Who: Tefe Holland and Open What: Winter wandering When: Saturday afternoon Where: The forest Warnings: Hurt animal (it gets healed), TBD Status: Open/in progress
Aurie was with Erik and Tefe was out in the woods. It was snowing and cold which made her want to curl up amid some tree roots and sleep until spring came back to wake her up but she didn't plan to do that. The sun was already starting to get a little stronger every day, which was hard to tell when it was snowing but it was.
She wasn't sure why she was out in the woods other than the Green was stronger here and she liked the quiet with most of the plants sleeping and the snow making everything silent. Other than the squeak of her feet in the snow and the occasional sound of a branch dumping a load of snow to the ground it was almost silent.
When she came across the deer standing in a clearing holding one foot up off the ground he was silent too. It was obvious he'd hurt his leg and hadn't been eating. Winter and his injury would kill him before much longer. It was the way of the Red. He'd die, become part of the Earth and feed the grass and plants as well as other animals and the bugs but for some reason Tefe held out her hand to him and soothed him by feeling like something that wasn't threatening until she could get closer and touch his leg. It healed quickly under her touch and when it did she felt all the plants around her die and blacken. They weren't just asleep in the cold they were dead.
With a snort the deer bounded away on his newly sound leg, joy in every line of him. He still might not make it through the winter but at least he had a chance now. But he left her standing in a wide circle of melted snow and dead foliage.