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 Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:42 am
 The stallion's black coat billowed in the wind as it danced through the clearing he had landed in. His eyes dark, Axel wasn't sure why he was here. The wind had just caught him while he was flying and forced him to land. Was there some greater purpose behind the wind? He gazed around, scrutinizing every aspect of the clearing. There was nothing special about it, nothing to hold his very short attention span.
Staring at the ground, Axel looked at the snow and wondered why snow even existed. Did it serve no greater purpose then to add a change to the weather? Was it like him where it did not have a purpose at all? He needed to stop thinking in general. Thinking only made things worse and made him sink into the deeper pits of the hell he created for himself.
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:57 am
 Her wings tried keeping her aloft as winds tossed her to and fro. Her long mane and tail whipped about her, her bangs crossing over her eyes making it almost impossible for her to see at one point or another. She could almost curse her family for having such long hair, but she could think of herself without it.
"Alright, alright!" She shouted to the winds as she was driven toward the earth. "Alright." She muttered this time more quietly.
Heading ground ward, she clipped the tops of a couple trees before coming to an unsteady and more ungraceful landing within the snow covered ground. Her wings having just barely folded before impacting the ground. Wica laid there for a few moments, her ears twitching, listening. She could hear something, in the distance, but she couldn't make it out, she dared not move from her crash site. She could only hope that she hadn't attracted too much attention...
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:07 am
Axel couldn't help but sigh as he gazed at the ground. He made move to leave the clearing and look for something to keep him occupied until he heard a voice from up above. He noticed that she also seemed to be having issues with the wind and Axel's eyes were locked on her as she landed. Maybe today wasn't so bad afterall... unless she turned out to be a total bore then yes, today was that bad.
The stallion continued to watch her from underneath the tree he had stopped under. The shadows only seemed to accentuate his piercing emerald eyes and his fiery red hair. What an odd combination. He wondered if he appeared intimidating from afar. Watching her in silence, Axel waited to see if she would approach him or not. Either way, he was going to talk to this mare. His attention span couldn't help but need to be occupied at the moment. Plus, this was just a temporary distraction from all of his dark thoughts and that was just fine with him.
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:25 am
The minutes seemed to drag as she laid there awaiting for something to happen, nothing did. Stretching her legs out gently she rolled onto her stomach and soon pulled herself up again. Her wings shuffling themselves at her sides, she looked around. The place seemed deserted, besides one thing. Something or someone stood in the shadows watching her...
"Hello?" she called stepping toward where she felt the presence,
Turning around she caught sight of something standing under a tree, their eyes was the first thing she noticed. Stretching her wings she didn't know of what they belonged to. It could have been most anything to her mind, but she hoped it was friendly. If it wasn't she wasn't sure if she could fly, not with the horrid winds that made her fall in the first place. Stepping carefully though the snow, she made her way toward the eyes in the shadows...
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:43 am
Why would she come closer to the presence that obviously was hiding and that might be a threat to her? How strange. Axel looked her over wondering what she was thinking. "What if I was a threat to you? Would you still be saying hello?" Raising a brow, Axel stepped out from the shadow and exposed him to her. It wasn't like he was planning to hurt her or anything but he wanted to see what her reaction was. His curiosity had been sparked already; maybe this wasn't such a boring day.
Axel really didn't have any friends, those were hard to come by. He was also very picky so that didn't help much. So far, he hadn't let anybody into his own little bubble and at the rate he was going, nobody actually wanted to be let in anyway. Everybody was too busy with their own lives to care about his.
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:56 am
With a question answering her own, Wica just about jumped in surprise of someone even answering her in the first place. Backing away a pace or two, she turned to the side a little watched the stallion that stepped from his hiding place and out into sight. He was a strange one, stranger then even Yiska and Kiefer put together. Tilting her head to one side she sought to answer his question.
"That would have to depend, but I was always taught to be kind to others. Is that what we all are taught first by our parents?" She paused tilting her head toward him. "Besides, if you had been a threat I would still have said something, my parents often say I'm too kind for my own good."
With a sigh, Wica hung her head just a bit at the thought. Then again she shivered at the thought of trying to befriend a bear, one that wasn't like the one who she grew up around. Shakig her head once more, her attentions turned back toward the strange clad stallion whom perched her curiosity.
"Also, my name's Wicapi Wakan, though everyone calls me Wica for short, if one choses not to speak the full name." She nodded. Trying not to get too caught up in the foalish acts of wanting to get a closer look at that fabric that laid over his back.
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:06 am
Axel was used to getting stared at. He didn't quite fit in the norm, maybe if he didn't have his cloak, but he would never take that off... That just wasn't him then and he knew that if anything, he needed to stay true to himself. Treat others with kindness... He seemed to remember that statement from a previous lifetime. "Parents? I don't have any parents, I wouldn't know or care." The stallion shrugged nonchalantly because having family would just complicate things in his already complicated life. That was the last thing he wanted. She still would have said something?
"So even if I was dripping in blood, hovering over my prey, you would still say hi?" That was just absurd, what was she thinking? He stared at her, scrutinizing her expression. She was serious... Axel was good at reading other people and predicting their actions. That was a result of years of studying soquili nature. But right now, he was so confused by this mare. He would have never predicted her to do anything like that.
"I go by Axel." His eyes seemed distant as he gazed at the ground. Never before had he been stumped like this.
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:17 am
"A pleasure." She nodded, though stopped and blinked, he certainly was acting a bit... Strange.
She pondered on his watching her, her tail twitching behind her as she did so. For one thing she hadn't ever heard of someone who didn't have parents. Nor would he care if he had parents to begin with. Head tilting to one side, he was certainly boosting her want to know everything about him. Her ears twitched as things changed to being if he dripped in blood and hovered over her like a predator, well of course she would still have been nice. It wasn't in her nature to me cruel or mean, nor would her parents think too kindly of her if she were mean.
"Of course I would, who wouldn't?" she asked blinking a couple times. "Even if one were evil, cruel or just plain mean, it's always nice to at least greet one as kindly as one can." Wica nodded, though the winds whipped through the clearing again making her shiver, her wings fluffing out in an attempt to warm her back again.
It could stop blowing, its cold enough already she cursed at the wind, though never speaking out loud.
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:25 am
Axel nodded absentmindedly as he pawed at the snow. This was definitely an interesting development. Watching her carefully, Axel was choosing his words very carefully now. He muttered softly but it was still audible to the mare, "A lot of people would. It's stuff like that, that will get you killed." Sighing, Axel was definitely confused. He knew that any sane soquili would just run away if he was dripping in blood. He wasn't sane so he didn't count in that generalization.
"Don't you care about your life at all?" Axel returned his icy gaze back to her. It's not that he cared about her existence but he had learned that most just wanted to take care of themselves and make sure that they lived to eat another day. He had never met another soquili like Wica and this was starting to bother him... Axel thought he basically understood most of the personalities around here but now was he being proved wrong? He didn't like being wrong...
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:36 am
She was taken aback by the question about her not caring about her own life, but it was the statement before that, the nearly sent her off kilter. Well of course she cared about her own life and wanted to rise and see the sun again day after day... She was clearly puzzled over Axel's reaction to her answers, that and his icy gaze made her shiver, though she supposed it was just the winter winds that caused it.
"Of course I care about my life, but what life is worth living if one happens to just be running..." Shuffling her hooves a little she let her head hang just a little. "Life is much like a flower, theres no telling how long it will last and it's worth taking every risk if it makes her feel like you are accomplishing at least something."
Now that even caused herself confusion, basing life on a flower. They didn't do much, but grow and wither if not being eaten first by something. Wica guessed it was just the first thing that popped into her head while glancing about all the white. The white snow that would bring forth many flowers when the suns decided to warm the earth once again.
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:08 pm
He didn't understand. Axel shook his head, obviously upset about something in his thoughts. Actually, he didn't even know if he wanted to understand what she was talking about. He never felt these feelings and never wanted to... He wanted to stay alone... in his own bubble, maybe no forever, but for a damned long time.
"I don't get you..." The stallion shook his head again wondering why he was so bothered by her words. "But if you die, then there is no life to live. Shouldn't there be some medium?" Raising a brow, Axel continued to watch her with wary eyes. "Flowers, who cares about them..." He muttered very softly; this was very... troublesome. He very much wanted to turn around and leave her because he didn't want to feel puzzled like he was right now. Axel was a very odd soquili. He could feel emotions but he didn't listen to his emotions. Rather instead, he listened to other people's emotions even if he didn't always understand what they were talking about. It was all so... masochistic of him.
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:23 pm
"I've heard death is just another part of living, another adventure to behold when the time on earth has come to an end as must go to a new place." She shrugged pacing again as the snow about her hooves was making it very hard for her to remain in one place, she could only hope it wouldn't last much longer.
Wica had moved somewhat closer toward Axel, not really wanting to invade his personal space, but the snow seemed lesser near the trees and the winds weaker. Keeping her wings close to her sides she pulled herself nearly beside him, though more or less behind him and closer to the trees. Her own mind wheeling over the thoughts about this stallion, wondering why he looked at her so oddly. Was there something about her he didn't like? Did she look different then everyone, well of course she knew that, not everyone was the same... But why? Was it how she acted? Unafraid? Even if inside she was like a fluttering bird trapped in a cage with a hungry cat watching on the outside.
"I'm sorry if I 'upset' you in any way." She apologized for what she didn't know. "It's not everyday I get asked many questions about life and stuff like that." Her head hung just a bit as her golden eyes watched him, her ears laying back in a sort of submissive fashion.
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:50 pm
"I guess but it doesn't mean purposely ending your life when you know you can get away from the threat." Axel spoke rather harshly at this point because he really didn't want to talk about this anymore. At least she had a life, he only had an existence. There was no life for him. Pausing, Axel gazed back down at the snow covered ground. He was so engrossed in his thoughts, he didn't even notice her getting closer to him. Not only that but he was oblivious to the angry winds.
Axel gave a tired sigh. "You didn't upset me. I don't get upset. But it's not like you meet anybody like me everyday either." The stallion returned his gaze to her and noticed her body language. He couldn't help but stare because he didn't understand! Why was this mare so different then the other soquili he had met? There was no rhyme or reason to it. He had been around here for quite a long time and there was no soquili he had met that he really couldn't figure out.
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 1:09 pm
That question made her flinch, mentally and physically. just about to the point where she sat on the ground. The harshness of his voice made it clear that she was already treading on dangerous grounds, she would hope to change the subject. Soon. But that feeling of his unease made her shiver worse then the winds itself she knew she was imperfect, but not this imperfect.
"If there were a way to get away from said threat then yes, I would flee. But I have a bad habit of trying to make friends with everyone on two legs or four." She admitted letting her body place itself on the ground as it seemed her legs could no longer support her.
She nodded when he spoke of not upsetting him, it felt like she had a few moments ago. She shook that off like a feather that had no place in her wing. Though her mind still pondered over what she would do if she encountered a threat, what thread was there to encounter? She had faced a mutant when she was a foal and survived, it was told to her that they were the most fearsome creatures to come across, but she felt other wise.
Looking up she noticed that he was staring at her again, tilting her head off to one side, she still wondered why he was looking at her in such a way. She had to ask, even if it was a rude question...
"Why do you look at me as if I'm not what I am?" she spoke, hoping to have placed the right words instead f ones that could get her hurt or worse, killed.
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 1:28 pm
He wondered what kind of affect he was having on her. He couldn't tell, his perception of the minds of others was lost... for now. Axel was obviously troubled by this development and needed some time to regain his mental capacity. It felt like he was vulnerable and weak. That was something he never wanted to feel again. Inside his heart, he was fighting some unknown force only known to him.
"Bad habit." Axel said rather loudly and spat off to the side of him. During this time, he had had looked down again. Why was he having such an emotional reaction to her? This was very strange of him to have any emotional feelings at all. He didn't like it. Change was what he dreaded most especially within himself because he could do nothing to stop it.
"I look at you like that because you disgust me. To be friendly even though you might die. It's all so silly because at least you have an existence." He bitterly added the last sentence and snarled softly. He obviously had deeper issues.
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