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 Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 7:54 pm
 Grace smiled. "I think we are all harmony to the swamp's melody, just others are more in tune to it. Try singing and see how you like it. Don't worry nobody will answer unless you want them to"
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Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 11:41 pm
Laughing Shadows couldn't help but smile along with Water's Grace. The young doe found herself surprised how personable the other doe was, and wished that someday she might have that same wisdom and grace. Though she knew she might someday get there, since she was ever the curious Kimeti, she didn't really enjoy the someday part of the whole affair. Laughing Shadows much preferred things be much more immediate than that, a flaw she was very well aware of.
Although what Grace said tempted her to sing, she hung her head and felt embarrassed. How could she sing before someone she had only just met when she had never sang before? Yet the sounds of the Swamp almost seemed to call out for someone to sing with them, and the distant sounds of others who were also singing unnerved her. Would she be singing with them, for them or to them? No matter what answer she came out to, she was worried they would grow upset at her if she sang poorly. Or if she was off to the Swamp's melody.
But as Water's Grace watched her, she felt the temptation rise and rise in her throat until finally she hummed a few notes. It wasn't a happy song and her unwillingness to sing outright made it sound almost haunting and sorrowful. Once again Laughing Shadows' head dipped down out of embarrassment, though her brilliantly glowing eyes never lost track of Grace's face as she tried to gauge her reaction. Had she done poorly? Or should she try a few proper notes of song?
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Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 6:44 am
Grace's eyes widened in surprise as she smiled. "That was fantastic. You fit right in. Put a little more confidence in you and you could easily sing with us in the night." Nuzzling Shadows' cheek, she tried to reassure her that she was really sincere about what she said
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Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 7:45 am
The skin beneath Laughing Shadows' fur flushed pink as she bobbed her head in embarrassment at the surprise and praise in Waters' Grace's words. It was a response she hadn't expected and the cheek nuzzling only added to her shock and embarrassment. A few silent seconds passed before the young doe could even speak and her nerves showed in the prancing of her fore feet. "But...there were no words..."
It was a simple protest, surely, but a song to her was always one with words or a good beat. Her few bars of humming had been made up on the spot with no words and only the Swamp to accompany her. Surely she hadn't been that good. And she was extremely self-conscious to boot! With a small laugh she added, "I don't think I could ever be confident enough to sing in the night as you do...let alone good enough to do so...but thank you!"
Suddenly her gaze grew curious as she glanced at the other doe. Laughing Shadows' ears perked as she tilted her head and asked, "What do you usually sing about?"
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Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 7:01 pm
Grace smiled a smile that was trying it's hardest to be sincere, but there was a shade of eternal melancholy behind it. Why was Grace so melancholy on the inside anyhow? Sighing, she looked around her, as if some sort of inspiration was supposed to jump out at her and help her answer the question. After a moment of thought, she said, "My night lament is usually about searching for answers, as we all are. All the time. We're always searching..." she said, her eyes going blank as she stared off, seeing her past, not what was in front of her.
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Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 10:57 pm
It was a goofy grin Laughing Shadows gave the other doe when she saw Grace's smile. She wasn't really sure how best to return it and settled for one that looked like she was about to laugh. While Laughing Shadows loved meeting people one thing she always had difficulty with was when someone else felt melancholy or sorrow. It left her uncertain and feeling awkward, so when Grace sighed she tilted her head in curiosity but asked no questions. If Waters Grace didn't want to talk about it, she wouldn't push. They weren't friends yet, so she didn't really feel as if she had the place to do so anyway.
The mention of a lament, however, surprised the young doe and her head cocked to the other side in silent question. She bobbed her head in agreement that they were all looking for answers, as she knew she was looking for them in the shadows, but she hadn't even stopped to think that a doe who seemed as knowledgeable as Grace could still be looking for them. Or could still be bothered by them.
"Why...lament looking for answers? Isn't gaining of knowledge a good thing...?"
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Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 7:45 pm
Grace thought for a moment before speaking, as she always did. Heaving a sigh, she said, "Answers are good when you find them. I cannot find my own," she said, the sadness in her voice.
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Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 12:51 pm
Many thoughts flowed through Laughing Shadows' mind as she waited for Water's Grace to reply. She expected all kinds of things could cause someone to lament answers. Like death. That would be really sad and definitely worthy of a sorrowful or mournful song. The answer she receive, however, threw her off. The...lack of answers? What was it Grace was in search of that she could not find the answers?
Surprised, the young doe sat back on her haunches, her head tilted slightly and one eyebrow quirked while she blinked silently, trying to form a question that wouldn't come across as rude. Her tail swished across the ground as the seconds passed before she gathered her courage and finally asked, "What answers are you looking for that you can't find?"
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 6:50 pm
Grace thought for a moment, trying to compile an answer. "The answers that tell me of my past. Tell me who I am and why I am here. Why my every move and noise is so haunting to those around me and sometimes myself even."
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Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 12:55 pm
Laughing Shadows head tilted to the right as she listened to what Grace said to her. In a way, wasn't much of it what everyone was looking for? She thought back to her own experiences with searching the shadows for answers and nodded in a somber manner to the older doe. "I think...isn't that what everyone is looking for...?"
Her dark head dipped forward as she asked, not wanting to make a complete fool out of herself, but curious as to what the other doe thought about life in the swamp and past lives.
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