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Username: SunsetPatches
name: Hvítur Njórinn (White Snowflakes) // Orrin
gender: stallion
halter color: icy blue with blockish/crystalline patterns of white and darker blue
story:
The stallion tossed his head in the darkness of the float, nostrils flaring, pawing at the air with a forehoof, his ears flicking backwards and forwards with a widening rim of white around his eyes. Even after the three-hour trip in the float from the airport - after which most horses would be exhausted, not even considering the plane journey beforehand - Orrin was keyed up and jittery with nerves. Not exactly the calmest of stallions even at the best of times, new smells and sights were accosting him already, and his blue eyes darted around, trying to soak up every tiny piece of information and confirm that, yes, no ravenous, toothy monster was waiting for him outside the float. Even then, the smells of new pasture, new tolters, and new people weren't exactly the comfort that Orrin was looking for, and his flanks heaved as he sucked in air urgently, his heart thudding in his ears. His pelt matched his personality and his name - snowflakes, crystalline, and easily shattered. He was fretful and skittish, and ever so slightly contrary, which made him interesting to ride, and even more interesting to move to a new stud halfway across the earth.
Orrin was coaxed, stiff-legged and baulking, into a reluctant backwards shuffle out of the float, a human girl with a dark, tumbledown mane patiently tugging at his leadrope to encourage him to keep going. She knew that stern disciplinary methods weren’t going to work here - this was unadulterated fear, not disobedience, and before long, her forgiving methods had the stallion out of the float and standing on the loose, grass-flecked soil of his new home. Orrin drew in a shuddering breath as soon as all four of his hooves touched the ground, feeling the exhaustion of his long journey begin to seep into his mind now that the adrenaline and fear had subsided.
Before he could properly relax, a ringing neigh echoed from a few meters to the right, and Orrin’s ears darted back to attention, his head jerking up from the patch of ground he’d decided to investigate.
A black-and-white pinto filly, nearly a yearling by the looks of it, had popped her head over the wood-panel fence, her ears pricked forward eagerly, whinnying a welcoming hello to the new arrival.
Orrin’s first instinct was to shy away, not expecting the sudden appearance of something else to deal with, but the filly’s eyes were soft and beckoning, and the stallion’s racing heartbeat began to slow down. Somehow, the filly calmed him down - if she looked so happy and content, and well-fed by the sheen of her coat, then what was there to be afraid of?
Haltingly, Orrin arched his white-splashed face towards the other tolter, hesitating as if he was expecting a backlash, or for her ears to flatten and teeth to emerge; but the filly eagerly brushed noses with the stallion, whickering that it was nice to meet him, and that her name was Koda.
Njórinn let out a weighty sigh, the tremor in his limbs subsiding, and he decided that maybe it’d be okay for him to live here. The shadows didn’t look so much like monsters poised to leap out at him anymore, and even as he was introduced to his stall in the barn and to the other three stallions in the stud, he remained calm, readily anticipating the peace and quiet of his own patch of land, where he could sleep.
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It’s only short, but I hope you enjoy it! C:
Username: SunshinePatches
name: Hvítur Njórinn // Orrin
gender: stallion
eye color: blue
height: 13.5hh
dam: --
sire: --
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