It looks like thinks are concluding in both the North, and in Baltimare
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>>125910"Alright mate. Just outside we got a truck, I reckon you can ride it to wherever you need to go, and he'll still be in time for the pick up once we're done processing these griffins downstairs"
>>125911"We will find her place to stay while she gets acquinted with Baltimare. We will take care of her."
He pets the colt.
"Talking sounds nice. Maybe I could also give you ponyback ride on way home if you wanted."
>>125912Dark Star smiles at him
"Thnaks,Parade pass. your a Good Pony."
>>125913Loputu is like 16 or 17, by the way"Alright. I think she would fit in in Little Skynavia, though"
He is pet, his fur pulling back and exposing his big, purple eyes
At the mention of a ponyback ride
"Think you could really carry me?"
>>125914"Ya' welcome, mate"
Johann walks around to Dark Star, and asks him:
"And where are you going off to now?"
[Read more] >>125915Really? Didn't know he was that old."I would have to ask her about it, but I could see it."
He bends down for Loputu to get on him.
"Could not hurt to try, at least."
>>125918Silver is barely able to hold the colt, nigh stallion. But he holds
>>125919"Alright...ready to go, Loputu?"
>>125921And thus, the unicorn heads to leave the building, teenaged colt on his back.
"You will have to guide me to your home when we get to street."
>>125915"Well our Home Base of Sorts, a local Tavern. Its the Best Bar in the City. The Eastside Tavern."
>>125923"Ah. Well good luck."
He looks back over the prisoners, now hoofcuffed, the burned out, turned over pews, and the carnage on the floor
"Looks like you've had quite a night already."
>>125922"Go down Hoebuck until it merges with Horseman Avenue, and you can follow it all the way down until there's a checkpoint of sorts"
>>125924"Want To Grab a Drink,Inquisitor?"
>>125925He looks back to Dark Star
"So long as I am back in the morning. I will take your offer."
>>125924Silver nods, and follows his direction.
"How are you feeling now?"
>>125927"Still shaken... But I figure that's what it's like for the stallions who go off to war as well"
Going down the roads, it's much the same as what he saw coming it. Half lit streets of dark stretches, rats scurrying about between overloaded garbage cans, individuals, mostly griffins and zebras, swaying in drunkenness, or travelling in loud and rowdy groups. Trees that look as if they were dead in the leafless winter, and brown grass that looks much the same. Townhouses and sometimes less pleasing brick tenement buildings of a style popular 40 years ago. Building still partly collapsed in from the war and never completed. Little black and red flags hanging in the windows. It's a fullmoon out
>>125928"Downstairs"
Dark Star is escorted by Parade Pass down the steps, out through the double front doors of the administrative building to the street. An Ambulance being loaded, four police carts, and an idling diesel truck - a military logistics truck, like the one they rode in after the work on the docks.
"Driver's in their. Just tell em where ya' going and he'll take you there"
[Read more] >>125929Dark Star Shakes Parade Pass's Hoof
"I'll see you tomorrow."
He walks over to the truck
>>125929"You are very strong to keep going through all of that. If you were my son, I would be very proud."
>>125931"Heh" he smiles
"I can say I'll be more careful from now on. Still, I might enlist when I can"
>>125930He shakes right back
"See you"
The creatures get in the back. They are uncertain at first. Undertoe in particular seems nervous. But after some persuading, she gets in
>>125932Dark Star Looks at the Driver.
"To The EastSide Tavern."
>>125932"It is valiant idea, very honorable. What else would you think of doing, when you come of age?"
>>125933The truck proceeds there. It arrives there after the passage of some minutes
>>125934"I don't know. Fishing, I guess. There is some opportunity here. Otherwise, work on the docks. If I were more adventurous, I'd join the Merchant Marine"
>>125935Dark Star gets out and opens the door for Everypony
>>125936Silver smiles.
"You really are drawn to water."
>>125937The creatures come out
Johann stands properly, before pulling at a few feathers. Jubilosa is a bit more reluctant, Mala is careful to carry his saddle bags, and Undertoe is the most reluctant of all.
>>125938"Well, yes. My Cutie Mark is in water. Much of our society is waterbased, really. Our little enclave on the bay. I think that's true for many creatures in this neighborhood"
>>125939After they all get out Dark Star says
"Welcome to the best bar in the city."
>>125940Johann
"I'm not as sure. Not sure either how it compares the to best of Whitebell, or Griffihiem"
Khoi looks up in evident curiosity. Mala has a clearer aww. Jubilosa is tense, but starts to ease as she comes in. Meadows looks around, somewhat confused
"So is this a fancy establishment in Equestria? For what class?"
Undertoe is nervous
>>125941He Smiles and chukles
"Fancy isnt exactly the word i would use. But its a Reliable Bar with Great ponies and Pretty Alright Food. This i a Bar for the Working Pony,and i Love it."
>>125942"Hmmm? The working pony?"
She is just a little concerned
"Alright..."
>>125943"Don't Worry.
This is meadows?Miss. it is My Responsibility to Protect you all. and i Take this Duty very Seriously. you have my word no harm will befall you here."
>>125944Yes. Highland Meadows"Oh... Alright. It's just quite a change, to go from being a wealthy land owner to... whatever I am now"
She hangs her head
>>125945"I...I Know the Feeling."
>>125946The sand-brown mare with wavy chestnut brown mane is larger than Dark Star, perhaps only Johann is as large as her
She sits down next to him
"Oh really? How is that?"
>>125947"Well, My Family's farm was seized by the Socialist Government. We Had Been there for Generations."
He Sighs
"I Wasn't sure what to do right after it happened either. My Brother and i were out on the streets."
>>125948"Oh..." Her eyes light up
"And what did you do?"
>>125949"...im Not Exactly proud of what i did. My Brother and i Were Dirt Poor,they even took the clothes off of our backs,Although my Brother managed to stow away a small amount of bits. Not Enough for Both of us to eat every day. So i Stole Food when i was hungry.
>>125950She looks concerned, even placing a foreleg in front of her as if in guard
"That is... That happened in Equestria? A socialist government?"
>>125951"Yep. the Princess In her Infinite Wisdom thought it would be a Great idea."
>>125952Oh come on, the Princess wouldn't do that"The... civil war? Did that at least rectify things?"
>>125939"I admittedly do not know much about Skynavian culture. I should learn, someday."
>>125957"You can try. There is only so much left, though. The community becomes more like the rest of Baltimare as time goes by. Baltimare is all I've ever known"
>>125953"Thats a Hard Question to answer, Yes and No. The Black Hooves restored Order after the War. But the Local Government is a Socialist one, Im Going to Attempt to Run for Mayor to attempt to fix politics."
>>125958"Hmm...would you personally say that is good or bad thing?"
>>12959 →"Good luck...
My son prefers the old Equestrian rule, saying they are more open to other creatures and will guard Harmony. There are things I do not like about these 'Black Hooves.' They pander to the workers with programs, they can be intolerant and despotic. But they do have one great virtue. They are jealous of power. They will guard it, and share it only with great reluctance, unlike the old princesses, who had good intentions, but were naive. I've seen how the Shah back in my country compromised with the reformists, and how it was our undoing. My son has not seen this, so he does not know. But I have, and that is why I disagree with him. May Mazda be with you."
>>125960"I don't know. I'm pretty sure there is more money here. More stuff. I like that, But I don't think the older ones got what they were expecting when they came here. It's less change than they wanted."
[Read more] >>125961Silver looks back to the teenager on his back.
"How so?"
>>125961"Compromise is the death of Nations. What is Mazda?
Is your Son ok?"
>>125963"Ahura Mazda, the creator, mother spirit. But my Son... I don't know. He was studying in Canterlot when the war broke out, and was stuck here for that period of time. He could be in Canterlot or... Ponyville. I received a telegram from him after the war though. So I hope so. I hope so."
>>125962"They wanted to leave a land where they became minorities in their own country, being surrounded by griffins... to come to Red Heart, where they are a minority surrounded by griffins."