Settling Bijou

[Kipling Nevarra]

Karl and Captain trotted ahead of his mother and brother, who were settling back into the truck to pull it around and up to the White Oak Barn.

Captain whuffed a breath as he surveyed the area, eager to sniff everything and make a friend. Karl sat down on the grass to the side of the barn, though the ground was cold and a bit wet. He felt the moisture seep through his pants and he stood quickly again. Thinking they were going somewhere, Captain leapt up and wagged his tail.

As the truck rumbled up the driveway, Bijou whinnied again- waiting for other horses to answer her. Kip groaned, and Annemarie gave him the same crooked smile he had given her earlier.

"She'll be fine. You guys are going to do great. I just wish it were a bit closer to home, that's all."

"Yeah. I know," Kip massaged his knee. He was so tired of sitting in the truck cab, but he really wanted to ride as soon as he could. It was very cold out- Bijou would be fresh. Annemarie pulled the truck up and set the parking break and she turned the engine off. They climbed out of the cab, and set to work. Kip's main concern was getting Bijou off of the trailer and into her stall so she could have water.

Bijou was all-too excited to be out, she backed so quickly, Annemarie had to skip out of the way. Bijou shook her neck as her forelock fell over an eye. She was alert, craning her elegant neck to take in her surroundings. Kip began leading her up to the barn, and she followed with a spring in her step. Her hoofbeats clacked against the aisle way floor, and he found the stall with her show name labeled on it. As he led her in, she yanked herself to the water and splashed around in it before taking a drink.

[Aishe Tigani]

After leaving her mare, rugged up, out in the largest pasture, knowing that the Falabella got on well with Zo and Plot, she made her way into the White Oak barn. After a quick work with Katherine, there was a bounce in her step as she made her way down to Ella's stall, the mare that the manager told her could do with some exercise, and Aishe was more than keen to hit the trails.

"Av akai, phei." She said with a smile as she looked over the Hanoverian's door. She didn't often use her native language, but it always seemed to come out around horses. She took the head collar and lead from the hook on the wall and let herself into the stall. "Av akai." She approached the mare and slipped the noseband over her nose and fastened the pollstrap. "You have a new neighbour." She told the mare as she began to run her hands over the mare's coat and legs, checking for lumps or swelling - just something she did - and then led the mare to the door.

translations: Come here, sister.
Come here.

[Kipling Nevarra]

Kip heard a soothing tone in a language he didn't recognize. It sounded sweet.

By this point, Kip had slobber and Bijou drool seeping through his sleeve at the wrist, and he brought her face a bit closer to him to slip the halter off of her elegant head. Bijou swung back toward her water, and busied herself with the new sights and smells. Kip smiled and began unwrapping her legs. He was planning to take her on a walk after he helped his mother unload everything.