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 Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:41 am
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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:59 am
It was finally time for the children to come out of their shells, and one by one the shells plopped open, revealing three beautiful daughters to the now excited parents. It was all happening so fast, and finally the offspring of Kuval and Pakpao were able to see their parents for the first time!
Kuval was speechless. After one, two, and three had made it into his view, he realized that he had had.. THREE DAUGHTERS.
He wouldn't deny that he was incredibly proud, the three daughters were exceptionally beautiful. He was just... shocked. He thought that there would at LEAST be one son! But, despite his crazy thoughts, he let the three little ones get accustomed to their surroundings before saying anything.
He stood next to Pakpao, and nuzzled her happily. This was all too good to be true, and he decided to just watch the wonderful moment before speaking to his little daughters. Three little girls.. what an amazing little suprise!
It took Zulu a moment to become accustomed to her surroundings, and from looking at the two bigger figures that were watching her, she guessed that those were the voices she heard from outside her shell. Her mama and papa it seemed, and she smiled at them before trying to catch her balance, since she had stumbled recklessly onto her legs.
Something was propelling her naturally, and she looked to her fins that were helping her float. Thank goodness that they were around, if she hadn't saved herself, she would have face planted moments ago! Her little fins bounced up and down, and she didn't understand why they were moving so comfortably.
Now she just needed to figure out how she did that.. and how to get in control of her weak body. She hadn't noticed her others sisters yet, since she was so overwhelmed with everything else.
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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 10:25 am
Pakpao smiled as she watched the three little ones slowly escape from their shells. She hadn't broken the news of their gender to Kuval yet, and she stifled a giggle from escaping as she watched his surprised expression.
"Surely you didn't think we'd have to deal with a colt, of all things?" she teased gently, knowing fully well he wasn't horribly upset over it. The beauty of the three fillies made up for it. Already they were adjusting to their watery environment, much as she had when she was a foal.
Her eyes drifted over each of them... they were all very different, but special in their own way. A pang of sorrow hit her heart, however, as she noticed the youngest without fins, just like her. But perhaps this time... even a finless kelpi could be raised in a loving environment. Pakpao would made sure she felt special, and always wanted, as she would the other two.
"So, Kuval... any name suggestions?"
Gold eyes blinked, and studied their surroundings. She had made her way out of her little home when the Mama voice had told her to, but where was she now?
She jerked her spotted head about, until her eyes landed on a large rainbow colored kelpi, who seemed to be the owner of the Mama voice. The orange and white kelpi standing next to her had the Papa voice coming out of him.... so this was the family they had spoken of?
Letting out a squeak of excitement, she stumbled forward, attempting to get used to her new legs. It was only when she was about to run into one of the other little foals that she noticed there were two others like her. Well, not exactly like her. Glancing down at her own legs and chest, she noticed a large difference in colors between the three of them. Who were these other two? And did they belong to her Mama and Papa too?
She giggled as she noticed one of the other two had long wiggly strands coming out of her cheeks. It looked so silly! It wasn't until after she felt a tickle on her throat that she realized she too had the wiggly strands! What in the world were they?
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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 10:37 am
It had felt like an eternity waiting inside that shell. And the little filly was almost on the verge of just popping out early. Too cramped for her. But today was the day it seemed. The voices outside had coaxed her out. Well, Pukka didn't really need any coaxing. She had nearly burst out of her shell by this point.
The sudden bright light hit her eyes instantly which caused her to squint while they adjusted. And as they focused, she could clearly make out two larger figures in front of her which just about startled her for a second. But as soon as she heard them speak she relaxed a bit, glancing about.
But what was this? There were two others nearby. Just her size to! Letting out a little nicker, she swished her fin tail back and forth happily. At least it seemed she wasn't the only little one around here. But...who exactly where they? Curiosity got the best of her and she stumbled closer, giving each a quick sniff as if unsure of their part in this little gathering.
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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 12:59 pm
Names? He certainly wasn't good at that sort of thing, and Pakpao should have known that of all people! With a light sigh, he looked at the three of them carefully before chuckling to himself.
"That one over there," he nosed over to Pukka, who had triumphantly left her shell with a stomp. "She should be named Pukka, since she reminds me most of you. I would imagine that if you would leave your shell, you would exit in the same sort of manner." He smiled at the purple filly, and moved over to nuzzle her on the head. "What do you think, Paku dear?"
He looked at the other two, and noticed the reddish colored one. "Ok, now you have to pick one for her, since she has my coloring." Paku had to have a say in this as well, and looking at it through the perspective of opposites was sort of fun!
The middle filly watched her parents carefully, before feeling a strange sensation in her mind. What, was she ugly or something? Why didn't her father look at her?!
She did the best example of a snort that she could muster, and she looked at her family with a bratty expression. Speaking felt awkward.. but she wanted to so badly.
"I am here too!" she finally said, and she drooped her ears before feeling sort of embarrassed. Was her coloring really that different? She felt conflicted, and decided to just lower her head and wait to what her parents would say.
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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 1:37 pm
Pakpao chuckled at the name, and nodded her head. "Appropriate, I will admit." she agreed, and looked down lovingly on her trio of beautiful girls. Pukka did seem to take after her quite a bit, and Pakpao had to wonder to herself if the little one would grow up to be anything like her mother. Then again, all three had the potential to grow up like either parent, which would be amusing to see.
Her grin widened as the predominantly purple filly had a little outburst, and Pakpao took a few step towards her, using her long gentle tail fins to caress the filly's cheek and lift her head up.
"Now now," she reprimanded softly, "Your turn is coming, so be patient, m'love. It's wonderful to hear that you're already talking though, what a good girl!"
Leaning down, she gave the filly a quick nuzzle before turning towards the darker spotted one. Her markings took greatly after her Koi-colored father, but were much darker in color, a deep crimson.
"Sangra," she said slowly, voicing the first thing that came to mind. "With those dark markings, you look like a Sangra." Nodding to herself in approval, she gave the eldest a smile before turning back to their father.
"And our little vocal princess? What should we name her, Kuval? She's got quite the little temper from me, though she takes after you in her outgoing nature."
Sangra. Was that her name?
The spotted filly twitched her nose, still getting used to the fact she had dangly strings hanging from her jaws. Her fins as well were new things to play with, as she twitched and wiggled them around in the cool ocean water. She watched as her mother used her long tail on the other filly, and Sangra lifted up her own to play with, mimicking her. Instead of being gentle with it, however, it ended up smacking the side of the finless filly, Sangra having been unable to control the force of her fins just yet.
Letting out another squeak out of worry due to hitting the other filly, Sangra quickly stumbled her way over to the larger white and orange kelpi that looked so much like herself, and hid between his legs, popping her spotted head out between them to see how the other filly would react to the accident.
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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 2:23 pm
Now what was this all about? Pukka, Sangra? These strange sounding words had to have some point to them. Names? What were names? Well, if they pertained to her and the other, then what was going to be the strange word for the third?
As her head was nuzzled, she let out a little surprised whinny. But soon a smile came to her lips as she lifted her nose upwards to look up at the large orange and and white daddy person. Her tail moving back and forth at a quickened pace.
Then out of no where, the smack from the one the mommy and daddy called Sangra came. Even for a small tail, it sure did leave a small stinging feeling. Pukka hadn't made a sound, but her bottom lip poked out and wiggled vigorously. "Ouchie..."
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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 3:05 pm
Well that was a sight to see, and Kuval jumped when he felt his daughter hide under him. He then bent over to smile at her, before looking at the loud-mouthed one. "Goodness, she is something already, isn't she? She needs a name that demands attention.." Kuval remembered a name from his childhood, and it was one of the only individuals that he liked. She was a wild thing, and the name felt fitting for the purple gal. It was bold and yet pretty, and he chuckled before speaking.
"Zulu. I think that would give you plenty of attention, little one." He grinned at Pakpao, and wondered if she was satisfied with his decision. "Sangra, Zulu, and Pukka? Those sound pretty good to me, and we didn't even have to argue this time!" With his usual wink, he chuckled at Pakpao and knew that she would enjoy that piece of reassurance.
Zulu? She looked up at her father, and blinked a few times, before looking at her sisters. They were a pretty awesome family it seemed, and her parents looked tough in their own way. Her mother, seeming a bit tougher then her dad, though.
Zulu walked over behind her mother since she was interested in this figure she did not know, and noticed her mother's tail moving on its own. How did she DO that?! She moved herself to chase after it, before suddenly feeling it smack her on the face!
She made a 'mocking' growl, and continued to keep herself busy while forgetting her sisters were still around her. Her face kinda hurt.. were those tails really that powerful? Now she felt bad for her sister!
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:32 pm
"Yes, it would seem for once we can actually agree on something," Pakpao laughed, nodding in confirmation. "Zulu... it suits her. Well, little Zulu, are you quite content now that your father has named you?"
She watched as her middle child began wandering towards her, intent on investigating the swaying tail that had touched her earlier. Before she knew it, Zulu had run into the path of it and gotten herself a good smack on her tiny face. Her red tipped tail immediately froze and she held her breath, but quickly exhaled and began moving once again when she realized the foal had not been harmed in the accident. Instead, the feisty little one continued watching it, and Pakpao began moving her tail back and forth to benefit her fascination.
Sangra squeaked happily as she nuzzled against her father's front leg. Pukka, the other foal, hadn't seemed too upset with the minor accident, so the spotted foal once again concentrated on studying her other family members. They all looked so different, but the colors were fascinating to look at. Both her sisters and her Mama shared beautiful purple and blue, while Papa and her shared oranges and white.
"Papa," she murmured, snuggling against his leg once more before moving out from underneath him and checking out the others. There, so she had tried talking. Now on to bigger and better things to learn about!
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:05 pm
Once the stinging had faded, Pukka sucked in her bottom lip. Giving a glance to each of her parents then to each of her sisters. Now what was going to happen? They had all left their shells, so what was next?
The filly's eyes darted to the side as a little crab that was scuttling nearby caught her attention. What was that?! It was so...weird! She got a bit closer to it, leaning her nose down to get a better look at this thing. It had huge claws compared to its several other legs that propelled it along. All her attention was now focused on this thing as she followed it around. Stopping when it stopped and moving when it moved. Her fin tail moving back and forth in a curious fashion as she wrinkled her nose, moving in to get a better look.
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:00 pm
Kuval felt his heart melt as Sangra got his attention, and he continued to gleam while watching the other children. He felt a wave of happiness while just looking at his family, and he turned to Pakpao after a comfortable sigh.
"Our children are perfect.. maybe TOO perfect."
Although there was humor in his words, he meant every word he said. He pushed Sangra's little body out from under him, and hoped she would go connect with her sisters. "These are your sisters you know, I am sure the three of you will be close." Sticking together was something that was important to Kuval, and he moved himself next to Paku as he carefully watched the three little ones.
Zulu had spotted what Pukka had also seen, and she left her mothers tail to go look at the strange moving figure. "What is that!" she exclaimed to her sister, and she looked over to where Sangra was standing to see if she knew what it was as well. Pukka had found something weird!
Something about the creature seemed scary, and Zulu kept herself away from it since its claws looked kinda sharp. "Maybe we should just leave it alone?" But in her mind.. that meant that it would be boring then! She tried to approach it, but then stepped back onto her back legs. It wasn't like her to be hesitant, but something in her mind told her to be this time.
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:28 pm
Pakpao's eyes widened as she noticed what the two fillies had spotted, but kept her mouth closed. Zulu had gotten the right idea to keep a good distance away from the crab, but she wondered how the others would react. Their scaled bodies were far too hard already for the crab's claws to do any real damage to them, but of course she would intervene when she saw appropriate, like any good mother.
She smiled at the stallion's words, but kept her eyes fixed on what the foals were doing. Already, she was finding herself overly cautious, but she restrained herself from showing it by words or action.
Sangra's head tilted curiously as she noticed her two sisters eyeing a critter that had started making its way across the cavern floor. It looked flattened, but the large things attached to the flattened part certainly didn't look too friendly. Curious and excited by the attention her siblings were giving it, the older foal made her way towards the crab and pressed against her sisters' colorful body, in attempts to get a better look at it.
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:04 pm
Glancing at Zulu for a moment she went to speak but then closed her mouth for a moment as it tried to scuttle away. She bounced in front of it, trying to cut off it's path of escape. "Don't know. But it's weird!"
Nudging it with her nose, she let out a squeak as it snapped one of it's claws at her. Barely missing the tip of her muzzle. Her eyes had gone wide as she looked at her sister's for a second. "It...it tried to bite me. IT'S A MONSTER!" Letting out a little squeal, she zipped her way back over to her parents. Scrambling underneath her mother's belly before peeking out from between her legs.
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:51 pm
Zulu was PISSED. That thing had tried to hurt her sister! She lowered her brow and glared at the thing, and decided to stomp forward towards it. "No one hurts my sister like that!" she then said, with an angry frown. She was right up next to it, and she lifted her front leg, as if to initiate that she was going to stomp on it.
Just then, her father yelled, "Zulu, no no no!" he scrambled up next to her, and pushed her back from the thing. "It was just protecting itself you know, it has a right. How would you feel if something started poking at you?" With a sigh, he shook his head and led his daughter back towards where the others were standing.
Zulu had a temper alright.. and she must have gotten her violence from Pakpao! That alone made Kuval chuckle to himself humorously.
With droopy ears, she walked back next to her sisters and avoided her fathers eyes. She was just trying to stick up for Pukka, just as her father had said. But, she obviously had a lot to learn at the same time.
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