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 Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 10:55 am
 It was a rather nice day, in Fortune's opinion. Not that it was much different from any other day - she just thought it was nice. And of course, when Fortune thought something was nice it automatically made something nice.
At least to her.
The mare decided that the best thing in the world, for the moment, would be a nice splash in the lake. Nothing could be better than being in water on a nice day. And that was just how it was.
Now if she could only get up the courage to go into the lake, it'd be hunky dory. Perhaps she should have taken her fear of not being able to see her own feet if she wanted into account when she made her way to the lake in the first place. That was a logical fear, wasn't it?
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Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:05 am
 Rocky waded up past her knees in the lake. She wished to go deeper but really swimming was no fun alone. Only playing with the fishies was fun alone. And how she loved to play with those danged fish!
Her hooves sank into the muddy bottom gently as she waddled through the resistance. She headed for the sunnier side of the lake where the golden rays warmed the sandbar. Here was one of her favorite places to watch the dragonflies as they dances through the lake grasses.
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Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:08 am
Oh ho! Another soul who had agreed with her (nevermind meeting her) that the lake would be a good idea? Fortune perked up immediately from her sullen contemplation of going into the lake.
Well, if she could do it, why couldn't Fortune? The mare took a few tentative steps into the water and shuddered, trying so very hard not to look down and not see what she was used to seeing.
"Helloooo!" It wouldn't be so bad if someone else was talking to her and distracting her.
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Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:13 am
Rocky startled back into reality and remembered that she was meeting someone out here this afternoon. "Hell---ooooo!" She chimed sunnily. "Come on it. The water is so nice today!"
She watched as the black and green mare hesitated at the banks. "Can you swim?" She asked suddenly unsure by the way the other soquili moved back and forth so dramatically, as if it were life and death. How she remembered that could be like, remembering the time she had come down from the mountains for the first time.
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Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:16 am
Fortune looked a little skeptical, "I don't want the water to eat my feet!" she called, trying her best not to step out of the water and assure herself that they were, indeed, still there.
This new mare seemed perfectly fine in the water. Maybe she had water-monster repellant?
"Uh...I think so? Never tried!" So, basically, no. But she wouldn't say that.
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Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:26 am
Rocky was still a bit skeptical that this mare was okay with the water lapping at her heels. "You think? Don't think..." She began as she waded towards her. "Know."
Rocky scrunched up her face a bit as she watched the other mare shake, ever so slightly in place. Suddenly a lightbulb went off in her head and she bounced in place, sending a splash of water on her new companion. "Are you afraid of the fishies?"
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Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:28 am
"Fishies? Heavens no, fishies are fun. And small. But my feet disappear in the water!" A firm nod of her head as she watched the other mare come closer. It was the splash of water that actually caused Fortune to laugh.
"That's cold! Ah!" She wasn't exactly scared of the water. Just the disappearing body part act.
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Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:32 am
Rocky nudged the other mare to move her forward, deeper into the water. She looked down at their feet. Here, in the shallows she could still barely see their hooves resting gently in the sand. "They do?" She was so confussed it made her brain hurt. A minoe stared up at her, seemingly just as puzzled.
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Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:36 am
"Yep! Here, it's starting to dissolve!" Fortune looked down at her feet that could barely be seen in the water - "But out further, they disappear all together and you can't even STAND!"
Being pushed deeper into the water caused her to tense up, "Do you WANT my feet to disappear?" she asked worriedly, narrowing her eyes slightly at this new 'friend'.
...But she could still feel her feet. And they didn't FEEL like they were going to dissolve...
"Huh? Why aren't they dissolving?"
Maybe that one experiance as a foal was a fluke and she had been in some kind of acid water?
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Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:46 am
"Erm.... so they do." Rocky picked up her hoof and held it out of the water so the other could see. "In sight." Her head shook slightly as she tried to grasp the full of this concept.
"I have feet. Im standing here." She walked in a circle, water lapping her ankles as she did so. "The image of my feet are gone but my feet are here." She tried to break down the problem like one would do so to a foal. "The image dissolves. Not our feet." She walked counter clockwise and then held up her hoof again for the other to see. "See? Still here."
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Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:49 am
What a strange concept. Hmm. Fortune blinked a few times and lifted her hoof and carefully examined it - falling over from leaning too far and landing completely in the water with a splutter.
"Ack! Uh...Wow! I mean..."
Well, she had certainly missed a lot of fun THERE. To think, she could have been frolicking about in the water all this time?
"This is great!" now...if only she could get UP. With a little effort, Fortune managed to stand up right again with water dripping from her coat.
"I didn't dissolve!"
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Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:58 am
Rocky giggled. "Good for you." She backed up a bit giving the other room. "Im glad your still here. My name is Rocky and I come from the mountains." She tilted her head to the side, bangs covering her eyes.
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Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 12:00 pm
"I'm Fortune! And...I come from the clearing?" She tilted her head to the side, "But I tend to wander around a lot...Never been to the mountains, though. Is it nice?"
Her tail gave a little flick and sent water spraying over to Rocky - a little payback for the initial splash.
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Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 12:16 pm
Fun? She had never thought of the mountains as fun. Although she loved the way the little whispy grasses clung to the rocks and how the hawks would swoop so gracefully around the boulders, avoiding all the sharp crevices.
"A bit. The winds are bitter cold at times and the night are a bit dull after the sun sets." She ducked unsuccessfully as she was spashed in the face. Her bangs plastered to her snout. Blinking away the droplets she shook out her mane. "The sunsets are nice. And the Sunrises. Ever watch the sunrise?"
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Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 12:25 pm
Fortune giggled as water flew from her new friend's mane, "Sunrises? Yes, I've watched them."
In fact, the mare adored watching the sunrises - but really, did she need to say it? After all, who wouldn't like the sunrises?
"Perhaps you could take me to the mountains someday." Fortune didn't think she could go alone. She'd end up breaking an ankle or something.
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