Come meet Vaughn

Lying down on the sweet, warm glass and soaking up some wonderful sun, Liney felt content. She's been exploring since the day before yesterday and have traveled to every part of the island, basking in its natural riches. Having returned to the campus and still not having it in her to go to class, she decided that it would be a perfect day to just relax.

Besides her was Vaughn. Vaughn was her parent's gift to her before she left their place to attend the academy. Though most people wouldn't understand, Liney considered Vaughn as her best friend. He was loud and brash and insulted almost everything, including her, but she loved him all the same. It's just too bad she's not able to hug him.

Laughing tickled her ears and Liney turned her head to pout at the cactus.

"Shut up," she tells him. "Between the two of us, you're the one who's missing out. Not me."

She turned away from him, ignoring the prickly thoughts sent her way and just stretched out her arms and legs and let out a contented whine. This was the life.

Liney stared for a moment, processing the other girl's greeting before reality struck her and she let out a gasp, hurrying over to the other.

"Are you alright?" she asked as she sat by her. She quickly checked the injured toe and smiled, "It doesn't look too bad, but we still gotta fix that up." Liney took her bag off and placed it on her side and rummaged inside, growing more and more frustrated when she couldn't find what she was looking for.

"Vaughn!" she called back to the plant who now lay on its side after Liney had kicked him over in her hurry to help, "Stop being such a drama queen and tell me where the first aid kit is."

His reply was snarky and condescending but Liney gave him a smile, "Thank you!"

She took out the first aid kit from the front pocket and began to fix up her stubbed toe with some ointment and bandages.

"Sorry about him," she tells the brunette, "He's really rude and mean but he's actually just a big baby." She gives a little laugh, a tinkle against the wind and turned to her patient, "There! All better!"

Liney turned her head to the side, confused that she didn't seem to know who she was talking about. She looked back at Vaughn, who was still lying innocently on the ground, calling her rude names to get her to sit him back up. He was being very graphic so Liney wasn't sure how the other couldn't see him.

Turning back to the brunette, she pointed to Vaughn. "Vaughn." she said again, "The plant."

A voice whispered at the back of her head along with a quiet chuckle. The wind brushed up at her cheek, giving her a kiss before it reminded her that not everyone had gifts such as hers.

With a grin, she clapped her hands on the brunette's soldiers and exclaimed in "Oh! Sorry! I keep forgetting not everyone can hear him. Silly me." The last line was accompanied with Liney letting go and giving herself a playful hit to the head.

Liney grinned as Kiyana said her greetings to Vaughn. Most people she meets who doesn't understand Vaughn the way she does often just brush him aside. She felt absolutely thrilled for him that someone paid him any attention. Hearing only silence from him, she knew that Vaughn was pretty speechless as well.

As the other girl introduced herself, Kiyana, Liney's smile grew wider. "That's a very pretty name!" she says. "Hello Kiyana. I'm Caroline, but people just usually call me Liney."

Walking around Kiyana, she wrapped an arm around the other girl's shoulders and made a show of presenting Vaughn to her. "And you've already met Vaughn!" she said loudly. A pause. Then Liney flushed before scrambling back to the cactus and fixing him up. She then resumed her previous position beside Kiyana and presented him once again with a flourish of her hand.

"And you've already met Vaughn!" she repeated, before leaning forward to whisper in Kiyana's ear, "He likes making good first impressions. Just roll with it."

Having someone treat Vaughn as any other person would pleased Liney to no end. Hearing Vaughn's quiet, shy mutterings must mean that he felt exactly the same way. She laughed at how flustered he was by Kiyana's compliments.

Stepping back, she made herself comfortable on the grass and spread her legs wide and leaned back with her hands supporting her weight. She looked Kiyana over before tilting her head to the side.

"Why were you running away so fast?" she asked. Her eyes lit up when the sudden thought of a possible adventure appeared in her mind, "Is there someone in danger? A fire? A troll in the dungeon?"