In the North, Spark has encountered a new tribe of creatures, who are eager to take him as an emissary between cultures. In the south, Iron sleeps off his wounds, with dreams of a new life for himself and a certain zebra. Silver tries to settle in those he saved from the cultists into their own lives. Fantasy play establishes herself in Baltimare, and she too, has encountered cultures unknown to her before. As they all search for normalcy, it remains to be seen just what dangers await beyond the horizon
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>>129210
"Figured"
She pauses. There is a "Chckt!" noise, another long pause, and a "Clack!"
"Now tell me. What exactly is it you're looking to 'discover'?"
"Figured"
She pauses. There is a "Chckt!" noise, another long pause, and a "Clack!"
"Now tell me. What exactly is it you're looking to 'discover'?"
>>129211
Iron's ear twitches at all the funny noises, but his current emotional downpour has his full attention. "I lived in a small tribe in the middle of the jungle where there is not even a speck of what there is here for almost all my life," he explained "and being the stubborn stallion that I am, I will always seek to experience instead of blindly believing in stories, no matter how credible they may be."
Iron's ear twitches at all the funny noises, but his current emotional downpour has his full attention. "I lived in a small tribe in the middle of the jungle where there is not even a speck of what there is here for almost all my life," he explained "and being the stubborn stallion that I am, I will always seek to experience instead of blindly believing in stories, no matter how credible they may be."
>>129212
She sits up to where her mouth is partly visible in Iron's periphery. She removes the cigarette from her mouth with her left hoof, and exhales smoke through her nostrils
"Uh huh. What've you discovered? A bunch of armed thugs. A police officer. A pretty mare looking for a place to sleep. Whatever in the hell that was in that room with the glass ceiling. And I don't even know what else, but it can't be that much. Was it all you hoped for when you left the village?"
She sits up to where her mouth is partly visible in Iron's periphery. She removes the cigarette from her mouth with her left hoof, and exhales smoke through her nostrils
"Uh huh. What've you discovered? A bunch of armed thugs. A police officer. A pretty mare looking for a place to sleep. Whatever in the hell that was in that room with the glass ceiling. And I don't even know what else, but it can't be that much. Was it all you hoped for when you left the village?"
>>129213
"What I did back in Hoebuck was more about the validation and wealth aspects," Iron admits "but the first time hearing jazz in that magic music machine, the new foods I have tried, the surprisingly realistic painting I had seen. Those little things amaze me to no end."
"What I did back in Hoebuck was more about the validation and wealth aspects," Iron admits "but the first time hearing jazz in that magic music machine, the new foods I have tried, the surprisingly realistic painting I had seen. Those little things amaze me to no end."
>>129214
"If the painting is more amazing to you than dead bodies made to rise and walk, then I don't think it's really the realism that's amazing you"
She starts to slowly sit up, propping her back against the head board, and looks back to him with a definite frown. She takes another long draw of her cigarette, and lets the smoke stay in her a little while longer, before exhaling and staring across the room
"If the painting is more amazing to you than dead bodies made to rise and walk, then I don't think it's really the realism that's amazing you"
She starts to slowly sit up, propping her back against the head board, and looks back to him with a definite frown. She takes another long draw of her cigarette, and lets the smoke stay in her a little while longer, before exhaling and staring across the room
>>129215
"Perhaps it is the cozy aspect rather than the realism," Iron offers tentatively "it feels... nice to see what fun, new, unique things there are to try in this world. See what amazing things the world can offer now that I can explore it."
"Perhaps it is the cozy aspect rather than the realism," Iron offers tentatively "it feels... nice to see what fun, new, unique things there are to try in this world. See what amazing things the world can offer now that I can explore it."
>>129217
"I can relate," Iron replies with a sad smile on his face "I am not quite sure myself either. I am a fool, through and through, right?"
"I can relate," Iron replies with a sad smile on his face "I am not quite sure myself either. I am a fool, through and through, right?"
>>129218
She blinks, and disregards the question
"Can I ask you just one thing? Can I still sleep in the bed? Preferably for another night."
She blinks, and disregards the question
"Can I ask you just one thing? Can I still sleep in the bed? Preferably for another night."
>>129219
"Yes," Iron replies in a flash "even though I cannot currently open up my heart to you for reasons I cannot understand, your body is quite comfortable."
He pauses, breathing in softly as he closes his eyes. "I... I understand if you want to throw me away after this," he mutters with clear pain in his voice "nopony would like a weak, mopey dolt who cannot provide for his mate. If that ever happens, I beg you to at least tell me before you do it."
"Yes," Iron replies in a flash "even though I cannot currently open up my heart to you for reasons I cannot understand, your body is quite comfortable."
He pauses, breathing in softly as he closes his eyes. "I... I understand if you want to throw me away after this," he mutters with clear pain in his voice "nopony would like a weak, mopey dolt who cannot provide for his mate. If that ever happens, I beg you to at least tell me before you do it."
>>129220
She places both hooves near her mouth. She seems to be nibbling on the filter, or otherwise doing something with that cigarette besides the recommended use. Her eyes are locked on the far wall
"Thank you. That really helps me. I don't have anywhere else to go, and I couldn't afford to strike out tomorrow if I didn't. I need to send a telegram to my mother. I would send a letter but it's slow, I would rather a telegram. But even getting a telegram to the right place through security is difficult. I need to send my mother a telegram and let her know I am still alive. She probably thinks I am dead. She probably had me declared dead a year ago, and distributed all of my stuff to my siblings. What little I had, I mean. I suppose she'll be happy I am alive, but it will be like 'how did you get caught?' and "can you get back to work?' But I am not sure I even can. If I even still have it."
She takes another puff, before finding it doesn't burn. She flips out the lighter, and flicks it one, two, three times before getting a flame that stays. She places it up to the end of the cigarette, just to find that she's smoked it down to the filter - a filter that is chewed and useless anyways. She flicks the filter away, and frantically searches for another cigarette
"Don't give me that load of shit" Strangely, it's like she has only just now started actually talking to Iron, rather than thinking outloud. She finally finds a cigarette in her pack, and pulls it out
"I know you you think of me as a floozie, or a tramp. You only want that zebra and her jazz. Or something like that. Well I'll tell you. It's about service! It's about serving and living to serve. Whether it's the elderly, or getting the drinks of the rich, or mother!" she jabs her hoof towards Iron, and loses her cigarette in the process. She dives her hoof over next to Iron's body
"And you have to do it, because you know they cannot live without you. So you do it, however disgusting it is to you. And however inane or boring it may appear to others. Because it gives you purpose."
She pulls the cigarette from near Iron, and immediately begins to try to light it. Though she gets a light several times rather than holding down on the fuel, she flicks it again
"It's much harder than you think just being pretty" She seems to finally remember how a lighter works, and inhales for a very long time. Then she starts coughing. Loudly.
She places both hooves near her mouth. She seems to be nibbling on the filter, or otherwise doing something with that cigarette besides the recommended use. Her eyes are locked on the far wall
"Thank you. That really helps me. I don't have anywhere else to go, and I couldn't afford to strike out tomorrow if I didn't. I need to send a telegram to my mother. I would send a letter but it's slow, I would rather a telegram. But even getting a telegram to the right place through security is difficult. I need to send my mother a telegram and let her know I am still alive. She probably thinks I am dead. She probably had me declared dead a year ago, and distributed all of my stuff to my siblings. What little I had, I mean. I suppose she'll be happy I am alive, but it will be like 'how did you get caught?' and "can you get back to work?' But I am not sure I even can. If I even still have it."
She takes another puff, before finding it doesn't burn. She flips out the lighter, and flicks it one, two, three times before getting a flame that stays. She places it up to the end of the cigarette, just to find that she's smoked it down to the filter - a filter that is chewed and useless anyways. She flicks the filter away, and frantically searches for another cigarette
"Don't give me that load of shit" Strangely, it's like she has only just now started actually talking to Iron, rather than thinking outloud. She finally finds a cigarette in her pack, and pulls it out
"I know you you think of me as a floozie, or a tramp. You only want that zebra and her jazz. Or something like that. Well I'll tell you. It's about service! It's about serving and living to serve. Whether it's the elderly, or getting the drinks of the rich, or mother!" she jabs her hoof towards Iron, and loses her cigarette in the process. She dives her hoof over next to Iron's body
"And you have to do it, because you know they cannot live without you. So you do it, however disgusting it is to you. And however inane or boring it may appear to others. Because it gives you purpose."
She pulls the cigarette from near Iron, and immediately begins to try to light it. Though she gets a light several times rather than holding down on the fuel, she flicks it again
"It's much harder than you think just being pretty" She seems to finally remember how a lighter works, and inhales for a very long time. Then she starts coughing. Loudly.
>>129221
The mixture between the lengthy discussion on how difficult it'd be for Sands to contact her mother, the light jabs on his person and her accusations leave Iron perplexed, finally craning his head to look at the now coughing Sands before he frowns deeply. "I do not want it to end like that!" Iron exclaims in clear frustration "I do not want to use a mare for their privates and throw her away later on just because she stopped making me hard." The stallion, energized by the opening emotional faucet reaching its peak, slides up the bed as he sat up. "You deserve better than being a toy for depravity, no matter how used to it you are, damnit." He breathed was getting labored by this point as his emotional downpour only further expanded. "At this point, I do not care if all this foal rearing stuff is fake, I care enough to see you more than a rag to clean my cum off. Do you think I am fine for not finding something to like about you besides your looks? I hate it!"
Iron pants softly as he looked at Sands, eyes softening considerably yet still had that fiery emotion from his previous speech. "...I will find a way to love you, even if it kills me."
The mixture between the lengthy discussion on how difficult it'd be for Sands to contact her mother, the light jabs on his person and her accusations leave Iron perplexed, finally craning his head to look at the now coughing Sands before he frowns deeply. "I do not want it to end like that!" Iron exclaims in clear frustration "I do not want to use a mare for their privates and throw her away later on just because she stopped making me hard." The stallion, energized by the opening emotional faucet reaching its peak, slides up the bed as he sat up. "You deserve better than being a toy for depravity, no matter how used to it you are, damnit." He breathed was getting labored by this point as his emotional downpour only further expanded. "At this point, I do not care if all this foal rearing stuff is fake, I care enough to see you more than a rag to clean my cum off. Do you think I am fine for not finding something to like about you besides your looks? I hate it!"
Iron pants softly as he looked at Sands, eyes softening considerably yet still had that fiery emotion from his previous speech. "...I will find a way to love you, even if it kills me."
>>129222
"I.... stopped making you hard?" she says, with something near tears. Her magic aura sends the cigarette to be pressed and extinguished in the ash try, missing the first time and instead sending the lit cigarette into the table top
"So that's it then. The clubs play jazz, because that is what the stallions are into now..."
She stares blankly
"Has the world really changed that much since I've been gone....?"
"I.... stopped making you hard?" she says, with something near tears. Her magic aura sends the cigarette to be pressed and extinguished in the ash try, missing the first time and instead sending the lit cigarette into the table top
"So that's it then. The clubs play jazz, because that is what the stallions are into now..."
She stares blankly
"Has the world really changed that much since I've been gone....?"
>>129225
Iron's ears drooped softly, sighing. "It mostly is about that frustration I have mentioned," he explains solemnly "it always bothers me that my only link to somepony I vowed to be with for the rest of my days is simply carnal desire."
Having said that, the native slides off into a prone position, belly up. "Not to mention all the hysteria regarding the 'changeling menance' spooking most ponies out of purely sexual encounters, but I believe you know that already."
Iron's ears drooped softly, sighing. "It mostly is about that frustration I have mentioned," he explains solemnly "it always bothers me that my only link to somepony I vowed to be with for the rest of my days is simply carnal desire."
Having said that, the native slides off into a prone position, belly up. "Not to mention all the hysteria regarding the 'changeling menance' spooking most ponies out of purely sexual encounters, but I believe you know that already."
>>129226
“Ugh, yeah, I know”
With her aura, she grabs the cigarette, the same one she extinguished a minute ago.
“Still though”
“Chck” and she inhales as she lights the cigarette
“I had hoped for something besides just desire to make me likable, or lovable. Shows how much charm I have to lack even the mystique of a jazz-playing jukebox. Though I suppose that would be mystical to a country folk who hasn’t even seen electricity I suppose. Still though, doesn’t bode well...”
“Ugh, yeah, I know”
With her aura, she grabs the cigarette, the same one she extinguished a minute ago.
“Still though”
“Chck” and she inhales as she lights the cigarette
“I had hoped for something besides just desire to make me likable, or lovable. Shows how much charm I have to lack even the mystique of a jazz-playing jukebox. Though I suppose that would be mystical to a country folk who hasn’t even seen electricity I suppose. Still though, doesn’t bode well...”
>>129105
"Ah...much as it is with many other nations which fall into civil war. It is just as terrible to witness first time as it is to see it every time after."
"Ah...much as it is with many other nations which fall into civil war. It is just as terrible to witness first time as it is to see it every time after."
>>129229
The unicorn pats the kirin's shoulder.
"We live in truly turbulant times, but they will not last forever."
The unicorn pats the kirin's shoulder.
"We live in truly turbulant times, but they will not last forever."
>>129227
Iron looks at Sands for a few seconds, seeing her troubled, distant position as he softly chewed his lip. "It has been less than a day since we met," he tentatively offers with a strained smile only to immediately falter, sighing once more, keeping quiet for a few more seconds.
The stallion scritches his chin while still prone, belly up as he gradually widened his eyes. "...huh..." he lets out as he gradually turned to face Sands, flipping his body to the side. "Since I have split all of my secrets and crushed both our spirits, I might as well come clean with something. I..." he trails off, rubbing his foreleg with his other hoof as a small blush starts to coat his face. "Remember the whole 'discovery' aspect I have talked about?"
Iron looks at Sands for a few seconds, seeing her troubled, distant position as he softly chewed his lip. "It has been less than a day since we met," he tentatively offers with a strained smile only to immediately falter, sighing once more, keeping quiet for a few more seconds.
The stallion scritches his chin while still prone, belly up as he gradually widened his eyes. "...huh..." he lets out as he gradually turned to face Sands, flipping his body to the side. "Since I have split all of my secrets and crushed both our spirits, I might as well come clean with something. I..." he trails off, rubbing his foreleg with his other hoof as a small blush starts to coat his face. "Remember the whole 'discovery' aspect I have talked about?"
>>129230
Silver finds that her shoulder is covered in scales. They are not very thick, and end shortly past the shoulders.
“I am not just afraid of war... but of the peace that follows”
Silver finds that her shoulder is covered in scales. They are not very thick, and end shortly past the shoulders.
“I am not just afraid of war... but of the peace that follows”
>>129233
Iron proceeds to twiddle his hooves, smiling sheepishly. "Well, I neglected to mention something I thought would have been... provocative to say to a mare, from what I have learnt the first day I got here," he explains "and it is that I like to feel how a female of each species would feel at... at you know..."
Iron proceeds to twiddle his hooves, smiling sheepishly. "Well, I neglected to mention something I thought would have been... provocative to say to a mare, from what I have learnt the first day I got here," he explains "and it is that I like to feel how a female of each species would feel at... at you know..."
>>129236
Iron breathes out softly, laying his head on the pillow as he looked back to the ceiling again in a stoic expression. "It is a foalish desire, I know," he answers before lighting up softly "but I cannot help but want to know how such different species would do it, considering the many species out there that work in unknown ways."
He shakes his head, ridding himself of his excitement. "I doubt I would actually make it a goal to strive towards, though. It would be irresponsible to lay ponies at random without a care in the world, disposing them as if they were trash in my eyes after that. Such cruelty does not sit well with me."
Iron breathes out softly, laying his head on the pillow as he looked back to the ceiling again in a stoic expression. "It is a foalish desire, I know," he answers before lighting up softly "but I cannot help but want to know how such different species would do it, considering the many species out there that work in unknown ways."
He shakes his head, ridding himself of his excitement. "I doubt I would actually make it a goal to strive towards, though. It would be irresponsible to lay ponies at random without a care in the world, disposing them as if they were trash in my eyes after that. Such cruelty does not sit well with me."
>>129239
Iron's cheek redden further, pouting softly. "You were... my first... and furthest," he admits reluctantly "followed by hugging from Cauldron."
Iron's cheek redden further, pouting softly. "You were... my first... and furthest," he admits reluctantly "followed by hugging from Cauldron."
>>129241
Iron sighs for the fourth time this night, face clearly expressing dejection. "I figured I might as well let you know," he admits before pouting softly, hindleg slightly twitching.
Iron sighs for the fourth time this night, face clearly expressing dejection. "I figured I might as well let you know," he admits before pouting softly, hindleg slightly twitching.
>>129242
“So.... what is this journey you are on? Is it like Rumspringa. Are you planning on going back? Moving out into the world, or what?”
“So.... what is this journey you are on? Is it like Rumspringa. Are you planning on going back? Moving out into the world, or what?”
>>129239
The unicorn again pats her shoulder.
He silently wonders to himself how long until dinner is ready.
The unicorn again pats her shoulder.
He silently wonders to himself how long until dinner is ready.
>>129243
"I suppose this is more of a spiritual journey at this point," Iron explains "one that I admit I am still unsure what the end goal is, or if I would go back or not. All I know is that I have established myself here and I will not leave here anytime soon."
"I suppose this is more of a spiritual journey at this point," Iron explains "one that I admit I am still unsure what the end goal is, or if I would go back or not. All I know is that I have established myself here and I will not leave here anytime soon."
>>129245
Trying to give a not so subtle hint that I've run out of conversational topics a while ago and I want things to advance. Personally, it'd be nice to advance things to tomorrow soon since I'm already behind.
Trying to give a not so subtle hint that I've run out of conversational topics a while ago and I want things to advance. Personally, it'd be nice to advance things to tomorrow soon since I'm already behind.
>>129247
Awww....
Silver isn’t behind. Iron is just ahead is all
At some point, Khoi announces that the Bún is ready, straining noodles. It’s very thin rice noodles with a thin broth, onions, and what Silver can recognize as lemon grass. She pours a bowl for herself, a bowl for Silver, and a bowl with less herbs for Jubilosa, setting the bowls on the dinner table
>>129246
“So.... do you want to be in the non-traditional economy all your life?”
Awww....
Silver isn’t behind. Iron is just ahead is all
At some point, Khoi announces that the Bún is ready, straining noodles. It’s very thin rice noodles with a thin broth, onions, and what Silver can recognize as lemon grass. She pours a bowl for herself, a bowl for Silver, and a bowl with less herbs for Jubilosa, setting the bowls on the dinner table
>>129246
“So.... do you want to be in the non-traditional economy all your life?”
>>129252
Seeing that he has to be the first to eat, Silver does so, maybe showing the others how to use the fork in the process. He's less sure about Mala, as he's not sure he can eat this.
Seeing that he has to be the first to eat, Silver does so, maybe showing the others how to use the fork in the process. He's less sure about Mala, as he's not sure he can eat this.
>>129254
Spicy, salty. Mint, basil, cilantro, and a definite taste of lemon in the lemon grass, besides banana blossoms. Jubilosa picks up the fork next. Khoi is actually the last to eat. Except for Mala... but he wasn’t being counted anyways
>>129256
“Well, I mean you are away from your family and the world you have known, thrust out into something new with few ties. You do not have a steady job, nor a place to live indefinitely. I think I understand that.”
Spicy, salty. Mint, basil, cilantro, and a definite taste of lemon in the lemon grass, besides banana blossoms. Jubilosa picks up the fork next. Khoi is actually the last to eat. Except for Mala... but he wasn’t being counted anyways
>>129256
“Well, I mean you are away from your family and the world you have known, thrust out into something new with few ties. You do not have a steady job, nor a place to live indefinitely. I think I understand that.”
>>129257
"Oh, yes." Iron's ears droop as he rotates his body into a supine :p position, glancing at the ceiling "then you also know why I said what rubbed you the wrong way, too."
"Oh, yes." Iron's ears droop as he rotates his body into a supine :p position, glancing at the ceiling "then you also know why I said what rubbed you the wrong way, too."
>>129258
“That I am not at all likable or attractive as a mate? That one eludes me, but I would rather remain ignorant of the explanation for that one”
“That I am not at all likable or attractive as a mate? That one eludes me, but I would rather remain ignorant of the explanation for that one”
>>129259
"That I am not likable or attractive as a mate, enough to understand why you would leave me," Iron corrects, sighing "...although after this heart-to-heart, I admit, you are good at you dedicate yourself. This may as well have not been your first time doing this."
"That I am not likable or attractive as a mate, enough to understand why you would leave me," Iron corrects, sighing "...although after this heart-to-heart, I admit, you are good at you dedicate yourself. This may as well have not been your first time doing this."
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