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smash_logs2012-10-22 12:02 am
burningheart) wrote in smash_logs2012-10-22 12:02 am
I'm in the wrong place, the wrong time [OPEN]
Who: Kieran and YOU. (Guest-starring Ishimaru as the Cockblocking Dynamo maybe possibly.)
What: DEER ENCOUNTERS.
Where: All over the dang place.
When: October 20-24, let's say.
[Ah, autumn. When a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of love.
Kieran was, admittedly, feeling a bit skeeved out by that strange way-too-intense spirit who had flatly told him that he was not allowed to rut this year, but in true a-little-too-flighty fashion, he had simply brushed it off. Surely everything would just work out fine in the end, right? They always did! Maybe that spirit would just forget all about it.
At any rate, there wasn't much point spending his days sitting around doing nothing. There were people to meet up with, places to explore, spars to fight, and all that exciting jazz. So for the next few days, it was probably going to be no surprise to find Kieran poking his nose in all over the place. Can't blame a guy for being curious, can you?]
((If Kieran has made plans to meet with you, this is the place for it to happen. If Kieran has not made plans to meet you, but you would like to meet him (and/or be subjected to atrocious attempts at flirtation), this is also the place for it to happen. If you would like to attempt to speak to Kieran only to be ABRUPTLY COCKBLOCKED BY ISHIMARU, this is also the place; please just note in the subject line that cockblocks are okay with you. Also specify a location/date, just for ease of keeping things organized, if you please.))
What: DEER ENCOUNTERS.
Where: All over the dang place.
When: October 20-24, let's say.
[Ah, autumn. When a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of love.
Kieran was, admittedly, feeling a bit skeeved out by that strange way-too-intense spirit who had flatly told him that he was not allowed to rut this year, but in true a-little-too-flighty fashion, he had simply brushed it off. Surely everything would just work out fine in the end, right? They always did! Maybe that spirit would just forget all about it.
At any rate, there wasn't much point spending his days sitting around doing nothing. There were people to meet up with, places to explore, spars to fight, and all that exciting jazz. So for the next few days, it was probably going to be no surprise to find Kieran poking his nose in all over the place. Can't blame a guy for being curious, can you?]
((If Kieran has made plans to meet with you, this is the place for it to happen. If Kieran has not made plans to meet you, but you would like to meet him (and/or be subjected to atrocious attempts at flirtation), this is also the place for it to happen. If you would like to attempt to speak to Kieran only to be ABRUPTLY COCKBLOCKED BY ISHIMARU, this is also the place; please just note in the subject line that cockblocks are okay with you. Also specify a location/date, just for ease of keeping things organized, if you please.))
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Good morning, Kieran.
[X waved back with a smile, before taking a quick bite of his apple and setting it back in the plastic bag he'd carried in his pocket to keep it fresh and bug-free (even if he couldn't get sick from food going bad, it still didn't taste very good when it went south).]
On weekends, I'd say so. I rarely see anyone out this early on Saturday and Sunday. Usually they like to sleep in.
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Oh! That makes sense, I suppose.
[He kept his stare craned upward as the apple got tucked away, catching only the faintest whiff of sweet fruit smell as it got returned to the bag. Hm. Wonder why he couldn't smell any of X's scent...? Oh well. Briefly, he looked down to the treetrunk.
You know, he'd seen squirrels climb up trees before, but being of a hoof-having persuasion... He looked back up again, expression a little thoughtful. It was always nicer to have company than it was to be alone, after all, so...]
Ah, X... how did you get up there? Do you think I could come up as well?
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Of course you can! You don't need to ask.
[Truth be told, he hadn't expected Kieran to want to join him up there, but he wasn't about to complain. He looked pretty light, and the tree's thick branches were sturdy. Holding two people wouldn't have been a problem.
That was one of the reasons he loved this tree so much. He could climb up it and sit in it without having to worry about it receiving damage from extended periods of branch-lounging.]
I climbed up here by using some of the lower branches as leverage. They're all pretty close together, so it was almost like climbing a ladder.
[...To a machine who had no concept of muscle weakness.]
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Kieran paused for a second, putting his hand on the bark of the tree.]
Excuse me, friend.
[Okay, just like a squirrel. It was a good thing X wasn't too high up; Kieran's efforts were, admittedly, kind of awkward. Very obviously the gestures of someone who had never climbed a tree in their life. Carefully, he slid up onto the branch next to X, holding onto the trunk for support.]
Wow, this is a little bit scary! I've never had all my hooves off the ground like this before.
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Kieran was organic, after all, and didn't have titanium X alloy as a skeleton. Squishy things were far more delicate than he was.
X scratched his cheek a little, his eyes glued to Kieran (just in case he wobbled or was uneasy).]
Just be careful, and let me know when you want to get down, all right? I'll carry you.
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[See? Letting go of the trunk.]
Besides, this is the first time we meet in person! We can say hello properly.
["Properly," of course, meaning "by leaning over to X and giving his cheek a nuzzle. Congrats, X, you now smell a bit loamier than you did a while ago.]
I just died from the cute.
That was...unexpected, if not a little embarrassing. See the pink on X's cheeks? That's clearly embarrassment.
That was how Kieran's 'herd' said hello? That was light years away from how humans did it; usually there was the shaking of hands, waving, or just a verbal hello.
...
Well, might as well return the gesture, right? Have an awkward nuzzle back, Kieran.]
welcome to deerp.
[X might have been embarrassed, but Kieran looked pretty pleasantly suprised, honestly. Sharing scents may have been normal among his own kind, but it kinda tended to get him a lot of weirded-out looks around these parts. It didn't quite make sense to him, really -- especially not during autumn! Gave him the oddest itch in the base of his antlers, autumn did. Funniest urge to just rub his scent up against everything.]
It's actually a little surprising when someone nuzzles back! I guess it must mean something different around here.