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Vaenosa's eyes went wide at the sight of the young man attempting to trade wit with Nay, of all animals. Nay thought this had to be a game, so he kicked and jumped and tried to buck the heavier man from his back, without succeeding. Osmod leapt from Nay's back and gave him a friendly pat, and in return Nay bit his shoulder. " I am afraid you have now made a pesky friend forever!" Vaenosa sighed as she talked to the young man. She gave Nay a slap on the rump and he went speeding like a demon back to the camp.
Vaenosa almost felt the need to apologize for her rash choices when the ambush occured, but she did not know this man and thought she should keep her apologies for another time, perhaps they would choose to travel with them to Edoras, which would give Vaenosa time to judge his character.
The two of them stood uncomfortably in silence for a moment while Osmod brushed the dirt from his clothing." I uumm am going to head back now....sorry about Nay I hope he hasn't taken too much of a liking to you or you may never get a Nay free moment." Vaenosa produced a slight smile, then turned and headed back.
Everyone in the camp seemed to be busy preparing something for the meal they would share. Vaenosa had never really been too fond of cooking, she had left that to her mother as she roamed the countryside with Nay. Her mother had insisted that she learn some skills so when she married, she could cook for her husband. "Mother, I will never marry! Who would have a woman who hates to cook and can barely sew?" Her mother would always just shake her head and smile. Sometimes Vaenosa was sure her Mother had planned all along for Vaenosa to go on this journey. The march warden had called her name, she had not volunteered. She was sure her Mother had something to do with that.
Vaenosa felt a little lost with all these people around, she did not want to talk with Incana at the moment, who seemed to be fitting in nicely with one of the other woman and the prospect of introducing herself to the others was out of the question. Scanning the camp, she saw that they would be needing more wood for the fire tonight and for their journey. She whistled again for Nay, who was headed towards the group of horses, who were calmly eating grass. She knew he did not plan on just grazing, so she would use him to carry more wood back to the camp.
Staying close enough to see what was going on in the camp, Vaenosa began to break branches and sticks placing them in Nay's riding blanket to carry them back. Vaenosa began to notice as she was placing more wood on her pile, that it was slowly going down in size. She continued with her gathering but kept her eyes on the pile of wood. Sure enough when she turned to grab another stick, a big brown head reached into the pile extracting the stick she had just placed there. Vaenosa pretended to ignore him, until he reached in for another stick. She swiftly reached up and grabbed ahold of Nay's perky ears,"Hey you! Your making this much harder than it should be! Stop it! Go on go find someone else to pester then." Nay happily obliged, with a jump and a nicker he was off intent on causing more frustration.
Vaenosa was wondering what had gotten into her horse today, he was usually a little more tactful with his play, but the ride with the young man had gotten him all hyper and ready for fun. Vaenosa was lost in her thoughts when she heard someone yell. "Hey you dang horse, give that back!" Nay was prancing away from the fire with someone's drinking cup in his mouth. He had his head high, thinking he was so smart. Vaenosa gave a sigh, was she going to have to abandon all attempts at work today and just keep an eye on her horse?
"Nay! You drop that! You are not a Dog and that is not your cup!!" Vaenosa called to him as she attempted to get close to him to extract the now drooled up cup from his mouth. But of course Nay thought this to be a game of tag, so he ran around in circles, just out of arms reach. Vaenosa began to get a little put out by all his nonsense. "Nay, you drop that right now, or I'll...I'll.....Oh just drop it!" Vaenosa said with a stamp from her foot. She was sure that the people in the camp were all laughing at her, she could not even control her own horse. Embarrassed and infuriated she stood there in the middle of the prancing fools circle and waited for him to stop.
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