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[OutFoxed]

Sebastian flicked his ears forwards, his attention completely on the new arrivals. Lily was still rambling on to Christian about proper cooling out horses. At the mention of her name, she jolted out of her moment.
"Oh my! I'm so sorry." Her cheeks redden in embarrassment. "My name is Lily and this is Christian," She said motioning to him. "And this is Sebastian." She finished not realizing Christian already had. "I'm assuming you're new here, correct me if I'm wrong."
She glanced at the first horse and owner, a small girl who looked slightly younger than herself with long brown hair. Lily smiled and tried to tame her unruly bangs by tucking them behind her ears. Moving her gaze to the guy and his horse behind her. He looked younger and had a Quarter Horse with him. The barn's slowly filling up. She thought.

[Sorry for the slight fail post. And Also for not posting sooner. I have a lot going on lol.]

[CoffeeAddict]

Alex turned her gaze back to the two standing in front of her and Dancer. Alex was lucky and she just caught what the brown haired boy was saying. Christian. Probably went by Chris, Alex figured. She didn't go by her full name but then again, there were people who did like to use their full name. It was more of a mouthful but whatever floated their boat. Alex turned her gaze to the girl who was standing next to him. Lily. Like the flower. Alex had this thing for names. She liked to hear other peoples names. It was the one thing that she wouldn't forget. Most people had trouble remembering names but Alex excelled at it. Something she was proud of. "You're right." Alex said, offering Lily a small smile. She spoke a bit louder then most people would. Her volume was off because she couldn't hear herself at all. On a really good day, Alex could hear herself a bit if she yelled but other then that she really couldn't. Alex's gaze wandered to the horse behind Lily, Sebastian. He was a pretty horse. A bit taller then Dancer who was just over 15hh. The perfect height for Alex. Well maybe a bit tall but she wouldn't have wanted a shorter horse. "Do you know where I could put Dancer?" Alex asked Lily, motioning at her horse. "Oh right sorry. I'm Alexandra Danvers. I go by Alex though. And this is Black Dancer. Or just Dancer." Alex said, introducing both herself and her horse.

[Piuma]

{ Seems this is kinda dead at the moment. I've added an owner of the ranch, Margrethe Jenssen. Those of you who've been here from the start already know her. The new ones have spoken to her on the phone. }

Margrethe jumped out of her land cruiser, and slammed the door shut. The parking space outside the Dovre Ranch Stable was filled with newly arrived horse wagons. She was late, as usual. While putting on thick gloves, she walked against the barn. Outside she could see the barn cat waiting for her. He always did that when she arrived, although she had no clue of how he knew. That cat was psychic, she was sure of it.
Inside, the stable was warm and cozy, and she could hear lowered voices. The newcomers apparently was able to find the stable door. She walked up behind them, carefully not to spook the horses.
«Hello, guys,» she said with lousy english accent strongly influenced by her lack of english tutoring over the years.

[KiwiKoala]

Christian looked up from the new arrivals upon the new voice. He hadn't been speaking, due to not entirely knowing what to say about a horse ranch in which he was more of a spectator than a participant. He relaxed upon seeing the somewhat familiar face of Margrethe. She had been the one to greet him upon his arrival at the ranch, and assured him that it was perfectly alright for him to live there without a horse or pony of his own.

"Hey, Margrethe," He greeted the owner hesitantly. He half-wondered what the reason was for her visit. Although, he supposed it was her ranch, and she could just have dropped by on a whim. He blinked to clear his thoughts, deciding to simply wait for her to speak.

[CoffeeAddict]

When another person came up behind the small group, Alex was completely unaware of it. She had been waiting to see if Lily would answer her question but when the other girl said nothing, she had just stood there, slowly stroking Dancer's nose. But when Christopher said something and was looking over her shoulder, Alex quickly figured out there was someone else now joining their group. But instead of it being a fellow barn mate as she had expected, Alex found herself facing the owner of the ranch. Margrethe Jenssen. She recognized a picture of her from the information package she had gotten. She had never met the older lady in real life though. Alex tried not to stare but it was hard. She figured Margrethe had said something since she had seen Christopher's lips moving out of the corner of her eye but she hadn't caught what either of them had said. Frustrated by her lack of hearing, Alex couldn't keep a small grimace off of her face. Sometimes the whole lack of hearing was just too much to deal with. Unfortunately for her though, it wasn't something she could change. Alex had to put up with it no matter how much it annoyed her. She was just lucky enough that lip reading had come easily for her. And that if noises were really loud, like a gunshot, she could hear them a bit. Not much but it was definitely better then being completely deaf.

[Piuma]

«I see you've met our new friends, Christian and Lily?» she asked.
«This is, correct me if I'm wrong, Alexandra», Margrethe pointed at the new girl, « and the horse is Black Dancer.» She petted the soft coat of the arabian mare.
«It's been years since we had such a fine-blooded horse in this stable, Alex. She can take stable nr. 5. The horse opposite is a stallion, but I expect it will be fine. Just let me know if it doesn't work out good for her. The one on the left is a gelding, I assume that won't be a problem.» She turned over to the new boy.
«And you must be Dakota,» she said welcoming. «with your better half, Montana Sun?» she reached into her pockets, and pulled out a small carrot. «I'm sure you like this,» she said to the gelding, «never met a horse in my life that haven't». She turned to Dakota again. «You can take the stable next to the horse opposite of Black Dancer.» The she turned to Christian and Lily.
«You know where Kyle and Ivy are? It is getting cold and windy outside, I don't want them to get lost on the tracks.»

[OutFoxed]

"It's so nice to meet you!" Lily replied. Her smile widened as another figure appeared in the crowded aisle. "Hey Margrethe!" She called. Sebastian sidestepped snapping his owner's attention back to him. Quickly, the brunette maneuvered her antsy gelding back to his stall. He was fine enough and she would go back and give him a good grooming when the barn calmed down.
Once back in the aisle, she leaned against the nearest stall so she was out of the way. "Umm. Kyle and Ivy... No I haven't seen them since they left on their trail ride." Lily answered slowly as she thought it over.

[Piuma]

Margrethe caught a worried face for a few seconds, before it passed on.
«Let's hope they are okay.» She turned to Alex and Dakota.
«Why don't you two put your horses in their stables and get settled in here, and I'll make us all a cup of cacao. I'm expecting one new arrival today, she was supposed to arrive about the same time as you two. Guess she got caught in the weather, it's been pretty windy down the valley.»

{ Let's all welcome Jack Sparrow to Dovre, with her character Katherine Prace
I have a hope that we might get this a bit more active, I am done with my finals next week and will be able to focus even more. Those who have not been completely active lately, will get a PM considering their wish to stay or not. }

[king_bear]

(thanks)

Kate sighed. The weather was this bad, she couldn't see where she was going. The snow took away her vision. She putted on her wipers, to let the snow disappear, but it didn't work. She heared Goldie and Ramsés pound in the trailer. They were impatient, just like her. She sighed again. She couldn't put the car on a parking place, because she didn't knew where these were, and she couldn't stop right here, on the street. And it was slippy. The truck snored. It was that old, she hoped it would survive the winter, in this cold, dark country. She clicked a button, and the wipers were wiping faster. Of course, it was too late. There was the tree. She rode right into it. Thank God she wasn't unconscious... She thought as she jumped out of the car. It couldn't be fixed anymore. Great. She walked back, to the trailer. Goldie and Ramsés were fine. She got her mobile out of her pocket, and dialed the owner of Dovre Mountain Ranch' number.

[ossa di cervo]

((Hope it's okay if Kyle hops in again. I apologize for not being very active lately..))

Little piles of snow were forming on Kyle's jacket as he rode Socks back into the stables. A hand rose and brushed out his hair then he shook his head roughly and let out a shiver. His eyes finally flicked up again and he smiled as he saw everyone, "Oh. Hey guys. Is Ivy still in here, she never caught up with me, so I kind of took Socks out by myself.." His eyes gazed around the stables, his hands unconsciously swiping snow from off of Socks' neck and back. When he didn't see Ivy he frowned a little, "Ah well.. Maybe she went to the indoor stable for a bit of jumping.."

His eyes landed on Dakota and Alexandra and he raised a brow, "Who're these two? New arrivals?" Kyle pushed Socks a few steps forward til the Mustang was standing in front of the two then hopped off, never taking his eyes off of the two, "Pleasure. The name's Kyle." He shoved his hand forward before braking into a smile, "Naw, I'm pulling your strings. I'm no crazy, up-tight person." He laughed a little and pulled his hand away before either could reach forward and let out a sharp whistle. The little pale brown, six-toed dog came lopping down the aisle and leapt up to Kyle, who responded with a laugh, "And this is Luca, my sweet little girl," he then turned to the gelding next to him and ran a hand down his neck, "And this is Smooth Criminal.. Socks." Kyle made a big show of bowing down as he spoke to the two newcomers.