[Diamond Dog Camp] Rough around the Edges (Jane and QuickLime)

[Jane]

[colour=#8C9AAB]Where was she?

Rook was getting sick of it. Her sister was constantly out gallavanting all over Equestria, neglecting her duties and responsibilities to the clan, leaving the other dogs to pick up the pieces. Or she would be, except she always managed to do her share of the work before leaving.

Now Rook was left supervising the pups. The little brown one was struggling to hold her axe in her awkward paws, and the light grey one kept running off. She was losing patience. No longer worried about the wherabouts of the latter - he was his mother's responsibility now - she focused her attention on the former. Her small mind tried to grasp the pup's name, but it failed her.

[colour=#FEE995]"Like this,"[/colour] she said with a huff, again taking the tool in her paws and showing the pup how it was done. [colour=#FEE995]"Left paw here, right paw here. Heave!"[/colour]

The cave shuddered and shook as Rook's axe made contact with the wall of the cave. Some of the rough stone fell away, revealing two glittering diamonds and ruby, still cased in the rock. Rook handed the axe back to the pup. [colour=#FEE995]"Now dig."[/colour]

Her sister angered Rook for a number of reasons, but namely she worried her. Kalime loved the ponies - she was so curious about them and their lives, but she never once considered that the outside world was dangerous. Ponies couldn't be trusted, they had funky magic. Rook had seen the funky magic - it did strange things like making things move on their own or making the clouds disappear. It frightened her, because she loved her sister. And her sister was doing dangerous things.

There was a clatter as the small brown pup dropped her axe yet again. Rook growled, causing the her to shy away nervously. [colour=#FEE995]"Try again,"[/colour] she said. This time, the dog managed to chip away enough stone to free one of the diamonds - the glittering gem fell to the floor of the tunnel, and the pup's light green eyes lit up excitedly.

Rook picked up the gem and the axe and handed them back to the younger one. [colour=#FEE995]"You're done for today. Take these back to camp."[/colour]

She turned back to the wall and began hacking away at it with her own massive paws.

If Kalime doesn't get back soon, I'm getting father to send a team out looking for her, she thought as she pulled chips of stone free from the glittering gems. In her fury, she managed to collect two more diamonds, a ruby, three emeralds and a sapphire. She was about to turn back to camp when she heard the sound of paws approaching - she couldn't tell if they belonged to her sister or to the missing pup, but she didn't wait to find out.

[colour=#FEE995]"Where have you been?"[/colour] she demanded, a low growl forming deep in her throat as she turned towards the approaching dog.[/colour]

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[QuickLime]

"Kalime is sorry Rooky Rooky!" She exclaimed as she walked over, pick axe resting on one of her shoulders as she walked over "Kalime got busy exploring the Pony Town and time got away from her! She registered to go to a "con..vention" that is going there so Kalime can make LOTS of pony friends!" Kalime was very very excited about this! Perhaps she would see that pretty white pony that came around this area to look for gems! She was quick to get to work mining at the wall, exposing some beautiful triangular cut diamonds that made her squee "Ooh Rookie look! They is so pretty!" Kalime tended to prefer a specific colour and Sapphires like the ones on her collar were the ones she liked the best of all!

She continued to mine, but she wasn't stupid "Is Rook angry at Kalime again? What did Kalime do now? Because she swears it was not her that ate Rookie Rookie's share of the oatmeal..."

[Jane]

[colour=#8C9AAB]Ponies? Ponies?

Rook said nothing to her sister, but a low growl formed in the back of her throat. She had seen a pony in the camp once - terrible whiny little thing who gave endless grief to the clan leaders. Needless to say, Rook wasn't terribly impressed to think her sister had attended a whole gathering of ponies.

Rook went on working quietly next to Kalime. She marveled over some of the prettier diamonds, and while Rook had never really cared much for beauty, she had to agree that the triangle-cut diamonds were lovely. At least Kalime was showing some interest in Diamond-Dog appropriate behaviour just then. The bigger dog grunted in response, pulling two more rubies and an emerald from the rock wall and tossing them both into the wagon nearby. [/colour]

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"Is Rook angry at Kalime again? What did Kalime do now? Because she swears it was not her that ate Rookie Rookie's  share of the oatmeal..."

[colour=#8C9AAB][colour=#FEE995]"Not oatmeal,"[/colour] Rook said with a sigh. She had a feeling it was one of the pups who had gotten into her oatmeal anyways, and even then she didn't much like oatmeal, so that didn't bother her any. [colour=#FEE995]"Ponies. Me no like when you leave camp. It dangerous."[/colour]

Kalime needed to understand this. She needed to understand that Rook wasn't anxious about her leaving camp for no reason. She honest to goodness loved her sister and only feared for her safety when she vanished for hours at a time like this.

Rook feared the world outside the camp - she saw no reason to leave the constrains of their territory. Not when there were hydras and manticores and dragons and ursas running around out there. The ponies with their funky magic made her anxious, but the fierce creatures haunted her nightmares.

[colour=#FEE995]"Me worried is all."[/colour] she said with a slight sigh.[/colour]

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