I swear this Endrykas is getting bigger by the day.. (Leto)

[Aleksi]

Aleksi smiled brightly, listening to everything Leto said in amazement while lightly scratching along Nott's back. The horse seemed more interested in running then the chat they were having, but it still remained calm, because Aleksi was so close.
The cat though, Luc, did not wait for them. As soon as she heard the word "ride" he went off, running towards the edge of the tent city, knowing his owner will be right after him.

She nodded, lightly tiling her head and whispering "Well, I do not have anything planned so early in the morning and practicing riding is always an amazing thing, so why not", and as soon as Aleksi said that, she lightly tapped Nott's neck, which appeared to be a sign for the horse to start moving.

Grinning as she turned her head around, she added, in a rather cheerful tone "The wind feels so good in one's hair in the morning, doesn't it?" and then realizing that the man was wearing a cape with the hood on.
She never understood those darn things. Why would one wear a hood even when it's raining? Didn't it feel good to have your hair wet? To enjoy the nature?

Shaking her head to snap out of her thoughts, Aleksi leaned down against Nott's neck and tapped him three more times, on which horse reacted quite well again, picking up a bit of pace and catching up with Luc, who seemed to be waiting for them at the very edge. She was not worried about the male behind her, she knew that Drykas his age would know how to ride well enough to get there without hurting himself, especially when there was not too many people around.

Looking down at the cat, she giggled loudly and whistled, pointing before her and then showing one Grassland sign. Luc made one of those purring, growling sound before running off into the distance as fast as he could. Every time he'd let his front paws move over the ground, his muzzle would get so close to it that it almost seemed as he was going to fall over. Aleksi knew better though, smiling wide, she tapped Nott's neck three times again, and pointed at Luc, which of course, made the horse follow his furry, purring friend

[Leto Sunsinger]

As they took off, Leto patted Arias, whom seemed to immediately know what to do as he began to ride forwards after her. The wind whipped his hood off, and Leto smiled as he could feel the wind wiping through his shorter hair, certainly not causing it to whip back and forth as if it were long hair, since it was short, but enough to make it feel pretty good. Leto held on tightly as Arias bolted forwards, and he knew he was still a beginner at riding, something he hadn't practiced all that often, but was wanting to get better at. As the horse made its way forwards, and Leto held on for dear life, the strider increased it's speed to catch up to Aleksi, and somehow Leto managed not to fall off Arias' back for once. It was going well, until Arias came to a stop next to Aleksi, and Leto hadn't prepared for it.

Arias stopped, bent it's head down, and Leto went flying forwards again, just as he had done with Sama'el before, not quite sure of how to hold on when a strider comes to a neck breaking stop like that. Slamming into the ground, on his butt, Leto quickly retrieved himself standing up and looking up towards Aleksi, a half cocked smile upon his face. "I didn't get my windmarks until about five years ago when Arias chose me as a faol... He wasn't ready to ride until just about a year or two ago, so I really haven't had much practice..." he said, remembering about Sama'el whom had to hold back his laughter at Leto's inability to not fall off the horse when it came to a stop after galloping at high speeds.

"My many apologies... Just with everything that's happened in my life, i was not chosen until much later than most drykas get chosen..." he said, apologetically, hoping that she didn't laugh at him too much, or think too little of him as he was an inexperienced rider, and just a beginner when it came to riding. His experiences with glyphing were much more talented than his experiences with riding, though, he was hoping to get better as Arias had bonded to him, and did enjoy riding with him, the horse being an equal to Leto as it was his brother. Smiling slightly, Leto swung himself up and ontop of Arias once more, and then looked towards Aleksi. "Well, one always has to keep trying, no matter how much they fall, right?" he then asked, rhetorically, as he was sure that with the amount of battle scars she had, she would fully agree with what he had said...

[Aleksi]

Aleksi smiled brightly, feeling the wind in her hair with every move Nott made. Luc running next to the, gazing up every now and then to see if his owner was doing fine. They all once again, seemed as a big, happy family.
Lightly turning her head around to make sure Leto was doing well, Aleksi just opened her eyes wide and tapped Nott's head quickly. The thing she saw didn't seem amazing, so as soon as the horse stopped, she jumped off his back and walked towards Leto.

Extending her hand towards him to help him up, she giggled at his words. Shaking her head and whispering as she leaned closer to him "Don't worry, I've been through the same stuff... Nott is new to riding as well as me... So it still happens"
Winking and stepping back, she just rolled her shoulders and scratched between Luc's ears. She couldn't get away from her animals, not even for a second
"And no need to apologize, you're right about that..... One should always keep trying, no matter how much or hard they fall"

Slowly turning around, Aleksi whispered "Luc, come" and walked towards Nott again. Smiling warmly and nuzzling her head against the horse's head, on which he made some sort of snorting, happy noise. Giggling at that, she climbed her back up on the horse before turning around to look at Leto again
"You ready to go again? We'll go slower this time, might prevent falls, till you two can learn more things about each other.... It would be a shame to be so much distance between you and your strider, when it comes to riding"

[Lariat]

Leto

Experience:

Horse riding: 3
Observation: 2

Lores:

Discussing Tattoos
Falling off your strider
Offending a proud hunting cat
Meeting someone new in Endrykas
Aleksi (basic)

Aleksi

Experience:

Horse riding: 2
Observation:2

Lores:

Meeting someone new in Endrykas
Missing a Bondmate
Discussing tattoos
Consoling someone who has fallen off of their strider
Leto (Basic)



Thoughts: Good thread guys, included Aleski's reward just in case she ever does come back. If you have any questions, or think I overlooked a skill point or lore, don’t hesitate to send me a pm. Keep up the good threading.