[ i am so useless with posting. sorry guys. ]
[ lucky spring is a long season, giving time for my boys to work their stuff c; though i think pan's got it tough. ]
[ i would also assume most of pan's mares are in heat, thanks to me being away for so long? ;u; ]
eight, loner, knabstrupper x mustang, heat stage two, companions;
pride
gold
J I G O K U I N U [ cerberus ]
hearing gold come over, the mare flicked her scented tail, ears flicking back and forth as she debated on whether to chase him off or accept him company. her being in heat and the fact she was attached to him allowed jigoku in to let him come over. his sorrowful eyes made cerberus feel bad and she stretched to nuzzle his own muzzle. perhaps it was her heat scent that made her so willing to be close to him. shuffling a little closer, her tail flicked in a friendly manner. in her mind, she wondered if perhaps she should join a herd. looking between pride and gold, her thoughts conflicted. would she have to choose? pride was somewhat famous, normally he had a very large herd before him. what had happened? gold however, was unknown and cerberus was surprised not to have heard of him. he was so kind. pride was equally gentle and caring. sighing, the mare nibbled at the grass.
nine, bachelor, percheron x mustang
R E A P E R O F S O U L S [ grim ]
grazing by himself, grim knew he would be allowed back in at the end of the season. despite pan being angry now, they really were friends. well, that's what grim kept telling himself, not wanting to believe that pan no longer wanted him around. the stallion lifted his head from grazing when he saw page storm away, her filly and atlas in tow. grim's eyes widened and he looked between her and pan, waiting for pandemic to click and go berserk. for some reason he did not which led grim to believe that pan thought grim would make sure no mares would leave the newly created outer ring of the herd.
a nicker distracted the grey stallion from his thoughts and he turned to see page was calling him over. tail lifted his, he trotted over with his powerful stride, only to stop a couple meters away, rearing up nervously. "i mustn't come too close, i do not wish to anger pandemic." he looked towards the filly, his eyes sparking brightly, "she's very cute." he commented before looking back to page, "please, i beg of you, do not disobey pandemic. if you leave his protection, you and your family will be hurt. and if worse comes to worse, pan would order me to deal with you. i do not want that. obey him for the season and when i return i will protect you however i can." grim looked so sorrowful, wanting to desperately for her to listen. "i know you're strong enough to tolerate him but i know you are also stubborn enough to entirely ignore me and do what you wish." glancing to pan, he could see the older stallion giving him the death glare. not only had page some over but sparks had done the same. her soft muzzle brushing his own side made grim become even more flighty. did they not understand the dangers? however, sparks kept going and he guessed she was going to foal. "page, think of the other mares. if you won't go back for me, go back to protect them. if sparks has a colt, he will need protecting."
a scream made grim jerk his head towards pandemic. "no." he whispered, seeing pandemic charge at blue. his eyes locked onto page, "help them! pandemic will not kill their lead mare." pawing the ground, grim left her side to charge around angrily. He could not tell pan to stop, he could do nothing. he paced the edge of his boundaries, his eyes wide as he pawed the ground frantically.
eleven, bachelor, thoroughbred x hanoverian, members;
page
missy
bella
astria
sparks
charm
blue
phantom
asuna
olivia
venus
cobra
mystery
ghost
artemis
mystic
tigerlilly
sun
raven
atlas
garry
thunder
grim
A P O C A L Y P T I C P A N D E M I C [ pandemic ]
pandemic saw that all the mares were beginning to inch towards grim. this infuriated him and he pawed the ground, noticing that sun was trying to get away. charging forward, he nipped her neck, ordering her back towards the herd. he was not letting any of them disobey simply because he had pushed out grim. tossing his head, he could also smell all their heat scents. they would never accept him. pandemic looked to see grim speaking frantically to page. he was probably being the puppy and trying to get her to do whatever he wanted. pandemic snorted in surprise when he felt hooves hit his flank. shying to the side, he just managed to avoid her teeth. however, he could not avoid blue's venomous words. for a moment, pandemic truly looked dishevelled and, dare i say, hurt. "do not play like this with me! you act like you care for him but had i not taken over the herd, you would have never even met him had i not taken over the herd." pandemic then lunged, his hooves aiming accurately for her shoulder, "and do not lie to me when i ask, if your old stallion returned, would you ignore him to be with grim?" the chestnut gave a sigh before backing away. "it's how things go. grim is a threat to my authority. he will be welcome at the end of the season, maybe even earlier if he were to offer something if return for a place within this herd."
seven, band stallion, unknown breed, family;
mew
faith
cloud
mew
sebastian
T I D A L R E D E M P T I O N [ tidal ]
as mew set off, the stallion circled them once, bringing them all close before settling beside eevee. sebastian had been given a lesson, it was her turn now. nuzzling her to get her attention, tidal looked ahead as he began speaking. "within most herds, there are five ranks. the necessity of all herds are the band stallion and the subordinate mares. those two ranks alone form a band. lead stallion is the protector and representative when near other herds. the subordinates are the females which live within his band. together, they produce off spring." pausing to look at her, tidal hoped she was getting this. "then, there is lead mare. they tend to be the oldest or strongest mare. they lead the herd, keep it safe and maintain order. it is common for them to have more authority than the stallion though sometimes they are equal. after that comes a rank which is becoming less and less prominent within a herd. and that would be favourite mare. the rank if self explanatory. they are the band stallion's favoured female, always given the best grazing and normally chosen first to produce off spring. sometimes they even outrank lead mare." the patched male looked around his herd. he loved them all equally so the rank didn't exist in his family. tidal then explained the last rank, "dog is the last rank. this is a stallion, normally younger who follows, or dogs, the herd. sometimes they will fight for dominance, sometimes they will try to snake away mares and on the rare occasion, they will simply support the other stallion." with all of them explained, tidal made eye contact with her again, "i tell you this because i want you to choose early what rank you want." he offered her a smile before chuckling, "of course, band stallion and dog don't apply to you. but what ever rank you want will help mould your overall personality. subordinates need to be very tolerant, lead mares need to be fierce and stubborn, favourites simply need to know their way with other horses." again, he surveyed his herd, cloud, mew, faith, sebastian and eevee. "though to our family, the system is different. we are unique to other herds and that is why it's important i prepare you for the more common realities. along with the odd unique herd, there are much more aggressive herds that follow these strict rankings. and then there are looser herds. we sit off the radar with our tight but liberating sense of rankings." dark eyes blinking once, tidal wouldn't be surprised if she got none of this. sebastian's lessons were more practical whereas eevee's lessons were verbal. still walking he paused to make sure there was no danger before looking to her again, "any questions, do you understand eevee?" tidal wondered if he had ever used her name personally to her before. sure, he may have mentioned it but when had he ever spoken this much to his daughter. tidal felt a little guilty for this and promised himself to focus on his family a bit better.