[PRP] Similar and Differences (Spinel Sun x Amatsila)

[Nisshou H]

He shook his head at her look as if to tell her that he was fine. In truth he was alright, the physical strain on his body was nothing that would kill him. The worst that would happen would he would shrink back to his standard size and then pass out from exhaustion.

His eyes grew wide with shock at her very sudden and unexpected question. He didn't show emotion? He thought he did, he smiled from time to time and frowned and if things got to him he would be irritated weren't those emotions. "I do..." He said in protest after she offered him a way out. He wouldn't take it. There was no reason why he couldn't answer. "There just isn't a reason to show everything about myself to everyone..." He shuddered again this time he didn't bother hiding it. He didn't have time to.

A small breeze picked up and Spinel Sun shrank back to the size of a small butterfly. While he was fortunate enough not to pass out he was unable to use his wings to get back into the air. His eyes narrowed in irritation at himself for being so weak.  

[Alice says RAWR]

Just as she had expected, his answer was rather...blunt and simple. However she did learn he chooses not to show emotion often. As he sees that he doesnt have to. Tilting her head, she thought about it. As she thought, the wind picked up and her hair waved through it. She watched dried leaves fly past them and towards Spinel. Then, all of sudden he was tiny again. Not tiny, but he had been her size for such a long time that she had forgotten about his ability. She wasnt sure if he was bored or just plain pissed at her question she had asked. Amatsila did not see her question as an offending one but who knows about Spinel. He was indeed a silent one. Amatsila did not expect Spinel to explain he shrunk back, she did expect him to believe she already know why. Fact was, she did not. The moment was odd, had she turned it odd? She often tried to dodge awkward moments, as the other usually is thinking the same thing. At least she did not have to speak at the moment. Thinking back, she had really come out of shell. Asking questions, bringing subjects up. Although Spinel, here, would careless about her self changing achievements. It was best to keep her mouth shut about it.

A ladybug had made its way to her leg and started to crawl up it. Tickling her, she smiled and shook her leg a little letting it fly off. Time to break the silence, it was just too odd. "Would you like to head to the hills?" Amatsila love that place, you could see most of soquili lands, it was high up, not as high as the mountains but high enough. At night it would be a beautiful peaceful scene. In the morning, it all comes alive. There she goes again, bringing up another suggestion, grinning at her improvement, Amatsila waited for a response.  

[Nisshou H]

He stood on the ground breathing heavily without really worrying about it being noticed. The movement would be hard to see when he was so small. He needed to get some energy back before he needed to do something else. He went rigid at her question. Something like that.

"Why not?" He called up to her so that he would be heard. For now he would play it off as though it were nothing but she was bound to notice what had happened eventually, right? His wings fluttered a few time with not effect on the fluttercorns position. The only thing on his mind at the moment was how unfortunate his situation was at this time. He didn't want her to see him as weak but disagreeing seemed like a sure fire way to show that.

He continued to beat his wings faster and faster until he finally lifted off the ground. He was still breathing rather heavily but at least he was in the air. "Let's go." It came out much harsher then he intended. A slight nervous look spread across his face. "Err..." He didn't know how to react and thinking it over didn't help. He lost focus on his flying and dropped back to the ground.

He landed heavily but was mostly unharmed. His eyes narrowed again and he kicked angrily at the ground causing him to stumble slightly. This was perfect he had blown probably the only shot he would have to get into the air and now it was almost certain that she would realize what had happened.  

[Alice says RAWR]

Amatsila watched him with worried eyes. He looked like he was trying really hard to fly and be a flutter. He looked as if he was losing lal his energy. Was that possible in this world, then again anything is. If there were soquilis out there eating meat, anything is. She bent down to him and smiled, "Or, we could stay here and relax, we've been standing and walking too long." She offered. The flutter needed rest, he had after all turned regular size for her. Maybe thats what drained his energy. It made sense scientificly, as Amatsila liked it. That is thinking things out scientificly. She covered her worried expression with a warmer smile. Trying to think of a good way to return the favor. "My turn to turn your size.." she bent her legs and layed down beside him. Amatsila was still many sizes bigger than him, but at least she was almost his height. The mare smiled and turned to sniff a flower. "Things are stil as beautiful from this level." She stated honestly. Amatsila felt like a bug, a bug in a big big world. She had never really spent time to enjoy the world from this height. Mother earth was really a piece of art itself.

She sighed, satisfied, and felt herself relax. It was good to finally relax all those once tensed up muscles. Her heart beat slowed down to its regular pace. The mare turned to her company, and watched him wondering what he thought. Hoping he didnt mind staying here after all. A bush or berries stood not too far away, what luck! "Hmm, feeling hungry?" She asked nosing towards the bush full of red berries that looked riped. So being a flutter wasnt always that great or easy, it still however fascinated her.  

[Nisshou H]

He did his best to act as though nothing were wrong still though the moment she offered to stay put he knew she had assembled the puzzle. He sighed and looked up at her as she took a spot on the ground by him. He wasn't sure whether to be appreciative of the action or incredibly insulted. It was a mixture of both. He could tell she meant no harm in her actions, though, so perhaps it was a bit closer to the touched side. "When one is this size things grow in their beauty or shine in all their flaws." He mused eying the flower as he lay on the ground.

While being in this form required no extra energy from him flight did and he did not wish to be stuck in this place for an eternity. Resting was essential to him right now so that was exactly what he did. He lowered his head to rest between his forelegs. He let his eyes unfocus and took in deep even breaths, it would be easy to mistake him for sleeping if not for his eyes still being open. Staying like this was a bit like napping and was good for regaining small amounts of energy.

He flicked his ears and blinked as her voice penetrated his trance like mind. "Hmmm?" He lifted his head and looked over to Amatsila and found her nosing at a berry bush. He made a strange face and shook his head quickly. "No, that's okay...I'm not that fond of berries." He said looking rather nervously at them.  

[Alice says RAWR]

She tiled her head at him then turned back to the berry bush. "Dont mind if I do," she smiled and slowly got up. Partially stretching then taking careful steps towards the bush. There were such things as poison berries in this place, she knew. Very well. Only one time had she eaten one, gave her quite the tummy ache. Spent most her time by a tree, worrying over some demon spotting her and seeing her as an easy prey. These berries were not the same color as the poison ones she had devoured. These were red. Cherry red almost. Amatsila looked at them unsure, just because they are not the same color, it did not mean it wasnt poisonious. She wished she had a two-legger around, pointing out which was able to be eaten and which shouldn't be. She hestitated more and decided perhaps she shouldnt. "Are you friends with two-leggers?" she smiled without turning to him to speak, her voice was quiet but the wide open space above seem to make her words echo a bit. Two-leggers, they were interesting creatures. A bit ugly looking but made beautiful decorations for soquilis like herself.

Turning around to face the flutter, he looked so small from her point of view. How he was lying down. Because of his size, he looked rather...adorable. But she kept that to herself, Spinel was way too mature to use adorable as a word? Or was he. He was really hard to firgure out for her. The more mysterious he got, she felt rejected like he didnt want to meet her, but the more curious and interested she was in him. What secrets he held, memories, and adventures would he bring. She loved adventure, the idea of exploring and discovering things. Trying to scientificly explain them in her own mind. However, she would never be able to do it even if she had it all planned out. The only thing that stood between her and her being herself, was shyness.  

[Nisshou H]

He turned his head to the side to watch her his black tail flicking about on the ground behind him. He was curious why she was hesitating to eat. She was hungry, wasn't she? There was nothing wrong with those berries, they were edible. If she was worried because he wasn't eating then she was being silly. He would not eat them because they were sweet and he wanted nothing to do with them. The reasons behind this were embarrassing however so he would keep his mouth shut.

"I cannot say they are my friends but I have no problems with them either." He said casually stilling his tail. He was curious why she would ask such a thing at a time like now. Was she trying to distract herself from the berry bush, if she was she was doing an adequate job at it. With her face turned his direction she could not possibly eat anything.

He stretched his forelegs a bit and shifted to settle more on his side. Just laying like this he was able to feel some of his strength returning. "If you are hungry, why don't you eat?" He questioned watching her closely for a reaction that may provide some clue as to her curious change of mind.  

[Alice says RAWR]

He had answered her question with the needed words, nothing more and nothing less. She sighed wondering if she'll ever be able to figure him out. Predict his next moves and all that. "I.....these berries.....are they poisonious?" came her truth ful words. Worried expression at the bush, looked delicious however its a risky thing to do to just eat anything you see edible in the forest. The mare hestitaed wondering if maybe this sounded stupid, maybe this was edible and everyone knew that red berries were edible. Once again, it never hurt to be so careful. However, it could sometimes leave you with an empty stomache. Giving up on the berries, she bent down and nibbled at the grass. It made her dry mouth feel a tad better. If grass didnt help with it, she always had water. Amatsila tried to think of some subjects to bring up. However, she felt she did her best during this conversation. In fact, she was very proud of herself. If she left him to do all the talking, would he start to describe himself? Then again, he was the type to respond back with simple answers that gave off no hint to wether he liked green better or blue. Amatsila sighed and closed her eyes, letting her ears listen to him. As she cassually ate.

Ears rected, and twitching, birds over by the trees and squirrels speaking with each other somewhere in a tree. The sun felt hot on her neck, maybe after some grass she could go into the pond for a dip. He did say it was safe, or no monsters in it anyways. Safe...nothing could be perfectly safe. Her curls slid a bit down a bit, and into her face, although she kept on eating, deep in thought about many the mysteries of the world. Spinel Sun, here, was one of them.  

[Nisshou H]

He studied her for a long while after she answered. So that was it. He had never met someone with so many fears before. She didn't seem to care for his answer anymore and started to fill herself on grass. Grass was safe as it was everywhere but he couldn't imagine passing up something sweet for something everyday. Unless of course she was like him but somehow he did not think so. If she was she never wouldn't really be considering the berries at all. He had found out about their sugar content after being blown face first into the bush.

After deciding that this surely wasn't the case he slowly got to his feet and moved over to the sky blue mare. "They are good to eat." He said eying the berries a bit warily. "They're..." He paused looking almost nervous. "...sweet." To him they were something to be avoided at all costs but he was pretty sure few felt the same way he did on the subject.  

[Alice says RAWR]

Amatsila perked up, staring at him. He had chosen the word sweet. This was new. She was expecting something along the lines of "safe to eat" or "riped enough for you to eat". All those other adjectives that often made someone sound all happy and creamy, was often avoided by the flutter. Thoughts about him changed, she does not know him very well, so perhaps her first assumptions were wrong. Actually second assumptions. First one was that he was a demon. Amatsila tried to smile. But still shocked in some ways. She hoped he didnt see her surprise expression at all. "Are they now?" a rhetorical question, "Then, I guess its safe to eat." She lifted herself from the grass, picked a berry off and devoured it. Delicious. The sweet taste flowed down her throat and was a lot more helpful compared to grass. A few more conquered her stomache. Now time for that water. Not thinking to mention anything to her company, she just stepped towards the pond, gave one last hestitate look. Then she slowly stuck out her hoof, and dipped the end in it. Expecting that maybe he was wrong, and something would end up pulling her in. Nothing did. She was often wrong with this demon stuff.

Her head was pulled back and her eyes partially peeking at her foot in the water. The mare stuck it in farther and shut her eyes. Nothing. She let go of her breath and let her leg slide in very slowly. She lifted the back leg and stuck that one in. Finally all fours were touching the bottom of the pond. The water had reached where her legs joined up with her body. She smiled and turned to Spinel. He was right, there are no monsters....for now anyways.  

[Nisshou H]

He nodded and settled back in the grass. He lay his head down and closed his eyes for a moment. The warmth from the sun was starting to make him feel a bit drowsy. He tossed his head to shake the feeling, now was not a time for sleeping. It was a time for figuring out what that noise was? He opened his eyes and lifted his head alarmed only to find Amatsila with one leg in the pond.

He lifted a brow giving her a look that could only be described as confused. She was full of oddities and it seemed he had only picked up on a few of them. He shook his head as she got into the water fully and looked at him. "Did you not believe me?" He asked standing and crossing to her again. He did not entirely understand why she did not trust him. He had done nothing to betray her trust and at the moment he was the size of an insect. He was somewhat less then threatening like this.

It was not as though he was incapable of hurting her he just wouldn't. She wasn't a threat to him in anyway shape or form. There was no reason to harm her and if there was he would not trick her.  

[Alice says RAWR]

"Not that I didnt believe you......it never hurts to be too safe." Amatsila lowered herself more, to the point where she was lying down on the bottom. Except she could not put her head down, because she couldnt breath under water. The water now came mid up to her neck. She sighed and closed her eyes. It wasnt that she did not trust him. One could easily be wrong about something, like how she assumed he was a monster. Amatsila smiled to him, hoping that he could at least smile back. He has not smiled to her so far, or at least she could not remember. The mare let the pond water flow around her curves. She sighed depressingly, looking down at the water. Maybe a few fish wouldnt hurt. However, she'd probably jolt and bolt for the deeper parts of the forest because of them. Her eyes could easily mistaken a fish as a demon. Gazing back up at the sky. Warm on the top, but cool on the bottom. Just perfect. She wished the flutter could join her, so she wouldnt feel so lonely, however he was over on the side, so he was there at least. She returned her gaze back to him. Still holding her friendly smile.

She felt good about meeting him. However, he probably could care less about meeting her or not. Either ways he would have been just fine, but probably preferred to being left alone? Amatsila shrugged at this one assumption. What others thought of her was sometimes predictable, how shy she was anyways. However, how others felt about her, was another story.  

[Nisshou H]

In a way he could agree with her and in a way he could not. While being unsafe could lead to harm being too safe could as well though in a more round-about way. He was glad to know that she seemed to believe him though. It was a truly pleasant thought given how frightened she seemed of absolutely everything.

As she smiled he simply looked at her not sure what she was smiling about. When she turned her head to look at the sky he wondered if perhaps there was something there. Investigating he found nothing of interest so he turned back to see her still smiling. Somehow he could not stop himself from smiling back. It was small, and rather contained, but it softened his face and made him seem more approachable. A smile was something very few ever got to see from Spinel Sun as very few ever gave him a reason to show such a gentle side.

After a few moment's he took his place laying on the side of the pond dipping his forelegs and tail tip into the cool water. "So you like the water a lot?" He questioned still trying to find a reason for why she was smiling. It couldn't possibly be because of him. More often he provoked annoyance from others, not cheer and smiles.  

[Alice says RAWR]

He was smiling back. This made Amatsila more happy. It was good to know he was smiling back. She watched him dip himself into the water. It was cool and refreshing to her legs, but she did feel her legs go num. Amatsila thought about her answer. Did she like water, not really. It was just a substance that took up space on the land. She couldn't breathe under it, and sometimes murky water gave her chills. In fact, murky water always did. Water could hurt you, shes knows it may seem gentle and calm on a lake, but out in the sea, it was harsh and rough. Only one trip to the beach, and she had seen a huge arch made by water, washing and running across the sea. Taking anything in its way along with it. The mare tilted her head, "No, I dont have an opinion on water. Its just....there." She looked up and thought about it more. Then, she decided that was an honest answer. She started smiling again. This time gazing at him. It wasnt an insane smile that the type her step sister could pull off. It was rather a soft smile. Almost not there if you didnt look closely at her lips. Besides she was alive, why was she smiling? Amatsila did not know very well herself. But her heart felt light and fluffy. Maybe because she had found out that there were no monsters in the water she was in.

That was always good. She held her smile at him. Wondering if he thought she was crazy or something. Then she stopped and looked into the water. Blushing, she did not want him thinking she was crazy. If he already wasnt pondering over that over her ridiculous careful actions. Amatsila kept her head down in case he was about to laugh at her. Then again, he probably wouldn't. Instead of laughs, he'd probably raise his eyebrow. Staring at her seriously. Anatsila peeked up at him. He did smile, so maybe he could laugh too.  

[Nisshou H]

It was a very logical response. He rather liked that. He thought of it in much the same way it was just there. At points it irritated him when it prevented him from flying and other times he enjoyed it when he was thirsty or wished to clean his coat. Those times aside water was really nothing special. His train of thought screeched to a thought as a rather peculiar thought struck him. He chuckled so softly the sound was almost inaudible.

"Of all the things to talk about..." The smile on his face grew in size though his laughter had died off. For him it was a rather amusing thought. They were having a conversation, more or less, about their opinions on water. Water of all things. It just tickled him quite a bit. After a moment he let the thought settle away so that it wouldn't provoke further quite bursts of laughter. He was silent for a moment before testing his wings once again. After only a few flaps he could feel himself lifting from the ground.

"You had wanted to go to the hills before I..." He paused and shook his head deciding not to continue it. They both knew what had happened and it was rather embarrassing to think about it. "Just before. Do you still wish to go or would you prefer to stay here?"