Dusty Dame!

Sometime in the future of Desperate Sims, Margo's going to have storyline that involves horses to a certain degree--and because I plan almost everything way, way too far in advance, I decided to make her equine partner ahead of time!

Margo's also going to be the sim I use for events at Equus Sims, so this little bugger is going to help out with that!

So, without further ado... Meet Dusty Dame!

Dusty Dame's appearance is based heavily off of an Andalusian/Tennessee Walker mix Savannah (click here to see some pictures of her); it took me a while to decide what breed I wanted, but after I did quite a bit of browsing I decided to go with a buckskin colored Andalusian, which led me to those pictures, and I fell in love!

Our Dusty, however, is currently a Playful, Anti-Jumping little Piggy. I still haven't totally settled on traits, but I know I want her to be silly but a little bit of a handful. I noticed other piggy horses chomping on gardening plants and totally wrecking them--so not only amusing, but totally annoying. Perfect. ^^

Margo and her family decided to come to Appaloosa Plains for a visit, and naturally, Margo got to meet Dusty while she was there!

However... She wasn't exactly too keen on the horses, at first.

We kept encouraging her to try and get their attention...

... so finally Dusty gave her a bit of a sniff...

... buuuut she decided to keep snubbing her. Margo was not entirely thrilled--she thought Dusty was pretty!

Well, after some... shall we say, bribery and flattery... Dusty finally decided to start cooperating.

I think Margo was pretty impressed. ^-^

I think giving Dusty a good brushing helped their relationship too, though little miss Piggy wasn't *too* keen on being clean. She promptly rolled in the dirt, afterwards. XD

The two spent the rest of the evening playing Chase around the yard--though poor Margo never could keep up!

Even Lilobot seemed to warm up to the horses a bit--but Dusty's mother was a little bit skeptical of what Lil was... Can you blame her?

Obligatory snuggle shots of mother/daughter. ^^ I named the mother Sand Flurry, because I am possibly the worst horse namer on the face of the planet.

So anyways! Just a little foray into the future! None of this is going to remain canon to the story, because I know I want Margo to initially meet Dusty at the LEC, whenever I get it (*eyes Christina* ^^), but I wanted to share my adorable little creature with y'all, so there you go! :D

Oh, and yes--I do have a shot of Dusty Dame when she gets older, but it's a crappy CAS shot, so you're just going to have to wait 'til she grows up to see her!

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