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Little Slug's Lovely Life - Nox - Sep 18 2016
The little slug seemed to have completed her perilous journey away from the marsh, at least for now. The main reason for this was simply that she liked it here! It was damp and not too cold for her slimy little body to handle. As a result, the little one was eager to explore this odd, and extremely pretty, new place. Her little claws twitching with excitement, she squirmed her way along a thickly overgrown path, leaving a trail of thick black goop in her wake.
She could hear the rustling of the leaves and the distant gurgling of streams- insects singing all around. And it was all so new and so fascinating! She was beginning to feel her sensitive skin prickle, so her instinct was to seek out water, following the nearby gurgle of a tiny stream. when she got there, rather than bending down to drink, the little one submersed herself completely, taking gigantic gulps of water before she emerged onto the slimy bank with hide glistening anew.
Now that her needs were satisfied, the small creature wriggled around again, leaving a fresh and thick trail of slime, before finally coming to a halt in front of a cluster of flowers that had taken root in the moist earth. She opened her mouth wide in order to peer at them, her head tilting to one side.
"Speech looks like this."
"Thoughts looks like this."
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RE: Little Slug's Lovely Life - Pulse - Sep 18 2016
Goodness, Tuck's suggestion of this place was a great idea, look at all this fruit, they're just so sweet! Pulse's overexcitement of merely liking this place just because of the fruit is rather simple and silly, admittedly, but it's just wonderful here! Racing along the branches of the trees and leaping from branch to branch with her wing thing to assist in her gliding. Till she gripped onto a part of a tree trunk for some tree sap, because wow... Tree sap is just sooo sweet... Feeling an odd tingling in between her lower jaw and chin, almost like a jolt when she started to lick at the tree sap, from not eating for a bit so it seemed to have caused a small jolt in her taste buds, Pulse ignores it and keep on till she is satisfied.
When she has had her fill and when the sweet taste begun to get sickly sweet she stops, climbing back up the tree to reach back to a branch, she makes a quick dash as she hopes to reach to the next branch, letting loose of her wing thingy to glide and grab onto the next branch, but she isn't ready yet to go that far, and so while she somewhat grabbed the next branch with her front claws, by a unfortunate turn of events she slams her face into the branch, which made her let go of well... Branch or ledge and went falling into a Iceberry Bush that cushions things a little bit, well though she really has done goofed, at least no one was there to see that silly display... Right?
Walking out of that Bush, whilst holding onto her sore face from getting whacked by that branch, she was about to ease the pain by preoccupying her mind with eating the sweet looking fruits that are on this here Bush! But she decides otherwise when she saw someone else here... What is that? While she inwardly admits it looks utterly strange, borderline horrid, but she doesn't care about its appearance. That would be horrible to think of any way! What she worries is that she really doesn't think that her presence is wanted to it at all... She needs to leave before it sees her and gets bothered on how Pulse is disturbing them, she doesn't care if it doesn't get perilous or not if she's seen, she doesn't want to be a bother. Slowly she tries to sneak away and stay far away as much as she can, all the while though she is staring at them... She knows that'll cause problems but for some reason when she wants to avoid something she keeps on staring at it. Pulse... Stop you're bound to get seen then... Walking away quietly she catches on how they're by the flowers with their mouth wide open. Oh for the love of, please don't eat them... don't, they're pretty. Staying still for a quick second while looking to see if they're actually going to eat those flowers.
@Equinox
RE: Little Slug's Lovely Life - Nox - Sep 20 2016
Although it might have looked very much like she was going to eat the flowers, her jaws even agape around them, the little slug was in fact only examining them. She was fascinated, the tip of her tail twitching slightly from side to side. she was completely absorbed for a while, until she heard a nearby rustling. Immediately, the little slug was distracted from her examination and turned her head, briefly closing her jaws for some respite though she was careful to avoid crushing the tiny and delicate flowers that she loved.
Upon opening her jaws again and looking around, she found another being sitting nearby. Someone new? Such a joyous occasion! Little Nox was meeting so many new faces, and she was so very excited about it! As a result, the slimy little creature began an eager squirm towards the newcomer, her bejeweled eye open wide and little claws twitching in excitement.
She'd completely forgotten about the flowers she'd previously been fixated on. Like a hungry caterpillar she was making a beeline for the potential new friend.
"Speech looks like this."
"Thoughts looks like this."
tags: @Pulse
notes: here
RE: Little Slug's Lovely Life - Pulse - Sep 20 2016
Please nooo... Pleading that still in her head, when she sees that they still have their mouth wide open, like preparing to snap down on the flowers. Sadly, since Pulse is still young and thinks eyes are always on the face she can't really tell that's what the slug is doing, the first thing that'll come to this young one's for now limited worldview when she sees one open their mouth is for eating, or talking... Even though she hardly ever uses her mouth for talking, too quiet for that, for she finds that when she even opens her mouth to speak she keeps on thinking that the accretions when she talks are always going to be in the negative.
Not wanting to see this odd slow motion on feeding on some really beautiful flowers, she decides she's seen enough and tries to make her getaway now, but since the rustling from her movements were louder than usual from forgetting that she needs to sneak away instead on trying to rush the slug attention was now on her... On no... From being seen, Pulse looks a bit like a deer caught in headlights when the moment between them was set at a standstill.
In an attempt to ease things a bit she makes a smile at them, but since she was a little nervous it was a small crooked one, since she doesn't know that they wish to make friends with her, because while she is open-minded to a lot of things right now from how young and innocent she is, Pulse is cynical about something: Herself, to the point that right now the idea that one wants to make friends with her won't be her first thought, but she would love to have friends. But she quietly backs away a little bit when they are slightly coming right for her especially when their jaw is wide open again. "I-I'll be out y-your way just go back to what y-you're doing. K?" She laughs nervously in response, her still underdeveloped understanding of her language and voice box makes her stutter in her words again. She doesn't make eye contact with them, she still lacks the courage to do that right away... Where ever their eyes are... And so she was paying attention to their rather menacing jaw instead... Wait what is that? There's something shining in their mouth but she doesn't know what. Her worries temporarily gone in a curious inspection as to what it is, almost ignoring the factor that they're still coming for her. Still since she has no idea what it is, Pulse also has no idea that she technically is making eye contact with them, she would panic and turn away right now if she was aware that she was making eye contact.
@Equinox
RE: Little Slug's Lovely Life - Nox - Sep 22 2016
(Sep 18 2016, 12:56 PM)Equinox Wrote:
The little slug didn't want the other creature to go away! For the first time in her life, the little one felt fear. Had she scared them away? She just wanted to be friends. She closed her jaws, hiding the sparkle of her bejeweled eye, red-tinted vision fading out to black for a while. The slimy apparition, as frightening as she might be, knew that she wasn't meant to be alone. As darkness enclosed her vision, she grew afraid, and opened her jaws again, half expecting them to have disappeared. But lo and behold, they hadn't!
"Mrrr...Kyaa..." She gurgled, in a grotesque growl as she struggled to speak in the same language as she knew. After a quick gulp (which was to her, akin to a blink) she opened her maw again and tried in vain to figure out how she'd form words with her rubbery beak. She looked at the other creature, trying to make eye contact and silently asking for help.
"Y-youuuu..." She whispered, in a voice like wind cooing amongst the trees. "Youuuu..."
That was all she could manage as her voice reverted back to gurgles, clicks, and pining keens.
Don't go...
"Speech looks like this."
"Thoughts looks like this."
tags: @Pulse
notes: here
RE: Little Slug's Lovely Life - Pulse - Sep 22 2016
She hasn't gone away, not just yet for she's curious about the thing that's shining in their mouth, funny how their jaw being open was actually the one thing besides being directly approached by them is the thing that was scaring her away. Still this is how Pulse is like, like thought previously, she doesn't care about the appearance the slug has, she's like this with almost everyone as of right now, and it was out of fear that she has upset them that she thinks she needed to leave, even though somewhere in the back of her mind she wants to be friends too. She felt pretty confused when the jaw was closed, also a little disappointed she wanted to inspect the shiny a little more even though she thinks she should be glad actually she's still looking at them in wonder as to what they're doing. Then their jaw opened again... OK, now Pulse is too confused to even bother to try and leave, she has no idea what's happening here, seeing with how she has tilted her head a little bit, her eyes widen just a little bit in her confusion and an attempt to focus her eyes on the slug to inspect what it's doing.
Pulse involuntarily cranes her head back a little bit and makes a sound sounding like 'neh' under her breath as in question to the noise they were making since the small noise of it she did was also a bit unintentional. She really doesn't know what to make of it, but she worries again that her presence is unwanted, do they not understand what she said? Still the noise they make was almost like to her and the way their neck or throat twitched, looked like to Pulse like they were clearing their throat, especially since the jaw was open again after they did it too confused of what they're trying to do to want to look at shiny again.
Eyes widen a little more and her tail stretches out a bit when she heard the word, well they can speak after all, her lower jaw was quivering a little bit though when they said it again, in response she slowly lifts one of her front paws out and points at herself with it "Uh, m-me?" when saying this her paw twitches forward a little more to herself but just as quickly retracts back as to put the emphasis of asking the slug if they're talking to her, some apparition of her attempting to play coy even though she knows she's the only other one in their surroundings.
Since she thinks it'll be hurtful and horrible of her to just leave when they are attempting to talk to her, she's staying, she isn't leaving, she'll leave if they tell her to leave or something that'll strongly give Pulse the impression that they want her to go.
Not to add in her head she welcomes how this one is continuing the conversation.
@Equinox
RE: Little Slug's Lovely Life - Nox - Sep 23 2016
The slug nodded. There was no-one else around that she could be talking to! At least not that she could see. As a result, the little one looked around, trying to see if there was in fact, someone else to talk to. As a matter of fact, there wasn't!
Phew, that was a relief. Meant there was only one friend to focus her full and undivided attention on!
She wriggled her claws, as though attempting to gesture as the other did. The little slug liked them already, even if they'd only said the one sentence. In response to that train of thought, the little creature opened her jaws to look happily at them before wriggling her way forward. To some, it might have looked like she was going to bite or swallow them whole. But in fact, what she wanted was a big and slimy cuddle.
She thought deeply, trying to figure out in her head what she wanted to say. The knowledge, naturally, was already there. But whether she could act upon it was another question entirely. As she wriggled up to the sugar glider and tried to snuggle up, she opened her maw and carefully tried to cultivate the words bit by bit.
"Whooo...Yooouu...?"
"Speech looks like this."
"Thoughts looks like this."
tags: @Pulse
notes: here
RE: Little Slug's Lovely Life - Pulse - Sep 23 2016
W-Well, she already knew they were referring to her somewhat, she was just making a very horrible attempt at playing coy. Not to add she didn't know how sentient this one really is so she was making an attempt to see if they get what she's saying, but it seems they do with that nod. What Pulse doesn't get is why they have their jaw open whenever they try to look at things, are they using shiny as a flashlight to help see things better? Seems farfetched, but even if she's not scared of them due to appearance, she sees them as very unusual, so something as wild as that assumption may not be too far off the mark to Pulse and all her young mind. Good thing they're alone though, she's still unsure of crowds.
Uhhhhh... Are they mimicking her? Well she sorts of likes this better to speaking when her underdeveloped voice box doesn't work with her most of the time, so she plays along with the gesturing by their tiny claws. Right now she doesn't really know what to make of that whole thing with the jaw, don't know... Do they even eat with it? Because now she sees that it's more like some sort of flashlight in the dark than for feeding. Surely not an eye at all... Oh gosh she would hope not, that would mean she's been having eye contact with them from the very start! The thought of having a stare down with them makes her shake a little, probably looks like some slouch to them if it were so.
Thankfully since she's still in the dark that she is in fact making eye contact with them like that, the shaking of unease is short lived. She is confused still but when they approached her even more and then...
Wai-Wha? She isn't so sure abou-! She means-! The slime-! ...Actually... This is rather nice... In spite of the slime she likes this, it's sweet... Not so sure about the jaw being open again this close though. Who is she? Well she is a little taken aback by that but she'll try her best too... "O-Oh! It's uhh- Pulse! Yeah Pulse! " Smooth...
@Equinox
RE: Little Slug's Lovely Life - Nox - Oct 01 2016
REPLACEMENT/RECAP
Since we lost this post, this is Nox's last post in brief.
Equinox is pleased that she managed to question Pulse and get an answer. Her gem shines with a warm glow, and then Equinox begins to wonder about names.
"Speech looks like this."
"Thoughts looks like this."
tags: @Pulse
notes: here
RE: Little Slug's Lovely Life - Pulse - Oct 01 2016
Inwardly she's reprimanding herself for her stuttering even though it happens all the time. Still this one here doesn't seem to possess the intelligence to underst- Oh wow... That was just horrible to think, it's obvious that it doesn't matter much how she answered, she gave them the answer so, still she just met them and she's thinking these mean things that aren't true, that's some bad creed to think of there.
She doesn't know why she's beating herself up about how she answered, they are pleased and aren't upset, the chirp they just made sounds like that anyway, sounds kinda cute and... Full of life? She can't really think of the word that indicates the sound of the chirp they made was a good sign. That aside... The feelings of warmth and comfort are mutual right now so much that in spite of the well slime, she leans in more from this snuggle and closes her eyes a little. Well... It's gotten quite warmer now, a little too much... Not complaining but it does make her open her eyes back up to see why it's so much warmer now.
Seeing the warm glow shone on her coming from them surprised her a bit, but... So it really is like a flashlight? Still that made the shiny easy to see.... Oh! Ohhhhhh! It's a Gem! Since she doesn't know that's where there eye is still, this realization doesn't sway her she's already gotten some understanding of Gems.
She for some reason likes the sounds they make though, they all sound pleased even the clicking noise. She has gained a liking for the other herself, some odd tensions that were all on Pulse herself even though she is pretty nice inwardly, she is too reticent right now to fully display it though since she thinks others wouldn’t want to interact with her. It's funny really... On how she got the name 'pulse' was a unintentional accident, she just stuck with it because she can't think of anything else still, well if she does then she may change her name, or just make it her last name. Still in spite of this the concepts of names still... Eludes her really.
@Equinox