Narakari rider's snuggery

[Simmarrah]

Oh wow, he's beautiful! Gotta start writing!

[Yamaneko]

I'm glad you like the event - until now. ^^

By the way, I just wanted to make it official: Glock's Undercover has joined my herd. He already befriended Bethmoora and it would be curel to separate them now.

[Simmarrah]

Tradition
First Contact

The dust hung heavy in the air, almost as choking as the heat. Simmarrah adjusted the bandana over her nose and mouth making it easier for her to breath. She then put the binocs to her purple eyes, searching out the flash of white she had spotted earlier. The young woman rested on her stomach close to the lip of a ridge, and below in the dust storm were several new Narakari. The young animals had just arrived through the Hell Gate, and the heat of the summer was nothing new to them..

Sam grinned and sat up, slipping the binocs into her pouch. She turned to her brother, Zack, who was sitting the back to her own patiently waiting Narakari Rowena. "It's a good batch this year. Yama was right about the timing. They came through less than 2 hours ago judging by the dust." Zack nodded and slipped down from the brindled mares back. "Can I go this year?" He whined, his voice starting to rise up through his nose in that way that she hated. "No" She responded firmly. "You are too young. Maybe next year."

She jumped up onto the bare gray back of her mare, enjoying the feel of the warm skin under her bum. "Now stay here, I'll call you when I need you." He nodded his affirmation, and she leaned down to rub her mares neck. "Are you read girl?" The gray dipped her head and snorted. Sam smiled and squeezed her. "Lets go."

They travelled across the top of the ridge until they came to the steep path that marked the beginning of their hunt. Simmarrah leaned back, giving Rowena her head as the mare half jumped half slid down the slope When they reached the bottom Sam paused them for a moment so she could catch her breath and steady her hands: the trail was one of the most dangerous around. She patted the mares neck, grateful for the sure-footedness of her split hooves and pushed her On.

Ahead she spotted the herd of hell horses, some of them starting to quiet down as they realized how tired they were from their journey. A head or two perked up at the sound of the approaching hooves. She smirked as she crouched behind the mares neck, making the Nari seem riderless. When they were close enough for her to see the sweat marks in the Narakari's fur, she straightened up on the mares back, whooping and shouting to startle the herd.

Sam weaved her mare behind the herd, much as a stallion would, to keep them running. Rowena played the part, snaking her head at the Naris, her ears flattened and her teeth bared. The woman took her time judging the individuals within until Some of the Nari began dropping from the running herd. her mare was fresh and had many miles left in her. They had trained for this moment all winter and spring.

With only a few Nari left in the herd, Sam decided on a blood bay Appaloosa stallion. His eyes and horns a dark gray he was stunning to behold, and had incredible stamina. She urged the mare to his side, he pinned his ears at them and tried to move away but Rowena kept close. Taking a deep breath, and hoping the stallion was exhausted enough, Sam threw a rope around his neck and slipped onto his back.

The stallion was hot from running, and his muscles tensed at her weight asbegan to buck and crow hop beneath her. Sam kept her legs clamped to his sides and a tight grip to the rope around his neck. She don't know how long he bucked and reared, it seemed like an eternity, but eventually his efforts slowed and he began to walk, breathing heavily. Rowena came back to his side, and Sam slid onto her back. Both of them were out of breath, and her hands were shaking where they gripped his rope. But she had done it, for the second time, she had completed the traditional Narakari hunt of her ancestors and had captured a beautiful stallion for herself. "Or for Zack," she chuckled as he galloped up on his pony.

[Yamaneko]

Am I the only one who recognized that the big task wasn't revealed, yet? *giggles*

This years big task is:
- a drawing task, as always.
You have to draw a scene during the taming process. Full body, full coloured and with at least a simple background, please.
You can start with it, now. But please don't post it early. Big task entries that are posted before the schedule tells you to do will be rewarded with 0 points!

[Queen Vivane]

I wont be able to do the big task this year then. I do not draw backgrounds.

[Yamaneko]

Well, in this case you have to do your best with the other tasks. Or you may try it at least...

Honestly it's no big surprise that there are always people who can't do all the tasks. As well as I'm always confronted with it immediately ... but I don't want to talk about my feelings, now.


Important:
Please make sure that your entries contain really 500-700 words. I won't count the headline and I'm not picky if there are just a hand full of words more or less (up to 20) BUT don't do stories that are much longer/shorter. The range of words is part of this task!

[Simmarrah]

Am I way too far over Yama? I can change it if so, I only have a tablet and I kind of got engrossed in the story

[Fire At Heart]

Words: 529
Character/ Rider: Skylar
Narakari: Senshi (wild narakari, yet to be named in the story) and Vinni

First Contact

Skylar woke up early in the morning and tacked up Vinnin, setting out at dusk at a canter. She road along a slightly worn path and her narakari moved easily on this slightly uneven terrain. It was 10 minutes before she saw the outline of her destination, Yama’s barn. Having gotten a couple of calls from a few other owners talking about taming a wild narakari she decided to pay a visit. Slowing down to a trot as she approached she looked around for Yama. Spotting her quickly Skylar slowed to a trot and dismounted, telling Vinni to stay and walking toward Yama. The two females gave each other a slight nod.

“How are you Yama?”

“Good and yourself?”

“I am great, thank you for asking. Now what is this about the owners training wild narakari this year?”

“Ah, let me show you yours.”

As the two walked around the barn Skylar saw a few pins in total disarray. A few of the wild ones were running all over the place, others were kicking at the wall. Shaking her head with a laugh Skylar said, “How are we supposed to train these crazy things?”

“The same way you train your foals, trust,” Yama answered easily.

Sighing Skylar continued to follow Yama till they reached the last pin. With a nod Yama signaled this was Skylar’s wild one pin. Although the pin was silent the girl was nervous, she had trained her foals of course, but a wild narakari was a challenge. Taking a deep breath she climbed up the fence a little and looked in. A beautiful grullo with birdcatcher spots stood near the back. As soon as the narakari realized it was being watch, it looked at Skylar. She decided to name it something in Japanese, it suited him. They seemed to be observing each other, neither one moved for a while until Skylar decided to sit on top of the fence. That made the narakari back up and move away.

“Shhh. It’s okay boy. It’s ok-.”

She never finished the sentence because then the narakari charged and rammed its body into the wall. The force knocked her over the wall and onto the ground. When she landed it was right on her butt and tit hurt. Yama looked at her with a smile on her face, “You good?”

“Yah I am fine, but what was that?!?”

“That my dear, is a narakari who only lets a person get so close. You have fun with that,” and with that Yama walked off leaving Skylar to figure out how to train her new wild one. Looking back through the slots in the pin, she shook her head with a small laugh.

“This is a challenge that’s for sure,” The stallion was back to where it was originally the only thing that had changed was know it’s ears were pinned. Skylar let out a huff of air, “Great, just great now we are both in bad moods…”

Flopping back Skylar laid on her back and looked at the sky with thoughts of the tall grullo in the pin next to her, “This summer is definitely going to be an adventure.”

[Yamaneko]

Am I way too far over Yama? I can change it if so, I only have a tablet and I kind of got engrossed in the story

Yes. I can't check it at the moment but I think it was something over 1.000 words. Maybe someone from the community might help you? (Otherwise you have to count on your own...)

[dreamwalker]

Am I way too far over Yama? I can change it if so, I only have a tablet and I kind of got engrossed in the story

your story is 1025 words c: