I got extra feelings
Today was a day to celebrate, Yanhua thought as he woke to the rambunctious sound of his children. He returned from a very brief overnight stay in Hyaline only a day ago, and spent the following time making his way north again until he’d been reunited with Amarine to share the news. His childhood friend-turned-mate had no love for the former Pangean inhabitants, so her surprise and eventual astonishment at Yanhua’s story of their rebirth was expected. What, she wondered, could this mean for them? Yanhua had then told her, and shared with her all manner of ideas and thoughts he’d voiced at the gathering, along with the rejection that came from more than a few of the horses who’d (doubtless) had tried to raze Taiga and Nerine to the ground.
Together, they agreed it was time Lilliana be cued into the details as well.
Letting Amarine take point, the little family of four took off into the woods in search of one leader who remained. Yanhua had no idea that Lethy had returned, though he’d always held out hope she would, so he sent out echos - faint memories of Reynard and Cheri’s birth - aimed to connect with any of his remaining half-siblings or their shared mother. Lilliana would know it was him, and his siblings would run to her if they saw anything resembling mother’s magic. Privately, Yanhua hoped they would be with Lilliana and not their father; he longed for their expanding family unit to be gathered together as one large group, since such instances were rare. Publicly he kept a loving eye on his own children to keep them from falling behind, but found himself often trying to keep up. Cheri was everywhere and then back again, and Reynard seemed to disappear half the time - he blended into the woods so naturally, like a baby faun.
Yanhua’s love for them grew every day, and he feared it would always be like this. Never had he understood his mother more; every time one of them stepped too far away, or tripped on accident, his heart fluttered in his chest until Yan was sure that the golden star painted there was jumping off his skin. He was sure that at any second, Amarine would turn around and snap at him for being so jumpy.
He shot a sheepish look at the back of her head.
“She’s going to love them, but I have a feeling we’ll take my mother by surprise for once.” Yan chuckled deeply, talking about the two little ones.
Having spoken of the devil, Yanhua paused; something gave him reason to. His horned head rose and both ears flicked ahead to listen out for what he could only guess was premonition. Mother? He wondered to himself.
PERSONALITY | HISTORY | REFERENCESTogether, they agreed it was time Lilliana be cued into the details as well.
Letting Amarine take point, the little family of four took off into the woods in search of one leader who remained. Yanhua had no idea that Lethy had returned, though he’d always held out hope she would, so he sent out echos - faint memories of Reynard and Cheri’s birth - aimed to connect with any of his remaining half-siblings or their shared mother. Lilliana would know it was him, and his siblings would run to her if they saw anything resembling mother’s magic. Privately, Yanhua hoped they would be with Lilliana and not their father; he longed for their expanding family unit to be gathered together as one large group, since such instances were rare. Publicly he kept a loving eye on his own children to keep them from falling behind, but found himself often trying to keep up. Cheri was everywhere and then back again, and Reynard seemed to disappear half the time - he blended into the woods so naturally, like a baby faun.
Yanhua’s love for them grew every day, and he feared it would always be like this. Never had he understood his mother more; every time one of them stepped too far away, or tripped on accident, his heart fluttered in his chest until Yan was sure that the golden star painted there was jumping off his skin. He was sure that at any second, Amarine would turn around and snap at him for being so jumpy.
He shot a sheepish look at the back of her head.
“She’s going to love them, but I have a feeling we’ll take my mother by surprise for once.” Yan chuckled deeply, talking about the two little ones.
Having spoken of the devil, Yanhua paused; something gave him reason to. His horned head rose and both ears flicked ahead to listen out for what he could only guess was premonition. Mother? He wondered to himself.
@[Amarine] or @[lilliana] first come first serve ?