"Exactly! We can do it, so why not give it a chance? And besides, you said it yourself-- we could be the first gems to ever live underwater!" Onyx smiled at Pyrite, showing that she was, indeed, serious about this. Gems had more capabilities than humans, that much is true-- including underwater capabilities as well. It was just begging to be used. "And on Earth, too! And like you said, again, we don't need air! Why wouldn't we try it out?" She smiled, walking across the dock before taking a dive into the water, as if to prove a point to Pyrite.
..Not too long later, however, the gem would slowly walk back onshore just on the side of the dock, water slowly cascading off of her as she turned over to face Pyrite. Which showed an octopus latched on tight to her face. When she spoke up, her muffled voice was dull, the complete opposite of how she sounded moments ago, and sounded like something along the lines of, "So that's why we wouldn't try it out."
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After the octopus was pulled off of her face (leaving a bunch of suction hickeys all over it), Onyx dragged Pyrite along to the next planned spot with a sour look on her face. Making it to the more forested part of the area, Onyx spotted a bunch of trees, then flashed another smile at Pyrite, signaling that she had another idea for a place they could rest. Once again, Onyx would run up to a particular tree and climb up there, as another example to show Pyrite that they could stay there. Soon, she found herself a few feet from the ground, sitting atop two branches, with her point proven.
..Or so she thought, until she began to hear the quiet, and then increasingly loud noises of splitting wood. Attempting to act quickly, she frantically shifted around reflexively, though it seemed that this only served to make the branches snap even quicker, until they broke off from the trees with a resounding snap, and Onyx plummeted from her spot with a scream. Fortunately, Pyrite was there, caught off guard by her shout, and managed to catch her with both hands just as she neared the ground, managing to save her in a close call.. But then one of the branches fell straight onto Pyrite's head, sending her into a daze and causing her to fall over, and by extension, Onyx to be dropped abruptly with a squeak.
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After taking a pass at a howling wolf as it neared midnight (which Onyx found incredibly amazing, as usual), Onyx decided to take Pyrite to the very edge of town. Surprisingly, the area, as well other parts seemed to be as lively as it was in daytime. Once they arrived, there seemed to be a small fair of some kind, with house model contest taking place. There were a ton of exhibits, but some of the more impressive ones were at least tent sized-- a hay house, a wood house, and a brick house-- all made from very similar contents, of course. Once the contestants went and left, Onyx took it upon herself to lead Pyrite closer to them, while being very discreet about her next moves. Inspecting the houses, Onyx had yet another ingenious idea.
Looking at Pyrite, she would give her a thumbs-up, then shapeshift into a wolf (and then whisper a howl for good measure), sneaking right into the brick model house. Peeking out of the door, she'd give Pyrite a wink. For now, they'd finally found a place to stay.
..And that's when a disquieting rumble arrived. Before she could ask if Pyrite had heard it, she felt a raindrop splash onto her snout, with Pyrite immediately catching some in her palm. It took hardly any time at all for it to start pouring, along with some strong winds that started to whip up. Pyrite quickly tried to go for one of the other houses-- the hay house, naturally, but then suddenly the winds blew it and the wood house down (who makes houses out of wooden sticks and hay, anyways?). Pyrite just awkwardly stood there in the position she took as she was attempting to enter the house, and humorously with a stick of hay getting stuck at the side of her mouth. Onyx couldn't help but laugh, but then her house tipped over backwards once the winds changed direction. The three contestants returned soon after, two of them mourning the loss of their hard work while the other tried propping their home up.. then he spotted Onyx, who would smile awkwardly (along with a nervous howl that had a questioning inflection to it, "Awoo..?"), and just when all three started to get angry, Pyrite quickly nabbed Onyx by the scruff of her 'fur' and hauled their load outta there before they began chasing them, as the night storm slowly petered out.
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Finally, Onyx led Pyrite into a rather quiet cave, rather tired from the previous two treks to find a place of repose, and it seemed like Onyx was beginning to lose optimism and hope, though was holding on to what was left with what little ideas she had as she first noticed the cave. She had to convince her taller partner, who had outright refused until Onyx mentioned it was the only piece of shelter they could find that wouldn't break or fall apart. Once that was cleared up, Onyx and Pyrite entered the cave, and it seemed like Onyx was back to being cheerful again. Moments later, they would find their respective places to sleep, with Onyx eventually moving up a little closer to Pyrite. Pyrite would then freak out and then complain about Pyrite allegedly nibbling her arm, to which Onyx would say she was doing no such thing after waking up.
Onyx would then pull out her weapon-- a slingshot-- from her eye gem, then pull the band backwards to let the light that was the ammunition slowly glow..
..And then she'd see a bat biting at Pyrite.
Onyx immediately squawked in shock and shot the blast at the bat, causing it to screech in alarm. It was then, after hearing more than just one screech, that Onyx realized they weren't alone in this cave. Without hesitation, they both hopped onto their feet and ran out of the dark cave filled with the nocturnal mammals, screaming as they followed them out of there and practically shooed them out as they leaped away from the entrance, looking up as they flew off into the distance.
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Later, an hour or two after midnight, Onyx and Pyrite found themselves in the grasslands again, with Onyx losing her previous energy from before and now dragging her feet forward as she walked as opposed to picking them up in her usual enthusiastic manner. Eventually, she'd fall to the ground below, tired of walking after making it quite a long way. "That's.. That's it." She huffed, looking forward with fatigue. "I can't go on anymore.. I can't find ourselves a place to stay. I can't even be asked to find a single needle if it was in a stack of hay.. In fact, I.. I think I wouldn't even have any luck finding one in a hay house.." Onyx sighed, struggling to look over at Pyrite with an exhausted, disappointed face. "I'm so sorry, Pyrite.. I really thought.. Maybe I could make our resting arrangements more comfortable.. But I guess not.."