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 Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 8:20 am
  Ariston followed his daughter around, as if slaving to her every move. Luckily, she really didn't demand much, but he needed to constantly watch her, for every run-in encounter they seemed to have with random Soquili, Loveless had started a fight with whoever was opposing her and Ariston. This attitude that she had, Ariston really had no idea to where it came from! It was funny to watch, though, and sometimes he would just sit as she babbled away.
They stopped along a rivers stream, and to Ariston's suprise, all of the other Soquili that were mingling around their had vanished. He forgot that Kalona usually meant TO LEAVE an area, and he laughed and realized that's how it was. He watched as Loveless put her entire head into the water, and then moaned at how awful it felt. "You really need to shape up, missy." He said, wiping some of the water off her face. "Such sillyness, what will your mother think!"
"Sssooorry dad.." was all that could come out of the little monster's mouth, and she kicked at the cold water. Loveless enjoyed spending time with her father, and usually sneered at her brothers so they wouldn't bother them. They enjoyed to be with mother anyways, since they were all awkward and didn't talk much either. Loveless on the other hand, was fascinated with all her father said, about beauty, pride, and everything important. She hoped to make him proud, and to carry the same elegance he had.
One of her favorite things to do was to take her hoof and step on bugs, and she continued to do so until her father noticed. He always got so mad for some reason, stupid bugs were in THEIR territory.
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 8:39 am
  "You know, words can be hurtful if said with such thoughtlessness, Dad. To think, my own father, accusing me of spying on him!" Grinning, Antony walked briskly along the riverbank, attempting to acheive a look and tone of reproach that he just couldn't seem to attain. But then, how would he have been able to when his father's earlier accusations were so true? "Spying is a nasty word."Keeping step with his son, Guilian returned the grin with one of his own, shaking his head before replying in an overly solicitous tone. "You're right, of course; you'd never spy on me, after all. Espionage agent, then? Or silent reconassance, perhaps."
Quirking up one brow in challenge, Guilian asked, in all innocence, "what would YOU call it if someone was skulking around following you, not making their prescence known until all but forced?" For such had been what was going on for the past while; Guilian had felt as though he were being watched, and it wasn't until an hour or so had passed that he'd found out the culprit was his son."I'd call it prudence. After all, you might have had company, and I didn't want to disturb." If it weren't for the grin, that might have been believable..."Very thorough of you, to take an hour to determine whether or not I was alone. Some kids might call an answer after a few minutes, but not MY son, apparently..." Shaking his head, Guilian gave his son a snort. "Now then, what WERE you doing?"
Considering how long it had been since he'd LAST seen his son, Guilian wasn't complaining. Anything for a good conversation, right? However, he was so focused on Tony that he didn't even notice the familiar blur of whiteness up ahead on the other side of the river...
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 8:46 am
Loveless jumped, and turned herself around, smelling and hearing that two intruders were fast approaching. Her attention was taken away from the silly bugs, and she realized that anything bigger then bugs she could not handle. "What the hell?!" She said, and she frowned at the two stallions that were walking up the stream. "Daaaaaaad, two stallions are coming." She continued to moan, mad that others were always trying to take over their territory.
Ariston jumped as well, especially since Loveless had had such an angry reaction. "Silly girl, I am sure it is nothing." He also turned himself around, and yawned dramactically. Before he could realize it, something VERY familiar and red was fast appraoching. "Guilian? No Way!" He perked up, extremely happy that Guilian had arrived. It seemed his son Antony was also enjoying a nice stroll with him as well.
He walked a few steps closer, and awaited their reaction. It had beent too long since he had seen Guilian, and Antony had grown into such a strong stallion.
Loveless stopped frowning, only to look up at her father. "Hugh, you know them?" One of them was VERY red, and the other.. had wings like hers? "Ok well, I guess they can come over.." She ran under her father legs, jealous that he was so happy to see another. She also nipped at the front leg, only to remind him that she WAS still there.
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 9:01 am
Antony was the first one to pick up on the prescence of the other two Soquili, and he was more than happy to change the subject from an explantion to a greeting. Upon hearing the surprised exclamation of Ariston, he looked up in surprise, breaking into a wide grin of pleasure. "Ariston, you old goat! You shrunk!"
With that, the younger stallion cantered up to Ariston, an expression of unbridled happiness on his face. Even though they'd only met briefly when he was younger, Tony had been fascinated by the other stallion's appearance, size, mannerisms...he was just neat.
Though he was no longer quite so intimidating! Antony was still smaller than Ariston, but taller than his own father, and that was something. "How've you been?"
"Busy, it would seem!" Following his son at a somewhat slower pace, Guilian had noticed the small dark form huddled at Ariston's legs, especially noting the blonde mane and icy white horns. "It certainly has been a while, no?"
Still, the smile on his face was bright as well; after all this time, Ariston was still a close friend of his and one who's company he enjoyed. "But you are looking well, and so is the little one!" With that, he flashed a wink at the small kalona filly before turning his attention back to his friend. "What brings you two out here today?"
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 9:20 am
Loveless, mad at the situation, darted from beneath her fathers legs into the middle of all of them, and stared at the other two. "Hello." She said, coldly, only because everyone seemed to be ignoring HER. "Father, who are these people?" And, why did they like him so much? It was enough to make her jealous!
Ariston sighed at his daughter, but then put another warm expression on his face. "Have I really turned into an old goat?" He laughed at Antony, and put a wing on his shoulder. "My, you must make your father very proud." His purple eyes trailed to Guilians, and then he realize he was only making Loveless madder. "Oh, boys, let me introduce you to the next blondie." He nibbled at Loveless's mane to make her laugh. "This is my daughter, Loveless. There are two other sons that I hope you also have the pleasure of meeting, though they enjoy to lurk just like their mother, of course."
Loveless loudly interupted, "Trust me, they are nothing like my father and I." She sneered, happy that she always won time with her father by fighting them, and did a pollite bow for the two stallions.
"Loveless, this is Guilian and Antony." Ahh, now they were all aquainted. "You both look well yourselves." Ariston was overjoyed, it was so nice to see Guilian and Antony again. "Well, we were just out for a stroll, Loveless enjoys actually going out into the open, unlike the boys who, are taking their mothers influence it seems." He sighed, knowing that Guilian probably had to deal with 'mother's influence' as well.
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 9:41 am
Wow. Talk about your extreme lack of resemblence; if it wasn't for the mane and horns, Antony would never have even guessed she was Ariston's daughter. Then again, he didn't much resemble his own father, did he? Consequently, he returned Loveless' bow with one of his own, along with his own pointy-toothed smile. "Nice to meet you, Loveless; you must be very proud to have Ariston for a father, seeing as he's such a cool guy and all."
However, when he looked back at Ariston his pale eyes were sparkling, indication he was about to tear down what he'd just built up. "And you sure are, Ariston; if I'M old and you're older than me...it just makes sense."
"I assure you, friend Ariston, I got to be an old goat first. This is what you have to look forward to someday." Still, Guilian looked far from upset at the prospect; you were only as old as you felt, after all, and he felt as young as ever.
Well, maybe not as young as the filly, the filly who Guilian couldn't help but be amused by. Her display of female jealousy was quite cute, if a bit surprising from one so young... Following his son's example, he returned the filly's bow as well, smiling charmingly at her. "Aye; as your father said, I'm Guilian and this is my son, Antony; your father and I are OLLLLLLLD friends. But it is nice to know that you enjoy your father's company so much!" After all, some kids didn't.
Glancing back at Ariston, he gave his friend a look that bordered on amused and concerned both, hearing the sigh. THAT sounded familiar... "Well, at least you know what to expect as far as behavior sort of goes, yes?"
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 9:58 am
Loveless smiled at Antony, and was finally lightening up a bit. "My daddy is the best, I'll be the best too." She crept closer to him and stood next to him, feeling very short compared to everyone else. Man, how unfair, if only she was tall!
Ariston could only chuckle at Antony's response. "Fine, you win. The really isn't a reason for me to argue that I am young. Blonde hair is just tooo decieving." He laughed, though was interutped by Loveless again, and she said something he was not please for them to hear.
"Blonde hair IS decieving, when I walk with my daddy, from behind other Soquili sometimes think he is the female!" She giggled and bit at his leg.
"As you can see, my daughter is a monster.." He playfully waved his tail over her so the mountain of hair covered her. "Heartless and I have noticed something very interesting from these children. Since Heartless isn't very good at expressing emotion, all of our children seem to dominate in one more then the other." He moved his hair finally after seeing that Loveless was struggling. "Loveless has, quite a lot of Anger.." He laughed and sighed, looking mainly at Guilian out of confusion.
Loveless looked at Guilian now, enjoying his curls that were bouncing around. "Well if you are my daddy's friend, then I like you. And I don't like a lot of people, so you are on the special list!" She waved her tail around playfully and laughed at it all.
Ariston looked at the guys again and tried to get into conversation about them. "So how goes the rest of the family?" He especially looked at Guilian for his next comment. "Have you noticed all of the females that are arriving lately? There is definitely an overload of beauties coming in." He winked at his friends.
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 10:25 am
When Loveless had begun to speak, Guilian had had to fight to keep a straight. How self-confident she sounded! It was like listening to Ariston, albeit smaller and more high-pitched. However, he very nearly lost it when the filly commented how Ariston's hair made others believe him to be female. "Really now? Who would have thought that such was possible, given your father's stature?"
Though his voice was steady, his eyes were now dancing as well; he, for one, had once thought Ariston female, after all! Not that he'd ever ADMIT that fact... "But at least you know your father is a fearsome male, no?" Smiling, he patted the filly's head with one feathered wing, her energy contagious. "And just as I am liked by you, so are you liked by me. You are quite the special child, Loveless."
Standing beside Ariston as he watched his father, Antony couldn't help but be amused, nudging Ariston in the side. "I suppose that this is what I used to be like, back when I was younger...Ma'am." There was no way he could resist THAT dig!
"Tony, behave yourself." Grinning, Guilian turned back to Ariston from the filly, smiling in the proud way he always did when the family was brought up. "All three are doing well; Nicholi is almost as tall as Antony here but off on his own. Neve is also on her own, but she tends to stay closer to Izusa-Chica..." That one phrase, accompanied by the brief look he gave Ariston, said more about the current relationship between Guilian, Izusa, and Neve than any long winded statement possibly could; however, a mere moment later he was perky again.
"Indeed, the mares I've been seeing lately are most exquisite. Many are friendly, as well..." And the devilish grin that accompanied THAT statement left nothing to the imagination. However, there was a child present, so... "Are things going well with you and Heartless, my friend? Still stable and all that?"
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 12:15 pm
Loveless giggled at what Guilian said, happy for the attention, of course. "So you are Antony's dad?" She looked at them, back and forth, and definitely saw the initial resemblences. "Wait, then who's the momma?" After hearing the other comment Guilian said, she only nipped at her father again, noticing that he hadn't responded. "I think blonde can still be seen as fearsome, I am blonde too." She wiggled her head playfully, "Antony are you fearsome? You have the same wings as me, ya know." She tilted her head, confused again, but then let her childish smile emerge. She realized her father had a good choices in friends, and hoped to do the same some day.
Ariston's first reponse was to Loveless, who seemed to be biting him constantly. "Now honestly, how many times have I told you not to bite me, you know how awful your father would look with scars!" Oh the horrid thought in itself!
Sighing, he then looked at Antony with a goofy face. "I may be a Ma'am, but I can still kick yer butt ya know!" He chuckled at Antony gave him another goofy grin.
Ariston nodded as Guilian spoke about the family, and thoughts struck him where he pondered what his own mess of a family was going to go through. But, if Guilian had survived, Ariston was sure he could survive, too. "Well I'm glad things are going alright for you." He warmly smiled, and noticed Guilian's same old grin. He only winked in response, and distracted Loveless with his tail again. "She is doing well, very confused at the moment as to why three children are running around, but we are happy as well. Everything is better when the weather gets nicer." Such Irony in that phrase, Ariston chuckled at his own little word game. "But my, such changes emerging everyday!"
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 12:51 pm
"Extremely fearsome. Don't I look it?" Barring his teeth, Antony showed Loveless a truly fearsome snarl for about ten seconds before the snarl gave way to a grin. "Good thing I look it, though, because I can't really act it. Being fearsome is all well and good, but I prefer being friendly. It's more entertaining. And I sure do, although I think that my wings have a bit of an edge on yours right now."
Extending one of his multi-colored wings, Antony managed to completely shade the filly and then some with his much larger wings. "And to answer your question, my mom's a kalona, probably like yours. But since my dad ISN'T a kalona, I've got no horns or spiked tails or anything." Shaking his rose-decorated tail at the filly, he nodded at her own spiked tail. "But it works for me."
While the two "kids" talked, Guilian took advantage of the chance to sidle over to Ariston and chat a bit. "I'm glad that things are working out for you, my friend. I know that adjusting was hard for me at fist, but you and Heartless have a connection of some sorts, yes? On built on more than mere lust."
For Guilian to refer to lust as "mere" showed profoundly just how much he'd been affected by the whole experience. BUt then...he'd survived, hadn't he? "I hope that things continue to go well for your family. Do your children get along?"
Something he himself had never been able to figure out was the antagonism his daughter and sons held for each other; while the boys were close, Neve and Tony had always seemed to loathe each other and never ceased trading barbs. It was...problematic.
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 1:06 pm
"Whoa your wings are big, I hope mine become big." She wiggled hers, only to feel small again. Loveless then tried to snarl herself, only to show Antony her baby teeth. "My teeth still hurt, it sucks." She rolled her eyes at the stupid pains of growing up. "You like being good? I like being good, sometimes, if I like the person." She giggled, though let it slide into a twisted grin. "But my, being fearsome is just much better, you know. I think its more fun. Its natural for me, its weird. One Kalona was teaching me about hunting, I think her name was uh.. Miss Izusa." She preened, happy at how respected she was in her eyes. "I dunno," She wispered to Antony, "My dad gets mad when I get angry and talk like that but, he will just have to deal!" She giggled. She liked the way her mother did things, as well.
He nodded to Guilian, and grinned back. "Its funny, Heartless is really just a faithful friend to me, and obviously some things happened," He chuckled, a bit embarrassed, "So I am sure everything will work out fine. I guess I sorta have an advantage, since she doesn't feel crazy emotions like Izusa might have." He winked at Guilian.
"They do.." He pondered for a second, and sighed again. "Loveless is just, her own world. We haven't figured out what emotions the two boys flaunt, one of them seems to be confused constantly, so I wonder if Heartless gave him that." Man, confusion was a hard emotion to be stuck with! "As long as my family is proud, I will be happy." He nodded to his friend.
"So, give me the scoop Guilian." He and Guilian were now a few steps away from the kids. "What females are most striking right now? I have only met a few, though hope to come 'play' when my children grow up." He laughed and nudged at his friend.
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 1:19 pm
Smiling down at the filly, Antony marveled at the size ratio of her beside him; it was eerily reminsicent of him as a foal beside Ariston. But at the very least, she had potential! "Your wings might be even bigger than mine when you get bigger, and your fangs pointier. After all, you're a pure kalona, which means a lot."
And apparently, told a lot; listening to her talk about the joy of being angry, he had to admit she sounded kalona-sih. But when she talked about who was teaching her to hunt...well, then he had to struggle to keep from laughing. His mother, being social to a stranger? Wow.
Keeping his face straight, he gave the filly an innocent look. "Izusa, huh? Did she have three horns on her head, spikes and tendrils on her tail, look kind of shiny, and have runic markings that look like these on her?" Turning slightly, he showed the filly the symbols that ran up along his back legs, amused and curious if she'd figure out the connection.
Nodding his head, Guilian could totally see what Ariston meant. After all, he and Luca had a strong friendship that extended beyond sex, so he could see his friend having the same sort of situation. And the lack of emotional attachment could only be a boon. He was still on the sly from Izusa, after all...
As Ariston described his children, though, Guilian found himself glancing back at the filly. "Interesting; I've never heard of a 'predominant' emotion before, but considering the circumstances I'm not surprised. Perhaps they'll grow out of it?"
However, he wasn't that great able speculating when it came to kids. The OTHER topic, now... "Well, I myself have been greatly attracted to regulars lately. There's a great influx of simplicity these days; soft colors, simple patterns, nothing that really detracts from the important parts. I've noticed a fascination with flowers that is new, additionally; while I've always embraced their powers..." this with a glance at his roses, "seeing mares so bedecked is unusual. Intriguing, to say the least."
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 1:38 pm
It was true, she was a pure Kalona, with some messed up thoughts! One side was constantly telling her to be good, and another side was the complete opposite! She figured she could decide when she was older, cause for now she didn't need to make any 'adult' decisions.
As Antony brought her out of her thoughts, her eyes widened as he spoke. "You you your!!" She backed up a bit. "Izusa's son?!" How was that possible? Well, duhh he looked like her, but Izusa was so scary and.. wow. "Sorry for freaking out but, your mom is so strong and scary, she is cool." Loveless giggled and approached him again. "I am just so shocked, I wouldn't have seen Izusa like that! Has she taken you to hunt at all? Its thrilling." She preened and licked her lips.
"Sadly, I don't know who will grow out of what. But the whole situation is just, a mess it seems. But, I think we will be alright. They just need some time on their own, they are the ones who should choose their destinies." He nodded gently, and added, "While still looking beautiful through it all!"
"I have seen many flowers lately, too! What is going on, man." He said, almost teenager like. "Females are so made up and classy, I just love it. That's how females to me personally should be." He laughed, and repositioned his hair so he wouldn't get a headace. "But yes, I can see how flowers would be a grabber for you." He nudged at Guilians own hair. "At least all those females smell nice, too!"
"What about this new race I have seen, Angelini?" Once again he pronounced it wrong. "I have only run into a male, but man, I can't imagine what the females look like, so elegant and poised." He dozed in thought for a second.
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 2:00 pm
Seeing Loveless' stunned reaction, Antony had to laugh, giving her a pat on the head for her astuteness. "Yup, Izusa's my mother, though I didn't really inherit the 'scary' thing. That would be my sister, hooves down."
So Izusa had taken Loveless hunting, eh? Hopefully Izusa had enjoyed that experience more than the failed attempts with her own offspring; even the dark Neve hadn't been taken with the bloodsport. "And she tried, but even though I look a lot like my mother, I guess I'm more like my father when it comes to things like hunting. He doesn't hunt, and neither do I, or my brother, or even my sister, really. I bet Mom loved being able to teach you!" He'd always wondered just how disappointed Izusa had been at her decidely unkalonalike children; for all their looks..they really didn't fit the mold. But oh well, such was life, right?
"Did you catch anything?"
"Amen. And I have no idea why so many mares are sporting flowers. Maybe it's a sign that I've had a greater impact on the world than I knew!" Guilian was grinning at this; after all, he knew that there were at least a few mares that actually IDENTIFIED with their flower, such as the spunky lilac mare who he'd enjoyed not too long ago. That was the one who'd asked if he was a black rose stallion...an amusing thought.
"Personally, I always liked how females smelled, but there comes a point where the flowers are a distraction. They may be elegant, but they distract from the raw naturality of...certain situations."
Winking at his friend, he then gave him a curious look. "Angelini? That is something I don't think that I'm familiar with..." Though it sounded intriguing. "What are they like?"
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 2:29 pm
"Yeah I was gonna say, you act much differently then she does. But I right away saw the similarities with you and your father so, its ok to act more like one." In her case, she was still deciding on that spectrum. "You sister? Does she look like a Kalona like you?" His sister, eh? Loveless thought her own brothers found her scary, so maybe she could relate to his sister. It was a silly thought.
"Its funny cause, my dad doesn't even hunt that much." She giggled, feeling connected by his comments. "When my parents do, they are really private about it. My dad hates getting dirty so, he washes up after to make sure no one can see anything on him." She laughed, her father was so silly. "And well, Izusa did of course. I wasn't able to see what she did but, your mother is something all right. She was just helping me learn for when I'm older." She nodded and shivered for a moment, remembering how the experience went for her.
He could only laugh at Guilian's comment, though in a scary way it almost felt true! At Guilians other comment, he could only pat him on the back with his wing. It was funny, Ariston still seemed to tower over him in height. Guilian was probably used to it by now from his son.
"Well, you are the master my friend, I have said that time and time again. Everytime I go for a quick fly or so, I look around to see a reck speck, moving around here and there. It always makes me wonder what you are up to!" He chuckled, Guilian was just too good at what he did.
"Ahh yes, Angelinis. The male one I met didn't really seem Angelic, but he was well poised and elegant." He nodded, "They seem peaceful, but I was suprised at the same time. Different wings then yours, it seems." He looked closely at Guilians to see if there was any resemblence.
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