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 Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 4:59 pm
That was when she looked up and blinked. She was gorgeous? Abby blinked once more and then blushed, shaking her head. "I ah...uhm..." She stopped though, blinking. Standing next to Merit... did Merit think she was not pretty. Abby blinked, suddenly touching the vixens paws and moving closer. "You are pretty!" She exclaimed, nodding violently. She nearly clicked herself by a branch above her, but stopped just in time.
"It was hard, but it was all I knew. It doesn't seem that hard to me, but to others probably." With this she nodded, pawing at the ground softly. Merit barely knew her and had complimented her! She was... gorgeous to Merit? This made her tail waggle like crazy, grin wide.
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:09 pm
Merit chuckled and patted Abby's paw back. "Well that's real kind of ya t' say, darlin'. I never put a ton of stock in my looks, but it's nice t' hear someone give ya a compliment every once in awhile." She chuckled, and winked at Abby. "Ain't nothin' like a good compliment that can make a girl's day."
Merit tossed her head to get stray locks of her hair out of her eyes, then looked back to Abby. "So where abouts are ya stayin'? Or was ya just driftin' through?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 10:10 pm
Abby smirked when Merit seemed to be happy, tail wagging. The gram fox nodded when she mentioned compliments making others happy, having just been happy like a fool. She licked her lips absently as she thought of the answer she wanted to give Merit, finally settling on one. "I drift because I don't have a home." Abby said, nodding firmly. "I want to settle down, but, it's hard to find a place to stay when you never stayed somewhere before. I don't know what to look for or what I need." She said, looking at Merit and sniffing the air.
"You belong to a tribe. I can smell it on you. What is your tribe like?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 10:42 pm
Merit thought about that question for a moment. "Well the most basic version I can think t' give is that we try t' embody the seven virtures. Our sister tribe is one that embodies the seven sins, though we don't mingle all too often." She tapped her tail lightly against the ground. "We're a very peaceful group, we don't like fightin'. We aren't ashamed of nothin' we do. Once a week we admit any sins we got in a special place, either alone or to th' Elder if ya want him there, an' we try and better ourselves."
She glanced at Abby, frowning as she struggled to explain. "We ain't fanatical or thinkin' we're trying to be perfect, and we don't judge others if they got things they ain't proud of in their past. We're just a big ol' family aimin' f'r peace."
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:07 pm
She tilted her head, smiling at the vixen. "Peace, hm?" It seemed like a nice tribe, recoiling slightly when she mentioned a tribe following sins. Not her thing at all. She looked over to the side, nodding. "Anyone is accepted?" Even plain girls like her were accepted? She had always wanted to join a tribe, but she didn't know if she wanted to settle down their. Why? Because Abby didn't want to burden people, and if they thought she was a burden.... oh lord...
"It sounds nice!" She purred, smiling at Merit once more. "I know of another tribe based on peace. I didn't join though because everyone there was so gorgeous and I... I'm not good at healing."
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 1:29 pm
Merit threw back her head to laugh a little, then lightly bumped Abby's muzzle. "Oh darlin'! If ya get turned off by tribes when th' members are gorgeous, ya best not be seein' our elder. Now there's a man that could put most to feelin' as plain as c'n be." She chuckled a bit more, grinning and shaking her head.
"I often tease him about it, all them female hearts he's breakin'. I tend to swing the other direction though, so he knows I'm teasin' and not tryin' to flirt with him." She said all this in her usual cheerful drawl, but at the same time watched Abby closely for her reaction. Not many foxes cared what one's gender preferences were these days, but there were still a few extremeists out there...
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 4:02 pm
Abby smiled, not minding who she liked or dated. "I don't really have that issue with males." She said, shaking her head. "I'm not jealous per say, but I just.... I like seeing beautiful foxes. But sometimes I feel bad. Maybe once in awhile I do get jealous. But not with males. I can't be male, so why feel that way? I'd never be a male. No, it's females. I am female, yet I'm not as pretty as them." She was noticing that she talked about genders as if they were species, shaking her head.
"Girls, I mean girls." She said, shaking her head when she looked away. She smiled at Merit for a second, poking her nail at the ground. "Though, I wonder if pretty people feel the same way, too." She looked at Merit, not trying to force a compliment at her at all, so if she took it that way it wasn't forced.
"Do you feel that way? I don't know any other pretty people to ask."
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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 6:42 pm
Merit hummed lightly under her breath as she thought. "Well now, hun, I think we see beauty in different ways. That'll affect how anyone answers ya. I think ya've got quite a lot goin' for ya, and it ain't just all looks. Ain't nothin' wrong with admirin' pretty things, but I ain't ever put such a stock in looks that I thought to feel jealous of 'em."
She shook her head, laughing a bit. "I guess I ain't ever compared myself t' others all too often, is why. I'm sure some would find me dull compared ta the other females in the tribe, and certainly I ain't winnin' a majority of votes with all th' rest of our kind either. I honestly cain't say I ever really cared too much about it, though I've thought o' gettin' modifications. Ain't got any yet, but maybe when somethin' significant comes t' mind I'll do that."
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 4:36 pm
With a swift nod, she smiled at the vixen that was so good and sure with her words. How was she so... sure of herself? It was strange and refreshing to see someone so proud of who they were, and inspired her to do the same. Maybe she should try to raise her head just a little higher. Try to gulp back the lump of self-consciences in her throat. Abby needed to be like Merit, sure of herself!
That was easier said then done. Abby was always frantic about herself, it would take a life-time to just stop glaring at her own reflection. "Modifications? I never thought of getting my own....maybe I should."
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 3:47 am
Merit offered a smile to Abby, leaning against her lightly in a comforting way. "I'm sure ya could find somethin' really special with that eye ya got f'r beauty, darlin'. Me, I ain't very good at it. Way I figure, I wanna get somethin' that means somethin' special. It'd be like carvin' everythin' important that ever happened t' me in my life on my body. Even if," she added, chuckling, "some of it don't make any sense less I 'xplain it out."
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 5:43 pm
Abby blushed at the movement to her side, pawing at the ground with a paw. "Really?" Oh, she felt like a kit, and it showed with her slightly wagging of the tail and large eyes looking right at Merit as if she had never aged past being a tiny little furball. Biting her bottom lip, she smiled, comforted slightly by the vixens words.
"Oh! You were out here for a reason, right?" She asked, mood completely changed, eyes bright and body straight. "Were you about to do something? I can help, since I did take your time away!"
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:06 pm
Merit laughed and shook her head. "Ya took nothin' from me darlin', I was glad t' give ya some of my time." Merit looked upwards at the sky. Still afternoon, though definetly the day was making it's way towards early evening.
"Ya see in my tribe we get one day of the week t' do whatever little things we please. Personal stuff if ya will. I like goin' out f'r walks and exploring since I know I ain't particularly needed around th' tribe at th' moment."
Merit tilted her head a little. "If ya got nowhere in particular to go, you c'n give me some company while I walk back home. Ya don't gotta make the whole journey with me, but it'd be nice to have someone t' talk to t' make the time go by."
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:06 pm
"Walk you home? Alrighty." Abby seemed particularly pleased to be asked to come along with Merit. The feeling of being desired as company made her perk up, nodding to the vixen happily.
"When you return home, I have my own adventure to go on." She mewled, smiling at the vixen. At this point, would it be to earlier to tell Merit she would want to return? She loved the idea of having a friend, and Merit was.... a very good friend to have! Even if her accent had startled her at first~ Actually, she kind of liked it.
"I'm going to the city." She cooed, pleasure on her face. For the first time ever, she'd be going to the city!
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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 1:43 am
For a moment Merit had to struggle with her reaction. She had a very protective nature and as a result had a tendency to try to protect others from experiences that she herself would rather not have gone through. She had to tell herself that she'd just Abby, that Abby was an adult and could make her own choices, and just because Merit's experience in the city had been one of the worst in her life did not follow that it would be the same for Abby.
Only when she was reasonably sure of the control she had on her tongue did Merit speak. "Th' city, huh? Been there myself, never felt an inclination t' go back." She looked at Abby curiously. "Why ya aimin' ta go?" After all the reasons one had for things affected one's experiences. Maybe Abby's reasons would be different enough that she wouldn't go through what Merit had. Merit's own nurturing instincts had only made it worse on her as well, so that was another point in Abby's favor.
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Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:58 pm
She looked to the side, a smile widening. "Uhm, because I've never been before." She paused, looking at Merit, tail wagging. "I heard stories that all sorts of foxes gather in a city, that their are bright beautiful lights and beautiful art and beautiful foxes." She nodded, not having noticed the way Merit had become silent for a few seconds.
'I love beauty." She didn't talk about humans, or steel, or the way that foxes would gather into groups and harass other foxes because she didn't know these things. Oh, she knew about humans, but she didn't know their tendency to kidnap foxes or try and shove them in boxes and such. All she knew was that there was beauty in the city.
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