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A Thursday Prompt story
© 2023 by Walter Reimer
Prompt: nature
Meredith tossed her mane back and snorted loudly. “I am so done with this,” she said disgustedly as she closed her padd, the legal document she had been fighting through disappearing. She folded the device up small, about the size of a folded pawkerchief, and threw it across the room. Her ears swiveled as Jinzi watched the object fly past her, and the filly got to her hooves and started to retrieve it.
Jinzi reached the padd and picked it up as her mother caught up with her and scooped her up. “No, sweetie,” Meredith said, “you don’t know where that’s been,” and she eased it out of her daughter’s paws before she could try gnawing on it.
“Maybe you’ll tell her when she’s older,” Fuji said as he poked his head out of the office. He had changed places with her so that Merry could look after Jinzi a while. “Frustrating?”
“Deus, yes.”
The Komodo monitor grinned. “Good. How about lunch?”
She glanced at the chronometer. “Huh. I’ve been at that all morning?”
“Yeah. Tell you what, let’s have lunch in the park today.”
The golden palomino mare nodded. “Sounds good.”
Downtime Station had two huge open spaces, one on each side of the habitat. One was on the Kashlanin half, and was planted with vegetation native to the Imperial Homeworld. The other side was Terran, and planted with grass and trees native to several planets in the Terran Sphere.
In addition to helping with air recirculation and gas transfer, the two gardens also enabled the inhabitants to see something other than steel, stone and plastic.
Seated on a spread-out blanket with a small picnic lunch, Meredith and Fuji sat and watched as Jinzi walked around, occasionally dropping to all fours to explore the grass and soil, or examine a random flower. “This was a great idea,” Meredith said.
“I thought it might be,” Fuji said. “Jinzi needs this. It’s not enough, though.”
She cocked her head. “What do you mean?”
“She needs to see blue sky over her head, and a broader horizon,” the bull replied, reminding her that he was a Gaiaist.
She nodded, watching the little filly chasing a butterfly. “We have some leave time accrued, and This Far isn’t a very long trip from here.”
“Perfect,” Fuji said, stifling a chuckle as Jinzi failed to catch the butterfly, who fluttered higher than the child could reach.
A Thursday Prompt story
© 2023 by Walter Reimer
Prompt: nature
Meredith tossed her mane back and snorted loudly. “I am so done with this,” she said disgustedly as she closed her padd, the legal document she had been fighting through disappearing. She folded the device up small, about the size of a folded pawkerchief, and threw it across the room. Her ears swiveled as Jinzi watched the object fly past her, and the filly got to her hooves and started to retrieve it.
Jinzi reached the padd and picked it up as her mother caught up with her and scooped her up. “No, sweetie,” Meredith said, “you don’t know where that’s been,” and she eased it out of her daughter’s paws before she could try gnawing on it.
“Maybe you’ll tell her when she’s older,” Fuji said as he poked his head out of the office. He had changed places with her so that Merry could look after Jinzi a while. “Frustrating?”
“Deus, yes.”
The Komodo monitor grinned. “Good. How about lunch?”
She glanced at the chronometer. “Huh. I’ve been at that all morning?”
“Yeah. Tell you what, let’s have lunch in the park today.”
The golden palomino mare nodded. “Sounds good.”
Downtime Station had two huge open spaces, one on each side of the habitat. One was on the Kashlanin half, and was planted with vegetation native to the Imperial Homeworld. The other side was Terran, and planted with grass and trees native to several planets in the Terran Sphere.
In addition to helping with air recirculation and gas transfer, the two gardens also enabled the inhabitants to see something other than steel, stone and plastic.
Seated on a spread-out blanket with a small picnic lunch, Meredith and Fuji sat and watched as Jinzi walked around, occasionally dropping to all fours to explore the grass and soil, or examine a random flower. “This was a great idea,” Meredith said.
“I thought it might be,” Fuji said. “Jinzi needs this. It’s not enough, though.”
She cocked her head. “What do you mean?”
“She needs to see blue sky over her head, and a broader horizon,” the bull replied, reminding her that he was a Gaiaist.
She nodded, watching the little filly chasing a butterfly. “We have some leave time accrued, and This Far isn’t a very long trip from here.”
“Perfect,” Fuji said, stifling a chuckle as Jinzi failed to catch the butterfly, who fluttered higher than the child could reach.
Category Story / General Furry Art
Species Horse
Size 120 x 92px
File Size 33.5 kB
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Can't have the little one growing up fearing wide open spaces - like these gals - https://www.collectedcurios.com/seq.....art.php?s=1235 (and next page)
I continue to be in love with the small details in your stories. Little touches like "pawkerchief," combined with natural worldbuilding like the two gardens, are such a brilliant way of making it seem like we're just glimpsing into a cohesive world. You always make it seem so easy -- it's wonderful to read.
Really enjoy the personal elements too. Grounding these worlds in relatable moments like wasting an entire morning on paperwork make the whole scenario all the more immersive especially if it's an experience you've had recently no I'm not salty why would I be
Anyways, great stuff ^^
Really enjoy the personal elements too. Grounding these worlds in relatable moments like wasting an entire morning on paperwork make the whole scenario all the more immersive especially if it's an experience you've had recently no I'm not salty why would I be
Anyways, great stuff ^^
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