Villager: Tai
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Villager Info
ID: #131219
Name: Tai
Gender: Male
Location: Olde Foxbury
Born 8 years, 9 months ago
Career: Construction Worker
Owner: Amerlex
Species: Horse
Color: Clydesdale
Buffs:House: FurCoin House
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About
~Tai~
"*Grunts*"
Softy | CONSTRUCTION | Impulsive
"*Grunts*"
Softy | CONSTRUCTION | Impulsive
You don't talk, you haven't in several years, mostly you get by by writing things down, but your handwriting is bad so you don't do it much.
They closed down your shop in Olde Foxbury and you remember laying on a park bench while old ladies talked about you in hushed voices nearby. You don't think they were really trying to be quiet. Laying there you think for a little bit, you have heard of a group of people living out in the woods of Olde Foxbury and the thought of joining them crosses your mind.
You are not that desperate yet.
You get a little bit of work in town, doing odd jobs and you build up a small savings, but eating and work materials start gnawing at the edges of it. You are fixing someones mail box when a small lavender rabbit looks up at you.
She is covered in burns and she is trembling in your shadow. You take a few steps to the left and when the sun hits her face it startles her.
"E-excuse me sir... but are you a good builder?" She's shaking like a leaf and honestly all you want to do is hug her a bit, but you don't want to scare her so you just nod. You gesture to the mailbox and the freshly painted fence just to seal the deal.
"My family needs some help, we can't really pay though... but- but i have a garden, and I can cook you a dinner in exchange for your service"
You really shouldn't... you really need the money, but the thought of a home cooked meal and not something cheap and greasy gnaws at you.
You hammer the final nails, and check to see if it is stable. Looks good, so you turn to the rabbit and gesture for her to stay there for a second. You don't want to spook her so you slowly walk up to the house and get your payment from the home owner before returning to her side.
*Thumbs up*
She kinda stares a bit, and then she understands. 'OH you are gonna help me?" You nod and her little cotton tail shivers in delight, gosh is she adorable when she smiles, she has really sad eyes. You get a warm bubbly feeling from her being so happy, aww shucks, she is already rubbing off on you.
She leads the way, down the road, and into the suburbs, you start to get a little worried the more space between houses there is...
Soon you are in the country and she crosses the road and over a fence. "this isn't our land, so be really quiet, we are just cutting though" It is your turn to stare and she looks away, a little bit ashamed "we are close though, once we are off their land then we are close."
You climb over the fence and walk along it until you get to the other side and climb over the exit fence. The ground here is well traveled, the grass is almost all gone and the dirt is trampled smooth. You see something shift in the bushes and your hair stands on end. Oh god, you are going to die. Lured in by a cute bunny and now she is taking you into the woods to kill you. welp.
She notices you stop walking and she calls out to you "here right though these bushes and we are there. sorry it was such a long walk"
Well its not like you have any family left in town... Screw it why the hell not. You follow her into the bush and on the other side is a clearing. Several well taken care of plant pots are on one side, and a makeshift shelter is on the other. In the middle is a fire with a cast iron pot over it.
Whatever is in the pot smells divine...
Your eyes fall on the shelter though, its mostly fallen branches and a thatched roof. its half covered in a clay mud mix, but it looks like it wasn't fired and the walls melted in the rain. Your heart aches at the thought of your bunny friend living in that... it doesn't even have a door.
Oh shoot, you don't even know her name. You fumble a bit in your fanny pack and pull out a notepad. You scrawl out a message and then scratch it out, writing it a bit neater.
~Hello ma'am my name is Tai~
You hand her the notepad she reads it before facepalming. "oh dang how rude of me, i brought you all this way and never told you my name, my name is Sophie"
Sophie, the name suits her. She goes over to the plant pots and holds one up, or well, it used to be a plant pot, its cracked into huge shards and is unusable.
"will you please make me a new pot? we have some stone, Tobias is really good at foraging for it"
Hearing his name, a tall teal ferret comes out of the bushes, a satchel bag hanging off of his hip. He looks you up and down and stands next to Sophie. For a ferret is is pretty big, he comes up to your chest, easily 6ft tall. If you were smaller you would be scared of him.
You wave at him a little bit and his tail swishes and he leans in to whisper something to Sophie. They whisper back and forth a moment and then "Tobias" looks up at you and speaks quietly.
"Welcome to our village Tai..."
A village? Oh... OH these are the people living in the woods! Your shock must show on your face because he clears his throat and it snaps you out of it. You look back at Sophie and her broken plant pot and hold open your hands in front of her and snort quietly.
She hesitates and then puts the shards carefully in your hands. Tobias is watching you closely and half mumbles at Sophie "whats he doing?"
"i asked him to come fix it for me"
They bicker a bit, "why did you bring someone here! what if he brings cops!" "he seemed like a nice guy.." and you just kinda take a few steps back and kneel in the grass. The pot can't be fixed, but the stone Sophie told you about is piled by the "house" gosh if you can even call it that...
You take about 10 slabs and start to make her a new pot. You take your tools and whittle down the middle and slowly carve the shape of her pot.
The fight simmers down and you feel their eyes turn to you and watch you work. Its one of your more simple jobs, but plant pots need holes to drain so you have to put some thought into it.
When you are finished you stand up and place the pot in Sophie's hands, she looks amazed. Running her fingers over the smooth edge and the drain holes in the bottom she looks up at you with tears in her eyes. Crap, did you make a mistake? Before you can check over the pot, She places it on the ground and gives you a huge hug around your waist.
The height difference makes your heart ache a bit.. the flood... a small cry and then the deafening sound of silence over the roar of water. You tremble a bit. You decide to think nothing of it... just block it out... But she just holds you closer, you finally give in and kneel down and give her a real hug and another memory hits you.
The water being waist deep... someone is calling your name and you call out to them, you are holding someone and you hear a child crying... you try and go deeper but the person you are holding, your wife, beats you to the water first. You see them reach the child- your child... but the water is going to fast and they get pulled under...
You snap out of it and you are laying on your back, I guess its good you wern't standing. The fall would of hurt.
You look over and Sophie is stirring the pot over the fire, the smell even stronger with the lid off. Tobias is there standing with a raccoon nearby and they both look worried. I guess Tobias isn't gonna be a dic- oh Sophie is trying to get your attention.
"welcome to the waking world Tai, uh... sorry about the hug... You just kinda seized up and fell over, I-I didn't mean anything by it..."
You give her a thumbs up and slowly sit up, your head throbbing like crazy. But mmm food. You peer into the pot and its a thick stew, Oh gosh it smells amazing and your stomach gnaws at itself a bit as you watch it bubble.
"Dinner is done, we were just waiting for you" She looks up with a nervous smile. "This is Casey by the way, she is our leader here, I am just a gardener"
Casey walks across the clearing and offers you a paw "My name is Casey and welcome to our village. I want to personally thank you for your assistance" She is sweating bullets.
Sophie and Tobias burst out laughing. "Casey.."Tobias wheezes out "What crawled up your butt and died... hahahahaha! You don't talk like that ever! Does this big guy make you nervous?"
Casey turns beet red as the pair howl with laughter "W-well what was i going to say?! Thanks for the help Bruh.." And then she adds a wink for emphasis and even you can't help but chuckle a little. She turns away a little and paws at the ground, digging it up a little with the claws on her toes.
Sophie pours you a mug of stew, huh, guess they don't have any bowls. She hands out cups of stew to everyone. and everyone settles around the fire, Casey still pink in the cheeks. raises her mug.
"Ok you giggling gaggle of f-ing geese shut up! I want to thank Tai for helping Sophie with her pots-"
Tobias hoots at her and Casey growls a little at him.
"Like i was SAYING, TOBIAS" He snorts a little as he giggles "I want to thank him because without him, then we could not grow food and we would all starve"
There is a chorus of "hear hear" and then they knock clink their mugs together. You hesitate a moment before clicking yours too and everyone cheers.
You sip at your stew, again no silverware so i guess this is just how things are and the flavor fills your mouth, its a little bitter, maybe its a Celery soup? Whatever it is its hot, and thick and warms you all the way to your bones. You down the cup and then feel immediately like a cows backside. These guys are living in the woods growing their own food and you just knock it back like it was nothing.
You look up and they are licking the insides of their cups, desperate for every drop they can get out of it, making it stretch for 4 was probably a squeeze on their resources and your warm pleasant feeling is replaced with guilt. You place your mug on the ground in front of you and go to their stone pile
Looking it over there is a surplus here, enough for several more plant pots, and...You look over at their shelter again... and a foundation for a house..... maybe..... if Tobias keeps finding stone like this.... of course they will need real land for a house, they just cant live in the woods like this... You have your savings maybe that will be enough...You feel their eyes on your back and sigh a bit. Right, no one can hear your internal monologue. You get out your notepad again and carefully write what you want to say.
"I would like to use your stone, build more botany pots, and to start a house. You have enough stone here for around six more pots and four bedrooms, but it will be a tight squeeze. But i have a little bit of money, I can buy some land so you guys wouldn't be in danger of being kicked out, i would like to, perhaps, help and maybe join up with you, if that is possible."
You hand the pad to Casey and they read it over. She looks up at you. "but we have no way of paying..." You shake your head and point at the words "like to" and "help" and then top it off with a smile. The furrow in her brows doesn't go away and she quietly says. "I need to talk to the others first"
They all stand and then go stand by the shelter. There is whispering, and you politely point your ears away trying not to eavesdrop. After a long fight with not one, but TWO games of rock paper scissors they come back, Casey in the front.
"We would like to welcome you-" Tobias snickers and prods her in the back.
"SCREW IT, welcome to the family Tai!" She says and kinda hesitates, her hand hovering over arm. She glaces up at you silently asking for permission to touch and you feel really silly for your fainting spell earlier and nod. She pats your arm and smiles up at you.
A huge gust comes by and the shelter shakes violently the thatched roof flying off and into the sky.
Welp.. I guess its time to get started...
STATS
Age:25
Pronouns: He/Him
Skill: 100+
Likes: Building, Tending to his animals, Pretty much just working with his hands in general
Dislikes: Loud noises, Water
He gets a little uncomfortable with physical contact. Smaller people bringing back memories of his old family and it makes him seize up a little.
ART:
By: buffalo
Pretty. Pretty boye.
I!! LOVE!!
love the bio type thing
Great hoof hands!
This paintie is A-O-Tai! :)
The hair! o3o
Much prefer these hands, such a nice character and css/art all of it.
I love his hair!
Your writing is such a delight to read! So much character and emotion.