Tread the Dawn [Sempiternal, Azeroth]

[revolver]

L O  K  A  S   E   N   N    A
I said I'd never let you go, and I never did.

At dawn, the sky is tinted with beautiful pastels. The air is silent except for the quiet stirrings of the dove, the mockingbird as they rise to begin the day. Soft tweets fill the space with an airy music, sunlight filtering through the trees from an expanse of pink, purple, and blue. This is the optimum time to roam, as there is no time so peaceful as the beginning of the day. Senna carried through this forest with a light jog, dust quietly whirling around her hooves as they padded against the ground. The morning breeze and shade of the leaves provided sweet relief from what little heat was present at this time of day. Could she navigate her way without sight, she would close her eyes in a silent bliss. There was no better time to brush away memories of nightmares during her sleep than a morning jog. She began naturally to recall her nightmares: always of Sitara, always of Jaken...where were they? How were they faring, right now? Where they thinking of her? As her memories shifted to the parts of the nightmares recalling the demise of her mother and Adelphi, she abruptly shook her head to stave away the sorrows that clung to the memory. Not now, she would not think of such things. Never forgotten, but she would not be ruled by her past. At least, that was the goal...something she could never really achieve. Try as she might to release herself from the grasp of that night, she could not. She could only find relief in times like this, losing herself in the dawn or dusk.

Senna slowed to a sluggish walk as she came upon the borders of a crystalline river. The bottom of the shallow water glistened with a diamond-like sheen, pebbles reflecting golden sunlight to reflect off of her black chest, giving the golden band across her shoulders and chest an authentic glow, as if she was truly adorned in a necklace and bands across her lower legs. The light only emphasized the depth of her dark coat where it did not shine, her haunches and flanks appearing as if an inky silhouette amongst the woods. She watched the water's ebb and flow across rocks and trees that extended past the bank, a calmness settling over her with the whispers of the waves and small rapids. Could she throw her nightmares into this river? She visualized her nightmares flowing down the river along with the current, away from her mind and never to plague her again. Perhaps if the memories were washed away, her mother and sister would come back. Her herd would come back. Even Jaken, as cold as he had been, had not been without affection for Senna. Gruff and hard around the edges, he did care for the golden-marked filly and her sisters. And she for him, for that matter. Unfortunately, such fantasies could not be reality. Senna inhaled deeply, detecting the distant smell of fragrant apples, exhaling as she pictured her foolish wishes leaving with her breath. She forced her mind from the memories, allowing it to draw a peaceful blank. This was nice...this was solace. She allowed just a touch of a smile to pull at her lips, her eyes closed softly. This would be a place she frequented most often.

[Trinity]

Azeroth & Sempiternal  Massive frame drifted farther from home, ebonite pillars pushed onwards. A light grin made its way to his ebonite lips as he looked down to his.. friend although she had become more like a sister to the bronc. "Well well Sempi this is the farthest you have been from home in .. forever. " He chuckled at the leopard spotted minx. "Shut up Azeroth." She managed to mumble before she returned to her silent state. Miss-matched orbs watched her before chuckling once more, it was always funny to get a good bit of anger from her it let him know that she was still breathing. The dawn was not quite as hot as it would be in the middle of the day, Azeroth knew the hotter the land became the less Sempi would want to venture, but she needed to stop being so anti-social. The leopard spotted buckskin minx needed to learn that she was needed and did not only have to live to suit herself. Azeroth watched her when he was not with her twin, Cadomir. Azeroth knew that to many it could look like they had a fling, but that was the farthest thing from their minds. The mare would disappear or rather harm herself if left alone for long periods of time. The birds chirped and the champagne beast smiled enjoying their songs, Sempi scowled angered with the noises. "You are such a grouch sempi.. this has got to stop." He said to the minx. "I can be a grouch if i want to be azeroth you do not command me. " She said. "but your brother can." Az admitted. "He may try Az, but as much as i love my brother.. no one can change who I am. I am not intentionally this way... but its me." Sempi repeated. Attention returned to the scenery. The trees blanketed them from the heat as the dawn was slowly being lost as the time turned to day. Listeners flickered back and forth as he walked beside her, the sound of rushing water found its way to him. Az nodded to her as they moved closer to the water. Amber and green orbs spotted a minx alone, she seemed rather relaxed out here on her own. Vision returned to Sempi who looked at him before sighing to herself. The stag returned his attention to the minx her coat mainly ebonite as the night sky. Gold colored markings gleamed in the sunlight. Azeroth shifted he was truly nothing spectacular to look at silver classic cream champagne pelt was only touched with black, his pillars were ebonite, with black leg barrings, dapples, black whisks across his face before leading to his muzzle. His mane gold champagne before fading to pale champagne. The only thing that was different was his black and peach colored peacock tail. Az believed that Sempi was far too pretty to hide her coat buckskin, with ebonite leopard spots and primitive markings, Her mane and tail white with reddish orange colored tips and her thin bone like colored horns that curled around her listeners. Her purple colored orbs stood out though. A snort fell from his nostrils as he moved forward. "Hello" His voice deep as his mix-matched orbs looked down at the minx. He nudged sempi trying to get her to speak but he failed. Az shook his dome as he waited for the minx to speak.

TAG: revolver WORDS: 571 ewwww sorry

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[revolver]

L O K A S E N N A
I said I'd never let you fall, and I always meant it.

A different noise blended with the quiet whispers of the forest. Faintly, Senna's ears swiveled to more easily receive the sound...male, and female. Both fairly young, by the sound. They were bickering back and fourth...probably brother and sister. Or perhaps a couple who had grown irritable in one another's too frequent company. Her ears were the only bit that stirred, the rest of her body remaining still as she simply wrote them off as passerbys. Although, the voices did seem to be steadily growing louder, more clear in their mutterings. Senna's eyes opened slowly and reluctantly, scanning to find the source of the voices. It took only moments before they fell upon a couple of young equines...although, they were quite large for youth. Senna's brows rose only slightly...massive, was the more accurate term to be used. The female was tall in stature, but the male seemed to her a behemoth.His countenance seemed pleasant enough, however. She observed the easy smile touching his lips, serene and peaceful as he seemed to listen to the same birdsong as she. One might assume he enjoyed goading the young lady that strode beside him, who...oh, well, she looked less than pleased. Senna muffled a quiet, amused snort in effort to keep her musings to herself. 'Oh dear. Someone has firmly planted a stick in her rear,' she thought with a snarky joviality. She redirected her stare to the other riverbank, her lips forming a thin line in a gladly successful attempt to keep away the threatening smirk. She compared the sharp scowl to the happy expression of the stallion. 

A blink, and another glance their way...oh, yes. They were indeed approaching her, she concluded as she look to the eyes of the stallion...who peered straight back into her electric emerald eyes. 'Hmm. Socializing,' thought Senna as a thin sheet of grim reluctance touched her mind. She didn't do crowds, really. One horse was enough...two was pushing it. Three, and she was properly displeased. She broke eye contact with the stallion to observe the rest of him. A pretty champagne, splashed with soft, small black, and a feathered ta-...wait. She felt her eyes squint as her neck recoiled backwards a bit, putting an arch in her nape. Her brows rose significantly. Feathers?! He had...feathers. PEACOCK. Feathers. And he was still approaching. Oh, he wanted to speak with her, the intentions written on his face. Her suspicions were confirmed with the baritone greeting she received. Now that she recalled, his face did hold a sort of familiarity...ah. He had been at the meeting with the...the horned, individual. Right...horns. And now feathers. 'So...I'll not be drinking the waters of those lands,' she thought as she inwardly cringed.

She hesitated in her response to glance at the girl he had nudged. The mare looked familiar as we-oh, of course. This time she felt her jaw slacken just a bit, although she barely managed to keep her lips from parting to make it just a bit less obvious. Of course, she would have horns. Her teeth met together with a quiet click, her delicate features forming into a more subdued expression, with a single raised brow. She truly could not stop her next words if she tried. "What? No wings?" she deadpanned with an even expression. Really, this is why she had no friends. Her mother would have swatted her across her ears. Jaken would have laughed. Her sisters would have sneered an obnoxious, "yeeaaaah." She mentally laughed at the pleasant visual. Although her voice did not hold cold tones to them...they weren't particularly friendly, per say...but truly, she hadn't sounded too terribly mean. Her words had actually sounded a bit flat. She reserved the cruel tone for idiots. Some might even have thought it amusing, should they have possessed a dry sense of humor. Really, though...she had no manners. Honestly. She should at least say hello back to the fellow. He seemed pleasant enough...bah. Nah.

[Trinity]

Azeroth & Sempiternal  The ebonite and golden minx before them stood quietly as if obseving then. keeping her thoughts to herself undoubtedly something that was not very pleasant passed through her mind, Azeroth had grown accustom to such thoughts as his eyes rolled down to Sempi who remained silent. She definitely would have to be forced to converse with others. The mare finally spoke and a deep chuckle escaped his ebonite lips. He shook his dome then "You know wings would complete this.. tail. but unfortunately no wings." The words were deep and yet smooth as he bumped Sempi, "What do you think?" He asked sempi fanning his ebonite and peach colored tail once more. Sempi shook her head swiftly, "God you are soo lame." She rolled her purple visionaries slightly and chuckled to herself. "And your so sour that i'm surprised a laugh can fall from those lips Sempi." He joked at her. "Anyways you were at the meeting a few days ago, yes? I am Azeroth." He spilled not caring that the mares words were a bit.. sour much like sempi's Azeroth had learned to deal with sour it was how he put up with the leopard spotted buckskin thus far. "Sempiternal." She said trying her best to be social something that was hard for the buckskin minx. Why her brother wanted her around was a mystery to her and why Azeorth continued to latch onto her like her brother once had was even more of a mystery. Purple orbs ventured to the mares golden markings, and yet it seemed their oddities were unusual to her. The mare before them seemed to not be from this realm, and that was fairly odd for the minx, but then again the meeting had been the most equines that she had seen in her entire life, but that was her own doing. Azeroth hoped the mare before them was not as sour as Sempi was, yet it would not bother him. He quite enjoyed pestering others if he had to. He never knew what it was like to have siblings so in a way he was getting to know it the older he got, Cado and Sempi were his family, the rest seemed to vanish. Except the spotted mare at the meeting named Siren who said she was his ... Sister? She was a pushy one and her obsessive questions bothered him. They shared a father and the mare seemed to like the bastard... he however wished that he had not been his .. son. Azeroth shook his skull then removing the thought from his mind. Sempi wished to return home but she knew since Azeroth had found someone it would be quite sometime before she could return home. Purple orbs moved from the two of them to the tops of the trees, examining the leaves, watching the sky the pale blue something she did not see too often. The mare was accustom to the top of her cavern exploring parts of her brothers lands that no one had taken the time to explore.

TAG: revolver WORDS: 511 this is awful -kicks them-

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[revolver]

She was impressed with the stallion's reply, and let a quiet chuckle escape at his comment. Yes, she supposed wings would actually complete his look quite nicely. She used to think her golden marks lent her attention. In her past locations, she had been the subject of whispers and stares. Her look didn't hold a candle to a majority of this area's inhabitants, though...actually, she looked rather bland in comparison to most horses here. With horns, feathers, and wildly odd colorings, her unusual pattern was subtle at most, and boring at least. At least, in her mind. She did note, however, that the stallion did not have horns. Perhaps they were not siblings, and she had previously thought. If they were family, shouldn't he possess a pair of horns, as well? The lead stallion at the meeting did, though...she wondered quietly if they were kin. Should they be siblings, that would lend this lady before her a rather high ranking, she would think. Perhaps she should be more respectful. Should, being the keyword. She wasn't quite...adequate, in lending deserved respect, regardless of if she felt said respect. She usually did; it would be foolish to be blatantly rude one who decides your fate. She wasn't particularly gifted in the art of showing reverence.

As the two horses exchanged verbal jabs, any onlooker would easily mistake them as siblings. She felt a wistful expression overcome her features as she watched their interaction. What she wouldn't give to have her own sisters beside her...perhaps Sitara was better off, though, away from her presence. She could almost hear the horses' voices fading away as she sank into a nostalgic state. 'After all, I couldn't protect her,' she thought with a distinguished bitterness tinging her mind. In her care, Sitara would be killed. Senna couldn't even keep them together as foals; what use would she be now that they were grown, stronger willed? As desperately as she wished to see her last sister, she could only feel that her sibling was much safer away from her care.

As the stallion addressed her again, she was brought with a light start back to their conversation. She was quick to recompose herself, her face regaining it's calm, lazy expression as she listened with an acute attentiveness that did not match her features. Azeroth...she had heard the name amongst the lands in which she attended the meeting, although this was the first time that she could match his face to the name. Senna's eyes shifted upwards as if remembering, before she nodded to Azeroth. "Ah, yes. The meeting I all but missed. I do remember seeing the both of you with what I assume to be the king," she noted. She nodded in acknowledgement to the mare as well, making eye contact briefly. "Lokasenna. A pleasure, I'm sure," she stated in a neutral tone, taking a moment to regard his feathered tail once more; that would be another whack across the ears by her mother for staring. She wasn't staring, though...more so analyzing. For intellectual purposes, of course. Who had ever seen an equine with the tail of a peacock, after all?

Note: Begin process of being too lazy to put pictures and song quotes at the beginning of every post. -.-