The Gray

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The Gray

*** Connected at orange. Not really in the Rut event, just hanging with old friends.
Thinking» "That's not awkward at all...I'ma just sit here with Nem, K? K."
Feeling» Quiet. Overwhelmed.
Currently» Quiet. Hanging with Nem and those with Nem. So. Out. Of. Date.



Goes By»Zash; Zach
Real Name» Zachary Fredrick* Conner
Forest Name» The Falling Cherry
In Forest Since» July 6th, 2012
Species» TEF Deer
Height» #6
In Game Set» Gray/Long Pelt- GB Mask- Owl Antlers
Scent» Dust; Honey Locust; Sea Salt
Age» Mentally in his early twenties
References» Normal | Winter
Voice» Higher end of the masculine voice spectrum; has a country accent that makes him difficult to understand at points- prone to mumbling. Does not hide his accent like he once did.
Personality» Updating....
Biological Offspring» Arielle [lost], Apollo. [lost]
Adopted» Yara, Basil.
Status» Married since 2016.
Friends»* Nem; Thais. that's sad Zash you need more frands
Current Art»X * Thank you all for the past art and writings of my boy. ♥ I still have it and may put it up here again if I can figure a way it won't look too cluttered.
Inspirations» Fog; 1900-1920's America; WWI; 1900-1920's literature; fire; conflict.
Notes» This character is IC 90% of the time. Goes OOC for spell help. This revamp may be temporary if Zash proves to not take to it well.

Disclaimer» This character is just that- a character. His thoughts and values are his and his alone and do not represent his player. He, to his entirety, belongs to me. Coding was compiled by me, Kiwara.

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♥ it'll go away soon.

♥ it'll go away soon. He was actually trying to convince himself to get up and stumble over to sit with her, but he feels really pathetic right now. At this point I doubt that'll stop him since he's feeling lonely too. lol

Mine.
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wlkedmdlq thought I tracked

wlkedmdlq
thought I tracked this ;;
tracking now ♥
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Thanks for the track!

Thanks for the track!
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Pffft Don does'nt mind

Pffft Don does'nt mind staring at fish.xD Ahh,poor boy ;u;


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xD He still feels bad. Making

xD He still feels bad. Making them stop playing to come sit and stare at fish with him.
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I'm just gonna stick a track

I'm just gonna stick a track right hurr...

Glad to be seeing this boy in-forest more :3
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Thanks for the track! He's

Thanks for the track!



He's so nervous around Phaios. I'm going to try to get him away from that here sometime.
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Aww. She's a little crazy

Aww. She's a little crazy lately, but she doesn't usually bite :3
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Awww. Poor Phai. He's scared

Awww. Poor Phai. He's scared to offend her for some reason.
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Oh this boy's a cutie! Seen

Oh this boy's a cutie!
Seen him around, but only when Peri had a destination and couldn't sniff every stranger. ^~^
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Awe! I've seen Peri's picto

Awe! I've seen Peri's picto around too, I'll make it a point for my boy to come across him next time in forest! If not him than one of my other kiddos.

And thanks for the track!
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I wonder if I can add you in

I wonder if I can add you in skype... or you add me: Luana.Dajhi
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Added you!

Added you!
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This guy is so adorable.

This guy is so adorable. ♥
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Awe, thanks!

Awe, thanks! ♥


Heehee, I love him too.
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A bump. Happy birthday,

A bump.



Happy birthday, Zash.
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wingeddeer's picture

So glad for Don to have known

So glad for Don to have known this guy,he's a great addition to this forest.<3


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Happy Birthday Zashy!!

Happy Birthday Zashy!!
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Happy Birthday for your Zash

Happy Birthday for your Zash and many more to come ♥
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SOB I NEED JACOB TO INTERACT

SOB I NEED JACOB TO INTERACT WITH HIM MORE/plops Jacob on top of

ALSO

Happy Birthday, Zashy! ♥
~Poppy~
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Winged, Soli,

Winged, Soli, Djavu:




Poppy:

Yes, yes he does. He finds the hyper little guy amusing.
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WAIT, WHAT? What happened?

WAIT, WHAT? What happened? He's not gone, is he??
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Nope nope, he'll be fine! In

Nope nope, he'll be fine! In fact he'll be better than ever once this over and done with.
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Oh phew! What's going on with

Oh phew! What's going on with him, then? Smiling
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His past came back to settle

His past came back to settle an old score, is pretty much what happened. (I'll add more to the story up there to make it make sense. Working backwards with it.)
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Donovan trodded throughthe

Donovan trodded throughthe undergrowth,head swiveling,eyes searching as he sought out his friends.Curse his lack of smell! The Cowboy had to rely on eyes and ears alone to seek out others.Which often had him wandering aimlessy through the forest trying to see familiar figures.
And it was one figure,who caught his eye in the distance,a vaguely familiar one at that...Zash perhaps?
He trotted closer,chuckling to himself,what a lazy lump his friend was,mabye he could paint blueberry juice all over the grey bucks face as he slept.
He drew even closer,coming to a dead stop when he noticed red smothered all over his friend...The hell!?
He breaks out into a run,skidding to a stop near the stag,a strangled cry ripping from his throat.
"Zash?" He breaths,nosing the downed buck.


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Aria had been sniffing some

Aria had been sniffing some small flowers when a brown blur buzzed past her. She nearly jumped out of her skin but when she saw who it was panic filled her. She turned and ran after Donnovan to ask what his hurry was until she saw what he saw."Oh my..."she said her ears going back as she trotted forward and nuzzled him."Z..Zash please wake up" she half begged. NO..not this soon. She couldn't handle losing another so soon.
You do not have a soul. You ARE a soul. You have a body.
~ C.S. Lewis
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The rivets of cooling blood

The rivets of cooling blood had yet to fade into the background of his conscious. He was still aware of the agony that swept through him, of how broken and helpless he was. He should have stopped Riley sooner. He should have been stronger. He should have figured everything out sooner. If anything he deserved the pain for being too stupid to figure it all out before Riley showed up.
He once considered himself smarter than that.
Zash? the question sounded extremely far away to him, as if someone was shouting to him at some great distance. At most, he recognized his name and the question itself, the flow of the word over the tongue. Some part of him wanted to respond. He struggled against the shadows that dragged him down into sleep, fighting nearly as hard to show that he heard them as he fought just as hard to breathe. Zash... He struggled harder, wanting to say something. Anything, move, twitch a muscle. Show that he wasn't ignoring them to die. He wanted to live, didn't he? Some part of him still held onto that. He wanted to live. He sucked in a weak breath, something that was considered stronger than the faint breathing before, but it tapered out by the blood rushing up from his destroyed lungs.
Please wake up... Every bit of the will he had left was put into the effort as he realized whoever they were had to help him. He got his foreleg to twitch enough to drag across the earth, though he barely felt the motion, or the dirt tugging on his hoof. I'm trying...I'm trying... he thought, though the words were painfully slow in his mind. As if he had all the time in the world, not...giving...up...

{e} Fixing this because it's driving my perfectionism up a wall.
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He was aware of Aria beside

He was aware of Aria beside him as he studied the bloodied buck in silence.Feelings of vengence and anger swamping his mind.Who had done this? Why? Why Zash? Was it a demon or someone who just wanted a scrap with the male? Donovan longed to find whoever was responsible,but Zash needed their attention more than ever now.
His friend's leg moved,barely grazing Don's own hoof.Was he trying to tell them something? He turned to Aria."Do you know who did this?"


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She shook her head softly"No

She shook her head softly"No I don't but..he needs help" she said her eyes searching her friend desperately. "Zash" she said laying beside him and groomed him gently. Her sight being hindered by her tears."I don't know what to do Don..."she said looking to him for any comfort.
You do not have a soul. You ARE a soul. You have a body.
~ C.S. Lewis
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...who did this? Zash tried

...who did this? Zash tried to rally what was left of his energy to respond, at least respond more than twitching a leg.
I don't know what to do... He felt blood gurgle up from his throat as he took a stronger breath. He couldn't tell where the strength was coming from, in that moment he didn't question it, merely accepted it as a will that was stronger than his physical body. But how strong? He knew he was slipping as he tried to get his sluggish and blood covered tongue to pronounce the right word. He only had one shot, who was to say they would know what he was talking about anyway? They would just sit there and wait him out. Let him die. Any other time he would have allowed that to happen. He would have accepted it as fate. His punishment for existing again. He accepted it in the past, hadn't he? Sure, when he had died before. But the Twins had saved him. They had brought him back. He wasn't going to repay their forgiveness with death from something that could easily have been stopped sooner if he had known how to handle the situation. He hadn't figured it out fast enough. That should be his fate.

He tried to take another breath, only to end up coughing up more blood.
As the breath whistled out of him, he took his only chance to converse, "Twinsss..." He forced his eye to flicker open, but it only lasted for a moment as his energy seeped out of him, his breathing growing shallower.



Figured they could use some guidance. Akhen's helping him stay alive; I know he'd be dead by now, or completely unconscious...
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A bump for recovering RP time

A bump for recovering RP time thing. Please come and interact with him!(RP that is in progress above this post will remain that way, below this post will be a new RP)
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Seed picked his way through

Seed picked his way through the bushes, coming to a stop as he noticed two things: first, there was someone in the little sunny patch he had been heading towards, Second, that person had noticed his arrival. The green stag wavered, turning his head this way and that in his uncertainty -- should he advance? should he move back?

"Good afternoon. I'm sorry for disturbing you."

He nodded his head and almost turned to go, but then he noticed a third thing. The deer sitting in the sunlight's eye was swollen. Seed's thoughts moved from embarrassment to concern as swift as the turn of a swallow. He walked out of the bushes and lowered his head, leaning forward for some examination.

"Are you alright? You're not hurt, are you?"
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Zash tilted his head toward

Zash tilted his head toward the voice, more relieved than he originally thought that this voice was a friendly one, albeit unfamiliar. His sluggish mind worked to come up with some response to his greeting, trying to come off in an equally nice and friendly tone. He didn't want to scare him off by coming off gruff-he felt he would be alone for a while if he did. Yet, the Grey's mind and tongue weren't working together quick enough and by the time the other spoke up again he was only halfway through at settling on some form of timely greeting.
You're not hurt, are you? he was stumped on that one. He was, but he was getting better. He didn't know if he could handle saying that or not. Or if that was even the case. He felt a bunch better, just out of it. 'No' seemed to be the way to go about responding to that one, but it was a blunt and definitive type of response.
Then it struck him, he was pondering how a greeting would be taken rather than actually answering. He never cared about that before. He settled for answering the last set of questions, since by then it was a little too late to greet.
"...no...am getting better though..." even though his tired voice said otherwise he flashed a weak half smile, as if he was trying to convince the other male of this. "Name's Zash..." he added after a few heartbeats, "What... may I call you?" his words felt painfully slow and somewhat muddled on the tongue, even though talking seemed to be helping his mind pick up the pace.
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"I'm Seed. It's nice to meet

"I'm Seed. It's nice to meet you."

Seed still looked a little dubious about his claims of getting better. After all, even if you say that, you're still hurt now. But... Anyway, it'd do him no good to dispute. Instead, he lowered himself to the wounded stag's level and decided to continue the conversation. After all, it'd be really uncomfortable if it was just 'oh, hi, you OK?' 'getting better? OK, bye.'

But the only vein of conversation that came to mind was...

"You must have gotten in quite a fight. Or...an accident, maybe?"

He was trying not to sound too worried, but Seed's face was the sort that slipped easily into friendly concern, with thin eyebrows fond of furrowing his brow and big, soft eyes that showed his inner monologue very plainly.
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Seed. Zash mentally tried to

Seed. Zash mentally tried to pair the name to the voice. He thought he could see something green moving...maybe that was him? He wished he could see him better. Though he felt somewhat relieved when Seed's voice came closer, happier at the thought of company than he initially thought. The half smile flickered, fading a bit at the other's remark. He couldn't tell which injuries he was referring to. His missing leg and eye had been referred to as accidents or fights in the past. But the fact he was pretty much blind until the swelling went down made him reconsider.
"My eye...?" his head tilted a bit from where he had his chin resting on the ground, "I lost a fight with that one," his smile returned a bit, though he missed the look on the other's face.


Seed's such a lovebug. I just want to hug him.
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Seed hadn't seen all the

Seed hadn't seen all the older damage on the stag at first-- his angle of approach had hidden some of the finer anatomical details. Still, only what he had noticed at first looked pressing or recent enough to deserve comment...Probably. Maybe. Unless he was in a rather lot of trouble.

"That's... too bad. Need any help?"

He really wasn't sure what to say about fighting, whether winning or losing. It all seemed a rather big waste of effort. But... At the same time, it was very sad to see someone hurt like this over such a waste of effort.
When next he spoke, his voice -- warm and not terribly deep, a sort of amber-colored voice like the fall of sunlight on a warm summer evening -- was a little amused and a little concerned at once.

"You seem a little indisposed, at the moment."


((Aw, thank you!))
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Zash couldn't help but

Zash couldn't help but chuckle at that, "Only a little bit," he agreed, though went silent at the mention of help, thinking it over. He could deal without water or food for the time being, besides food was a delicate issue with him, but he felt the urge to take up the other's offer, "In all honesty, you just talking to me helps a lot. It's kind of lonely...I can't see so I don't know where I'm going or what I'm going to run into. It's safer to stay put, but I kind of miss company too..." he trailed off, somewhat embarrassed to admitting such a weakness. Yet, he had never been alone before and never had much of a chance to get accustomed to it. He always had some friend with him just another wherever he went. His mind was picking up it's pace by talking again anyway, the words came to him much easier than before.


:3 and sorry can't really code at the moment.
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"Well, I've no problem with

"Well, I've no problem with keeping you company until you're feeling better. I have little else to do, really."

Seed settled down -- he'd already pretty much sat down, except before it was more kneeling than sitting. It was simply a matter of shifting his weight a bit, letting go of the notion that he'd be going anywhere anytime soon.

His mind turned back to something that was on his mind lately, an idea he was stirring up in his heart. While he had a captive audience, it was as good a time as any to ask about it. He looked up into the canopy, feeling a sudden wind stirring both the branches in the trees and the ones growing like antlers from his own head.

"...Do you think you could do me a favor and tell me something? Is there somewhere in this forest...That's special to you?"
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The young stag didn't respond

The young stag didn't respond right away, half because he was taken off guard by the question and half because he was thinking.

"Special...like means something to me?" he questioned back softly, but his voice sounded distance. He thought back to when he first entered the forest, back to the spots he had wandered to. He had places he preferred to sit, but they meant nothing to him. The purple flower patches...those held memories. Good memories.
"Those...those flower patches. The purple ones with the little butterflies...they hold happy memories for me, if that's what you meant." it troubled him to think that he had nothing other than those flowers to hold happy memories for him. He thought he had more than that. "What about you? What's special for you?" he prompted, curious as to where his train of thought was headed.
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Hmmm...That was rather a

Hmmm...That was rather a vague answer. Still, it was the one he had, so he thought about the butterflies, dancing in the airs, drinking from the inner pools of flowers... There were some poems to eke out of that, still. He was silent for a long time, less thinking about his own answers and more thinking about his companion's. When he spoke, his answer was thoughtful and fluid.

"Oh, lots of places. The logs where my first love slept -- the ones by the ruins, that form sort of an A if you approach them the way she did, sleeping in the top half of the letter... The bridge, of course... The dandelions where my ex-wife and I came to understand our feelings... Places like that. For the most part, I've written of a lot of them already, though."

He hadn't, he realized, written one for that set of logs, which once would send him into waves of sorrow and even now, though it'd been many years since they had said goodbye there for the final time, made his heart stir with old sorrow, like a scar twinging in the wake of a coming storm.
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"It's unfortunate for you to

"It's unfortunate for you to have loved and lost so much..." he murmured after a good minute of silence. He didn't consider that to be special though, bad or sad memories, yes but special? Maybe in an off handed way. He continued in a quiet voice, "I've yet to really fall in love here..whoever they are probably wouldn't want me. I have a habit for falling for someone who wants nothing to do with me..." he trailed off, his head fixed in such a way that he seemed to be staring off into space- if he could see. Then he shook his head, the necklace flickering around his neck, "But those sound like sad memories, why would you want to think of them? Or has it been so long now that you see them as just memories...no attachment?"
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"I'm sure you'll find someone

"I'm sure you'll find someone one day. Someone to return your affections -- I've seen enough to know."

Seed nodded with certainty. But as for his own memories... That was difficult. Were they happy memories? Well, no, not exactly. The memories were mostly happy, but when he thought of them, he was also sad. To say that their nature was either happiness or sadness was wrong. When he spoke again, his voice was very soft and wistful, full of old feeling, gentle and tender as a spring leaf unfolding.

"No. 'no attachment' is why I wouldn't want to think about something, not because it's sad...What I feel in those memories...Is love. The love that brings happiness to think of the time spent with your beloved. The love that brings loneliness and sorrow when you're apart. It's the same love, even if it feels different... But the memory lets those feelings combine."

He spoke smoothly, his voice growing lonely and heavy-sounding. But, unbeknownst to his companion... He was smiling. It was a heartbreaking smile.

" In those places, I feel the shadows of those times, and that love feels new and sharp again in my heart. By remembering, I don't abandon them. I don't abandon my own heart. I couldn't surrender those memories, detach them from the places they occurred, even when I've truly wished it." He shakes his head.
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Zash listened to the other's

Zash listened to the other's words, thinking. Some part of his mind clicked with what Seed said, and he understood where he was coming from. Why feel sad when you can cherish the memories you had of those you cared for? It seemed healthier than pining for what once was.
"I understand..." he replied quietly, tucking away the wise words. Maybe they could be of use when he got lost in memories. "Yet, I can't help but wonder how you can still feel love toward those of the past if they've hurt you? You mentioned your ex-wife, surely that caused pain?" he turned his head to look at him. Like with Riley. They were "even" but Zash wanted to know to forgive him. How to remember him with kindness and not frustration or pain.
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"...It hurt a lot. There were

"...It hurt a lot. There were times, after what happened... That I considered laying down and dying. That it would have been the same as living, or better."

He had never admitted that to anyone, but, being unable to see him meant that Seed felt Zash wasn't going to look at him judgingly. Being a stranger, this person wouldn't worry about him. And, anyway... It was over a year ago now. His voice sounded strained and self-derisive, feelings coming and going across his heart and face quickly as he spoke.

"But I love her, even so. Foolish, isn't it? I can't escape my own feelings. When I remember the time we spent together... It does hurt. It is sad. But at the same time, the memories are warm and happy. Otherwise, their being memories would not hurt. I'm happy to have memories of her and I... I'm happy she got to be happy, even just for a while. Being happy when you're hurt, sympathetic joy for someone who hurt you. That may be what love is."

He said sounded, for all his speculatory words, resolute. There was a small sniffling sound as he surpressed a tear.
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"You speak wisely..." he

"You speak wisely..." he murmured after a few moments, catching the sniffle in his voice, "Very wisely, making everything seem to make sense..." he trailed off into silence, before adding, "I'm sorry you had to suffer through that, someone like you doesn't deserve that type of pain." the gray stag went silent for some time, staring off into space before speaking up, "my friend did this to me. I...I said something I shouldn't have... And he...did something stupid in response to it. He came back to basically beat me an inch from my life...I was worse off than this..." a pause before he went on, "I felt I deserved it for ruining our lives...but I can't hold it over my head anymore."
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"I'm sorry...About your

"I'm sorry...About your friend. But...I'm glad you're not going to blame yourself anymore."

Seed said, regaining his smile and the smoothness of his voice by a dint of will, shaking off his own mood to allow for some empathy.

"I originally asked, though, because of a project I'm working on. Well, thinking about working on. I'm a little stuck."
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The stag was giving a small

The stag was giving a small nod when the other mentioned something about a project. His ears flicked forward as he tried to see Seed through what little bit of vision he had. "Is that so?" he murmured, fruit to keep the interest from overwhelming his voice. It was a welcome conversation change; he didn't want to be somber anymore. Even though he didn't mind one little bit lending an ear to Seed. "What type of project, if I may ask?"
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( I dunno if you want to keep

( I dunno if you want to keep this separate from everyone else's or no. ;A; -posts anyway-
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The midnight pelted doe slunk through the woods, miles of worry racing through her mind. Several friends she had not seen in a while... And her son seemed to be gone now, too. She was a bit on-edge, and a bit worked up. Her face was drawn in a soft, pout-like scowl as she limped around. Her wounds were just now starting to scab over, but they still wept blood when she moved the muscles under them, as she was so smartly doing now.

She was following a scent without even knowing it. It was something familiar, welcome, yet something seemed to be weighing heavily on this scent. She walked out from a shrubbery and towards a sunny patch she intended to sunbathe in. But it seemed to already be occupied. Oh w- Wait. She recognized the occupant. Uncertainly, Nadezdha stood in front of the grey, silently and off at a distance. Her eyes had yet to really focus and take in his current physical state, and so, like the lump she was, she just stood and stared blankly.

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Seperate would probably be

Seperate would probably be best.

Zash didn't know what to make of them stopping short in front of him. It was like they didn't know what to make of him, or were startled into seeing him. He inched his head around to try to see them, making out blue, gold and some feathers. It took him a few heartbeats to recognize them, feeling more relieved than he initially thought that this was a friend over foe. Or at least he hoped so.
"Nadezdha...is that you?" he questioned softly.
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