Art by Arrowdoe

[The entire world was still this morning. The ambient noise was just barely audible beneath the silence of the forest. The earliest birds were barely even awake and the bats had long since tucked themselves to bed. It was the perfect time to wake up and enjoy some peace before the dense population of the forest woke.

Page yawned, showing off his pink gums and lower teeth, tongue curling back to try and move away from the light. The tension released from the first muscles, the buck felt his body tense up in anticipation for each lazy stretch that would wake it. This morning things seemed to just feel better than normal as he shook away the last flakes of ache. Time to set off in search of breakfast.

The forest was a buffet spread in front of the whitetail. Mushrooms and petite flowers littered the ground, sweet buds called to be eaten from the low tree branches and between the blades if grass. Mosses were everywhere, dripping with morning dew as if they had been dunked in the pond... a pond that held many water plants that were delectable by themselves. Page nibbled every so often at all of these excellent foods as he moved through the forest in the direction of the crystal pool at its center. He could feel the world beginning to rouse and wanted to be the first for a drink before the water was riled by fawns at play. And so he was.

The cold water quenched his deepest thirsts, so refreshing that it made his fur stand on end and his antlers tingle.

Page knew now that this was going to be a great day. ]



Character:
Page , male , young adult / comparable to human 20's

Art by Iskalo