"Try that one. You can see the Piccolo bucks down that way." You shrug, figuring that sounds as good as any other idea. You are about to go and walk through the portal to see the bucks when Vaprrenon, obviously tired of your waiting around, pushes you in the back and lets you tumble down into the blank canvas-looking portal on the wall.

You feel yourself floating head-over-heels in a strange void for a few seconds before you roughly fall to the ground, letting out a grunt as you hit. You lay there a second, dizzy as anything from your quick trip. Eventually you stand up, finding yourself in a lightly wooded area...and it looks like it may rain at any moment. Seeing such, you figure it a good idea to get up and move. No one wants to be caught in a storm when in the middle of nowhere.

Some motion out of the corner of your eye catches your attention, however, and you look over to see what looks to be the face of a small, almost unicorn-like creature peering out from the bushes up at you. You smile when seeing it...until you begin to notice the slightly bloodied fangs protruding from the critter's mouth, that is. The small equine-like creature steps out, sniffing the air around you. You hope that it is not trying to see if you will make a good meal.

You start to back away from the fanged cyberpet only to bump into something furry behind you. You spin around instantly in fear, sighing and glaring at Vaprrenon for giving you a fright. She grins as if nothing had happened and wanders over to the little animal, petting its mane. "I see you've met An Fuil," she says cheerfully. "He was my first little Piccolo buck, and a Christmas gift from Tlouey at The Crystal Palace," she informs you.

You watch the ishna give the little thing an apple slice. It wiggles its foal-looking tail with joy as it munches the bit of food but stands quietly after a moment. It looks around, quite alert. It nuzzles Vaprrenon's side before running off into the bushes again, disappearing from view. Your guide just rolls her eyes. Perhaps your first impression of the piccolo was dead wrong.

You look around, wanting to try and catch a glimpse of the next buck, but blink in confusion when only a cat romps out and over to you, meowing loudly for attention. You glance up, thinking you hear music, but figure you are just hearing things from the wind blowing in the trees, and you look back down at the feline to properly meet the small animal.

Vaprrenon smiles. "That's just little Kicks; he's my second buck's best friend in the world, go together everywhere. I named him...just for Kicks, get it?" she askes with a giggle, seeming to expect a huge laugh out of you. She clears her throat when she gets no real reaction from you, realizing what a horrible joke that was, and merely shrugs for an explanation.

Still hearing some muffled music, you look around and frown, determined to find out where on earth it is coming from. You do not have to wait long for the answer, however, as a yellow-coated piccolo suddenly struts his way into your small clearingy, head bobbing to the beat of his terribly loud music, and oblivious to all around him.

Vaprrenon sighs and rolls her eyes. "That's Salvatore. He and Kicks were a Livejournal gift from Tlouey a short while back...and I swear it, he never turns that blasted thing off!" She laughs and walks over, poking the piccolo's cheek. You watch the little buck jump in surprise, staring wide-eyed at your guide. You can't help but laugh at the piccolo's reaction.

Vaprrenon also laughs at the poor male's momentary confusion and turns back to look at you. "Well, come on, there are more to see. Like I said, the bucks tend to spread out a lot more than the does, so we'll have to do a bit of walking to find the others; you're lucky you've seen two already in such a short bit of time." She smiles and you glance over to Salvatore, taking in the sight of the brightly-colored cyberpet.

She pets the still wide-eyed piccolo's mane affectionately, and you watch as Kicks runs over to Salvatore, racing up and finding a nice comfortable riding position on the other's back. Vaprrenon takes your hand to guide you off. "Come on, this way, I'm sure of it," she says confidently, starting off already and pulling you along behind.

After a little while, your guide stops, motioning for you to do the same. You watch as her large, cat-like ears twitch a bit, turning about as if looking for a specific sound in the woods. After a second, a large grin crosses her face and you assume that whatever she had been listening for had been heard. "This way!" Vaprrenon calls excitedly to you, dropping to all fours as she runs into the trees.

You sigh and shake your head, running after the ishna creature as best you can as she darts toward the edge of a meadow. You look up to see another piccolo buck trotting over to the two of you. Vaprrenon again stands on two legs, brushes herself off, and walks over to it to pet the piccolo's mane. You follow up behind her at you own pace.

You look at the green and red piccolo buck, who licks Vaprrenon's hand happily before wandering over to you, looking up at you curiously before poking you in the side with his horn. You let out a surprised protest, stepping back from him. Your guide just laughs at the scene. "Sorry about that, he likes to see if anyone will challenge him to a fight. He's a little show-off."

You look down at the little creature warily, and watch the picco wag his little foal-like tail happily, looking as happy as if he'd won some huge battle with you already. "Oddly enough, his name is actually Buck," Vaprrenon says with a small shrug as she watches the two of you together. "He was a very welcomed surprise gift from Tlouey one day. Needless to say, he perked me up some," she laughs, patting the little cyber pet's head, careful to avoid his horn.

"He's actually a remade...much better version of a little piccolo coloring contest entry I made for Tlou's June Festival back in 2006. I didn't expect to win at all, but I wanted to put in an entry anyway. Boy was I surprised when Tlouey instant messaged me and sent me this little guy as a surprise!" She hugs the little piccolo around his neck. "I just love the little sweetheart to bits...even if he does poke you once in a while!" She laughs.