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 Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 8:04 pm
Luckily, Mect wasn't one of those betas that got full of himself. He only puffed a little, more pleased that he had finally done everything as he had imagined it. "Well, it took a lot of practice, and I guess it helps that I've got pony in me."
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Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 8:08 pm
"I can see it took alot of practice, and it only took you how many times of getting stuck to figure it out? I don't think there's a regular beta out there who could to that." Seren swam up to pet his ears. "Sometimes I wish I were a pony too. My Aunt is one, but I'm just a plain beta, I don't even sparkle."
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Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 8:51 pm
It was a very horse-like snort that Mect gave then, not that Seren would recognize a horse if if walked up and bit her. "You, plain? You've got to find yourself a mirror, girl." He took one quick turn around her, just to reconfirm his original impression (after all, he wasn't in the habit of checking out frys), then nodded.
"With that intricate, eyecatching pattern of yours, you're going to make some lucky beta very happy one day."
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Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 8:57 pm
Seren blushes, embarrassed by being looked over and assessed. "Thank you, I think. I've still got a long time before I grow up. i just hope I can find someone as great as my daddy is to my momma."
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Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 9:05 pm
"Oh, I'm sure you will." Another grin, and a certain nod. "There's a lot of great betas out there." He settled down again, ears only twitching slightly, and tail flicking lazily. "Some not so great ones too, so you've got to be choosy, but hey! I'm sure you'll have them falling over you in no time."
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Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 9:09 pm
"Momma says that too, but I don't think so. My sister's are much prettier than me, you've seen Emme and Janae looks more like daddy. I don't look much like either of our parents." Seren knew she was sounding childish, but she didn't care because she WAS a child, and she didn't feel very pretty.
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Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 9:28 pm
Mect reached a fin out to pat her reassuringly. "That just means you look like you. Which is a good thing." His tail flicked at one of the spots on his side where the scales had rubbed off earlier. "When you hit adulthood, you just see how many guys are beating down your door to ask for your company. If it's not at least half a dozen, I'll..." He looked around for something to continue his statement with, and finally finished, "...Eat that piece of barnacley old driftwood."
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Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 9:35 pm
Seren giggles at the thought of Mect eating driftwood. "You're silly for a big beta." She swam around in a circle a little. "You know, Sitting here talking to you has made me forget the fact that I'm lost and don't know how to get home from here. I wasn't paying attention until shortly before I found you stuck in the rocks."
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 5:30 pm
"Oh, that one's easy. You live--" He turned to point the way, then stopped. "Huh." Looking around, Mect twitches his tail thoughtfully. "From here, I don't know. I can get you there from my place, though." With a flip of an ear, he turned back to Seren, then grinned. "If you think you can keep up, we can race, or I could always give you a fishy-back ride..."
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 9:38 pm
Seren's eyes opened wide at the idea of trying to swim and keep up with the larger beta. "I wanna ride, I wouldn't be able to keep up with you. I'm too little." She swims closer to the beta, waiting to be told where to sit.
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 9:54 pm
Noticing her hesitation, he laid his top fin flat against the top of his body, then wiggled his fins, motioning up there. "If you just nestle against that, and hold on as tight as you can, it should be all good."
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 10:00 pm
Seren swam up to the beta's top fin and laid down on his back, wrapping her fins in his big one and holding on tight. "I think I'm ready."
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 10:09 pm
He wiggled once, to make sure she was on securely, then whinnied. "I'll try not to go too quickly now..." With a powerful swipe of his tail, he was off, tearing through the water and causing foam and bubbles to trail in his wake.
Mect took the long way home, making sure to pass through the kelp fields and the coral outcroppings, startling and scaring small schools of tiny, colorful fish as he and Seren swam through them. When the opening to the cave system that he shared with the many other betas that had come to Mem, he swung hard to the left, skidding through the water and stopping within inches of the wall of the exterior.
"You still on up there?"
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 10:16 pm
Awed by the beauty of the tanks around her, Seren only took notice of the other beta's movements when he swung a hard left, nearly throwing her off. Holding on tight, she barely manages not to fall off. "I think so. That was pretty! Let's do it again sometime."
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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:15 am
"Oh, definitely!" Mect shook himself a bit, before setting off again, this time towards Seren's home, and at a much more sedate pace. "I'm going slow that way you can find your way back whenever you want." Luckily, with him being a fish and not an actual pony, there was none of that bouncing and jolting that comes when trotting, which was about the pace he was running now. "You're welcome to drop by and bug me for a ride, or just visit your brother and sister."
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