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Published: 2018-10-26 16:59:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 444; Favourites: 30; Downloads: 0
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Fiouuuuuuuuuu, such a very long time I have been inactive there !
Well, I had a very, very, very busy summer and I've find a job which exhaust me a bit ><"
But weeeeeeeell, here is the first picture of the first training of Nao at IHS !
He's trying Arcane, which will certainly be his lead competition horse with Hangover :3
Hope you like it !
The HorseArt-RPG Newsletter Volume LXXXII:iconhorseart-rpg: The HorseArt-RPG Newsletter :iconhorseart-rpg:
The Source for Breeders of the Future October 2018 - #82
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The red and orange leaves kept falling to the ground and the air was pretty cold this morning. Nao was looking through one of the window of his new flat, admiring the wonderful view of the estate he had. He thought about the fact that he was very lucky. Despite his bad side of his character which incorporate the fact of being shy and having a really bad opinion of himself and his abilities, he was the one who have been selected to be a professional ridser in this wonderful stable. He arrived only one week ago and the adaptation wasn't so easy he thought first. During this week, he had to move on his new flat, organize and tidy it, do all of these boooring adminitrative things with his new boss, Caelyne, then meet all the riders team members, learn the rules and the functioning of the estate, and finally these two last days, meeting the horses he would have to ride and carry of, and find a bit of time to work with his own mare, Luna. A wonderful Zlesdin Mare which was a gift of his mother.
Nao sighted. He haven't see his mother since two years, and he was missing her so much. But he had chosen to live in France to achieve his goal easier than in Japan, so he had to accept to not seeing her regularly. Luckily, the Internet existed and he was able to speak with her by different conversations apps once per week. Despite it, he was impatient to be really well-off here to buy a plane ticket to see her. He doesn't know if the reason of his mother buying him Luna was to fill the miss of her, but Luna was his last birthday gift.
After a short time of gazing at the estate, he finally decided to prepare himself for a riding session. That was the first time since he was here that he could ride one of the horses he has to care of. He lead himself to the saddlery and looked at the white board for the training planning. As that was the riders who had to manage their own time, his name wasn't wrote in front of the horses he have to ride for the morning. So, the young man take a white board pen and began to look the names of the horses. He had the choice between Hangover and Arcane. He had the opportunity to meet both of them before this day, in foot for some exercises. He doesn't really had the choice of the horses he had to care of, Caelyne choose for him. So, even if he was trusty about Cae's choices, he doesn't know by which horse he really wanted to begin with.
That during this mloment of hesitation that he heard footsteps behind him. He turned himself around and his eyes met Eryn's look. She launch a happy "Hello" to him and lead herself to the white board too. She looked at the planning and then smile to him.
"Hey, what's up ? You seems a lil' disturbed about the planning. What's wrong ?" she asked to him with a friendly voice.
Nao looked at her with a surprised look. Even if he was here since a week, he still was uncomfortable with the continual friendly-attitude of the staff here. The stable where he was before hat was a bigger show-jumping competition stable, and all the staff were cold, scornful and hypocritical. Over there, he had the impression to be an alien, or a lamb in a wolfs world. So, even if that was one of the reasons he left his previous rider job, he still had some difficulties to keep a good contact with the staff here. His shyness doesn't help too. He smiled back in return -a lil' forced smile but a smile- and decided to be honest. When he was hired here, he took the decision to never be hypocritical anymore. That costed too much to him in his previous work.
"Well, I know that I am free to organize the horses training as I want, but the issue isn't there. I just don't know with which horse it's better to start my real work here. I've met them before, but I am hesitant about it."
Eryn make a bigger smile. To begin to train a horse you never know before was never easy. A memory come back in her head, her first riding horse here. That was Hangover and that was... Sporty.
"Well, the only thing I can advise to you is to begin with a horse not too difficult. So, I advice you to begin your day with Arcane. She have her little character, but that's nothing compared to the devil."
Nao launch a scared look to Eryn.
"The devil ? D'you speak about Hangover ? Is he so terrible ?"
Eryn launch a little laugh.
"Well, you have meet him in footwork, right ?"
"Yes I do. He have a... special character. Not easy to handle."
"That's the point. He's awful in foots, and he's worse under saddle. You should work in foots a lot with him before riding him. Trust me, I've experienced it before and I regret a bit to never tried to train him in foots before riding him."
"I see..." Nao answered. "Well, thank you so much for the advices. I'll start with Arcane so."
He smiled to her a last time and then, goes to take the mare's equipment and lead himself to her field. He catch her without any problem and then, lead her to the preparation place. He saddle Arcane, who was literally adorable during allk this time and then, lead her to the training outdoor arena and start her training session. He was amazed about how the mare was easy to ride, how she understood the exercises fastly and how gifted she was in show-jumping. His session go on during a full hour and during this hour, he doesn't notice the two women who were looking at him, through the trees which were separate the outdoor show arena and the working outdoor arena, both of them on their own horses. Caelyne and Eryn weren't focused on their training. But they observed their new recruit. And they only could noticed how talented he was and how they does an excellent pair with Arcane. In their minds, the same thought : they had chosen the right rider they needed.
WORDS COUNTER : 1075 words
Feat : Arcane Fire IHS & Nao Maida
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Art (c) by IvoryHillStables
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Reference (traced) :
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Softwares : Paint Tool SAI & Photoshop CS.6
Tool : Pen Tablet Monitor - Huion Kamvas GT-191
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Comments: 6
NellaesHARPG In reply to To-flower [2018-11-05 21:38:10 +0000 UTC]
Hehehe, I hope to see them fast in their top level ! :3
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Gwenwhifar [2018-10-28 11:16:18 +0000 UTC]
Beautiful shot! Arcane already looks like a powerhouse of a horse - can't wait to see them around <33
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NellaesHARPG In reply to Gwenwhifar [2018-11-05 21:39:06 +0000 UTC]
Aaaaaaaaah thank you so much ! <3 Yes, she will certainly be a real winner after some training !
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