Up in the North, the ponies have successfully found who, or rather, what was damaging the mine. But their quest is not over, as they go to look for the source of the trouble. In Baltimare, Iron, Silver, and Dark Star enjoy the fruits of defeating the cultists, while Midnight herds the remaining rescues.
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Do you want to continue Spark's story tonight?
>>128804Sure! The last post to Spark was
>>128342 >>128805Spark nods.
"So, it has been quite some time since you have seen a pony? Who was the last that passed through here?"
>>128782I'm certain it was worth the price...though that does beg the question of how much it actually cost.
>>128807White Wolf
"I haven't seen one in a while... It's been a while since they've come through"
Grey wolf, forcefully even as he is not interrupting
"They like to hide out around the forest. Come into our territory"
Then she rebuts
"But they don't come to
us. Or they haven't since that time the doubles came"
>>12881230 bits easily
>>128813Oh, that's not so bad. He pays it.
"I just hope this meat-eating revelation has not made either of you think of me
too badly."
>>128814Jubilosa places a foreleg around him
"You continue to challenge my perception of ponies"
Mala seems to wag his tail
"No"
And he smiles
>>128813"Do you know what they are up to, hiding out here?"
>>128816Grey Wolf
"I suppose they are hiding away from the Doubles, just as we do now"
>>128815Silver smiles at them.
"There is one more thing I would like to talk about before we leave, if neither of you mind. There is issue of Mala's housing situation."
>>128818Mala sits up in his booth - he laid back after he finished eating - and he stares at Silver with big eyes
"Yes?"
Jubilosa looks over as if with concern, but she says nothing
>>128819He looks over at Jubilosa.
"I know your and Khoi's concerns, but Mala is good person as you have seen little bit of, one who wants to start new life and make up for what he has done. And there is spare room in beach house..."
>>128820She is silent for a moment, as is Mala
"I suppose I have misjudged creatures before... and he's had some hardships... I guess it isn't really my business what you do with him"
>>128821Silver hugs the griffon, burying his face in her chest feathers.
"Thank you."
>>128822Silver gets a nice feel of those feathers, and Jubilosa does not tense up, now comfortable with the hugs. She's larger than a mare, if a little smaller than Silver.
>>128823Silver releases her, and smiles again at his two companions.
"Well...ready to head home?"
>>128824Mala looks back at him, and wags his tail, before it goes down somewhat.
"Can I get my pack from the room?" he asks
>>128825"Of course you can, Mala. We will go to Tavern first so you can recover your items."
>>128826His thin, black legs tap the ground as he moves around, excited
"Were you saying I could live with you?!"
>>128827Silver nods.
"We will have to confirm it with Khoi, but yes."
>>128817"Have you had a run in with the changlings at all?"
>>128828He opens his mouth, and has his diamond ears firmly towards Silver
"That would be great!"
>>128829The White Wolf turns, with an expression like fear
The Grey wolf turns his head while his eyes lock with Spark's
"Yes. We've had
run ins. They came up into the forest. They attacked our southern settlement after a skirmish. Killed several of us. Fought us several times. We withdrew to the band up north for a few weeks, until they had retreated back. We watch their patrols still, though they haven't gone so far north in several months now"
>>128830Silver smiles at the obviously excited gnoll, and drapes a foreleg over the back of Mala's neck.
"Well, let us go out and hail taxi. We can pick up your personal effects from Tavern, and head to beach house."
>>128831"That sounds Great!"
Going outside, Silver has ease enough hailing a taxi. The Zebra stallion doesn't seem to know enough about what these creatures had done to shame them for it. Two bits to go back to the Tavern.
Mala runs back inside with definite haste
>>128830"I am sorry to hear that."
Spark wonders what brought them to the forest to begin with.
>>128832Silver tells the driver to wait while Mala gets his belongings, and he himself waits patiently for the gnoll.
>>128833The White Wolf speaks to Spark
"Yes, it's been terrible... But we are at least surviving now. We have survived worse. They are not the first to attack us. But I would like them to be the last. That is what I want you for. To make them leave us alone"
The Grey Wolf physically moves his feat around
"It isn't enough to be left alone. If anything, we need their alliance. Trade alone would do us much good"
The white wolf looks back to the grey, someone annoyed
"Trade will not do us much good..."
>>128834Mala comes back out quickly, carrying his pack with a blanket in it, and the sheathed sword. It does
not bulge with the cut off pieces of Zebra from the night before
>>128835"Hop back on in, Mala. We are going home."
>>128835"The changelings are not interested in trade, but I might know a group that is. The colony that captured the land east would be interested in trade as well as information about changeling movement and resources in this area. The changelings are preparing to invade in the future."
>>128837The grey wolf stops for a moment, his mouth closed, as if to consider it
White Wolf
"But what if the Changelings find out?"
>>128836He hops right on back in. Another few bits, and the creatures are back to the Beach House
>>128838Silver pays the zebra his due Bits, trots up, and holds the door open for Jubilosa and Mala.
>>128838"Well, we will just have to stick to the forests and we will make it no problem."
>>128839Mala gets out of the taxi, and looks at the house with curiousity, tentatively stepping forward
"Is this...?"
He steps forward a little closer. As Silver goes closer still, he runs out in front of Silver, looking around
Jubilosa walks out more normally, towards the house
>>128841"Yes it is. Our new home."
>>128840The Grey wolf is silent again
White Wolf:
"Maybe we should take you back to the chief"
>>128842He runs out, around and under the house towards the solid portion, looking around, until it's clear that he is left behind by Silver. Then he comes back up the stairs, and past him, looking around on the lower level, running around in the living room, jumping on the couch and then off of it.
Silver can hear Khoi in the kitchen
>>128843Silver is amused by Mala's behaviors, and goes into the kitchen to find Khoi.
>>128844She is in the kitchen, over a boiling pot.
Mala is evidently running around, and she seems to hear it. She walks up to Silver
"You're back"
>>128845Silver nods with a smile.
"You make it sound like you had doubts. How goes it?"
>>128846"The soup is going well. Noodles will cook quickly so I will put them in the pot just before you are ready."
She smiles back, and almost suppresses a laugh
>>128847Silver tilts his head.
"What is it? What is funny?"
>>128848"What? Why do you think something is funny? She asks, smiling then stopping
>>128843"Alright."
Spark is ready to follow the doggos.
>>128849"You just look like you are trying to keep from laughing."
Silver breathes in the smell of the food being cooked.
"Anyways, what is it you are cooking?"
>>128851Definitely some spices and onion
"Oh, some Bún soup for tonight"
>>128850The grey one says
"Very well... but if you do tip off the Changelings, know we can hide in the forests, see you before you see us. Track you -"
The White Wolf interrupts
"Relax, Lyca. The spirits have shown his good nature to us, and he has seemed trustworthy enough talking to him here. Are you really so afraid of such a little pony?"
His ears drop and he almost snarls, but he keeps his head low. He mumbles
"There's no such thing as a Sa'be..."
Spark presumably follows the wolves for a while, as they move into a formation around Spark. They occasionally yip and speak to each other in a language Spark does not understand. They pass by several clearings in the woods, that look as if they were recently planted and plowed. Then, they arrive...
>>128853"Thanks, I was hoping it would be so"
She blinks at him at the end of that
>>128854"I had never heard of some of those ingredients before. I take it this is traditional Ngua Nam meal?"
>>128855"I suppose it is 'traditional.' Yes. It is a normal meal in Ngua Nam. Maybe a bit more spice and flair, we often only had rice. But this is full meal."