COLT
I had a vision last night
Horses on the granite plains
That sound of freedom stampeding
Why can't I feel the same?
Horses on the granite plains
That sound of freedom stampeding
Why can't I feel the same?
The camp folds away, packed onto horseback again and tucked around leather and legs. It’s efficient, a process that has served them well and is habit for the Deadiron gang. Nova and Marcus have fallen into the pattern of the work with ease, each of them already picking up tasks without being asked, and attending to their horses with a proof of the bond that builds over time in the saddle. Colt doesn’t say anything, but a small smile dips in, pleased to see the shine of her favorite things glinting off others.
The riding with the herd is a touch slower, requiring a few times to break off and round up stragglers, or redirect a stubborn lead. The terrain is mostly kind, but dreambirds wheel overhead and some terrible rumble shakes the ground, a reminder that golems inhabit this region, though they never see one.
Days and nights pass in a routine blur, and with an extra day added coming back, they finally crest a hill and Deadiron’s front ends and waiting pens greet them like a sore sight. The hands whoop out with excitement, and even Colt can’t deny the flare of relief at seeing home. The work isn’t done yet though.
”EASE UP!” Colt calls out to the group, still in a fanned out position. ”JESSE, HANK, GET TO THE FRONT AND OPEN UP THE PEN!” She cups her hands around her mouth to get the directions out across the group. ”EVERYONE ELSE, PUSH THE HERD IN, SLOW AND STEADY.” It’s a bottleneck situation, but once the cows are penned and out of the pasture, they can really get into sorting them and doling out the last jobs this day will see, a promise of a tired, good night’s rest in a bed the carrot at the end of this stick.
Several days and nights later, the herd has been driven back home. Get the cows in the pen now.
Marcus Taco is going to lunge and bite a cow, causing one to flush out and need to be chased after.
Nova one cow is going to challenge you and Custard, requiring you to really drive after it and might need to get creative or catch some horns
Colt Biscuit gets bit by a horse fly and loses her shit
The riding with the herd is a touch slower, requiring a few times to break off and round up stragglers, or redirect a stubborn lead. The terrain is mostly kind, but dreambirds wheel overhead and some terrible rumble shakes the ground, a reminder that golems inhabit this region, though they never see one.
Days and nights pass in a routine blur, and with an extra day added coming back, they finally crest a hill and Deadiron’s front ends and waiting pens greet them like a sore sight. The hands whoop out with excitement, and even Colt can’t deny the flare of relief at seeing home. The work isn’t done yet though.
”EASE UP!” Colt calls out to the group, still in a fanned out position. ”JESSE, HANK, GET TO THE FRONT AND OPEN UP THE PEN!” She cups her hands around her mouth to get the directions out across the group. ”EVERYONE ELSE, PUSH THE HERD IN, SLOW AND STEADY.” It’s a bottleneck situation, but once the cows are penned and out of the pasture, they can really get into sorting them and doling out the last jobs this day will see, a promise of a tired, good night’s rest in a bed the carrot at the end of this stick.
Several days and nights later, the herd has been driven back home. Get the cows in the pen now.
Marcus Taco is going to lunge and bite a cow, causing one to flush out and need to be chased after.
Nova one cow is going to challenge you and Custard, requiring you to really drive after it and might need to get creative or catch some horns
Colt Biscuit gets bit by a horse fly and loses her shit
I've been sipping on a poison
Even on the days I taste it
Run into the same wall
All because I just can't face it
Even on the days I taste it
Run into the same wall
All because I just can't face it
Received a Gilded Market wig from Remi that resembles her usual hair and is enchanted to stay on better than most wigs | has a reverse centaur tattoo on her left hand with the legs going down her pointer and middle fingers that looks like this.
