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>>119570Silver still looks to be in a bad way, but it doesn't appear to be
quite as bad is it was before. His breathing has calmed slightly, at least.
"If you are staying in Baltimare after we are done, perhaps you could teach me little bit about Luna worship? It is not something that is famously talked about in Northern Orthodoxy."
>>119572She looks at him for a moment, blinking as she seems surprised by the request.
She then warmly smiles
"I would be happy to do so, but at the moment how are you feeling?"
>>119573"To be honest? Could be better. But that magic helped to allieviate worst of pain." He stands up straight and proud. "I will be fit for service, when we are next attacked by griffons."
He smiles gratefully at Midnight. "Thank you. Now, perhaps you could help me in bathroom? We have materials needed to make firebombs, we just need to put them together."
>>119574"Fire bombs you say? Sounds interesting... I will help, but let me know if I can help you more."
>>119575"I do not know what all you can do, but it would be appreciated." Silver leads the trio of himself, Midnight, and Meadows to the bathroom. "Have you seen Iron and Sands since they went into bedroom, by way?"
>>119576Midnight looks at him with a raised eyebrow
"I was unaware they had even gone to the bedroom. Let us hope they come around sooner than later."
She then helps Meadows along, once again humming a tune that Silver can only assume is a hymn.
>>119577He can't help but chuckle at her choice of wording. "Oh, I imagine he will..."
On the floor in the middle of the bathroom are a number of whiskey bottles, a barrel of heating oil, and a pile of cloth strips from what looks like the robe the female griffon was wearing, the one that Midnight saw getting knocked out in the middle of the hallway. There may-or-may-not be that same griffon tied up somewhere in the bathroom. Silver picks up a bottle of whiskey, opening it up with a pop. "If you want drink, I recommend you have it now. We will need to drain these in shower in order to make firebombs."
>>119578She picks one up in a wing, pops it open, and takes a sniff.
"I am afraid I do not drink"
She does offer a swig to Meadows before pouring it out though.
>>119579Meadows looks down at the brown tinted rectangular glass
“What is this?”
>>119579>>119580Silver does indeed have a swig from his, enjoying the flavor and how it helps to sooth his pain. "It is whiskey. Alcoholic drink. Smooth, relaxing..." With a hint of sadness, he pours the rest of his bottle down the drain, and gets to work on the others. "If you want drink, I suggest you get it now."
>>119581>>119580"I have been told it burns a bit on the way down, but I have also been told it helps with pain a bit. I will let you decide."
>>119582"It is good burn. I like it." He looks over to Midnight. "When we are done draining these, we need to refill them with heating oil from that barrel, put stoppers back on, then tie strips of cloth around bottlenecks."
>>119581>>119582She looks at it, and looks at it further. It’s not clear what exactly she sees, but neither hoof nor horn pick it up. She slowly shakes her head from side to side.
“I did not partake in intoxicating liquors before, I will not do so now. I thing it would give me only false feelings, without recovering the gash in my heart.”
>>119584Midnight rests her other wing on Meadows' shoulder, leaning in to whisper in her ear so Silver can't hear
"Good mare, I was hoping you would say that anyway. We will find a better way to help you."
She smiles before walking over to pour the bottle out
>>119584Silver thus puts it in the pile of bottles to drain. "Fair enough. When this is over, we will escort you to hospital. They have potion which will be able to help you recover over time."
While he continues to work, he asks her: "So, what is your story, Meadows? Why did you want to leave your homeland?"
>>119587"If there is, it is news to me."
>>119587>>119588Silver nods. "It does indeed exist. It works wonders for what has happened to you."
>>119589“If only most problems could be solved with a potion”
>>119590"Indeed."
>>119588"Where do you happen to be staying, Midnight, so that I might find you after tonight?"
>>119592"I am actually a nomad, and I do no have a place to stay tonight."
>>119593He chuckles. "Seems to be common feature of ponies in our group..." He thinks on it while he works. "Well, there is Cathedral here in Baltimare, run by pony named Father Maren. As far as I know, they do not have any disciples or acolytes of Luna. Perhaps they would be willing to offer you place to stay?"
>>119594"Maybe that would be a good idea, thank you for letting me know. How about yourself, what is your background?"
>>119595"Me? Ah, I am just old pony, doing mercenary work and trying to rebuild his life. Nothing that would make for good story, I am afraid. But feel free to ask whatever about me, so long as I can ask about you in turn." He gives her a friendly smile, the winter fluff on his cheeks poking out.
>>119596She smiles back
"Well I guess I should ask what brought you to this group. You all do not seem like the most planned of teams."
>>119597"Heh. I can see that. I do not know if it was coincidence or fate, but on my first day - night, really - here in Baltimare, I came across Dark Star and Blue Skies, then for next couple days I met other members of our little group. They are good ponies, and our own individual skills compliment each other. Together, there are few challenges we can not overcome, even with our lack of planning or leadership.
"What brings you to Baltimare?"
>>119598"Well, my duty is to wander Equestria and protect those in need. I happened to stumble upon the right ponies, and they recommended me to this team with this job. I was actually coming to Baltimare because of the port. I figured there would be ponies fresh from other other parts of the world I could help."
>>119600Silver looks a bit stunned, and offers her a hoof. "Then I must say, it is pleasure to have you with us. There needs to be more ponies like you in this world."
>>119601She happily shakes his hoof and blushes a bit at the compliment
"Well thank you, but it is really nothing. Just my duty to Luna and Equestria."
>>119602He keeps on smiling. "Only proving my point."
Meadows watches for a moment, then looks away when the conversation steers away from her. She stands silently for a moment. Then she looks down, sees the robes, and starts to fold them. Right hoof and mouth on the shredded sheets, she sets about her impossible task, quickly changing to placing the shredded sheets in neat, organized lines folded three times over
>>119604Silver looks interested at why she's doing such a thing.
>>119602"So, what brought young, gorgeous mare such as yourself into Luna's beautiful starry embrace, if you do not mind my asking?"
>>119607Hey Iron. It's good to see you! Excited to play again this weekend?
Especially now that Iron has cashed in his V-card? >>119608I've been here all along.In ur heart :3Iron came so hard, he dilated time enough to desync himself from the timeline.
>>119609D'awwwww.hugs the tribal ponyGood thing the timeline stabilized itself, otherwise Silver would never be able to congratulate Iron on being claimed by a nice mare.
>>119610H-hey. Now's not the time for t-that.B-baka.I dunno. It's still a little fuzzy. Iron could get ansty and rut the mare again in the bathroom if time resumes for him.
>>119611D'awww. So cute.Wew lad. Guess that means Silver, Midnight, and Meadows might end up getting a front row seat to Iron planting his seed for a second time in a fertile bed as a show of dominance.
>>119612S-shut up, m-meanie.Maybe you'll just spectate over 20 minutes of coitus while everyone ponders how come they're fucking after an hour of them meeting.
>>119613Iron is just
that good with the mares. Now all he needs to do is convince Sands and Cauldron to be okay with a three-person relationship.
>>119614Sands seems to be able to, but Cauldron may be a bit harder to achieve.
It's not like I could meet her father with Sands coming along.
Not to mention...
There could be more than just two. >>119615I guess we'll see how much Iron's harem grows. Right now, Silver's sticking to only the one.