Gonna run to dinner for a while and then I'll try'n reply to this'n :3

Her ears flick in the direction of approaching steps, though she doesn't seem too concerned. Deer often pass by this section of the birch, after all, since it's so close to the hollow filled with hyacinths. The doe shifts her weight to lean against the tree she'd settled beside some time ago, enjoying the sunlight on her pelt and the view from the top of the hill.
Aria's call draws her attention away from the scenery, however, and Phai turns to peer at her daughter with a smile, though it fades as Ari presents her complaint. The brown-furred doe hugs Ari against her in her usual manner, tucking the smaller deer close with her chin. "I was hoping to have been able to speak to a friend, but I haven't seen her recently..." She knew someone else she could ask, but she really hated to bother the doe a second time in so short a span. Phai scowls slightly, pondering.

Phai sighs heavily. It was something they'd have to face sooner or later, and the world certainly seemed hell-bent on making it sooner rather than later. "Take it easy, then. I'll ask and see if there's anything you can eat to make it better." A pause. "Ari..." She could hardly believe she'd have to say such things. Oh, the parenting life. "let's hope it's unwarranted, but you need to start thinking about what you want to do if there is a fawn if you really believe there might be." Turning her gaze skywards as she sets her thoughts in order, the doe goes on: "It's not easy. There can be a good number of dangers in the Forest, even though it's quiet most of the time. It's a constant job to keep up with, and it can be exhausting. Children aren't perfect, and they make mistakes. They can be overwhelmingly frustrating without meaning to or realizing it." She has to wonder, for a moment, how far Aria would go for a fawn she didn't want in the first place.

"Of course, dove," she answers warmly. Well, that's settled for now, at least. She'd just have to hope the younger deer could stick with it if things truly turned that way. "You'll always have us. And who knows, maybe a proper stag one day, too," she chuckles softly, giving Aria a playful nudge.

The doe feigns a wounded look. "But I'm serious! You're a lovely young lady. One day you'll wake up and there will be a paw-full of stags fighting over you. Just you wait." Phaios nods matter-of-factly. "Happened to me, once, so it can happen to anybody." Ohh, that was a long time ago, though. She doesn't mention that part.

A grimace mixes with her smile. "Ahm... I suppose. Honestly I thought they were both stupid," she laughs. Her ears press forward as Ari begins to hem and haw over whatever question she seems to have, curiosity in her eyes. She could take a guess at a couple of things, but rather than swing and miss she prompts with a gentle "Yes?"

"Mm. No, you haven't," she agrees, smiling a bit when Aria calls her 'pretty.' She'd never figure out why she heard that so often here, dull-colored as she was. "It's because I haven't sought one here. I came to the Forest from a place far away, where I hope someone waits for me. I haven't seen him in a long time. He's very handsome, though. His ears are tall and black, and his fur is shining white with blue spots and black legs. He's quiet and awkward but always means well." The smile stays, though it doesn't quite reach her eyes. "If I were to find my way back one day, I wouldn't want to have been unfaithful. Hm?"

"Not so different from here, though there weren't so many deer and the deer that were there weren't like us. Thinking, I mean." She muses for a moment before continuing. "When I was created, the first world I knew was purple. It was normal to me, but not the way things were supposed to be. A strange little creature had changed everything. There was a river and a well and a lot of grass. Things changed sometimes, when our Mother felt it needed to. For a time there were mountains and a savannah, a swamp and snow and a great forest... It was quite lovely. The beings living there behaved much like the deer here do. We fought and loved and lived as well as we could. In that way it's very much like home here." A quiet chuckle. "There are even deer who look and act like folks I used to know."

"Yes... I do miss it." She smiles softly. "But for now this is home, and it's very nice here as well." It had its ups and downs, but so did every place, right? Except most places didn't have giant bunnies. But oh well, what can you do.

"I suppose it's possible," she replies, letting Ari snuggle closer. "Sometimes dreams are just weird, though. But there seem to be many deer who did not start their lives in this forest. It took me a long time to remember everything. Maybe it'll come to you as you get older." Her head tilts to one side. "What sort of things do you dream about?"

"Strange. I haven't heard of such things." A creature with no fur... a fish? But those don't have legs. Or fur on their heads. It doesn't take long for her to admit she's stumped. "If you ask around, though, you might find someone who has. There are all sorts of strange deer from strange places. Just... stay away from the hungry ones."

"Fleas?" Somehow she'd never dealt with the little buggars. Probably for the best. She's learning all kinds of things in the Forest!

"Fleas. Huh. Good to know." Maybe they're like the frogs that chase you... She'd seen a stag run by as though wolves were on his tail, only to witness a tiny little frog hot on his heels. Phai chokes back a quiet snort at the thought. The Forest is a strange, strange place some days.

She probably could've, but I've had finals and other such things for the last couple of weeks so I haven't been on/paying attention while logged in as much 'cause I've been studying, and when I have been on the deer she's looking for haven't been on xD So there hasn't been any actual IC action to that extent, no. :/

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hmmm....( I feel bad cause I dont want to feel like I am rushing anyone.....) well she is almost at her first "month" so by now it would have been made obvious so yeah I'll go with that ^-^;

Cyda says the same thing XD I just feel like I need to tell those involved too ^^
I don't like to seem selfish

ok ^^ thank you
I love how awesome you all are on TEF I got nervous since on another site I rp on they would have chewed my head off XD

^ Yes ;-; x9001.
I feel like we're always just missing each other somehow lately. Probably because my schedule is nuts right now.

Here or on her bio is fine Dunno where the third one is?

The doe shakes her head, inviting the owl-stag to sit with a quiet tap of one hoof. "No, just keeping an old friend company, myself." A nod indicates a patch of ground where the dirt seems to have been kept clean. "Forgive me if I haven't learned your name. Aria told me, but my tongue can't quite manage it yet." Akenemenun... Akhamemon... Akanenon... It was something like that. Phai figured she'd spare him some cringing by refraining from butchered attempts for now.

What? No coding? :/


"I might be able to manage 'Akhen,'" she laughs before pondering for a moment. "I think I used to know someone else with orange fur by a similar name... Well, knew of." Her eyes wander briefly to the grave, a small smile across her lips. "Ah... no, I don't suppose she would. I trust Great-Grandfather has guided her steps far from here by now."

"One would hope. My gods are not the deer's gods, and I hear little of them here, but our worlds seem connected enough that it isn't hard to believe she is watched over - be it by Anubis himself or some foreign Twins." Her head tilts to one side so she can study the stag beside her with curiosity. "I haven't met many bird-deer. Do they believe as the other deer do?"


I like fudge. It's tasty. :3

She nods as he repeats the name. "Yes... He's quite a sight to behold. Tall and dark," she answers fondly.
"Re? I haven't heard that name before." Phai chuckles quietly. "It was much simpler when I only had three to worry after, and the occasional feuding god who dared to set foot among us. There seem to be a lot of deer here who remember something before the Forest, though, and bring their own gods. It's interesting. I never much thought about what lay beyond home before I was brought here." The doe's tall ears press forward as curiosity gets the best of her. "What are Re and Athena like?"

The doe's brow furrows as the nationalities wash over her head. What's a Greek? They spring up again, however, at the second name. "Egyptians... Like Egypt? The sandy place?" Eyes round with wonder, she reconsiders the owl-deer beside her. Okay, Ari's little friend can have a brownie point. But just one. "I met a deer who said something about it. He said he was a banished god. His name was Heth. I haven't seen him for a very long time, though. But he said that Anubis lives there... Our Great-Grandfather created a land just for us, so I'd never heard of Egypt until that." The doe cocks her head to the side again, struggling not to bombard Akhen with questions. "But you know it? And Re.. Re is a god of Egypt, too?"

"We tell a very different story," Phaios muses quietly. "Anubis created a daughter in his image - our grandmother. When she died, our mother was born and Anubis built a safe-haven for her, where we were created." God of the dead? Huh. Well, it wasn't so far off, in some ways.
"Heth... I had to take at his word. It's difficult to prove much of anything that exists outside this place. But he did seem to know things." Her shoulders roll into a shrug. "With giant rabbits running around... Few things seem to surprise me any more." It was always the rabbits. Phai thinks for a moment before going on. "What is man? And in-balm?"