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 Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 12:27 pm
"Well, she is a little of a jealous sort," Sparkles gave another shrug. While she knew her mother's unusual jealousy was not something they would understand she had grown used to it. It was something she had dealt with as a child. According to the elders it was because her mother couldn't sire any more foals - more to the point, Sparkles was the only daughter and looked exactly like her father.
There was no resemblance between her mother and herself. Nothing to see them both as family and her father positively doted on her. Alright, so her father loved her mother just as much as her but he did show Sparkles more affection - she was his 'baby' girl after all. He had high hopes for her too...but he had encouraged her to see the world first before coming home to those responsibilities.
...So she had.
"As for royalty - I do come from noble blood!" Sparkles tone was matter of fact, indicating that at home her family were reasonably high up in terms of hierarchy. Her father had a say in nearly everything, his opinion mattered whereas the lower ones rarely did.
"I come from a long line of pink blood," She confirmed with a smile.
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 11:35 am
Dustin nodded but didn't understand why her mother would be jealous of her. Sure she was beautiful but that was something mothers wanted for thier daughters so they would be able to find handsome mates. Or atleast he thought so since he didn't know being a guy and all.
"Royal blood, eh? Well then I should bow and be even more so polite than I have been! I would be a beggar compared to you." he said with a chuckle and a wink. Her being royalty wouldn't change anything with him. She seemed normal enough to him and if she had wanted to be treated special she would have mentioned it right from the start.
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 11:54 am
Sparkles released another musical laugh and shook her head. While having him bow would be comical she wasn't that mean. When she expected to be treated well she didn't openly demand it, in truth it usually just came to her and she received it willingly. She was a princess in her own mind, she looked beautiful to the world and that suited her just fine!
"You're no beggar, if you mixed that red and white in those wings of yours I could say you had a little pink in you," She teased good naturally. She wasn't sure if she could actually do that but Ash had dyed her mane teal so maybe he could dye himself pink? She cracked an even larger smile at that thought.
"We could always dye it if you liked..."
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:47 pm
Dustin chuckled at her idea of dying his coat and wings. He had heard of such things but would never do it himself. He liked the way he looked even if it wasn't that spectacular. He was what he was and that was perfectly fine to him.
"I don't think so. I like my shabby black look and the color of my wings. I just wouldn't be me if I was come other color." he said and stretched his wings. "It would be like you not having any pink. Without pink I don't think you would be the same as you are now."
Those who dyed themselves did it for thier own reasons and he didn't know what that was. He felt that you should be happy with what the spirits gave you. "Besides, would you really want to change the way I look? I don't think the spirits would be too happy with that."
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:46 am
"You don't look shabby, just out of place," again she was referring to the fact that the wind was in the forest as opposed to out in the open where he belonged. Here he was vulnerable and the dark shadows could very well have hidden his finest features. True, he wanted to explore but in Spark's eyes he didn't look shabby in the least.
"I suppose you're right though, I would look rather awkward without my pink dapples. Goodness, I suspect I wouldn't be quite as dazzling as I am now - that isn't to say I still wouldn't be dazzling but it wouldn't be the same..." She sighed softly, noting that if she lost her dapples she would be rather upset. She liked them and they twinkled in a lovely manner, she couldn't cope if she was just a grey mare!
"Well the spirits might be happy, they work in mysterious ways and may consider it an educational experience for you," she added in a rather sage manner.
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:46 am
"They may think it educational but I would take it rather hard if they changed the way I look. I like my red and black. They may not be dazzling as your pink but they make me who I am." he said kind of matter of factly. Even though she did look dazzling here in the dark forest, he wondered just how dazzling she would look in the sunlight. He bet her coat would shine and the pink would sparkle, just like her name.
"As for out of place. I am not at all too sure what you mean. Black can fit in anywhere!" he exclaimed with a chuckle and then shifted on his feet. His legs were becoming a bit sore as they stood there. It had been quite sometime that they had been talking in the same spot.
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 4:19 pm
"Well, Wind soquili tend to stay in the air..." Sparkles stuck out her tongue teasingly and carefully adjusted the weight of her hooves. Exchanging the weight from her left leg to her right leg, she was more than happy to stand in one spot. Given that she often basked in the sunlight, standing in the same position for extended periods of time didn't really bother her - then again she suspected that if she flew all the time she would get tired doing that.
...Just depended on what you were used to.
"As to being upset, the spirits work in peculiar ways," speaking from experience, Sparkles considered her wounds to be a change in appearance. This was a rare opportunity for her and while it hurt, she was beginning to see things in a very different light. "Changing how you look can have surprising results, you find people react much more differently to you than previously expected."
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:48 pm
"That is true. But even staying in the air gets tiring sometimes. Your body gets too heavy for your wings. Especially if you eat too much." he said jokingly. He shifted his legs again and noticed her also moving a bit.
"I guess that would be neat to see how people would react with a change in your appearance. It kinda sounds like you had some experience in this, yes?" he asked wondering if maybe as a kid she looked different and then grew into her looks.
"If you wanted we could start and walk a bit, stretch are legs and continue our talk." he also suggested wondering if she would like to walk with him or not. She seemed like one who wouldn't mind but ya never knew with soquili you just met.
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 4:43 am
"You could say that," Sparkles smiled a little and shook her head. Her wounds were deep and her appearance for the time being was marred. Those who had viewed her as a beauty reacted with shock and sometimes anger when they saw her while others placed pitying eyes on her. It was one of the reasons she had chosen to stay in the shadows where the worst was hidden.
Slowly but surely she was beginning to understand how outcasts felt.
It was her belief that the spirits had wounded her so in order to let her see what it was like to not be quite so beautiful. While she loved her looks, perhaps the spirits were right in their choices. This way she had been humbled and appreciated what she had as well as what others didn't. Without all her looks she was treated differently and the pitying gazes were somewhat irritating.
"I suppose a little walk wouldn't hurt," she mused after a few moments. Well, she had stood in this spot for a while and he seemed pleasant, now she just had to test him. If she was to walk beside him he would see her wound but how would he react?
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:18 am
"Alright then! I just started walking through this forest only today, so I don't know much of what is in here. If you know of anywhere that I should see, you are welcome to lead. I've just been wondering around hoping to find something." he confessed. It was true that he was still kind of new to these lands and there were still many places he had not seen or fully explored and the forest was one of them.
Dustin wondered how close she would let him walk beside her and if she did let him get close, would she say anything about the wounds he had noticed earlier in their conversation. Thinking once again about the wounds he then realized what she ment with the spirits changing appearances. He felt kind of sad that they had done such a drastic change on someone who seemed so kinda and gentle. But like she had said the spirits work in mysterious way.
He stretched his wings out before stepping forward and closing the gap that was between them. He watched her intently to see if she would suddenly think better of a walk and take a step back, trying to hide, or if she would just let him walk right over. it kinda of made him feel like he was being tested and he didn't know what for.
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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 8:10 am
Without the slightest hesitation the mare at last walked out from the shadows. Allowing her body to give a shudder, she relieved the tension in her muscles and approached the stallion with easy grace. Despite her marred appearance, the manner in which she carried herself indicated that while her appearance wasn't quite what it used to be she was still confident in herself. What had occurred was unfortunate and very painful but if she was to grow fearful of everything that moved and looked dangerous she wouldn't get anywhere in life.
"You can find anything you want provided you aren't fussy on what you seek," the words flowed easily from the mare's lips as she coiled her tail around her hind leg lightly. A habit she had developed over the years, she chose to do that as opposed to slapping the whip like limb against her side (which rather hurt).
"Allow your imagination to run wild and when you do, I will tell you if this forest possesses what you seek." She offered after a few moments. A small smile crept onto her lips and with a delicate flick of her mane she began to walk ahead.
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Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 8:36 am
Dustin watched as she came up beside him, walking with a grace he had never seen before but had heard that only unicorns could posess. This gave him a good look at her appearance but she didn't seemed hindered by this. She still seemed confident and deffinately by the words she had just spoken, she was very confident.
He still would not say anything by them though and had figured what she had said about appearances that she had been talking from experience and was giving him hints. He was too nice of a stallion though to bring attention t something that was so personal.
"If I was fussy on what I seeked then I would be above the trees of the forests and not below them." he said as wisely and mysterious as he could muster. But he had almost no clue what meaning her words held. "On that note, do you know if this is the forest with a sort of hidden water fall in it? On night I passed over a forest with a water fall and now I think it would be nice to know how to get to it from the ground instead of the air."
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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:00 am
Water falls? Sparkles continued to walk though her eyes became glazed as she considered his words. She had seen many unique things in her time here and to sift through them at such a fast rate still took a while. That being said, he spoke of something that was surprisingly common in the forest - well, they didn't exactly pop up without warning but Sparkles was aware of where they were born.
"For that you will need to do a bit of climbing," she explained, taking her role of escort more seriously as she turned in the correct direction and made her move. Her intention was to find the cliff faces, though partially shrouded by the forest's heavy undergrowth they were where these water falls were born - underground springs (on of which she had found) seemed to be their source but she'd never be able to confirm that.
"They are always born on little ridges, where thick rock is!"
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:08 pm
He followed her, staying close but not so close as to alarm her or make her feel uncomfortable. She seemed so serious now and intent on showing him what he had asked to see.
"I do not mind to climb. It would be good exercise for my legs for once." he said making light of it. He really didn't mind climbing but some days he was just too lazy too do it and often flew over what needed climbing. That was not always the best decision to make. "I have never seen the birth of a waterfall either so I would not know where they are born."
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