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 Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:13 pm
 So it was, Vodka had grown up into a very handsome stallion. He noticed his mother and father were proud, and he was also proud to bear their markings. Though, as he walked aimlessly, he sighed at his surroundings, feeling a bit dull. There was something about growing older that made him confused, but he couldn't put his hoof on it. He tried ignoring these emotional feelings, and he strut forward trying to acknowledge the pretty weather.
Seeing a calm spring, he stopped to gently take in some of the cool water. Watching himself in the water was a bit shocking, though he smiled at his mature self. He felt stronger, and more alert then his youth. He enjoyed the feeling.
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:21 pm
 So many things were a ink blotted blur to the young mare. She had grew up in a world that acknowledged her as being 'inferior' to those older than her. Never a believer in 'with age comes wisdom' she continued to look for silver linings that just never existed in the first place. It was beyond the feeling 'strange', but just incredibly surreal. She didn't even feel like she had gotten older, but had a good feeling that she had become more senile and dumber. The curse of aging.
She had not seen her father, mother, nor sister in quite some time. Everyday she would wander in the woods with some sort of a guardian hawk always looming over her. This time she had hoped that she had lost the diligent hawk in the mist of the forest. With a sigh she peered down a hill and noticed a small spring of pure water from the clouds. Running so long had made her quite parched, so without a word she started down the hill towards the pond. There seemed to be someone there but she did not recognize who.
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:27 pm
Vodka's ears twitched at the sound of someone else, and he lifted his muzzle to look left and right. Before he could grasp on to anything, his pale eyes caught hold of a winged mare who seemed to be approaching him. Her coloring, markings..She looked about his age, but there was something oddly familiar to her. Still looking confused, he watched her, until suddenly, she was closer.
"Yonit!" He said, with an excited tone. Straightening his back and shaking the water off his muzzle, he moved his body to face her in a more polite manner. As she crept closer, he realized how much she had grown, and how ladylike and poised she had become. "You look, Great!" He said, flushed a bit. How lucky was he, to run into someone he had wanted to see again. Who would have thought they could meet in such a way.
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:34 pm
Yonit turned her eyes toward the stallion before her. She remembered that same bright attitude that could show you that the sun always sticks out behind the clouds. A sense of happiness that always lasted in the hearts that it ranged in, both in life and death. It was pure joy that she remembered coming from only one foal from so long ago. How long was it? A couple months since she had seen him. Small world, as her mother would always tell her.
"Why hello there, Vodka. How have you been?" The mare asked with a small feigned smile. In all honesty she wanted some time alone, but at the same time did not mind his company. The two were almost polar opposites. It was no mere coincidence that they would meet again. Only way to make it more humorous is if they had met in the same place they did when they were only foals.
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:44 pm
She was the same, calm and composed, just as she was as a foal. It made him smile seeing that, though she looked a bit tired, and he wondered if she was alright. "I have been fine, same old daily life. How about you? How are you enjoying adulthood?" He chuckled, thinking about his own experience. It was interesting, all right. Biting his lip, he strut away from asking her anything else and hoped she was alright, and instead held in the moment.
He also noticed her wings had grown, and they radiated in the reflection of the sun. "Heh, I remember commenting on your wings before." He gleamed at her, and walked closer, glancing at them. "Have you tried flying yet?" His father and brother had wings, so of course he was interested to know. It was an undiscovered mystery, just as his mother explained it. He wasn't as effected as she was with the matter, but he was always interested in such.
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:07 pm
Yonit smiled. "It's not quite the same," she said, pondering on how to follow up, "but it's not quite different." There was some doubt that he would not understand what this meant but there was more confidence that he would. Though her theory was that there is never any wisdom with your growth she knew how enthusiastic the stallion was when he was a foal. It would not bewilder her if he did not find understanding.
His words continued to spread a soft smile on her face. A well kept memory filled with joy was the true gift of joy any could receive. Remembering all your experiences in life and all the ones you had met was one that she would just give up her own beliefs for such a gift. It was that powerful. "I did try flying a couple times, but in all honesty I prefer the ground. It makes me feel more connected to the Earth."
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:45 pm
There she went, doing what she used to do, short sentences holding so much in them, too wise for words. He loved it when she spoke, his ears always grasped on what she said and tried to learn from it. "I can relate, though sometimes I find that these days are odd and full of mishaps. Soquili running around with drama and whatnot, it is quite confusing." He stopped suddenly, feeling as if he was ranting. Holding a silly smile, he looked back at her, feeling humorous at his thoughts.
"That is amazing that you tried." He said, with a lifted expression. "I have always heard that the first step of trying is always very hard. That is quite impressive Yonit!" He was excited for her, though smiled at her response to the ground. "Well, the ground is also quite exciting, as we know. But, it would be cool to see you up there someday." Turning his head away, he blushed at his comment, feeling odd at how the words came out. He didn't want to say the wrong thing, and he tried to hold his composure while feeling idiotic.
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:21 am
Yonit nodded. "Drama is the source of all life. Without it then you would never be in the penultimate moment of the world," she softly said, looking up at the roaming clouds in the sky. It made her happy, for some reason, to see how the world was beautiful on it's own. Enlightening billions on it's land no matter where they were. Why was it like this?
"You can't proceed unless you take your first steps," she said, a light smile on her face, "this is a fact in all that you do. Yet if you do not wish to continue to your second or third steps then do not force it upon yourself." She sighed lightly and then noticed a small blush across his face. The urge to giggle childishly was there but she suppressed it.
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 1:12 pm
"Yonit.." He paused for a second, and then let his pale eyes fall on hers. "Where do you get all of your wisdom from? It seems as you have grown older, you have grown more wise as well." He let out a light chuckle, though replaced it with a solemn smile. "My body might had grown, though it doesn't feel like my mind has." He looked away, letting the wind carry his long strands of hair. "I feel like to many having the body grow is all that matters, though grasping onto some new knowledge would be more enjoyable for me."
Having the steps to move on.. Vodka knew that those were the types of feelings his mother expressed at times, especially with the thought of not flying. It was an emotional instability he would never understand. "Have you met many other Soquili since now you are able to fly? I've always wondered if that means you will run into more." He smirked gently.
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 10:00 am
Yonit looked a bit...shocked at Vodka but did not let it fully show. She needed to keep her calm composure at all times. He seemed almost upset at being older. With a sigh she just went a couple steps toward him and smiled. "With age comes responsibility. Mothers, fathers and relatives a like always say this, because it's quite true," she paused, turned her head down at the rippling pond, "but with new adventures, different Soquili and exploration of a world that might not be even ours; with those things come wisdom."
She sat down on the ground near Vodka and continued to stare at the pond. "I have not seen my mother since a couple days after my birth. This is because I strayed from them. My choice was to go out without them and see the world for what it is. The world is vast and I am not nearly close enough to even grazing the full aspect of knowledge in the world. That dear fact is because with everyday there is new things to learn and I fear that not even I can catch up."
Her head turned from the view of the pond to Vodka. "You have grown wiser, Vodka. Even if you do not even know it yourself you have."
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 4:09 pm
He looked at her, stunned and taken aback, but only because he was flattered and even a bit confused. He didn't mean to sound so down on himself, though he realized she must of taken it in such away. "I apologize for, ranting." He chuckled, and tried to collect his embarrassed thoughts. "Though, I agree on wisdom coming from such things, but sometimes on lazy days I just sit and ponder about nothing." He watched her, as she sat comfortably on the ground. "Though, sometimes with thoughts of nothingness, I am able to imagine wonderful things." He wanted to impress her in some way, though in mind and speaking he wasn't very successful. Brute strength also didn't seem to be an option. He sighed and looked at the pond as she did, watching the tiny ripples bring life to the steady water. Being timid like his mother, and unsuave like his father, he truly had a lot to learn.
"At least I know from meeting up with you again that many of my jumbled thoughts are now rested." He smiled while still gazing forward. "You always help me with such wonderful knowledge..listening to you speak is always such a pleasure." Again feeling his face flush up, he let his hair fall over him so he was hidden beneath it. 'Idiot' he kept telling himself. Yonit had better things to do then to sit and listen to him ramble. Shaking off the downing thoughts, he wiggled his legs and comfortably fell to where Yonit was, and viewed the area around them as she did now.
"Thank you for the compliment, Yonit." He said, gently. "Since foalhood many told me I was too energetic and full of life, but why would one say such a thing when life is so perfect that way?" He chuckled, and looked back towards her eyes.
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:22 pm
"It is not a rant at all," she calmly said, a light smile pecking on her lips. "You were just curious, and curiousity is a fragrance in this world. People hide it because they are afraid of being mocked by perplexing thoughts that many may not understand, but it is not something to be shunned."
Yonit suppressed another blush herself. Being so lonesome all the time she was not used to the idea of being praised or complimented at all. Hearing this from Vodka did make her quite stage-fright, which is something she was so unfamiliar to. With his next question she shook her fears away and chuckled.
"Most Soquili find the world to be amazing at first, but then through an illusion of separation, whether it be by races, families and enemies. So when they see others so much happier and optimistic then they are in their hearts they find I need to bring others to their level. So do not take heed to their words. You cannot be anything that you aren't capable of, so just be happy with yourself. Improvement is one thing, but a forced change of personality is quite different."
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:39 pm
Again he kept his composure the same, though listened to her words like a lullaby. It was so positive and true, and yet gentle to the ears as well. "Ah, that is true. Though, I don't mean to sound so down all of the sudden. I am quite fine, though sometmes I just.." He gulped as quietly as he could. "I try to, make a good impression towards you." At first the words that came out sounded like that hadn't even been spoken, and he couldn't believe that he said it. It was nice though, to openly let his emotions out.
Too afraid to look at her, he shifted his eyes to an array of trees in the distance. "It is nice not being as bouncy," He chuckled to her, and remembered how hyper he used to be. "But I let some of my energy out by gallpoing around, and even sneaking a buck in or too."
It was a strange feeling, he wasn't sure why he was acting so timid towards her. Maybe it was because he wanted to be older and wiser like her, or even show some change.
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:53 pm
Yonit looked shocked- for a split second. She had just hoped Vodka didn't notice it. "You do not need to try so hard to make an impression on me, Vodka. You've made one on me since I was a foal, so do not worry about such things." She really did mean it.
When she was a foal she was found life horribly droll and social contact just another obstacle. Meeting Vodka though she learned such things were not true. There was more to life than all the knowledge it gave. So much more she didn't even know existed until he opened her eyes. For that she was secretly grateful.
At his next comment she stiffened up less and giggled. She was glad to know he was still the same as before. Cheerful and happy, like everyone should be these days.
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:23 pm
He gulped, also shocked by what she said in response. It meant so much to him.. Yonit herself did overall. He shrugged off the deep emotions for a second and smiled naturally at her, just enjoying the moment again. "Thank you, I hope to always remain a good impression of course." He winked to her playfully, and stood up, only to dip one of his hooves in the water.
"My foot was starting to fall asleep!" He laughed, dipping it in and out. "Oh well. So what were your plans for the rest of the day, Yonit?" He looked at her, curious as to what she would say.
Thankfully, his foot was starting to wake up again, so he was able to focus on her again.
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