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 Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:22 pm
Tooki was bored. Plain and simple. He'd been staring out at the pasture for what seemed like hours. Really, it's only been about ten minutes. He'd been trying to decide what to do for the day. He'd already trampled and and played in the river, giving himself a nice bath.
Now he stood looking out over the pasture. Should he run to dry off, or should he go find some dust to roll in. Nothing more fun after a bath than getting all dirty. Choices.
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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:50 pm
 Melanie ran through the field, the wind blowing against her face. In hot weather like this the breeze while running was always nice, though it left her exhausted. She slowed to a trot then slowed to a walk so she could catch her breath. "That was nice." she murmured.
The heat hit her with a vengence as she stopped all together and lowered herself to the ground to rest among the wild flowers. Hmm these almost look pretty enough to eat. Almost.
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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:05 pm
Tooki blinked. Was that...a mare? He'd often been out running among the flowers, but never had seen a mare doing it. He trotted to where he'd seen her collapse, afraid she might have hurt herself. He stopped short, standing over her...forgetting that he was dripping water still. "Are you alright? Did you get hurt? There's water near by if you need some....hello?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:20 am
A noise russeled in front of her, but she ignored it. Probably just a small animal or something. She didn't think much of it until a drop of water landed on her nose. "What the.." she looked up and was faced with a handsome stallion, one that was apparently worried about her. But why? She was perfectly fine, perhaps a little worn out, but alright. "I'm alright, really. I was just taking a rest." She stood quickly and smiled. "Hi, I'm Melanie."
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:36 am
"I'm Tooki," The stallion mumbled, blinking. He shook his head, slinging water about. "Sorry, I've never seen a mare running before. Most I've met think it's silly."
He glanced back to where he'd been standing. "There's water back there. Was following an off shoot of the river...until it turned into smaller river. I wonder what they call those...it's too big to be a stream."
Tooki looked back at the mare. "You sure you're alright? You look like you collapsed. Did you beat your shadow in the race? I can never do it."
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:10 am
Melanie tilted her head slightly a smiled. "The name suits you."
Not mainly females liked running where she was from either, at least none of the ones she had the 'pleasure' of meeting. They only liked to decorate themselves with flowers and giggle strangly. Airheads. "I haven't met many myself." she glanced up at the sun and it's alignment to her. "My shadow was chasing me actually. But it seems to always catch me."
She nodded to his question and smiled at his concern for her. "Yeah, I'm fine. Like I said, I just needed a little rest." Mel glanced to where he'd been looking and tilted her head curiously. "Anything worth seeing that way?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:48 pm
Tooki tilted his head. His name suited him, that was a new one. "How do you mean...about my name? My mother named me. After an inventor I think...from my grandmother's lands. I guess I fell short of expectations."
"Well...you could always race something other than your shadow," the stallion looked down at her shadow, examining it. He glanced back up at the mare and gave her a goofy smile. "I'm pretty fast myself. Our shadows will ahve to catch up."
He paused then glanced back toward the water. "Um...just some sweet grass, a few berries. Tasty flowers, cool water. Shade....the usual stuff. You have to go further down the river back which I came. There's a whole field of flowers, so thick they explode when you run through them. Then they snow back down around you."
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Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 3:29 pm
An inventer huh? Melanie just liked the way it sounded, it seemed to match his nature. "I wouldn't say that. The way that it sounded, I thought it suited your personality." She said smiling back.
"Was that a proposition?" curiously tilting her head to side, one of her bangs slipping over her eye. She huffed causing it to fall back into place. "If it is, I'd definitely take you up on it. Though I have to warn you, I wont take it easy on you." she teased. The thought of tasty, sweet berries definitely good as spoke of them, even the field of flowers sounded lovely. "Actually, if your up to it we could race there right now. That is, if your not afraid." her eyebrow raised slightly, considering if he'd take up her offer. She really hoped he would. It had been a long while since she had someone other than her own shadow to chase.
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Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:07 pm
"I'm not much for inventing, but I like exploring," Tooki said, taking a few steps in the direction of the flower field. He glanced at the mare, then nodded. "I'll race you. I'm not afraid of anything. Just hope you're not scared because I already know the way."
He chuckled, stamping a hoof before racing of toward the field. "Catch me if you can!"
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Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:07 pm
As he took a step she followed by taking a couple steps herself. "I'm not scared. And besides, you already said it was up this way." she motioned with head towards the direction he spoke of earlier. She huffed again and grinned as she noticed he raced off infront of her while she was distracted. In a matter of a moments she took off after him, her mane blowing freely behind her as she gained speed, following after him.
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Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 11:54 pm
Tooki laughed a little, bounding over a log. He hit the field with out stopping, flower petals trailing after him. He circled around, trying to glance back to see Melanie. When he didn't see her, the stallion slowed down. "Mel? You there? Did I lose you? Follow the flower cloud..."
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 2:23 pm
The was filled with fluttering flower petals and the scents of them as they dispersed. In the short distance she was behind Tooki she could still his dark coloring through the thick cloud of petals. She slowed and came to an abrupt halt just in front of him. "I wasn't that far behind you." she breathed heavily, catching her breath.
Grinning she plopped to the ground and rolled over onto her side and started rolling around on her back. She always loved doing this and now with the petals slowly descending on top of her she snorted and smiled as a couple leaves and petals landed on her nose.
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:22 pm
Tooki blinked when Melanie stopped just behind him, then smiled and shrugged. "I..I knew you were there. I was just joking."
The stallion watched the mare drop and roll, tilting his head. She looked...pretty. He couldn't help but smile when the petals and leaves landed on her. He took off, running a quick circle around her to kick up more of the foliage snow.
Tooki stopped and watched her, "You're not gonna get stuck on your back, are you?"
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:24 pm
Melanie lifted her head to watch the stallion circle her, the debrie and foliage sweeping back up again. She smiled and closed her eyes until he stopped then shifted on her side and shook her head enthusiastically. "No, of course not. Why would you think that?" Did he think she was old and couldn't function properly?
Getting to her hooves she shook her head frantically trying to dislodge the foliage caught in her mane. "Did I get most of it out?" she asked turning to face him.
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:43 pm
"I got stuck on my back one," Tooki admitted, examining her mane. "I think I rolled into a rut in the ground. But I got back on my hooves."
The stallion nodded, "Most of it. Only a few petals. Just looks like you've been having fun."
He wandered around, nosing at the flowers and grass. "So...wanna race again, or...what?"
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