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Dixie · 09-20-2004, 05:22 PM

"Thanks, Enzeru, but all I need is a horse," Petra called back.

Watching the others descending upon the town, Petra surveyed the area before creeping slowly up to the city limits and beginning to meekly peak around the streets. After locating the town stables, Petra sat down to talk with the old man who owned the horses.

"We have the finest studs in the Emperor's whole territory," the man boasted, wheezing and nodding.

"I don't doubt that," Petra returned, looking around with concealed disappointment. The man grinned delightedly, revealing a significant lack of teeth. Wincing, Petra stood up and walked down the hall of the barn, examining the poor creatures contained there.

These wretched things would die before we made it out of town...

The large door at the end of the hall stood open and outside Petra glimpsed a palisaded paddock and the fluid, shiny movement of the animals within it.

"What's out there?" Petra asked, moving quickly down the hall and out the door before the old man could answer.

The walls of the paddock were taller than she was and Petra could only manage to peer through the gaps between the beams, but this was enough. Within the paddock, two dozen or so of the most magnificent creatures Petra had ever seen were clustered together, snorting and pawing the dusty earth.

"Those 'uns are no good," the old man wheezed, hobbling out next to her. "They're wilder 'an a dawg with six legs. We just got 'em yesterday right down from the mount'n."

Smiling almost giddily, Petra clambered up the side of the paddock and heaved herself over before the old man could object. As she landed with a thud on the other side, several of the horses screamed and bucked, laying their ears back against their heads. Closing her eyes, she bowed her head in respect to them and spoke in a low, almost inaudible whisper. The old man watched in awe as, one by one, the horses approached her and nudged her with affection. After examining their flanks, limbs, and teeth, she selected 6 of the strongest studs and led them like lambs from the paddock.

"I'd like to purchase these horses," she said solemnly to the old man, whose jaw still hung open.

After paying the stable man with money given to her by the Emperor's financial assistant for the journey, Petra secured the horses just outside of the town and set off to find the rest of the group.

09-20-2004, 05:22 PM	#128 (permalink)
Dixie Psycho Location: the land of cotton	"Thanks, Enzeru, but all I need is a horse," Petra called back. Watching the others descending upon the town, Petra surveyed the area before creeping slowly up to the city limits and beginning to meekly peak around the streets. After locating the town stables, Petra sat down to talk with the old man who owned the horses. "We have the finest studs in the Emperor's whole territory," the man boasted, wheezing and nodding. "I don't doubt that," Petra returned, looking around with concealed disappointment. The man grinned delightedly, revealing a significant lack of teeth. Wincing, Petra stood up and walked down the hall of the barn, examining the poor creatures contained there. These wretched things would die before we made it out of town... The large door at the end of the hall stood open and outside Petra glimpsed a palisaded paddock and the fluid, shiny movement of the animals within it. "What's out there?" Petra asked, moving quickly down the hall and out the door before the old man could answer. The walls of the paddock were taller than she was and Petra could only manage to peer through the gaps between the beams, but this was enough. Within the paddock, two dozen or so of the most magnificent creatures Petra had ever seen were clustered together, snorting and pawing the dusty earth. "Those 'uns are no good," the old man wheezed, hobbling out next to her. "They're wilder 'an a dawg with six legs. We just got 'em yesterday right down from the mount'n." Smiling almost giddily, Petra clambered up the side of the paddock and heaved herself over before the old man could object. As she landed with a thud on the other side, several of the horses screamed and bucked, laying their ears back against their heads. Closing her eyes, she bowed her head in respect to them and spoke in a low, almost inaudible whisper. The old man watched in awe as, one by one, the horses approached her and nudged her with affection. After examining their flanks, limbs, and teeth, she selected 6 of the strongest studs and led them like lambs from the paddock. "I'd like to purchase these horses," she said solemnly to the old man, whose jaw still hung open. After paying the stable man with money given to her by the Emperor's financial assistant for the journey, Petra secured the horses just outside of the town and set off to find the rest of the group. __________________ talk is cheap, so i buy every word you said. scared me half to death, now i'm half dead.