OOM: Texas with Ace

[theresnodoor]

Kate has been flying high ever since they left the rest of the group behind. Rachel's been riding her high, laughing in the wake of Kate's joy, enjoying herself and letting it be known. She'd morphed not long after separating with the others and raced Kate's horse across the desert, the body of the stallion she'd morphed bursting with energy, the desire to run. Even the few days of travel, filled with laughter, trading stories and details about the job, has been pure fun.

She'll need to go back to Milliways eventually, and preferably before she fades or snaps back or whatever is supposed to happen to her. But until then, she's enjoying herself.

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Galveston is nice enough, Rachel supposes, for yet another place without running water. Kate found them a nice set of rooms to stay in, though they'll be trying to find Rachel a door soon. They've even done some shopping and, as such, while Kate is off exploring the town herself, Rachel is walking the main street in a new skirt, patterned and bright in yellow, another stark white blouse, ruffled at the open collar with the sleeves rolled up again. She's been paying attention the last few days and she knows she's not pulling off the look of a lady. Maybe a ranch hand, a cowgirl, something like that. But Texas remains hot and Rachel's of the opinion that she makes a pretty cute cowgirl like this, nothing immodest or tasteless about the outfit. She'll be keeping it just like this until someone convinces her to pretend to be a lady.

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[one_day_ace]

Galveston might only be 'nice enough' by Rachel's standards but for Ace it's something of an eye-opener, for someone who's spent the majority of his life working on ranches and cattle operations, traveling the plains between dust-dry cities with their single streets. He's been enjoying himself more than a little, riding the same high as the rest of them -- victory, and the spoils of their labor.

But today, in particular, has been a good day and there's a spring in Ace's step that hasn't been there before. The horses are back, brought up by John and Ace has already spent more of the day then is probably socially acceptable fussing over Arrow. She's been obviously well taken care of but he's never liked the thought of anyone but him handling his stock and he's checked her over fully several times now, making sure she's still in one piece.

And now, of course, he's headed back. There's an apple squirreled away in his pocket (and one in the other for Beaut, of course) and he whistles softly as he walks, headed towards the livery stable where the two mares are dozing in a small corral.

[theresnodoor]

He's not the only one with that destination in mind. There's not much in town that isn't the single dress shop, a saloon, and a whole lot of people, and in the course of entertaining herself, Rachel got it into her head that it might be time to replace her horse morph. Something that stands out a little less would be nice, really, and a free evening does present a nice opportunity to head toward the stables.

She should ask Kate before acquiring Beaut, she knows. But really, attached as everyone in this world is to their horse, she's thinking it might be time to try out a mash-up morph. She's never tried one before but Ax had, one of his earliest morphs, and that had been years ago without much experience. A little practice and she's sure she can manage.

So when Ace gets near the stable, he'll find a familiar girl, slender as a willow with a sweet smile, holding out a hand to scratch her fingers through Beaut's mane while the mare appears to doze straight through the attention.