Qutaita knew the other deer had heard her. She stepped out from behind the tree. "Well I wouldn't count myself as a 'Thing'." She spoke with her masculine voice. Her Secretary Bird antlers seem to become heavier and her face felt hot as she spoke.

Scape tried not to let his amusement at Seed's observation show, bowing in greeting as well.

"Well we aren't making each other sign weirdass contracts and such," Kylar responded, "Although now that I think of it. That kinda sounds like marriage." He laughed at that thought - the thought that the strange relationship of the characters of the book being done by ruled over by a contract being similar to marriage. Maybe if you wanted to be deep and shit about the book you could say something like that. Heh, residual teaching in his brain there. Interesting. He didn't think he'd remember that much from school. It hadn't ended that long ago, but still.

"Dark and mysterious, almost Grim...." Qutaita blinked and shook her head. "Spacing off again...."

Scape bemusedly wondered if he should stand perfectly still while his pelt was being stared at.

He shrugged. "I just like the way it looks." And he'd worn it for so long, it had almost become a part of him, even affecting his genes if his daughter's pelt markings were any proof.

Toukan just blinked at that, wondering if he should find another topic to talk about. They didn't always say much when together though - there wasn't always a need - so he wasn't sure what to say. They were about at the top of the stairs now anyway. And there was that almost-regret feeling of knowing he'd have to be put back down on his feet again soon since Kylar would have no need to carry him past the stairs...followed by feeling silly for feeling that way.

He wasn't going to argue with that. Not that he could if he'd wanted to anyway, what with it being impossible to talk or even think properly during a kiss like that.

If the snowflake charm had changed color, Toukan wouldn't have noticed. He was too focused on responding to those lips and tongue.

He felt a little dazed when that amazing kiss ended, breathing heavily to make up for the loss of air. Toukan blinked at Kylar's observation, taking a second to process what he said before looking down at the snowflake charm himself - and blinking again. "Huh. So it is," he agreed, a little amused at this. It was like - unless he was purposely controlling the color of the lightning - Kylar couldn't hide what he was feeling at the time.

I forgot all about this. 8'D; And you had comment #666.

The urge to RP has been building and I suck at approaching other people on their blogs. 8| So here's a bump for this.
Whoever feels like it - deer or human. Whichever works for you.

Now that I'm off, I do have the time for one.

BUMP
Because I kinda wanna get back into RPing and this blog could use a good dusting off.
And I'm too awkward to approach anyone on my own. >>;

I'll post as soon as I think of something.

[Here's the idea I came up with since the timing is close enough.]

They'd been kind of shaky for the past few days. The reindeer had been hanging around the forest for just this reason. It was only a matter of time before it happened...

He froze.

Like a branch finally creaking loose from a tree after too much snow weighed it down, the left antler fell sideways, detaching from his head to land with a thud on the ground. His head suddenly felt a lot lighter after that loss of weight...and considerably lopsided.

Looking up, he gave his head an experimental shake. The remaining antler swayed a bit with the movement, but held fast.

Toukan huffed.

Looked like he got to be a "unicorn" for awhile.

He hoped it wouldn't be for long. He was bound to get some funny remarks about this.

I would like to role-play using Nika, if you are still accepting.

You can use anyone you'd like!

OOC: EDIT: LOL, SORRY, I MISREAD YOUR QUESTION. I guess I'm starting lol! xD!

Nika's antler's sharpened and whined as she sharpened them against a large boulder. She was in The Playground, and she merely sharpened them when she needed them. It was as if she was back in her room, sharpening her sword. Nika was a rather tall female, taller than the average Roosevelt elk cow, but it did not take away her femininity.

After the tips of her antlers became a sharp point, she stepped back away from the rock and looked at a few birds pecking the ground beside her. "What do you think? Are the sharp?" She would check herself, but this form would not allow her to. The birds fluttered up onto her antlers and examined the sharp ends. They all chirped in agreement. "Thank you for checking for me," she said with a smile, and the birds sat happily on her antlers. Nika's ears pricked up when she heard movement not far off, and looked to that direction.

@NikaGika:
She reached the Playground in time to see a deer finishing off sharpening their antlers on one of the rocks. Seemed to be a rather tall antlered doe. But Suiren wasn't intimidated. Height didn't always mean much.

Seeing she'd been spotted - Had that doe been speaking to the birds? Interesting. - the green-furred doe nodded her head in greeting, keeping her expression neutral, even though the Forest Spirit mask she wore completely covered her face. She liked the look of it - interesting that she found a mask that reminded her of one of her favorite movies - and the fact that it added to the whole "poker face" she tended to do. At first, at least.
"Hello," she said.

@Mick:
He wondered what it looked like, seeing his antler wave around almost on its own like that. Probably a little freaky. The spot the other had been couldn't look too great either. Sometimes it bled a bit when the antler detached, and scabbed over later. It definitely got itchy for a few days after.

Toukan couldn't help smiling back. It was a bit contagious after all.

"Ah, yea. Going to be ten this year. Hmm..." He frowned a bit in thought. "They didn't seem much bigger last time, so I guess they'll stay pretty much the same this time..." He wasn't going to mention how he'd done research on reindeer lifespans. Ten seemed to be the average maximum age for males. It was...worrying. But he didn't feel like he was nearing the end, so hopefully that meant he was weird enough that it didn't apply to him.

She nodded again, introducing herself. "Name's Suiren."

Even though it had been obvious what the other doe had been up to, Suiren decided to ask about it so the conversation wouldn't die before it really began. "So..." She glanced over at the rocks. "...what were you doing?" She was curious how the other would answer anyway. It might be something more than just "sharpening my antlers".

She blinked neutrally at that, still unseen due to the mask. Perhaps keeping her face covered could be considered rude? The other doe didn't seem bothered by it though, so she stopped dwelling on the idea.

"That's true. Even in a place as pretty as this, it's always good to be able to defend yourself."

Kylar noted the change in Toukan's demeanour, the little frown that told him that he had wandered into his own thoughts, and then there was something after that...something that told Kylar that Toukan was worrying about something, worrying about something that he was trying not really to show – had he said something wrong? He had only meant to tease his love, he hadn't wished for his words to sting as they so obviously seem to have. He looked at his love, apologetic feelings taking over his facial expression, mixed in with a tinge of worry. Toukan was old for a stag reindeer, he knew that, but he still seemed so young, and it's not like his human appearance was old, no. He appeared a little older than Kylar was, around 22/23, if Kylar had had to guess his age, but....could it be that that was not really the case and Toukan was actually worried about being old?

“Did I say something wrong?” Kylar asked, any traces of rockiness in his voice gone as it softened into an apologetic tone. He really didn't want to spoil today, they hadn't seen each other in a couple of days, and what a shitty boyfriend would he be, if he managed to spoil that for them,“I didn't mean to upset you, love. Never mean to. Forgive me?” He lowered his head so as to nuzzle into Toukan for a moment, the feel of his fur was very soft, comfy, like a pillow. A pillow that Kylar was very used to having next to him, to having near to him. A pillow that he treasured.

"Ah, forgive me, but I forgot to introduce myself," she said, "I am Nika." She stepped a little closer, "Have you seen anything to watch out for in your time here? I have not been here long."

She tilted her head. "You are not here often?" she asked curiously, "You are able to leave the forest?" She stepped closer to the doe, until she was right before her. She waited excitedly for the doe to speak.

She thought about what the doe said. "You are still alive in the human realm? Or are you a spirit?" she asked. The thought of a chance to see the human world made her excited, but it quickly left. "They could all be dead by now," she thought and took a step back from the doe, seeing that her eagerness startled her. "Forgive me for being so eager," she said with a polite bow.