Reijna bonds with Ruven (colt) Raff and Beyla witness

MalfurionXXI  The morning after sharing dinner with Reijna Raff was going through things he had set aside for leatherworking taking stock of what he had available to make something ordered and since he had been itching to get his hands into his supplies and do something -other than watch the Inn and feed horses- Raff had pulled out a beautifully tanned set of hides to select the best one, thinking to make a nice quiver for arrows and had already started on creating it by the time most everyone was waking up, or those who had slept later. He was an early riser and liked to stay busy so the layout of the craft item was already scored into his leather ready to cut when he decided to break for foods and a drink and to see how Reijna was doing as they had discussed doing some training with druidic magics and was actually very interested in it as well as doing the leather craft that had been a commissioned item from a customer to the Inn a few days earlier. Chewing on bread and cheese he went to knock on her door. [office or bedroom, your choice Dove.]
DeviousMiskreent: Reijna had woke slowly that morning, to a pleathora of new emotions and sensations. She and Raff had worked on repairing the broken bits of their twins-bond, and things seemed a bit calmer now. Or it felt that way at least. She yawned and streched, and laughed softly as her tummy rumbled. She would rise, wash and clothe herself for the day, then made her way towards the door, only to hear a knock. She glanced around to make sure things were tidy before calling out that whomever it was could enter. Her quarters were a strange setup, her office had a small bedroom area, but then there was a hidden door that lead to a secure, safe, private suite. She had clearly fallen asleep in the office to be able to hear the knock though. --d--
EmmaBey: Beyla found herself waking in the small tent she made for herself just inside the forest line. Branches and burlap made the cover that was over her head. She lay there and stretched for a moment before sitting up and looking around before wiping the sleepies from her eyes. She ran her fingers through her hair and considered it brushed. She got up and headed toward the Underbelly of Skane. Lots seem to happen there at times though not all good. She would stop on the way and get a few apples to place in the sachel by her side. She knew exactly who to give those to. Making her way to the Inn she wold comtemplate going in to see if Raff was up yet or not but decided to go see Rhone and the others first so she headed that way.
MalfurionXXI: Raff opened the door smelling of leather and horses and smiled, greeting her with a nod. "Mornin'." his grin widened at that point also, "I've got a project or two that I'd like to work on but no idea where I could set up. I kind of need a table and the room I've used before is too small for a table." He bit into the cheese and closed the door behind him, walking into her office. He had already been to see the horses early that morning but they would of couse speak to him if anyone came around.
DeviousMiskreent: Reijna smiled softly and straightened her top a bit. "What kind of project Raff?" she asked him curiously as she leaned back against her desk, it was something she seemed to do when feeling relaxed or overly anxious. Ase Randi was perched on the potted tree behind the desk, and would shuffle her feathers a little before sticking her head under her wing to go back to sleep, bitching about how early it was through the bond with Reijna. --d--
EmmaBey: When Beyla walked up to the stables Rhone perked up and kicked his front leg a bit in excitement. The others would ney and the small colt would jump around in excitement as he came as close as he cold almost trying to push Rhone out of the way before Rhone would turn and huff at him as a warning. "Hey fellas..and ladies." She would say walking up to the stable gate. The small colt sticking its snout through as it tried smelling of her clothes getting close to her sachel. Beyla would step back. "Alright, you caught me. I brought something." She wold enter the stable and the colt immediately pranced over to her nudging at the sachel by her side as she reached in and pulled out a juicy red apple.
MalfurionXXI: "I make lots of things, actually, but the one I've started is a leather quiver and I have supplies to make at least a dozen belts that I could use the space for, and there are other things I can do that aren't leatherworking." He talked up his work and that smile stayed as bright as before as he enjoyed his tradecrafts quite well and the time he spent on them was equal to his time spent training as a warrior so he was rather skilled after roughly ten years or so. - Soffia and Saga were the first to tell Raff that Beyla had arrived with more apples even and he chuckled. "Heheh. Beyla has brought the troupe apples again." He added, taking another bite of the bread and cheese glancing at the Raven for a moment and hearing a bit of her rant at Reijna. "It's not that early, Ase Randi." He chuckled.
DeviousMiskreent: Reijna smiled a bit and shook her head. "Beyla . . you've not mentioned her before, but shes the girl Ive seen visiting you at the stable?" she asked lightly. "As for the projects, I have a workroom I think you would enjoy. I do woodcarving and a few other things myself" she said, leaing out that those other things involved crafting poisions for her work. "But lets go see your friend, maybe youll finally introduce me" she laughed. One inky brow shot up as he replied to Ase Randi though, and even the bird looked up at him suspiciously. "Your . . getting really good at hearing her" Reijna said, Ase Randi bitching about privacy, silence, and sleep, and sending a rather graphic image of her peking out Raff's eyeball. "Uh no Ase Randi, not an option" Reijna told the fiesty bird as she pushed up off the desk to which the Raven would send back a disgruntled reply before tucking her head under her wing once more. "Dont mind her Raff, shes . . .usually all puff" Reijna laughed as she moved towards the door. --d--
EmmaBey: Beyla would walk over taking a seat on a pile of straw. She crossed her legs indian style making sure the skirt of her dress was covering her legs completely. She wold pull out the other 3 apples and place them on her dress skirt within the space of her criss crossed legs. She pulled out a small dagger and began to cut into the apple she held. Not paying much attention, the grey cold wold sneak up and steal one of the apples from within her lap and quickly prance off feeling proud he got a whole apple to himself. "Hey! Thats the only apple you get...thief!" Beyla wold shout out at him as he pranced away. She would continue cutting on the one she held.
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MalfurionXXI: "Sure, she's there now and I don't mind introducing you two, and I caught most of what she was being grouchy about and filled in the blanks." He chuckled then laughed as Reijna divulged that Ase Randi was usually all puff, "Aye, and she's entitled to be, just like her mistress." Raff grinned and let Reijna exit the room before he did. "I'd be glad to use the workroom if there's a place for it all the better." He commented, finishing his bread as he walked with Reijna out to the stables and saw Beyla already sitting with the troupe and feeding them the apples, cutting them up first which of course had little "Grey" all antsy and dancing around eager for his share, or well all of their shares. "Careful there, that young'n will steal your clothes right off your back if you let him." Raff grinned, laughing good-naturedly as the colt stole a whole apple right as they walked in. "He acts like he owns everything, and everyone." He added, eyes gleaming with delight at the colts antics. "He says yes, they are all his apples." He laughed some more as his words were a bit clearer now and surprisingly so. "He's getting along nicely, I think he'll be more than ready to bond when we make it to the winter lands with the rest of the Horse clans."
MalfurionXXI: "Beyla, this is my sister Reijna I've told you about." He smiled, still chuckling while watching the colt.
DeviousMiskreentDeviousMiskreent : Reijna smiled softly, fully at ease, which was a rare thing for her. She pulled her fingers through her long hair as they walked through the tavern thouugh, using it to cover the bruises along the left side of her face, neck and shoulder. She paused only long enough to grab a satchel from the kitchen, and a handfull of . . something . ... that went into her thigh pouch. She even managed to snag the last green apple out of a bowl with a happy little squee, also something rarely heard from her. She was . . in a very oddly good mood. She picked up her pace to catch up with her brother at the stables just as he was introducing her. "It's a pleasure to finally meet you Beyla, I've seen you about but you never come inside, you know you are welcome" she said lightly. Njal was in his own stall at the end of the stables. While he could sleep inside, and often did when it was colder, he also enjoyed his freedom. he could be heard rattling around and settling with a gruff that was meant as a hello. Reijna would lift herself up onto the stable rails and bite into her own apple, the colt prancing over to her with thoughts of stealing it. "Oh no mr. You can have all the red apples in the world, but if you come near my green one, your in for a world of trouble" she told him as he nipped at her treat. "No" she said and bopped him lightly on the snout. He huffed at her and nickered. "I have something better" she whispered to him conspiratorilly. .... was she . . actually interacting . . with a horse? She pulled something out of her thigh pouch and held it out to him in the palm of her hand. The colt would look beween the apple and the small white cube, curiously before nipping it up out of her hand. ((sugar cube))
EmmaBey: Beyla would look up seeing Raff and Reijna walk up in the stables as Grey took the apple. "Hey Raff. He gets no more apple. The little varment." She'd say as she pointed towards the colt. She had cut up most of the apples but one whole remained in her lap. She looked up and offered a smile as Raff introduced her to his sister. "Aye, hello. Its nice to meet ya. I have seen ya around as well. And thank you, I appreciate it." She wold say as she would hold up some cut apple to Raff for him to take to start handing to Rhone and the mares. Beyla would look to the colt as Reijna interacted with it and then held out a sugar cube for it to take. She wold chuckle at the colt as it took the sugar. "That was your wolf who stepped between me and the Succubus the other day, right?" Beyla would ask as she looked over seeing Njal in his stall moving about.
MalfurionXXI: "Yes, that's a good nickname, he is a varment. Young prince of the troupe, I'd say. Spoiled rotten, too." He raised his brows as Reijna was sitting there talking to "Grey" and he communicating effortlessly back and forth. "Uh, Reij..." He blinked knowing that that's what every child did with their first horse right before they bonded, sharing that thought with her just as he caught a glimse of the sugar crsytal and smiled brightly also knowing the colt hadn't had any of that yet. "Well, I guess I've got my answers then." He reached up and handed Rhone a few of the slices of apple that were meant for him, smiling for all the world like a loon. "Reijna, ask "Grey" what his name is." He prompted her, still grinning like mad and snagging a bite of apple before sharing the rest with Rhone, the Stallion nuzzling his shoulder in thanks as he looked on. The mares were both very content sharing apples with Beyla as the two women exchanged greetings. Raff just couldn't stop smiling as he watched Reijna with the colt he had raised and feeling for a bit as he was on cloud nine even this far from home the magic of the bond the horses and their people shared was something simply awe inspiring.
DeviousMiskreent: Reijna was so used to hearing Ase Randi and Njal in her head, that she didnt even realize that the colt was talking to her, she was simply responding like she would with her two familars. Both aloud and mentally. She laughed as he pranced around, shaking his head and reveling in the tiny sweet treat she had given him. --so much better than apple another another!-- He demanded through the link. She laughed "pushy are we? Your going to have to behave better than that if you want another sugar cube, and only if you promise to leave MY apple alone" she teased him before looking back to Beyla. "Aye, that was Njal, he looks and acts like an uncivilized beast but he's actually quite well behaved unless he thinks Im in danger. Would you like to meet him Beyla?" she asked as the colt nudged her in the shoulder anxiously. Reijna hissed as he did, the pain from her beating throbbing through her left side. The colt whinnied worriedly and tugged gently at her shirt sleeve. She reached out and rubbed his snout a bit and kissed his nose, hearing Raff's urging. "I dont need to, dont you know it already Raff?" she asked curiously. "His name is Ruven" it didn't even occur to her that it was strange that she should know something that he didnt. --d
EmmaBey: Beyla had gotten up and brushed her dress skirt off before heading over to share some apple with Soffia and Saga. She listened as Reijna communicated with the colt as if they were having a conversation though Beyla only caught one side of it. Beyla would smile as she gestured toward the colt. "You seem to be getting use to this bonding thing. Raff told me about the bond you 2 share and how he hoped you would bond with Grey." She wold look to Raff and smile before looking to Reijna then toward the stall where Njal was. Her look a bit wary but she wold nod. "Sure. Why not?" Beyla wold say as she waited for Reijna to lead the way.
MalfurionXXI: "Nope, that's why I was always calling him Grey, because he's a grey color and because it is tradition. Only the person that they bond with knows their horse's name because they will only tell the one they bond with their actual names. I had wondered if your most recent meeting was when you had first heard him talk real words instead of pictures to you but I couldn't be sure until you knew his name, and well, there you go. You're a real member of the Horseclans, and that proves it." Raff was just over the moon, grinning as he walked over and nodded to Ruven, then to Reijna. "It is my pleasure to extend a uh, 'welcome to the clan' greeting to you both, Ruven et Reijna." He smiled, giving a rather ceremonial bow to each of them in turn even as mentally he was almost singing with glee at seeing her bond and worrying about accidently/almost messing up the greeting and then once done heee then rushed over and embraced Reijna and lifted her up high in the air laughing delightedly. "Thor's beard, you did it, we did it!"
DeviousMiskreent: Reijna watched Beyla stand up and brush herself off nervously, the look of fear in her eyes almost making Reijna laugh. Not out of malice, just out of good humor. "I promise ye lass, he wont eat ya unless you try to kill me" She was both kidding and serious at the same time. She had a pretty good idea that Beyla was one of Vixen's ... pet projects. But had no real proof of it yet. She gave a strange whistle and Ruven shook his head and nudged her thigh pouch again "no I didn't forget about you you silly colt" she said just as Njal rustled up and came out of his stall, streaching and preening, showing off for Beyla. He had his furr all puffed up so thtt he looked even bigger than he really was as he sauntered over to the woman. He have a low pitched bark at her and then did the whole 'doggie bow' deal, a playful thing for those who knew what he was doing. Reijna was then distracted by her brother and his giddieness, the strange formal bow and words. She was trying to give Ruven another cube when Raff picked her up, the whole pouch spilling out on the hay for the colt to gobble up in glee. Reijna hissed as Raff swung her around. "hey now little brother, Im just as excited as you, but owww still bruised . . . all . .. over" she emphasized. --d--
EmmaBey: Beyla would look to Njal as he appeared. He was pretty much as tall as her. A very intimidating sight for some. When he did his bow she would slowly reach over and place her palm on his head between his ears giving him a gentle rub. Her attention turned as Raff started speaking to Reijna and Ruven seeming a bit silly with his bow. "Ruven, huh? More like Rascally Ruven." Beyla would say messing on the young colt. She smiled seeing that Reijna had apparently made a break through with her bonding. Beyla chuckled at the sight of Raff picking his sister up in a hug. She chuckled more seeing the small colt go over and begin snatching as many sugar cubes as he could.
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MalfurionXXI: Raff let Reijna down quickly, fumbling for words and just beaming but fussing over her and such for a moment to make sure she was fine. "I'll show you what that was again later, I know it looks strange, but that's just what we do with every bonding, no matter where or when." He explained in a rush and stood there shaking his head and dashing after Ruven for eating all of the sugar crystals. "You are a bloody rascal! You!" Laughing as the young one pranced away with the few he had snagged already, and now that he knew the colt's name he could also hear him perfectly via his bond with Raven, likely how she could hear his now. "This is amazing. I haven't been to a bonding ceremony in a while so this was just so perfect." He smiled at Beyla in his excitement and chuckled seeing her with the wolf and how he was acting also.
DeviousMiskreent: Njal snuffed at Beyla as she rubbed between his ears, sitting perfectly still and making a soft growly sound. It was very deep but didnt sound threatening, almost like the purr of a cat. His big fluffy tail even wagged a bit. Reijna gasped a bit as Raff set her down, grumbling and gently punching him in the shoulder, then rubbing her own. She smirked as he chased after Ruven but bent to scoop up the sugar cubes, takig them to the other horses as they hadnt gotten much apple. She turned her head to watch Beyla and Njal, a smile on her face. "he likes you, but says a little to the left" she chuckled, feeding Rhone and the mares. The morning was calm, and serene, and almost surreal to Reijna, having never really experienced bonding or freindship except with Njal and Ase Randi. "theres a ham hank in the bag I brought out here for Njal, would you like to feed him Beyla?" --d--
EmmaBey: Beyla would smile as Raff went after Ruven for snatching too many sugar cubes. She could see the proudness bursting from him over his sister's bonding. "Maybe a step closer to becoming that Jarl you wish to be." Beyla wuold say to him. She would look to reijna as her brow arched a bit. "Oh?" She would then move her hand to the left a bit and chuckled. "There ya go Njal." Beyla would nod as she looked to the bag Reijna spoke of. "Sure. So long as he doesn't nibble me fingers with it." Beyla chuckled in a joking way. Though Beyla had started out as one of Vixen's pet projects, she had turned out to be one quite different from what Vixen had invisioned as Beyla marched to the beat of her own drum. Beyla dug into the bag pulling out the ham as Njal certainly was picking up its scent.
MalfurionXXI: Raff was panting a bit as he let Ruven run off to the fenced pasture that was connected to their stable, his nickers of "Success!" and so forth causing Raff to shake his head at him. "He's a handful, good luck with that one, Reij." He teased her a bit, still quite enjoying himself and the way things had happened, glad of the relief it was to finally feel like he was among friends again as he had greatly missed the clan and the way everyone was 'family' and friends all at the same time. Their love of the horses and the reverence they showed them was paramount and it translated to how they treated each other and outsiders, very noble or regal and one could say 'beyond reproach' with the exception of very few who were just more rough around the edges but still held to the traditions. "Ah, that is expected of every clan member if they have a horse bond with a member of the clan, we all raise them and revere them greatly so it is a clan tradition not just the Jarl's but it is something that he does too." He glanced at the angle of the sun for a bit and realized it was past mid-day already. "I've got work to be done on that quiver and a workspace to set up to make it in so I should get moving," He told Rhone and the mares, also speaking out loud so that they all heard him. Not wanting to spoil the afternoon, but he did have tradegoods that needed to be made and sold and also being down a handful of days and out of a whole different town he wouldn't know what to expect people may need so he had work to get done and planning to do. "Reij, I'll see you inside in a bit," He smiled, enjoying the moment a bit longer, "Beyla, if you'd like to join us later you're welcome to. I've got crates to move and organize." He waved at them both and headed in to get his supplies from where they had been stored after Reijna had them moved.
DeviousMiskreent: Reijna laughed a bit as she streched, listening to Ruven and his jaunts of success and the other horses nickering and laughing as well, "ahh a wild horse for a wild woman" she laughed and winked at her brother. "ill come in and show you the workspace, maybe help you move things around a bit." she told him. "Beyla, your welcome anytime, word of warning though, dont approach Ase Randi or her nest" she said, pointing up into the rafters to a huge next where her raven usually perched. "Shes more territorial and violent than Njal, and its not safe for you to try and mess with her in any way." She said softly. --- Njal barked happily as Beyla pulled out the ham hock, rising to his full height to give her a sloppy lick on her face before gently taking the bone and retreating towards his stall. "also, announce yourself if you start going towards Njal's stall, and if you hear him growl just tell him "ok im going" it usuallly means he's eating something. Have a goodnight Beyla, it was nice to meet you" REijna said and waved with her right arm as she followed Raff back inside. --d--
EmmaBey: Beyla would nod as Reijna gave her the warning of Ase Randi. Beyla looked to where Reijna pointed and understood more then as to who this Ase Randi was. "You won't need to worry about me doing that." Beyla said. "Uuuuck...." Beyla would say as she felt the sloppy lick from Njal. She wold bring her sleeved arm up to wipe at her face. "Lick the ham...not me." She waved bye to Raff as he walked off to go back inside and she nodded to Reijna. "I might be along later on if nothing keeps me. It was nice meeting you too." Beyla said as she looked around at the horse and Njal as he muched on his ham hock. She would decide to take her leave and go off in search of a good piece of wood to make a bow out of.