07-30-2019, 01:37 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-30-2019, 10:36 AM by Aodhan.
Edit Reason: So I made a real weird sentence at the end of his speech so I fixed that
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Aodhán
little fire
All that is gold does not glitter; not all who wander are lost
The tobiano male before him is stiff, the spotted hybrid notices - pride and prejudice seem to make the Loessian take his anger, though restrained, out on the new guy. That’s not something that bodes well: however neutral he is treated right now, it could flip soon, so terribly soon.
As stated by his body language before and still, the spotted young man isn’t here to fight anyone if he can help it, but the no-show of the supposed herd leader had made him decide to take matters into his own hands. Hoofs. Depending on whatever creature he was at the time. That has nothing to do with her as a person, just with the lack of literally any soul around. Or - well to be honest he doesn’t think that the mare who lead the place, should be leading if she didn’t have a very good excuse for not showing up since the start of spring. Actually, the Pampas had been relatively silent for the longest time - as long as Aodhán can remember.
He is now treated, however, like an evil invading stranger, and no movements are made to get to know him. In fact, this conversation feels like it was doomed to be an excuse to kick him out to begin with, no matter what he said. Even though today is not the first day for him to ask around. It is only today someone showed up - someone from the Kingdom, the one this little patch of green grass seems to fall under - just to judge him. Still, it seems Castile has, or had, similar ideas about the land when the mostly-white stallion brings up the idea of children’s laughter. That’s a good thing - it’s just bad that he hadn’t acted on it yet, though perhaps with the rumour revolving a war with Tephra, he had been preoccupied. And it’s bad that because of whatever reason, he forgives the mare who lead(s) the place for letting this whole land just sit around, but he accuses the newcomer of, well, what, even? Threatening Loess perhaps?
Noah is the leader here the salt-and-pepper male states, and Aodhán is inclined to look around once more to look for her, almost expecting her to arrive on cue, as if she had been hiding in Loess all this time - tilting his head just enough to indicate such - but no, she isn’t there, and the focus lies with his accusor once more. The Pampas is under Loess’ protection, he says. Now that is a very suggestive statement, that the younger male scrutinizes the other, just a moment. What is he saying then? That any change in leadership automatically makes the herd fall under some other kingdom or suddenly makes it independent? That the Pampas would be the enemy of Loess if it changed hands? Whoever come to that conclusion must have some serious trust issues - Castile sure is presumptuous today, and Aodhán isn’t quite certain he likes the man any more. Being told one is a threat even after no such movements are made, does that to a person, after all.
But he waits - waits a heartbeat to come up with a better answer to this assaultive line of questioning. ”I hope it will be for some time. I for one wouldn’t want anything here to change - except the fact that it looks so queerily empty.” A defensive answer, though with perhaps some spite in the undertones for finding himself being interrogated. But then again, he already wasn’t in this man’s good graces, for wanting a little more than just lurking around in an empty land with no-one to talk to or joining the existing kingdoms - he wants a tad more than lurking around in a land he cannot join for a lack of leadership.
This is why he had run from Taiga as soon as it became politically involved - to avoid… this. Being anyone’s enemy. As such this land would never be a territory if he could help it, and thus not a threat. A herd-land, that was something he could live in, and live for. Even if it wasn’t his own blood running around here.
Speaking of, Castile says there should be people already living here. This, again, makes the younger stallion want to turn around and look for them immediately, because he hasn’t been able to find them; though this time he only quivers his neck hide, as if perhaps chasing a fly or itch away. Focusing on Castile, he now waits silently for the man to finish his rhetorical questions, seeing as that he isn’t supposed to answer them anyway.
When he is finally allowed to speak, he starts with a sigh. ”You came with your mind already set, didn’t you? I’m the Big Bad Usurper in your eyes. But tell me, isn’t taking over something you can only do when there is actually someone on the throne?” Even if the young man is perhaps wrong about the definition, the idea is quite clear, in his tone and between the lines, that this leadership position wasn’t his original goal - but he feels that perhaps he should explain it. ”I didn't come for power, I came to join so I’d have a home. But I found that I could not, for the leader is absent. As such, the Brilliant Pampas aren’t an asset to Loess, they’re a liability. Empty lands like these are too easy to claim. Perhaps you should consider yourself lucky that it’s only me, because I have no ambitions beyond living in or leading a herd, and I wouldn’t think of harming Loess.” Honestly that would be beyond pointless and self-destructive, and it was just common sense for a herd, since it was politically unattractive, to simply stay where they were.
And - though he doesn’t tell Castile for fear the man interprets it as a threat - he’s capable of defending it, to match nearly every threat to the land he would find. As the son of a queen and a prince, he also knows his way around people - usually, that is. He makes an exception for the ones who try to bully him, like now. Name-calling is just the first step; hypocrisy seems to be the ground for it. There’s hardly anyone associated with Loess who with a straight face could say they would not do the same. Or that they don’t regret not coming here themselves.
As stated by his body language before and still, the spotted young man isn’t here to fight anyone if he can help it, but the no-show of the supposed herd leader had made him decide to take matters into his own hands. Hoofs. Depending on whatever creature he was at the time. That has nothing to do with her as a person, just with the lack of literally any soul around. Or - well to be honest he doesn’t think that the mare who lead the place, should be leading if she didn’t have a very good excuse for not showing up since the start of spring. Actually, the Pampas had been relatively silent for the longest time - as long as Aodhán can remember.
He is now treated, however, like an evil invading stranger, and no movements are made to get to know him. In fact, this conversation feels like it was doomed to be an excuse to kick him out to begin with, no matter what he said. Even though today is not the first day for him to ask around. It is only today someone showed up - someone from the Kingdom, the one this little patch of green grass seems to fall under - just to judge him. Still, it seems Castile has, or had, similar ideas about the land when the mostly-white stallion brings up the idea of children’s laughter. That’s a good thing - it’s just bad that he hadn’t acted on it yet, though perhaps with the rumour revolving a war with Tephra, he had been preoccupied. And it’s bad that because of whatever reason, he forgives the mare who lead(s) the place for letting this whole land just sit around, but he accuses the newcomer of, well, what, even? Threatening Loess perhaps?
Noah is the leader here the salt-and-pepper male states, and Aodhán is inclined to look around once more to look for her, almost expecting her to arrive on cue, as if she had been hiding in Loess all this time - tilting his head just enough to indicate such - but no, she isn’t there, and the focus lies with his accusor once more. The Pampas is under Loess’ protection, he says. Now that is a very suggestive statement, that the younger male scrutinizes the other, just a moment. What is he saying then? That any change in leadership automatically makes the herd fall under some other kingdom or suddenly makes it independent? That the Pampas would be the enemy of Loess if it changed hands? Whoever come to that conclusion must have some serious trust issues - Castile sure is presumptuous today, and Aodhán isn’t quite certain he likes the man any more. Being told one is a threat even after no such movements are made, does that to a person, after all.
But he waits - waits a heartbeat to come up with a better answer to this assaultive line of questioning. ”I hope it will be for some time. I for one wouldn’t want anything here to change - except the fact that it looks so queerily empty.” A defensive answer, though with perhaps some spite in the undertones for finding himself being interrogated. But then again, he already wasn’t in this man’s good graces, for wanting a little more than just lurking around in an empty land with no-one to talk to or joining the existing kingdoms - he wants a tad more than lurking around in a land he cannot join for a lack of leadership.
This is why he had run from Taiga as soon as it became politically involved - to avoid… this. Being anyone’s enemy. As such this land would never be a territory if he could help it, and thus not a threat. A herd-land, that was something he could live in, and live for. Even if it wasn’t his own blood running around here.
Speaking of, Castile says there should be people already living here. This, again, makes the younger stallion want to turn around and look for them immediately, because he hasn’t been able to find them; though this time he only quivers his neck hide, as if perhaps chasing a fly or itch away. Focusing on Castile, he now waits silently for the man to finish his rhetorical questions, seeing as that he isn’t supposed to answer them anyway.
When he is finally allowed to speak, he starts with a sigh. ”You came with your mind already set, didn’t you? I’m the Big Bad Usurper in your eyes. But tell me, isn’t taking over something you can only do when there is actually someone on the throne?” Even if the young man is perhaps wrong about the definition, the idea is quite clear, in his tone and between the lines, that this leadership position wasn’t his original goal - but he feels that perhaps he should explain it. ”I didn't come for power, I came to join so I’d have a home. But I found that I could not, for the leader is absent. As such, the Brilliant Pampas aren’t an asset to Loess, they’re a liability. Empty lands like these are too easy to claim. Perhaps you should consider yourself lucky that it’s only me, because I have no ambitions beyond living in or leading a herd, and I wouldn’t think of harming Loess.” Honestly that would be beyond pointless and self-destructive, and it was just common sense for a herd, since it was politically unattractive, to simply stay where they were.
And - though he doesn’t tell Castile for fear the man interprets it as a threat - he’s capable of defending it, to match nearly every threat to the land he would find. As the son of a queen and a prince, he also knows his way around people - usually, that is. He makes an exception for the ones who try to bully him, like now. Name-calling is just the first step; hypocrisy seems to be the ground for it. There’s hardly anyone associated with Loess who with a straight face could say they would not do the same. Or that they don’t regret not coming here themselves.