLE for you to get ANY UGLIER??!

Dude, you look like you're 45 years old - at LEAST - grocery store job still kicking your ass?

Maybe 7-11 would be less stressful?

Nice purple sunglasses LOL!!! Get them at a garage sale? They go good with your "hip" clothes, and receding hair line LMAO!!!!

You're a fucking MESS ...

I bet you couldn't get laid in a monkey whore house with a BAG full of bananas ...

I bet you couldn't get laid in the VIP Room at the Cabaret with a fistfull of $100 bills.

Not that you'd wanna spend your entire income tax refund that way ... BWAHAHAHA!!!!

SOME people were ON the FOOTBALL team ...

Some people were in BAND ... (PUSSIES)

Asthma - cockinmouth disease - WHATEVER ...

Excuses are like assholes - everybody got one - ASTHMA?

BULLSHIT - you just couldn't HACK IT.

Than to add insult to injury, your shit's gone DOWNHILL from there LOL!

I bet your class president is an ATTORNEY by now. And you're at a grocery store?

Sacking? LOL!!

Sigh - you had SUCH potential ... I guess NASA is shredding your application about now ...




Hatemail can be destructive when given to the wrong person. I laughed at mine, but others could take it very personally.

Here's a few attempts at a haiku for Butterbrot. Hope this works, hehe. I did one for each season. Enjoy

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Splash in the puddles
The fawns have fun in the rain
Sun dries their damp fur


Clash of antlers near
Boastful stags fighting for love
Best to stay away


Beauty of the trees
The leaves say goodbye and fall
Missing warmth already


Dig here in the snow
I let the fawn eat the sprout
Let's hope spring comes soon