Voice Testing

[lilacwood]

I will travel as far as I must to find them. I cannot be the last! I will not accept that! (She tosses her bright, silky mane and paws at the ground with her hoof. Her voice is clear and filled with passion.) Once I find them, I will lead the way home. Even if they cannot see us and even if they call me a mare, we will not disappear.

It is not our time to leave this world behind.

Comments

[agentsix]

I could help you look for them. [Six isn't afraid of danger.]

[lilacwood]

They are being chased by the Red Bull. I believe he drove them out of the forest. What he has planned for them, I do not know.

[agentsix]

[eyes narrow behind his shades] Can you locate this Red Bull?

[lilacwood]

I can only follow the path they left behind.

[agentsix]

[Six rubs his chin, contemplating the possibility of taking out this Red Bull and getting them to talk about where they may have driven the other unicorns.]

Tracking them?

[lilacwood]

Others must have seen him and they would not have gone quietly. (She is certain there are clues.) I do not fear him.

[agentsix]

You're a brave lady.

[lilacwood]

I am the only one who knows of their fate. If I do nothing, they will never return to the forest.

[agentsix]

What do you plan on doing if you run into this Red Bull character? [Six likes having a plan.]

[lilacwood]

I will challenge him. (What else can she do?)

[agentsix]

Have you been in a fight before?

[lilacwood]

I have not.

[agentsix]

[That wasn't promising.]

I would recommend practicing before you have to defend yourself in a real scenario.

[a pause]

I could give you some pointers. [Though he's a really strict teacher.]

[lilacwood]

How could you teach me? (They come from two different worlds.)

[agentsix]

[Knowing how to fight against the unknown? It's what he does best.]

Sparring practice. If you can fight me, you'll have a better chance against Red Bull.

[lilacwood]

I have no desire to fight you. (And, truth be told, she has no desire to fight, physically, the Red Bull.) There are ways in which unicorns can defend themselves.

[agentsix]

I'm not saying you have to fight me. I'm saying practice will give you a better chance of survival in a fight.

If I was Red Bull, how would you proceed?

[lilacwood]

How can I know that beforehand? I have not seen him; I do not know how he drove the others away.

[agentsix]

[That could make fighting him even more difficult.]

Likely through fear and intimidation.

[Six strikes a defensive karate pose.] Give me your best shot.

[lilacwood]

Then I won't let him intimidate me. (Her ears perk up and she steps back, unsure. But then, after a brief pause, she lowers her head and points her horn at him.)

[agentsix]

[Good. It's a start. Six waits a moment before swinging out with a kick to the horn. He's pulling his punches though, there's no force behind it. It's just to see if she'll fight back.]

[lilacwood]

(She dodges the kick gracefully and jabs at him (though she doesn't touch him) with her horn. It's clearly a gesture meaning "back off".)

[agentsix]

[Very good. So she does have self preservation instincts. But she needed to be able to attack too. Six dodge rolls away from the horn jab, landing on his feet and swinging a second kick, this one a little faster.]

[lilacwood]

(With an aggravated neigh, she turns her head and tries to shove him in the stomach. She then rears and paws at the air with her sharp hooves.)

[agentsix]

[He takes the hit to the stomach, rolling with it to the ground. His katanas unfolding from inside his sleeves into his hands to block the sharp hooves with the flat side.]