Doe. Just Doe.

Arasinya Lannaras, but please, call me Doe. I work at the public library and I can usually be found in the trees. So, if you're actually looking for me, look up.

[musicaltuesday]

Shhhh....

[booksnflowers-doe]

Oh wow... What a beautiful beast.

[booksnflowers-doe]

Hey, hey...

[nightingale-odes]

Not exactly. Just checking on some snares I set earlier. I can’t hunt anything too big yet, not without a place to store the meat and clean the fur. I can deal with a rabbit or something small easily enough, though.

That just makes me think that 99% of all clan leaders need their heads checked. Couldn’t have been easy, striking of on your on like that after so very long…

[booksnflowers-doe]

Uh huh...

It wasn't... but I've made it this far.

[msbonnieelizabethparker-blog]

“O’ my. Well you must be a good fighter then to survive all o’ that. Y’know, I never thought elves to be the kind to fight. They always jus’ seemed so friendly.”

“That’s a special feelin’. Have you ever considered it might be someone rather than something?”

[booksnflowers-doe]

"When someone invalidates a pact or even someone's trust, elves will strike. There have been a number of blood wars, and it's impossible to be aware of when it'll happen. Usually they start with a death..."

"I sincerely doubt there's someone out there looking for me. I think there's something calling my name, but not someone."

[msbonnieelizabethparker-blog]

“I don’t believe in putting an age on maturity but that sure is an awful lot o’ years to live. Please do tell me about the wars you were involved in. I’m quite the History fanatic. I remember feelin’ that sort o’ way when I was younger. Then things happened an’ I wondered if the path I was goin’ down in life was inevitable. I was always involved with criminals no matter what so maybe that was my destiny.”

[booksnflowers-doe]

"I was in any war that came through Mississippi, but I was also thrown to the wolves when it came to any Elven wars... Any time our clans would fight... My father would send my brothers and me to help out one of the families..."

"I never really wanted to die, because I knew something... something was waiting for me. Even when things were bad... Something was waiting for me. Somewhere." 

[msbonnieelizabethparker-blog]

“What’s the age ya get to pick at?”

[booksnflowers-doe]

"From what I've seen, around 200, age of maturity. I probably could have chosen to die in the last war I was in, but I've always felt like there's something more to live for..."

[msbonnieelizabethparker-blog]

“That sure is amazin’. Ya got all that life experience and ya still look fabulous. It’s like a dream come true. Are elves immortal or somethin’?”

[booksnflowers-doe]

"To an extent, yes. We can kill each other, and mostly get to pick when we die, after a certain age." 

[msbonnieelizabethparker-blog]

“He’s pretty good. Wrote a lot o’ things, he did. I’m ain’t sure when he started writin’ but I kno’ it was a while back so you mus’ be pretty old. If ya don’t mind me askin’, how old are ya?”

[booksnflowers-doe]

"I'm almost three hundred. I don't look a day over eighteen, but here I am." 

[msbonnieelizabethparker-blog]

“I don’ have one I’m afraid. I’m fond of my own poetry tho’ if that counts. I jus’ see poems from all different poets an’ a read ‘em. I’ve never found one a loved so much to delve into all of their work. What about you?”

[booksnflowers-doe]

"E.E. Cummings. He's been my favorite since he started writing. I was very young at that point."

[rp-personal-or-rph]

[booksnflowers-doe]

MOODBOARD: Arasinya “Doe” Lannaras on Saving Face

"When I’m home alone, and I can let my mask fall, I think about all this shit that I’ve gone through… and I can’t let anyone else see that."  

[msbonnieelizabethparker-blog]

“I’ll stop by whenever I’m free. Pick up some poetry books too.”

[booksnflowers-doe]

"That sounds like a wonderful plan."

"Who's your favorite poet?" 

[msbonnieelizabethparker-blog]

“A lady of many talents. Ya gotta show me sometime. I’m intrigued.”

[booksnflowers-doe]

"I sure can! If you want, you can come by the library some time. I tend to the flowers outside on my lunch breaks." 

[booksnflowers-doe]

Check out this mix on @8tracks: Books and flowers… by abbiewanderlust.

[msbonnieelizabethparker-blog]

“Extra abilities? Tell me everythin’. I’ve met some. I mean, I’m talkin’ to you ain’t I?”

[booksnflowers-doe]

"Well, I can communicate with animals, and I can sing to the flowers and make them grow. Plus I can change the way I look." 

[msbonnieelizabethparker-blog]

“An elf? Well I can’t say I’ve ever met one o’ those before. Is it nice being an elf? I’m a ghost and that ain’t all I thought it’d be. It’s like livin’ as normal but ya got that feelin’ that something’s missin’ all the time. I would wander the forests but I don’ enough of that to last me a life time. Plus, I write poems ‘bout people, not landscapes hunny.”

[booksnflowers-doe]

"It's kinda nice, I suppose. I have a feeling it's nicer than being a ghost, since I still have some extra abilities. Have you thought about meeting new people?" 

[msbonnieelizabethparker-blog]

“Read, write, and grow your flowers, aren’t you quite the girly girl? Yeah, I know, key word being small. I ain’t too fond of small things. The only good thing ‘bout a library is those poetry books. Other than that it seems like an awfully borin’ place to me.”

[booksnflowers-doe]

"I'm an elf, and a pacifist! Makes me pretty girly by accident. Poetry is wonderful, ma'am, and if you like to write it then maybe you could wander the forests and write about this place. It's wonderful if you take a few moments to look around." 

[msbonnieelizabethparker-blog]

“Shop, dance, y’know that sorta thing? Anything that’ll keep me entertained and restrained from starting up ol’ habits. What about you, darlin’? What do you like to do?”

[booksnflowers-doe]

"Read, write, grow my flowers, that kind of thing. There are a few small shops in town! And I work at the library. Promise, there's stuff to do here." 

[msbonnieelizabethparker-blog]

“Sure is easy to get bored ‘round here, ain’t it?”

[booksnflowers-doe]

Depends on what you like to do.