Pretty much if Brandy and an AT-AT Walker were combined.

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It's raining outside on a weekend afternoon. You have nowhere to go today, so you stay inside and think of something to do to pass the time. You sit in a chair, wrapping up in a blanket as you start to read a book. Slowly you drift to sleep.

Your eyes open and you find yourself in the dream world once more, though this time it is very cold. You are still wrapped in your blanket, and sitting up you look around. You are in a snow-covered forest, the snowflakes are slowly coming down, and the area has a slight fog that prevents you from seeing deeply into the distance. You notice hoofprints in the snow, and much like before you follow them, knowing who they belong to.

You find a clearing in the forest where the tracks seem to stop. You notice something in the center - a great ice boulder. It seems very odd to you that it is in the middle of the place, as there aren't any others around. You put a hand on it, and see that there is something trapped inside - a sword with intricate patterns etched into the blade.

"That belongs to you.", someone says nearby. You recognize the voice, seeing your deer has arrived. "How do I get to it?", you ask your deer. "Very simple, draw my pictogram in the snow before the ice, and it will melt.", your deer responds.

You do so without hesitation. You know your deer's pictogram well - you were the one who chose it. As the symbol is drawn, it glows a bright yellow, and you watch in amazement as another pictogram burns into the ice, and quickly the sword melts out and glistens as the light shines on it.

"Quickly, we're not alone in this forest.", your deer says. You take the sword, which seems much heavier than you expected, but you are able to lift it. You examine the blade and see that your deer's pictogram is engraved into it.

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You have a hard time getting to sleep this night. You don't know why you are so awake, maybe you are excited or anxious about something tomorrow. Slowly you begin to close your eyes, and you finally drift to sleep.

Opening your eyes, you think you are still in the darkness of your room, but things look different. The place is still dark...you can almost barely see anything, really. The only light you notice nearby is a lone street lamp, and as it is the only thing you can seem to see in the area, you are drawn to it.

The street lamp illuminates only the area around it, letting off a warm golden glow. It is a tall and black, the shape of the light seems strangely familiar to you. Crickets chirp off in the distance, the only sound in your surroundings. You notice that a few moths are circling around the light, and you then see that it is an electric bulb and not a flame.

You then begin to think about this place. The other places you have visited didn't seem to have any kind of civilization or presence of humans, where this place obviously shows signs of electricity. This is very curious to you.

You aren't expecting it, but a crow flies by and perches onto the lamp, looking down at you and cawing loudly. You nearly jump out of your skin, staring up at the bird as you catch yourself from falling over. You watch as the bird picks off the moths flying around the light. This must be its usual feeding place. You feel bad for the insects that are eaten, but eventually come to the conclusion that it is part of nature.

The crow, well fed, caws out one more time before flying off. You watch the bird disappear into the darkness, and feel like your only friend in the place has abandoned you. You start to hear something, though, coming toward you.

Inspired by Animal Speak by Ted Andrews, this story series invites the reader to travel to a new world and meet someone special to them - their own Endless Forest deer. Each story will be different but will be considered the same 'world'.

Sometimes your deer will ask you a question. Other times maybe there is danger nearby. The ideas are endless.

I was thinking about maybe writing a story once every couple of days or so, or maybe once a week.

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Today had been a rough day. You finally come home, doing your daily routines and finally slinking into your favorite chair, kicking off your shoes and socks and relaxing. You usually reach for the remote to the television, but instead, you close your eyes and rest.

Opening them, you sit up and notice you're not in your room anymore. This seems familiar, you realized that you have returned to the dream world you had been to before, but it was much different than the first time.

You are on a beach, and you notice your chair had come with you as you were sitting on it. Standing, you feel your feet sink into the sand. It feels nice to you, feeling the individual grains fill the spaces between your toes. You try to walk, and find it a little difficult. The sand is soft and white, almost blinding you as you look down on it.

Looking off in the distance, you survey the surroundings. The beach seems to stretch for miles - to your left, the beach climbs up a rock wall, and you notice strange etchings in the rock; to your left, the ocean laps constantly, making lovely sounds with each wave that hits the beach. You look to the horizon - it flattens and you cannot see any other islands other than a few close ones near the shore.

You decide to look at the etchings on the rock wall. There are strange symbols that seem very familiar to you. In fact, you begin to recognize them - they are the pictograms of deer you know, your friends' deer. One by one, you start to say the names, and it seems so strange that they are carved here. What were they doing here? You look for your own deer's pictogram, but you don't seem to spot it.

You follow the beach then, taking slow strides as you enjoy the sand and sun. You notice something in the sand - a few hoofprints seem to point to one of the close small islands close to the shore.

What is your silliest drawing? DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TEF RELATED! Here's mine:



Mazey protecting Quad from a fawn.

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You sit comfortably, closing your eyes and wondering what tomorrow will bring. You soon forget your worries, and your surroundings seem to disappear.

When you open your eyes, you find yourself somewhere else. You sit up, looking around to see a strange new place that seems familiar. No longer are you in a room but rather a great open plain. The wind brushes past, and the warm summer sky shines on you. You are slightly blinded by the bright reflection of the sunlight on the strands of golden grass that fill the place. You notice a thick treeline circles the area, and you begin to think that you are dreaming, but it seems so real.

You walk farther down where you had first awoken. There, you hear the sounds of birds above, flying off for their own purposes. You stop and listen to them, the fluttering of their wings and their calls to one another. It reminds you of something, but you can't quite remember.

You keep walking, finding a place that had been cleared. A small fountain is there, in the center is a statue of a stag, standing upright and looking off to one side. You notice the fountain is not flowing, but it is worn like it had been before. There are other things there, stone benches, and vases that used to hold flowers. It seemed that this place was built for a special purpose, but it seems so out of the ordinary.

You feel like the stag is staring at you. His eyes seem to point toward one of the benches, and you decide to go sit on it. There, you notice a pebble sitting there, but it is shaped strangely. You pick it up, and upon inspecting it, you are startled to notice that a symbol is etched into it - one very special to you.

A pictogram, the name of a deer you have created. You rub the stone curiously - it feels authentic and is cut deeply.

Heya peeps, I was really inspired by part of Ted Andrew's Animal Speak book. There was a part where the writer tells a story that involves the reader - they fall asleep and go to an imaginary world where they meet their spirit animal.

Well, I had an idea based on this - several short stories where you, the reader, experience a similar dream. Each story would be a little different, but I would consider it to be the same 'world'.

Perhaps one time you find yourself in a snow-filled forest. Maybe you go to a hidden beach another time. Maybe there is a secret meadow.

Each story would also feature someone very close to you - your Endless Forest deer. Sometimes your deer will ask you a question. Other times maybe there is danger nearby. The ideas are endless.

I was thinking about maybe writing a story once every couple of days or so, or maybe once a week. I'm always open for ideas and suggestions, but I wanted to see what you guys thought before I started this project. I haven't come up with a name, but I've had a few ideas.

First attempt here. I have "Return to Nature" as a tentative title.

Thanks to the couple of deer that helped Pent get his set back! While I normally play Pent differently, I'll have him be more social today since you guys helped.

If you were wondering why he looks like that, he's supposed to be a pronghorn antelope, so that's why I chose that set.





Thanks again!

Can't decide - they're both by the same artist (Halestorm) and both beautifully evil.

Familiar Taste of Poison



I'm Not An Angel





Let me know which one you think fits my Nekumbra better. If you need an idea as to how she acts and what she does, check out the shortstory I wrote of her. Thanks for the help guys!