In Changelingia (West Equestria), Brie gains the support of a Changeling queen for his endeavors. Spark is doing his best to help an ill Wolf spiritual leader.
In Free Equestria (East Equestria), Iron is trying to intimidate a group of criminal griffin interlopers. Fantasy Play is helping to shut down an Anarchist press. Silver is helping his new household. Amber Sunset is walking through the city, and Dark Star has just finished helping the orphans.
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>>136796
She looks into the mirror near the changing room, studying her appearance carefully. Then she nods
"This will do."
She looks into the mirror near the changing room, studying her appearance carefully. Then she nods
"This will do."
>>136797
Amber has second thoughts about this but doesn't air them as she leads the oddly-dressed mare to the counter. "Right this way, miss."
Amber has second thoughts about this but doesn't air them as she leads the oddly-dressed mare to the counter. "Right this way, miss."
>>136798
She closes her eyes and smiles, adjusting the layers of clothing over herself,
"Quite a hot dress for a summer's day, but it'll be worth it for when my stallion steps out of that carriage."
It adds up to 135 bits
She closes her eyes and smiles, adjusting the layers of clothing over herself,
"Quite a hot dress for a summer's day, but it'll be worth it for when my stallion steps out of that carriage."
It adds up to 135 bits
>>136800
She ties her mane into a bun, and pulls out of her bag a few coins, evidently golden but not really appearing to be bits, and placing them on the counter.
She ties her mane into a bun, and pulls out of her bag a few coins, evidently golden but not really appearing to be bits, and placing them on the counter.
>>136802
She's given about six of large, yellow coins. On one side of the coin is an image of a griffin wearing a crown and the words "Duex Florin," and on the other side is some... thing - what looks like a torch with a spear on top, and then something like a wing spiraling around it. The coins are a little off in their construction. None are perfectly circular, and some are notibly oblong. The stamping is often off center, and none of the rims are pristine in their dimensions. The coins are all high relief. Some are a little worn, but most are not. The final coin is about half the size of the other six, and has the same symbol on the reverse, but has a... female? griffin on the obverse, and the words "Un Florin." All of the coins are a heavy yellow metal, ever so slightly faded, and are larger than any bits Amber has ever seen.
She's given about six of large, yellow coins. On one side of the coin is an image of a griffin wearing a crown and the words "Duex Florin," and on the other side is some... thing - what looks like a torch with a spear on top, and then something like a wing spiraling around it. The coins are a little off in their construction. None are perfectly circular, and some are notibly oblong. The stamping is often off center, and none of the rims are pristine in their dimensions. The coins are all high relief. Some are a little worn, but most are not. The final coin is about half the size of the other six, and has the same symbol on the reverse, but has a... female? griffin on the obverse, and the words "Un Florin." All of the coins are a heavy yellow metal, ever so slightly faded, and are larger than any bits Amber has ever seen.
Amber stares at the unfamiliar coinage and calls out, "Miss Sewn, I have a question about these coins."
She raises her head and smiles apologetically at the oddly-dressed mare, "I'm sorry for the inconvenience."
She raises her head and smiles apologetically at the oddly-dressed mare, "I'm sorry for the inconvenience."
>>136804
She walks over, moving her hair back with magic. She looks at the strange coins:
"In Tartarus are these things?" She moves one close to her eye to inspect it
"Well, this looks to be actual gold, so it has that going for it over the paper money."
She walks over, moving her hair back with magic. She looks at the strange coins:
"In Tartarus are these things?" She moves one close to her eye to inspect it
"Well, this looks to be actual gold, so it has that going for it over the paper money."
>>136740
"That is...crazy talk! Of course they raise and lower sun and moon. They have for well over thousand years!"
He shakes his head in disappointment, and returns to her point.
"What threat exists that could unite ponykind? Dread League suddenly coming out of hiding and invading all of world?"
"That is...crazy talk! Of course they raise and lower sun and moon. They have for well over thousand years!"
He shakes his head in disappointment, and returns to her point.
"What threat exists that could unite ponykind? Dread League suddenly coming out of hiding and invading all of world?"
>>136807
"Dread League?" Her left ear flops down then back up.
"I am not sure. The Changelings may have done it, and may still... but maybe they are too mundane, too ordinary. Too much like just another competing set of Warlords. At least I hope ponies don't see them that way. But it's, well, the surprises that strike fear into ponies. The Windigo Crisis, the return of Nightmare Moon... those sorts of things."
"Dread League?" Her left ear flops down then back up.
"I am not sure. The Changelings may have done it, and may still... but maybe they are too mundane, too ordinary. Too much like just another competing set of Warlords. At least I hope ponies don't see them that way. But it's, well, the surprises that strike fear into ponies. The Windigo Crisis, the return of Nightmare Moon... those sorts of things."
>>136808
"Like Nightmare Moon? I hope whatever world-ending threat comes for us does not take another thousand years."
"Like Nightmare Moon? I hope whatever world-ending threat comes for us does not take another thousand years."
>>136809
She smiles widely as she nods for an extended period of time
"Like Nightmare Moon"
>>136810
"I don't know either. A couple years ago we'd just reject this, but with rationing and now paper money receiving gold is kind of a blessing"
She looks up from the coins and towards Amber
"Should probably make a surcharge though, because we'd have to sell this."
She smiles widely as she nods for an extended period of time
"Like Nightmare Moon"
>>136810
"I don't know either. A couple years ago we'd just reject this, but with rationing and now paper money receiving gold is kind of a blessing"
She looks up from the coins and towards Amber
"Should probably make a surcharge though, because we'd have to sell this."
>>136812
[1d20+4 = 19]
High Strewn speaks to the mare
"We're sorry, there's a surcharge on the... 'foreign exchange,' we need ten additional bits, or its equivalence."
[1d20+4 = 19]
High Strewn speaks to the mare
"We're sorry, there's a surcharge on the... 'foreign exchange,' we need ten additional bits, or its equivalence."
>>136811
He smiles back, though not nearly as widely.
"Let us hope that, whatever it is, it does not end up actually ending world. You mentioned windigoes. That might actually end us, with as much discord and strife there is in world."
He smiles back, though not nearly as widely.
"Let us hope that, whatever it is, it does not end up actually ending world. You mentioned windigoes. That might actually end us, with as much discord and strife there is in world."
>>136813
>>136812
She twists her lips
"I forget sometimes just how inconvenient the city can be."
She pushes over another "Un Florin" coin.
High Sewn
"Best of luck."
The mare takes the dress, the cravat, the scarf, and the stockings, and fluffs up the bun on her mane.
"Oh he will just faint when he sees my outfit when I have it complete"
>>136814
She answers to him
"There has always been strife and discord... what I am afraid of is a world without anything noble."
>>136812
She twists her lips
"I forget sometimes just how inconvenient the city can be."
She pushes over another "Un Florin" coin.
High Sewn
"Best of luck."
The mare takes the dress, the cravat, the scarf, and the stockings, and fluffs up the bun on her mane.
"Oh he will just faint when he sees my outfit when I have it complete"
>>136814
She answers to him
"There has always been strife and discord... what I am afraid of is a world without anything noble."
>>136816
"I'm sure he will!" Amber says as she waves goodbye. When the mare is gone she looks down at the "florins" and remarks, "You reckon they're any count?"
"I'm sure he will!" Amber says as she waves goodbye. When the mare is gone she looks down at the "florins" and remarks, "You reckon they're any count?"
>>136817
She picks a couple coins up and drops them on top of the other. They give a sharp, high pitched ring, that ends quickly.
"Well, that's gold alright."
She picks a couple coins up and drops them on top of the other. They give a sharp, high pitched ring, that ends quickly.
"Well, that's gold alright."
>>136816
Silver slowly nods after a couple seconds.
"I can agree with that. I think it is part of reason so many looked up to Celestia, Luna, even Elements of Harmony. I think we never fully gave up herd mindset after we as species had awoken. We looked up to somepony to lead us and show us how to be noble and true, and now that they are gone...who is it ponykind will look to now?"
Silver slowly nods after a couple seconds.
"I can agree with that. I think it is part of reason so many looked up to Celestia, Luna, even Elements of Harmony. I think we never fully gave up herd mindset after we as species had awoken. We looked up to somepony to lead us and show us how to be noble and true, and now that they are gone...who is it ponykind will look to now?"
>>136818
"Gold is gold, so I think there shouldn't be any problem. I wonder where she got these? They certainly aren't Equestrian…"
"Gold is gold, so I think there shouldn't be any problem. I wonder where she got these? They certainly aren't Equestrian…"
>>136823
She inspects them
"They look to be Griffin" Her face eases up, before again becoming confused and uncertain
"But they look like they are old. I'm not sure how old... But it is gold."
>>136822
She shakes her head
"I don't know. Without Celestia as the mother of ponykind, I wonder. But I am more concerned as to what we will look to. And I hope it is something better than money or land, or some flowery term like 'liberty' or 'reunification' that really is just the same thing."
She inspects them
"They look to be Griffin" Her face eases up, before again becoming confused and uncertain
"But they look like they are old. I'm not sure how old... But it is gold."
>>136822
She shakes her head
"I don't know. Without Celestia as the mother of ponykind, I wonder. But I am more concerned as to what we will look to. And I hope it is something better than money or land, or some flowery term like 'liberty' or 'reunification' that really is just the same thing."
>>136825
Amber grins. "We sure get all sorts of folks passing through these doors." She ponders something to herself. "It's odd, though, that one pony really wants one dress and can't buy it, but another spends just as much on a medley of clothes at a whim…"
Amber grins. "We sure get all sorts of folks passing through these doors." She ponders something to herself. "It's odd, though, that one pony really wants one dress and can't buy it, but another spends just as much on a medley of clothes at a whim…"
>>136825
Silver tilts his head.
"Is that even possible for us to do? After so long of having our Alicorn Goddesses, going to look to some ideal for our values?"
He scracthes his fluffy chin in thought.
"I hope it is something worthy of Them."
Silver tilts his head.
"Is that even possible for us to do? After so long of having our Alicorn Goddesses, going to look to some ideal for our values?"
He scracthes his fluffy chin in thought.
"I hope it is something worthy of Them."
>>136830
Yes, and I realize I wrote it poorly. Anything in quotations is spoken out loud, anything in italics is only a thought.
Yes, and I realize I wrote it poorly. Anything in quotations is spoken out loud, anything in italics is only a thought.
>>136828
She shrugs
"That's the way this industry is, really. We're not selling bread, something everyone needs and most can afford. We're selling most dresses, a luxury you only really buy when you have money to spare or a once in a lifetime occassion. Not everypony can afford them, and some can afford more than others."
>>136832
"Well, I don't have the greatest faith in Anarchism, Equestrian Socialism, Republican Fascism, or the Liberals... but I've spoken quite a bit already."
She shrugs
"That's the way this industry is, really. We're not selling bread, something everyone needs and most can afford. We're selling most dresses, a luxury you only really buy when you have money to spare or a once in a lifetime occassion. Not everypony can afford them, and some can afford more than others."
>>136832
"Well, I don't have the greatest faith in Anarchism, Equestrian Socialism, Republican Fascism, or the Liberals... but I've spoken quite a bit already."
>>136833
"Oh, I know. All these dresses are much above my means though they are very pretty. What I have already is more than enough so I'm not very anxious about being able to afford them."
"Oh, I know. All these dresses are much above my means though they are very pretty. What I have already is more than enough so I'm not very anxious about being able to afford them."
>>136833
He continues his smile.
"Are you sure? Unless you are getting tired, I have no problem with talking. This has been most interesting conversation I have had in forever."
He continues his smile.
"Are you sure? Unless you are getting tired, I have no problem with talking. This has been most interesting conversation I have had in forever."
>>136835
She gives a half smile
"I'm sure you'll want to wear the white lace come the day of your wedding too." She looks up, then to the side, then:
"I need a smoke break."
>>136836
She smiles
"There are a couple students who can be so curious. Not many though. Not many at all. There's not much concern for intellectual nuance these days. Or probably in most days, really."
She gives a half smile
"I'm sure you'll want to wear the white lace come the day of your wedding too." She looks up, then to the side, then:
"I need a smoke break."
>>136836
She smiles
"There are a couple students who can be so curious. Not many though. Not many at all. There's not much concern for intellectual nuance these days. Or probably in most days, really."
>>136837
Amber giggles in response. "I don't even know any colts yet!" However her expression becomes confused when High Sewn suddenly cuts out of the conversation.
Amber giggles in response. "I don't even know any colts yet!" However her expression becomes confused when High Sewn suddenly cuts out of the conversation.
>>136838
She looks down as she pulls out a cigarette and a match. She does not make eye contact as she says:
"Probably for the better. Stay self-sufficient, you'll do well."
She looks down as she pulls out a cigarette and a match. She does not make eye contact as she says:
"Probably for the better. Stay self-sufficient, you'll do well."
>>136839
"Um, o-okay.…" However, the sudden reversal spurs her curiosity such that she follows with, "What do you mean?"
"Um, o-okay.…" However, the sudden reversal spurs her curiosity such that she follows with, "What do you mean?"
>>136842
She is walking towards the door now
"Having somepony to help you, to support you, that's great and all. But make sure you can stand on your own four feet if you have to."
She is walking towards the door now
"Having somepony to help you, to support you, that's great and all. But make sure you can stand on your own four feet if you have to."
>>136841
He leans in slightly towards her.
"Are you sure there is nopony with your views who has taken interest in you?"
He leans in slightly towards her.
"Are you sure there is nopony with your views who has taken interest in you?"
>>136844
She leans a little back, and her eyes move away
"I don't... I don't really talk to that many ponies..."
>>136846
"Keep it up. Only then, look for a stallion."
Then she looks back to Amber
"Then again, there may not be too many of those in your generation. May have to snag one when you can. Anyways, I'm going for a smoke."
She leans a little back, and her eyes move away
"I don't... I don't really talk to that many ponies..."
>>136846
"Keep it up. Only then, look for a stallion."
Then she looks back to Amber
"Then again, there may not be too many of those in your generation. May have to snag one when you can. Anyways, I'm going for a smoke."
As Amber waits she hums a little tune to herself, but she can remember only one part and the rest seems lost to memory.
https://youtu.be/M8YM58PH66g
https://youtu.be/M8YM58PH66g
>>136855
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxlZgToMDjk
She is outside for several minutes, leaving Amber to herself. But she returns soon enough.
"Afternoon shift is coming soon" she says
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxlZgToMDjk
She is outside for several minutes, leaving Amber to herself. But she returns soon enough.
"Afternoon shift is coming soon" she says
>>136854
"I would not mind studying under you..."
He lowers his eyelids slight, puts on a mischevous smile, and speaks the next word in a low, heavy voice.
"...professor."
"I would not mind studying under you..."
He lowers his eyelids slight, puts on a mischevous smile, and speaks the next word in a low, heavy voice.
"...professor."
>>136859
She gives a half smile, and generally seems to sit there (still upright), as if not sure what will come next
She gives a half smile, and generally seems to sit there (still upright), as if not sure what will come next
>>136861
He holds the look for a couple seconds before it's replaced by one of confusion, then one of general acceptance.
"Not interested, I suppose?"
He holds the look for a couple seconds before it's replaced by one of confusion, then one of general acceptance.
"Not interested, I suppose?"
>>136863
"Well..."
He rubs the back of his neck awkwardly.
"...you have been really nice and interesting pony to talk to, and you said nopony who could share your values had any interest in you, so...I was testing waters bit, seeing if you had any interest in...that."
"Well..."
He rubs the back of his neck awkwardly.
"...you have been really nice and interesting pony to talk to, and you said nopony who could share your values had any interest in you, so...I was testing waters bit, seeing if you had any interest in...that."
>>136865
"Well...you know..."
He smiles sheepishly at her, and finishes his thought in a small voice.
"...mating?"
Alrighty. Goodnight!
"Well...you know..."
He smiles sheepishly at her, and finishes his thought in a small voice.
"...mating?"
Alrighty. Goodnight!
>>136866
Her eyes become very wide, and all of a sudden, she pulls back her lips in an embarrased smile, starts to blush, and waves her forelegs in front of her. This knocks her off balance from her upright position, falling a little to the left, and then throwing herself to the right so she does not fall off the bed. She falls down onto her side, her forelegs and muzzle partly hanging off the edge, her right hindleg still folded underneath her, but her left hindleg stretched out and almost reaching Silver. Her tail, which was curled up to her left before, gets caught on the pillows and headboard behind her, and thus does not cover her hindquarters. Although she falls onto her side, she quickly moves her forelegs under her, so she moves her head upright and back towards Silver. She is definitely blushing.
"Do you - Do you - Do you mean 'dating'?"
Her eyes become very wide, and all of a sudden, she pulls back her lips in an embarrased smile, starts to blush, and waves her forelegs in front of her. This knocks her off balance from her upright position, falling a little to the left, and then throwing herself to the right so she does not fall off the bed. She falls down onto her side, her forelegs and muzzle partly hanging off the edge, her right hindleg still folded underneath her, but her left hindleg stretched out and almost reaching Silver. Her tail, which was curled up to her left before, gets caught on the pillows and headboard behind her, and thus does not cover her hindquarters. Although she falls onto her side, she quickly moves her forelegs under her, so she moves her head upright and back towards Silver. She is definitely blushing.
"Do you - Do you - Do you mean 'dating'?"
>>136887
He chuckles at the frankly adorable display.
"I am not sure our respective situations would allow for dating each other, unfortunately. But no, I meant 'mating', as in, uh..."
He puts on a more sensual voice.
"...'fucking', to use primal term."
He chuckles at the frankly adorable display.
"I am not sure our respective situations would allow for dating each other, unfortunately. But no, I meant 'mating', as in, uh..."
He puts on a more sensual voice.
"...'fucking', to use primal term."
>>136888
A surprisingly dainty lemon yellow earth pony with a strawberry red mane and tail, both of which are long but tied up with bands.
Also, that should read that her tail was formerly curled onto her right side, so that now her tail is caught partly underneath her. She was sitting upright on her hindquarters on the right side of the bed, but then fell onto her side over to the left (her right).
A surprisingly dainty lemon yellow earth pony with a strawberry red mane and tail, both of which are long but tied up with bands.
Also, that should read that her tail was formerly curled onto her right side, so that now her tail is caught partly underneath her. She was sitting upright on her hindquarters on the right side of the bed, but then fell onto her side over to the left (her right).
>>136889
At this point, Pear gives up trying to right herself, and falls over onto her right side, her face expressionless and somewhat facing Silver. She blinks twice, and has no words to say.
At this point, Pear gives up trying to right herself, and falls over onto her right side, her face expressionless and somewhat facing Silver. She blinks twice, and has no words to say.
>>136895
He rubs the back of his neck and offers an awkward chuckle.
"Heheh...I apologize. Subtlety has never been my strong suit."
He looks down at his large size and hefty build. Even under his fluffy coat it's clear he has a sizable amount of muscle mass.
He rubs the back of his neck and offers an awkward chuckle.
"Heheh...I apologize. Subtlety has never been my strong suit."
He looks down at his large size and hefty build. Even under his fluffy coat it's clear he has a sizable amount of muscle mass.
>>136896
Silver's mass finds no parallel in Pear, who, despite being of the Earth Pony race, lacks that race's typical virtues. She looks rather slim, small, and weak. Now, she places her forelegs underneath her again, and forces herself upright. She also pulls her hindquarters inwards, so that now she is sitting upright again, but leaning against the headboard in the center of the bed. She uses her hooves to remove the bands from her mane, and then her tail, showing both to be rather long and thick, covering her head in red hair. She places all four legs in front of her as she leans back against the wall, and looks over at Silver.
"I didn't... realize you were here for that..."
Silver's mass finds no parallel in Pear, who, despite being of the Earth Pony race, lacks that race's typical virtues. She looks rather slim, small, and weak. Now, she places her forelegs underneath her again, and forces herself upright. She also pulls her hindquarters inwards, so that now she is sitting upright again, but leaning against the headboard in the center of the bed. She uses her hooves to remove the bands from her mane, and then her tail, showing both to be rather long and thick, covering her head in red hair. She places all four legs in front of her as she leans back against the wall, and looks over at Silver.
"I didn't... realize you were here for that..."
>>136898
"Not originally, no. I came here because I thought it would be interesting to get to know you better, but I will admit that you have piqued my interest. If you do not wish to do, well, that...please, just say so, and we will forget I ever brought it up."
"Not originally, no. I came here because I thought it would be interesting to get to know you better, but I will admit that you have piqued my interest. If you do not wish to do, well, that...please, just say so, and we will forget I ever brought it up."
>>136899
"You...." She looks down, "What did you say your profession was again? Aside from arguing with High Chair over who gets an antique sword?"
"You...." She looks down, "What did you say your profession was again? Aside from arguing with High Chair over who gets an antique sword?"
>>136900
"I suppose best word for it would be mercenary, as dirty as it may sound. I like to think myself as kind of adventurer, though."
"I suppose best word for it would be mercenary, as dirty as it may sound. I like to think myself as kind of adventurer, though."
>>136901
"What makes an 'adventurer' to you?"
She's not making complete eye contact, and is now trying to organize her mane, brushing it as best she can with her hooves, since she has let her mane down. Before, it was tied up in a way that would keep it out of her face easily.
"What makes an 'adventurer' to you?"
She's not making complete eye contact, and is now trying to organize her mane, brushing it as best she can with her hooves, since she has let her mane down. Before, it was tied up in a way that would keep it out of her face easily.
>>136902
"Number of things, I suppose. I travel from place to place, taking jobs from ponies that vary from delivering letters to stopping ne'er-do-wells. When I do not have job, I sometimes wander and explore. I used to be retired from that life before War came and I went to help Equestria."
"Number of things, I suppose. I travel from place to place, taking jobs from ponies that vary from delivering letters to stopping ne'er-do-wells. When I do not have job, I sometimes wander and explore. I used to be retired from that life before War came and I went to help Equestria."
>>136903
"Does it give you greater freedom? Maybe 'freedom' isn't quite what I mean. Power?"
She is still playing with her mane and looking down and to the right.
"Does it give you greater freedom? Maybe 'freedom' isn't quite what I mean. Power?"
She is still playing with her mane and looking down and to the right.
>>136904
"Power, no. Freedom is bit closer, but it is not quite what it gives me. It is more being able to see new places, experience new things, and talk to new ponies. I feel as though I have grown to understand much more about this small slice of world than if I had stayed in one place for my entire life. It is also good feeling to help others in their time of need, using what few skills come naturally to me."
"Power, no. Freedom is bit closer, but it is not quite what it gives me. It is more being able to see new places, experience new things, and talk to new ponies. I feel as though I have grown to understand much more about this small slice of world than if I had stayed in one place for my entire life. It is also good feeling to help others in their time of need, using what few skills come naturally to me."
>>136905
"I don't mean that, I mean... You strong-armed High Chair and Grant into giving you a very valuable ancient sword that they claimed as theirs. Then you see a mare you want to... you don't use any kind of euphemisms or bother with dating, you just ask 'do you want to mate' with a mare that I don't think you think is 'easy.' Well, I hope not, but I mean - I mean you seem to expect to get what you want without having to deal with formalities or any kind of politesse or social ritual. Like there is little separating your will from from what you want. Like a gangster. I don't mean to compare you to a criminal, but I don't know who else live like there are no laws to restrain them, except criminals and despots...."
"I don't mean that, I mean... You strong-armed High Chair and Grant into giving you a very valuable ancient sword that they claimed as theirs. Then you see a mare you want to... you don't use any kind of euphemisms or bother with dating, you just ask 'do you want to mate' with a mare that I don't think you think is 'easy.' Well, I hope not, but I mean - I mean you seem to expect to get what you want without having to deal with formalities or any kind of politesse or social ritual. Like there is little separating your will from from what you want. Like a gangster. I don't mean to compare you to a criminal, but I don't know who else live like there are no laws to restrain them, except criminals and despots...."
>>136907
Silver slowly nods, realizing the pretty ridiculous position he's put himself in.
"Ah. When you put it like that, I can see how bad that is. I did not mean any offense, Pear. Forget I ever asked."
Silver slowly nods, realizing the pretty ridiculous position he's put himself in.
"Ah. When you put it like that, I can see how bad that is. I did not mean any offense, Pear. Forget I ever asked."
>>136908
"I don't mean it's bad, I mean - people sympathize with gangsters in films. You know? That kind of 'I can do what I want' attitude has an appeal, I just mean..." Now, she looks at Silver with an awkward expression
"Uh, nevermind. I... don't mean that."
"I don't mean it's bad, I mean - people sympathize with gangsters in films. You know? That kind of 'I can do what I want' attitude has an appeal, I just mean..." Now, she looks at Silver with an awkward expression
"Uh, nevermind. I... don't mean that."
>>136909
The now thoroughly confused unicorn tilts his head just a little more than he did earlier.
"Then...what do you mean? What do you think of what I told High Chair at quarry?"
The now thoroughly confused unicorn tilts his head just a little more than he did earlier.
"Then...what do you mean? What do you think of what I told High Chair at quarry?"
>>136910
"Well, uh... You strong-armed the sword out of High Chair's possession like a gangster, I'm not sure how else to put it. Not that I thought High Chair was noble or sincere in his intentions, but..."
She does not complete her sentence
"Well, uh... You strong-armed the sword out of High Chair's possession like a gangster, I'm not sure how else to put it. Not that I thought High Chair was noble or sincere in his intentions, but..."
She does not complete her sentence
>>136911
Silver nods.
"That, I do not regret. I had given him and Grant large collection of letters I had gathered while I cleared quarry and catacombs of undead, letters that explained what had transpired there in detail. I had spilled much of my own blood and sweat to acquire them, and merely asked for payment for my work. I was dismissed. Then when I found sword, I made second request. I was dismissed again. After that...well, you saw. I am curious, however, what you thought of it, whether you thought I was in wrong or not."
Silver nods.
"That, I do not regret. I had given him and Grant large collection of letters I had gathered while I cleared quarry and catacombs of undead, letters that explained what had transpired there in detail. I had spilled much of my own blood and sweat to acquire them, and merely asked for payment for my work. I was dismissed. Then when I found sword, I made second request. I was dismissed again. After that...well, you saw. I am curious, however, what you thought of it, whether you thought I was in wrong or not."
>>136912
Pear has not kicked Silver out of her motel room, and still talks to him, but her new position slightly further away, backed up against the wall and using it as a prop while her legs face forward, whereas before she sad upright in a posture few ponies would ever take.
"Whether it's you, the professor who ranks above me in the university or the expedition, the 'working class,' or 'the pony race,' when 'moral right' is the same thing as self interest, I don't consider it to be about moral right. Tearing each other apart for a little money..."
Pear has not kicked Silver out of her motel room, and still talks to him, but her new position slightly further away, backed up against the wall and using it as a prop while her legs face forward, whereas before she sad upright in a posture few ponies would ever take.
"Whether it's you, the professor who ranks above me in the university or the expedition, the 'working class,' or 'the pony race,' when 'moral right' is the same thing as self interest, I don't consider it to be about moral right. Tearing each other apart for a little money..."
>>136913
Silver nods, and stands up from his seat.
"Very well. I can not reasonably argue against that point, and I can see when I have overstayed my welcome. It was pleasure talking with you Pear. I wish you best of luck with your expedition, and hope to see you again in future."
Silver nods, and stands up from his seat.
"Very well. I can not reasonably argue against that point, and I can see when I have overstayed my welcome. It was pleasure talking with you Pear. I wish you best of luck with your expedition, and hope to see you again in future."
>>136914
She is completely silent after this point, instead waiting for Silver to move to leave. But when Silver is on the cusp of actually leaving the room:
"Wait! The Maarite assembly you say you found here in Baltimare. Can you tell me more?"
She is completely silent after this point, instead waiting for Silver to move to leave. But when Silver is on the cusp of actually leaving the room:
"Wait! The Maarite assembly you say you found here in Baltimare. Can you tell me more?"
>>136915
Silver turns to her and, after a second of silence, nods. He stays near the exit, however, and doesn't sit down.
"Okay. They had turned old Celestialist shrine on top floor of aslyum, or something of that sort, into their sacrificial chamber. Most of pews had been shoved aside to make room for their congregation and their sacrifices. Most were local or foreign griffons wearing dark hooded robes and wielding wicked sacrificial daggers. Their high priest was pony named Sweet Boek, who is apparently popular landlord in this area, and he had around him inner circle of devotees he trusted. There was Kafkar gnoll, voodoo-shaman zebra, griffon knight clad entirely in armor, and newly recruited diamond dog they were going to initiate into cult that night. Boek himself could call upon Maar to bestow powers to be used in battle. He had magic shield around him, he cast many explosive fireballs at us and captives we had rescued, he controlled his followers' minds and forced them to throw themselves on our weapons, and had even reanimated corpses of those we had killed to continue fighting us."
Silver turns to her and, after a second of silence, nods. He stays near the exit, however, and doesn't sit down.
"Okay. They had turned old Celestialist shrine on top floor of aslyum, or something of that sort, into their sacrificial chamber. Most of pews had been shoved aside to make room for their congregation and their sacrifices. Most were local or foreign griffons wearing dark hooded robes and wielding wicked sacrificial daggers. Their high priest was pony named Sweet Boek, who is apparently popular landlord in this area, and he had around him inner circle of devotees he trusted. There was Kafkar gnoll, voodoo-shaman zebra, griffon knight clad entirely in armor, and newly recruited diamond dog they were going to initiate into cult that night. Boek himself could call upon Maar to bestow powers to be used in battle. He had magic shield around him, he cast many explosive fireballs at us and captives we had rescued, he controlled his followers' minds and forced them to throw themselves on our weapons, and had even reanimated corpses of those we had killed to continue fighting us."
>>136916
After she asks her question, she starts to move her body forward, until she is up on four legs on the bed, looking in the direction of Silver. One hoof at a time, she steps down from the bed onto the floor, eyes locked on Silver as best she can, and with no sound at all as her hoof touches the carpet floor. She slowly walks towards Silver, looking up at him with intense interest. Whatever she was trying to do with her mane earlier, it did not work, as her long red mane falls down and covers her left eye. But when she stops, standing right in front of Silver, she moves her mane back, and looks to Silver with a rather serious expression as she asks,
"What happened to the cultists? And to this 'inner circle'?"
After she asks her question, she starts to move her body forward, until she is up on four legs on the bed, looking in the direction of Silver. One hoof at a time, she steps down from the bed onto the floor, eyes locked on Silver as best she can, and with no sound at all as her hoof touches the carpet floor. She slowly walks towards Silver, looking up at him with intense interest. Whatever she was trying to do with her mane earlier, it did not work, as her long red mane falls down and covers her left eye. But when she stops, standing right in front of Silver, she moves her mane back, and looks to Silver with a rather serious expression as she asks,
"What happened to the cultists? And to this 'inner circle'?"
>>136932
>>136930
High Sewn returns quickly. There are another 40 minutes until lunch, and those 40 minutes pass fairly quickly, and mostly uneventfully, with the most notable event being a customer whom High Sewn helped, where Amber was required to learn how to read the tags that distinguish specific items from one another, and what the prices are at sale versus nominal price.
Lunch time comes
>>136930
High Sewn returns quickly. There are another 40 minutes until lunch, and those 40 minutes pass fairly quickly, and mostly uneventfully, with the most notable event being a customer whom High Sewn helped, where Amber was required to learn how to read the tags that distinguish specific items from one another, and what the prices are at sale versus nominal price.
Lunch time comes
>>136934
Amber's stomach grumbles as her light breakfast is quickly forgotten. She asks, "Um…Miss Sewn, where can I get some food?"
Amber's stomach grumbles as her light breakfast is quickly forgotten. She asks, "Um…Miss Sewn, where can I get some food?"
>>136935
"All of the halfway decent shops are a little further west. But if you just want anything for lunch hour, there's something in every direction, if only you walk far enough"
"All of the halfway decent shops are a little further west. But if you just want anything for lunch hour, there's something in every direction, if only you walk far enough"
>>136936
The younger mare bashfully looks off to the side. "I don't have a bit to my name right now…"
The younger mare bashfully looks off to the side. "I don't have a bit to my name right now…"
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