Paint Me In Pink, For Silver Is Too Bright - Mila

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She had more gifts to deliver which was why she had pushed Micah out like she had plus that boy was better than her and she had a list so long but she was starting up top as she did every time that she felt like she had something that she wanted to deliver. Unlike her brother who had chosen to give his gift in an apartment complex of sorts she was more so the outside type so she had made her way down to the port in Astaria, mainly the beaches because this was something that she thought that it was time for but it still was not the swimming.

As she made her way down and watched the waves crash along the beach she sat in her t-shirt and jeans because it was cold and even she was not stupid enough to even try to come down here in anything less than full clothing. If she did she would catch cold and she was quite the bitch when she was sick but today she was not going down that road. She turned to her own box which sadly only had a colorless ribbon on it but the box itself was such a shade of pink that she had never seen and more than that it was so covered in sprinkles and she had even took the time to put Mila's name on it in silver glitter because she wanted her to be able to see it. "So much fucking pink," she said as she looked down at her shoes too. She had absolutely no reserves about getting rid of them because her toes had always liked the sand and her being an adult was no different. She did take a second to put her long brown hair now that it had turned back to it's more natural state to her in a french braid so that her hair would not gather any sand in it.

"Well I need something to do while I wait," she said as she stood up. She leaned her arms up and heard the pop of her back and she went to go bend back when she felt her scales slowly turn. "Thanks," she said because she still had that habit of talking to them but it was good to be on a more even field of letting them simply be apart of her instead of all that she was about. She seen her phone fall out of her pocket and shrugged. "If Micah needs anything he's simply going to have to leave a message."

She turned her body and put her front leg out and then her back leg and felt herself going down into a split as the colorless ribbons began to dangle from the outside of her back landing themselves in the sand. She reached around and tied them around her wrists and then used them and her upper body support to pull herself up. "Nothing here to make me as green as envy," she said as the green color began to rush through the ribbon and she allowed it to wrap itself around her legs as the ribbon pulled her legs up into an inverted triangle position. She put her arms out to the side as the green ribbon looped around her back and through her scales now putting itself on top of the colorless ribbon and melding into it to create a green color now around her wrists as she felt herself began to spin above the sand. "This is better than being on the swings at a park," she said as she lifted her arms up above her head and never ever had she felt more free as the ribbon snapped and she felt her whole body land in the sand as some of the sand covered her gift. Her dark hair sprawled among the sands of the beach and she cussed as she lifted her head up. "That's what I get," she said as she fixed herself to sit normal and picked up the box. "Woo, it's not broken," she said as she ran her hands across the silvered glittery name. "This is the right move,"

Mila Richards

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She had her reservations when she was asked to meet at the beach by a young woman who could not swim and on top of that it was cold but then it was Ribbon so she went anyway. She had absolutely no anger in her heart because she was used to this for this particular set always had communication issues. It went back and forth, Mila not showing up for Ribbon's gymnastics, Ribbon not showing up for Mila's art shows and yet somehow through all that anger the common enemy was bigger so the buried the who did what always and eventually they always came around. "Ribbon" she said as she made her way over. "It's cold as heck out here and yet here we are."

Maybe there was supposed to be more to this but she doubted it as she noticed the pink box and the massive amount of glitter. "You and your glitter I swear it's like you are unicorn in human form if there ever was some type of thing." She took a seat and looked even closer. "Sand on a pink and silver is a disaster waiting to happen even if there was one too" she said as she laughed. "How have you been?" It was crazy because maybe she should be angry and yet she did not ever think about that. "I painted while you were gone and I did not even try to sell it because it did not feel right. I did however celebrate the fact that I was offered by eating a piece of cake. Well three pieces because I always eat more sweets when it gets cold but I find that is beside the point now." She knew that she was going to have to ask the hard questions. "Faye and I had a very interesting talk while you were doing whatever you needed. Did she inform you or am I going to have to be the one to break the news to you?"

Ribbon Harmony

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She turned and looked at her and took a second. "You know my mother's communication skills pretty much non existent," she said as she held onto the box. She had to admit that even she was a fan of the pink and silver mesh and under these circumstances she liked them more than normally would allow herself but she also knew that was because she had been doing the deep things that she normally allowed herself. Looking in the mirror, standing over the water and staring at that reflection that she hated so much finding herself wondering about life because it could not be helped. "You can tell me but first if I may?" It came out like a question because she supposed in her own strange way she was asking.

"Gifts are difficult and I was stressed but I finally found something that I thought fits for you, well for me to feel like giving you and if you ask me my gift is ten times better than Micah's but whatever." IT would always be a competition between the two of them. "However I can not just hand it over to you, I feel like if I do that it will not be as fun so we have to walk right out there along the edges of the water right where it comes up and meets the sand." She stood up finally and felt her scales as they twisted and let colorless ribbon trail behind her back, two strands as per normal regulations. "Let's walk while we talk and I'll hold onto this for a bit longer."

Mila Richards

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Talking while walking was the last thing that she wanted to do but she was in a good mood today and she knew that was far better than how she had been lately. "Alright" she said calmly as she was not one to argue when she had no idea of what was going on as far as if this was anything and the beach to her was still a cold place which seemed ironic. "It is lovely here but a bit cold." She put herself into a state of being honestly lately because that is what she felt was best. "It is wrapped nice however."

She did not know if she had an eye for detail or the fact that her tail was calm was something that was guiding her along the way but right now everything seemed okay and she preferred that over the normal that was chaotic when they often got together. "Which way first? Straight into the water?" Somehow it seemed like time had went on a bit and as far as she knew Ribbon still could not swim. "We honestly need to remedy your whole issue with swimming sooner rather than later and seriously this time I would say."

Ribbon Harmony

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"Well," she said as she stood up. "I should conquer that whole water thing but now is not the time, but that is not that I am saying not today I am simply saying that I have something for you but I think it is rude to be gone as long as I was and just hand it over. This is no way to get you not to have it though especially since in my heart of hearts I know it's meant for you." She had been through something that she did not know how to quite name and it was not bad but she liked it and hoped that others would too when the time came to include them but at the moment she knew she needed to focus on Mila.

"I would try to say that this is like turning over a new leaf but it is not and that is not to say that there is anything wrong with that it is just for me this is more so learning or finally doing what I feel like doing and that feels great and I guess honestly at the end of the day that is what got to me the most, knowing that I was too caught up in myself to move on but I am finally done with it and I know it took me pretty much what feels like a year but hey I had to get ahold of myself and that meant getting ahold of my ribbons and that has always been the hardest part of me as a person period."

Mila Richards

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"Well I honestly believe that at the end of the day it does not matter how much time it takes you the most important thing is to always remember that at the end of the day we decide what we want to do and you seem pretty good at that so whatever you needed to deal with is probably handled pretty well and no one can get mad at your for that and if they do then they need to be slapped and I am pretty good at punching people, even better now so if you need me to do that you know that all you ever need to do is let me know and I got your back." She knew that it was not something that a lot of people understood but she no longer cared.

"Anyway if this is where you want to be then as usual here I am and we can walk and talk and that has me happy." She knew she was going to freeze to death as they began to walk but she at least was in the states and that was good. "So what else is going on? I would like to think that there is more to this than some winter walk on the beach because even though it is nice I do not see your twin here and that is scary to say the least."

Ribbon Harmony

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"Thanks and I want to be here I just needed some down time. It happens to the best of us so never think that I am going anywhere and this time I actually feel like it did me pretty well. There were a few things that Micah and I needed to talk about as a whole and he was trying to keep a few things from me and I him but once we sat down and talked about it, I honestly felt like it opened up a whole different world for us." She liked this and being able to be honest was always going to be something that she liked especially when it came to Mila. "My gift for you extends on your art supplies because it is the one thing that I know you both like and do well."

She was not saying exactly what yet though. "It's a gift inside of a gift in a way I think," she said as she laughed with a bit of a nervous tone to it. "At least that is what the guy at the store said but just between you and I, I think that he was just trying to make sure that he sold me something even though I was going to buy it anyway." Salesman had always confused her. "Either way he got the sale and you get the gift and that is all that matters."

Mila Richards

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"He was probably hitting on you. I have always found it weird how people think that they have to flirt with you just to get a sale or anything ever accomplished but it's nice to know that you were thinking about me." She liked that about Ribbon because no matter how much she tried to deny it she knew that they were meant to be. "I almost thought that you said that he got the scales and I was ready with a comeback but i see better now but thank you." She hated being caught off guard because she did not come with anything.

"Though now this puts me in quite an odd spot," she said as she laughed. "You over here handing me things and me not having anything to return to you," she said as she flipped her hair and gave it a little more thought. "Actually I know something but I doubt that you are up for it." She had learned that in order to get what you want sometimes you had to be honest and if that did not work then you just had go after it in a different way but she was going to try this for a second and see where it got her. "Up for it Mal?" Yeah screw all that ribbon crap. "Or is that not allowed either you see it's been so many years now I figure that it's okay for me to call you that now. Mallory Faye was always such a kick ass name anyway."

Ribbon Harmony

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Sometimes she truly did wonder why Mila put up with her like she did and in the end she had settled on the fact that Mila loved her and though she did not understand how she was just letting it play out to be what it was and not trying to stop it and maybe in the end that was what most of today was about as they walked. Maybe the gift was not the one that she was giving but truly the one that she was receiving because she knew that she wanted to be apart of something like that one day. She knew inside that she did but until she spoke it she did not think that it mattered but as always she had to do things first. Her way because as much as she did not talk about it that was what her father had taught her. Do what you want first because the world will be cruel but while doing it don't necessarily turn your back on the world but take care of yourself and those close to you first and foremost. Her brother had picked up on that instantly but she was always the slower of the two when it came to grasping things completely like that.

"Hmm, Mila?" she forced her friend's name to come out like a question because she was not sure what she was going to say next but she knew that she had made and started so much that today she finally wanted to push forth on something. "Stand here, be right back in about thirty seconds." She put the box down and cut a right through the sand feeling the toes in between her toes but somehow being free at the same time as she came back, guitar in her hand. She had thought about waiting but why? She had been having Mila wait long enough and she no longer wanted to do that.

"Alright open them, it's time for this." She knew she was excited but much like her twin she was not going to jump the gun because this was..unique and different but good for the core of what was to come for them. She could feel her scales as they began to ease up and while she still had not quite figured out if it was because she was relaxed or if they just liked how the guitar felt to the material of them when they pushed themselves through it, overall it was a feeling that she liked as she watched the colorless ribbon began to spool itself out and instead of falling in the sand it pulled itself through the guitar and she actually smiled. "I learned to play a little bit," she said as she giggled. Yup Harmony for sure. "I mean my name is Ribbon Harmony and I have actually discovered that it does not quite matter if that harmony is in music, life, or what I think about when I see you which is art by the way, it's all different ways of seeing elements in a way."

Soft was not her thing but she had learned at an early age that learning and then taking what you learned and applying it to be in your element gave you a type of feeling of being a whole and she liked that. "I guess I just want to use how I see harmony through your art and how I take that to make me whole. It's not science how most people think of when they hear the word itself but it is in it's own way none the less and that is how I know that this moment is where my path takes everything I learned from both of my parents and allows me to curve them into my own." A harmony through ribbons of experience like no other or as she liked to think about it a path all her own.

Mila Richards

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While this was not new territory so to say it did have her feeling a little out of her standards so she stood and listened and followed quite well until she was asked to close her eyes. Like damn that almost always lead to a surprise and she knew that she hated surprises with everything that made her live and breathe because it also usually meant that something bad was going to happen and she knew that was being shown on her face but she closed them anyway because in her mind the worse thing that could happen was she ended up wrapped up and who did not think about that from time to time to be a gift good enough for someone else seemed like an ideal thought.

"Oh" she said not disappointed but just truly surprised that this was the way that Ribbon was choosing to go about this because it was not what she had expected and in that she supposed that it was a surprise all in itself. "I love this and I am so proud that you have finally decided to do this." She was going to keep herself from getting too excited yet but right now nothing was going to ruin this for her and she liked that. "So what's your next move in that case?"

Ribbon Harmony