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Home Grown Show II - Thrills and Spills

Featuring:
Horse: 021 NRR Hakuna Matata
"Rider": Christopher Burton
Class: Exhibition Execution
Guests:
Dave Burton on 026 NRR Bobbintoff
Fabian Barraway on "Hestur"
Placed: First

Home Grown Show II - Thrills and Spills - Results

Follows after: Sometime in the youth of Dave when he only had the one kiddo: Chris~ Chris is about 6 or 7 here.

Dave kept a causal eye on his boy sharing the arena with them that afternoon. He had proved that he was more than capable of safely handling himself and his horse in the arena. He turned his attention to Fabian , “The boy has asked about Dettifoss.” Dave hid his snicker under his hand. Dettifoss was the massive waterfall in Iceland that Dave had more than one wild story to share about it. More than how much water flows over it or how high up it was. Stories that put a mischievous twinkle in his eye. “What should I tell him, hmm? How the water roars so loudly, you can hardly hear yourself think? Or perhaps you would like to demonstrate that you can still scream louder than all its mighty force?” He giggled boyishly.
“I don’t know, if I’m making that demonstration then maybe we should imitate the noise you made when Hestur tried to bite you afterward.” Fabian retorted immediately, a little sourly, though with a good humored smirk on his face. “I just know better than to go diving over waterfalls on horseback, you unfortunately lack common sense.”
“It’s called fun,” Dave corrected him with a pleasant smile. Then followed by him starting to quietly imitate what sounded like a small pig squealing for its life or a deflating balloon-
“Hey, dad!” Chris called across the arena. “Check this out!” He had Hakuna in a nice, steady canter, pointed at a very small jump designated just for Chris. It was Chris’s jump and no one else’s. It was the only way to keep the eager kiddo off the big jumps that Dave was handling with ease. How else was a kid supposed to understand the difference? A jump was a jump, right?
Dave smile remained, turning his attention from his conversation with Fabian to see what his kiddo was up to. If that loud, ridiculous looking horse was a reasonable color, he’d think the whole package was looking nice. Chris had good position in the saddle, nice collection from the horse, looked like he had a good stride coming into the jump. A natural to showjumping just as Dave had been at his age. Like daddy, like-
Dave’s eyes widened as he saw the whole perfect picture start to come apart. Chris started to...stand up in the saddle? But the jump!? Was right in front of him! The horse was moving! Why was he standing on a horse!? As fast as it all happened, from up to down, Dave didn’t take a breath.
Chuckling, Fabian’s eyebrows raised as Chris went to stand up. “Don’t you dare blame this on me, this is your fault. Þetta reddast, as you would say.” He muttered mockingly, not taking his eyes off of Chris.
Chris just thought it would be cool! Like his dad! His dad was always doing things like this! Well, maybe not exactly something so flashy. But Fabian did stuff like that! Tricks and stunts! And Dave didn’t think he was complete trash so… Chris wanted to push his talents to the next level!
Unfortunately, the next level was plummeting to the ground. Even though Chris had thought out the trajectory and how Hakuna would rock back to lift up and then arch forward to clear the jump, he just didn’t have the strength to counterbalance the complete action. Physics didn’t love his daddy like he did. Gravity ripped him off Hakuna’s back and shoved his face right in the dirt. A bunch of bullies.

THONK!

By the time Dave could trot Bobbin over to the jump, Chris had untangled himself from the poles and was turning his back to the both of them. “Christopher, are you alright? What were you doing?” Dave asked, not sure without a good look at the boy. But he kept turning away from him. “Christopher…” Dave continued to follow the boy as he started heading back for Hakuna. But Fabian was over there so he turned away again. From what Dave could see, he wasn’t hurt or not bad enough to need medical attention. But he was acting a little odd, not wanting to talk or even look at either one of them.
“...nna… ep….ing…” Chris muttered, stopping with his head hung and sort of turning a shoulder to Dave.
Dave smiled gently, riding over in front of Chris. Ah. The whole picture became very clear to Dave as Chris looked up to him. Red, red, red all across his cheeks, from ear to ear and over his nose with bright watery blues. The poor boy was embarrassed to even look at them. Dave’s soupy heart bubbled over. His poor boy just wanted to try something wild and exciting to impress them! Aww! “Come here,” Dave coaxed him gently, lowering an arm for him.
Chris sniveled and hobbled over to him, taking the arm to safety. He climbed up the side of Bobbin to latch his arms and legs around Dave. Anything to hide his tears. There he could snivel and whimper pathetically and feel like no one else would know. “I wanna keep riding, I’m fine.”
Dave chuckled, dropping his reins to pat Chris’s back, guiding Bobbin along with leg cues. He glanced over his shoulder to see Fabian had taken care of Hakuna, leading him by his reins. “Are you sure? Perhaps tomorrow.”
“Uncle Fabian does that stuff all the time,” Chris pouted.
Dave gave Fabian a smug look just for a fraction of a second. Whose fault was it now? Fabian’s trick riding was just as wacky as Dave’s chaotic riding style. “Aww, we don't have the insanity Mr. Barraway has, Christopher.”
“-just wanted to do what you guys do.”
His little sniffs and cries melted Dave down to a puddle in Chris’s hands. What a sweet son he had. (His wife would kill him if she ever found out). He’d never scold him for trying to go above and beyond. Good for him for setting his aspirations high. Although it did nearly give him a heart attack. He was okay and seemed to have learned a valuable lesson from it. All was well. It was a good thing, even though his pride was shattered to pieces, at least he was still just his little boy - how much pride could he have accumulated anyway?
If only he could stay that tiny and humble forever…

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And, yes, you should wear a helmet when attempting dumb stunts like this or just in general around horses and Chris definitely would but his artist is dumb and forgot and then very lazily wasn't going to bother to add it in~ ;D

Alright! You guys asked for it when I put the poll up who you wanted to see take a fall and Chris was super offended he was on the chopping block. He had some colorful language to respond to the "love" xD Like, Sydney was a sure thing:
- splat.
But Chris was OFFENDED. xDDD Mission accomplished lmao
Have some wholesome <3
www.deviantart.com/drasayer/po…

That's right, even as an OFFICIAL dad, Dave still didn't have the mustache just yet!
And Chris learned that day that trick riding is stupid and never wanted anything to do with it ever again x''D

Have a smile today <3

Chris/Hakuna/Dave/Bobbin/Art © Drasayer
Fabian/Hestur/RP Words © Saoradh
No specific refs for this garbage

SAI/Photoshop CS6

Description

Home Grown Show II - Thrills and Spills

Featuring:
Horse: 021 NRR Hakuna Matata
"Rider": Christopher Burton
Class: Exhibition Execution
Guests:
Dave Burton on 026 NRR Bobbintoff
Fabian Barraway on "Hestur"
Placed: First

Home Grown Show II - Thrills and Spills - Results

Follows after: Sometime in the youth of Dave when he only had the one kiddo: Chris~ Chris is about 6 or 7 here.

Dave kept a causal eye on his boy sharing the arena with them that afternoon. He had proved that he was more than capable of safely handling himself and his horse in the arena. He turned his attention to Fabian , “The boy has asked about Dettifoss.” Dave hid his snicker under his hand. Dettifoss was the massive waterfall in Iceland that Dave had more than one wild story to share about it. More than how much water flows over it or how high up it was. Stories that put a mischievous twinkle in his eye. “What should I tell him, hmm? How the water roars so loudly, you can hardly hear yourself think? Or perhaps you would like to demonstrate that you can still scream louder than all its mighty force?” He giggled boyishly.
“I don’t know, if I’m making that demonstration then maybe we should imitate the noise you made when Hestur tried to bite you afterward.” Fabian retorted immediately, a little sourly, though with a good humored smirk on his face. “I just know better than to go diving over waterfalls on horseback, you unfortunately lack common sense.”
“It’s called fun,” Dave corrected him with a pleasant smile. Then followed by him starting to quietly imitate what sounded like a small pig squealing for its life or a deflating balloon-
“Hey, dad!” Chris called across the arena. “Check this out!” He had Hakuna in a nice, steady canter, pointed at a very small jump designated just for Chris. It was Chris’s jump and no one else’s. It was the only way to keep the eager kiddo off the big jumps that Dave was handling with ease. How else was a kid supposed to understand the difference? A jump was a jump, right?
Dave smile remained, turning his attention from his conversation with Fabian to see what his kiddo was up to. If that loud, ridiculous looking horse was a reasonable color, he’d think the whole package was looking nice. Chris had good position in the saddle, nice collection from the horse, looked like he had a good stride coming into the jump. A natural to showjumping just as Dave had been at his age. Like daddy, like-
Dave’s eyes widened as he saw the whole perfect picture start to come apart. Chris started to...stand up in the saddle? But the jump!? Was right in front of him! The horse was moving! Why was he standing on a horse!? As fast as it all happened, from up to down, Dave didn’t take a breath.
Chuckling, Fabian’s eyebrows raised as Chris went to stand up. “Don’t you dare blame this on me, this is your fault. Þetta reddast, as you would say.” He muttered mockingly, not taking his eyes off of Chris.
Chris just thought it would be cool! Like his dad! His dad was always doing things like this! Well, maybe not exactly something so flashy. But Fabian did stuff like that! Tricks and stunts! And Dave didn’t think he was complete trash so… Chris wanted to push his talents to the next level!
Unfortunately, the next level was plummeting to the ground. Even though Chris had thought out the trajectory and how Hakuna would rock back to lift up and then arch forward to clear the jump, he just didn’t have the strength to counterbalance the complete action. Physics didn’t love his daddy like he did. Gravity ripped him off Hakuna’s back and shoved his face right in the dirt. A bunch of bullies.

THONK!

By the time Dave could trot Bobbin over to the jump, Chris had untangled himself from the poles and was turning his back to the both of them. “Christopher, are you alright? What were you doing?” Dave asked, not sure without a good look at the boy. But he kept turning away from him. “Christopher…” Dave continued to follow the boy as he started heading back for Hakuna. But Fabian was over there so he turned away again. From what Dave could see, he wasn’t hurt or not bad enough to need medical attention. But he was acting a little odd, not wanting to talk or even look at either one of them.
“...nna… ep….ing…” Chris muttered, stopping with his head hung and sort of turning a shoulder to Dave.
Dave smiled gently, riding over in front of Chris. Ah. The whole picture became very clear to Dave as Chris looked up to him. Red, red, red all across his cheeks, from ear to ear and over his nose with bright watery blues. The poor boy was embarrassed to even look at them. Dave’s soupy heart bubbled over. His poor boy just wanted to try something wild and exciting to impress them! Aww! “Come here,” Dave coaxed him gently, lowering an arm for him.
Chris sniveled and hobbled over to him, taking the arm to safety. He climbed up the side of Bobbin to latch his arms and legs around Dave. Anything to hide his tears. There he could snivel and whimper pathetically and feel like no one else would know. “I wanna keep riding, I’m fine.”
Dave chuckled, dropping his reins to pat Chris’s back, guiding Bobbin along with leg cues. He glanced over his shoulder to see Fabian had taken care of Hakuna, leading him by his reins. “Are you sure? Perhaps tomorrow.”
“Uncle Fabian does that stuff all the time,” Chris pouted.
Dave gave Fabian a smug look just for a fraction of a second. Whose fault was it now? Fabian’s trick riding was just as wacky as Dave’s chaotic riding style. “Aww, we don't have the insanity Mr. Barraway has, Christopher.”
“-just wanted to do what you guys do.”
His little sniffs and cries melted Dave down to a puddle in Chris’s hands. What a sweet son he had. (His wife would kill him if she ever found out). He’d never scold him for trying to go above and beyond. Good for him for setting his aspirations high. Although it did nearly give him a heart attack. He was okay and seemed to have learned a valuable lesson from it. All was well. It was a good thing, even though his pride was shattered to pieces, at least he was still just his little boy - how much pride could he have accumulated anyway?
If only he could stay that tiny and humble forever…

(1065 word count)

Previous: -- || Next: TBA

And, yes, you should wear a helmet when attempting dumb stunts like this or just in general around horses and Chris definitely would but his artist is dumb and forgot and then very lazily wasn't going to bother to add it in~ ;D

Alright! You guys asked for it when I put the poll up who you wanted to see take a fall and Chris was super offended he was on the chopping block. He had some colorful language to respond to the "love" xD Like, Sydney was a sure thing:
- splat.
But Chris was OFFENDED. xDDD Mission accomplished lmao
Have some wholesome <3
www.deviantart.com/drasayer/po…

That's right, even as an OFFICIAL dad, Dave still didn't have the mustache just yet!
And Chris learned that day that trick riding is stupid and never wanted anything to do with it ever again x''D

Have a smile today <3

Chris/Hakuna/Dave/Bobbin/Art © Drasayer
Fabian/Hestur/RP Words © Saoradh
No specific refs for this garbage

SAI/Photoshop CS6