/vx/ - Videogames and Paranormal

>>142228
>>142227
Wait, I think I read the last question wrong. Scratch the answer in >>142227

"Uh... I don't know where to start... you say you had a wife?"

>>142229
Silver nods.

"Storm Warning. She and I were together for 18 or so years, and had three foals together."

>>142230
She tilts her head
"But you are alone now."

>>142231
He nods again, though her statement seems to bring out a pang of sadness from the stallion.

"She is in better place."

>>142233
She blinks, and uses her legs to press herself up, so that she is sitting up.

>>142225
Amber thinks she's ready, at any rate.

>>142234
"She was murdered many years ago. Time has dulled pain I felt from losing her, but I still feel guilt and sadness when I think of her, what I could have done to stop her death."

>>142235
https://youtu.be/hmqyfQv3EXc?t=63

Five ponies wait at the front

>>142236
Her smile fades away into a distinct frown

"What do you mean?" She says

>>142238
"No." Answers one of the ponies. It looks like a pair of two and a trio of three mares

>>142237
"Storm, myself, and our foals went out for picnic of sorts, and as I left to gather firewood so we could cook some food, bandits accosted her and our foals. When I ran back at sounds of fighting, she was holding bandits back so foals could escape, and saw one of bandits run her through...

"Ah, forgive me. I do not mean to dampen mood."

>>142240
Her long, leonine tail moves down.

"And you feel regret?"

>>142239
She asks if any would like a table on the surprisingly comfortable patio or at the bar.

>>142242
Totally comfortable on a rainy day in late January
[1d2 = 1] [1d2 = 2]
[1d2 = 2] [1d2 = 2]

>>142242
Neither section is particularly interested in the bar. The pair of two, however, has some interest in the patio

>>142244
The three can have one of De Sew's tables, the pair will be given one of Larkhaven's high tables in the patio.

>>142241
He nods.

"Regret that I was not there to fight alongside her. Regret that last time I got to hold my wife in my hooves was as corpse. Regret at what her death did to our foals...

His facial features slowly drop more and more as he speaks as he slowly spirals down into the feelings of loss that exist still deep inside him.

>>142245
It is so.

Another group comes in. A mare, a stallion, and five foals of varying ages, with two in adolescence.

>>142246
Her magenta eyes grow in concern, as she slowly turns her head away. She doesn't say anything at the moment

>>142247
He suddenly snaps himself out of it, realizing the company he's currently keeping. His ears fold as he looks concerned at Khoi.

"I am deeply sorry, it is not something I wish to put upon you and sour mood...perhaps we should move onto other question."

>>142247
Amber is slightly taken aback. "Woah, are they all your foals?" she asks in an easygoing tone.

>>142248
"I hope that is not me..." Khoi says, almost absent mindedly

>>142249
"That little earth pony is our colt's friend" the mare answers.
"But our oldest isn't here."

The small herd makes its way inside, spreading out to take up much of the area of the front entrance, with foals moving around

"Uh-um, maybe we can get some more chairs for the combination booth-tables…" She's confident De Sew of anypony can manage these if they can actually be seated.

>>142250
Silver quickly shakes his head at that statement.

"You are not like her. I do not mean that in necessarily good or bad way, just that your upbringing and hers were so radically different, I highly doubt what happened to her would ever happen to you."

>>142251
As best as I can tell, every table and booth-combo in De Sew's section is taken at the moment. At least one of the older sets of customers can be expected to leave soon, but they are still taken

>>142252
"No. That isn't what I mean. I mean...."
She doesn't seem actually eager to explain herself

>>142253
While curious, he simply nods at Khoi.

"You do not have to explain if you do not want to."

>>142253
Hmm, well hopefully Cream Pop is up the task as long as he doesn't face Boe Jiden with the last of his booths. Might be a tight squeeze but you could get a couple of chairs at the end of the table.

>>142254
"I don't want to have regret" She says simply, and sharply

>>142255
And where will the extra chairs come from?

>>142256
"Ah. I can understand feeling."

>>142257
She now wraps her long tail around her body.

"I'm... sorry for your loss" she says

>>142258
He smiles weakly at her.

"It is okay. It may still hurt sometimes, but I feel I have gotten past it, to be able to live my own life beyond that pain."

>>142256
One of the restaurant's high tables will have to donate its chairs.

>>142260
There are two remaining unused high tables in Larkhaven's section. Of course they are high, and thus of questionable match to the booths

[1d2 = 1]

>>142259
She looks back up at Silver, still frowning. Her tail moves.

>>142261
"I am more than my regret. While it is certainly not fun to have, I do not let it consume me. Having others near helps."

His smiles returns to full strength, beaming from his face towards the nearby kirin.

>>142260
>>142261
This is acceptable to the family

>>142262
"So... what do you do now? You said you were something like the Youxia?"

>>142263
What a relief!

>>142263
"It is effectively like that, though I have not always done things as honorably. You could say I am mercenary, or soldier-of-fortune. I would like to reinvent myself as adventurer someday, like in stories my father used to tell me, once I have my hooves completely under me and have enough Bits that even dry spell of work will not be end of me."

>>142264
Not entirely sure why canibalizing part of Lark Haven's section to produce overflow in Corn Pop's section was better than combining two tables in Mustard Trim's almost entirely empty section, but okay

[1d4 = 4]

>>142265
"What do you need more bits for?" She asks innocently

>>142264
>>142266
A group of ponies past the age of 50 approaches. All female. There are about 6 of them.

>>142268
"Yes." An elderly pony answers

[1d2 = 2]

>>142266
"It is always good to have stash in case of emergencies. There are also things I would want to spend them on as well, such as remodelling bathrooms in house to be more comfortable."

>>142270
"What is wrong with the bathrooms?" She asked

>>142271
"They are alright, but compared to rest of house they feel...underwhelming. I am used to living well with bare essentials, do not get me wrong, but living in house like this, after long day of adventure, bathroom should feel like place of tranquility."

>>142273
Melon Mangrove has one free table at the moment... not enough to combine into two

>>142272
She nods
"I see"

>>142276
One of the mares scrunches
"It's cold and wet."

>>142277
"We don't have any more space inside," Amber says flatly. Inwardly, she thinks, I could swear Melon had three tables left…

>>142278
Each party that is seated requires two tables to be combined, given the small size of the tables. Thus two parties take up four tables

Roll diplomacy.

Also, [1d20 = 15]