>>144416He smiles at him, and motions for him to follow.
"If you will follow me..."
hopes to continue with the cute stallion
>>144418The colt runs around towards the stairs, and follows behind Silver
>>144423Silver enters first, and shows off the living room to the colt.
"Here is living room, nice and spacious with TV and radio for entertainment. Off to side you will find bar, kitchen, and dining area."
>>144424He walks, almost cautiously into the entrance, looking up and down
"Woah."
He stops to take extra time to look at the taxidermied... Leopard? The one that stands on the left side of the hallway, opposite the stairs and near the radio and phonograph.
>>144425Silver looks with him.
"Bit of relic of when it was Maakie who lived here. I do not get it, myself."
>>144426“Odd tastes... I’m not sure what else I expected.” He comes further into the room, with Jubilosa following behind. He takes a careful look at the radio, and the other items like model ships.
>>144427Silver looks at Jubilosa.
"What do you think of all of these taxidermied animals around house, by way?"
>>144428“It’s a little bit, well, excessive. But I think it’s pretty neat.” She says
>>144429Silver nods, and smiles at her.
"I am bit ambivalent towards them, so it is nice to hear others opinions on them."
He returns to seeing what Clip is doing.
>>144430Now he is interested in the television, walking up to it, and touching it.
>>144431Silver uses his magic to turn the moving picture box on from a distance.
>>144432Paper Clipping moves back quickly as the black screen becomes moving images of black and white. A high pitched sound emanates, replaced by static, and then a pony voice.
>>144433Silver stifles a little chuckle, and looks at what is playing on the television.
>>144434It looks to be multiple clips, each some seconds long, of what seems to be an aerial view over modern warships with bridges, guns, and conning towers. More than that, the source of the images dive, tilt, or shoot white tracers, or even pairs of black smoke trails in the directions of the ships. Sometimes the ships are stationary, with scenes of dry docks around them. Sometimes they move with white steam coming from the stacks, and curved trails of foam n the water behind them. And some smoke with great stacks of black from the hull. Airplane and machine gun sounds overlay the images, along with the voice of a narrating pony
>>144435"This must be news report of ongoing war. Though I am not sure which war it is..."
>>144436The voice over fills in this detail:
“Our colts and fillies in the ‘Flying Pigs’ squadron carry out the attack on Aquellia harbor. The
Liberté Chérie long wounded by our planes in the Freeside Gulf, and dragged into harbor for repairs, is sunk outside its dry dock. Its reign of terror is at an end, thanks to the Republican Air Force.”
>>144437"Ah, Aquileia. It is rather sad I do not automatically know what war New Mareland is fighting anymore, by my count I think they may be in...what, two, three?"
>>144438“When they leave one, they enter another” Paper Clipping answers
>>144439"Indeed it seems. Under normal conditions I would say it is duty of nation's citizens to come to its defense, but it is also duty of nation's leaders to avoid war where possible and keep their citizens safe. I can not blame you for making to leave New Mareland, this is ridiculous."
>>144440“I know. Much of the male population has been drafted. The only way they keep the economy up is from what they loot from other nations.”
>>144441"I wonder how many stallions are being sent overseas, and how few will make it back home. It is like entire generation is being marched off to their death."
>>144442“Exactly! It’s the acts of a few imperialists consolidating power over their own populations. I want no part of it.”
[b]Blue Skies is still best pony
>>144444Agreed.
>>144443He trots up to the colt, and pats his back.
"You are safe here, do not worry."
>>144445He is pat, and sits down
“So, uh, what do you do? You say you don’t work for the police.”
He tilts his head
“Are you some kind of gangster?”
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I hope I can play today
>>144446"Heh, not really. I like term 'Adventurer', but I suppose I am more of mercenary, even if it is dirty term for what I do. Khoi used word to describe kind of wandering knight in her homeland."
>>143986Dark Denizen has a flat expression, and asks Amber
“How good of a liar are you?”
>>144447is waved atwaves back>>144448He narrows his eyes in skepticism
>>144449She blinks and twists her mouth.
"Not very, I don't like to lie...."
>>144450“Hired by who?” He asks
>>144451She grins
“No matter. Simply go to the right place at the right time.”
>>144452"Well, since coming here I have been hired by development company to clear undead out of quarry, nun to rescue colts from politician's, uh...sex dungeon, and local government to clear traffickers from Hoebuck."
>>144453She tries to pull Amber off to the side, and stares into Amber’s eyes for her next words
“Have you ever been to the Baltimare police headquarters?”
>>144454He blinks, and shakes his head, pulling it back
“Undead and sex dungeons?”
>>144456“Like zombies? And what?!”
>>144457Silver nods.
"Risen by long dead necromancer. That nest was difficult as Tartarus to clear out, thank goodness there was unexploded bomb in quarry to blow them up to smitherines. As for sex dungeon...well, we were asked by local orphanage worker kirin nun called Sister Ash to help rescue two missing colts who were foalnapped from orphanage by local gang and sold off to local politician named Comte Burgher. We broke into his mansion, and inside hatch inside his pool house we found, well, sex dungeon, and imprisoned inside were two missing colts as well as two young foalnapped changeling drones. It was...horrifying sight."
And I have to sleep now>>144458She has that grin, once again
"I can't say that my experiences with it have been pleasant. Perhaps yours will be better. That is where you are going tonight."
>>144459He blinks
"Well then..."
>>144464"Heh heh heh. Do you really think the police would be content to leave us who live by night alone?
No. But you
are thinking right. There will be the night shift, and there will be
fewer of them. There are there mostly for emergencies, and they will not be expecting other business. And if you get there at just the right time, you will be there at the time the night shift expects their break."
>>144465"Um, is that important?" She seems uneasy in asking so many questions, as if the wrong one might set this mysterious mare off.
>>144466"Always better to deal with fewer police, and especially, to deal with disinterested officers. Officers who don't care to take to much notice of their surroundings." She says
>>144467"So they'll be friendlier?" Amber doesn't really know how to interpret what she said any other way.
>>144468"Less prone to asking questions." She answers
>>144461Silver sits down on the couch.
"There is not much more to tour, I am afraid. Upstairs are bedrooms for myself and Jubilosa, Khoi, and Mala, as well as two bathrooms. You are more than welcome to make yourself at home, Clip."
He pats the couch seat next to him as an invitation to sit down.
>>144470"Where would I stay?"
He looks over at the couch, and pauses for a moment. There is a delay before he stands up, and moves over to the couch to sit down