Shadows Always Linger || Auni

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What you see.

Name:
Auni Awn-ee
Title:
The Good Demon
Gender:
Male
Age:
Two years old. 6.29.12 Appears much older
Species:
Closely resembles a sitatunga male in coloring with lesser kudu in build. With some hints of kirin & musk deer.
In Game Set:
Real Deer Mask | Real Deer Dark Pelt | Space Beluga Antlers
Size:
#21
Diet:
Omnivore
Haunts:
Anywhere
Noticeable Physical Traits:
Musk deer fangs-designed for killing demons; Body has short hair save for the spine and long two-tone curly tail; Blind.

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WOO 100 posts! (and now 101

WOO 100 posts! (and now 101 xD)



Her eyes lifted and adjusted to the sunlight. An ear flicked at Phoenix's voice.
"W-what?" she asked sleepily, slowly standing up. She glanced at ZiraBay who was sleeping.
"I'll come with you."
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Whoo! Phoenix nodded and

Whoo!

Phoenix nodded and started off, "I don't know where he could be. I'm worried that he managed to get himself into trouble."
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"He doesn't seem the kind to

"He doesn't seem the kind to be mischievous," the little doe replied as she exited the hollow. The sun washed over her, it felt nice. "He's far too shy to get into trouble... I guess we'll just have to look around for him."
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"Oddly enough, I have no idea

"Oddly enough, I have no idea where to even- oh duh! I have wings." she folded her legs under her and allowed her wings to fan out slightly "Do you want a ride?"


*I'm just taking a guess that Auburn is pretty small. Phoenix is about the height of eighteen on the chart.*
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Auburn looked surprised. "Oh

Auburn looked surprised. "Oh um...Well, why not!"

She wiggled her little body on top of Pheonix's and tucked in her legs.
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"All right, hang on tight.

"All right, hang on tight. Let me know if you start to slip. Or if you see Auni-boy." she cheerfully clacked her beak and charged forward. The bird doe opened her wings with a flourish and leaped, beating hard to compensate the new weight. She twittered happily as she started to weave through the trees, ever so slowly gaining height.
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The tiny doe's eyes widened

The tiny doe's eyes widened with fear and excitement. She pressed herself against Pheonix as hard as she could, making sure they were glued together like magnets so she won't get off. The wind pushed against her like a hard current, weaving through her feathers. "W-woah!"
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The bird doe leveled out,

The bird doe leveled out, gliding on the thermals through the trees. She turned her head, fixing the doe with an eye, "You okay?"
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Auburn's little heart pounded

Auburn's little heart pounded fast. But once she calmed down a bit she could see how it was to fly and see the forest through a bird's eye.
"This is beautiful!" she exclaimed as she looked at the high trees. "I've never been this high. This is so fun!"
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Phoenix gave her odd little

Phoenix gave her odd little bird chirp "It is fun!" she agreed happily, before something flashed white below the trees. "Auni?" she questioned, frowning and glancing at Auburn.
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Auburn craned her neck,

Auburn craned her neck, cautiously leaning over, however she slipped and began to rocket towards the ground below, hollering for help at the top of her lungs.
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The bird doe dropped down

The bird doe dropped down toward her with a snap of her wings. She snatched the little doe in her beak, using their momentum and her wings to glide down toward Auni's white form. She released Auburn once by the ground and glided over her, touching down and nearly running into a tree in the process.
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Auburn was sure she would

Auburn was sure she would lose her footing as she pummeled towards the ground. She channeled the wind to spiral her down, getting faster and faster, nearly skidding into Auni.
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Auni eyed Auburn sleepily,

Auni eyed Auburn sleepily, "Hello there Auburn," he tipped his head up, "Did you fly?"
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As she regained her footing,

As she regained her footing, teetering from side to side, she replied, "Good morning. And I guess I sort of did..."

Auburn looked at him worriedly. "Why did you come here? Pheonix and I were worried about what happened to you..."
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The bird doe fluffed her

The bird doe fluffed her feathers and trotted over, waiting on Auni's response as well.

"You told me to go find something that I liked," he answered quietly, "I found something. It makes me feel... Warm inside." he motioned toward a group of mushrooms poking out of a fallen tree. "They make the best of death. Of a poor situation."
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Auburn looked over at the

Auburn looked over at the trees and gave a nod. "Good! You've found something you liked. I have to take to the Blueberry Bowl in the Birch forest."

She turned and took a few steps, smelling the fresh air. "It should be this direction."
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The stag looked over at the

The stag looked over at the mushrooms, "Goodbye my little friends," he murmured, before getting to his feet and trotting after her. Phoenix just watched him.
"Blue's a nice color on you," she nudged him with her head as she trotted beside him.
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Auburn began to trot onward

Auburn began to trot onward towards the Blueberry Bowl. She would pause and stop occasionally to bloom new flowers and re-bloom the old ones to restore their beauty. Sometimes she would even hug a tree or offer words of encouragement to flowers as she passed.

Soon, the ground began to change to an ambery shade and the trees were Birch. The grass was high and wheat-like. The land was hilly and seemed endless like an ocean. There was a big dip in the ground surrounded by huge birch trees where blueberries grew.

"There it is!" she exclaimed with a hop as the dip came into view.
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The stag nodded while Phoenix

The stag nodded while Phoenix charged the blueberries, shouting "Food!"

"She likes blueberries," Auni remarked as if that explained everything.
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Auburn chuckled.

Auburn chuckled. "Indeed."

She hopped into the bowl, embracing the many sprouting blueberries. The grass was so tall that it just reached her head. Delicately, the little doe began picking the blueberries one by one and munching on them. "Try them," she urged Auni. "They're very sweet."
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The stag nodded and trotted

The stag nodded and trotted over to the nearest bush, taking a blueberry in his mouth. "They're not that bad," he agreed.
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The red doe nodded with

The red doe nodded with approval and gave a smile. "I love them!" Then she looked over at Pheonix. "Do you like them, Pheonix?"
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The bird doe paused in

The bird doe paused in stuffing her face, giving a nod, "Oh yes! I love blueberries! Best fruit out there if I do say so myself!"
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Auburn chuckled and then

Auburn chuckled and then plucked off a few more berries and stuffed them in her mouth. "There aren't enough fruit in the forest," she commented. "I wish there were more places to eat."
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Man, I have a tendency to

Man, I have a tendency to read these things, make up a response in my mind, and then leave and think I answered.


"Got that right," Phoenix replied. "Though, blueberries are pretty great in my opinion. I could eat them all day."

Auni watched his friend, never having seen her as animated as she was now. It was interesting how her moods changed depending on the situation. His pelt shifted at the thought, but only going back to the same colors and design as before.

"I still like those...mushrooms," he commented quietly, "Not eating them though. Just looking at them."

"What do you like to eat, then?" Phoenix asked, stripping another branch of its berries.

"Berries are okay, but they're just so...sweet. I don't know if I can handle it all the time," he replied with a shrug, "But every now and again would be okay."
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Auburn cocked her head to the

Auburn cocked her head to the side with curiousity and said, "Why do you like to look at the mushroom but not eat them? What makes you like them?"

She trotted over closer to Pheonix and lied down on the ground on her back, glancing at the bird doe munching on blueberries. Auburn mused that soon there would be no berries left.
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"I don't know how to explain

"I don't know how to explain it. They're so delicate, like a spider web, and survive on trees that have died. It's like...showing that something so rooted to the world, once dead, still brings in life," he shook his head, frustrated,"that doesn't make sense." He sighed and floundered over to flop down beside her. Phoenix munched on one last blueberry branch before rearing and abruptly flapping her wings. She positioned them against her back and laid down on Auburn's other side.

"It kind of makes sense. Like how you said they make the best of a poor situation," she pointed out.
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Auburn shook her head, the

Auburn shook her head, the feathers pressed against the ground. She looked over at him, "No, it makes perfect sense-- at least to me. That's how I think often... Everything has life and is very relevant to us all. Even my flowers teach me things everyday."

She looked up at the clear sky. The tall deep green grass surrounded them and the trees stretched so high, she didn't think they would ever end.
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Auni sighed, grateful that

Auni sighed, grateful that they understood. "It's hard...to to explain this stuff. Happy is different for everyone."
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Auburn nodded.

Auburn nodded. "Mmm...true."

As she sighed, little dandelions exited her mouth and floated away into the air. She began to hum.
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"Do you ever get tired of

"Do you ever get tired of that, how you're so tuned in with plants?" Phoenix asked absently. She watched the dandelions float away.
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"No," she responded simply.

"No," she responded simply. She inhaled and then exhaled, sending tiny leaves out of her mouth. "I embrace the gifts I was given. My purpose is to care for the Great Oak and keep it's aging being comforted, but generally to take care of the forest and all that is grown in it. I can communicate with flowers in a way no other can. I understand them, they understand me."

She watched sadly as the leaves faded away. Though Auburn is very fond of the flowers, she feels lonely often. One would think that with so many friends she would never be lonely. But, she is.
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"At least you know what your

"At least you know what your purpose is," Auni murmured quietly, "And it makes you happy. And Phoenix too, I think."


"Petals flying all over make me happy, Auni," the doe muttered watching Auburn, "But it makes you sad too, doesn't it?"
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Auburn gave another sigh and

Auburn gave another sigh and then rolled back on her belly, still lying down. She rolled her hoof over the ground and blew over it, transforming the dirt to white petals. They floated into the air and formed a heart. But after a few moments, the petals crumbled to the ground.

"The amount of fawns have increased much within the past year... It makes me envious of those who have a mate and a family." She gave a shrug, staring at where the petals fell. "Maybe my loneliness is getting the best of me and so that's what I think about often. But one day I would like that happiness for myself. I think that is what would make me very very happy..."
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The bird doe glanced over at

The bird doe glanced over at Auni, but the stag was watching the flower petals, "I know what you mean," she replied quietly, turning her attention back to the red doe, "I watched one of my friends that I knew from fawnhood grow up into a handsome stag, but he never thought of me as anything but a friend. Now I watch him frolic around with another doe....that hurt more than anything. It still hurts...but I hide the pain. You'll find someone Auburn, I know you will."
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Auburn leaned over to Pheonix

Auburn leaned over to Pheonix and nuzzled her wing. "I'm sorry for what you had to go through. I know you, too, will find love one day. The same happened to ZiraBay, but she didn't give up and she found a mate. So don't give up."

The little doe looked over at Auni. "What about you, Auni? Have you ever fallen in love or... Wanted to fall in love?"
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Phoenix snorted, "I don't

Phoenix snorted, "I don't know, Auburn. I probably won't give up...I mean I won't. It's just discouraging to see all of these new families."


Auni blinked, his ears swiveling back, "Love? I...I never got the chance to experience it. All I know is it's....it's related to happiness, isn't it?"



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Auburn thought for a moment

Auburn thought for a moment before replying. "Well, it's definitely related to happiness. ZiraBay tells me that when you're in love it's almost painful. Not like a hurting pain, but an aching and longing pain. Wanting them, being with them, just being together with your significant other. Nothing else in the world matters when you're with them. I think love is it's own unique feeling of compassion, caring, and happiness. The only real way to experience it is if you fall into it."
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"Hmm, then no, I've never

"Hmm, then no, I've never experienced love. There seems to be a lot of pairings in the forest lately. " he agreed quietly.
The doe snorted at that, "Ain't you observant."
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Auburn gave a sad sigh.

Auburn gave a sad sigh. "Indeed. I've never felt a love quite the same, besides the love of my friends... including you two."

She smiled at them both. "For now... that's enough for me."
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Phoenix cooed, "We love you

Phoenix cooed, "We love you as a friend too, even if someone over here doesn't fully understand what that means," she glanced pointedly at Auni, who seemed happily oblivious to everything. Well...at least he was happy. She had to give him that.
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Auburn laughed as she looked

Auburn laughed as she looked at him. "Well, at least we've got Happiness covered already. What other feelings hasn't he felt?"
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"Other than love, peace and

"Other than love, peace and happy? The other feel goods. This is the first time I managed to get some head way with him...he's so stubborn." the doe replied.
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Auburn looked concerned.

Auburn looked concerned. "Hmm... It'll be hard getting him to feel them... I mean, they come so naturally. And there are so many different types and variations of good and bad feelings because it really depends on the situation."
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"It is, it's almost like as

"It is, it's almost like as soon as you feel something different, you have to give it to him, otherwise it'd be gone in a blink of an eye. The problem with that, though, is that you don't want to overwhelm him, either, otherwise he wouldn't know what he's feeling." Phoenix muttered with a coo.
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"Couldn't he switch off his

"Couldn't he switch off his emotions? Like... choosing which ones he uses at a time?"Auburn asked curiously.
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"No," Auni replied, "the

"No," Auni replied, "the emotions I know well I can switch off at will, but the ones I don't know stay with me until the one gives it to me takes it back. If I get better at 'sharing' the emotion , then I can stop feeling it when the one who gave it to me stops feeling it. But right now I can't."

"How do you know that?"
"I don't know."
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"Oh.." Auburn's voice trailed

"Oh.." Auburn's voice trailed off in disappointment. Her ears went back as she lay her head down in sadness. "If only the Gods could give you emotions... or that you were just born with them. It would make your life so much easier without the hassle of trading of feelings. It's just not the same."
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"I don't think my life was

"I don't think my life was designed with the concept of simplicity in mind." Auni murmured, "It is what it is I guess."
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