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Tyyne couldn't play in the park like most of the other children. She had too many legs and an awkwardly shaped body. No swings, no jungle gyms, the see-saw was...really hard to do...the slides? Heh. No way. First she had to get up there and then getting down the slide? No way. That was a bad idea. She wasn't quite sure why she went to this part of the park when she knew all this already, maybe it was some kind of child magnet. Must have been. Yup.

Or it could have been because there were lots of trees around here to sit under and lots of grass to grow flowers in. Today she was stepping around a large tree near the swings, leaving a trail of blooming buttercups in her wake. Occasionally she'd glance back behind her to see what she'd done, giggling and giving a happy flick of her tail and ears. They were so pretty! She tried prancing, watching as a cluster of buttercups grew every time she landed so she was leaving patches of them. Haha! This was way more fun than playing in the playground!

Suddenly something bright and colorful caught her eye and she blinked. A rainbow? Was Evari here to pick her up? She'd walked here with her earlier but left, saying something about an errand but that she wouldn't be gone too long. The way she had been grinning though and waved before walking away singing had Tyyne confused though. What kind of errand was someone so excited for? Huh...oh well. But she was back now!

...Or...not? Tyyne frowned and tilted her head, watching the girl with rainbow hair swing back and forth, higher and higher. Rainbow hair? But...she'd only ever seen one girl with rainbow hair...and she'd been in a dream. People in dreams didn't really exist...did they...? Shock was written all over her face as she just stared, eyes wide and jaw dropped. "E-Enyo?" She called out shyly, almost cautiously. If that wasn't Enyo then boy was she going to be making a fool of herself! Heh.

Gah! Wh-what was the girl doing?! Tyyne gasped and stumbled back a few steps, the blades of grass she was stepping on growing taller around her hooves in her panic. She squeaked in surprise and froze stiff as she was suddenly hugged tighter than she'd ever been hugged before, her eyes wide. It wasn't that she was scared of Enyo, this girl from her dream had been so nice to her, it was her actions that frightened her. She tried to hug back, relaxing after a moment of panic. Eh heh. It was just Enyo. It must have been if the other girl was responding to that name and so excited to see her.

And then came the onslaught of questions. Tyyne tried her best to listen to every question, opening her mouth a few times and trying to interject when she could. "I'm not a--it's gre--it should be--no, I didn--I've been--well I--you di--I..." She might as well just give up and let her finish. A the final question about the buttercups Tyyne looked behind her and smiled, nodding and reaching down to touch the ground with a single finger. As she lifted her hand again a pretty pink tulip followed it as it grew and bloomed as if it had been there the whole time.

"I grew the buttercups too with my feet. I can make all kinds of pretty flowers and plants!" Oh, did this mean she could finally answer Enyo's questions? Good! Not that she was upset, just very...very taken aback by the girl's energy. It was a lot different from before. "You look very nice, Enyo! It's so nice to see you again, all this time I thought I made you up!" Though if she made up someone as nice as Enyo why would she make up a garden so mean and cruel? She had considered that many times. "I've been fine, I've met lots of nice people! A...and some not so nice ones...how've you been?" She'd grown, obviously! But what had she been up to otherwise? For the moment she forgot her protests about being called Princess.

Oh? Enyo had a sister too? And...she was the big sister? Wow! She was a lot nicer than her own sister, who was quite begrudging about her affections as if she didn't want anyone to see her being soft. "She talks to plants? That's neat! I talk to my garden that I'm growing." But she was talking to it, not with it. Not like flowers talked back to her. That'd certainly be interesting! But she just wanted to grow her gardens and flowers and see people happy and able to appreciate their beauty. She hadn't let Evari see her garden just yet, she needed to finish it first.

Enyo jumping startled Tyyne, jumping back a little and sprouting a few lilies around where her feet landed. Mean to her? Well...y-yes...erf, there was that name again. Tyyne blushed, unused to being protected by anyone but Evari that one time at the beach despite Enyo's protection over her in that strange dream garden, nervously playing with a bit of her hair. "U-um, I'm...not a princess..." She said shyly, embarrassed that she now had to tell another person this fact. Was it not obvious she wasn't a princess? "It's just...a-a boy. He keeps trying to kidnap me or something, he's jumped on me twice now and he scares me a-and he tried to make me kiss him." Though he had been nice and only kissed her forehead. Still, he thought he was getting another chance to kiss her! How wrong he was! Her ears perked up a little, her eyes widening with delight. "We're friends?" Really? Yay!

Never died? Wow! That was incredible! Tyyne's flowers did eventually die...they took a bit longer but they did do it. She wished they didn't. Maybe there was a secret to keeping flowers from dying? She'd have to ask this little sister, or at least see her make these lotus blossoms. What was a lotus? She'd never seen one of those yet! "I just have my big sister. Her name's Evari. She um...she makes fireworks?" Really loud and scary fireworks that crackled and popped and whistled and made loud booming noises if she tried hard enough. Tyyne would like them better if they were quiet. At Enyo's question about teaching her how to garden Tyyne smiled, nodding her head excitedly. She'd love to teach her! And then she could help her mom and dad with their garden! Though unless Enyo could grow flowers like she did it would probably be pretty different.

Enyo laughed at her correction and Tyyne's ears folded back, blinking and looking so very confused. She...knew she wasn't a princess? Then why did she--oh. Well, of course but...but Leviathan called her a princess. She didn't want everyone else to call her one either. "He calls me a princess." Tyyne admitted quietly, frowning a little as she poked her fingers together. It was a bad name. A bad, bad name. She didn't want anyone calling her something he called her, it made her think of him and she did not like it. Was that mean of her? Tyyne wasn't trying to be mean it would just be nice to not be reminded of that terrible boy who scared her so much. Luckily, Enyo's words cheered her again. So the were friends! "I'm so happy!" She chirped, cheering visibly as her ears perked and her smile returned. "You're really nice too!" So...what did friends normally do, anyway? She had played hide and seek with Vance...sort of...and then they had snacks and played with Mr. Bear together; Bug was confusing, she wasn't quite sure what to make of her, and then she never really got the time to really get to know poor Deimos...Ryuu and her had had snacks though! So the consistent factor here was snacks. Is that all friends did together was eat? But Tyyne wasn't hungry!

Tyyne frowned a little and rubbed at her chin, trying to think of this name. Victoria...Victoria...er...did Evari know Victoria? To be honest she didn't know anyone Evari knew except that really nice boy with the dark skin and the skull plating on his face who had brought her back that day she yelled at her to leave after only being around maybe ten seconds. Evari didn't tell Tyyne about her friends. What she didn't realize was because Evari didn't want Tyyne stealing her friends the way she felt she was stealing their mother. Oops! "Um...maybe...? She doesn't tell me about her friends...and yes. They're very colorful, but very loud." Very, very loud. Tyyne didn't like them.

Enyo suddenly getting mad caused Tyyne to gasp and skitter back when she stamped her foot, her hands pressed to her chest as she just stared at her friend. That didn't make any sense! Couldn't she just drop it and forget the name Princess even existed? Please? Pretty please? Leviathan wasn't controlling her! No way! That was just silly. The name just reminded her of him, and she'd rather not be reminded of him. Her ears drooped until Enyo seemed to cheer up again, one of them flicking a little. Too hyper and mean? She wasn't mean at all! Sure she was quite hyper but...oh...prank people? Tyyne blinked. "Well...sometimes pranks can be mean...? It depends on what you do, maybe. You are very energetic though!" She giggled, smiling again. That was fine! As long as she wasn't being mean or scary she could be as full of energy as she wanted to be! There was no harm in that. Though she would be lying if she said she wouldn't mind Enyo pranking her; she probably would.

Pranks that bring smiles? Tyyne blinked, tilting her head a bit. There were pranks that could make people smile? How did that work? She always thought a prank was a way to trick a person...and tricking a person was mean! But if Enyo really didn't do it out of malice then maybe it really was okay. Enyo didn't seem like she could be mean without trying really, really hard. She'd been so nice and she'd protected Tyyne in that mean awful courtyard garden! Thinking about the dream made her shudder.

At Enyo's compliment Tyyne blinked, blushing a little and smiling. She thought she was too cheerful? "Really? Thank you, Enyo~. That's very nice of you! So..what kinds of pranks do you do?" What made people smile?

Tyyne listened with perked ears as Enyo explained an example of her work, unaware of the shyness and nervousness she'd felt before then. A magical house that controlled the weather inside it? That sounded interesting! Was it a computer like Xai's? Or was it really just magic? She suddenly was very interested in knowing more about this house, but first she had to know what this prank was. She turned it to...snow? What was snow? Something cold, apparently. But as the story continued on Tyyne smiled, giggling a bit and nodding. "I see now. That's very nice of you, Enyo! But um...what's snow?" She'd never heard of it until now! Was it something nice? It must have been if it made Enyo's grandma happy!