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[Soul Of Space]

( @zippyzoo- I've got a stable boy, Michael, who's open, if you want one of your characters to interact with him. )

[Sapphy.]

Sapphire - Natsumi

Following the King in the middle of the night by jumping from tree to tree without being noticed wasn't my best idea. I had missed a couple branches a few times, and once fell crashing from the trees, only to have the breath knocked out of me as I landed on a lower branch. With the very last strength left in me, I had managed however, to end up in a tree quite near to the castle. Sadly, my sleep had been distrupted by a very rude morning bird. It sang a high pitched melody, awaking me from my dark dreams.

Blinking, I looked down under. I was a good thirty feet off the ground, and a couple of yards away from the nearest gaurds. It was clear at close inspection that they where half asleep. Not much of a task to knock them out, but the problem wasn't them, but their reinforcements. I sighed. A hopeless cause it was. Thats when my eyes narrowed onto a very small figure on the branch next to mine. Her eyes large and an orange the color of the sunset with tints of green. A craft-full crown weaved from nature's hands laid apon her head. "Oh, your smart." She teased, narrowing her eyes at me. "I'm Natsumi. How did you make it this far?"

"Huh?" Was all I could manage. Well, how would you respond if a wild-looking 7-year old girl popped up next to you after you just woke up. "I said how did you make it here? Not many make it into the Castle Garden without being discovered. Though I wander through here, and the broken branch past there made it clear of an intruder, the gaurds haven't seemed to notice... How?" She said, spewing word after word, but they where woven so softly, I had to answer. After all, she had managed to give me my location. "I was following a pale-looking boy around my age. Have you seen him?" The girl just blinked, then laughed. It was clear she was of high-standard, from her dressage. Yet she had an air of innoccence to her that seemed to be masking something else. Strings.

"Ha, you seem quite simple to make out. Your following the King. He's quite interesting you know? I've seem him quite a bit in my explorations." There it was. That statement. Her voice rang with truth, but it sounded like she was missing something. The puzzle has a missing piece. "Yeah, I've figured that out by now."

And the truth was that, while I knew he was interesting, I was starting to wonder just how many interesting people there might be in this town that I didn't know about.-

( I'm going to include Natsumi in my writing as a minor character. A side-kick of Sapphs, so-to-speak. For now. )

[zippyzoo77]

((@Demon- I'll have Zaire come check on her horses, she can find Michael there.))

Zaire Fontell

After Zaire had finished her morning routine, she headed into the stables to check on Apophis and Tiamot, her horses. Though she was fully aware that the stable boys took care of all the horses the best she could. There was nothing like brushing out her own horses to relax after her morning work out. She went to the back of the stables, picking up one of the brushes that were kept there. Upon returning to her horse's stalls, she vaulted over the gate to Apophis's stall and began to brush out his mane. "Oh, Apophis, what have you gotten into." She sighed to Apophis. "Your mane is full of burrs, and what's this? Slobber? Or was Tiamot nosing you with her cold again?" She laughed, having untangled the sticky knot in Apophis's mane. "I know. I know. It's just spit." She responded after Apophis snorted his nose.

[Soul Of Space]

Michael
Mikey walked Starlight back into the stables, sweaty and practically panting. The mare had barely worked that morning, despite how she looked. The blonde stable boy, however, was sore for constantly falling off her back. He was sure he was bruised.
Faintly, he could hear a girl off down the aisle, talking. She probably owns a horse that's being stabled here, he thought, nodding slightly. As he removed the mare's tack and put it away, he tied the mare up so she couldn't get away. On his way to get the brushes for her, he pused at the stall the girl was at. Politely, and somewhat softly, he said, " [color=#FF400]What's his name?[/color] "
The horse had a fine figure; not too muscular, but not too fat either. If he weren't just being stabled here, Mikey wouldn't have a problem taking him out other than just to groom him and such. The blonde stable boy was clearly admiring the horse in the stall. " You take good care of him, " he added appreciatively, after a miute or so, leaning against the wooden pole about afoot or two away from the door.

[zippyzoo77]

Zaire Fontell

"Oh!" Zaire said with surprise. She hadn't heard Mikey enter the stables. Looking him over she noticed that he was either not a good rider, or recently riding a tough horse. "His name's Apophis. And that is Tiamot." Zaire said with a quick jerk to the stall directly to her left, where the mare was eating from the feed box. Tiamot looked up briefly at her name, but quickly returned to her munching on her food. "I'm Zaire, what about you?" She pulled the brush through Apophis's mane one last time, then started work on his body. It was quite quick work, she was done with that in only a few swipes. Apophis's black coat and mane were now clear of burrs, thought the same could not be said about his tail. As Zaire made her way to her horse's rear, she ran her hand along his back, making sure he knew she was there. Apophis could be jumpy at times, she didn't want to be kicked, or get her feet stepped on. Even her thick boots were no match to Apophis's hooves, though they would protect her against most things that would attack her feet. Though most frequent thing to attack her feet were chickens, that did not downgrade her boots. They were her favorite for riding and practicing.

[Soul Of Space]

Michael
The stable boy gave a nod, and as she introduced herself, he waited until she was done the brushing the horse's mane and coat out. Once she was done, he gave a faint smile, " I'm Michael. And the horse over there, " he pointed off to where Starlight stood, " is my mare, Starlight. " His gaze returned to Zaire as she began working on Apophis's tail. " How's he ride? " he asked, genuinely curious.
He was probably annoying her with his quetions, and he actually considered that. If he was, she would have told him by now... right? He shrugged the thought off, keeping a faint smile at his lips. He watched her for a moment, then let his gaze flicker elsewhere. He was inspecting the piles of hay and barrels of feed for the horses.

[zippyzoo77]

Zaire Fontell

"I do well with him, but he hasn't got much endurance. And he hates people." There were exceptions to this of course, but as a general rule, Apophis hated people and refused to obey them unless he liked them, then it was like you didn't even have to tell him where you wanted to go. Tiamot on the other hand was impartial to riders. Her favorites landed in the dirt just as often as those she deemed unfit. Zaire was still working on training Tiamot, she was nowhere near battle ready. They young mare was just over two years old, and had shown favoritism only to Zaire as a foal. She refused all the other trainers, finding only Zaire suitable, so Zaire made it her work to train the stubborn mare. Apophis was nearly as stubborn, but he was nice to his favorites. The black stallion was nearly 5 years old now, and though his manners were often marked as non-existant, he could out sprint and out jump most of the other war horses of the guard. He just had no endurance when running. "You could see if Tiamot likes you. I'd be surprised, but you never know."

[Soul Of Space]

Michael
The stable boy nodded slightly, and as she suggested he go see Tiamont, he nodded, " I'm gonna put Starlight away first. " He then pushed himself off the pole, and went over to his mare. He brushed her down, and with a wet sponge, he wiped down where she was muddy and sweaty. Then he brushed her again, to get rid of most traces of her previous filth. Pleased, he led her back to her stall, and filled her feed and water bins. Nodding to himself, he shut the stall door, and turned back to the aisle.
As he came to Tiamont's stall, he stood there a moment, then murmured, softly, " Hey, girl. " He hoped he didn't startle the mare, because he honestly didn't want her to hate him right off the bat. A horse's hate is something someone would never want. He was sure to keep his eyes down, because you should never look directly at a horse, it makes them think you're a predator.

[Soul Of Space]

Tyler
Ty understood that Ari didn't want to shake his hand, and it didn't bother him. He was a lower rank than this boy, seeing as Ari was blood-related to the king. Spotting the petite boy's confused smile, he dropped his hand back to his side, giving a small nod. In return to Ari's head-bow, Ty, too, bowed his head, briefly, but politely. He gave a faint smile. He could tell that Ari was a respecting and respectable fellow, and Ty would treat him as he would treat the king. He would respect him, and not dig into his past... not like he would do that to anyone, for that matter. He pulled his cloak tighter around himself in an attempt to block out the cool air. As his gaze flickered briefly to the sky, he saw that streaks of color were beginning to show, meaning daybreak was only hours away.
He barely suppressed a grimace. He'd have to work all day, without any sleep. Great.
Ty let his blue gaze return to the boy in front of him, and he tilted his head ever-so-slightly, in a way that pretty much asked, 'What now?'

(Sorry for double post)

[zippyzoo77]

((I'm going to play Apophis and Tiamot too as a part of Zaire's post.))

Zaire Fontell

Tiamot snorted slightly as Michael approached, he smelt of another horse that was stabled here, she had smelt the mare before. She turned, sniffing at the newcommer boy. He was not the one of Apophis, but he didn't smell to be bad either. Tiamot brushed her nose gently on the boy's hair to get a better smell of the boy.

Zaire was soon finished brushing out Apophis's tail, at which point she returned to his head and held out a single sugar cube. Apophis's nose sniffed at said cube, then he used his soft lips to pick it carefully out of Zaire's hand. Zaire scratched behind his ears momentarily then boosted herself over the wooden barrier between the two stalls. She began brushing Tiamot's coat. "She seems to like you." Zaire said with a short laugh as the boy's hair was significantly mussed by Tiamot.