Not Yet A Faerie Queen

[i_am_elizabeth]

I am riding, the task to which I set most of my time here, and gladly so for the weather is fair and England has a lengthy stride and a constitution well suited to barreling both through jungle and over stretches of sand. Today we have been putting ourselves to the former, the abundant lengths of my wig tied in many tight loops at the back of my

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[palmthemoon]

There was a horse with him too, but this one was not for riding. ShorHor was mostly good for wandering about in his trainers looking long-suffering as he kept Karen company. Or, in this case, Shadow as he wandered into the clearing.

ShorHor noticed the other horse first and clomped over to look up at him speculatively. Up and up and up.

Shadow watched this exchange for a few seconds before glancing over at the horse's owner.

"Afternoon."

[i_am_elizabeth]

It's the sound of England's gentle outward huff before the stranger's voice that prevents me from being taken by surprise. My tin tilts immediately up- though at this distance it does not need to do so for me to take the man in in full, it is perhaps in anticipation.

"Good afternoon," I reply, walking nearer. England, massive a horse and the stranger is a man, has dropped his head the distance requisite to greet the pony.

[palmthemoon]

Shadow observed the two horses sizing each other up with a bit of a smile then glanced back at the woman. That was quite the hair she had going on, Shadow observed.

"That's quite the horse you've got," he said. "You get to ride here often?"

Small talk. He'd never been good at small talk.

[i_am_elizabeth]

"Since his arrival, yes, every day." I lift a hand to greet England's cheek with my palm as he lifts his head from the pony's level. The man has a deep calm about him, and it is intriguing.

"Though it is the first time I have come upon the stage. I did not know there were players, here."

[palmthemoon]

"They do a show or two a year," Shadow confirmed with a nod and glanced over to ShorHor as the little horse now kept a fair distance from his much-taller cousin. "Mostly Shakespeare, Geoffrey Tennant heads it up. But it's open for anyone's use. They did a kid's play not too long ago."