Two Of A Kind (Open)

[James Florian]

James nodded in response to Briar's conclusion about Midnight and his interaction level with other horses; which of course would be none. It wasn't very hard to see why either. Why Midnight could probably give Adam a run for his money when it came to monster-like features and he's known as "The Beast!" Everyone was terrified of the horse and it wouldn't be that far of a leap to assume that large and very skittish animals would be scared too. However that may have been an assumption and you know what they say about assuming things. Or there was also the chance that the stablehands who were working in the barn at the time of Midnight's arrival didn't know what the hell they were doing. James and his dad had to deal with a couple of fools like that before. 

The Prince also picked up on the slight reluctance in Briar's voice. It was as if he didn't want Midnight to get along with the other horses and in time maybe the humans as well, and James didn't understand it at all. His confusion was shown clearly on his face as his eyebrows furrowed slightly in confusion. Wouldn't Briar want the stallion to be happy and not have to be all alone all the time? It completely boggled the Prince's mind. A million different reasons flew about in James' mind, but none of them was the reason. It never occurred to him that this shy, silent room mate of his didn't want Midnight to get along with the others because then the horse would no longer be like him. He was afraid that he would lose that special connection and honestly James didn't have a single clue. 

"It was just an idea, we don't have to do it you know." James said gently as he watched Briar talk to the horse. It was clearly bugging the man fairy, and if he wasn't comfortable with it, James wasn't going to push forward. What kind of friend would that make him if he did after all?

[Briar]

Briar sighed at himself, feeling bad for how he had reacted. James was obviously trying to help, and he was trying to help Midnight, and Briar was being difficult about it.

"...No," he said eventually, awkwardly. He avoided looking at his roommate and instead just stared at midnight's dusty fur as he stroked the horse gently "You should try it. If it helps him, you should try it."

The horse was grouchy, and ugly and brutish, but that didn't mean he didn't deserve the chance to be part of the group, that he shouldn't be allowed to make friends with the other horses. If there was hope for this monster, perhaps there would be hope for Briar as well. People were more complicated than horses, it was true, but it was a good sign if it were possible, right?

"Do you think it will work?" he asked, almost too quiet to be heard.

[James Florian]

James nodded in response to Briar's decision. He still didn't get why Briar had been so reluctant to let him try to help Midnight, and even if Briar told him James probably still wouldn't really get it. After all he's never been the outcast, he was the prince. As out of place or insecure about where he was, he was still readily invited to a great number of events and everyone greeted him with a smile, even if it was forced. Nobody had ever been scared of him like he had been of the man-fairy when they first met. As Grove said, everybody loved James, and why wouldn't they? On the outside he seemed to be the perfect prince, and one day he would appear to be a perfect king and only one other person knew of how this wasn't true. Or in his mind at least. No James wouldn't understand, and he never would. As long as he was alive and he was known as a royal he wouldn't know what it was like to be in Briar's shoes.

"It should Briar," James responded as he absentmindedly stroked his own horse's neck. "At least for the most part it does, but we can't forget that Midnight has been like this for a while so it may just be too late." A small frown made itself known on the Prince's face as he looked to Chaos and thought about this new project the two room mates would be undertaking. It was no doubt probably going to be difficult to fix the mistakes of stablehands past, and it would probably be even harder to get the ones in there currently to get on board with this outlandish plan, but if there was a chance it would make Midnight happier then it was worth it. 

"Why don't we get these horses back into the stables? The easiest way to start this way to start this would be to just temporarily switch their stables for tonight. That way we can see how Midnight reacts when he's around more horses." James suggested as he started to lead Chaos towards the gates, but only to pause when he reached them to turn around and ask;

"Well, are you coming?" 

-{Le Fin}-