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Post by grumpyhyena on May 23, 2018 20:59:30 GMT -6
Cassiopeia Trudging knee-deep through snow was probably one of her least favorite things about her home country. With summers so brief, sometimes she found it hard to call the warm season to memory. She had her cloak tightly wrapped around her body, but the gusts of wind that cut through the trees made it feel paper thin. The short draft-mule trudged along, occasionally struggling through deeper rifts in the snow. Snow clung in clumps at her legs and in the longer tresses of her tail. Miserable, would have been a good descriptor for how she felt in that moment. Cassi glanced up to her sole companion in her misery. The taller mule trudged ahead of her, there had been few words between them, besides a few sparse greetings. Cass was hardly in the mood to, the cold stole her interest in socializing. Her mind was set on one thing- find whatever assholes they had been sent out to track down and then go home. Preferably to a warm hearth and food. The mule lazily dragged herself through the snow, head swung rather low. When the taller mare ahead of her stopped, Cass barely noticed. It took her bumping into the other's rear for her to re-focus on the situation at hand.
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Post by hey-stardust on Jun 3, 2018 21:08:10 GMT -6
CLARKE | WAR-FORGED | AMBASSADOR
Maybe I could live without it, maybe I could let it go. Boy you know I got a habit, chasing all the broken roads.
Scouting had proven to be a slow and nearly fruitless endeavour today, with the sun starting to dip beyond the snow-laden trees long before Clarke came across faint spoors that suggested traces of what (or whom) they were seeking; the trail was stale and weathered, but the party of two followed it anyway, the spirit of enquiry urging them onwards.
If nothing else, it would give them the chance to revise their skill as seasoned trackers.
Light snowfall dusted Clarke's back and she inhaled deeply, relishing the crisp, cool air before tugging absentmindedly at her coat. She had paused briefly in her task, cocking a hind leg, when a flicker of light caught her attention. Ears pricking, she made to start walking again, just as Cassi crashed headfirst into her rear. Tail tucking between her legs, the mare's hindquarters dropped and she stumbled forward a few steps to catch herself from falling.
Once she had recovered, Clarke turned to give the spotted mule a rather pointed look, before returning silently to the mission at hand; gesturing with her nose.
"Look, down there... Do you see it?"
Aware they were far from home, her words were quiet, barely audible above the brisk wind that swept around them.
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