[B] A Meeting About To-Marrow (Under the First Dark Moon x Shadowed Moon)

[lilacfishie]

Under the First Dark Moon could barely contain himself as he trotted through the Swamp. His humming was slightly muffled by the object he carried delicately in his teeth. His enthusiasm was certainly not hampered at all, thankfully. Surely there was a good spot for such an auspicious meeting around here somewhere. The kimeti buck was just looking for the right atmosphere.

Soon enough, he happened upon a downed tree that settled gently into the soft earth. The hot, bright summer sun peaked through the canopy and cast beams of light on the area. It was practically calling out to him! He gently placed the chunk of vibrant red coral in a divot on the trunk and looked around. He knew his conversation partner would arrive soon.

[SerinaNight]

Having spent the night wandering, feeling oddly like something had drawn him here, the buck was now curled up in the roots of the downed tree in his duck form. Lightly snoozing in the clump of wood, dirt, and moss as his glowing egg bounced lightly over his head. While the inside of the root bundle was alight with his glow, from the outside it would have been difficult to notice the moonlight glow beneath the beams of sun shining through the leaves. The humming wasn't actually what fully woke him from his snooze, it was the thump on the trunk that cause his little bleary eyes to open. A small yawn escaped his beak as the white and blue miniduck wiggled his wings and made his way out of the root bundle, popping his head out of the top of his hiding spot to investigate the noises above him.

It was then Shadowed Moon found himself face to face with... a red coral? Odd. Beautiful, but odd. He was shocked enough by the unexpected sight it took him a moment to fully process that someone must have brought it here. After all, it's not like the coral could have come into the woods itself. Looking around the legendary saw a fluffy black Kimeti, one who seemed quite excited by the look of it. What a unique pattern the other buck had, and he seemed like quite the friendly sort! Perhaps this was why he had been waiting here, to speak to his obviously waiting kin. With a smile that was much less obvious on his current face, the kin-in-duck-form let out a happy quack to draw the attention of the one before him, waiting expectantly for a response. His first time assisting another kin as a legendary had gone quite well, despite his mistakes, so he was rather excited at the prospect of being able to do so again.

[lilacfishie]

Under the First Dark Moon had busied himself daydreaming about what his new foals would look like when they finally arrived. Would they take on his neutrals? Would they resemble his mate and take on a beautiful crimson? He couldn't wait to meet them. His train of thought halted when he heard...a duck? The kimeti flicked his ears and looked towards the sound. To his surprise, a little duck with glowing eyes looked back up at him from inside the log!

He swished his tail and turned to face the bird. When Under the First Dark Moon got a better look at it, he recognized the glow in it's eyes. And, ducks didn't typically have...glowing eggs? Above their heads. "Well met!" he called to the duck. Briefly, he wondered if it had been there the whole time, or if the small form of this blessed kin had snuck past him somehow. Perhaps this one had future sight of some sort. More importantly, though, was the now.

Quack Quack!

[SerinaNight]

Shadowed Moon watched as the buck examined him, eyes moving from his own to the glowing egg floating over his head, before he was greeted quite pleasantly. The blue buck had drawn eyes even before after the darkness in the swamp left him with a moon-like glow emanating from his head, and when his ascension occurred and the light shifted to the egg that would normally float between his horns he seemed to draw even more attention. While he had seen others with floating lights or seemingly unnatural features, something like that was still unusual, even by those standards he had noticed.

Not that he minded, after all, he himself would often watch the egg bob through its reflection in the water. With a happy quack, the duck lifted one of his wings in greeting before looking around for a good spot to jump down too. After all, he couldn't return to his Kimeti form in this location. As he pondered this, the shadow of said form began to hover next to him, looking contemplative after a nod to the other kin. His little feet clambered him up next to the coral as he finalized whether he would try to climb down or just jump off into the grass and moss along the ground. He didn't particularly want to bump into any rocks, as he was still a bit unsure of this forms sturdiness.

Either way, he needed to decide if he should get down on the side with the buck, or on the opposite side of the fallen tree. He glanced at the other buck again, his shadow following suit.