Observing...

Ren lead the same mare he'd been with before out of her stall, chatting with her much like he would an old friend. He found horses easier to talk to, since he didn't have to guard himself with them. "So let's see how that leg's doing. Come on, we'll start slowly and then work up to a higher level." he talked soothingly to the horse, giving occaisional clicks to encourage her to keep moving.

As he'd suspected, the stable had leaped at the chance to have him on staff, and he was glad to work there now. It gave him extra money, and more of a chance to interact with people. He'd been doing everything from teaching to mucking out stalls, and enjoying it all. He'd taken on the job of getting the mare better as soon as he could, and after being away for a bit, he was checking to see that the stable had known what they were doing by taking off her wraps and putting her back out so soon.

Violently gold eyes watched the horse's gait carefully, as his free hand adjusted the goggles sitting around his neck. His hair stood up in random directions, as it always did when he actually had a chance to use his hair gel, and he grinned at the horse, continuing to speak to her in soothing tones. "I'm so glad we could see eachother again. I was so afraid our parents would keep us appart." Of course he was joking, but he enjoyed being cheesy to horses, and it definately made for unique conversations. Both with the horses, and anyone who decided to eaves drop.

OoC-ness:

-fingers fall off- Whoo..That was long..

Ren raised an eyebrow at their eaves dropper's confusion, and he glanced confidentially at the horse, a large grin spilling onto his face, lighting up even his eyes. Before he turned around, however, he made a show of stopping the horse as he schooled his features into a totally dead pan look, even his eyes looking completely emotionless.

However, even though his face was removed from any visible emotions, he cocked his eyebrow as his gold eyes came into contact with Ariella's. Had he a hat, he would have dipped it, but as it were, he simply bowed low, and then glanced at the horse. "Well, looks like somebody decided to drop in on our conversation, Elise." he spoke to the horse in cheerful tones, and she snorted in reply. He continued to remain dead pan, holding down the laugh within with amazing finesse. "My feelings exactly." he replied to the horse, before turning and taking a long look at her, face completely straight, no possible give aways that he was playing around. At the moment, he was curious about how long he could keep her going.

Mind you, he made a point of cutting things off faster with girls than guys, since they could get dangerous, and he tended to be nicer to girls, out of habit, but all the same, he needed to exercise his non genetic talents as much as he could. And so he continued to watch her, curious as to what she'd do next.

Ren coughed into his hand, covering a laugh. It wasn't fair to keep her going any longer. She was most definately very uncomfortable. He continued to keep his hand over his mouth, glancing up at her, eyes now dancing with mirth.

Finally, he removed his hand from his mouth, revealing a very large grin. However, it was not a completely amused grin, and he looked a little sheepish. Like a little boy caught with the cookie jar offering a cookie to get out of trouble. He completely dropped the act, and dipped his head slightly. "No, I'm sorry. I.. Normally.. Well, actually, I do normally do that, but only to get a reaction out of people." He cleared his throat, looking a little more sheepish. Mind you, really, he wasn't feeling particularily sheepish, and her reaction was totally worth it, but this was a good way to get out of trouble, and made her feel better, because his sheepishness was one of those things that made people enjoy him. "I'm Ren..." he trailed off, glancing up at her from under his eyebrows, rubbing his chin, continuing to grin sheepishly.

Ren nodded. "Yeah. I do. It's nice improv practice." he shrugged, sliding his hands into his pockets. As soon as he did, the horse nudged him in the back, knocking him forward a bit. He turned around and looked at the horse, who looked almost humanly innocent. He grinned, pulling one hand out and giving her a piece of apple.

Then he turned to look at Ariella. "Nice to meet you, Ariella." he studied her face for a moment, before adding, "I don't think I've seen you around here before." in the week that he'd started working here, he'd seen most of the regulars, and he was good at remembering faces, but hers, he couldn't place.

Ren grinned, chuckling slightly as he rubbed the mare's ear. "Well, he's a she... but yeah, technically, by her nudging me, she wanted a treat. You learn to read horses after being around them for a long time." he shrugged. Whether she was trying to get his goat or joking around, he didn't really care, one way or another.

"And yeah, I'm here a lot.. Actually, I work here." he grinned at her again. "If you want, I could take you for a ride, give you a lesson or two, if you'd like." he offered. He was bored right now, he'd finished mucking out the stalls, feeding and watering the horses, and with a stable like this, there really weren't that many people who didn't know how to ride. That and he was feeling the need for some human company. Talking to a horse can only get you so far.