you cannot hold me captive
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You are standing within the greatest empire known to mortals.
Unlike any other empire or realm before it, Hanami has successfully brought together the strengths and minds of all known races. Though there was cause for hope and celebration at its foundation, Hanami is still only a young empire and she is fragile. Unpopularity with the other influential families
has weakened the imperial rule. It now falls to our youngest Empress yet to tend to the grievances and wishes of those that surround her in order to bring back the empire to its former state.
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Jovbutea
Satyr
Female
Quoiromantic
Single
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Post by Jovbutea on Jun 4, 2018 20:41:50 GMT
Jovbutea laid in her bed, sleeping comfortably as the first signs of dawn began to show. Birds started singing, sun began peeking through her window, and the goats were stirring in her pins. All it took was one little "maaaah" from Zheny and she was awake.
Zheny had always been the most vocal of all the goats and so would always demand attention before the rest of the herd.
Jovbutea gave a yarn before starting on her hygiene, brushing her teeth, washing her face, doing her hair, sharpening her horns, and then finally getting dressed.
As soon as she finished she ran out to the pin, her hoofs making a soft clomping sound with every step.
She yawned once more as she opened the pin and had the goats line up in front of her. She counted all of them and they walked out "Kub,Zheny,Jek,Vudi,Gem. That's all of them." With that she closed the pin behind them and led them to the path.
As always she pulled her bamboo flute and began to play a soft tune as they walked, allowing her to wake up the town for the day as she did her work, the song filling the air as she headed to the meadow.
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Post by Naiman Ahanu on Jun 4, 2018 22:11:48 GMT
[nospaces] [attr="class","biggieno"] [attr="class","textieno"]It had been far too long since he had been home... Or maybe not long enough. He wasn't sure. Either way, waking up in the middle of the Ulmari plains with the last of the dull throbbing of what remained from quite a night. Nothing quite like wine grown by the satyrs... somehow this was an all too familiar scene. He rolled over onto his side, his weight hitting the ground with a crash. He was sure the other races had it so much easier with fewer limbs to keep track of in times like this.[break][break]
Somewhere in the distance, he heard talking... Oh wait- not talking. That was definitely a goat bleating... or maybe a sheep? Was it a horse? Whatever it was, he had to get himself up and looking proper before they caught sight of him. If they heard of this back at the capital- an imperial captain hungover in a field of sheep at 96. Probably not a topic he wanted brought up at whatever fancy dinner he was invited to next.[break][break]
WHAT IF HIS SISTER TAMAYA FOUND HIM LIKE THIS?![break][break]
With a strength he didn't know he had, he suddenly hauled himself upright. He tried to deal with the dizziness first, then attempted to stand all the way. One of his hind legs still wasn't working so well and nearly tripped over his other legs in the process. Ahanu quickly proceeded to pick off any obvious dirt stains and was thankful that his black coat would hide any grass stains. That was at least half of his morning wash-up covered. [break][break]
He blinked as he felt for his coin pouch... Oh. This was NOT a good sign. He looked around him. Nothing but thick grassland covered the plains as far as the eye could see before him. shit. [break][break]
The sound of a flute caught his attention and he saw a young satyr with a small troupe of goats coming over the hill. "Morning!" He called and waved, well aware of how he must look right now. "I have some money... if you can help me find it?" He asked. He wasn't sure how she'd react... He knew at that age he'd wouldn't question anything that involved coin. But well, he realised that she was definitely entitled to refuse a slightly confused, kind of lost and currently penniless centaur.
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Jovbutea
Satyr
Female
Quoiromantic
Single
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Post by Jovbutea on Jun 4, 2018 23:59:24 GMT
Jovbutea had just gotten up the hill when she heard a voice call out to her. The little satyr turned towards the voice to greet them, maybe give a little wave while she finished playing her song. But what Jo saw caused her to play a shrill note instead, leading to a very unhappy bleat from one of the goats. "Sorry, Jek" The goat farmer mumbled to her golden brown goat of the herd. She didn't mean to seem so taken aback but the centaur before her seemed so unkempt, and in the grazing meadows of all places. She wanted to ask him what he was doing all the way out here but felt it was none of her business. "You lost your coinpurse?" Jo questioned as lead her goats to the grass to graze. "Well, if you tell me what it looks like I can help you find it" Sure she was a little skeptical of the rough looking centaur but as the same time she kinda felt bad for him. He looked like he head a hard night. After her goats were content with where they set up she carefully approached the centaur, her tail twitching cautiously as she did. "Are you okay? Why are you all the way up here at this time of day?" It was dawn after all, the sun barely at it's peak in the sky. Jovbutea had plenty a reason to be suspicious. Naiman Ahanu
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Post by Naiman Ahanu on Jun 6, 2018 10:03:54 GMT
[nospaces] [attr="class","biggieno"] [attr="class","textieno"]Ahanu realised probably how much of a monster he looked like right now. A heavy-lifter, covered in dirt, struggling to move forwards with his three legs (the fourth was still asleep he wasn't going to count it)- if you had to imagine what Taichu the Terror looked like at the head of his horde, he was certain this would be close to it.[break][break]
He tried to soften his posture a little without flopping over onto the grass. He wasn't sure how it was coming across to the satyr-- hopefully at any rate he looked incapable of taking her on or anyone for that matter.[break][break]
Ah she asked her questions- he stayed still a long time. Words were taking time to process then register... then he had to formulate a reply. He couldn't remember Mirian words for anything. This was a lot harder than it should be. But he would try and communicate to the satyr- "That... Umm.. Yes that is a very good question. And I... uh... yes. I promise I'll give you a heads up as soon as I figure out the umm... thing- yes why I'm uh- here myself."Ahanu mumbled in reply, his words slightly slurred- this was the longest sentence he had attempted yet. Maybe it would be best to stick to short and simple sentences from here on out.[break][break]
When he tried to think what it looked like he paused. It looked like... well... like a coin purse... could he describe it any further? Certainly not in this state... "What does it look like... kind of just brown leather... with coins in it... this big?" He gestured with his hands and did one last sweep of the grassland to see if he could see it anywhere to show her what it looked like.[break][break]
A brief pause. The cogs whirring in his mind.[break][break]
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Jovbutea
Satyr
Female
Quoiromantic
Single
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Post by Jovbutea on Jun 6, 2018 17:34:58 GMT
Jovbutea stared up at the centuar, reanalysing his looks and mostly waiting for an answer. His coat was terribly ntatted and tangled with grass. Had he been mugged? Concerned Jovbutea moved closer to the centuar,but when he adjusted his posture she twiched. Well no, she did much more than a twitch, in fact her whole body jolted, causing her to leap a pace away from him. It was more out of instinct than anything, as Jovbutea now realized how unbalanced he was. But that was even MORE reason to move away, JoJo was tiny and she doubted that a disoriented centuar could keep track of where he was enough to not accidentally step on her. As she stood there trying to catch her breath and stop her tail from frantically twitching behind her, she realized it had been quiet for a really long time. Almost an uncomfortably long time. As the taur began to speak in a broken dialect her ears drifted closer to her head and she shot a quick glance over to her goats, looking at them as of they were her only witnesses if something happened to her. He wasn't very well versed in the language here. Or was he just that disoriented? Whatever the case was it was pretty sad to watch. She nodded along at his words, encouraging him and actively displaying that she understood. But his current status still worried her, while the taur definitely didn't seem like a threat now, it would be terribly unnerving if he was walking around looking for his purse alongside her.....when he could barely walk. You see, Jovbutea had a very strong need to not be trampled. And for good reason at that. And if that wasn't enough reason to worry, there was also five Dwarf Goats scattered amost the tall grass. She didn't even want to think about him walking around with them scattered about, the mention of it made her shutter. With a nod the tiny satyr aggred that it was be best to get him to sit somewhere while she looked for his coinpurse. Wait ....did centaur's even sit? Did they lay down or would it be too hard to get back up? Well, she wasn't sure in this excat moment but regardless she couldn't have him freely moving around. Jovbutea decided that she would tell him to stay here and rest...but then she remembered that he may have been a tourist and not know Mirian very well. She sighed to herself before having an idea. Wait! He was a centuar after all...... so maybe he spoke Uruk! She knew a little bit of the language from her mom and from hearing the warriors and elders speak it. Yes, to test out this theory she decided to say the next sentence to him in their race's language. "You stay here and rest, I'll look for your coinpurse" she gave him a small smile, hoping he at least understood that. It was weird but as she looked at him she became glad that she had stumbled upon him and not anyone else. As someone else would probably not be as kind. Or even worse a passerby would pretend to help and then steal his money and leave him here! Yes, it was a good thing she found him indeed. Maybe she could help him back to where he was staying after he recovered himself. "Leather....right" She repeated to herself as she began scanning the grounds before her. With a newfound determination she set to looking for his coinpurse, hunching down to get a better look. She was almost on all fours when she heard the ...- well not soft - ... But the slurred voice call out asking where they was. It took all of her strength not to let out a sigh at this poor lost man, every interaction with her just increasing her worry of what would have happened to him if she hadn't come by him. "I'll talk to you more after you are a bit more rested" she called out before continuing her search. Naiman Ahanu
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Post by Naiman Ahanu on Jun 7, 2018 22:13:52 GMT
[nospaces] [attr="class","biggieno"] [attr="class","textieno"]Now it was Ahanu's turn to be concerned. She seemed to be making some noises at him that (from what he could register) was definitely not in the common tongue. He recognised words 'I', 'you' and 'here' (maybe?) and it struck him that she must have been speaking Uruk. It was heavily accented, a bit broken but understandable... so long as he correctly understood that she wanted him to stay there whilst she looks for something (he assumed this would be his purse). Ahanu felt mainly embarrassed she thought it was easiest to go to these lengths to communicate to him. His Mirian was not amazing... but surely it was comprehensible?[break][break]
He was an imperial academy graduate, after all. This was just hurting his pride... He would surprise her with his amazing Mirian when she returned and he was thinking straight again.[break][break]
She didn't answer him. She said something but it was getting harder to understand the ancient language as she went off to look for the purse. He decided not to follow her. Poor little thing seemed terrified, she must have been eight? maybe nine years old? ten would be a stretch... He could imagine that meeting a big centaur was a very scary thing. So he decided to look in the other direction for the time being and simultaneously work on sobering up and remembering what exactly happened last night.[break][break]
"Now who was I with last night..." He trailed off, kicking at the grass (and half-expecting to eventually kick his purse out of hiding). His fourth leg was beginning to regain feeling so he was beginning to move a little more naturally.[break][break]
Slowly... but surely getting back to normal... he thought to himself as he plodded on.
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Jovbutea
Satyr
Female
Quoiromantic
Single
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Post by Jovbutea on Jun 26, 2018 6:36:39 GMT
Jovbutea was low to the ground, looking through the grass carefully. With how small she was plus the fact that she was on all fours, you could hardly tell her from the goats if not for her overalls encasing her little wiggling tail. Of course dispite her being tiny, Ahanu would be surprised to find out the Jovbutea was not a child at all. But a fully matured satyr aged of 23. However it wasn't his fault for assuming she would be young as she was more or less the size of a human child, standing at 4'3. JoJo began to hum to herself as she looked through the grass before she suddenly felt the cool touch of leather. " Found it" she whispered to herself before picking it up in her petite hands. To be honest she needed both her hands to hold it. Once she had it in her hands she stood upright and started back towards the massive centuar, actually running a little as she was afraid of him wandering off. " Sir,Sir!" her soprano voice called as she skipped towards him. " I found your purse!" Upon reaching him Jovbutea gave him a grin and held it out to him, her little hands barely able to grip it properly. It must have been a pretty precious site for the tiny girl to be offering something to this giant man. Unfortunately no one was around to witness this adorable moment. Naiman Ahanu
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Post by Naiman Ahanu on Sept 1, 2018 3:24:58 GMT
[nospaces] [attr="class","biggieno"] [attr="class","textieno"]"Hey would you loom at that! You really did find it kiddo! That's a pretty impressive pair of eyes you got there- much more than this old man." He laughed heartily, very impressed and surprised that they had found his purse so quickly in the vast expanse that were the great plains. He very gently lifted the purse from her hands- focussing so hard to be as delicate as possible that it almost gave him another headache on top of his hangover but being the big burly centaur he was, it was best to be careful around the little ones.
"Good job" He added in Uruk with a wink, recognising her efforts.
"And now for your reward!" He said as he opened up his purse and was about to fish a nice big handful of dan before being unpleasantly surprised that his purse was filled with small dull lumps. He took one out to examine it properly- yes. That was indeed a pebble. He sighed in frustration. Yep, it was all coming back to him now.... This was undoubtedly the work of evil younger siblings.
He shook out the contents of the purse, finding 4 coins among the rubbish. Well they hadn't left him completely penniless, he could maybe find it in him to be thankful for that much. But it in no way exempted them from the scolding he'd be giving them later.
He looked down at the little satyr. With a short awkward chuckle "Siblings, am I right? Can't get a moment's peace with this lot." He took one of the coins nonetheless and placed it in her tiny palms. "I hope that's enough for you? I'll buy you something to eat, how about you show me a nice place for me to get cleaned up and have something to kill this headache of mine?" He said heartily, still not having a clue where he was. He only prayed she was not sleeping rough whilst out herding- and that there was indeed a village nearby.
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Jovbutea
Satyr
Female
Quoiromantic
Single
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Sept 12, 2018 20:52:16 GMT
Post by Jovbutea on Sept 12, 2018 20:52:16 GMT
Jovbutea beamed up happily at the centaur as he praised her efforts. It was here favorite part of being a wish granter to be honest. Seeing how happy it made the other person. Honestly it filled her with a joy unlike any other. The satyr was still in her happy mood until she noticed him pouring his purse contents into his hands and .....rocks? Oh no! He had been robbed?! This was awful,who would be so cruel as to steal from a lost and incoherent man. She was about to huff up her fur and have a full on panic when she heard him mumble that it was just his siblings. With a sigh Jovbutea managed to calm herself but couldn't help but tap her foot anxiously. " I wish they would be more aware of their actions and realized they could have been putting you in a dangerous situation" she responded before glancing to check on her goats. As he placed the coin in her hand she gasped " I can't take it!" She retorted "You're in a rough spot right now! Besides I make enough pay to do a good deed without reward every now and then" she reached her tiny hand back out to the centaur, offering the coin to him. " Please take it back" She would have continued to pester him about the coin but hearing his suggestion she nodded. He certainly needed a bath and a safe place to sleep. It was still Dawn so it was entirely impossible to believe any inns would be open right now, for usually only herders and farmers woke up this early. " Okay, you can come to my place to clean up and rest. The businessman have not opened up yet. Also I hope you are stable enough to walk, for the way back to the village isn't a short one" her tone was suddenly a lot more serious than before as she focused on safely transporting him to the village. With a sigh she glanced towards her goats "Come on you guys, we have to be heading back" she called to them,which was responded by a bleat from at least one unhappy goat bothered that they had to leave so quickly. Luckily JoJo had meal for them in her house,but grazing them was always better in her mind because she knew how much they liked to be outside. She took a few moments to wait for all her goats to gather around her before looking up at Ahanu. " Are you ready to go?" She asked the bigger male. Naiman Ahanu
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Sept 13, 2018 14:21:46 GMT
Post by Naiman Ahanu on Sept 13, 2018 14:21:46 GMT
[nospaces] [attr="class","biggieno"] [attr="class","textieno"]Ahanu laughed in surprise as she handed it back to him. He stared at her a little while, half-expecting her to take it backs. Did she really not want it? It was such a small token of gratitude after all- and what youngster wouldn't jump at a bit of pocket money "Little one, I have enough of these coins to own two houses and be invited to aaaall those fancy parties in Yushan, so this really is a very very small token of gratitude." He explained, gently cupping her hands so she kept the coin for herself. This was the least he could do. It was not some lavish or expensive reward but rather something small to pay for a humble meal or a spot of fun for an hour or so out in the vast plains. [break][break] "Besides, a kid like you should be dying to waste money on exciting things!" How about a goat-sized pony? I hear they sell those now at the capital! Or fireworks! Damn, I'm turning 90-something this year and I still go crazy for those." He said playfully, trying to get her from feeling bad about accepting anything from him. And yes, perhaps showing off a little bit when it came to all the weird and wonderful things he had seen, but that was just a little bonus on the side of his main goal. "So if you don't take the coin, you'll end up with my gratitude's worth of miniature ponies and fireworks delivered to your door. So be wise and spend it on something that you want or alcohol- alcohol works fine as well." He gave her hair a gentle ruffle.
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He pulled away from her and looked over her head to toe. She was cute, precious even. He didn't want to scare her anymore than he had so he made sure to be as soft as he could manage. She was dressed humbly and being with the small herd of goats suggested she was not from some a particularly influential family or tribe (if she did enjoy the nomad life) and yet she had taken the time to be kind and help him search for his purse. "Ah it's nice to be back home." He said softly with a sigh. You rarely found folk like this up in Haru- things moved too fast for people to slow down and look out for those around them.
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He let out a feigned gasp of outrage as she asked him if he could manage the walk back to the village. "Hold on there though, drunk as I may be... When I am on duty and not partying or waking up in the plains the very next morning, I am a proud captain of the Imperial military. I can manage a walk, even with this headache." He pointed out with pride, though he kept a playful tone to his words, he wasn't really offended- after all, he'd given her more than enough reason to think... "Just takes a little bit of time to get this old man up and running."
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Jovbutea
Satyr
Female
Quoiromantic
Single
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Post by Jovbutea on Apr 4, 2019 14:41:38 GMT
JoJo sighed a little as the coin was placed back into her palm and he went off on his tangent of what she could buy with the coin, feeling there was no way around it she stuck the coin in her pocket if only to appease him. Hearing that he was a captain of the imperial army however caused her ears to swivel, that must have ment that he'd been to lands far and wide......what was he doing here in herding country? However that thought was banished by another annoyed bleat from one of her goats "Yes, we're going" she responded playfully, casting a still concerned look to the older male despite him trying to convince her he was fine. And so she pulled out her bamboo flute and began playing a tune for their descent back into town ((Sorry I died for a bit)) Naiman Ahanu
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