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 Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 11:33 am
"There you go." She nodded her head and turned to look at him. "Much better."
With a lady-like sigh, she stood and stepped off the rock. "Yes, a black face like yours. A black face that is permanently black. Its such a shame, his coat is such a lovely colour other than that..." She trailed off and shrugged.
"According to Lewis, its not such a funny story," she said, an amused note in her voice. "But I think I would enjoy to hear your take on it. Especially if it is supposed to be funny."
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Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 12:10 pm
Salvatore grinned broadly, pleased to have the lady's attention on himself. Spreading his paws, he launched into an animated narration of how he came to have a soot-black face. "It's a great story, really. I dunno what happened to Lewis, but it was awesome! It was right about New Year's, yeah? And so I'm just walking along and this big guy with these HUGE eyebrows is saying he's giving away FREE FIREWORKS! I mean fireworks! Real big ones, and he's giving them away for FREE!" The permateen's eyes brightened as he waved his paws emphatically, his mouth continuing at a mile a minute.
"So I'm like, 'heck yeah, I want a free firework!' so I take one but the huge guy says I'm not allowed to light it 'til midnight. Makes sense 'cause it's New Year's and if you light 'em early then there's no more firework for the actual celebration, so I hold onto mine and watch the clock and it was REALLY HARD 'cause I wanted to light it right away so I could find out what kind it was."
Salvatore paused for breath and then started to laugh so hard it seemed as if he had thought of a joke and skipped to the punchline without telling anyone else. When he could form words again, he continued, though his phrases were punctuated with snorts and giggles.
"So it's finally midnight and we light 'em, and mine's got a pretty long fuse, so I'm waiting 'til the spark gets to the end. I'm thinking it's going to be an AWESOME explosion with lots of lights and sparks and stuff." The blue-marked permateen started to laugh again, until he was gasping for breath.
"It was an awesome explosion, all right!" He howled with laughter, falling onto his side and beating the ground with a paw. "'Cause it wasn't a firework, it was a stick of DYNAMITE!" Sitting up and panting for breath, Salvatore wiped a tear of laughter from his eye. "I started to get antsy as it was about to blow up, so I took a few steps away, but it got me good! I couldn't hear out my ears for weeks! But it was AWESOME!" He giggled, trailing off as he looked back up at the other Audio. "Yeah... it was a real blast. There was smoke and fire and I went flying in the air... ha haaa..."
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Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 11:05 pm
As he finished his story, she did actually look quite amused! "Well, well. That must have been quite an adventure." She crossed her arms, tapping her chin with a slender forefinger. "From Lewis' point of view, it was more of a horrific catastrophe, aimed solely to ensure you all a fiery death."
She paused and shrugged, her hands in the air. "But then again, he is a whiny, annoying, paranoid pessimist about everything. It gets tiring, really. He is such a bore to be around sometimes." Giving Salvatore a ghost of a grin, she picked up another rock and handed it to him.
"Give it another go?"
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Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 11:42 pm
The tan and blue permateen may not have been smart enough not to play with dangerous explosives, but he had just enough sense to deduce that by comparing him to Lewis, the lady Audio must have thought Salvatore was at least more fun to be around.
His grin spread from ear to ear and he accepted the rock gleefully. "You bet!" Feeling the weight of the stone in his paw, he angled his wrist carefully and gave a flick just like last time, holding his breath as he watched it go.
Skip, skip, skip, skip, skip, SKIP, plop! Salvatore did his little victory dance again, like a bowler who had just thrown his first strike. "YESSSSS!"
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Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 10:56 am
"Congratulations," she said, nodding her head. "You've done very well." Drucilla turned around, fanning out her wings. They were mostly dry now, but still not enough. Heaving another sigh, she went and took her spot on the rock again, this time leaving her wings unfurled so the sun could dry them properly.
"My father taught me how to skip rocks when I was very young." She quirked her lips. "Heh. My mother didn't approve; she said it wasn't ladylike." Turning her gaze from the pond over to the boy, she grinned a bit. "But it is fun, isn't it?"
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Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 12:16 pm
His triple-tufted tail wagged as his grin spread across his muzzle, thrilling in the lady Audio's approval. As she spread her wings, Salvatore let his jaw open, staring in curious admiration. Of course Euphie had wings much like this lady's, but the color of these was somehow awe-inspiring and intimidating in a way Euphie's had never been.
His attention snapped back to her face as she spoke again, and he grinned more. "Lots of fun," he agreed, tail swishing. "But I don't get it. How is skipping rocks not ladylike if it's fun? You seem lots like a lady to me and you're fun." He rubbed his black nose a bit bashfully.
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