Lux had grown over the last few months, exploring the caves and... not much else. Things had been boring and lonely, if you were to ask her. Even now that she was almost reaching adulthood, her craving to explore never seemed sated even for a second. The hyena woman was beginning to wonder if she'd ever be able to find a place that was actually worth settling down in. Her journies had brought her to Polaris, a place that was hard to avoid for a wanderer. She trekked without much direction or goal, her feet taking her towards the spire where she paused for a moment a good distance away. As someone who was attracted to beautiful things, Lux couldn't help but look almost lustfuly at he tall crystaline form. She wished that she could just move and chip a chunk off to take with her... but Lux's gut told her not to even try it. She'd probably get killed by some kind of magical zap. The hyena continued forward then. Maybe one day, she could get a chunk off of it, but it wouldn't be today. Moments later, though... she finally came across something peculiar. Plants, rowed up and obviously planted in a particular form. A garden of sorts? Lux lowered her head and sniffed at a plant curiously before lifting her head once more. This had to be the work of someone... but who? She tried to reach out her magic, but she was unable to locate anyone just yet.

@Tennessee

Tennessee

Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam, Where the deer and the antelope play

Today Tennessee was lounging around Polaris, keeping an eye on his and his partner's rows of plants and the fenced in Tunnel Runners. He stood up on the fence, looking in at the deer as they meandered about chewing plants and grooming each other. A few stood apart at the edges, refusing to socialize with the others as it appeared their mating season was over. Buckthorn stood apart watching his fawns and keeping a good distance from his harem. There was probably nothing he could do to make them like each other more but at least they weren't fighting. It also appeared that they were relatively calm... A good day to ride, perhaps.

At Tennessee's side was his rat, she looked into the pen as well... For a few seconds before turning to nibble loudly at a tick on her side. The lemur gave his rat a pat before pulling out a specific lasso, one that he used as a halter and control method for Buckthorn. "Wish me luck, Daisy-girl." The rat barely batted an eye. Hardly anything new happened nowadays. The deer were starting to get used to the near constant presence of the lemur and Buckthorn himself while he didn't particularly like being ridden he was at least used to Tennessee and tolerated the foreign weight on his back.

Of course, getting close to the deer to get on him was another story... The harm scattered to the other side of the pen once he entered while Buckthorn stared Tennessee down challengingly. "Aww, come on, bucko. We do this almost ev'ry day. Can't ya just let me on without a fuss this time?" The stag twitched an ear and blinked as the lemur neared. However, whether it was a good day or Buckthorn just didn't feel like fighting he allowed Tennessee to touch him and slide with lasso reigns onto his head without... much of a fuss.

The lemur climbed onto his back and rode the deer out of the pen for their daily rounds. Perhaps it would be a good day today! The cowboy smiled as he held both reigns in his paws and after whistling to Daisy they were off... Only, they didn't get far as they saw a strange brown shape among the garden. A brown shape which seemed very familiar. Tennessee rode his deer over and after a fair amount of squinting called out, "Lux?" Was it perchance the first girl he had ever met?

"Speech" | 'Thoughts'

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The sound of hooves approaching caught Lux's attention just as they started to grow close enough to be a threat. Her ears flicked towards the sound before the rest of her head followed, almost ignoring it when the figure appeared to only be a common-looking deer. However, as she began to move to turn away completely, the flash of reddish fur caught her attention and made her do a double take. As her brown eyes landed on the lemur, her gaze melted slowly from surprise to a sense of familiarity, the corners of her long mouth twisting up in a genuinely humorered smile that then broke into a laugh. Lux laughed, and laughed some more, her shoulders rolling and her body shaking slightly with the gesture as she fell back into a siting position. There were tears in her eyes when the hyena first started to make herself stop, huffing for breath as she brought a paw to her eyes to wipe the wetness. "Tennessee." She somehow recalled his name so easily. But, of course, maybe it was because he was hard to forget. "You're full of surprises, aren't you?" The first time they'd met, he'd had a curious intrument and sang a delightful song for her. The only time she'd ever seen something like it. And now... again, he was doing something strange, riding a deer unlike anyone else she'd ever seen. He was sure something. Then, a small spark of realization. Or suspicion, perhaps, as she quickly cast her gaze around. "Did you do all this?" She prompted then, motioning towards the garden around them.

@Tennessee

Tennessee

Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam, Where the deer and the antelope play

Well, it seemed as if the hyena remembered him by her expression. Her mouth curved up into a grin as she absorbed the image before her and at her laugh the lemur couldn't help but release one of his own at her mirth. The lemur slapped his leg and let out a whoop of laughter, head going back with his mirth. The rat beside the deer would have rolled her eyes if she could have but as it was she just simply seemed to let out an annoyed huff at the noise and began to chew at her fur.

When the laughter finally died down he smiled at her. "Well, I reckon I am nowadays! This place jus' sorta 'appened along with 'ere deer." He pet Buckthorn on the head which the deer bore it rather well, considering.

Then, when she indicated the garden and the ranch around them the lemur couldn't help but poke out his chest proudly. "Yessiree! Well... Sorta... actually..." He gave a laugh and began to explain, "My bestest most prettiest friend Cayenne did most of it! Y'see, she's real good with plant magick an' she grew all 'a this pretty vegetation an' the fencin' fer the deer. I helped lug in all th'dirt an' wanted t'make the ranch. I also rounded up these here deer into the fence, with her help 'a course. Wish she was here, right now. I'd love fer ya t'meet 'er." Even thinking about Cayenne he could feel his heart start to flutter with those strange feelings that made him blush under his thick fur.

"Would ya like a lil' tour?" He absolutely loved to show the ranch to others. It was the only one in the entire caves so he was rightly proud of it.

"Speech" | 'Thoughts'

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Tags | @Lux
Muse | 5/10

Even after she had stopped laughing, Lux's eyes twinkled for amusement for a moment, slightly impressed by his ability to make such a (what she considerd) dumb creature obey him. She knew she'd never be able to pull off such a feat, not that she really needed to ride anything, she supposed. When he continued to speak, though, bringing up his supposed friend... her twinkle slowly faded away, her head turning instictually. Lux felt a strange and stupid tugging in her chest... a flash of jealousy? She recognized it, and furthermore, she recognized how absolutely stupid it was. She'd met Tennessee a total of two times and didn't even know him that well. But she could remember back as a cub, meeting him for the first time. He'd said she was pretty, too. Was this Cayenne prettier? Lux pulled in a breath and exhaled, looking back at him with a smile that was a bit forced at that point, trying to stop being so stupid about something like that. "A tour? Yeah, sure." She said, moving to stand up and shake her fur. "So you and... Cayenne. Is this all yours? It's an awful lot for just the two of you."

@Tennessee

Tennessee

Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam, Where the deer and the antelope play

Tennessee was completely unaware of the feelings within Lux. He was too distracted by his own fluttery feelings in his gut and the movement of the deer beneath him. When the hyena agreed to the tour he gave a smile that was nearly from ear-to-ear. "Boy howdy! I'm sure glad you wanna go on the Polaris Ranch tour! Please follow along with me'n'Buckthorn an' we'll get ya introduced t'everythin'!" This was sure to be great fun and hopefully not lead to disaster.

He gentle nudged at the deer's sides with his hind paws which got the creature moving forward with Lux hopefully on one of his sides. Either way the lemur began to speak animatedly about the ranch and his special sweetheart. "Eeyup! It sure is! Well, we're tryin' t'get some other gembounds in'erested but so far it's only us two an' a couple who drop in ev'ry now an' again. Like Hen, she's a... well, hen, that lives o'er that way. She comes by to help carry an' fetch an' the like. We also got a big ole lion that lives o'er in Pisces that helps out. 'E's a great big fellow, lotsa help with carryin' the dirt in." While he had been talking he had taken the group over to their first stop, the lush garden full of flowering plants and bushes. "Which leads me t'my first stop. This here area was made by Cayenne after me'n'the others fetched dirt from Eridanus. That was a lotta work but it was all worth it as ya can see with this." He waved his paw around as he spoke to indicate the various plants and bushes, the flowers had the area smelling quite delicious especially with the calming aroma of the Dormire Flowers.

"Speech" | 'Thoughts'

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Tags | @Lux
Muse | 5/10

As he nudged his deer forward and began to move, Lux swallowed those stupid feelings away as much as she could and fell in line as well -- at first behind for a few seconds, but eventually pulling her way up to be at the creature's side as well. She eyed the deer for a brief moment, wondering how in the world he'd managed to get it to behave so well. The young woman had a few times where she'd teased and chased the dumber gembound creatures around because they were usually so damn skittish! But when he began to talk about the ranch more, she was distracted, eyes moving up to the lemur on the deer instead of the deer itself. He led her to an even more impressive garden than the area she'd first arrived at, and the hyena paused in her step to take it all in. Everything was so... neat, orderly. "I wouldn't have ever thought something like this was possible." She said, giving a small laugh and shaking her head back and forth. "There's so much. I probably wouldn't even believe that something like this was here unless I was seeing it with my own eyes." Letting her gaze trail back up, Lux looked at Tennessee with curiosity. "So is this place open to anyone? The way you talk, it seems like it's more than just a personal home."