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 Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:09 am
[[Private RP between Paramekia (paramekia) and Selene (Fini), please don't post without our permission. <3]] 
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:16 am
Well, he had escaped the forests and instead of heading towards the Kawani Village where quite a few had gathered and where the pungent stench of death and destruction lay he had chosen to move northwards and towards the beaches instead. Passing across the clearing and pausing every now and then to brush a few burrs off his clothes before proceeding forward.
It was nightfall and much to his approval it was considerably quieter and much more comfortable than any other time of day for him. This was not necessarily because he disliked the sun, but more due to his love for the shadows and the skills in which he possessed to use and manipulate them his advantage when the time called.
Nevertheless, the lack of company was not something that bothered him and as he walked across the beach, his hooves falling on the soft sand with a delicate 'clump', he turned his gaze upwards towards the stars and the constellations which had been a fascination of his father's, according to his father they told great stories and predicted the future but as of yet this stallion hadn't solved the puzzle.
"Hm." Stealing a warm and content smile the stallion soon allowed himself to drop to the ground a short distance away from the highest point in the tide and turned his gaze up towards the stars once more - well this was nice...
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:38 am
Selene snorted, trudging out of the water, mane and tail dragging behind her. It was night, her favorite time of day. She loved the stars, watching them spin was a constant source of pleasure. As she pulled out of water, she noted a familiar-ish lump. Another Soquili. She trotted over, whickering a greeting. The soquili had a slightly strange form, looking vaguely familiar, but she greeted them pleasantly. "Hello. I didn't know anyone else ever came out here this late in the evening."
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:45 am
The spirits hated him.
His body tensed very briefly as he lowered his gaze from the skies above and turned his head round slightly at the whicker. Apparently in the dark he wasn't quite as easy to recognise and as a result the blustering female wasn't inclined towards impaling, whining or battering his ego just yet...no doubt the moment he replied she would though.
"Nightfall is one of the more desirable times to sit and reflect upon the days events." He replied simply, his tone flat as he turned his head briefly to take in the very delicate sparkle of the mare's wings in the moonlight, they were perhaps her most recognisable feature.
"It is good to know you navigated your way outside the forest, Lady Selene." He added politely and then calmly swung his head back round, turning his gaze upwards as though he was more concerned with his own thoughts than with bickering with a young mare scarcely out of adolescence.
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:51 am
Selene blinked. The voice was familiar, but really... She tilted her head, trying to place it.
Ah, there it was, in the 'Lady Selene'. "Well hello, Paramekia." she greeted, lowering herself to the sand just out of nosing reach. "Yes, I spent several hours in hiding there before I was discovered." she said blandly, politely. She didn't attempt to provoke any conversation, merely bending her head to pull several strands of seaweed from her dripping mane and tail, making a face at the granules of sand that found their way into her mouth.
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:02 am
"Mmph, it would have been suitably easier to follow me, I was out within a few moments and I encountered no one in the process." He replied calmly, keeping his gaze turned away from the mare as it only seemed to aggrivate every single female that he had come across as of late, gazing at them got them angry...it was really quite odd, he aw certain he didn't have hypnotic eyes.
In fact, so many mares had snapped at him as of late that it was the precise reason for him coming to the beach to relax as he had been aware of the fact that very few Soquili ever came here - at least here he couldn't be snapped at by females for the time being (thus he had time to think) and as of late, he hadn't encountered any stallions so he couldn't even claim that they were considerably more understanding.
"Nevertheless, we each have our own preferences...hiding from things which irritate me is not one of my strong points." He added, almost as though he was unaware of any negative feeling or upset he might have caused to the young mare in their previous meeting. Sometimes he could actually be terribly dense as she wasn't the first to storm off on him, the red mare at his teepee often did the same thing.
...Right after calling him a narcissistic prat.
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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 12:32 pm
"Easier is boring. Besides, I was angry at you, and not inclined to wish to do more involving you than cause you physical harm. And that, unfortunately, is a bit farther than I was willing to sink for the likes of you." The look she gave him was supreme.
She sighed, rolling in the sand, getting the granules all over her mane and coat, uncaring of her appearance, ignoring the angry little grumbles of one corner of her brain. After all, the stallion had insulted her several times in their last meeting, so why should she desire to make herself appealing for him? At the same time, however, she should be showing off her best, shouldn't she? To make the stallion less inclined to be insulting?
Oh, the dilemma!
"Hiding." she repeated, pondering. "I am not one to hide from things that frighten me. I prefer to face them. Things that annoy me, and I feel I can avoid without any extreme consequences, I will. Run, Hide, stay far far away from." she shrugged one shoulder. "Just because, why face stress now when you can put it off to later with no major consequences?"
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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 12:57 pm
"Sometimes physical harm is the more mature manner in which to deal with things, childish and repetitive insults simplt demonstrate a lack of intelligence." Glancing round briefly a she rolled in the sand. For one who enjoyed looking her best she seemed perfectly content to make herself look less than approachable - ah well, if a foal happened to encounter her then they could call her the sand woman, no?
"And hiding and delaying that which annoys you can often be used in an accusation of cowardice. If something irritates you then dealing with it head on, as quickly as possible often silences it much faster." Giving a slight 'huff' of warm breath from his muzzle he averted his gaze once more and turned it towards the horizon and the constellations above.
Perhaps this was the best way to approach females such as this one. Treating her as though she was a child, speaking to her as though she was one and avoiding any manner of contact other than to shift his head on the rare occasion to address her was much more effecient than keeping eye contact with her, it simply provoked her and he was not in the mood for the ranting of a spoiled brat.
"As for what is easy, sometimes it is beneficial to follow the easiest path so that you are not held back for a long period of time. Especially if there are more difficult roads ahead."
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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 4:43 pm
Selene snorted. "Alright then. Physical harm it will be next time you choose to be an arrogant prat."
What was WITH this stallion anyways? She wasn't three, and looking for a teacher. For all that he wasn't treating her like some kind of.... broodmare in heat anymore, he was still treating her rather.... well, rudely. Or maybe she was just overly sensitive from their last meeting. The mare stood, shaking herself off in a small 'sandstorm'.
"While it may be beneficial to follow the easiest path, how does it make you grow? Yes, hard times may be ahead, but how can you predict them? Sometimes what looks like the easiest poath now, may turn out to have been the harder road in the end, you see."
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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 5:16 pm
"And yet all in all, by taking the easiest path you are still educated to some extent." Giving a small snort the stallion rose to his feet with surprising ease and moved away from the mare as she generated her own miniature sandstorm - he had never appreciated being completely covered in sand unless the situation was appropriate.
"As you said yourself, the easiest paths can sometimes become the hardest and the most difficult teach you valuable lessons in life." Raising a brow he turned around fully and gave a slight shudder to remove the sand from his garb. His brow remained raised and despite the soft, musical chime coming from his head pieces he seemed completely unaware of them.
According to her stance she was still in the mood for a fight.
Bloody women.
"Regardless of the choices you make, you still grow and being able to take the easiest path sometimes indicates that you have learnt your lesson and will not make the same mistake twice...thus you will not take the same path, no?"
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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 5:29 pm
"To some extent." Selene agreed. "But taking the easy path, time after time, while not necessarily simple.. won't it be... dull? How can one appreciate the simple, if they can't also learn to appreciate the challenge. The hunt." She whipped her head around and pranced sideways across the beach. "What are those silly words I heard a two-legger say once... 'I could have missed the pain, but I'd have had to miss the dance.'"
She smiled. Now this was something she understood. Confrontational, but none of that stupid smooth-velvet touchy-feely nonsense.
Good, old-fashioned conversation.
Looking back on the memory of
The dance we shared 'neath the stars alone
For a moment all the world was right
How could I have known that you'd ever say goodbye
And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain
But I'd of had to miss the dance
Holding you I held everything
For a moment wasn't I a king
But if I'd only known how the king would fall
Hey who's to say you know I might have chanced it all
And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain
But I'd of had to miss the dance
Yes my life is better left to chance
I could have missed the pain but I'd of had to miss the dance
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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 5:36 pm
"Dull is sometimes better than placing yourself in circumstances that almost guarantee your complete destruction." He wasn't impressed by her rather lateral way of thinking and after a few moments of her insistance that she was right in her decision to make her life difficult he simply shook his head - this mare was not one that brought him any satisfaction whatsoever.
"To consider the easier path dull is also the view of a fool, you can see a great deal on the easier path, there are often greater lessons hidden within as well..." He lowered his brow and simply allowed his amber gaze to follow the mare across the shore. Her 'prancing' simply reminded him that she was just a foal and nothing more than that - pity really.
"And I assure you, you can still dance with fervour on the easier path. Speaking from experience I know that very well." He purred, a cruel glint passing through his eyes as his expression hardened. Yes, he knew it well and yet few realised it...or believed him.
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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 5:48 pm
Selene shook her head. "I'm not a complete idiot. We're talking difficult, not DOOMSDAY. At least, I am. A little struggle doesn't hurt, but I am hardly on my way out to go try and play tag with a pack of wolves. I just want to find my own way out of the woods."
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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 5:55 pm
"While running from the sound of another stallion's voice due to his insistance on plaguing you about matters of fashion." Paramekia could not keep the rather cynical tone from his voice, so blunt and probably what the mare would have considered rude. "I find this to be a tad amusing when you gladly accepted my aid to keep you out of sight the last time when taking the difficult path, as you put it, would have involved being found by him and perhaps even tortured."
Releasing a chuckle the stallion simply shook his head, the ornaments in his hair emanating with a soft chime. They were music to his ears but often 'foreign' to those who were unused to his company.
"Nevertheless, it does appear that you have successfully navigated your way outside of the forests even if it was via the longest route possible and probably not the most desirable." Lifting a brow he examined the mare's figure once more, in this light she seemed to twinkle - how odd.
"Perhaps you did learn a valuable lesson that day."
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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 6:02 pm
Selene grinned. "Well now, HE is worth taking the long route to avoid. I have to live with him, so every moment I spend hiding from him is desirable." she tilted her head, fluttering her wings to try and shake the last droplets of water from them.
The chimes made her head swivel. This was the first time she had actually noticed that he twinkled. "You make music!" she said, surprised.
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