I don't know

*Grace says with a puzzled voice as she looks Mhira up and down

What's a giraffe ?

*Chuckles softly, though she's not sure why

I was rather hoping one of you could tell me where we were.

*Sighs

But I guess we are all in the same situation, more or less. I can't be sure of anything but my own name. Speaking of that, who or what are you ?

*Grace says to the deer. She was almost sure she'd seen something like her before, but as to when, or where Grace had no clue. She couldn't put a name on anything right now, and it bothered her.

*Lifting her head up, the doe turns her head a little, thinking. Looking at the little one near them, she finally nods a little, then points to Mhera.*

"I think she's a giraffe, thats what a giraffe is, I dont know why, it was just something that came into my head. Maybe she's not a giraffe, I really dont know for sure, but me, Im a deer, a doe."

*She thought again for a while, then finally shrugged her shoulders.*

"I don't know who I am, but for a doe. I think my name starts with Sael or Sol, or something. Do names start with that stuff?"

*She stepped over into the clover more, sniffing it then taking a bite.*

"This is good, what is it?"

*Mhera looked at Grace's arm for a moment and then, as if realising what she was supposed to do, she extended hers and clasped there hands together, smiling happily.*

"As the doe said, we dont know sadly."

*She looked at the doe and nodded.*

"Yeah, i think names can start with those things, but names can be anything really."

*She shruged and then looked at the clover and wondered if she could eat it, after all, the other two were. She knelt down to sniff the clover, wrinkling her nose at it before biting a clump of with her sharp teeth, chewing it before spitting it out.*

"Yuk!! That stuff is awefull."

If you say so, then she's a giraffe

*Grace said, still unsure if it was right or not. She couldn't put her finger on it, there was a nagging feeling that it wasn't right. but till she could figure out what it was then giraffe it was. Something about a rose by any other name came to mind, whatever a rose was.

I think Mihira's right about the name things. Till we figure out your name I think I'll call you Doe. if thats alright

*Grace smiles

Im not sure, but I do like it. The word Kluver comes to mind.

*Giggling, the doe watches Mhera spit out the green stuff.*

"I thought it was good...maybe giraffe's don't like the stuff, but then I don't know what giraffes do like."

*Smiling, looking at Grace, she gives a little hop, then turns around.*

"Doe sounds good for now, I like it."

*She leaps over a thing laying across in front of her (log) and turns around quickly lowering her head to the green stuff, taking another bite.*

"Kluver, huh, I like that too, but I wonder what giraffes eat then? Do you like these things?"

*Reaching down to pick up a short crooked hard thing (stick) and holding it up.*

*Mhera rubs her stomach as it growls at her again, but smiling at the idea that she may be a giraffe. She looks at the crooked thing and takes it from Doe's hand, looking at it curiously before sniffing it. After a monet, she takes an experimental bite frowning at how hard it was and the taste.*

"I dont think giraffes eat that either."

A strong gust of wind blows over the trees, brushing the surface of the lake and causing the trees around them rustle and sway.

*Mhera ducks down a little as the trees sway, looking at them nervously. Her nose twitches a little as the wind carries the scent of the lake to them, a warm feeling spreading though the young otter at the scent. She looks in the direction the wind had come from pointing unknowingly at the lake*

"There is something over there that smells familar and gave me a strange warm feeling"

*Jumping as the wind blows across the trees, making them sway over them, Doe lies down in the taller grasses along the edge of the clover. Lying very still she waits, brown eyes searching the brush and trees, her ears turning to listen for any sign of something coming.*

*Finally after a few minutes, she slowly gets up, shaking her body while holding her head up, sniffing at the air.*

"She's right, there is something there, but what?"

*Taking a few cautious steps in the direction the wind was blowing from, Doe stops again, looking back at the other two.*

"Do you think it's safe, Mhera needs to eat, maybe we should go that way if she thinks food may be there for her. What do you think?"

*She takes another step, ready to run if something should jump out.*

[COLOR=blue]*As Doe lay down in the tall grass, Mhera felt a strange urge to stand guard over her, moving infront of her till the wind had passed, holding out a hand to help her up as the wind disappeared.

She looked at the Doe strangely for a moment, wondering why she had done such a strange thing, but smiled finding it made her feel better. She blinkes and regains her focus.*

"Well, whatever it is it smells nice."

*She giggled and smiled at both of them before looking where the wind had come from, hoping to catch another wiff of the loverly smell*

*Grace sniffs the air, curling her upper lip in disgust as she catches the scent.

Sure something was there, but I'm pretty sure it poses no threat. It might have but It smells pretty dead to me, almost rotten

*Looks at Mihira oddly

You like that smell ?

How could you possibly enjoy that horrid scent ?

*Sticks out her tounge

*Mhera giggles at grace and smiles, sticking her tounge out in reply*

"Maybe its just a giraffe thing."

*She looked through the trees hoping she might see what it might be that was giving off the scent, whether n ice or horrid*

If you say so. It still seems an awful smell to me.


Still, lets go see what it is, or was. Maybe there's some clue as to where we are, or why we are here.

*Frowns

I don't like being so in the dark like this. you know ?

"Dark? What is dark? I just don't like not being able to see anything, how can we tell where we are going? I mean, what if we run into something, I would rather just lay down here in this tall stuff, it seems to be better, and it stops me from being touched by that..that stuff that keeps coming by me. I don't know what it is, but it's a little colder than it was before. And it makes everything move around, I don't like that either. I liked it better when I could see everything, maybe I can just lay here and if you both want to go looking for whatever that smell is, I can come when I can see better."

*Laying down in the tall stuff, Doe curls her head near her feet, laying her head down. Once in a while she lifts her head, just to sniff the air, but then she lays it down again when the chill danced around her. She really liked it better when the air was warmer, she did not like not knowing what was out there. It was safer this way, when she could hide and noone could see her.*

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*Walking through the forest just mind my own business dancing with myself and a imaginary partner through the woods when a strong gust knocks me over as i was in the middle of a very critical move in the dance I fall landing on my face sniffing the air as it blows smelling a strong scent both sweet and sick at the same time along with scents of some other animals, not having anything I stand up slowly brushing my blue fur off as I stand I head off in the direction the gust came from skipping and dancing merryilly all the way along*

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*Mhera looked to the sky frowning at the ending daylight*

"There is a house that i found before, i think that will be safer then staying out here, and im sure we can find some food there to."

*She looked at Doe in the grass, then to Grace. Wondering if they should all just huddle up for the night*

*Raising her head from the warmth of her long legs, Doe fluttered her long eyelashes, her thoughts going from everything she knew, which right now wasn't much.*

"H..h..house? What is a house?"

*She moved her head, looking around to the one calling herself Grace, then back to Mhera, trying to remember what this word meant. It sounded like it was something that could be nice, but she wasn't sure.*

"Is food something that we would like, something that we can have to make us feel better, because it would be nice to have something that would make me feel better right now. Is it like this kluver stuff here, because this stuff is very good tasting and it is nice to lay in too."

*She lowers her head and takes another bite of the juicy green stuff she lays in, looking back over at Mhera.*