01-11-2021, 07:56 PM
The light that meets the dark
Cheri believed that knowledge was a strange sort of gift. While she couldn’t cultivate the inborn powers her twin and half-sibling seemed to have manifested from birth, she could listen and learn. Much like Reave, she felt the boundaries of what Yanhua was teaching them were growing too close though. Too tight to contain her expanding mind and all the endless questions she had about the world around her. Cheri was naturally curious but dependent on the safety and security of this place, and while she preferred to learn on her own time, in her own unique way of trial-and-method, she was unlike Reave in the way that she never strayed too close to the borders of her birth home.
Taiga was all that she ever needed right now, even if that would change sooner than she’d expected. She had the endless foggy woodlands, the sloping hills and fern-filled valleys, hundreds (if not thousands) of elder trees, and when she passed by the last few on her journey to peer down at Reave with expressive, happy eyes, Cheri was confused to find him not as receptive.
His dour mood made her pause just long enough that she could feel the pressure building in her skull, none the wiser that it was Reave who was causing the phenomena. She blinked; “I’m Cheri - Yanhua’s daughter.” The blanket-spotted filly reiterated.
For some reason his attitude made her nervous. Rosey and Oren weren’t always welcoming and warm, but they’d never been agitated at the very sight of her. Maybe annoyed as young foals tend to get, but not indignant. Cheri wondered what she could’ve possibly done to make Reave upset - had she interrupted something?
“Sorry. I can go?” She felt the need to apologize without reason or rhyme, taking a step backwards from where the spotted chestnut was. Her eyes strayed, green and eerie, along the side of his pelt she could see best, and there Cheri beheld the unusual nature of his strange, bony skin. She swallowed dryly. “I was just looking for… nevermind. I didn’t mean to surprise you.”
Taiga was all that she ever needed right now, even if that would change sooner than she’d expected. She had the endless foggy woodlands, the sloping hills and fern-filled valleys, hundreds (if not thousands) of elder trees, and when she passed by the last few on her journey to peer down at Reave with expressive, happy eyes, Cheri was confused to find him not as receptive.
His dour mood made her pause just long enough that she could feel the pressure building in her skull, none the wiser that it was Reave who was causing the phenomena. She blinked; “I’m Cheri - Yanhua’s daughter.” The blanket-spotted filly reiterated.
For some reason his attitude made her nervous. Rosey and Oren weren’t always welcoming and warm, but they’d never been agitated at the very sight of her. Maybe annoyed as young foals tend to get, but not indignant. Cheri wondered what she could’ve possibly done to make Reave upset - had she interrupted something?
“Sorry. I can go?” She felt the need to apologize without reason or rhyme, taking a step backwards from where the spotted chestnut was. Her eyes strayed, green and eerie, along the side of his pelt she could see best, and there Cheri beheld the unusual nature of his strange, bony skin. She swallowed dryly. “I was just looking for… nevermind. I didn’t mean to surprise you.”
@[Reave]