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Post by onyxmidnight on Dec 20, 2008 13:37:28 GMT -5
Mulan was walking around the animal kingdom and realized that there was an Asia section. She tended to stick to Africa and decided to do a bit of exploring. Zumi was with Tarzan and she was supposed to meet them later for lunch, he'd decided to give her a day to herself. She examined the fragile ring on her left finger, a smile on her soft lips.
Tarzan ahd made it for her in place of the traditional ring one usually got upon being engaged. No diamonds, no gold or platinum band. No, alas, it was only a thin green vine, intertwined with another lighter color green, and a lovely cherry blossom tucked into the loops. It may have sounded awkward, when he describe dhow he made it, but it fit her perfectly and was better than anoythign else she could hope for. Even so, he promised to buy her a proper ring once he got a better knowledge of currency and such. She was perfectly alright with this one, however.
She spotted a line for a ride. She'd yet to go on any rollercoasters. Upon reading a sign and seeing people coming off of it soaked to the skin, but laughing about their experience. It looked tame enough for her first ever ride and she got in line, shuffling her feet as the wait wore on, eventually she spotted the entrance up front and grew giddy.
Thankfully, she was dressed for the ride, trading her usual traditional dress for a tanktop and her pants she'd kept after the war with Shan Yu and his army of rogues.
Mulan kept herself occupied by toying with her ring and reading ride rules. Hold on tight.....be dressed right...secure belongin-......she stopped, wondering what she should do with her engagement ring. She would be devastated if she were to lose it. She quikcly decided to tuck it into her pocket, hoping nobody approached her when they saw she wore no ring, as a mexican chicken had done the other day when he hadn't seen ehr hand.
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Post by lulu on Dec 20, 2008 13:48:35 GMT -5
Trillian was basically in shock by this place. She loved to travel to new places whether they be on her home planet, Earth or far out in space. Asia had always been a place she wished to visit. The culture and the architecture of it was beautiful. As was the wonderful geography and landscapes in it. As she walked through here, it felt like she was actually in the continent. But she really was just in sort of a tribute to it. Heck she could walk for a few minutes and end up in Africa. Oh yes the genius people who came up with this idea were ones that she certainly would have to give a big thank you to.
As she continued to walk she noticed a rapid ride. How fun! She had heard that rapids were quite a fun time but also noticed people coming of wet. Trillian looked down to her own clothing. She wasn't in her work clothes since this was leisure time for her. She just had on a slim fit shirt and a pair of jeans. She did take a hairtie from her wrist and pull back her dark brown hair so it would get less wet. Her bangs still hung in her face though.
As she made her way to the ride she saw a beautiful Chinese girl take off some thing from her finger. Trillian looks down to see a ring made from items of nature. She thought it was absolutely lovely. What a creative idea for a ring. She smiled to the girl.
"Thats a beautiful ring." Trillian told the girl.
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Post by onyxmidnight on Dec 20, 2008 14:05:37 GMT -5
Mulan fumbled at the sudden voice, whipping around while she grasped at the ing in mid-air. Her combat skills had honed her hand-eye coordiantion and she snatched it as soon as she dropped it. It took her a moment to remember her comment.
Wow, the first person (besides Esme and Poca of course) to say her ring wasn't weird. In fact, she called it beautiful. Hm, that was precisely the word Mulan had used when Tarzan gave it to her. Had she found another person that appreciated the beauty of nature as much as she and her fiance?
She gave the girl a warm smile, stepping backwards as she sensed the line shortening. She put the ring away as was her first thought before her embarassing clumsy moment and nodded,"Thank you. My fiance made it for me as a 'temporary' engagement ring. Have you been on this ride before? It's my first ever...I'm Mulan by the way." she babbled on, as she tended to do when embarassed.
And it was apparent that she was, as a soft pink flush crept up from her collar. This woman looked like just another human, like on of the tourists. Mulan knew she herself had a cartoon quality to her, and was drawn as realistically as possible, now come to life in the human form of her animated self. It was all very complicated....but that was why so many were struck by the beauty she was so humbled by. Shed been drawn to be beautiful, and only thought of herself as a bit plain. She wasn't about to tack Jane at the end of that usual saying. Her evry blood boiled still at the thought of the Englishwoman.
Even if Tarzan was remaining loyal, he'd only propsed to her after finding out that Jane hadn't been faithful to him as he had been to her. But she'd heard from her friends that Jane had broken things off with the Inuit from Esme's wedding, and Mulan worried foolishly about her fiance.
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Post by lulu on Dec 20, 2008 14:13:14 GMT -5
Trillian may appear normal since she did look like a plain old tourist like the rest of the people wandering around here were like. She didn't have that animated quality to her like some other people around here did. She was unique though since she did travel in space and have relations with aliens. Though nobody could probably tell just from a look of her, obviously. She smiled wider when the girl said it was an engagement ring. Part of her was jealous of the girl though.
"Oh congratulations. I hope you and your husband-to-be have a most wonderful future together. I'm kind of jealous. My love life isn't exactly all that smooth. And no I haven't. But I always wanted to go on a rapid ride. It looks fun."
Trillian said. It was true she had some struggling with her love life. For awhile she had been in a relationship with Zaphod but after she used the Point Of View gun on him things got weird. And she had run into him at the park also. Plus she had thought that she loved Arthur but now she was starting to have some second thoughts. She didn't want to trouble herself with all of this though. She just wanted to have a good time.
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Post by onyxmidnight on Dec 20, 2008 14:48:18 GMT -5
Mulan blushed, for the first time in her life, people were getting jealous of her. She'd always thought of herself as being impossible to envy.
"Thank you. I hope things work out for you..." deciding to shift the subject at the pained look that came to the girl's eyes which were a startlingly beautiful azure, she got the idea to return a comment.
"Your eyes are beautiful. I'm envious of their color, mine are lacking anda bit dull..." she said, compensating a bit. And she truly was jealous of her appearence, human, but beautiful. She wasn't drawn that way, she was born that way. But she didn't dare to speak those thoughts aloud, just as she could tel Trillian was keeping her thoguths to herself.
"Next!" someone called from behind her. She whirled around, seeing that the line was gone and it was just the two of them waiting now.
"Next....are the two of you togetehr?" he asked a bit briskly. She thoguht disney staff were courteous...but Mulan was one to assume he'd had a bad day.
"I suppose so....would you like to share a raft?" she asked invitingly, smiling a bit warmer at her new companion.
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Post by lulu on Dec 20, 2008 15:01:09 GMT -5
"Ha don't worry about me. I'm still waiting for my knight in shining armour to come around." Trillian joked and she laughed a bit. She didn't really feel like pitying herself. Its not like she needed a man in her life. She was an independent woman. But part of her just wanted to have someone to share love with. She smiled when the girl complimented her eyes.
"Thank you so much. I love you hair so much. Its so flowy and straight. Very pretty." Trillian said. She hated her frizzy mess of a hair sometimes. But she usually was able to make the best out of it. She began to move up when she heard the person say next. Mulan asked if Trillian would like to ride with her. Trillian nodded her head.
"Yeah that would be great! Much more fun then riding alone or with a stranger." Trillian said. She realized she didn't know her name yet. Trillian decided just to give her nickname not really liking her full name that much. "By the way, I'm Trillian." She said with a soft smile on her face.
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Post by onyxmidnight on Dec 20, 2008 16:06:33 GMT -5
Mulan had wondered when she would give her name in return from her earlier introduction that had been forgotten for the moment by the girl, who had identified herself as Trillian. An odd name, but pretty nonetheless.
"What a pleasure to meet you, Trillian. A pretty name for a pretty young woman." she said, laying genuine comlimaents on thick. She wanted to get on her good side if she wasn't already, and felt her heart warm at her mention of not riding with strangers.
Apparently, she didn't think of her as a stranger after so short a time.
"Alright. Thanks, I agree." she said. She saw the sloshing water and wobbled a bit as she stepped into the circular raft. It was then that she remembered a brief ride, that she didn't count as a roller-coaster. A little bit of floating around and being insulted by rice-field working slant-eyed dolls in "It's A Small World". She'd left immediately and never got to finish. Up ahead she heard the lapping of water and if one could judge by the giggling water soaked teenagers, she figured this would be a bit different from her only other experience.
She took a seat and looked up, waiting for Trillian to 'come aboard', listening half-heartedly to thethe regulations she'd already read, blaring from a speaker perched on a pole.
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Post by lulu on Dec 20, 2008 22:28:15 GMT -5
Trillian let out a laugh when she heard Mulan say her name was pretty like her. "Ha its actually a nickname. Someone I err know made it up for me." Trillian said not sure what she should refer to Zaphod as anymore. Everything was becoming so complicated. As far as her life went with relations to other people. Why couldn't it all be simple like it used to be and just make sense? She didn't bother thinking about this anymore turning her bright blue eyes back to face Mulan.
Mulan agreed with her about how ridng with eachother would be better than strangers. Trillian followed Mulan into the raft and took a seat beside her. She was glad now that she had pulled her hair back. It would get even more drenched if she had kept it down.
"Looks like we're gonna get pretty wet on this ride. Good thing I didn't wear nice clothes." Trillian said with a laugh referring to her simple jeans and t-shirt for an outfit.
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Post by onyxmidnight on Dec 21, 2008 16:43:23 GMT -5
Mulan nodded absentmindedly.
"Oh!" she said, suddenly, rollign off of the ride onto the dock,"I'm late! My engagement party is tonight....um..." she said, reaching out a hand to Trillian as the man held their raft,"My party is like,,in about half an hour and it's on the other side of the park, would you like to go?" she asked.
She hadn't invited anybody she knew besides her best friend Belle, and had left everythign up to her possible maid of honor Esme. She really wanted Trill to be there, because she hoped to see her again and become friends. This was the perfect oppurtunity.
"We're also giving a friend of Esme's a make-over ...it should be really fun. You can head oevr with me if you'd like."
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Post by lulu on Dec 21, 2008 17:14:03 GMT -5
Trillian looked surprised when Mulan got off the raft so quickly. Was it something that she had said? If so Trillian felt bad. She meant nothing to hurt her new friend. But Mulan mentioned that her Engagement Party was tonight. Trillian took her hand and got out of the raft with her. She looked surprised when she asjed if she wanted to go. She was so surprsed and a bit taken back. But it felt nice to be invited somewhere and wanted. She smiled a bit.
"Me...? Wow thats so nice of you. I'd be honored to come." Trillian said with a small smile and a laugh. She also hoped to become a good friend of Mulan's. Any friends would be good with her. At the mention of a make-over Trillian got a bit nervous. Trillian hadn't ever been much of a 'girl' since she was always the smart scientific sort of girl and hung around boys when she was a kid. So she didn't know too much about hair and make-up. But she'd be willing to give anything a try.
"Oh really? Well I'm not so good at all of that 'girl' stuff but I'll try and help out." Trillian said and laughed a bit.
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