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 Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 3:04 pm
Niveus winced and felt like he physically shrunk as Haven yelled at him. He listened to every word she said, feeling a little...what was this, guilty? He was just poking fun at her, he didn't mean to actually push her this far...
Pawing at the ground, he didn't know how to react. Usually he got away with his teasing and left with a smile on his face, but the half-kalona frowned and stared at the floor, unwilling to look up in case he met a cold hard glare.
"I..." he started. Was it wise for him to speak now? "I'm sorry...." was all he could muster at first. He dared a glance, looking at the mare once more. "It does suit you in a way...You said you were a lady warrior, right? On the outside, with that shawl, you look very much like a lady. But on the inside you're also a warrior..." he spoke, hoping it would make her feel better. Or at least get him off the hook. For some reason he didn't want this mare to be so angry with him. He looked up once more, hoping for a positive response.
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 3:37 pm
Haven realized that she'd literally made him shrink back from her words, she would have to apologize for that, but then he spoke, and her warm smile appeared again, it was nice to be acknowledged by someone outside of her family, "Thank you. I really appreciate that."
Walking over to him she leaned down and put her nose against where she'd clonked him on the head, "Pain fly away~!" She backed up and grinned, "Not that you needed it right?" She wanted another apple so she trotted back and snagged up another one, munching on it, not thinking that she might have overstated some boundary. Her lizard was simply working out some tangles from her mane, shaking his head the at the mare he was grooming.
Haven smiled giggling a bit with the tug of each tangle in her curled mane. Her lizard really did come in handy all the time.
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 4:07 pm
Niveus sighed softly with relief at the sight of her smile again. Being angry at was a tense feeling and he was glad to shrug it off now. However, he almost flinched when she approached him, fearing she would headbutt him again. However, when she put her nose against the slight bruise that was forming on his head, he felt a tingle down his spine and some of his fur bristling. It didn't actually make the pain go away, not that there was much pain to begin with. But it certainly took his mind off it. Her action was oddly..affectionate.
And affection was definitely something Niveus was not familiar with. As far as he could remember, no one was ever affectionate to the half-kalona. It tasted strange, felt awkward. Was that how it was supposed to feel when someone was kind to you? He must have been staring at her for a good few minutes now when he was finished trying to make sense of the odd sensation.
Changing the subject, he eyed the lizard on Haven's head. "It must be nice having a personal groomer wherever you go." he said, nodding towards the reptile.
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 4:51 pm
Haven turned back to look at him, an eyebrow cocked, "I guess, though it does get frustrating, he's a nit-picky booger, plus since he spends most of his time in my mane, he likes to keep it decently groomed for easy movement." The only straight piece of her hair flopped over her eye which irritated her, so she blew it out of the way, "And I swear he's the reason the rest of this mop is curly, but he leaves this piece straight."
She huffed a bit, and rolled her eyes at the tugging, then quite promptly informed her lizard, "Alright you are done, one more tangle or mud clot and I swear you'll go flying." The lizard scrambled up onto her head and leaned over to look her right in the eyes, "Don't give me that look, I'm done, you can finish it tomorrow." The lizard seemed to get irritated, harumph and stick his tongue out at her, "Tomorrow. No more today. No arguing."
Her lizard puffed up, then almost shrieked in frustration, but stopped the grooming, and curled up on the top of her head, grumbling away, while Haven tried not to giggle, "He's a temperamental cuss too."
Curiosity struck, "What's it like having a long tail like that one?" Her own tail wagged in anticipation of an answer, she figured it might be like another appendage, something that was helpful.
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 5:07 pm
Niveus wondered why that section of hair was straight while the rest was curled. He hadn't seen another soquili with such an odd hair-style.
"Yeah, why is that part straight, lizard?" he asked the reptile playfully, not exactly expecting an answer. As if he could curl it himself, the half-kalona moved forward and took the straight section of hair in his mouth, twirling it around his muzzle before letting it go. Straight again. "Ah, well, worth a shot." he sighed, sitting down in front of Haven.
He chuckled at the one-sided argument between half-cerynei and lizard. He wondered what it would be like to have an animal companion himself. Or even siblings as Haven had. She seemed to have a lot of things Niveus didn't, and it made him feel envious.
At the inquiry of his tail, he absent-mindedly swished it. "Oh this old thing? It's -great- for scaring the living daylights out of soquili that fear snakes. Hide behind a bush, wait for them to walk up and give it a quick wiggle? Sends them off screaming like little fillies. I guess it's good for swatting away flies too. But other than that it's not terribly useful. I wish I had a tail matching my mane. That just makes more sense to me.." he rambled on, watching his spaded tail sway back and forth. He glanced at Haven's tail wagging behind her and couldn't help but utter a chuckle. "Your tail is pretty cute though" he said, it reminding him of a cottontail rabbit. That's...probably not good, him just having finished eating a rabbit. Niveus shook his head vigorously, trying to shake off the thought of eating Haven.
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 6:19 pm
She blinked when he took the straight piece of her mane and tried to curl it, then giggled, "I figure it's to make me look unique, or my genetics are weird. But then again, a Ceyreni mother and a plain old stallion for a dad, I can chalk it up to their weird genes that I'm such an oddball."
The lizard twitched his tail in the half-kalona's direction, though the lizard would not get anywhere with such a gesture since he was but a tiny lizard. Haven however listened intently, giggling at the thought of mares and stallions fleeing from something that looked snake like but wasn't, "I bet them running off was quite the sight to see." Her mouth twitched at the idea of his mane on his rump, "But if you can swat away flies with it, you can swat other things too. I mean all you'd have to do was toughen it up and you could really thunk someone hard with it."
She blinked her tail wagging still, "It's a very short fluffy tail," She noticed him shaking his head, "Yep, that's exactly why I'm not sure I like this 'cute' tail of mine, carnivores are attracted to the fluffiness and not because it's cute, because I look like easy prey." She smirked a bit, "But then they're awfully surprised when I knock them for a loop and out run them."
"Though I hope not to run into anything that actually wants to eat me. I'm fairly sure I wouldn't taste good." She picked up a leg and looked at it, "Yep, lean meat, not enough fat at all." She grinned, "However I saw the fattest piggy of a rabbit the other day, thing looked like a stuffed pillow it was so huge." She burbled on, her own jokes about being eaten, and making horrible jokes about that fat rabbit.
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 7:52 pm
"At least you're not a half-kalona. Everyone gives you the stink-eye because they think you're out to kill them! I mean, just because I've got evil blood in me doesn't make me -that- bad of a guy...Though I do like to play tricks on others..And you think life sucks because -you- can't fly. What about me? I should have been -born- with wings from my mother's side. I feel like I've been jipped." he ranted, clearing his throat after realizing that fact. He fell silent for a moment, trying to brush off his grumpyness while the two moved on to another subject.
"Anyways..yeah, it's hilarious to see them run off, bouncing along trying to keep off the ground in case the 'snake' is following them." he said, chuckling as he imagined it. Then he imagined bonking someone on the head with his tail and chuckled some more. Testing it out, he softly yet clumsily patted Haven on the head with his tail. It did look comical. Bonk he thought to himself at the impact.
"But see, you could confuse the heck out of predators that way. Like you did with me. I thought i was going to play a trick on some helpless little mare, but I was way wrong. Just imagine the look on a skinwalker's face when you kick him right in the jaw. Bet he'd think twice hunting you again." he said, laughing at the thought.
When she spoke about a fat rabbit, Niveus rolled onto his back for a moment before laying down on his side, all the while licking his chops. "That would have been delicious..." he said, day-dreaming about it.
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:10 pm
"But those that automatically assume that because of your species you are evil aren't really worth getting to know anyway, right?" She smirked a little at his commentary about should have been born with wings, "You're fine without wings, your mischief is more than enough for any three kalonas, I would figure anyways." She hadn't actually met another kalona, or half kalona either, so she could only base it on what had been told to her.
His light tap on her noggin with his tail, after her suggestion on its possible uses, made her giggle. He seemed to have never thought of the idea and it amused her that he took her suggestion.
"I think that a skinwalker would still be able to take me out, but I would put up a good fight." Though none of her family had run into a skinwalker, she felt hopeful that it wouldn't go horrible, but there was also the hope that she wouldn't run I.to one on her own.
Have couldn't help grinning as he fantasized about the fat rabbit, figuring he'd have had a high time picking on the thing before devouring it completly, "I'm sure you would have enjoyed that meal, if I spot him again I'll let you know~!" Her eyes drifted off to the area she generally played in, her tail wagging wildly, "wanna play a game?"
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Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 12:07 pm
Ignoring the fact that most kalona -were- evil, Niveus nodded at Haven, feeling a little more confident in himself.
"Well -I- could take down a skinwalker single-hoovedly" he said, holding his head up in an attempt to look more powerful. He grinned at the mare, hoping to make her really think he could.
At the mention of a game, his ears pricked up, along with a raised eyebrow. "What kind of game...?" he asked suspiciously. He had every right to be cautious, as any game -he- suggested ended bitterly for the other player(s). Despite his wary air, a small grin continued to play on his lips. Niveus did so enjoy a good game.
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Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 1:44 pm
Haven grinned at his statement figuring he could likely put up more of a fight than she could because he was a bit bigger than her, in bulk and height, "I'm fairly sure you could outwit them if not beat them down." She was starting to think he might be trying to impress her, but that was silly.
Her tail went wagging wildly as she grinned broadly, "UM! Well there's tag, hide and seek, or Leaper." She had a few more games but those were her three favorites, since she was faster than both her siblings, "Or if you have a game you want to play we can do that. " Her lizard stared down at her and shook his head then hunkered down, knowing full well any of those games were going to require him to hold onto her mane for dear life or risk getting thrown and slammed into a tree again. Once was more than enough.
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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:19 pm
At the mention of "leaper", Niveus's eyes narrowed slightly with suspicion. It was strangely reminiscent of the description of the game she played with her siblings. Warily, he asked, "And what is 'leaper' exactly?" hoping the answer didn't involve physical injury.
"Either way any of those games are fine.." he said. He knew what tag and hide & seek were, but there weren't many games from his childhood the two could play. If hiding from his demented mother and running away from home were considered games. If anything, the two could go find another hapless soquili to mess around with.
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Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:56 am
Her tail went wild as he asked what Leaper was, bouncing from one hoof to the next she grinned, "It's where you try to take the least amount of steps or shortest running distance and leap the farthest over a cropping of bushes." This was obviously her favorite game since she was so excited about explaining the game to him.
"Well any of them may be fine, but you're the guest here, so you get to pick." Her tone was cheery and sweet and in some soquili's minds it might have been completely sickening, but Haven was just the type to make sure that her guest was completely happy. Her lizard sat there on her head, holding on for dear life as the girl bounced up and down, sure he was mostly used to the fact his companion was a little screwball, but there were just days this mare bounced too much.
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Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:21 pm
Niveus chuckled at the sight of Haven's tail wagging. He took it she liked that game. But -gah- having to choose? Niveus wasn't always the best at choosing things. But since it was the last one mentioned, and seemed to make her happy, he said, "How about Leaper then, does that sound good to you?" He hoped he wouldn't regret this later, but after suggesting it, there was no turning back.
"I'll have to warn you, I don't like to lose." he added, wearing a devilish grin. Niveus wasn't below cheating, as long as he won in the end. But he'd still go a little easy on Haven. She might kick him..
Moving to stand parallel to her, he nodded at her, "How about you start, since you know this game better than I do?" he asked, hoping to get a good grasp of the concept without embarrassing himself first.
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:17 pm
Haven's tail went wild as he chose her favorite game. The lizard on her head stared down at her and bleakly shook his head before taking a few large chunks of the curly part of her mane and holding them to keep from being launched. He knew very well what was coming.
Haven looked around and found a perfect bush cropping to start with, it was easily jumped as long as you had a good sprint, stepping back a couple feet from Niveus she grinned, then took off like a shot, an all out run mane and lizard flapping in the wind, and then to top off this picture, a graceful leap, her legs tucked up as her pale body traveled over the bush, then snapped out again as she landed with a huge grin on her face. She trotted back over to him, "Okay, your turn. if you can clear it in less steps or distance than I took, then you pick the next bush. If not, I pick the next one." Her tail wagged again, and the lizard looked as though he was knocked for a loop from her excited trot, but he recovered soon, staring at the stallion, hoping that this game would be over soon.
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:25 pm
Niveus watched the mare prepare herself and noticed the certain look in her eyes. He smiled at her, seeing her determination and the fierceness of her competitive spirit. He began to admire her all the more, especially after her burst of speed and elegant leap.
His turn? No sweat. He stood where he was, since Haven had started her sprint behind him, and dug his hooves into the ground for traction as he took off. He wasn't the most athletic of stallions, but he felt confident enough. His spaded tail whipped about behind him as he leaped over the bush. But his hind hooves clipped the very top leaves, making the bush shake slightly.
The stallion made a sharp noise with his tongue as he trotted back to Haven. "Does that count?" he asked, a genuinely inquisitive look on his face. He had completely forgotten about cheating, after seeing the way Haven took this game seriously.
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