1x1 with aillurophile

[Lady Sif]

It had started off as such a nice day, they always did. Ritika hadn't even bothered to check the weather as she hurried out the door, her laptop and wifi hotspot all in her bag as she hurried out into the forest. She had a full job today, a major company wanted her to proof their site and while she had all her usual programs prepared, they would take several hours and most of her computer data to run them, so she thought she might as well take to the woods. Out there she could see a array of colors and explore as she waited for the programs to chew through the site's coding. Besides, yesterday she had found a small pack of caterpillar ready to wrap themselves up and she wanted to check the area again.

A little hum started from her as she half walked half skipped through the forest, switching eyes every couple of minutes to enjoy the color differences. Normally she'd stop not too far in when she had work to do, but today she was feeling a little more adventurous, not to mention the caterpillars had been pretty far in. Ritika wasn't quite sure where they were, but she knew the general direction and she was fairly sure she could find it again. As she progressed through the forest, she noticed the skies becoming more and more gray but it didn't slow her pace. The air didn't feel right for rain.

With a spring in her step, she made her way through the woods towards a quarry area she didn't remember seeing before. Once she had made it to a reasonably far break spot, she sat down and set up her computer, starting the first program which thankfully could run offline so she didn't have to start up her hotspot yet. Just as she was about wander off and explore while she waited for it to run it's checks on the coding, she felt the plop of rain on her head.

A glance up confirmed her fears and she had only a few moment to snatch her laptop up and dart down into the quarry and under one of the outcroppings before the rain started to pour down outside.

[berceuse]

The morning was rather enjoyable; to Fabel, any sunny day was a good one. It remained relatively bright throughout the woods, but it wasn't until a few hours into the day had the forest grown dimmer, and Fabel certainly noticed it. While she wasn't doing anything particularly interesting, the sudden parting of the clouds did catch her attention. In an attempt to make out the sky through the dense overhead trees, she continued walking on to find a thinner spot in the forest. Obliviously looking upwards the entire time, Fabel found herself latching her foot onto a large tree root and falling downwards onto a slanted dirt path.
Her wings flared outwards, trying to stop herself before she landed at the bottom. She managed to skid down the path before landing hard on the ground.
While shocked at first, she regained her senses and dusted the dirt off of herself. Standing up and looking around, Fabel noticed she reached the outskirts of the woods. Without the shelter of the forest, she finally noticed it was raining quite hard.
Flicking her wings upwards as an attempt to shield herself from the oncoming rain, Fabel looked around in an attempt to find a shelter. While she was successful, she also sighted a plumerian off in the distance near the quarry. Tentatively beginning to walk towards the other plumerian, she froze a few feet away from them. Her mind was stalling as to what to say, and she managed to spit out a jumble of words and greetings. Taking a deep breath and warily mumbling a small "hello", she squinted as the rain began seeping through her feathers on her wings, but didn't move a muscle.

[Lady Sif]

For a few moments Ritika had peace under her outcropping, up until the point another plumie, someone very strange looking raced then slowed and finally froze in front of her. The other didn't look like most plumies that she saw, but she really wasn't one to judge. It took a straining of her ears to hear the tiny 'hello' the other gave her and honestly she really wasn't sure how to respond.

Ritika glanced around at the outcropping, deiced it was large enough and scooted herself to the edge of it to make room. She looked back up at the other with a raised eyebrow and gestured with her tail to the space beside her as she spoke. "Would you care to sit down? It's wet out there."

[berceuse]

Fabel tilted her head, glancing at the electronics the other plumerian had with her. While she was definitely curious, she didn't bother to ask just yet. For a moment, she debated on running back to her forest for safety, but decided to stay. Finally moving next to her, Fabel glanced over at her.

"My name is Fabel," she told the other plumerian, this time much more clearly. "If you don't mind me asking, who are you..?"

[Lady Sif]

Rikita didn't miss the look the other shot at her electronics, but she was used to people being confused by her taking them out into the woods so she decided not to comment on it. Besides, she was in a good mood today, one not even the rain could ruin. When the other asked her name, she considered a few possible lies for a moment but none seemed like they would be much fun so she went with the truth. Her tone had an underlying hum to it as she focused her ears on the rain drops striking the rock above and around them.

"I'm Ritika. You can call me Kit though. Fabel is an interesting name, does it have something to do with those wings of yours?"

[berceuse]

Fabel glanced over her shoulder, tucking in her wings at the mention of them. "N-no, it's a theatrical technique," she answered, words growing quieter as she finished her sentence. "It's not that interesting, though," she finished flatly.
Glancing once more at her electronics, her curiosity continued to pry at her. Finally giving in, Fabel looked back at Ritika. "What're..those?" she gestured warily towards the electronics with her tail.

[Lady Sif]

Damn, that wasn't the right thing to say. Alright, I can turn this around. "Ah sorry, I heard fable as in a story. It'd make sense, you do look like some sort of woodland spirit from a kids book. Not that it's a bad thing, it's a good thing. You look pretty. This is coming out weirdly so I'm just going to stop talking now." Ritika rambled out, finally just giving up at the end and putting a paw over her mouth. This was one of the downsides to her being in a good mood, she wasn't very good at just being nice. It was quite unnatural for her and normally came out wrong. Still, she didn't think she'd completely spooked the other.

She gave the other another glance before making a split second choice, she switched eyes. It took a second for her brain to adjust to the sudden color difference, the rain now shattering into prisms of light as it struck the pavement. About right then was when her brain reminded her of the second question the other had asked and so she shifted her eyes back to the other to answer. Said answer was lost as she took in the other for the second time, this time the other's appearance actually sent Ritika into silence.

All five of the colors she could see were on her pelt, shimmering in ways that shouldn't have been possible given what her other eye had seen. Now while all these thoughts were going on in Ritika's head, she had forgotten that she had now been staring at the other for several seconds without answering her.

[berceuse]

Feeling somewhat bad for correcting the other plumerian, Fabel reassured her. "N-no, it's fine. It's my fault more than anything... I'm not that good at talking to people," she finished.
For a moment, Fabel didn't notice that she never answered her question. It was until the several seconds of silence which followed that she finally noticed. "Ritika..?" she asked her, confused as the other plumerian stared at her. "Is everything okay?"

[Lady Sif]

"Ah, yeah sorry. My eyes see different colors and well, I wasn't expecting the way you'd look in my other one. I'm fine." She replied before remembering the question and quickly adding on to what she had just stammered out. "That's my laptop by the way. And a wifi hotspot. I know it's a bit odd to bring it out to the woods but I like to get work done out here." Her thankfully dry tail curled around the electronics as she gave it a little thought. The other was soaking wet and any water on them could do some serious damage.

[berceuse]

"Really? That's interesting," she commented. Directing her attention to the electronics once more, Fabel tilted her head. She repeated the words inside of her head, and yet nothing seemed to match the word.
Looking back at Ritika, Fabel chuckled under her breath. "Well, it's good you like to get work done out here...but I'm still not quite sure what those are," she murmured.