Song of the River Flowers

A trilling, musical sound greets your ears as you step close to the edge of the hotspring. Looking around, you see that it came from a small equine creature off to your left. He's sitting by a stretch of lavender flowers near the edge of the spring and looking at you with wide, curious blue eyes. His posture is alert but not threatening. He seems more bemused by your presence than anything else.

"Can I help you with something, styrangeyr?" he asks, voice clear with an odd accent. "It's not often we get visitoyrs in ouyr little patch of the woods. I'm Deseyrtyrenewed~yRiveyr, the leadeyr of the song heyreabouts."

His stripes are a striking teal, wrapping all of his pale body body except his tufted mane, tail, and legs. Those are creamy peach, an odd but attractive contrast. Seeing that you're studying him, his posture straightens and his neck arches. It's almost as if he's posing for your benefit, which under the circumstances he probably is.

After a few seconds of watching him, you hear a rustling in the flowers nearby and a pair of magenta eyes peek out from the petals. They flick between you and the stallion, then back to you. A bit of periwinkle fur is all that you can see around the eyes.

River notices that you're no longer watching him and turns to follow your gaze, his face lightening when he sees the eyes close by. "That's Satinpetal~Sigh, my lead mayre," he explains to you with a faint smile. "She's veyry shy and doesn't like intyrudeyrs much at all. When she dove into the bushes was when I knew you weyre heyre, actually. I doubt she'll come out while you stand heyre."

Proving his statement correct, the young mare settles more deeply into the bush-like flower patch. You get the impression that she's not going to blink until you're safely out of their territory. Another sound in the bushes, however, and a sky blue shape walks forward to stand near her stallion. "Don't mind heyr," the second mare says with an equine smile. "She's a lot moyre outgoing once you get to know heyr. I'm Tintedblade~Glint, second mayre and usually the one to gyreet styrangeyrs with yRiveyr. I hadn't meant to be late."

A third mare steps up to stand near the bush where Petal is hiding, her teal blue mane and tail shading to vivid blue and lavender fur. Eyes darker than the rest watch you as she makes her greeting. "I am Hissingwaves~Whispeyr." You wait for something else, but nothing is forthcoming. You don't get a sense of hostility, but neither is her stance welcoming.

In complete contrast, the striped lavender mare just now stepping out of a tangle of grasses and vines, shaking some of them off of her leg, greets you with a sunny smile and a trilled sound. "Heya, styrangeyr! I guess all the otheyrs alyready welcomed you to the ayrea, but gyreetings anyway! Good to see someone new wandeyring ayround heyre."

River smiles at her and shrugs his shoulders, looking back to you. "Theyre's not much moyre to see heyre besides us. Feel fyree to look ayround, but don't make a mess of anything."

Taking that as a dismissal, you move on so that Sigh can come out of hiding once again.

Song Information

Picture	Name	Gender	Birth Song	Caretaker
	River of the Desert Renewed	Lead Stallion	Unknown	Jennalyn
	Sigh of the Satin Petal	Lead Mare	Unknown	Jennalyn
	Glint of the Tinted Blade	Mare	North Wind	Jennalyn
	Whisper of the Hissing Waves	Mare	Unknown	Harroway
	Daub of the Artistic Muse	Mare	Unknown	Mouse

*note* The image for Hissingwaves~Whisper is used with the permission of her caretaker.

*note* The image for Artisticmuse~Daub is used with the permission of her caretaker.

Offspring

Picture	Name	ID	Gender	Dam	Song	Caretaker
	Blade of the Desert Rains	o002	Mare	Tintedblade~Glint	None	Indigo