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Occupied Equestria - New Opportunities
Anonymous
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No.143000
Continuing
1791 replies and 25 files omitted.
Amber Sunset
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No.143743
143744
"Erm, what do you have? I...uh, don't know the terms for these..." she asks, nervously.
Anonymous
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No.143744
143745
>>143743
"We have a decent assortment of beers, mixed drinks drinks, and hard alcohols, as well as a few wines. Would you like me to get you a drink menu?"
Amber Sunset
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No.143745
143746
>>143744
My throat's so dry, I don't want to wait....
"Um, I'll have a...mixed drink, what that pony is having over there." She points to a nearby table.
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143746
143747
>>143745
She looks over at the table, and then back to Amber. Her expression conveys skepticism more than anything.

"Sure." She says, and unless Amber says anything to the contrary, she walks off
Amber Sunset
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No.143747
143748
>>143746
With that distraction out of the way, Amber can focus back on the music.
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143748
143749
>>143747
The visual imagery - and one could almost swear that this were not a griffin, but a unicorn performing such magic - the imagery is of so many dots, popping in and out. Perhaps dragon flies over a pond, so many humming birds moving about amongst the flowers, or even the finer points of an aurora in the night sky.

The waiter returns, and places an ungarnished drink near Amber
"One 'Hurricane.'"
Amber Sunset
09c4737
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No.143749
143750
>>143748
Amber gasps. She has no idea why there are such great performances so late at night in an obscure place like this, but it blows her away.
She picks up the cold glass and sips the cocktail, only to put it down very quickly. The fruity concoction is unlike anything she's ever tasted before; it looks like juice but she hasn't eaten any fruits that have tasted quite like this. Moreover, the unfamiliar flavor of the rum leaves an aftertaste that is still slightly perceptible past the fruit components, though she cannot differentiate between them. She opens and closes her mouth a few times, trying to get used to such an exotic and strange blend, not unlike the music.
She takes a second sip.
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143750
143751
>>143749
The music plays on, slowly settling much the same way as sediment stirred up in water slowly falls back to the bottom, leaving clear and still water.
Amber Sunset
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No.143751
143752
>>143750
As the music relaxes in tone so does Amber. She still keeps her ears focused toward it but she looks around the room. Having accustomed herself to the strange, but oddly pleasant, taste of the drink, she holds it in both hooves and takes another gulp.
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143752
143753
>>143751
"Amber?" A familiar voice calls from behind her
Amber Sunset
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No.143753
>>143752
"Hmm?" She looks behind in surprise.
Anonymous
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No.143754
143755 143768
Okay, I think that's about where I have to stop for the night
Amber Sunset
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No.143755
>>143754
awww
Goodnight!
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143768
143769
>>143754
She turns around to see a colt she can recognize as Mustard Trim, trying to smile, and still wearing the clothing he wore as a waiter earlier in the night.
Amber Sunset
d70cf3e
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No.143769
143770
>>143768
Amber grins and waves. "Hello Mustard! Fancy seeing you here."
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143770
>>143769
"Hello" He keeps the same, awkward smile, standing next to and looking at one of the seats near Amber

"So... are you working here?" He asks
Amber Sunset
d70cf3e
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No.143771
143772
"Huh? Oh no, I don't work here, I was told to relax and listen to some music. Please, join me." She pats a seat next to herself.
Anonymous
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No.143772
143773
>>143771
He pulls the seat out next to Amber, and sits down, silent for moment
Amber Sunset
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No.143773
143774
>>143772
"I, um, was offered a drink by the owner. Would you like one too?" She gestures to the tall, shapely glass of bright orange liquid.
Anonymous
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No.143774
143775
>>143773
"Uh" He pulls his lips up, again in a sort of awkward smile. "Sure"
Amber Sunset
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No.143775
143776
>>143774
She waves to the waiter again. To Mustard she says, "I say, it's a pleasant surprise to see you come here. I mean, I wasn't expecting you to show up, I was unsure of coming here myself...."
Anonymous
da4cb8d
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No.143776
143777
>>143775
The waiter, passing by, raises her eyes and comes closer.

Mustard Trim says,
"Well, you said you wanted to meet me here, so I came by after my shift. What makes you unsure? Isn't this where you like to spend your Friday nights?"
Amber Sunset
d70cf3e
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No.143777
143778
>>143776
Amber blinks in surprise. "Oh. Uh, this is the first time I've ever come here. I was invited, you see...and, um, an invitation so late at night made me kind of nervous, so I had to let somepony know where I was going and you were the only pony around I could trust. In case, you know, I was foalnapped by changelings." She says the last word almost in a whisper, as if uttering it too loud might cause one to burrow out of the floor.
Anonymous
da4cb8d
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No.143778
143779
>>143777
If any changelings are sharing the room with Amber, they haven't made their presence known.

He smiles again, and this one is a bit more expressive of pleasure
"Heh. I see. Well, I'll keep those changelings away as best I can." There is a pause, and he adds "Who invited you?"
Amber Sunset
d70cf3e
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No.143779
143780
>>143778
Amber looks around, then leans in, as if to share a close secret. "The owner of this club, Dark Denizen. I was invited on 'special business.'"
Anonymous
da4cb8d
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No.143780
143781 143782
>>143779
Is Amber going to do anything with the summoned waiter?

"Oh" Mustard Trim says, moving his head up in a nod as he says that.
"Can I... ask what's special about it?"
Amber Sunset
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No.143781
143785
>>143780
"I don't really know...something about putting out a fire, but metaphorically? And I was picked because I look 'adorable,' apparently...."
Amber Sunset
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No.143782
143783
>>143780
To the waiter: "Oh! My friend here would like a drink, um, I don't know what kind. Can you...can you put it on my tab?"
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143783
143784
>>143782
She looks at Amber, and then back to Mustard Trim
"What do you want to drink?" She asks

"Uh, just water will be fine." He answers. She accepts this answer, and walks away
Amber Sunset
d70cf3e
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No.143784
143785
>>143783
Inwardly she breathes a sigh of relief. No more debt for today, at least....
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143785
143786
>>143781
He looks at Amber, raises both ears, and tilts his head
"What?"

Then his head returns to normal position
"Well I read that the city is taking a stand against fire hazards in nightclubs, bars and other places. So maybe it has something to do with that."

>>143784
Small victory!
Amber Sunset
d70cf3e
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No.143786
143787
>>143785
"No, she told me that's just an excuse they used to distract from some bad things they did. She wants me to deliver some sort of package to them, I think. I don't know why, I've never been a mailmare before...." She takes another gulp of the drink. Although its peculiar taste is probably better cold, Amber doesn't know why anypony would drink something that chills one's stomach like this. Despite the frigid temperature of the drink itself, she feels a pleasant warmth along her nose, ears, pasterns and even tail.
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143787
143788
>>143786
Strange magical drinks. Hopefully they don't deduct too much from Amber's pay for it.

"Oh. Well that doesn't sound too bad. They probably want you to deliver a present to a foal's birthday party or something. It's good that you're able to get little jobs like that. I used to be able to do little things like that back home."
Amber Sunset
d70cf3e
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No.143788
143789
>>143787
"I think so, I could really use it to get by. And the music here is almost celestial in beauty, I think you missed the best part." Sip.
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143789
143825
>>143788
"Well.... Maybe they'll play it again." He says

After a moment's pause, he adds
"This isn't really what I was expecting. For the music, I mean."
Shimmering Spark
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No.143792
143793
Think we have time to continue today?
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143793
>>143792
The last reply to Spark was >>143563
Shimmering Spark
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No.143794
143795
>>143563
"Then you must know that things one day will be back to the way they are supposed to be, or at least close."
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143795
143796 143797
>>143794
"Well... I don't know about that. But I am glad to see that Makade is here and safe."
Shimmering Spark
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No.143796
143797
>>143795
"I heard you call him another name. What's the story behind that?"
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143797
143798
>>143796
Ply Press probably should have referred to him as "Lyka" in >>143795 rather than "Makade"

"Well... When we took him in from the Pratt Wolf School in Riverside, he was called by his Celestial name, 'Lyka.' It's from mythology... I think. But we knew his birth mother named him 'Makade,' which I think has to do with his dark colored fur."
Shimmering Spark
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No.143798
143799
>>143797
"Neat. I never heard of a wolf school before."
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143799
143800
>>143798
"Well, they mostly exist in the North and the West. You see, tension between the wolves and ponies has been a problem for, well, centuries, really, so the government made a program to try to integrate wolves into Equestrian society. Let them learn the language, the culture, and grow up to use trades. Get them young, so Equestrian culture is the only one they know. So they made boarding schools for many of them, especially orphans, or those in broken families. That's where we found Makade."
Shimmering Spark
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No.143800
143801
>>143799
"So, what made you decide to adopt from the school?"
Anonymous
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No.143801
143802
>>143800
"Well, after our son Mild Mirth... well, we were older and it was hard enough having a child the first time... we decided to adopt. It was Petal Dew's idea to try for a wolf. Special challenges, special reward and all. Our ranch would be perfect to raise one. We had been thinking about selling it but that changed that. Lyka was older than they usually recommend for adopting. He had been living at the Pratt school for a while. He was known to be precocious. Very intelligent, rather strong and capable. Strong willed, other wolves would follow him. But he was becoming a bully. We figured we could guide him, put him in a family. And so we took him as our own."
Shimmering Spark
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No.143802
143803
>>143801
"That's a sweet story."
Anonymous
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No.143803
143804
>>143802
He smiles
"Well thank you."

Elsewhere, Petal Dew seems to be trying to talk to Waabishki as Makade sits and listens
Shimmering Spark
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No.143804
143805
>>143803
Spark listens in.
Anonymous
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No.143805
143806
>>143804
Petal Dew:
"Yes, Cyananthus got deathly ill a few years ago. We all thought she was done in. Had to stay down here at the general hospital. But she pulled through. Almost couldn't believe it....."
Shimmering Spark
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No.143806
143807
>>143805
Spark wonders who this Cyananthus is.
Anonymous
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No.143807
143808
>>143806
They continue talking, with Waabishki displaying anxiety, and nodding occassionally
Shimmering Spark
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No.143808
143809
>>143807
Spark turns back to Ply Press.
"Who is Cyananthus?"
Anonymous
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No.143809
143810
>>143808
"Oh, she's a pony Petal Dew knew at the mane salon back up north."
Shimmering Spark
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No.143810
143811
>>143809
"Close friend?"
Anonymous
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No.143811
143812
>>143810
"Close friend isn't quite how I would describe it. But you get to know everypony around pretty well when you live out in the wilderness. She's a pony we knew in town."
Shimmering Spark
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No.143812
143813
>>143811
"Ah. Then it must have been pretty lonely moving to a place like this, with no familiar faces."
Anonymous
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No.143813
143814
>>143812
"Well" He forms a smile that nears a wince

"Kind of..."
Shimmering Spark
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No.143814
143815
>>143813
"Well, I know I'm just a stranger, but I hope you will come to find me a friend."
Anonymous
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No.143815
143816
>>143814
He smiles
"Well for now, make yourself comfortable. Why don't you join us for dinner?"
Shimmering Spark
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No.143816
143817
>>143815
"Of course. Thank you for your generosity."
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143817
143818
>>143816
"Oh it's the least we could do. Do you need any tea, coffee, hot chocolate, cider?"
Shimmering Spark
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No.143818
143819
>>143817
"Cider does sound pleasant. I'm going to have to fetch you some more supplies after all of this hospitality though."
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143819
143820
>>143818
"Oh, don't worry about it." He answers

The doctor asks
"How do you have chocolate and coffee?"
Receiving the answer
"We still have some stocked up from before the partition. We can spend it on special occasions, like guests."
Shimmering Spark
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No.143820
143821
>>143819
Spark nods, but will get some more if he comes across the supplies.
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143821
143822
>>143820
Ply Press goes towards Petal Dew,
"Let me get some cider for our new friend here."

Petal Dew:
"Oh! And get out the salmon for dinner."

"Sure thing, honey."

Ply Press leaves, while the other creatures remain
Shimmering Spark
9145bf6
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No.143822
>>143821
"Well, they are nice."
Anonymous
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No.143823
143829
fallout equestria.png

Anonymous
bad5a63
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No.143824
143826 143829
12405.jpg

Amber Sunset
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No.143825
143829
>>143789
"Me neither! Though I'm not sure what I was expecting, just not...this...." Another light sip. "That griffon's talent is really impressive, I've never heard a solo viol like that."
Amber Sunset
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No.143826
143827
>>143824
That's terrific art, btw
Anonymous
bad5a63
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No.143827
>>143826
Not mine, but I'm glad you like it.
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143829
143830
rainbow-dash-is-happy.jpg
>>143823
>>143824
Neat!

>>143825
The waiter returns with the water, and almost under his breath, Mustard Trim says, "That was fast..."

And then he says to Amber
"A viol? Is that what that thing is?"
Amber Sunset
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No.143830
143831
I hope Silver, Onyx and Brie are doing alright

>>143829
"Mhm! It's an older-style instrument that's held upright like a cello, though it's smaller and different in a lot of different ways. I've seen pictures but I've never actually heard one played before." She takes another gulp of her Hurricane; it's nearly spent at this point. Suddenly she perks up. "Oh! I just realized something."
Anonymous
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No.143831
143832 143833
>>143830
Silver and Onyx, sure. Brie, not so much...

>>143706
"Because there is not much left for me there. And because I would rather be far away from the parasites..."

>>143830
He turns to her, making eye contact
"And what is that?"
Amber Sunset
0f2a8c2
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No.143832
143834
>>143831
I'm back now.
"This is the first time you've come here, isn't it? At least, I don't think you normally visit this place. So, you came here all this way...for me?" She smiles at Mustard.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
c95152b
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No.143833
143834
>>143831
Silver nods.

"I am sorry your first experience in coming to this half of Equestria was...that."
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143834
143835 143837
>>143833
"No. No better than what I left. And there was one of those things here." He pulls his lips back in disgust.

>>143832
He pulls his lips up in a somewhat embarrassed look
"Heh heh, yeah..."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
c95152b
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No.143835
143836
>>143834
"Those who did this to you and others are now dead or captured. In that there is difference. We are doing what we can to make things better."
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143836
143867
>>143835
"Then you have done more than most"
He looks around, and he pulls himself in what seems to be an attempt to sit up, though he must have decided against it.

"I do not know if this is our own fault, or if this is what we deserve." He says, at a lower volume
Amber Sunset
0f2a8c2
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No.143837
143838
>>143834
"Aw, you're too nice. It's reassuring, actually, because I came here for business and knew as much about it as you did...but don't worry, everything is fine now." She quaffs the rest of the drink and puts it down. For whatever reason her mind and perception feels a bit fuzzy, as if she was sleepy, but as a matter of fact she feels much less tired than before.
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143838
143839
>>143837
He smiles
"That's good."
Then he looks around
"This isn't too bad"
He takes another sip of his water
Amber Sunset
0f2a8c2
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No.143839
143840
>>143838
She looks away in shame. "I'm sorry I can't get anything for you. I really would but I didn't bring any money. That's why I came here, so I could earn something extra."
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143840
143841
>>143839
He maintains his smile
"I can understand that. I would help you, but... you said the owner has your tab?"
Amber Sunset
0f2a8c2
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No.143841
143842
>>143840
"Yes, she does. I thought it was for one drink, though she didn't say..."
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143842
143843
>>143841
"Well that's pretty nice." He takes another sip
"A nice little perk"
Amber Sunset
0f2a8c2
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No.143843
143844
>>143842
"Maybe she's nicer than she lets on, not unlike Salt Lick who's friendly despite being so busy."
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143844
143845
>>143843
"She's... well... we can get free soup sometimes, which is nice."
Amber Sunset
0f2a8c2
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No.143845
143846
>>143844
"Mhm. I know you like her. I mean, like like her." She smiles mischievously.
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143846
143847
>>143845
He blinks
"What?"
Amber Sunset
0f2a8c2
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No.143847
143848
>>143846
"I've seen you making eyes at her when you were inside. Always throwing glances...." She giggles.
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143848
143849
>>143847
:"What? Heh." His smile is somewhere between amusement and embarassment
"No. Well. Maybe sometimes... but no. She does have big - but she's older, much older, and she has her own thing going."
Amber Sunset
0f2a8c2
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No.143849
143850
>>143848
"She does? Well, good for her, but I bet that doesn't stop your coltish imagination." She snickers, finding this oddly amusing.
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143850
143851
>>143849
"What? No. Don't be silly. When she turns around, it kind of just fills your whole field of view. It's not... it's not me trying to look you just can't not look."
Amber Sunset
0f2a8c2
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No.143851
143852
>>143850
"Sure, you just happen to stare at her posterior with your mouth hanging open because you've got no other choice. It's so horrible that she coerces you to do that." More giggles. "How many times do you think she has to say, 'my face is over here'?"
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143852
143853
>>143851
"I don't! It just fills my peripheral vision. All of it. Until I kind of just zone out and she has to repeat her... self..."
Now it's more definitely embarrassment
Amber Sunset
0f2a8c2
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No.143853
143854
>>143852
"Doesn't she mind it when you put your face so close to her backside? I think any lady would." Amber is definitely enjoying this.
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143854
143855
>>143853
"She puts her backside close to my face!"
The waiter probably couldn't hear this. But it's loud enough to wonder who else can hear it
"Could knock somepony over with it..."
Amber Sunset
0f2a8c2
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No.143855
143856
>>143854
"Wouldn't you like that!" She giggles hysterically into her fetlock, trying not to be too loud. "But you're right, it's impressive how she never knocks over any bottles despite moving so fast in the bar."
Anonymous
6ec7d89
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No.143856
>>143855
He's smiling as wide as Amber. But his head is crouched down low, near the table, and both ears are twisted and folded down

"Yes..."
Amber Sunset
0f2a8c2
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No.143857
143858
"I bet you wish you could ask her out, have her say yes, go out to have vittles with her, hold those hips while dancin', and use her as a comfortable pillow when you get home. Am I wrong?"