Welcome to Gaia! ::

"It's cool." Stephanie said, waving her hand in dismisal. "Margy probably just thought you were being harsh or something when you said that you were suprised I didn't notice what that rumbling noise was earlier." She scratched her head a little, more than likley confusing Soul to no wits end, but then tapped her foot slightly on the ground. "I'm not used to recognizing stuff yet since this is all kinda new, but it's alright. Just go back to sleep, you may be less confused once you wake up." With that Stephanie gave a slight headbow before starting back toward her tree.

Stephanie's eye shot backwards and she stopped in her tracks. The growling sound echoed in her new ear, and she found herself terrified of some real threat that may have been sneaking up behind her. Once Margy had told her stomache to shut it, Stephanie gave a long exhale. With a chuckle, Stephanie turned to Margy and whispered with her hands cupped again,"Hey Margy, you want me to sniff out some food? I'm kinda getting hungry too." Though Stephanie's stomache hadn't verbalized it's hunger, it usually didn't unless it was totally empty. Either that or she'd have a horrible headache.

Stephanie smiled and nodded, happy that she could be useful to her friends with her new abilities. "Ok, I'll be back in a little while. Sound off if you notice any danger alright?" With that, Stephanie went off on into the thick of the trees and bushes, trying to find fruit or some sort of something. While in mid run, she seemed to notice that she automatically went on all fours down the path. It was a little odd getting used to...but it was alot faster than her usual biped running -or lack there of.

Suddenly, a scent seemed to make it's way to her nose. Insictivley she stopped, sniffed up into the air, found it's direction, and followed. Going past bushes, underbrush, and a mass of trees, she seemed to try and form in her mind what her target may be. Citricy...a small sting in the back of the nose...probably ment it was tart...and-

Hachuu!

Stephanie flopped onto her backside from the impact of the sneeze, rubbing her nose groggily. "Meh, probably oranges." She said with a sniffle. She was just about to get up and start running once again, when her scent was suddenly gone. "Eh?" She grunted, sniffling again. She tried and tried to sniff into the air, but her clogged nose made it impossible. "Well great..." She mumbled, standing up and straightening up her back. "Looks like I gotta go by sight now...."

It was a while of annoying search before Stephanie found the scent again, only it wasn't the scent, but her constant sneezing from whatever blosom the plant had held before. Fortunatley after that, Stephanie managed to find a small orchard of trees, each with different kinds of fruit. Some she recognized, oranges, lemons, grapefruit, but the rest were very oddly bright colors and shapes. There were circular fruit, green square ones, and ones that were an aquamarine shaped like a water dropplet. It wasn't until she looked at the Chao fruit before she remembered what they were used for, since they were so much smaller than in the games. But at the same time so was she....which proved to be a problem when it came to fruit retreval.

At first Stephanie attempted to climb up the tree trunks, but it proved to be a little too tough for the would-be puppy. Deciding to try and use her canine roots, she put some distance between her and the tree, went on fours, bolted as fast as she could, managed to run up the tree, and just as she reached for the branch.....she held on, tried to grab one, then she fell. Pissed off, hungry, and sneezing continually, Stephanie grabbed hold of the tree's base and shook it as hard as she could, thrashing out all of her anger on the poor trunk. Suddenly, she heard a noise behind her. When she turned around, she noticed a fruit had fallen off, and then gave a big smile.

Stephanie trotted happily down the path she had taken earlier, holding out the bottom of her shirt where she had placed a large amount of assorted fruits. "This should be enough for all three of us." She thought aloud with a smile. Fortunatley her sense of smell had come back, so all she did was follow the smell of Margy and Soul back down to the area they had slept. When she got back It was a tad brighter, it may have been an hour or so since she left... Augh...poor Margy must be dying." Stephanie thought guiltily. She knew she probably could have gotten it quicker if she had tried harder.... Non the less she continued towards her friends, fruit in plain sight, and gave a smile. "Breakfast!" She said happily.

Stephanie dragged herself to a sitting up position, groaning in the pain of the little hammy attacking her. She wasn't used to all this physical stuff and was about to react very badly, but as the key took affect and Margy started laughing, Stephanie was only able to let out a small exhale. It was almost impossible to be angry at that little fuzzball. Deciding to get herself up and brush off some leaves, Stephanie went over towards the fruit and said, "Well, guess it's eat what you find. Hopefully Soul won't be too mad that we inturupted his sleep..." Suprisingly, when Stephanie turned towards their hedgehog friend he was still asleep. Or at least it seemed he was....
"Dang. He must be having some serious dream there..."

Stephanie began laughing as Margy began to much about the food in her mouth from cheek, to chewing one, and then eating another. The aspect of spit being on them made one ear droop slightly, but she just shook her head with a smile and then bent down to get her own fruit. Two or three would more than suffice so Stephy's stomache, so she grabbed an orange, a square fruit, and a Chao fruit and flopped herself onto the floor.

At first she was a little skeptical of which to eat first, but she decided the square one looked cool so she tried it first. Suprisingly, it's crispness reminded her alot of an apple, but with a little tartness that reminded her of green grapes. After enjoying that, she started on the Chao fruit, which wasn't as plesant in the first bite as the square. The skin was rubbery, and the only thing she tasted at first mush. Taking her mouth out in discust and shaking her face slightly, she took her nailed claw and dug a small circle into the skin. When she began to pull out the portion of the fruit, she heard an odd ripping sound. A bit confused she pulled out the peice and found that behind the mushy under layer there was a tangle of thick, stubby roots. "Meh, what the heck" she thought, yanking out one and popping it into her mouth. Oddly enough, instead of tasting like actual roots, they tasted like an odd crunchy potatoe, but sweet.

After all of those new tastes, she wasn't really interested in the orange anymore.

After licking her fingers of whatever juice that was left from the fruit, Stephanie looked at the shells of fruit peels with a look of bafflement. She really didn't know where to put them, since there wasn't any kind of trash can anywhere. With a shrug, she simply tossed the peels behind her and then wipped her hands slightly.

One ear perked up slightly, the sound of smooshes and crunches coming from far away. Turning her head, she saw Soul happily eating at some fruit and gave a smile. "Oh, look who's awake after all. Sorry the bambardment of fruit woke you up there."

"Oh, poor Soul." Stephanie said, feeling a bit guilty that she hadn't tried to stop the impending Margy-doom. "Eh...as far as a pillow I can't offer anything..." At first Stephanie remembered that her hat was soft and might be something he could rest his head on, but his spines would probably turn it into swiss cheese. "But I may be able to help with the headache!" Stephanie trotted over to Soul and crouched down, her key glowing in anticipation. "Sorry, you may find this random." Without another word, Stephanie poked Soul right in the forehead with her index finger and pressed down slightly. As her hand and finger glowed slightly also, Stephanie asked, "Better?"

Stephanie swiftly drew back her finger, a nervous and embaraced smile on her face. "Oops, sorry." She hobbled back a few steps (or hops in her crouched state) as Soul began to ramble once again that he needed sleep, and then nodded. Without another word, Soul flopped back to one side, and Stephanie gave a small sigh before standing up and walking over to Margy. "Well, that coulda gone better... Oh well, I tried." She crossed her hands behind her head as she walked, doing a bit of a goose step, just not as high. At least she was able to help a little...

After going back and sitting with Margy, Stephanie stretched slightly and turned toward the oddly silent hamster. "So, Margy's stomache not so grumpy anymore?" She asked, a bit amused that she was reffering to Margy in the third person.