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 Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:42 pm
Kimama chuckled with Keres, the image of what she thought a Bae/Reya offspring would look like. It actually looked pretty cute, but looks could be decieving. She flicked her tail slightly as she sighed. "Maybe. I have never met a crossbreed Nequus before, so I have no idea what kind of personality it has. Maybe a combination of the parents' personalites?" She canted her head to one side and looked at Kered curiously, wondering if the other femme thought the same idea she did.
Kimama shrugged her shoulders, wondering if parents actually did see their offspring as adults. She knew she hadn't seen her parents after she had wandered away from her family tree, though she did know that her other siblings were long gone from this world. "I don't think so either. I know I haven't seen my parents in a long time. I bet they have gone off and produced more fruit that I have no idea about."
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:03 am
Keres returned the shrug; she'd never met a crossbreed either. "Ah dunno; might jus' be random like with other Nequus... Ah've heard the mixin' of the blood makes 'em unstable though, y' know, violent like. Ah dunno if that's true or not, haven' come across one ma'self t’ judge." It seemed to be quite a popular opinion, but then so was the opinion that black coat equalled evil. Keres knew the latter wasn't true; she wasn't bad for starters but what if people were right about hybrids?
Perhaps it would pay to be cautious around such creatures until she could judge for herself. Whilst the short-maned mare knew herself to be a fair fighter she didn't fancy her chances if taken by surprise by a raging mad-beast, especially if they too possessed a horn. Well, if she ever did run into one she'd be able to decide for herself and there was no harm in a little caution every so often even if it wasn't in keeping with her usual demeanour. The Reya hoped that she would recall this thought process if she ever did find herself faced with a half-blood.
"Probably," she said with a grin to her companion's last words. "M'ah folks have probably got a new foal or two by now, maybe ah'll go back 'n visit. Might be quite not t' be the baby of teh family no more, ya know?"
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 1:41 pm
Kimama sighed slightly. She didn't know if Keres was right about crossbreeds being unstable and hotheaded. She had met many hotheaded Nequus before and they surely weren't crossbreeds. "I dunno. If I do meet a crossbreed I will make sure to find out its personality and then tell you about it." She smiled timidly at the Reya.
She didn't know if she was going to be able to find a crossbreed. She had heard that four had been born not too long ago, but she had yet to confirm if this was true. She shuddered at the thought of running into a crossbreed. The thought of it scared her a little bit, yet at the same time she really wanted to meet one to see what kind of personality the Nequus had.
Hearing the Reya's response to her comment, she shrugged her shoulders. "I would visit my parents, except I don't know where to look for them. It has been awhile since I have seen them and my siblings, so I don't know if they have moved onto a new tree or not."
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 2:17 pm
Keres smiled and bobbed her head in thanks. "That'd be great, ah'd like t' know what they're really like. Knowin' stuff is fun, especially when it's simple stuff like this rather than hard t' understand things. Nobody likes somethin' that mkes 'em feel dumb, hu?" Goodness knew there were enough things that did that to her. The Reya had got used to being ‘the last to laugh’, though, and didn't mind all that much anymore. Nevertheless, simple titbits of information were her favourite things to know; receiving them and passing them on to others didn't require any complicated exploitations.
"Mah folks have a home turf where ah can find them when they don't have a fruit tree t' look after," Keres informed the Bae mare. "It's not too far from the Ice Mountains but not s' close as t' be threatening, y' know? Just close enough to have awesome views an' t' have fewer Nequus than most places." And open spaces. Lots of open spaces to run in and rocks thrown from the mighty peaks to leap over or launch from. "Not everyone's idea of nice but it's home t' me much as ah have one these days," the pink-marked mare said with a fond smile.
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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:09 pm
Kimama nodded her head. She had been on the the outside once wanting to learn more information about the other breeds of Nequus that lived in the area, yet she was too scared or shy to actually go up to another breed and communicate with them. She was glad she got over her shyness when she came to D'ob and 'ran' into Keres. She flicked her tail slightly and gazed around the valley for a few seconds before listening to Keres talk again.
Her happiness faded slightly when she heard the Keres' family was easy to find. Her family wasn't that easy to find since they moved around alot, despite them having a family tree that they supposedly got together around every few years or so. She nodded her head slightly, her ears turning back towards her skull. "At least you have a family to go home to." She left the rest of her words unspoken. She didn't want the Reya to feel pity towards her.
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 6:34 am
The young Reya gave a sympathetic smile and dipped her head, almost embarrassed that her family was so easy to find. It didn't seem like her companion had things so easy. "Yea, it's nice t' be able t' go seem them when ah feel ah need to. Ah'm still practically a baby so I go see them quite a lot... Ah guess ah'll do it less as ah get older but f' now it's a regular thing."
Somehow the pink-marked Nequus couldn't imagine what it would be like not to have that support in that background. Nequus weren't mean to be alone in the world; she knew that and the thought that some had to and did manage alone made her feel guilty for her own good fortune. She was tough, she knew and could handle pretty much whatever the world threw at her but there was still that knowledge that, if she ever couldn't cope, she had people to fall back on. Some people didn’t have that.
"...Still," the black Reya said after a while, "maybe y'll be able t' start a family of y' own soon. Never know; you might come across a good stallion tomorrow, next week, next season. With all the assholes y' seem to have met so far ah'spect y' just about due runnin' ont' a nice one."
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 12:08 am
"I think it is for the best that I won't be able to see my family again. My parents weren't the sentimental type. They usually gave a few words of kindness to me and my other siblings, but other than that we never had anything that was remotely close to parental love like what other parents do to their children." Kimama's ears dropped down slightly, wondering what it was like if her parents were sentimental towards her and her other siblings. "Maybe that's why I don't see my other siblings anymore."
The pied mare glanced at the dark mare and pondered what the other Nequus was thinking. Maybe it was nice to have a family who loved their siblings more than they did other Nequus. Kimama had often wondered what it was like to have a caring family who never roamed around and switched trees every time they had a new bundle of fruit. Kimama never questioned her parents how many siblings she had and if she was the oldest, but now that she was older and more mature she was beginning to wonder if her parents left out a big piece of information of her life and her siblings lives that she never knew of. Any one of the Nequus in the D'ob Valley could be a brother or a sister and she would never realize it until it was too late.
Kimama sighed softly when she heard the black Reya speak again. She canted her head to one side and gazed at the other mare as she listened to Keres talk. She nodded her head slightly. "You're right. I should stop pondering on the past and worry about the future." She smiled slightly at Keres. "Thank you for all of the advice you have said to me so far. You've lifted my spirits today and for the rest of my life. Maybe there is a stallion out there waiting for me. All I gotta do is either wait for him to find me or go searching for him."
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 5:32 am
The black Reya grinned and nodded to her companion. "No problem sugar; it's nice t' know ah've said somethin' worth sayin' f' a change, ya know? Ah reckon most people can find themselves a good mate if they keep they eyes an' their hearts open. Ah think it's when people are scared t' risk gettin' hurt in a relationship that they miss out of the guy or girl that was just right for 'em."
Slightly embarrassed at her uncharacteristically meaningful speech, the short-maned mare twitched her tails and gave another grin. "Ah know ah'm on the look out for starts. Ah'm in no hurry but... yea, ah guess if ah found somebody as crazy as me ah wouldn' mind a proper relationship even now." Yes, if she could find a mate who was willing to be restless with her, to race with her, to not mind that she wasn't the brightest girl ever then it might even be quite nice to take a mate young. It had worked out for her parents so why not for her?
With the thought of family, Keres felt another twinge of guilt. She couldn't imagine not being adored by her parents, not loving her siblings to death and knowing the same was felt in return. Still, the conversation seemed to have moved on from that sticking point now and, for once, the pink-marked female realised that referring back to it would be a bad idea.
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:29 pm
Kimama nodded her head. For her entire life she had thought that she couldn't find the perfect mate for herself, but then this femme came along and gave her hope again. Maybe when the time was right she could find the perfect mate for herself and then live happily-ever after like some Nequus couples did.
When she heard that Keres was looking for a mate based on appearance, that shocked her slightly. She didn't really mind the part about being crazy, but the looks part made her wonder about that. She had been looking for mates based on their personalities, yet she found none that was shy or quiet. Maybe all of the shy, quiet males had been taken or were too shy to come out of their shell. She merely shrugged slightly. "Maybe," she muttered softly.
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 3:05 pm
...Oh. She'd seemed encouraged a moment ago and now she was all quiet and sad. "...Did ah says somethin' wrong?" Keres played her last words over in her head again, wondering what the Bae could have taken amiss.
Err... Keep lookin', don't close y' heart... people scared t' get hurt... Damn. Ah'm no good at this at all.
Perhaps this was why she didn't have any solid friendships; she always ended up putting her hoof in her mouth at some point. Perhaps she'd just done it sooner than usual this time.
"Sorry," the black-coated mare said in advance because she was fairly sure she'd screwed up somewhere in the last minute or so. "Ah tend t' mess up like this with people. It's all goin' well then ah jus'... ah dunno. Ah manage to upset or insult the person ah'm takin' too." Oh well, she was used to this apology bit and there was a good chance it would be accepted. Probably no harm done.
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 3:20 pm
Hearing the other femme's question, she shook her head for a few seconds before realizing her mistake. Blushing faintly, she shook her head again. "No, you didn't. I was just thinking that's all." Her voice was faint and soft-like as she scuffed a hoof on the ground. Now she had done it. She was just starting to open up when she began to think about what it would be like to be a certain way when she would close up in her shell again.
Kimama heard the Reya's apology and she looked down at the ground nervously. "No, I'm the one who should be sorry. I usually don't communicate very well with my own kin or of other Nequus. I avoid others all the time and I think that that is rather rude of me to do so, but...that's just my nature." She did want to change, yet she didn't know how to do so.
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 3:32 pm
Keres relaxed and grinned with a shake of her head. "Hey, don' worry hon. No need to apologise; just an error in communication an' that, ya know? We all make mistakes. 'sides, y'all seem t' be doin' fine with communicatin ' t' me. …Ah like y' Kimama; ah'd like t' call y' a friend from now on if y' don' mind.” Well there; it was said and a good thing to say as well. Offering friendship was never the wrong thing to do in Keres' book.
The Reya bent to nibble at an itch on her left foreleg before straightening again. "Anyways, like ah was sayin'; lookin' out is always a good thing. D'ob's one of the best places to look s' far as ah can tell too. Lots'a Nequus of all kinds live here, but y'all know that already." The Bae probably knew most of what she had forced on the small creature's poor ears but still, it was nice to talk even if what you were saying was obvious.
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:40 am
A faint blush appeared on Kimama's cheeks slightly as the Reya pointed out that she was doing fine communicating amongst each other. It was true. she had come out of her shell a little bit as she spent more time with the Reya. She just didn't realize it until right now. Hearing Keres ask if they could be friends, she nodded her head. "That's fine with me. I would love to have you as a friend," she said in a happy tone of voice. Maybe this was her first step in finding new friends for her to talk to.
The small Bae giggled slightly as the Reya pointed out that D'ob was the best place to find a mate. "It is, indeed, though the right stallion hasn't appeared for me. Maybe I need to spend more time looking for Mr. Right instead of pondering what he might look like."
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:55 am
Keres grinned and nodded her head enthusiastically. "Great! New friends are one of m'ah favourite things, right along with seein' old friends again after ah haven' in ages. As t' the stallions; ah guess the right guy could look like anything, couldn' he? Even the least likely lookin' guy could turn out t' be the one f' you. He might not even the same breed, like we said. Did we say that? Ah think we said that."
If they hadn't she'd feel a bit silly but the Reya was fairly sure she remembered that being par of their conversation earlier on. Still, even if it hadn't it wouldn't matter too much. She and the Bae were friends now and friends didn't do more than poke gentle fun at one another even for such silly oversights as that would be.
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:13 pm
Kimama nodded her head. She had to agree with Keres, despite her not having that many old friends. She must have had friends when she was a foal, but she didn't remember their names or faces. It had been a while since she had seen anyone she had met when she was younger. shrugging that off, she listened to what the Reya had to say about stallions. "That's true. Maybe my dream mate might be a mighty Reya. Who knows. Only time will tell, I guess," she said in a dreamy-type voice.
She didn't know what kind of stallion she was looking for. She just knew that she would know if that particular stallion would be the perfect mate for her when he came along. That is if he came along.
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