(AIM RP) Walking in the rain...
Pepper & Wynni
Pepper & Wynni
The tall preteen had decided to take a walk in the rain to get away from the chaos of a home that now housed a crying infant. Not that she minded the infant but the young girl needed a break, thus she took up her umbrella, put on a coat, and wandered out into the autumn rain. It was brisk, chill, and refreshing just to be out on her own and not have Puck hanging on her for entertainment or bugging her to take him places. Her pink eyes flicked skyward under the edge of her umbrella to only see gray sky and more rain. Wynni found she enjoyed walking in the rain, maybe she could go to the hobby store and find more tools and things to tinker with, that would be fun, or an antique store that had a broken windup toy that needed to be fixed.
Yes maybe she could do that!
Wynni's mind was buried in plans and thoughts, completely unaware of her surroundings for the time being.
Pepper didn't enjoy getting wet, well more that he didn't like how his skin dried after getting wet. After all he had been in the ocean and the pool and bath tubs..but bleh. He still didn't understand why people liked to get drenched. So when he got caught in the down pour whilst he was out looking for something to do he swore and immediately looked for shelter. He dashed to where a eve was but it was hardly stopping the rain from hitting him. He then spotted the umbrella in the corner of his eyes and he ran for it.
He of course didn't think of the fact there would be someone holding onto that umbrella...and he only realized it a few minutes too late and he scrabbeled to stop his immediate head long rush into the person before him. He only succeeded instead in slipping into the puddle and then he huddeled underneath the persons.....skirt? He pressed his back up against her legs drawing in his long legs trying to stop them from getting more wet than they already were.
She had paused just long enough to become a target. Wynni was observing something about the weather once again when suddenly a someone was pressed up against her legs and her tail instinctively moved to wrap protectively around her legs, but it also wrapped slightly around the form that pressed himself to her and she felt the hair brush against her legs under skirt. Oddly enough she didn't feel scandalized, why did she need to be? It wasn't like this individual was taking liberties on her person they were just...
What WERE they doing? She didn't move herself or her umbrella as she peered down at where there was now an odd figure hiding with her under her umbrella (and under her skirt). There was a momentary pause as she pondered how to address the situation. Finally she cleared her throat and calmly said, "Hello? Why are you hiding under my skirt?" she sounded oddly amused, mostly because she never thought those words would ever come out of her mouth for whatever reason. "I insist on knowing names if people are going to hide under my skirt."
Wynni was either far too trusting or she just simply didn't feel threatened.
Pepper blinked as he was addressed pushing the hem of the skirt back he looked up to see the girls pale skin, he took the liberty to be careful to not damage her skirt with his claws. He looked down noticing the tail wrapped around his chest lightly.
"Ah...Pepper." He replied to her second question first his gold eyes stared up at her pink ones and he broke into a grin.
"You make a good shelter. HEY your pretty tall!" he commented quickly as realized she had to be to house his lanky frame under her skirt.
She couldn't help but giggle as he peeked up at her from under the hem of her skirt; it looked funny to her for some reason. After the giggling subsided she nodded a bit, "I'm Wynni," and then she listened for his reason for being under her skirt, as it was surely forthcoming she just had to wait for a few moments.
Oh, he needed shelter? Wynni seemed rather proud when he mentioned her height, "Yeah, it's mostly my legs," she said cheerfully to Pepper. "I guess I am a good shelter but that can't be very fun?" her tail gradually moved away from her legs and Pepper to fall directly behind her for the time being, though the tip still twitched.
"Would you like to walk into a store with me so you can at least stand up?" Wynni gave another small giggle.
Pepper immediately went to look at her legs as she mentioned them. OOOOOOH...he stared at her feet and he looked to his own okay they...were similar but not the same. He poked at the large toes and noticed the scales on her legs and poked at those too.
"Hey you know your like me...but not." He commented as he looked back up at her in new admiration. He then looked to the tail and he didn't have one but he thought that was pretty nifty.
He moved gingerly to stand up as he ...didn't really want to get more wet than he already was and stood pretty close to her. His height was mostly just ..that..height. Though hers spurned from her legs he was just a lanky male. His ears twtiched as he peered at her slightly pointed ears.
"You know your the wrong color and you don't have any bone structures but you could be my sister almost.."
Since it seemed to bother him more that he got wet Wynni quietly offered him the handle of her umbrella, "Here, Pepper, hold on to this," she offered cheerfully, that is if his digits would allow him to hold it properly, which she was certain they would. Now that he was standing she could get a better look at him now and was aware that he of his observation. Wynni nodded in agreement, "Yeah, I guess you're right," the young girl said simply. She seemed to lapse into silence before she jumped into any conclusions.
"Where are you from?" Wynni asked feeling that was a safe enough question. People all over Gaia had different qualities to them so it was quite embarrassing to just assume people came from the facility that she had originated from. Sometimes people just looked really, really strange.
Pepper looked at the handle being offered to him and he took it..awkwardly and held it wrong the first moment and got them both drenched. He quickly fixed his hold and looked a bit like a drowned rat. He shook his head his hair sticking to his face he then gave her a crooked grin.
"Ahah..a...sorry." He apologized as he then tried to well shelter her from the rain some. He felt bad taking her means of shelter.
When she asked where she was from he looked at her blinking a bit as if it was a question he hadn't been asked before.
"Uh..." He pointed in the direction he had come from.
"The facilities a couple blocks down. You know..Seven o...f...Seven or something like that? I don't normally pay much attention to what he calls it..."
She gave a squeak and moved to ineffectively cover her head with her hands for a moment until he righted the situation and had control of the umbrella, "Hee, its okay," she said good naturedly as she adjusted her coat a bit. She moved to walk with him toward the hobby store which wasn't too far away. She listened to him tell her where he had come from. Who was this 'he' he talked about? The person that cared for him? That seemed plausible, "That place? Oh! I came from there, too. I was adopted out to a nice woman when I was very young," Wynni explained quietly with a small nod as she peered where he had pointed where he came from as if that helped her visualize it even better before she looked ahead now.
"You live there, then?" Wynni asked curiously, not judging at all.
Pepper rather liked this girl named Wynni she had a nice strong build and was friendly and she was really cool looking. And tall...he wasn't sure why but he liked the fact she was tall.
"Eh?..." He looked at her wondering why so many of the kids got to leave that blasted place and he had to live there.
"Yeah...I do. I live with Luthor and his dad.." He replied with a shrug of his shoulders. He felt a chill go up his spine...stupid wet.
Even if he had asked she probably wouldn't have an answer for him. She quietly walked next to him content and not too bothered by any droplets of rain that invaded her space. So long as Pepper felt better about the whole weather situation she was pretty content with that. She gazed back at him and shrugged, "Well, I never met this Luthor but at least you aren't the only one right?" Wynni offered trying to be cheerful about the situation though she wasn't certain why; it was probably something in the way he looked at her that made her feel slightly odd about being 'outside'.
She liked Pepper as well he seemed odd but nice and also about as tall as she was, which was a rare treat. Wynni moved to twine her arm with his free one with a cheerful hum, it didn't cross her mind as to whether or not she should do this act, she simply wanted to. Wynni felt comfortable enough with Pepper to walk this way with him and not feel as if it indicated something about them.
Wynni noted the shiver, "We'll be somewhere inside soon," she promised.
Pepper hadn't really thought on it before he guessed it was a good thing that he had Luthor and his father. Though lately Almas seemed more preoccupied in being depressed and clingy since Luthor had...up and run away from home.
"Eh...its not a place I'd want any kid to live...but hey I'm tougher than most kids." he boasted with a nod of his head. When she slipped her arm to intertwine with his he looked at their arms and then shrugged. He didn't blame her for getting close it really was pouring and the umbrella was just not big enough for the two of em.
"Careful of my rocky skin..don't want you to skin yourself on those...they are quite touchy.." He warned.
She nodded a little bit, "I could see why," is all she could really offer on that subject as they walked together. Wynni seemed thoughtful and shrugged, "maybe one day when you're old enough you can live on your own right?" She didn't see why he couldn't he was perfectly nice person, at least right now. She couldn't imagine why that would ever change.
Wynni had noted the bits on his skin and shrugged lightly, "Unless you plan to hit really hard or whatever it's kinda hard to cut my skin, gotta be real determined to hurt me if you want to hurt me," she chuckled a bit and shrugged. Even falling hardly got her any scrapes, maybe bruises sometimes but no real scrapes unless she managed to somehow fall very, very hard which happened now and again.
She began to gently pull him toward a hobby building nearby, "So what do you like to do, Pepper?" moving on to new conversational avenues seemed best.
Pepper liked her even more now, she was tough. That was awesome! Tough skin meant he didn't have to constantly worry about his claws. He grinned like an idiot at the thought.
"Nah I don't hit girls." He announced, "Tackling them is another matter though." He chuckeled thinking of the over excited greeting he had given Marieke a while ago.
WHen the topic moved to hobbies he really wasn't sure how to answer.
"Oh...you know..this and that...what about you?" He turned it back on her..he really didn't have hobbies besides scared the day lights out of technicians.
She gave a small laugh, "Tackling huh? My brother Puck tackles me sometimes when I come back from going out for a while, but he's very small so it barely even unbalances me sometimes unless I'm not prepared for it." Wynni shrugged as she reached forward to open the door for them to enter, "You first," she said happily while she released his arm.
On the subject of hobbies she shrugged as well, "I like to work around the house or the yard, sometimes I babysit my siblings or I try to find something else to do. I don't have anything concrete just yet though I'm starting to get interested in toying around with clockwork things and what not...Which I guess is close enough to a hobby," she said with some modesty. "I'm not that good at it; my hands are too ... I don't know...Jittery. I get excited when something starts to go my way and it falls apart."
Pepper laughed at the idea of someone knocking her over. She seemed so sturdy and well built. He peered at her tail staring at it a couple of moments before he tried to shove the umbrella through the door way and found that it was too wide. He peered at it...and figured he could probably force it through....but he didn't want to risk breaking it.
"Uh...guess we have to leave it out here..." he mused and he looked to her fingers and chuckeled.
"well...at least you can hold stuff like that ...I kinda have difficulties.." he motioned with a wiggle of his fingers.
Yes maybe she could do that!
Wynni's mind was buried in plans and thoughts, completely unaware of her surroundings for the time being.
Pepper didn't enjoy getting wet, well more that he didn't like how his skin dried after getting wet. After all he had been in the ocean and the pool and bath tubs..but bleh. He still didn't understand why people liked to get drenched. So when he got caught in the down pour whilst he was out looking for something to do he swore and immediately looked for shelter. He dashed to where a eve was but it was hardly stopping the rain from hitting him. He then spotted the umbrella in the corner of his eyes and he ran for it.
He of course didn't think of the fact there would be someone holding onto that umbrella...and he only realized it a few minutes too late and he scrabbeled to stop his immediate head long rush into the person before him. He only succeeded instead in slipping into the puddle and then he huddeled underneath the persons.....skirt? He pressed his back up against her legs drawing in his long legs trying to stop them from getting more wet than they already were.
She had paused just long enough to become a target. Wynni was observing something about the weather once again when suddenly a someone was pressed up against her legs and her tail instinctively moved to wrap protectively around her legs, but it also wrapped slightly around the form that pressed himself to her and she felt the hair brush against her legs under skirt. Oddly enough she didn't feel scandalized, why did she need to be? It wasn't like this individual was taking liberties on her person they were just...
What WERE they doing? She didn't move herself or her umbrella as she peered down at where there was now an odd figure hiding with her under her umbrella (and under her skirt). There was a momentary pause as she pondered how to address the situation. Finally she cleared her throat and calmly said, "Hello? Why are you hiding under my skirt?" she sounded oddly amused, mostly because she never thought those words would ever come out of her mouth for whatever reason. "I insist on knowing names if people are going to hide under my skirt."
Wynni was either far too trusting or she just simply didn't feel threatened.
Pepper blinked as he was addressed pushing the hem of the skirt back he looked up to see the girls pale skin, he took the liberty to be careful to not damage her skirt with his claws. He looked down noticing the tail wrapped around his chest lightly.
"Ah...Pepper." He replied to her second question first his gold eyes stared up at her pink ones and he broke into a grin.
"You make a good shelter. HEY your pretty tall!" he commented quickly as realized she had to be to house his lanky frame under her skirt.
She couldn't help but giggle as he peeked up at her from under the hem of her skirt; it looked funny to her for some reason. After the giggling subsided she nodded a bit, "I'm Wynni," and then she listened for his reason for being under her skirt, as it was surely forthcoming she just had to wait for a few moments.
Oh, he needed shelter? Wynni seemed rather proud when he mentioned her height, "Yeah, it's mostly my legs," she said cheerfully to Pepper. "I guess I am a good shelter but that can't be very fun?" her tail gradually moved away from her legs and Pepper to fall directly behind her for the time being, though the tip still twitched.
"Would you like to walk into a store with me so you can at least stand up?" Wynni gave another small giggle.
Pepper immediately went to look at her legs as she mentioned them. OOOOOOH...he stared at her feet and he looked to his own okay they...were similar but not the same. He poked at the large toes and noticed the scales on her legs and poked at those too.
"Hey you know your like me...but not." He commented as he looked back up at her in new admiration. He then looked to the tail and he didn't have one but he thought that was pretty nifty.
He moved gingerly to stand up as he ...didn't really want to get more wet than he already was and stood pretty close to her. His height was mostly just ..that..height. Though hers spurned from her legs he was just a lanky male. His ears twtiched as he peered at her slightly pointed ears.
"You know your the wrong color and you don't have any bone structures but you could be my sister almost.."
Since it seemed to bother him more that he got wet Wynni quietly offered him the handle of her umbrella, "Here, Pepper, hold on to this," she offered cheerfully, that is if his digits would allow him to hold it properly, which she was certain they would. Now that he was standing she could get a better look at him now and was aware that he of his observation. Wynni nodded in agreement, "Yeah, I guess you're right," the young girl said simply. She seemed to lapse into silence before she jumped into any conclusions.
"Where are you from?" Wynni asked feeling that was a safe enough question. People all over Gaia had different qualities to them so it was quite embarrassing to just assume people came from the facility that she had originated from. Sometimes people just looked really, really strange.
Pepper looked at the handle being offered to him and he took it..awkwardly and held it wrong the first moment and got them both drenched. He quickly fixed his hold and looked a bit like a drowned rat. He shook his head his hair sticking to his face he then gave her a crooked grin.
"Ahah..a...sorry." He apologized as he then tried to well shelter her from the rain some. He felt bad taking her means of shelter.
When she asked where she was from he looked at her blinking a bit as if it was a question he hadn't been asked before.
"Uh..." He pointed in the direction he had come from.
"The facilities a couple blocks down. You know..Seven o...f...Seven or something like that? I don't normally pay much attention to what he calls it..."
She gave a squeak and moved to ineffectively cover her head with her hands for a moment until he righted the situation and had control of the umbrella, "Hee, its okay," she said good naturedly as she adjusted her coat a bit. She moved to walk with him toward the hobby store which wasn't too far away. She listened to him tell her where he had come from. Who was this 'he' he talked about? The person that cared for him? That seemed plausible, "That place? Oh! I came from there, too. I was adopted out to a nice woman when I was very young," Wynni explained quietly with a small nod as she peered where he had pointed where he came from as if that helped her visualize it even better before she looked ahead now.
"You live there, then?" Wynni asked curiously, not judging at all.
Pepper rather liked this girl named Wynni she had a nice strong build and was friendly and she was really cool looking. And tall...he wasn't sure why but he liked the fact she was tall.
"Eh?..." He looked at her wondering why so many of the kids got to leave that blasted place and he had to live there.
"Yeah...I do. I live with Luthor and his dad.." He replied with a shrug of his shoulders. He felt a chill go up his spine...stupid wet.
Even if he had asked she probably wouldn't have an answer for him. She quietly walked next to him content and not too bothered by any droplets of rain that invaded her space. So long as Pepper felt better about the whole weather situation she was pretty content with that. She gazed back at him and shrugged, "Well, I never met this Luthor but at least you aren't the only one right?" Wynni offered trying to be cheerful about the situation though she wasn't certain why; it was probably something in the way he looked at her that made her feel slightly odd about being 'outside'.
She liked Pepper as well he seemed odd but nice and also about as tall as she was, which was a rare treat. Wynni moved to twine her arm with his free one with a cheerful hum, it didn't cross her mind as to whether or not she should do this act, she simply wanted to. Wynni felt comfortable enough with Pepper to walk this way with him and not feel as if it indicated something about them.
Wynni noted the shiver, "We'll be somewhere inside soon," she promised.
Pepper hadn't really thought on it before he guessed it was a good thing that he had Luthor and his father. Though lately Almas seemed more preoccupied in being depressed and clingy since Luthor had...up and run away from home.
"Eh...its not a place I'd want any kid to live...but hey I'm tougher than most kids." he boasted with a nod of his head. When she slipped her arm to intertwine with his he looked at their arms and then shrugged. He didn't blame her for getting close it really was pouring and the umbrella was just not big enough for the two of em.
"Careful of my rocky skin..don't want you to skin yourself on those...they are quite touchy.." He warned.
She nodded a little bit, "I could see why," is all she could really offer on that subject as they walked together. Wynni seemed thoughtful and shrugged, "maybe one day when you're old enough you can live on your own right?" She didn't see why he couldn't he was perfectly nice person, at least right now. She couldn't imagine why that would ever change.
Wynni had noted the bits on his skin and shrugged lightly, "Unless you plan to hit really hard or whatever it's kinda hard to cut my skin, gotta be real determined to hurt me if you want to hurt me," she chuckled a bit and shrugged. Even falling hardly got her any scrapes, maybe bruises sometimes but no real scrapes unless she managed to somehow fall very, very hard which happened now and again.
She began to gently pull him toward a hobby building nearby, "So what do you like to do, Pepper?" moving on to new conversational avenues seemed best.
Pepper liked her even more now, she was tough. That was awesome! Tough skin meant he didn't have to constantly worry about his claws. He grinned like an idiot at the thought.
"Nah I don't hit girls." He announced, "Tackling them is another matter though." He chuckeled thinking of the over excited greeting he had given Marieke a while ago.
WHen the topic moved to hobbies he really wasn't sure how to answer.
"Oh...you know..this and that...what about you?" He turned it back on her..he really didn't have hobbies besides scared the day lights out of technicians.
She gave a small laugh, "Tackling huh? My brother Puck tackles me sometimes when I come back from going out for a while, but he's very small so it barely even unbalances me sometimes unless I'm not prepared for it." Wynni shrugged as she reached forward to open the door for them to enter, "You first," she said happily while she released his arm.
On the subject of hobbies she shrugged as well, "I like to work around the house or the yard, sometimes I babysit my siblings or I try to find something else to do. I don't have anything concrete just yet though I'm starting to get interested in toying around with clockwork things and what not...Which I guess is close enough to a hobby," she said with some modesty. "I'm not that good at it; my hands are too ... I don't know...Jittery. I get excited when something starts to go my way and it falls apart."
Pepper laughed at the idea of someone knocking her over. She seemed so sturdy and well built. He peered at her tail staring at it a couple of moments before he tried to shove the umbrella through the door way and found that it was too wide. He peered at it...and figured he could probably force it through....but he didn't want to risk breaking it.
"Uh...guess we have to leave it out here..." he mused and he looked to her fingers and chuckeled.
"well...at least you can hold stuff like that ...I kinda have difficulties.." he motioned with a wiggle of his fingers.
