The cost of blood.
Kimber searches frantically as the pines sprout out of literally thin air one after another. Her children would be locked out, or worse dead, if she didn't find them and find someone to protect them while the drums of war were bountiful. She has seen both her lovers (if one could call them that), Nymph and Warship, but it seems that Nymph had thus remained unscathed until she hears a familiar voice. Vaughan. Her blue ears alert quicker than ever before as she watches him lose his footing trying to scurry away as a buckskin stallion and another are racing directly towards Nymph. Her heart begins to thrum loudly in her chest, it rises and suffocates her, everything but that is blocked out. She immediately takes off for the child, seeing that Vessel is not far behind him. Her only children, in the middle of a war with some of the best magicians to walk Beqanna. She can only hope that she gets to them in time and that whomever dare get to them before her is ready for one helluva fight.
Mother was such a prude, don't talk, don't explore, don't do this, don't say that. Personally, I was sick of her shit but Vessel, as per usual, was behaving until I talked her into coming with me. I hadn't seen our mother in some time and it was so boring just sitting waiting - if I'm supposed to grow up and be a soldier, how can I do it from the sidelines? I had noticed a gathering slightly away from the pack and so I decided to approach. They smelled like us, one looked a lot like my sister but mom says many horses look like others. I started to approach to see a man angry, to see a man break another mare's neck and watch the other two stallions and a creepy (well, she is) mare panicking over the tree. "Dammit!" I say, feeling a little adrenaline myself knowing my Mother, although Kimber was a potty mouth herself, would not approve of my behavior. I try to side step from the man but they're all coming at once - I wail out for my mother, even if it is a childish thing to do. I look to my sister, who is close by me and I can't help but think how terrified she must be. Before I can even do much else, I am in the middle of the group and to be completely honest - I think I just peed a little.
It seems like an eternity before she reaches the group, her nostrils wide and her mouth foamy from the trek. Her sides heave as she is frantic, anxious, worried, and generally a basket case. She is not sure who the enemy is here but she doesn't hesitate to place herself in the middle of it, true Kimber fashion. Her shoulder was tight when the Buckskin crashed into her and before her cries of pain bellowed out, Zayn had crashed into her ribcage - her eyes grew wide and she coughed, choking back both tears and probably later; blood. She looks to Nymph with fear, she felt like she couldn't even trust him at this point as she caught the tail end about Mast and how betrayal had gone both ways. She gave him a look that needed no words, as if to say - "I was right all along" - but now wasn't the time for her to hash out old conversations. She heaves again and her body trembles as she manages to wrangle Vaughan from harms way but Vessel is on the other side of the blow and it is without much hesitation that the Buckskin is in her sights and he isn't stopping. "VESSEL, VAUGHAN GO PLEASE!" as she falls to her knees and feebly tries getting back up.
k i m b e r
immortal blue chamber mare
OOC: white is vaughan, obviously. Kimber too a blow to the point of her shoulder and to her ribcage (breaking a rib) - I took it from Rapscallion and Zayn, sparing Nymph/the children.