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Post by neverlandlostgirl on Mar 17, 2013 0:25:42 GMT -5
Coraline looked about the expanses of countryside that spread out before her. Now that North had offered to give her a safe place to stay in the Royal City, Coraline wanted to go out and explore this new world of Orachd. Of course, North had warned of the dangers that wartime brought, but Coraline saw no problem in just going outside the city and looking at the farms and small copses of forest that surrounded the city.
Plus she had the Witch's Stone to protect her.
She now walked along a path that meandered through the farms and countryside. It was a beautiful day and Coraline was content to enjoy it. She entered yet another small section of trees and stopped by a small creek to eat some of the food she had brought with her from the city. She took at warm loaf of bread from her bag and began to eat small pieces of it as she watched the fish in the creek.
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Post by wintrarose on Mar 17, 2013 0:37:48 GMT -5
Vanellope had spent most of the day trotting through the countryside keeping a weary eye out for anyone, but from a far off distance. The little centaur girl finally noticed a girl fishing by the river bank and started to watch her for a while, waiting for a chance to quickly go in and take something. When she saw that the girl was preoccupied in catching a fish, she suddenly took the chance to try to steel something. She placed her goggles down, over her eyes, and quickly ran and grabbed something and ran back to the area where she was hoping that she wasn't caught by the girl.
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Post by neverlandlostgirl on Mar 17, 2013 0:44:50 GMT -5
Coraline had just been bending over the creek to toss some of the bread to the fish when I something a bit smaller than her came shooting from the trees and grabbed her bag. Coraline turned around and caught sight of a black pony-tail disappearing back into the bushes.
"HEY! THAT"S MINE!"
Coraline cried out in an outraged voice as she took off after the person. Whoever they were, they were fast. But Coraline managed to keep them in sight as she followed. The person was wearing a hoodie that covered their face. Thinking fast, Coraline quickly scooped a handful of stones from the ground.
"Stop right now or I'll make you!"
Taking aim as she ran, she threw a stone at the person's feet, hoping to trip them up or slow them down.
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Post by wintrarose on Mar 21, 2013 20:55:15 GMT -5
Vanellope continued running, unaware that a rock was heading right towards her feet. She acidently tripped over the rock and fell. The small item fell out of her hands and landed a few feet in front of her. She pushed her body off the floor. “You crazy lady! Don’t you know that centaurs can’t live without being mobile on their feet? Some wizards put us down if we aren’t able to stand. We are like horses, have no rights. Crazy lady.” she said in a very skeptical little manner. She looked at the scrap on her knee, good thing that it wasn't any real damage, but still decided not to stand for a while.
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Post by neverlandlostgirl on Mar 21, 2013 21:30:27 GMT -5
Coraline was bending over, trying to catch her breath after the chase of this little thief.
"You're one to talk! You little...."
But then Coraline tensed up.
"Did you say, centaur?"
Coraline looked up from her panting and saw that the girl was, indeed, a centaur. It looked as if Coraline's stone had tripped her up good and given her a good scrap on one of her four knees. Coraline could only stare at her in amazement. Sure, Coraline knew she was in a magical land and had had some run ins with magical beings, but to actually have a centaur in front of her was wonderful.
"WOW! A real centaur! And even better, you're a girl centaur!"
Coraline had been a bit miffed by some of the legends around the creatures, as they seemed to only focus on male centaurs and never any female ones.
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Post by wintrarose on Mar 21, 2013 22:20:27 GMT -5
Vanellope looked at the black haired girl with a raised eyebrow. Then she rolled her eyes as she began to speak. “Duh, of course, I’m a centaur and a girl. Stereotypical much. What else would I be?” she said in a very skeptical little manner. She then looked at the girl, she could tell that there was something different about her. She sort of felt a little uncomfortable on how the other girl was staring at her. She began to catch on that the girl never seen any of her kind before. It was actually kind of cool. “You’re not from around here are you?” she asked with a light smile. She then slowly tried to get up again, but couldn't.
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Post by neverlandlostgirl on Mar 21, 2013 22:25:22 GMT -5
Coraline gave herself a little shake and closed her mouth.
"That obvious, huh? No, I'm not from....uh, what's this place called again? Orachd!"
Coraline went over to where her bag lay in the dust and picked it up before taking a step closer to the centaur.
"As for tripping you up, what did you expect me to do? You were stealing my stuff and this is all I have to go by here. Besides, if you had wanted something all you had to do was ask."
Coraline began to draw closer to the girl, wondering if her knee was hurt badly. She seemed to be having trouble standing up.
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Post by wintrarose on Mar 23, 2013 23:33:28 GMT -5
Vanellope looked down sadly. “I’m a thief, that’s the only way that I can live. My mommy and daddy never paid attention to me, so I ran away. It’s been a long time since I walked up to someone and ask them for something. People can be so unfriendly when they want to be.” She looked down at her knee. There wasn’t actually any real damage, just a scrape, but the little centaur was still having a hard time. “You are the first person in a long time that actually was nice to me, in saying that. So thank you.” She looked up at the girl for one second and gave a light smile.
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Post by neverlandlostgirl on Mar 23, 2013 23:45:24 GMT -5
Coraline felt her anger disappear as the centaur spoke. To hear how her parents had ignored her, Coraline could understand that. Her own parents had never had much time for her and whenever they did make time, it always seemed to end up with them getting angry at her for her daydreaming or LARPing. Coraline paused for a moment before going over to the girl and bending down next to her.
"I know what that feels like..........If you want, I could help you up." Coraline put out a hand, to see if she would take it or not.
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