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Occupied Equestria - Long Hard Ride
Anonymous
72d6971
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No.139000
139001
The adventure continues
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Silver "The Floof" Sword
9226999
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No.139001
139048
>>139000
Silver looks expectantly at the Lieutenant.
Amber Sunset
1961953
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No.139007
139008
>>138881 →
Amber takes herself and her meal to a seat across from Mustard Trim, seeing that he's alone at the moment. "Hello, I won't interrupt you if I eat here, will I?"
Anonymous
72d6971
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No.139008
139011
>>139007
Mustard Trim pulls his head up from off the table and looks towards Amber. He stops crouching over, and places his hooves on the table.

“Sure.” He answers plainly. The earth pony’s mane is a darker brown, and his coat is the color his name implies. He is young, older than the cook, but probably younger than even Amber. He’s fairly large in size.
Amber Sunset
1961953
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No.139011
139012
>>139008
If Amber is very hungry she's good at not showing it as she's not eating too hurriedly, though she does eye the soup quite often. She ventures to speak on occasion. "You're the newest waiter here?"
Anonymous
72d6971
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No.139012
139013
>>139011
“Yes” he says, kind of sharply. “Just hired on”
Amber Sunset
1961953
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No.139013
139014
>>139012
"Oh, like me." She continues, "I saw how you were doing and I think you did a really good job.
A whole bushel better than me, I caused some messes…."

Anonymous
72d6971
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No.139014
139015
>>139013
“Heh” he smiles widely and pulls his head back a little as his ears pull down slightly. “Thank you.”
Amber Sunset
1961953
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No.139015
139016
>>139014
"I don't really know the ponies here, but they seem nice, if a bit odd…" She slurps down some soup. "What're your impressions?"
Anonymous
72d6971
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No.139016
139017
>>139015
“It’s a big of a mixed group” he answers. “I think most of them are nice. But they are often concerned with their own thing. It’s not like the small town, where everypony knows each other, or at least knows they may see each other again.”
Amber Sunset
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No.139017
139018
>>139016
"I know, it's rough finding trying to fit in around here when most ponies seem so aloof. Maybe it's just because I'm new here, but I feel cut off, like a marionette from its strings."
Anonymous
72d6971
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No.139018
139019
>>139017
“That’s... well, that’s about how it goes. At least... yeah, it’s not been that much different for me. You have to learn whole new grocery stores and laundromats, and you have to make a whole new set of friends.”
Amber Sunset
1961953
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No.139019
139020
>>139018
"What's a laundromat?"
Anonymous
72d6971
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No.139020
139021
>>139019
He smiles at Amber
“It’s a place you take clothing to to have cleaned. I guess you just got into the city?”
Amber Sunset
1961953
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No.139021
139022
>>139020
"I…I just got here yesterday…."
She looks away shyly.
Anonymous
72d6971
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No.139022
139023
>>139021
This causes him to laugh
“Hehheheh”
Amber Sunset
1961953
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No.139023
139024
>>139022
Cue a scrunchy expression. "The way you were talking, you must have come from out of town too."
Anonymous
72d6971
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No.139024
139025
>>139023
When his face comes back to meet Amber’s, his laughing stops abruptly, and his smile is swept away.

“It’s just nice to not be the newest anymore. I am from Donmouth. It’s not that far from here, but twenty miles makes a world of difference. I moved here with my mother.”
Amber Sunset
1961953
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No.139025
139026
>>139024
"I know what you mean. I've never been to Donmouth but it sounds nice. I'm from about forty or forty-five miles to the west, but it ain't a proper town per se."
Anonymous
72d6971
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No.139026
139028
>>139025
“Is it a hamlet? How big are we talking about?”
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No.139027
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Amber Sunset
1961953
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No.139028
139029
>>139026
"Just a farm really, with a dirt road to other neighboring farms. So a hamlet I suppose, but a bit more spread out. It was a long trot to Carneighy, which is the closest place with a train stop."
Anonymous
72d6971
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No.139029
139030
>>139028
“Heh, yeah. That’s a hamlet. Donmouth had a church and a railway station. And a paper mill my dad and brother used to work at.” He pauses for a moment. “Uh... so what brings you here?”
Amber Sunset
1961953
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No.139030
139031
>>139029
"I know it's not very glamorous of a purpose, but I'm here to make some money. For my folks back home."
Anonymous
72d6971
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No.139031
139032
>>139030
“I can understand that”. He looks up to Amber. His eyes look as if they are two different shades of purple. Then he looks down. Then back up to Amber.
Amber Sunset
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No.139032
139033
>>139031
His coloration is so similar to mine, it's uncanny, she wonders to herself. Realizing that she was staring she goes back to eating her food.
Anonymous
72d6971
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No.139033
139034
>>139032
Amber is allowed to get back to her food. Mustard Trim doesn’t start talking to her, at least yet. Over on the far side, de sew finds a lamp.
Amber Sunset
1961953
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No.139034
139035
>>139033
She looks at the other employees and patrons and wonders what aspirations they have, and what events must have coincided to bring them into the same room like this.
Anonymous
72d6971
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No.139035
139036
>>139034
De Sew picks up the lamp and carries it around to the other side of the room. The zebra colt has disappeared from line of sight, presumably back into the kitchen. Melon Mangrove wipes a table while chatting (without eye contact) to the hat-wearing stallion, who sits a table with one of the giggling mares hanging on him. The other stallion sits across from him, and he nuzzled the second giggling mare. Salt Mixer leans over on conversation with the lone stallion remaining at the bar. It’s clearly around closing time.
Anonymous
1961953
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No.139036
139037
>>139035
One thing certainly is very surprising for Amber. "Wow. They became good friends really fast."
Anonymous
72d6971
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No.139037
139038
>>139036
The Princesses may be gone, but friendship retains its magic

“Floozies and occupation soldiers” Mustard Trim remarks
Anonymous
1961953
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No.139038
139039
>>139037
"Huh? Does that make a difference?"
Anonymous
72d6971
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No.139039
139040
>>139038
He shakes his head
“Not to them.”
Anonymous
1961953
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No.139040
139041
>>139039
"Well, okay. But even Miss Mixer is chatting with a customer, so maybe this really is the place to be to meet other ponies."
Anonymous
72d6971
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No.139041
139042
>>139040
Mustard Trim puts his head down
“Maybe. Who do you want to meet?”
Anonymous
1961953
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No.139042
139043
>>139041
"I don't really know, I've never seen so many ponies in one place before. In the city, I mean. If I would have to say, though, probably ponies around my age, and those who know all about city life."
Anonymous
72d6971
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No.139043
>>139042
“Like... a school? Or a bowling group? A political organization? Or are you looking for ‘fun’?”
Anonymous
1961953
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No.139044
139045
"Well, I'd like to have some fun but maybe that's what bowling is for, I've never tried it but it sounds popular. If I had any 'castles in the air,' though, it would be to go to music school. I don't think that'll happen so it's best to be content."
Anonymous
72d6971
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No.139045
139046
>>139044
He twists his lips a little, as if unsure what to think of her response.
“That’s the difference between the small town and the city, really. In the small town, and on the farm, what you have to do in life is more or less set for you. Everything you need to do, you are told to do, and you are told how to do. In the city, it’s not like that at all. There are so many opportunities, and so many things you can become. But it’s not set for you. You have to find it yourself. You have to be the one to make it happen because it will not come to you. That’s what I think, anyways.”
Anonymous
1961953
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No.139046
139048
>>139045
Amber frowns a bit, her ears drooping. She finished her meal while Mustard was talking and now pushes the bowl away from her, resting her cheek on a hoof. "I don't think I can do that…. I rented the first apartment I could afford and took practically the first two jobs I could find. There's no way to know if I made the right choices or neglected to find something a lot better. It's another odd thing about the city, but…having so many possible choices makes me feel less in control than if I had just a few. Do you ever feel this way?"
Anonymous
2d63adf
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No.139048
139050 139114
>>139046
He is silent for a moment, and lowers his head slightly

“Yes...”

>>139001
I was thinking Brisbuck had left the table by this point, but sure, we’ll go with this

“Uh, sure. I can handle it.”
Amber Sunset
1961953
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No.139050
139051
>>139048
She smiles reassuringly. "I think I made the right choice coming here though, the restaurant's very cozy and you and Salt Mixer are very nice."
Anonymous
2d63adf
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No.139051
139052
>>139050
He lifts his head and smiles back.
“You think so?”
Amber Sunset
1961953
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No.139052
139054
>>139051
"Well, you let me talk about my problems and I feel a bit better now, so, um…thank you." As she says this her cheeks redden slightly.
Anonymous
2d63adf
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No.139054
139055
>>139052
“Heh, well... any time you want to talk, you can talk to me.” He answers, also seeming to redden.
Amber Sunset
1961953
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No.139055
139056
>>139054
"Sure, it certainly helps that we work at the same place. Uh, what are the other waiters like? I've hardly spoken to them at all."
Anonymous
2d63adf
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No.139056
139057
>>139055
“Both of them are a bit older and seem to do this as an... uh... well, you know, as an actual job. De Sew is a mother. She’s fairly professional. Melon Mangrove has been here for a while but she’s in some kind of schooling. Both of them are nice, but De Sew is a little more reserved. There are also two other waiters who do this part time, but they are not here today.”
Amber Sunset
1961953
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No.139057
139058
>>139056
"Good to know…what do you mean they do this as an 'actual job?' Is it different for you?"
Anonymous
2d63adf
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No.139058
139059
>>139057
“I mean, it’s like full time. I’m in school. I do this to help support myself and my mother.”
Amber Sunset
1961953
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No.139059
139060
>>139058
She leans forward curiously. "You're in school? What's that like?"
Anonymous
2d63adf
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No.139060
139061
>>139059
“Well... it can be... kind of boring, actually. There’s papers and math and writing exercises. And then you have to take work home to do.”