Near the cabins: Thursday morning before classes

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

It was routine now. Every morning Karal mostly handwavily walked up to the stables to look after Trenor. Feeding, cleaning, a quick groom, and maybe a ride if, like this morning, there was time.

Trenor would not stop fidgeting while Karal saddled him. His poor gelding was obviously bored and full of beans, so after a few turns around the stable to warm him up, he gave him his head and pointed him towards the preserve.

Their path led them past the campground, Trenor - tail flagged high and still with an overabundance of energy - prancing and bouncing and generally behaving like a total goof, while Karal laughed and let him.

[ooc: open if you want! Karal's riding around the outside of the camp on his way to the preserve, and I am going to bed in about an hour, so SP is love.]

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[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

Cally spotted Karal on horseback as he rode by. She waved and gave him a smile.

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

Trenor snorted and shook his head as Karal drew him to a halt, still laughing a little. "Cally! Good morning! How are you?"

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"I'm doing pretty good," Cally said. "How about you?"

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"Very well, actually, thank you!" He smiled and patted his horse's neck. "I suffered my first bout of what I believe is called Fandom Weirdness, and came through relatively unscathed."

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"Oh?" Cally said. "What happened?"

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"I'm not entirely sure," he admitted, curbing Trenor's attempt to dance sideways. Thwarted, he sighed and stretched his nose towards Cally, ears pricked forward. "I believed I was incredibly important, and acted like the worst of the stuffy old hidebound priests back home. I was incredibly rude to people, but they've been very understanding."

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"Did you run into a gremlin?" Cally asked, smiling at the horse.

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"No, or at least I don't think so, unless it was invisible. Just, one moment I was enjoying the evening and the next I was, well," he shook his head, "the less said the better, probably. But Jaina assures me I was not the only one to behave oddly, so maybe it was something in the air."

Trenor took a tiny step forward and tried to nudge Cally, in the hopes she might be persuaded to pat him.

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

Cally was nudged, and got the idea. She patted Trenor, gently. "I know exactly how that goes. I've had more than my fair share of acting weird."

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"Trenor!" Karal tugged gently at the reins. Trenor, who to all appearances was enjoying the attention, ignored him. "Is he bothering you?" he asked. "And you have had this happen more than once? I was hoping I would be immune from further oddness."

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"No, it's okay," Cally said. "I like animals. I have a pet lemming." She patted Trenor again. "And yeah, nothing makes you immune. Just wait until you wake up and you're five years old."

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"Five?" He gaped at her, ignoring his horse and the fact that he didn't know what a lemming was. "You were a child?"

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"Some people have had it happen twice," Cally said.

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"That is," he stopped, shaking his head slowly back and forth while he stared down at his hands, trying to process the idea of turning into a child, "quite incredible." It didn't occur to him doubt her. "Did you know you were not supposed to be a child, that you'd been changed?"

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"I had no clue. It was really... a lot of fun, actually," Cally said.

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"I imagine it would be!" He laughed a little, startling Trenor slightly, who angled an ear backwards. "To be a child again, with no knowledge you were supposed to be anything else, and lots of other children to play with? That is a kind of weirdness I wouldn't mind."

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Cally said. "Sorry you had to experience the bad end of the weirdness already, though."

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"It, surprisingly I do not mind so much," he said while Trenor lifted his foot and pawed the ground. "Stop that. It was good to learn that behaving like an offensive fool was not the end of the world."

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"But it's still something you should try to avoid," Cally said with a smile.

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"That," he said with a laugh, "is very, very true. The lesson is learned and I would like to move on to the next one." Trenor tossed his head, making the bit jangle, and Karal tightened the reins. "And I think I may have to leave you, much as I hate to do so. He is impatient this morning."

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"Enjoy your ride," Cally said. "Was nice talkin'."

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"It was," he agreed, beaming down at her. "Until next time, Cally." Trenor was dancing in place now, and Karal backed him up several steps. "Enjoy your day!"