"Hello, my sir Witch," she speaks with a sly tongue, "Shall we drink the amber tears of the purpling maple?"

The soft wind blew, not rustling but her heart. He stood there, silent, breathing, his beating heart proving his life but no more.

Anzel stepped forward and attempted to smile, but it faded. Her eyes looked downward and to the side, the smile having fallen from her face like an autumn leaf.

He stood.

"Hey, how about we...sit? So we might drink from the elfenbankjes?" She readied herself, and fell into a giggle, and sat up.

He did the same...

Anzel paused. "Witcher, are you actually there...?" She looked into his eyes, the sun peaking into the holes of the skull mask...his eyes. They were dead. Lifeless. Blue like those of a shedding serpent. He wasn't there.

She righted herself...and her head fell, his doing the same. She lifted her head slightly, "I am fortunate enough to spy you more often than some others...but alas...I know you aren't there. You cannot hear me..."

"...I hope you understand that I cannot be more than simply a friend with you. There is no connection, in soul and in the vida of my Human. I..I must go now. It breaks my heart to eternally be speaking to ghosts..."

~~~

Three deer; Scape, Witcher, and Twenty-One, saw her. A see-through, setless doe, her eyes broken, and her voice...all that could be known of what she said, was known by reading her lips. Twenty-One was able to tell what she spoke of, being a wise fae, experienced in the ways of the forest. The other two, they struggled, but could only make out parts of her verbiage.

Her head fell limp, and her heart forced the human face she bore to leak dewdrops, that fell elsewhere in the forest. For she wasn't there. They saw her standing where she had fallen asleep...running, leaping in place...a ghost in so many aspects...

~~~

"Why...why must I..be cursed...like this......"

Chapter 2 - In the Eyes of a Fawn

Emiva stopped talking and looked around. "What's that?," she asked. Corsair followed her eyes, and squinted. A dark shape was flying towards the gathering, two candles atop its head. Loop pricked her ears. "I think it's...a fawn?"

Indeed, it was. The little creature's name was Lightfoot, and he was scared out of his wits. Careening to a stop next to Vipin, he let out a stream of terrified noises and garbled speach. Vipin stared at the fawn for a moment. A lightbulb went off in his head, and he nudged the child sharply with an antler. "Slow down! What's going on?"

Lightfoot stared at him in horror. "I-I saw a lady sleeping in the rocks Twenty-one always told us not to go in, and she wasn't there anymore! And when I came back later, she didn't have her head!"

By this time, Aeros had trotted over. He smiled reassuringly at Lightfoot, even though his face was hidden behind his long mask. "Where did you see this...lady without a head?", he asked. The fawn's lip quivered. "At the Playground." Vipin smiled. "Okay, child. You go play with the other fawns here for a while. We'll go look for the lady's head." He grinned and nuzzled the little thing. Lightfoot sniffed, nodded, and ran to join the others. As soon as he was out of earhsot, Vipin's exoression turned grave. "What do you suppose is going on, old one?"

Aeros shrugged. "Who knows. The little one may be playing a game. Then again, maybe not." He glanced around. "You and I will go look in the Triangle. Find atiq, Toukan and Quamar. They'll come with us." The younger stag nodded and padded off. Aeros sighed, then looked around. "Loop!", he called.

The doe was beside him like she had been there the entire time - another little trick of hers. "Yes?"

"I want you to come with us. Lightfoot told Vipin and I that a deer was killed."

"Where?"

He paused. "I think it was in the Triangle."

I've accepted the fact that I can't see the Abio...I'm very used to that XD;

...I'm just gonna be tormented for a week seeing that announcement every time I get on the community site, heh.

Can someone here please, please, please get a video of the Abio for me? :3

Can someone draw me? I lurv fan art. and you will get something in return...but It may take a while ^^;

Toomoko watched the other carefully; glad that the other was stirring when he himself had just sat beside him.
“Ah you awake now; glad I got you in time.” Toomoko tilts his head at the other deer. “I was worried that you had been in water too long…”

“In time?” Reetno replied, confused over what he had seen, and wanted to ask more but held his tongue.

I just found this place 8D didn't even know that there's this kind of site for TEF itself.. how clever am I.
Don't know much of the game either o3o would so wan't to know more, poor thing that I'm not so clever person.

...WITHOUT MY TEF BABY

yes, im currently suffering from TEF withdrawl.... symptoms include: whining, irratability, lack of motivation, dry mouth, and nothing better to do with your free time. XD

im really sad. i know this VMWare wont work, even though Dad says it might. might doesnt cut it for me. so i might as well just pack it in and try to save up for a new computer.

oh well.... it was fun while it lasted. maybe some day ill finally be back on the forest

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ON A HAPPIER NOTE:

it might not be that bad. itll lessen the blow when i go down to South Carolina to visit my grandparents :3 and besides, if i ever get a job, ill be making quite a bit. if i do anywhere near as well as my brother did when he worked at Walmart, ill be getting $100 a week. after a few weeks, NEW COMPUTAH BABEH. (i already tried TEF on my current computer. its too old -_- )

but i really doubt ill get a job. Sears turned me down because i wasnt 16 *shakes fist* and i havent heard anything from Walmart, so its likely i wont get anything there. half of my summer is already gone, so i dunno how well this will work unless i work on weekends during school DX

so there are my thoughts. you dont have to comment, i just needed to say a few things that have been on my mind :3

Even though the ToT person said the server was back.

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Am I alone in this?

I need to up my skillz. As such ...

I'll take some requests for drawing deer. Request one of yours, or request someone else's. Any requests within the next 24 hours will be honored, and posted in one big honking post.

One screenshot of your deer required.

Have at it, folks!

I believe that Painted Lady should have grown up by now...and if not, she will in the next few days. When I log on as her, I want her to have a set >:D Now...which of the following sets suits her best?



Paintsie is a very sweet, innocent little deer. She is named after the Painted Lady butterfly.

I'm sorry that she has Walterwoman's mask/pelt combo...but it looked most like the butterfly, in my opinion, and it's very beautiful. (walterwoman's set is stunning) And I realize the mask and the peacock pelt are the same as Her's, but I thought it was pretty :3

Choose your fave, mwahaha. By the way...she isn't certain of whether she likes stags or does or both or neither as of yet, if that helps you choose :3

I can't decide all by myself ;-;

By the way...I just deleted over a gigabyte of screenshots. That's the problem with leaving TEF open when you type <<; (i wish i could stop it from happening, but oh well)