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 Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:26 pm
It was quiet, and Dante found himself enjoying the darkening sky. Finally a day was over, and it was another day that he had survived and was alive. It was such a strange concept, to wonder when his father would find him, and kill him. He really hated that his mind was constantly reminding him about such horrible things, and he tried to brush the thoughts off when he could.
He found that to be easier said then done...
His gaze found a strange glowy figure in the air, and it almost looked like a fly! But it was.. glowing every few seconds!
Shaking his mane out of his face, he increased his speed and tried hard to catch the silly thing. Was he dreaming? Or was that thing REALLY glowing?!
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:39 pm
He wasn't suppose to wander this far away from Mother and Father but he was getting bigger, his wings could almost carry him now, and that meant that he was alright, mostly.
He was pretty sure he could outrun or at least out maneuver anything that tried to come after him anyway. Fluffing his wings he looked up into a cloud of firefly's and frowned. As long as they didn't touch him too much he'd be okay. He certainly didn't like the feeling of little bugs crawling all over him.
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:52 pm
The glowy bug soon led Dante to more glowy bugs, and also to something else! Another colt, who looked a tad bigger then him. Dante was surprised, since many usually avoided him or something.
He had wings that were different then his sisters.. and a strange tail that was also different from his brothers! He had never seen anything like it.
Dante wasn't sure how to respond, so he put a grin on his face, and decided to step closer. "Hello.." it wasn't like him to be so timid, but this was the first non-family conversation he had ever had. "Do you know what these things are?" he glanced back at the glowy things, and felt himself move suddenly at one that came too close. They were so random, and Dante didn't like that.
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:59 pm
Hearing and seeing another foal, one that wasn't family, he quickly flipped his wings over his eyes for a moment before peering out. Nope, he'd defiantly not seen anyone like that before but it wasn't one of the things that Dad had warned him about so he assumed he was safe.
He nodded at the question as to what the little things were. They were fireflys of course. Didn't everyone know that?
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 7:24 pm
After a few silent blinks, and a quick tilt of the head, Dante realized that the foal.. hadn't said anything yet!
Was it something he said? For a moment he couldn't remember, and he felt frazzled at the thought of upsetting another being. "Um.. why are you so quiet?" Maybe Dante was just used to people ALWAYS talking around him, so NOW, the silence he always wanted, sounded almost too creepy! "I just.. don't know what you mean you know. I don't know what these stupid things are."
He stepped so that he was closer to the other colt, and he was able to look at his wings carefully. How was it possible for others to have different wings? His sisters weren't on the side like that.. so seeing such a different meant that Dante really was too sheltered and unaware. "Cool wings."
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 7:30 pm
He tilted his head again and looked at the wings he was using to cover his eyes. He didn't think they were that cool. He had them and Mommy had them and Dorian had them. Res didn't but that was okay since Daddy didn't either.
"Firefly's." His voice was soft since he didn't use it much but since the other had asked and said he didn't know he thought he could inform him.
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:03 pm
"Ok, fireflies......" Oii, he felt stupid..
Dante still wasn't the most social of creatures, so he shuffled his feet and glanced at the colt. Maybe he was just shy himself? Dante's mind was racing as he was trying to figure out what the other was thinking. His mind always did that, and he compulsively over thought things constantly. It was always such a pain for him!
"Am I boring, or are you just quiet?" Yes, that question seemed plausible and good enough, but what if it was something else? Then he would have to come up with another question!
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:07 pm
He moved one wing and moved it across his mouth in a zipping motion. He was just quiet like his mother. He knew how to talk but he didn't always feel like it was nessicary to do so when things could be expressed other ways.
Grinning he reached out with the other wing and tapped the grey foals smaller set. He hadn't seen any on someone's head before, and he couldn't think of how they'd be useful, but they were neat looking.
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:22 pm
Dante wanted to jump back when the colt had touched him, and he noticed he had focused on his small head wings. "Oh these things? Yeah.. they are a trait I suppose." A trait that was never really discussed, for many reasons. He quieted himself after that, since it was a habit to never discuss anything else.
Moving his eyes into a crossed-eyed position, he looked up towards his wings, and focused hard to make them wiggle. He wasn't used to his body yet, so it was extremely awkward for a moment, until finally they twitched lightly.
"Your wings move easily.. hopefully I can get used to mine." He brought his eyes back to the colts, and sighed, expecting the usual silence.
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:33 pm
He tilted his head again and looked confused for a moment as the other's little wings wiggled. That was strange but he almost wanted a set himself.
"They're neat..." They were more interesting than his at least. His were common enough and he knew lots of others had wings. But little ones? Those had to be special.
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:47 pm
"Well thanks." Dante then said, with a calm smile. No one had ever told him that before, and if anything, they usually told him that he was weird!
"What's your name, by the way? Mines Dante!" he widened his smile and shuffled his feet, feeling a bit more at ease now. Though.. why was this colt off by himself as well? Dante had left to let his mother rest, since he couldn't fall asleep as easily as his brother and sister did. "How come you are out so late? Do you have a family too?"
Dante did notice the large number of families around, so he wouldn't have been surprised if that was true.
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:56 pm
"Sigao..." His name was easy enough to say his name since others asked him that a lot. It was one of the few things he'd say whenever asked instead of trying to find other ways to answer.
At the question about his family he nodded. He was on his way home form his wanderings since it was starting to get late and Mom would get worried if he wasn't back before she slept. He didn't want to worry her or anything.
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:00 pm
"Ok well, nice to meet you Sigao....." Ah, more silence. And for a moment, Dante thought he might have been on a role when it came to talking. "You really are quiet.. I am trying as hard as I can to be interesting." Though, it obviously wasn't good enough.
Drooping his ears, he turned to look at any figures that were in the dark view around him. The only bright figures that lit up the area were the pesky fireflies, and the stars in the sky. It almost looked creepy when it was that dark.
"I guess you just, don't like talking? Sorry but, that's kinda weird."
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:07 pm
He waved one of his wings to get some of the fire flies go away for a bit. It didn't last long but at least it was for a few bit. "My mom can only say what you say to her, so i learned to express myself other ways." He smiled slightly. "My siblings talk enough."
Mom seemed like him him a lot since he didn't talk like her. He seemed to be able to communicate with her in ways that Daddy and his siblings couldn't since he'd learned. It meant that everyone else had a bit of trouble figuring him out but he was okay with that.
Dorian and Res were friendly. They'd make enough friends to make up for the ones he wouldn't have while he kept mom company.
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 7:12 am
What Sigao had said about his mother seemed very complicated, and Dante felt bad for calling the colt weird earlier. When Dante was born, he remembered his mother being extremely silent for a few days, but then finally when she talked he felt better about everything that was going on. But for Sigao, it didn't seem to bother him, so that was good in Dante's eyes.
"Yeah my siblings talk a lot too, I guess we all have our spurts." He grinned, and tried to contribute in getting the fireflies away from them.
"Do you have a brother, or a sister? I have both!" he grinned happily, since sometimes he saw variations in families. Though that probably was bad for his sister, who had to put up with two crazy brothers.
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