The Diary of Seed, 3-25-09 | The Endless Forest

It's been a while, hasn't it? I should be better at writing these entries, and I suppose just beign around in general. I apologize....anyway, about yesterday...

I love the rain. There's something about it -- the way it seems so light close up, and heavy from a distance...Things like that. And when you add mushrooms, free-standing, plump mushrooms, to send the rain dripping off of their tops and soaking into them, too... It just becomes a wonderful day, waiting to happen.

I started the morning just wandering, encountering a few deer I didn't really know well, and a few fawns who were very appreciative for the company, in a rain like this. I was having a bit of trouble with my joints; It may have just been the chill of the rain. After a while, Zerg awoke and came to join me. We ran and skipped for a time, and then decided to take our antics to the top of a nearby mushroom. After a while, we were joined by another deer, forming a tower of deer power.

After a while of that, we all went back down, and a sudden longing for the lake siezed my heart. I decided some water-walking would be nice, to watch the ripples from my hooves mix and interplay with the ripples from the rain, forming in sight and water what a symphony is in sound. My joints had other plans. Zerg managed to turn my little accident on the water into an excuse for some scuba-deer, for which I was thankful. Being underwater and watching the ripples, silver where the undersurface touched the air...It was a good choice. I collapsed for a little bit, but that at least allowed me to come back fully dressed.

And then Peppa came online. She was distractable, and wanted to sit with us beneath some of the mushrooms, and for a time we did, moving whenever the group was too big for the mushroom we were under. It was very nice, just sitting there with my sweet little niece and her friend whose name I know not (and Zerg for a time, and then Mar Sart for a time).

For a while, even Lemon showed up and sat with us, and as she left, with her daughter still asleep, I saw an image -- and captured it -- that was actually very, very sweet.

And then it was just Peppa, her friend, and myself -- and the latter to asleep. Sitting next to sleeping friends and family...It makes me feel so warm. It makes me feel like a big bear about to hibernate, big and warm and strong. I even composed a poem while I was sitting there -- I sat like that for a long, long time.

I came a while later to find Terrant online. I admit that of all my friends, it is Terrant who makes me feel the most guilty. It is not the accute barrage of guilt like that that Walter, in roundabout ways, bring about: it is a snow naggling guilt. Most often, my quiet, antisocial friend will log on when I am already with a friend -- and I can neither bring them too Terrant, lest he bolt, and nor can I abandon my friend without the same amount of guilt. So often, I am ashamed, I do not go and see him when he is online. I was overjoyed, though, to see him with no distractions (I had accidently led a game of devout tag to him, last time we met -- I didn't mean it, but it happened all the same.). We ran and hopped and enjoyed a good many snacks for a while, just mulling over the forest in the rain.

That was when I noticed Peppa. And guilt, like heartburn, rose in my chest. She was close enough that I could see her, but my time was already devoted -- and I couldn't ask Terrant to come with me, I already knew. Peppa and her friend -- the same one as before -- drew nearer. And to my shock and relief, Terrant did not run. He sniffed her, carefully judging her. And though he didn't dance with us, he stayed and watched until I had to go. I have no idea what happened from there, but I was glad for both the progress and the company, and could sleep soundly.

March 26, 2009 - 5:59pm — Scythe

Aww, what an adorable entry.

Aww, what an adorable entry. ^^ The peacock stag is Pavo, one of my deer, and he very much enjoyed Seed's company, as well as Peppa's. I'll make sure to keep an eye out for Seed's diary from now on. I enjoyed reading this.

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March 26, 2009 - 7:51pm — Seed

Thank you! Seed was happy to

Thank you! Seed was happy to meet Pavo.
...As Seed himself said, I don't post these as often as I used to, or as often as I want to...I need to get back in the habit.
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March 26, 2009 - 10:19pm — toboe

Sadly, the pictures won't

Sadly, the pictures won't load for me D:
But it was beautiful writing. Thank you both for staying with Peppa while I was away, she loved that. ^^
Oh, and Terrant and Rowan are good friends, and I -think- Terrent has seen me switch up, and probably knows I also play Peppa. xD

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March 27, 2009 - 2:02am — Seed

Thank you ^^ I try to make

Thank you ^^ I try to make Seed's diary entries sound all lyrical, but I don't know how how often I succeed: it all sounds so much better as an internal monologue in my head while I play.
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