A New Hope; Open

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The mare looked up at the horizon, she could see the glimmer of light on the edge of the world, the light was just about spill onto the earth’s surface and bring forth a new day. It would be just another in a long line of days filled with searching for the mare known as Lumi, she could not even begin to explain how many days she had spent searching now, usually at night as she found movements swifter and less disturbed at night. However on a few occasions when she had spoken to others to ask questions or directions it was generally at this time of day before the heat came. She noticed a strange shimmer ahead of her path, she recognised it as the reflection of the light on a body of water, the gold shining back up into the air and catching her eye. She smacked her mouth together a few times, she realised that it was dry and that she was in need of water. She quickened her pace moving forward in a trot, limbs that appeared too long for the rest of her, body held above them a pale creamy colour that appeared to be smoked darker in places with multiple markings including spots and swirls, the swirls appeared to emit their own light and glowed ethereally upon her silken coat. She slowed as she reached the large lake, she noticed that it was much larger than it first appeared and it would seem she had arrive at one end, it stretched up further than she could tell at this moment. She lowered her neck to the surface of the cool blue liquid and began to drink, her eyes closed in pleasure as the water ran down her throat and quenched the thirst that lay deep inside her. She raised her head again after a moment to look around her, just to check nothing was happening, droplets of water dripped from her muzzle as her tongue ran across her lips to catch any remaining droplets before losing them to the earth. This place appeared to be a frequented watering ground, she gathered from the numbers animal marks in the dirt surrounding the pool, many of which were hoof marks of equines. This was promising, she had not seen another equine in a while and certainly not met one in these new lands, it might be worth trying to gain information from another more accustomed to these lands. She helped herself to one more quick drink before setting off again in walk along the side of the lake; she hoped that she would eventually run into another. Perhaps they might know of her twin sister, the one who had been abandoned at birth by her parents, she had never met her enough to remember anything, but she knew she felt close to her sister and had been drawn to these lands with the hope of finally finding her. Someone surely would know, surely they would help. She stopped again and looked up to the horizon with her odd coloured eyes one as blue as the water she drank and the other a beautiful purple, the sun was now clearly breaking into the new day, the mare smiled to herself a new hope filled her heart, warming her entire body. words: 553 tagged: This is open to anyone, just trying to get a feel for new character. muse: Good

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Centurion had been wandering for several days without water across parts of a desert. He was very tired and only wanted to rest, he was hardly aware of his surroundings as he continued on his way his mane and tail hung limp with sweat. Where was the fresh water and green grass? Surely there had to be some around here? He almost jumped when his front hooves brushed across grass, the sensation was so light he nearly missed it.

"Where am I?" He stopped and looked around at his new surroundings. The green grass looked inviting and soft. He ran towards the lake at the bottom of the hill he was standing on. He didn't care if he got hit in the chest with the resulting splash it had been so long that he'd seen water anything was welcome including being able to play in it. He was so filled with joy that his mind jumped back into being a young colt again, instead of the mature stallion he was supposed to be.

He was so enthralled with the water that he didn't take notice of the cream-colored mare close by to where he was standing almost neck deep in the water. He drank greedily his mouth too dry from thirst. He moved farther out into the water and began to swim, his tail streaming out behind him. The water felt too good to leave but he also had to eat. It was an hour later before he decided to get out shaking out his mane and tail he moved up further onto the shore taking large mouthfuls of grass to satisfy the biting hunger that had taken hold of him.

He took another mouthful of grass then looked up to take in his surroundings, finally seeing the cream-colored mare. His mouth dropped open in surprise. Uncertain how to react to the sight of another horse he stood and continued to stare at her. She is beautiful, almost like an angel. He thought. He shook himself afterwards. Where had that thought come from? That was not like him at all he mentally berated himself for thinking like that. He doubted she would be interested in him for anything. He moved a little ways away and kept watch.

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The creamy dove was almost asleep her eyes not quite shut as she was enjoying the feeling of the sun as it rose, its rays shining down upon her back and warming her skin. This was when her ears flicked hearing a different sound break into the quiet tune of a distant morning songbird, it sounded like the words of another creature before hearing a steady drumming sound. She opened her eyes and could not see anything of interest but there was a small rise ahead of her that she could not see over, perhaps whatever was there was just over the brow of the mound. She walked calmly forward and made her way to the top of the small rise and looked down to the water’s edge where she heard the sounds of water splashing, then her two toned optics took in the view of the stag playing in the water like a youngster. He was big in size, she guessed much larger than she was as his muscles moved him through the water, she thought he appeared to be a rust toned stud however his face was like a mask of white. He was swimming now out into the depths of the lake, his locks streaming out behind him as he moved through the aqua, before he came back to the shore and stepped out of the liquid and moved back to the grassy land beyond the shore. She now walked down the bank towards the stallion having not had the interest to join him in the water which would have felt too intimate. He managed to look up and she drew near before she spoke and his jaw just dropped as his eyes stared upon her coat. The fem just allowed a smile take over her lips although it was with a sigh; it seemed that everyone had this reaction lately and it seemed like it was getting a little old on her. As she was about to stop near him he seemed to shake his head and move off a little, this puzzled her, was he scared or just unsure, either way it did not faze her much now she was this far she might as well continue towards him, now close again she stopped and smiled at him with a genuinely warm smile. “Hello.” She spoke softly as she gazed over the stallion wondering what he was going here, apart from the obvious answers of his body’s needs. “Are you ok?” She asked quietly her ears pricked forward enquiringly as her mind once again slipped back into her own thoughts as she noticed the day start to fully bloom and she knew it would soon pass onto the night again. words: 455 tagged: @nightsnowhorse muse: Hi, hope this is ok. Any ideas where you want this to go?

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Centurion tried not to stare at the mare too long. It was considered rude by his home herd to stare too long at a mare. He ducked his head and picked at the grass by his front hooves. Unsure what to say to her. "My name is Centurion." He told her shyly. He had little to no experience with mares outside of his home herd. She was a Cremello and he was just a plain looking Bay Sabino Clydesdale screw up. He looked away over the water. His mouth dry from studying her this closely. She was so pretty. He looked back at her his white face and silver flecked blue eyes would surely put her off?

He hated what he looked like sometimes. His feet were too big, he had a tail that dragged on the ground. Why couldn't he have been born a normal smaller size? He started when the female asked if he was okay. "Yes, I am fine, I just haven't seen someone as beautiful as you." He said then mentally cursed at himself. Why did he even say that? He was so stupid sometimes around mares. This was the first one he had come across outside of his home herd and he had absolutely no clue on what to say, do, or ask around her and he hated that as well.

"Why! Isn't tormenting me with my oversized body enough? You have to make me awkward and shy around females as well?" He grumbled to himself. He felt like a complete idiot standing there talking to himself. He turned his head to look at the mare and smiled cautiously. Unsure of what else to say to make her think that he wasn't going to hurt or attack her for a mating, He was too respectful for that. He hesitated before speaking again.

[Δ Beauty With The Booty]

CREATURE
'What about us, Isn't it enough
No we're not in paradise, This is who we are
This is what we've got, No it's not our paradise
But it's all we want, And it's all that we're fighting for
Thought it's not paradise

The sun had begun to peak out a few hours before, but the eighteen hand high mare had already been out and about hours before the sun had woken. She was far from her home, her home with her lovely Entropy. There was a slight bounce in her step, the three toed feet making such movements a lot easier. Many thought that the perlino missus would be outright rude and mean due to her appearance, but she was quite the opposite. When she was alone, the mare was carefree and joyous, and she was especially happy when she was around Entropy. They were both oddities to others but to each other, they were normal and that was enough for her. She did not need many friends, the ones that looked at her oddly were not worthy enough to be her friends; she had learned that a few years back. However, she did not blame those for looking at her. Even for the poison of this land, she was nearly completely tainted by it; the poor missus was something hellish, even in these lands.

She stood at eighteen hands with a pelt of silver perlino but no fur grew on her bodice. Her mane was short and roached while her tag was a shocking eleven feet long and was no ordinary tail. It was segmented, and was an exact replica of a scorpion tail, the dangerous point included, coursing with venom; anything 200 pounds and below was as good as dead. But this was not the only shocking thing about the mare; where her eyes were, there was only smooth bone, she was born blind, without even eyesockets. Farther down her face, where lips should be, she had none, the skin simply met the gums and each and every one of her teeth were carnivorous and sharp as knives. She did not have normal ears for an equine either; hers resembling more of a bat's auds. Along the length of her body was a marking much like that of a atomic fire sugar ball python skin. It was quite the contrast upon her pale pelt. On her face, tentacle like markings covered where her eyes would have been and coming from the corner of her mouth is a Rictus grin marking. A thin exoskeleton also covered the mare's entire body; looking more like bones along her legs, while on the rest of her body it resembled that of a insect. Upon her face are two long antenna that she uses to 'feel' around. So yes, it was completely understandable why others looked at her so oddly.

The young mare moved out of the treeline, the peneal eye upon her poll telling her the sun had risen. She could smell fresh water upon her nasals and the scents of other equins; she flared her pale nares, and determined that the equines were still in the area. Her happy nature instantly went down a bit and she became a bit anxious. She instantly wished she had Entropy here with her. She scooted down to the water, her large auds listening to see if any of the equines came upon her. She lowered her lipless maw to the water and was forced to stick her face farther in the water due to her lack of lips.

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[templebar]

She looked away under his gaze a little embarrassed by the attention but she was well used to it, throughout her life everyone had stared at her body, the pale cream coat with its faint spots was a rarity in itself but stick on top of that swirling markings that could glow depending on the light this was anything from a dull glimmer to a vivid glare that gave her the name Luminescence. She flicked her ears as the stallions spoke, he told her his name in a quiet tone without the confidence she usually met in stallions. She thought it was only polite to answer with her own name “Hello Centurion, I am Luminescence.” Her voice was soft and steady and she smiled at the stallion who seemed so harmless she wandered if he had another agenda. The stallion seemed to think for a moment and then replied to her question, his reply stated that he thought she was beautiful, again in a manner lacking confidence to which after you could see on his face the mental argument that tore around inside his skull. He then started an outburst asking her why she had to torment him so and that she made him awkward around other mares. Lumi’s face quickly changed from neutral with almost a smile at the previous flattery to concerned and alert prepared in case he did something stupid with this outburst. However a moment later he turned back to her and tried to give her a smile, but she was not going to fall for anything. “Im not sure i understand, i am not tormenting but if that is the way you feel i shall not keep you.” She stated warily, trying to make her point clear to the stallion that he could do as he pleased but she would not take any shit from him. Her ears flicked upon her skull, turning in the wide arcs taking in the sounds around her. She heard hoof beats tap their dance against the earth, as another equine moved further towards the water they stood beside, but the sound was further up the shoreline than where they were stood. She heard a small splash as the equine met the water but she was not sure what they were doing, and her curiosity grew and she felt she must take a look, feeling that the stallion in front of her, this Centurion was not going to be able to help her although she may be able to help him. “There is another equine further on, im going to take a look.” She told the stallion in a very direct manner, before turning her back to him and walking further up the shore, turning back for one moment she spoke just a few further words to the stallion “You can come if you like.” As she rounded a slight hill, she saw the other equine stood at the waters edge taking a drink from the cool clear waters. The equine before her was large in size, much larger than most she had met before and that much she could see from this distance, however nothing about this equine appeared to be normal. The coat was a pale cream tone, but the skin appeared to be paper thin as the lines of her bones showed through. Her tall thin ears flicked around, they were obviously able to pick up the smallest of sounds and had probably already heard her approach. There were patched markings along the mares back, but out of each vertebrae reached a tall spiked horn straight up. However the most stunning part of her appearance was the great length of tail, built in sections like that of an insect and at the end of it all was a poison filled bulb and spike for injecting at the end. She stood in shock at the sight, but something pulled inside of her, tugging at her heart strings but she could not understand what it was. Could it be pity? Fear? No it felt different than that, it felt like a pull of love, a understanding and strangely enough as it was recognition. However, she was rooted to the spot, paralysed by something that made her unable to do anything but stare at this otherworldly equine before her. words: 719 tagged: @nightsnowhorse Δ Beauty With The Booty muse: This really has my muse up now.