Momma, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Samurai

[cubofkai]

Who: cubofkai, a horse, and you.
Where: Just about anywhere; the Lake
When: Afternoon!
Style: Either/or!

When Mitsuhide had told Yukimura he could train a horse to allow him to ride as he usually did, he took that to heart. Nearly every morning since he had been working with a stallion nearly as excitable as he was, chatting excitedly to it as he taught the horse with surprising patience.

Now his hard work was paying off.

If you hear the sound of pounding hooves, you may wish to get out of the way.

Yukimura was crouched on the back of the stallion, one foot sideways and the other placed squarely between the beast's shoulder blades. He held his hands at his sides, missing the feel of his spears in his hands, as they cantered through any space big enough and empty enough for an excitable horse and his master to pass through.

If one were to follow them, eventually they would find a laughing Yukimura near the lake, brushing the sweat off the equine's body as it drank its fill.

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[mothersunlight]

[Ammy bounds, keeping up rather impressively with the horse. And, more importantly, with more agility. She's a lot lighter on her feet, after all! She barks. C'mon, you can do better than that!]

[cubofkai]

Let us show this challenger our spirit!

[ That, of course, is to his horse. Yukimura grins, the air around him crackling with sparks as they speed up. ]

[mothersunlight]

[As Ammy picks up the pace, a mysterious wind seems to blow from beneath her. In her wake, flowers bloom.

Using your divine blessing totally isn't cheating!!]

[cubofkai]

[ That rather distracts Yukimura from the race, though the horse continues. He is staring at the flowers behind the wolf in utter amazement. ]

[mothersunlight]

[Better snap to attention, man! She gets another gust of speed, surging ahead.]

[cubofkai]

[ H-hey! That startles him even more, and, though his mind is buzzing with stories of spirits and demons, he leans forward, the game again a priority.

The horse whips after Amaterasu, sweat starting on its shoulders. ]

[mothersunlight]

[Neck-and-neck!! The lake is in sight, and Ammy designates that as a good-enough finish line. She leaps into the air, seeming to kick off a second time, scattering maple leaves as she leapt for the water...!

...Only to splash right into the lake and let out a very grumpy whine. What did you think was going to happen, Ammy?]

[cubofkai]

[ The horse, apparently, is smarter than the goddess. He is not going to go jumping in that water, whatever the wolf is doing.

Of course, he does not alert Yukimura to this. He simply stops abruptly at the water's edge, sending the samurai flying off over the equine's head. He lands in the water with a sploosh, steam sizzling off the surface where he hit. ]

[mothersunlight]

[Ammy paddles her way to the shore, grumpily standing near the horse and shaking herself dry by him. There that's what you get!!

Ammy you are in no place to act like a brat]

[cubofkai]

[ The horse snorts in displeasure, stomping his hooves.

The steam settles and Yukimura, too, swims to shore, starting to laugh as soon as he gets his footing. ]

That was quite the race!

[mothersunlight]

Arf arf!

[Ammy barks, bouncing a little and wagging her tail in delight.]

[cubofkai]

Though I must ask of you, if you can respond: are you some sort of spirit? I saw the way flowers blossomed in your path!

[ Perhaps speaking to a wolf like a person is a bit odd, but then again flowers. blooming. ]

[mothersunlight]

Woof.

[She sits down, tail wagging idly. Is that a yes?? A no??? Either way, she's not people-talking.

Though Yukimura may notice the glint of a tag on her - there's a collar!]