Gadani was steadily aging and by the time she entered the west quadrant, she was a smart-enough kid able to learn some words and create ideas. Her big eyes were full of curiosity and imagination of a darker kind. The sight of bones intrigued her. She couldn't help but touch, feel, stroke the bones with her sensitive trunk. One especially smooth femur-sort caught her attention the most. It was big, a bit heavy for her, but fascinating enough to consider keeping.

After finding a good grip on her new toy, she sped off and bucked a little, shook her head, then rolled over and played in the dust. She released her femur long enough to take a dust bath, the scooped it back up and began swinging it around. The round end smacked a hanging structure, which startled her. She looked up at odd shaped of rock, then rapped it with the bone again to hear the sound. Her ears stood out big, and she snorted at the sound before repeating it. As it echoed, she bucked and ran in circles swinging her head and trunk, ears fanned out as sounds bounced off the walls and structures, creating amazing sounds.

Eventually, her desire to burn energy tapered off, but her desire to see new things did not. She located odd shelter-type things made of bones. She looked at the one she was carrying, then looked up at the shelters again and smiled. She walked into one and looked around, then rubbed her sides up against the walls, loving the feel of the dead on her skin. After giving herself a thorough rub-down, she laid in the middle on her side, bone still held in her trunk, and closed her eyes.

Gadana Ama found herself to be truly content in this moment, and decided it was a perfect time to enjoy a nap.

The little equine wasn't long in this world before he'd gotten the knack of walking down. It wasn't long after he was walking that he was trotting and then after he was trotting he was going and searching new areas to explore. For some reason he had the wanderlust and his heart desired to explore this region of the cave. He felt as if he had knowledge of its layout already but even so he managed to take one wrong turn and end up in a room of bones. The Bonebound. The name seemed to come to him from nowhere and with it a few negative thoughts though he didn't know why. The dragonhorse gave his head a shake before he fluttered his wings, trying to shake away those bad thoughts as he roamed this room.

Crunch!

Under his hoof a large bones shattered. Valentine examined it, sniffing at the marrow and giving it an experimental lick. He found it salty... and tasty! Valentine nickered happily before cleaning up all the marrow with his tongue. His tail gave a happy little shake before he trotted on, head high and eyes practically glowing from the tasty meal.

Clop! Clop! Clop!

His hooves smacked heavily on the ground until he stopped in site of something huge! Some sort of fuzzy gray thing... An... elephant, yes, that was right. Thoughtfully he stared at it, head tilting this way and that. He didn't want to disturb it for it looked quite pleasant while it slept so instead he politely waited for the creature to wake up.

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@Gadanai
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5/10

"Talking looks like this!"
Thinking looks like this...

Although she did nap a little, it wasn't much. It wasn't as good as hoped, but not much could be done about that. Before she could move, however, the echo of clopping hooves caught her attention. Gadanai decided to remain still for the time being. As seconds passed, she guessed the other was near. She hauled herself to her feet as quickly as she could, swinging her bone as she went.

@Valentine

The young horse stared at the shelter that the elephant had made for herself. It wasn't long before he noticed the gray creature within start to move. Her trunk flailed and in it the bone moved to hit him. Valentine noticed it like it was in slow motion and in one fluid motion he opened his mouth and released a blast, intending to knock it out of her trunk before it hit him. His blast was weak but it did its job, keeping the large bone from smacking him in the face.

After this the colt simply grinned at the elephant and said "tsk tsk tsk". His pink eyes glinted with humor despite the fact that the elephant had nearly creamed him. "Now... that wasn't very nice." He gave a small laugh. "You should apologize for nearly hitting me." His voice was laced with humor as if he would burst out in laughter at any moment.

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@Gadanai
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6/10

"Talking looks like this!"
Thinking looks like this...

Gadana Ama felt herself get pushed back some, her swing failing to do it's intent. She stared at him, then squinted when he made a suggestion for apologies. Her eyes rolled dramatically, her ears fanned, and she shook her head mockingly at him. After being silly, she began smacking the ground with her bone weapon.

"Nice? I not nice. No apologies," she squealed at him. "Hurt. Hurt! Hurt!"

Ama made a show of her swinging, being sure to look very big and aggressive with her fanned out ears and harsh stomping of the ground. Her tail was held up much like an angry flag. Every inch of her posture and action said she was aggressive and offensive.

@Valentine

Well, didn't that just rile her up? The large gal before him rolled her eyes and started throwing a right old temper tantrum. If Valentine wasn't so very good at keeping his cool he might have just burst out laughing just to spite her but he didn't. However, the humor was evident in his eyes and the little grin plastered across his dark muzzle. If she was trying to intimidate him then she was failing miserably. Her entire display did nothing but make her seem like a spoiled child. He had to give her slack though... She was a child. They both were.

That didn't mean he would humor her and let her get over on him though.

Showing that he didn't care in the slightest Valentine relaxed and propped his left rear hoof up, his mouth began to chew and his eyes half-lidded. Perhaps that would make her even angrier, that thought amused him. "Oh yeah... You look real not nice." The sarcasm, it was practically oozing from his words. "I'm absolutely shaking over here..." His hoof was still propped and he stopped chewing momentarily to let out a yawn right in her face.

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@Gadanai
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6/10

"Talking looks like this!"
Thinking looks like this...

Gadanai watched him, feeling a little offended that he didn't acknowledge her display. What about his foot was so damn important, anyway? She adjusted her grip on the bone, making it more like a bat versus carrying it in the middle. Despite her age and lack of wordiness at this age, she did manage one line: "Fuck you!"

As his yawn entered the space her face was in, she swung with all the might she had in her body.

@Valentine

The horse was halfway through his yawn when he saw the bone lift into the air. Was she going to try and hit him again? It lowered towards him and he was swiftly given his answer. The dragonhorse quickly leaped to the side, narrowly avoiding getting hit. He could feel the thing whistle through the short hair at his side, barely scraping his flank but he avoided most of the hit so after he pranced to a stop he settled down again. He resumed his chewing and the cheeky smile appeared on his face again. "No thanks." Truly he didn't know what that word meant but his mind told him to say that so he did. Besides, anything to piss her off more. It was making his day.

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@Gadanai
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6/10

"Talking looks like this!"
Thinking looks like this...

Her frustration showed as she spun around, stomping irritably. She shook her head and swung her trunk again, then settled. Red eyes focused on him thoughtfully. Wheels turned in her brain as she tried to find a way to really show it to him. She spun around again, the opposite way, and blew out a noise before doing a bluff charge. She ran away from him, turned around... and charged with her head aimed for his side, bone and trunk tucked out of the way.

@Valentine

The young stallion watched as she again threw a little tantrum. Her red eyes seemed to look into him as she tried to calculate a way to hit him. Ah well, he'd let her do that if it made her feel better. His own pink eyes kept track of her, watching as she ran then feinted and ran to him again with surprising speed. His wings flared out as he attempted to leap to the side...

And landed safely a couple of feet away. "Nice try. Hey, maybe next time you'll actually get me. Come on... one more time." And this time he stood, wings at his side as he awaited her next move.

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@Gadanai
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6/10

"Talking looks like this!"
Thinking looks like this...