No one said Cow Rearing was Easy (Ciria)

[GALE SHANUI]

if i had a world of my own everything would be nonsense Friendship ♥ TAGGED Ciria NOTES --- CREDIT evkav of BTN "Come....on...Tabetti....Ngggggh....Move-" Crash! Of course, this was probably the third time this morning that the small Rancher had been bested by her cow and thrown into the boxes piled against the barn wall. Tabetti had been like this since Gale brought her. Stubborn, and refusing to move unless food was involved. Gale frowned, digging standing up once again and dusting herself off, while her Cow chewed mindlessly at the hay. "Come on Tabetti, there's a thunderstorm coming, and I very highly doubt that you of all cows want to be trapped out in a thunderstorm." Of course, no answer came from the cow, and Gale sighed, leaning against the Cow's large flank. How'd she get stuck with the most stubborn cow on earth? Shep however seemed amused with all of this. You could just tell by the twitch in his tail that he had been human, he probably would have laughed it out. Not even his barking had gotten the cow to move from her spot. Though, a sudden clap of thunder startled the cow, and the frightened animal went crashing through the weak fence that surrounded the barnyard. "Oh no, the fence, and even worse, Tabetti! Come on Shep!" She took off in the direction the cow had run off in, but she soon ended up  in the entrance of the forest, a sigh escaping her. Though it wasn't too dangerous here, if she didn't find the cow soon something could still happen to her. "Tabetti! Tabetti?! Where'd you go girl?" The Rancher called out, Shep barking in reinforcement. Well, this had turned out wonderful.

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She was in denial, that was it. Complete and utter denial was the only thing that was keeping her just a little sane in this predicament. She tried to pretend, "Oh, it could be worse." But, really it couldn't be. She was lost, and broke (which was probably the most depressing thing). She was supposed to be finding herself, but she couldn't even find out where the hell she was going.

"I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm totally okay," she chanted to herself as she pushed through the abundance of foliage. Honestly, she had been okay about thirty minutes ago. She was going to walk straight through and she told herself not to stray from the path. A straight shot out of the forest, if she was lucky. But some kind of bug flew down and she lost it. Being afraid of most of the creatures in nature and going through the forest--yeah, that was probably not her smartest idea. She had ran around in circles and she lost which way was straight, backwards, left and right.

And she was tired, which only added to the sense of panic she was pushing down. The branches scrapped against her open flesh and a few drops of blood was already trickling down.

She sighed, stopping and leaning against a nearby tree, and then sliding down the bark so that she was crouching over the ground. She looked up, but through the thick leaves of the trees she could only see parts of the sky, speckles of gray peaked through the holes.

"Oh no, please don't." She bit her lip, standing up just as she heard the sound of thunder echo through the forest. She liked the rain, but it was not the time. When she was little she used to go out into the rain, dancing in the water and splashing in the puddles even when her parents told her that wasn't healthy, but then again, that was somewhere with street lights and someone watching her. She was here, in the forest, alone with no light at all and the sky was only getting darker.

She started running as the thunder sounded every two minutes. Her hair whipped around her and she barely avoided the trees and bushes.

That's when she heard it. A loud trampling sound that seemed to be coming from somewhere close to her. She fiddled around in her pocket for the lighter she knew she had somewhere. She grasped the silver item in her handle, flipping open the top and pressing down creating a small light. She focused on the small flame with her magic, making the flame higher. It didn't help much for her to see. She tried to focus on making the fire larger, but that's when the rain started to pour, instantly smothering the small fire of her lighter. She pressed on but the fire would start again and she was forced to put it away. She wrapped her arms around herself, leaning against a tree.

The trampling became louder and as it neared she heard a soft "moo" emitting from the mouth of the creature.

"Is that...," she squinted in the darkness. "What. the. hell?"

It was a cow. And she was officially dumbfounded, enough to not even notice the cow charging right at her. She panicked just in time to grab onto its head, jumping up and latching on to it as it continued running and she screamed as it took her on a ride. She crawled towards it's back, trying to grab for its tail as way to keep it calm, and when she grabbed onto it, the cow mooed loudly, throwing her on the ground into the mud. She laid there, defeated. She just wasn't having intelligent ideas today.

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ooc: oop at how long it is lol

[GALE SHANUI]

if i had a world of my own everything would be nonsense Friendship ♥ TAGGED Ciria NOTES --- CREDIT evkav of BTN Gale really had no clue where the cow had headed off to, and she could be anywhere in the forest by now. Shep was sniffing at the ground, but it was pretty hard for the dog to get a scent trail going when the rain came down. He turned helplessly back to Gale, his tail between his legs in a sign of giving up. He honestly had no way of tracking the cow. "I don't think we'll ever find Tabetti..." Gale muttered, suddenly hopeless. Her cow was going to be eaten by some strange monster, and the thought made her sick. She gripped the rope she was going to use to lead Tabetti home tightly, and that's when she heard a loud scream. "Come on Shep!" Forgetting about her sorrow, she couldn't let someone who might be in danger be alone. Running towards where she heard the scream, she stopped short when she saw Tabetti stampeding around with a girl on her back, reaching for her tail only to be thrown into the mud. Shep sprang into action, skidding in front of the cow and barking heavily. The cow soon slowed down, and Shep herded her towards Gale, who managed to loop the rope around the cow's neck. Now, she turned her attention to the girl. "Wow...I'm really sorry! This cow here, she's mine, got loose when the thunder started up." She had resisted the urge to laugh. It was kind of funny...and she had always wanted to ride a cow but...this wasn't funny, because her animal could have harmed a stranger! So Gale squatted down and offered her hand to the other girl, gripping the rope around Tabetti's neck with the other. "My ranch isn't all that far from here, why don't you come back with me? Some fresh clothes and a hot drink might do you some good. Town's pretty far from here." She mentioned. She didn't just want to leave the girl here after what her cow had done to her.

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The rain was still pouring, only increasing the mud that she was lying in. She was ready to pick up any of the dignity she had left (she was defeated by an animal) and shake off the dirt and run, but of course, whatever God that was out there hated her. She heard the sound of a girls voice ordering someone (or something) to come along with her. She heard the sound of a dog barking, feet stomping on the ground, and the moos from the cow. Then, all the sounds of feet on the ground stopped. She finally worked up enough energy to push herself up off the ground, focusing her attention on the dog, cow, and the girl who had came up and place a rope around it's neck.

After the cow was successfully subdued, the girl turned her attention to Ciria. When she was in arms length of her, she crouched down and held out her hand. The green haired girl asked her if she wanted to come to her ranch to clean-up, not like she had any choice, except for lying back down and dying of embarrassment, because, really, she could tell the girl was trying to stifle the laugh.

She forced a smile on her face, shaking the mud off one of her hands and grabbing the girls hand allowing her to pull her up. She wiped some of the mud off her clothes, only smearing the dirt in. Yeah, these stains weren't getting out.

She laughed nervously. "Thanks for the help. Uh...I...," she started, averting her eyes and shifting her feet. "I kinda hoped no one had seen that."

She looked at the cow, narrowing her eyes at it for putting her in this position and silently deciding that she hates cows and will never drink milk again. "Thanks for offer, uh...I guess I need it a little...I just don't want to...inconvenience anyone. I'm kinda lost. I need a map or something...," she trailed off, realizing that she was rambling.

She backtracked. "I'm Ciria. It's nice to meet you."

[GALE SHANUI]

if i had a world of my own everything would be nonsense Friendship ♥ TAGGED Ciria NOTES --- CREDIT evkav of BTN Gale tilted her head a bit as the other girl spoke, nodding when she said that she had kind of been hoping no one had saw what had happened. She shook her head, patting Tabetti's side lightly, while Shep took a spot by her other free side. "Oh don't you worry none about that, I'm not going to tell a soul!" She promised. Her cow had already caused enough trouble for the poor girl, and she wasn't about to go blabbering about this all over town, either.  Gale listened further and shook her head when the girl mentioned she didn't want to impose on anyone. "Oh no, it was my cow that caused you all this trouble, the least I can do is get you something fresh to wear and some directions, believe me!" She promised, gently pulling on the rope to usher the cow to stand the other way. When she introduced herself as Ciria, Gale smiled. "My name's Gale, been runnin' the ranch for a few weeks now." She answered. She didn't have many animals so it didn't look like a ranch just yet, but she hoped to change that soon. Dusting her pants a bit, she ignored the oncoming rain and motioned towards the way she had come. "Shall we get going?"

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Ciria relaxed a little, smiling slightly as the other girl began to talk. She was nice, at least, so Ciria didn't have to worry about feeling too nervous her around her. She unconsciously shook herself to get rid of some of the mud still sticking to her as the girl promised that she wasn't going to tell--not that there was anyone to tell, since it seemed like they were in the middle of nowhere.

The girl then introduced herself as Gale and Ciria repeated the name a few times in her head to make sure she didn't forget--she had never been that good with names. When she mentioned running a ranch, Ciria's brows furrowed a little bit. She had never been on one before and she didn't have any idea what it might be like. But, she guessed that was the point of going off on her own little adventure, she would find out new things. A bunch of animals running around, though, didn't seem appealing.

After a moment, Gale motioned to Ciria, asking her if they should get going now. Ciria nodded her head, making sure to stay behind her but on the other side so as not be near the cow that had caused her this trouble--maybe it's a little wrong for her to blame it on the cow, as she was the one who got herself lost here in the first place, and technically, because of the cow, she was going to go to a nice home and get a nice meal.

She extended her arm, reaching for the side of the cow and petting it lightly. When it mooed, she jumped, returning quickly to the other side of Gale.

"Yeah, let's go," she said. Truthfully, she was missing human interaction, so she decided that this would be fun.