[Venatici]

Day 4
Username: Morghettio
Cow: True Hospitality
Prompt:
Day 4: Who or what is your Buttermilk’s biggest enemy? (Optional Addition: How has this person or thing strengthened or weakened them?)

If someone did not know Howdy well enough, they might reply his biggest enemy is probably whoever the country would be fighting at the moment, or the biggest threat they were facing. That, of course, seems plausible enough, given he is in one of the military branches as a medic, where an enemy force would be causing difficulties for his soldiers: honestly, though, this is something Howdy would believe, too. Howdy would well be believing that his biggest enemy is the one of his nation, but Howdy also is not honest with himself.

Howdy is not at all honest with himself, because he just chooses not to see what the problems in his life are. He ignores the decisions he makes as soon as he makes them, because, well, those decisions he makes are not ones he chooses, but ones that Prescott chooses.

It is not inaccurate to say that Howdy's biggest enemy is much closer.

Howdy's biggest enemy is his best friend, Prescott. Prescott rules over a majority of Howdy's life, even despite the two of them being equals in pretty much every way. It has always been like this, though, as the two grew up together connected very closely.

When Prescott makes a bad choice, it always falls on Howdy. He just does not fail to see how much damage it does: how Howdy's biggest enemy is the one he confides in the most.




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[Winter Shores]

Day 4
Username: Winter Shores
Cow: Antheia
Prompt:
Antheia walked up to Daisy Grace, she had a spike of wheat coming out of her mouth. Antheia and Daisy Grace embraced each other with a tight hug, "Glad to see you again" Antheia spoke sweetly.

Daisy Grace nodded her head in agreement, "Since you're finally here I can ask you the question I've been dying to get an answer too. Who or what is your biggest enemy Antheia?" Antheia was slightly taken back by this question. She never really thought of anything or anyone as her enemy. Sure, she might have not got along with certain moos growing up but if they ever needed anyone she would be there in a flash. She cared about everyone even if they did her dirty.

"Honestly, I don't really think of anyone as my enemy and if I did it would have to be myself. I always make decisions that regard the safety or feelings of others when I should be focusing on myself and growing. But I don't do that, i care to much about others that it effects my vision and judgement on things. I wish I wasn't so against myself and for once I could be selfish but then what would people think of me? Would they hate me because I finally chose myself over them? it's difficult always thinking for others and never yourself. I wish it was different but its not," Antheia slid her hand over her face and sighed deeply, "I want to be there for myself, I really do but I also want to see everyone else prosper!"

Daisy Grace frowned deeply, "I'm sorry that happens. I hope that one day you start to decide things for yourself and not at the cost f hurting someone. Your feelings matter and sometimes it's okay to choose yourself."

Antheia shrugged, "It weakens me but also strengthens me at the same time. It makes me weak because I'm afraid of hurting people so much that it always has me sinking deeper and deeper into the ocean. I can't seem to swim up and when I do it's like my feelings don't even matter. At the same time it strengthens me because I am able to decided if the person I am with, friends or partner wise, is worth my suffering. I want to make people happy and the causes me to focus on everyone else and make sure that its okay."
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[mtuan,]

Day 4
Username: mtuan,
Cow: Abby
Prompt: Abby's biggest enemy was being alone in the dark. It left her trembling and scared on most days, unsure of how to cope with the ever creeping darkness of the night. She would often have to leave a lamp on- or a night light in her younger days, when her parents had allowed her such pleasures in life. Though the girl knew that it would cost the family some electricity to keep such appliances on throughout the hours of the dark, she really could not help herself. Sometimes, and she knew it was dangerous too, she'd burn a candle to keep her fears away from her- to burn the midnight oil might have taken quite the literal... definition with her. There was no doubt that her fears of the dark and being alone has weakened the girl over time, however. She has become reliant on having a light source to help her sleep. And when she doesn't have such pleasures in her life- she simply cannot fall asleep at all. She'll often lay awake, conscious, and afraid of the night and everything that came with it. The sounds only intensified during the night and there was no doubt that such things made her weak and vulnerable. [206 words]

[DarkestWerewolf]

Day 4
Username: DarkestWerewolf
Cow: Aria
Prompt: 233 words

Cliche as it sounds, Aria does have an enemy or at the very least, a buttermilk she dislikes. This particular bovine resides in her rival herd. They never liked each other, the herds would always compete for food and space. Often times, it ends in a stalemate and they would reluctantly compromise and/or go their own way.

On many of this undesirable meetings, a cow from the rival herd started taking a liking to teasing Aria. Often calling out “How now brown cow?” The teasing was fine, Aria didn’t care much. However, when they both started to butt heads, it got a bit more hostile and out of hand. Aria was never one to fight but the other loved to pick one with Aria. She’d charge at Aria, clashing at each other. When push comes to shove, Aria would fight back. She didn’t want to let her win.

However, over the course of their meetings, the physical fights do take a toll on Aria, often getting bruised and hurt. Both cows get injured from the scuffle but only one enjoys it. Afterwards, Aria started to think of a way to avoid physical confrontation. Whenever her enemy charged at her, she would just swiftly avoid her. She’d keep doing so until her enemy was exhausted. When that happens, Aria would just walk off. Better to take the high way than sink to their level.

[Northstar.]

Day 4
Username: Northstar.
Cow: Khepri
Prompt:

When she looks in the mirror, she is her own worst enemy.

To Khepri, she has to be perfect.  No hair can be out place, no blotch can be upon her skin.  All her clothes must be neatly pressed.  Wrinkles, puffy eyes, and red skin are a no go. 

It started when she was young - the comparisons.  She thought her eyes weren't bright enough, lashes not thick enough.  She compared herself to something unattainable: perfection.  She didn't realize that the things that made her different, imperfect, were the the very same things that made her beautiful.

Her freckles stood out like strange blotches to her eyes.  No one had freckles like her.  It was a contant point of self-consciousness, hiding herself behind gauzy fabrics and glitter. She masked them as best she could with the resources she had. But her freckles were stars - eye catching and interesting and lovely.  Who else could say they had star shapes freckles? Not many.  They were unique and perfect in their own way. It just took her some time to see it...  It took a long time.

It's still a struggle, for her to let go of small imperfections, to strive not to look perfect or to be perfect.  She'll just take it one day at a time and maybe one day, soon, she'll see how wonderfully imperfect she is, and embrace it with her whole heart.

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[DarkestWerewolf]

Day 5
Username: DarkestWerewolf
Cow: Aria
Prompt: 523 words

Aria hates making tough decisions, especially those that will lead to a drastic change. For one, the pressure of the decision alone is over make her keel over from anxiety. To add, she doesn’t process situations very well under pressure which can sometimes lead to poor decision making.

Whenever possible, she will rope in those around her and seek their opinions on the situation. Learning how each one of them process and choose helps her to think better as they help her see the situation better and from different perspectives. Their opinions are just little notes that she can refer and think back to before trying to make her own decision. Ultimately, it still falls on her to choose so she still ends up stressed over it.

A fine example of a particular incident would be choosing her next course of study in tertiary education after receiving her results. Poor girl isn’t the smartest of them all nor was she a complete failure. All throughout her time in school, she had always been average. Just barely passing everything. Always relieved to get at least a D. As long as she doesn’t fail, she was fine. Of course she had subjects that she excelled in, namely art, biology and English. For those, she was amongst the top few in her class. With such a mix of results from her various subjects, her overall results resulted in being pretty average. Nothing shocking. Many choices were open for her to choose from.

However, there were of course choices that required better scores, like psychology studies and veterinary bioscience. She was many points off the cut-off. Regardless, she was grateful that there were still quite a bit of choices open for her. She scanned through her choices and came across a choice she absolutely loved. She wanted to join the career industry of that course of study. It was definitely her dream career. However, it comes at a catch, the course requires 5-6 years of studies and going through 2 schools before she can step out and work whereas if she chose another course that was in her choices, she only had to go through 3 years of studies. Both ends will lead her with the same qualification but she wasn’t sure if she was willing to study the extra years. The other courses were not of her interest but the career prospects were definitely better.

Aria spent a week pondering over her choices, causing her some sleepless nights and sobbing herself to sleep. She spent the week asking around, friends who are making similar decisions as her and others who have already made that decision. It was definitely stressful. After a week of seeking out advices and opinions, she decided to go with the 3 year course instead. Her dream career industry was pretty flexible in terms of who they take in so she was aware that no matter what, she would still be able to get into that industry. Even if she came to find out that the industry isn’t what she had been searching for, there were other prosperous industries she could try for.

[Areater]

Day 5
Username: Areater
Cow: Gazania
Prompt: "pfft, difficult decision? nothing's too hard for me," gazzy huffed with a casual eyeroll. "but i guess, if i'm faced with a choice i gotta think about...i wouldn't wimp out and ask anyone else, not even basil. you've gotta make your own way in this life!" he said assertively. "you just gotta follow your gut, your instinct - what's going to help you without hurting anyone else too much?" while gazzy was known for being a bit aggressive, and far too rash for his own good, he wasn't a bad bull. he wasn't going to kick someone down to pull himself up - well, maybe when sparring to increase his rank...but that's different! if gazania was ever faced with a choice so difficult that he felt the need to confide in someone, he'd probably see it as a weakness, and just grumble to his pet hen, toast, before making the decision on his own. he wouldn't want any other buttermilk to see him in a vulnerable state, or know his personal issues. but, anyway, it would have to be a really difficult decision to make him think too hard - gazania is known for doing rather foolish things because he doesn't stop and think things through. [203 words]

[ptarmigan]

day 5
username: ptarmigan
cow: froyo
prompt: "oh! this one's a bit easier. when i'm faced with difficult decisions i don't really mind dealing with it on my own." the white cow paused and got more comfortable where she was sitting. "sometimes its good to get a second opinion though, especially from someone who is much different from you. i usually ask buona for advice, given the fact there's only her and i at snowdrift vale aside from the sheep who always seemed like they weren't that interested in helping you out. sheep bond with each other, you know? not cows." froyo realized she was off track and her face flushed in response. "oops, sorry. anyways, buona is a lot different from me. she tends to be more carefree, less analytical than i am, so it helps to get her advice before i make difficult decisions. i think its important for people to be there for each other, you know?" the milky cow sighed softly as she looked around at the crowd. "but its easy to forget that, so a lot of the times i just manage it on my own. i think a lot of people do that, too. we all just forget we have people and isolate ourselves on accident."
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[BadgerBuddies]

Day 5
Username: BadgerBuddies
Cow: Bodhi
Prompt:
It never really took long for Bodhi to make up his mind on something. In fact, once an idea or a plan was in his head, it could be quite difficult to convince him otherwise. He could be quite stubborn sometimes without even realizing it.

The bull had a fairly good grasp on life and what exactly he wanted out of it. He wasn’t one that struggled with decision making like many other Buttermilks out there. He often felt bad making decisions without running it by his mother first, however, so he always tried his best to at least give her a heads up. It was more him telling her ‘this is what I’ll be doing’ rather than ‘what should I do?’

Her son’s antics frustrated Briar every so often. She was proud of her son for being such a confident, independent bull. But there were some decisions she wished he would talk out before jumping to an answer. She would always push him to talk through his logic and the logic of the other decisions with her when the issue was bigger or more important than most, but generally tried to leave him to make his own decisions, she knew she had to. Bodhi would always try to humor her and discuss the more important things, but it never really seemed to sway his decisions.

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