War Paint

Oh the river, oh the river, it's running free
And oh the joy, oh the joy, it brings to me
But I know it'll have to drown me
Before I can breathe easy.

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Sano had never been a real Dressage person. He'd do it for Daisy, he'd do it for 3DE, but it didn't make him like it any more or any less. He preferred his ups and overs of jumping, not the slow and 'rhythm' style of the classic discipline.

Yet here he was, popping Tundra on the neck and reprimanding the stallion for pawing while he waited for A and Daisy to get ready. Today was the day before the show; practice was necessary if they wanted to even place. Choice of costume was still in planning -- he had immediately turned down the idea of putting on something else for a 'Lovebirds' event, seeing as what the ideas that could come up in both A's and Lyn's heads terrified him.

"Hey, could you hold her for a sec?"

A's voice snapped him out of his thoughts and turned his eyes to the reins she was holding out to him. Daisy blinked up at him sitting atop Tundra, who seemed more than pleased to be next to a lady, tongue lolling through the two bits in her mouth. "No, T," Sano scowled, giving the stud's reins a short tug to keep him in check as he grabbed Daisy's. "Behave."

"Ah, thanks." A nodded, pulling up the girth straps and pulling the mounting block towards the bay mare. "Think of anything yet?" She asked, swinging her leg over and sitting down in the saddle. Her husband shook his head. "None...I'm sure we can sit down and think of something once we're done."

"I have several ideas!" Lyn called out from the fence line, a devilish grin on her face. The blonde haired man glowered at her skittishly before tightening his grip on the reins. "....Come on, let's just get started."

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"W-What IS all this?!"

The two women blinked up at Sano, as if they hadn't heard him walk in. "Painting."

"The horses?! Why are we painting the horses?!"

"Because you didn't have an idea and Lyn did." A said simply, shrugging as she took the bottle of colored hairspray and sprayed it over a brush. "Besides, this one is actually good. And it makes sense, too." Dragging it across the bridge of Daisy's nose in three quick, separate strokes, she kissed the mare's muzzle.

"I don't see how," Sano muttered, but he didn't make further attempts to stop them. He had to admit, Tundra seemed to enjoy the brush running down his leg; the stallion looked striking in the blue that they went with. Slowly, it started to come together what they were doing. "War paint?"

"Well, you know all those Native American stories of love and war, right?" Lyn piped up. "This guy's War, and The Queen over there is Love." Spraying down her hand, she arched it back and gave the stud a light slap on the shoulder, leaving a dragged handprint in it's place. "There!" She grinned, scratching the stallion with her non-blue hand, which he pleasurably leaned into. "Done over here!" She called over. Sano felt a headache coming on.

Painted purple and blue horses. Lovely.
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Haven should never attempt backgrounds or stories when she first wakes up at 2 AM, nghhh

Sano get your shit together and accept the fact that T looks good in blue

I felt like letting everyone's hair down, sue me

Horse Name: HH Debutante (Left)/HH King's Glory (Right)
Handler Name: Alaura Williams-Hase/Sassano Hase
Show Entering: DKD's Lovebird Dressage Event [link]
Class/Event: Freestyle Pas De Deux to Florence and The Machine's "Heartlines" -- [link]
Startnumber: --

Art/characters (c) Me