[private] She's A Mercenary With Perfume - Anubias

[Anubias]

Anubias has been spending his life now much the same as he had when he was a colt - though the return of the sun has been nice. He spends a little less time with his parents and more time exploring the forest or creating wonderful dreamscapes for him and his companion to play games through. It is a peaceful, uneventful life and he has no qualms about it whatsoever. But, when the red panda comes skittering towards him looking like something is up - he adjusts quickly and the excitement he feels through their bond catches. She nips him lightly on his nose when he reaches down to her before she hurries off. Anubias laughs but is quick to follow, eager to see what she’s so excited about - and it certainly does not take very long to figure out what the whole fuss is about. “Cheri!” His entire face lights up when he sees her standing by the waterfall. If he had known she was appreciating the silence, he might have been a little more subtle about his approach, but he is unaware of it and unable to contain the happiness that bubbles out of him. He is not the gangly-legged colt that he had been when they had met, but he moves forward like he is. All joy and no hesitation, he moves to bump her gently on the muzzle before stepping back - pale green eyes dancing. “It’s good to see you - and to see you in the day too!” A chittering noise announces that his companion is feeling neglected and if it were possible, his smile might grow more. “Creature says hi.” Anubias and his companion still hadn’t discovered another name - when it was just the two of them it hardly mattered. The red panda is pleased by this translation of her thoughts and ambles over to the green-haired girl where it attempts to coil around her forelegs in greeting. He thinks about asking after her parents, but it was such a long time ago that surely she had found them and made it home safely. He’d often wondered if she’d made it - and right now he can’t remember why he didn’t just travel there himself to see. But, she’s here now and he motions to the forest around them with a small laugh “What do you think, are Taiga’s trees still bigger?” She had said they could hold up the sky but he wonders if, like him, things that were once big had lost some of their impressive stature as she grew.

@[Cheri]