April 10, 2009 - 10:30pm — Seed
((I apparently did not take any good screenshots during Seed's romp earlier today. That makes me sad.))
I woke up to another bright, sunny day in the forest. After a moment or two of listening, it dawned on me that there was not anyone of particular interest to me present in the forest. And that, frankly, was alright: I was in a mood for meeting some people I don't know all that well.
After a bit of wandering I stumbled upon a crowd of deer, and ecided to join them. It was, I admit, a little uncomfortable for a moment; there's always a lack of ease for me, when I try to enter a group (though I doubt it is in any way grounded). After a little while, everyone sat down except for some fawns playing around it. One of them, a little sweet one who had given me some poppies (after the rain from my last visit, I still had unlit candles exposed on my antlers, droopy with all the melty and reforming), was particularly insistant that I get up and play...and, after a moment's thought, I did.
Before I could either be long in the company of this fawn or long away from the sitting-party, the fawn had to go. It's a shame, really: I feel most at ease when alone with another deer, and I was hoping, perhaps, to grow some sort of attachment there. But that's not the way of the world. I quietly rejoined the group.
I daydreamed for a while, riding otherworldly whispers I only half-heard, composing a snippit of poetry, though nothing promising enough as to write it down: I'll just carry it in my head for a while; it was something about the way that it seems there's no difference between the fall of sun and the fall of rain, how they both hit the forest floor unevenly, falling in torrents and drizzles depending on where you are...I'll consider it, for a while.
By the time I got up, the group had mostly become a fawn, myself, a red mini-deer who came and went, and one other deer, a stranger to me, but whose name I knew: P. And, when we were both up and hopping, I found this P to actually be a nice fellow, very affectionate, loose and easy with his nuzzling. But mostly, as the group wittled down to the two of us awake, we just sat there, basking in the sun. I sometimes, surfacing from a daydream, wondered what he was thinking about, or considered the shape of his face, or the patterns on his pelt. It was actually pleasent, sitting there in peace with a relative stranger -- now, who was it that said strangers were but friends you haven't met yet? I think I quite like that idea.
I tried, after a while, to maybe suggest we go sit somewhere else, but he didn't seem to want to move. I thought perhaps it was because of a doe who had left in that spot -- that he was waiting for her. But this wasn't so, as she came back, and we kept on sitting where we were. I wonder -- is he somehow bound to that place, unremarkable as the place may be? by some magic? by some preference? I'm well aware this is likely but a flight of fancy...
Eitherway, I left (and gave him a nuzzle before I went), when he had fallen asleep: I needed to take a longer rest, and returned to the bridge to sleep.
((I may get on later today, and may write some additional diarystuff with Seed. But I wrote this up while he was doing all that sitting, and decided to post it.))
Ohh darling Seed! This is a
You are correct though about P being so sad when the gray doe left...
...he has been trying to gain her affection for days now, but she plays quiet games.
After she left P was quite depressed and almost left, but Seed was so welcoming and P soon warmed up to him. It was nice sitting in the sun and relaxing and it helped ease his troubled head over the doe. -P became so comfortable that he did eventually fall asleep. Knowing that Seed was close by made him feel more at ease to do so.
By the time P woke Seed had left the forest, and P had to wonder if it had been a dream.
Though now he knows differently.
As for the "strangers are just friends you haven't met yet" ...its safe to say that its true.
P will be so happy if he gets to see Seed again.
He was a huge comfort to him today. And reminded him of how warm the forest can be <3
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My Deer~ Mezzanine and P
Heh. It was very nice: Seed
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Nelle Rovine