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Who: Epona and Shuhei
What: A chance meeting as Epona explores Estervale and Shuhei comes to the city for food.
When: Afternoon
Where: Estervale
Status: Complete
Epona found herself surprised as she walked the streets of what had to be a major city. It was bustling with activity and seemed to be a place of decent wealth. Her brown eyes never stayed still, but instead took in everything. She saw the small children playing by their mother's stall, the old blind man begging for money, even the little pick-pockets that weaved through the crowds. She saw a healthy dose of poor, middle-class and the wealthy milling about the streets. This was a good kingdom, a kingdom she would have gladly made even more fruitful during the harvest as a reward for good ruler-ship. Of course that was before, when she was a goddess able to do such things.
She smiled as a little girl ran by, laughing as an older girl chased after her, must have been sisters. She moved on, pausing only when she saw a stable with it's horses outside in its pen to attract potential buyers. She came to the fence and began to study the horses, looking over each one in turn. She saw horses ranging from the glossy horses of nobles, to the hard horses meant for plow work. They where all in good shape, but could be so much better. There was room for improvement here.
Tags:
epona, shūhei
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Well that had been a foray into danger. Shūhei ducked around a corner and dropped the face he'd been using to shift back into his own. His arms were full of food, and with his face changed, he was considerably better off, but he wasn't out of danger just yet. The money in his pocket had turned back into leaves, which meant the money he'd paid for the food was just as worthless. He spied a stable up ahead and hesitated. At heart he was still a tanuki - a small raccoon, and being around large horses made him a bit uncomfortable. Still, it was a good place to hide until this latest theft blew over, so he wrapped up the food better and hurried into the stable from the rear.
It took him a while to stop shying away from the startled sounds the horses made at the newcomer, and having an armful of food didn't make things any easier. Maybe this wasn't the best idea after all. In fact, if the horses kept up that noise, he'd be found sooner rather than later.
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"Yes I am related to horses, but not in the way you are thinking." She leaned forward and pressed her forehead against the mare's. Closing her eyes she sent a picture to the gelding next to Shuhei, in that picture the gelding walked up to Shuhei and nudged his arm with his nose. She smiled over to him and smiled. "I think he like's you." She turned and kissed the mare between the eyes before moving away.
"My mother was the animal Horse Goddess of the European Isle's and my father a mortal King. I am, or was rather, a demi-goddess. Horses where my animals, and King and Queens came to me for aid and advice. I also rewarded Ruler's who ruled their kingdom's wisely by making them prosperous in the growing of crops and the fertility of their people." She gave him a small, sad smile then. That was the past, and now she did not know what she would do to get by, especially in her weakened state.
"Now I can only hope to find some work here." She then tilted her head slightly, a thought coming to mind. "Do you know anything about the rulers here? What are they like? How do they rule? It seems, just by looking on the streets, that this is a prosperous kingdom."
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Shūhei listened and watched with rapt attention, quiet and unmoving like a child being told the most fantastic tale. Well, that is to say he listened after a stunned surprise at that gesture from the horse. It nuzzled him! And she said it liked him. It didn't make him entirely comfortable with them, but he was a little less scared of it. he poked at the horse's long nose, surprised at how it felt. His eyes were wide as he stared at it and then her. She was amazing! A goddess! Well, demi-goddess, but still! "Amazing," he repeated, impressed by her story. He had to remember it, tell it to Genkurō and the babies when he got back.
When her story was finished, he bounced where he stood, eager to give her some information. "Estervale has no rulers! The last king died without leaving an heir, I think, and so nobody rules right now. That's kinda dangerous, don't you think? Somebody needs to make sure things go all right." He cocked his head. "If you were good with rulers, maybe you could help with that!"
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