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 Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 4:36 pm
 It was late afternoon when Haven was looking for her lizard again. The coming of age ceremony had gone well, though the travel back to her and Meyra's end of the meadow had been less than fun. It was a long annoying trek to get home, and now she had to find her lizard. One day she would think of a name for the little green guy. She squeaked as she picked up her friend, her tail wagging away excitedly, "Hey buddy! I missed you!" The lizard seemed to sigh, but didn't argue about crawling up onto Haven's head, curling up to sit there while the Mare went to investigate and grab something to eat from the nearby orchard.
She hummed a tune, enjoying singing as much as her mother did, "So lizard, I got a new scarf, and ankle bracers. Though I'm a bit jealous because Meyra got a caplet and a spear." She continued chatting with her lizard friend as she started picking out bright red apples to have for dinner.
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 5:01 pm
 Niveus trotted along, his stomach growling noticeably. He supposed it -was- time for a snack. He hadn't seen another soquili in days and he was beginning to feel...lonely? No, that can't be it. Bored...yes, bored..He was simply bored because he had nobody to mess around with! Spying something bright red dotting the trees ahead, he grinned at the sight of his snack. As much as he instinctively wanted to eat meat, he was only half-kalona, and still enjoyed a good fruit now and then.
Fixated on the apples, he barely noticed a flash of white moving and humming just beyond him. Niveus immediately ducked behind a bush and grinned. Just what he hoped to find! Another soquili. Eyeing her white coat, curled locks, and dainty accessories, he couldn't help but assume she was one of those shy, demure types that spent hours cleaning their manes.
Looking around himself desperately, he found a nice mud-covered rock and picked it up in his mouth. He then flung it with all his might so that it would reach the mare and hit her straight on the rump.
"Yes!" he exclaimed, then realizing he might have blown his cover, immediately ducked behind the bush again, hoping he wasn't too big for his hiding spot.
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 5:58 pm
Rather suddenly there was a jolt in her step, a rather sound sploping noise and a thunk. Haven blinked at her lizard now being located on the front of her face then looked back to find a horrible smattering of mud on her fur, she looked down and found the rock that had implanted the large amount of mud on her rump and splattered into her hair, it was not however on her scarf which is what she was worried about.
Her ears flicked towards the voice, a rather rakish grin like her fathers appeared on her face, she leaned down, gracefully as her lizard scrambled back up into her mane, flicking out some mud as he went, picking up the rock, and snapping her head to throw it right back at him. The rock landed with a kersploosh in a puddle near him sending muddy water his way, she grinned, a bit of a cackling giggle coming from her as she trotted over her tail wagging wildly, "Gotcha back!" She beamed, mud on her rump and splattered in her hair
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 6:24 pm
Niveus peeked around the side of the bush, his head just above a puddle's surface to see how the mare reacted. His impish grin melted away when he saw the female launch a rock in his direction. Uh-oh! he thought, but he was too slow to get out of the way, the rock landing in the puddle beside him and showering him with muddy water.
Donning a grumpy expression, Niveus sat dripping with dirty water. It was hilarious to play jokes on others, but with the tables turned, Niveus felt sour. As the mare approached, he realised he must look like a soaking wet cat. But seeing the mud splattered on the mare caused a smile to crack on his face anyways.
"Yeah, well, males like me, we don't care if our coats get a little dirty. You've got mud all over your hair, maybe you should run off so mommy can clean it for y--is that a lizard?" he asked, clearly shocked that this prim looking mare owned a reptile.
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 7:17 pm
Her head tilted to one side as he spoke of running home to mom to get clean however his own interruption of his sentence made her cackle, "Yes I have a lizard, he's been my friend since the day I stepped out of my basket. " Her eyes glittered as she remembered the day she chased down the booger down. And every day after till he gave up running away from her.
"So what are you doing around here throwing rocks and all?" She couldn't help grinning at the idea that maybe he was a new playmate, "Do you like lizards?" Her brain was a little scattered as she spoke since her lizard was busily getting rid of the mud in her hair.
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 8:17 pm
This lizard. This lizard has been her friend since filly-hood. "Shouldn't mares like you be more interested in...I don't know, fluffy cats, pretty birds?" he rambled, trying to make sense of the situation. She didn't look like a lizard-lover -at all- .
His eyes still panning between the mare and the lizard, who was beginning to clean her mane, he felt his jaw begin to gape before answering her question. "Well..uh..I was..playing a tri--Were you not bothered -at all- by the fact that I got mud on you?" he inquired. If it bothered him when he was tricked, it bothered him even more when his victims were unaffected by his tricks. And even more so when the soquili he meets are nothing like they look. Perhaps he has a bad habit of judging them by their covers. But there's no point in fixing that. This mare should be shy! "You should be worried that there's mud on her pretty white coat!" he said, accidentally thinking aloud. Immediately trying to cover up the fact he thought her coat was pretty he blurted out, "I MEAN I LOVE LIZARDS! They're all...scaly and some do that..thing..with their eyes..and col--I'm just going to shut up now." he decided, slumping his neck a little bit. He was supposed to be making a fool out of -her- . And his plan was backfiring miserably.
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:03 pm
Haven smiled, very becoming on her pretty white face, "Birds are nice, and so are cats, but I have always been partial to lizards because of my great grandfather and his stories about dragons, and then my Aunt Tian and her stories of playing as a dragon, and I decided that this little lizard is my dragon." It was a kind of little kiddish thing, but it was who she was, nothing more than that.
At his next question she giggled, "Why would I be bothered by mud? Sure it mats fur and what not, but I'm not going to melt from being muddy." Her lizard finished what he could then sat up on top of her head giving him a quirked eye ridge at his comment about Haven's "pretty" white coat, he then snorted at his cover up, while Haven just grinned, "I like my coat, but I like rough housing too, and you can't do that and stay all pretty, Besides I'm a lady warrior I'm much tougher than I look."
At his loud proclamation of loving lizards, she hopped and bounced on her hooves, her tail wagging excitedly, "I love them too! They're the most awesome friends!" She looked a little sheepish, "Once they give up running away since you're bigger than them that is." She flushed a bit embarrassed, but that soon drifted off, "You don't have to shut up, it's fun talking with you. I'm sure my sister and brother would find you interesting too."
Suddenly on her impulse she blurted out, "What are those?" Of course she was talking about the headphones around his neck, but she'd never seen something like that so she was very curious, "I wonder if Caddie could make something like them..." Suddenly she pouted, "Better not give him another project he still hasn't built the wings he promised." Haven was the type who simply babbled everything inside her little head, and being around someone new was no exception.
All of a sudden she remembered that she hadn't even introduced herself, her tail went stiff and she gave an oddly demure whimper, "Oh jeez...Mom would boot my rump if she knew I was being this rude." Standing up properly, "I'm Haven, and you are?" Spoken in the most sweet and cute tone with bright yellow eyes looking at him expectantly.
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:34 pm
Niveus raised a brow at the bit about her lizard being a dragon. That runt of a reptile was -not- a dragon..And yet the mare continued to baffle the half-kalona. A lady warrior. This mare. Was a warrior.
"You look more like the damsel in distress to me." he said, nipping at her pink shawl. He mentally cringed at how strange her siblings would be. Would they be complete opposites of their appearances as well? And since when was he going to be introduced to the family? Nothing was making sense.
At the inquiry of his accessories, he too wondered what they were. "I'm..not exactly sure. But you can't say they don't look awesome...wait. Wings? You trying to be a Wind or something?" he chuckled. Though mentally, he wondered if it was possible. Then he could find this brother of hers, and ask him to make -him- some wings too...
"My name is none of your...." He trailed off. He didn't want to be rude, not after seeing this mare was being polite in her own way. Being half-kalona was both a blessing and a curse. He was stuck with the antics of a kalona, but not even graced with the ability to fly. Sighing, he introduced himself. "I'm Niveus."
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:57 pm
She would have rebuked him for his damsel in distress comment however he nipped at her scarf. There was a severe temptation to head butt his face, but she waited on that impulse, for now, "My mother is more the damsel in distress, a flawless beauty that someone tried to eat at one point. So now she has a nasty scar." With a bit of a twisted grin, "I however take after my father, he trained all of his children to be very capable fighters in order to make mother worry less." There was a bit of an air around her that made the lizard give him a look of 'please don't push her buttons, it won't be pretty.'
At his next question which she was starting to take as ridiculing her, that slightly warped smiled became a bit meaner looking, "I want to fly. my sister and I had a game of running off of rock out croppings and landing in a large well grown bush. Because of my mother's friend we got the idea to have our inventor brother make us wings so we could at least glide rather than plummet into the bushes." She snorted, "He's got it backlogged because the math wasn't working out right."
It was a very good thing he hadn't finished that sentence, and decided to give his name instead of a biting comment about it being none of her business, her smile sweetened, "Well then Niveus, would you care to join me for food, or would you prefer to stay near your bush?" Her tone wasn't exactly as sweet as before, she was hungry, very hungry, and irritation made her hungrier.
"There's apples, obviously, but if you're looking for meat, there's a rabbits den about a dozen paces from the red apple tree." He looked like he had sharp teeth when he spoke, so Haven wasn't going to not offer up rabbits, since she'd heard from her grandmother that sharp toothed soquili liked meat.
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 12:03 am
"Eat?..." Niveus asked, a little wary of that tidbit of information. But then he was bombarded with another insight into the mare's life. Jumping off rocks...And they want their brother to make them wings...
"You do realize..you kind of need hollow bones to fly, right?" he said, not intending to sound mean, in fact his voice hinted at slight concern. He almost broke a leg once when he was young, trying to fly. But he lacked the hollow bones necessary and learned very quickly not to try that again..
At her invitation to eat together, his mind instinctively wanted to choose the bush. But for once, Niveus thought about what he was going to say before saying it. It would be nice to have friends, right?......right?
The half-kalona's ears perked up at the sound of "meat", involuntarily licking his chops at the idea. "Rabbits?" he said, sounding like a colt. Immediately, he practically pranced over to the tree and began to crawl in his hunt for a meaty snack. Moving closer, he slowly parted the leaves from a bush, and just beyond him a small hare sat on its haunches, grooming its face. Yes...it's facing away. Being careful not to rustle the bush too much, he inched closer, being still each time the rabbit perked up at a broken twig. When he was just a few feet away, he pounced on the hare, breaking its neck with his jaws immediately. Despite being a kalona, he didn't relish in killing things, it was simply an amusing sport. Holding the dead hare in his mouth, he sauntered back towards Haven, a genuine smile on his face.
"Want some?" he said, the words barely able to be understood with the rabbit in his mouth.
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 12:19 am
Haven's head had tilted to one side, at his question, "For true flight, I suppose, but I'm more so talking about gliding to a decent landing, especially since we can't rig anything to give the wings movement. So it would be like a leaf rather than the bird." The bit of information he gave her would soon enough be reported back to her brother, maybe that was why the math wasn't doing well.
She grinned when he pranced off to get a rabbit, making sure to go to the tree and then pull down some apples for herself, though she waited to pull down the apples till after she'd witnessed his kill. It was interesting how he snuck up on the rabbit and then snapped it's neck. The noise wasn't the worst she'd heard, so it didn't really faze her once he came trotting back. Her head tilted to the other side when he asked if she wanted some, at least she figured that was what he asked. Impulse took over, "If you don't mind sparing a leg." She'd been curious as to what meat tasted like, but hadn't actually had a chance to investigate, so this was a prime opportunity for her.
She picked up an apple and flopped down on the grass, interested in how he'd pull off a leg for her to try, if she didn't like it there was an apple nearby to get rid of the taste and he could have the rest of what she hadn't eaten, her lizard simply sat on her head, giving the mare an odd look, then shook it's head, completely washing its' 'hands' of the situation.
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 12:38 am
Niveus smiled again at the mare's answer. He treasured his kills, and when another accepts his offer of sharing said kill, it meant a lot to him. Even if she wasn't kalona, meat couldn't be -that- bad. Dropping the dead hare to the floor, he set one hoof firmly over its body and gripped a hind leg in his mouth, Swiftly, he jerked it sideways to dislocate it from the hip, then yanked it up to rip it off. Placing it gently next to the mare's apple, he sat down and began to devour the rabbit. His eyes kept glancing upwards, wanting to know if the mare would like the meat. He wouldn't hold it against her if she didn't, but if the self-proclaimed "lady warrior" did, he'd like for her to be his hunting partner. Lady warrior. The term still made him chuckle on the inside. With that dainty little shawl. "Shouldn't lady warriors have armor? What is -that- going to protect?" he said, his mouth full of rabbit, as he nodded towards her neck garment with an impish grin.
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 1:01 am
Haven watched in fascination as he yanked off the leg of the rabbit for her. It was interesting to hear the ripping of tendons and cracking of bone, not as unpleasant as most would have you believe. He laid it down next to her apple and she took a sniff. The odor was something she hadn't smelled before, but it wasn't stomach turning. Throwing aside any odd thoughts she bit into the leg and tasted fur, that wasn't terribly pleasant, so she put it down and frowned. Using her hooves and teeth she managed to peel back the fur and get to the actual meat of the leg. This seemed to have a different scent.
Taking the now skinned leg in her mouth she pulled the meat off the bone and chewed it. It was an odd flavor, blood is what she assumed she was tasting and the meat seemed to burst oddly against her tongue. She finished the bite and swallowed. Waiting a few moments she let it settle in her stomach, then finished off the rest of the leg. It wasn't something she'd eat terribly often on her own, but it wasn't bad. She cleaned the bone, and still hungry she at her apple as well. Having an apple after it seemed to make the taste better, "Not bad." The comment was more to herself than to him, she was making a note for future reference.
At his comment on her lack of armor she looked up at him, eyebrows snapping down in anger, "Protection comes in many forms. Some have higher power than others." She stood up, and stalked over to him leaning her head down, she head butted him, it wasn't as hard as she could hit, by any means but it would be enough to shock him and maybe give him a headache, "Do not say another word about my shawl." She turned around, her lizard hanging off her tail shook his head at Niveus, while she picked up another apple to eat.
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 1:15 am
Hm! Well she didn't seem too excited about the meat, but she finished the whole leg and it didn't look like she hated it. That was good, right? As she responded about the shawl, he began to say, "What, is it some kinda magical sha--" but was cut off by her head butt. "Ow!" he yelped, shaking his head as if to shake the sting off. It wasn't -that- painful, but he wasn't expecting it. He then stuck his tongue out at her when she turned her back on him.
"Why would you do that?" he asked. Mares were so touchy! He practically had to tiptoe around them without stepping on their hooves. "Why is it so important to you that I can't even harmlessly tease you about it?" he said, avoiding her eyes. It was just a shawl...a shawl that didn't seem to fit her personality...
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 1:31 am
She turned around and narrowed her eyes at him, "Why would I do that? To get you to shut up about it. You can make fun of my coloration, cover me in muck, I don't really give a damn. This shawl and the bracers on my front legs were given to me by my families. My coming of age ceremony, the bracers were fine. They suit me." She almost growled, "Then My Great grandmother on my father's side, and my Grandmother on my mother's side present me with this shawl. A union of my Great grandmother's affinity for floaty dancers apparel and the roses that my Grandmother has tended to for years now."
She almost snarled, "Did I get the spear and caplet? Nope, my dainty little sister got those, the hair piece went to my brother, I got the shawl, which of course suits me about as well as nothing, but I will not have someone insulting a gift that they took great pains to give me." She was pretty much yelling when she stopped and took a breath, then sighed and shook her head, "Well that was an explosion that could have waited."
Looking down she kicked the apple as hard as she could splatting it against the tree that it hit, "Misdirection of anger. Wonderful." She mumbled to herself, then looked back at Niveus, "You really didn't need to hear that, so I'll apologize for the rant, but not the headbutt. You were pushing a little too much." Her tone was flat, the lizard sitting on her rump looking as though he wanted to flee. Sure she was fluffy as kittens in a good mood, but the minute someone tripped the trigger on the angry switch, she was not the best mare to be around. And of course she had to take it out on someone who could probably eat her.
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