[PRP] Hot Days and Cold Lakes ((Flower & Cosette))

[`raze]

Kicking hard in the water, Cosette was getting much more used to swimming. Her first attempt she had to stay in the shallower parts without falling under a bit every now and then, but now it was getting easier for the arctic mare. She had a lot of time to practice - the heat wasn't anything like summers in the mountains, or so she told herself. She blatantly couldn't remember what summers were like in the mountains, but from how she was adapting to her new surroundings... Cosette could only rightfully assume that they were much cooler.

The water was almost crystal clear, reflecting the sky nicely. However, that image would be dissembled with every little kick she made to get ehrself closer to the land, wanting to rest her legs for a bit. Along with swimming to avoid the heat, she also had more time to because she didn't seem to be meeting all that too many Soquili. She had met quite a few, but now it seemed that the longer she stayed, the less new faces she met.

 

[Lilly_Foxx]

A skunk coloured mare plodded lackadaisically towards the water's edge. She glanced to the white and blue Soquili before bending to drink. Her flank twitched slightly as a horsefly bit her. She looked to the fly, "Titchy little beast!" She hissed softly at the fly. They way it buzzed off she got the distinct impression it said '******** you'.

Flower snorted before getting another, longer drink. On her way in she had eyed the cattails, her stomach gurgling. She could make a quick and easy meal of them, so long as she could pull them up whole.  

[`raze]

While kicking and slashing, Cosette asn't paying much attention to who was nearing the lake front. She doubted anyone would come near here, all probably under their trees in the shade or sleeping in. But not Cosette! She wanted to become a better swimmer. She had begun to get closer to where the cat tails were growing, and a childish grin came to play on her blue lips.

It would be fun to swim amongst them, no?
Kicking her legs, she neared the aquatic plants, lowering her body so that only part of her body visible was her nostrils and the upper part of her head. She breathed outwards, bubbles gurgling. At this sound, Cosette began to giggle even more, popping her head up for air. What a funny sound! Unfortunately to those behind the cattails, they would only ehar the noises and not the source of them.  

[Lilly_Foxx]

The mare backed up quickly, her sapphire eyes widening as she tried to get away from the source of the noise, fearing it was a kelpie. "L-Look...ah d-d-dun taste very good an' Ah'm a-a-a mite too small for ya." She stammered, her thick cockney brogue shining through. She was scared out of her mind!

She knew if she ran for it the kelpie would just chase her down. Her breathing was coming much faster and her heart was pounding in her chest. Maybe this was it? The end?  

[`raze]

At the sound of another talking, especially in stutters, the thought that she might've scared someone rolled into the arctic mare's mind. Thrusting her head out of the waterand through the cattails, she saw the funny-looking foal. Offering a cheesy grin as an apology, Cosette pushed a hoof onto the gorund and dragged herself from the water, shaking her heavy mane and flicking her water-soaked tail.

"Ah, sorry there little one. I'm just getting used to swimming," She explained, thinking she was talking to a filly. Opening her red eyes, they widened a bit before squinting to observe the one she was talking too. his filly looked rather big for being so young. Different build... Didshe eat a lot? Or was this how fillies looked before growing? Tilting her head Cosette began to walk around the skunk-colored mare, trying to figure it out.

"Please don't mind me asking," she began, "But you aren't a foal, are you?"  

[Lilly_Foxx]

The mare calmed visibly when she saw the other was merely a Soquili. She loathed that question but, since she didn't honestly know, she'd get a plesant answer. Her sapphire eyes lit on the arctic mare's red ones. "A-Ah'm a U-Usdia." She explained. "A-An adult." She added for good measure. "An j-jus' so we c-cun get it outta t-tha way...Usdias a-a-are a bit stockier t-than Soquilis." She said, hating getting called fat by a certain mare.

She paused and suddenly felt ashamed of herself for being so rude. "A-Ah'm Flow'a p-pleased ta meet'cha." She added with a relaxed bow of her head.  

[`raze]

An Usdia? A stockier Soquili? Ohhhhhhh.
So that stallion was right; There were all kinds of Soquili. One just had to know where to look... Even though she kind of more scared this one on accident than actually went looking. Anyway! "Well, Miss Usida Flower, I'm Cosette," the taller mare gestured a white hoof towards herself, smiling, "I'm pleased to meet you too!" She giggled, flicking her tail happily and to rid it of water. She stopped in her circling, eyeing the smaller horse organism closely. Why was she stuttering so much?

"I'm not scary, am I? You're stuttering quite a lot."  

[Lilly_Foxx]

Flower nodded and forced a smile. "S-S'a pleas'a ta m-meet'cha Cosette." She said, eyes lighting slightly. The mare tilted her head to one side when the artic female gave her such a long title. She chuckled softly. "J-Jes, Flow'a'll do love." She told her. She relaxed a bit when Cosette stopped circling her. Frankly, she found it to be a bit rude, but no matter, it was a minor detail.

At her next question Flower's eyes widened and her cheeks burned red. "N-No, you're n-not scary." She said, wishing to the gods she could stop her speech impediment. This was one of the first Soquili, or Usdia for that matter, that she'd run into who mentioned it. Most usually just avoided the topic, oh lovely. She took in a breath to try and calm herself down so that she could, hopefully, stop stuttering.