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Anonymous
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No.145000
145002
Iron got his ass beat and has pissed off a whole criminal syndicate, Amber is doing some shady shit at the police station, Silver is making friends, and Spark is enjoying Whinnysotan hospitality.
1547 replies and 14 files omitted.
Anonymous
8d01591
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No.146609
146610
>>146608
He raises an eyebrow, not seeming to understand, but says to her

“That which you have on you must be taken back to whoever sent you. Do not let it return to the police, especially those in black uniforms. Eat it if you have to. Throwing it in the river, or throwing it away, may not be enough.”
Amber Sunset
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No.146610
146611
>>146609
More chills but she nods solemnly. I'm not out of the woods yet.
She breathes in. "HOW MANY MARES HAVE YOU SEEN?! AND IN SO SHORT A TIME?! You...you don't care about me at all, do you?!" She winces at having shouted so loud, her voice becoming somewhat shrill as well.
Anonymous
8d01591
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No.146611
146613
>>146610
He doesn’t say anything to her in that time. The plain expression on his face conveys a perhaps very real disappointment in the inglorious end of their brief acquaintance and the facade placed upon it.
Amber Sunset
b1bffeb
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No.146613
146614
>>146611
She blinks at him. Surely he realizes this is to get me out of here?
Before long she resumes her faux hysteria, "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WOULD LIE TO ME LIKE THIS!" She stomps on the floor with her hoof. "I-I NEVER WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU AGAIN!" She contorts her face into the best crying expression she can manage and trots out angrily, slamming the door behind her. With loud sobbing noises she heads for downstairs.
Anonymous
8d01591
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No.146614
146615
>>146613
As she leaves the office, then into the main foyer, the door opens to multiple blue uniformed officers entering at the same time as Amber is on her way out

Also, another luck role
Amber Sunset
b1bffeb
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No.146615
146616
>>146614
Oh boy
[1d20 = 1]
Amber Sunset
b1bffeb
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No.146616
>>146615
It's just one of those days.
Anonymous
8d01591
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No.146617
It looks like the next replies are going to require a bit more preparation. So I think I need to call it a night.
Shimmering Spark
1f9642c
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No.146625
146626 146681
>>146604
Spark takes another look out the window before helping close it up.
Gibs Money
a56e9ef
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No.146626
146628
>>146625
>Striped muthafucka zigga walks off the train like that yo!
>Your boy got dem news about Black Hooves selling crack and sheeeeit.
>Now he's here to give all 'em hoes a ride.
>Choo choo!
"Ziggas are biggas!" he hollers out like real G.
Anonymous
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No.146628
146663
>>146626
Kek.

Hello!
Anonymous
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No.146629
146630
>>146482
She smiles, and giggles
"Heh. What?"
She turns her head, and blushes
Anonymous
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No.146630
146631
>>146629
Iron couldn't help but to chuckle himself, feeling the joke flew past Cauldron's head due to the somewhat sudden personal space invasion. "Your drink," he repeated in amusement. "It was sweeter than mine from what I tasted."
Anonymous
10ca8cc
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No.146631
146632
>>146630
"Oh. Heh. You know what's even sweeter?"
Anonymous
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No.146632
146633
>>146631
That caused Iron to softly tilt his head in curiosity. "What is?" he asks with the hint of an expectant smile piercing through his wondering look.
Anonymous
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No.146633
146634
>>146632
She leans in, and places the end of her muzzle right next to Iron's ear. She whispers to him

"(You)"
Anonymous
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No.146634
146635
>>146633
Iron couldn't help but gasp softly at the reveal as his eyes widened in surprise for a brief moment before looking back at Cauldron with an oddly humble, almost dismissive and bashful smile. "P-please," he stuttered out in mild embarrassment as he blushed lightly "I-I am not that sweet."
Anonymous
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No.146635
146636
>>146634
She moves her hoof to rub and ruffle his fur

"Yes you are, you big sweet softy."
Anonymous
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No.146636
146637
>>146635
"I am not," Iron repeated with a bit more force into it, scrunching lightly at the accusation yet barely hid a smile under his flustered self. "I am more... spicy than sweet."
Anonymous
10ca8cc
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No.146637
146638
>>146636
She presses her hoof into his barrel, pushing his fur around

"Sure you are. As spicy as a cube of sugar."
Anonymous
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No.146638
146639
>>146637
His rather short but surprisingly well conditioned coat parted its hairs further, allowing Black to feel the native's beating heart starting to pick up from the teasing. "A-are sugar cubes spicy?" he sheepishly asked as his mask started to slip slightly.
Anonymous
10ca8cc
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No.146639
146640
>>146638
"Wha..... Ha! You haven't had sugar cubes? .... Maybe you know them by a different word or.... something?"
Anonymous
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No.146640
146641
>>146639
"W-well maybe," Iron unconvincingly replied in an attempt to keep the playful charade going. "I only ever ate sugar cane, not a cube of it. Maybe it is all... red and... stingy."
Anonymous
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No.146641
146642
>>146640
"Wha... heh. Do you want a sugar cube?"
Anonymous
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No.146642
146643
>>146641
Iron's eyes widened again, now with far more foal-like curiosity rather than an attempt to keep the good times flowing with some good old fashioned romantic 'banter.' "You have sugar cubes?" he uttered out in amazement
Anonymous
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No.146643
146644
>>146642
"Well, a few. Do you want one?"
Anonymous
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No.146644
146645
>>146643
"Y-you are not pulling my leg?" Iron uttered in utter disbelief at Cauldron's earnest answer as he subconsciously wagged his tail softly.
Anonymous
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No.146645
146646
>>146644
"No." She says

Iron genuinely feels a pull at his legs
Anonymous
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No.146646
146647
>>146645
Iron's ears spike slightly at the pull, yet before he would inspect just what caused it, he eagerly nodded Black's way. "Gimme gimme!" he practically pleaded with tons of tempered excitement as his legs were threatening to hop up and down.
After such a display, he'd soon carefully turn his head towards the leg puller with a inquisitive look, wondering if White was the culprit.
Anonymous
10ca8cc
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No.146647
146648
>>146646
White Sands certainly moves past him almost making physical contact as she moves by with her barrel.

"I think I need some of that liquor."

Black Cauldron scrunches at White Sands but opens a ceramic container on the counter, and pulls out a small white cube

"You want this?"
Anonymous
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No.146648
146649
>>146647
Iron felt a pang of empathy for the scrunching Black at White's sudden, subtle request to drink some of that whiskey, yet it soon melted into pure awe as the cube appeared in his vision.
He took a series of calculating steps towards it, mesmerized by the small sugar figure as his neck lowered his head to match it on Cauldron's hoof. "Woah," he gasped out, amazed by such magic.
Anonymous
10ca8cc
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No.146649
146650
>>146648
She holds it out in her hoof, placing it towards Iron's face

"One sugar cube"
Anonymous
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No.146650
146651
>>146649
Since the cube was so close to him by this point, Iron saw prudent to let his wild tongue tentatively venture out of his mouth, slowly approaching the new object placed by the fertile desert in front of him until it unceremoniously clashes against its white surface.
Anonymous
10ca8cc
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No.146651
146652
>>146650
It's.... Sugary

And not sour
Anonymous
15f9e52
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No.146652
146681
>>146651
Iron's eyes went blank for a second, quickly analyzing the current predicament before realizing the terrible truth that Cauldron has just imparted on him. "Thith is not spithy at all," he muttered as a small pout started to form around his still outstretched tongue.
Anonymous
10ca8cc
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No.146653
146654
>>146605
"Well..."
She carefully inspects the menu as if she were a hermeneutical scholar

"Maybe the bouillabaisse. Or..." She lowers the menu slightly

"Steak Tartare
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.146654
146655
>>146653
"Ooo, Steak Tartare sounds good. If I shared some of my shrimp with you, would you let me try your Steak Tartare?"
Anonymous
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No.146655
146656
>>146654
"Well.... I'll consider it"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.146656
146657
>>146655
Silver looks at his own menu to see what the bouillabaisse is.
Anonymous
10ca8cc
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No.146657
146658
>>146656
Some kind of soup or something? It has fish in it
Silver "The Floof" Sword
29bff06
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No.146658
146659
>>146657
"That does sound good, too, that bouillabaisse."
Anonymous
10ca8cc
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No.146659
146660
>>146658
"Or... the Coq au vin... should probably get a bowl of Soupe à l’oignon as a sort of appetizer..."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
29bff06
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No.146660
146661
>>146659
"Hmm, that soup does sound good. As does that...I think it is chicken in wine? I just hope we can get to have comfortable meal before spa closes."
Anonymous
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No.146661
146662
>>146660
"Should I not eat too much? I don't want to feel bad when trying to relax... Or is eating more better because you feel tired. Or..."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
29bff06
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No.146662
146664
>>146661
"It is okay, dove."

If he can reach over to place a hoof on her talon, he does.

"There is no need to worry about whether to eat little or lot. We should eat until either we are finished with meals, or until we are satisfied. How does that sound?"
Gibs Money
13cd760
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No.146663
146664
>>146628
>Gibs swaggers up to the nearest hottie in the city!
"Girl, can yo ass tell a zigga where his ass iz?"

Here's his sign zigga:

Cons: 10 (+10 cause >mah dick zigga! -4 cause his ass got shot by the pony po po dat's spaycist just because he sold some drugs when he was two and -6 cause he smoked some ponycrack)
Dex: 14 (cause he can steal a car )
Str: 8 (has the ability flex so he can look like an eleven at times. Active ability.)
Chr: 5 (15 in the dark cause you can only see him when he smiles.)
Int: 1 (He knows what's important in life: ASS.)
Wis: -5 Sheeeeeit!
Anonymous
10ca8cc
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No.146664
146665 146667
>>146663
Hello again

"Zigga how y'all not know where your ass is. You better lay off dat bottle if y'all gonna fall of a train and not know where ya are. Y'alls ass is in Batimare, zigga."

>>146662
She smiles.

"Sure"

And she continues her careful studying of the menu
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.146665
146666
>>146664
Silver meanwhile sips his wine, while he waits patiently for his date to make a decision.
Anonymous
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No.146666
146668
Spoilered
Blue Skies is best pony

>>146665
"Well...."

She takes her sweet, long time in making a decision
Gibs Money
13cd760
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No.146667
146669
>>146664
"Ahh, sheeit." He says with a deep ass voice muthafucker and then takes another swig from his brown bottle.

Suddenly, that bottle be empty. What's Gibs gonna do now? He be starvin'. This is like the hood all over again!

He shakes the empty bottle in front of dat fine ass bitch and asks, "Where can one find some liquor in this place? You feel me?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.146668
146670
>>146666
Damn right.

"What have you decided?"
Anonymous
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No.146669
146675
>>146667
Well fuck me man, what good is bein' off the plantation if you don'r got no pork rinds, colt 45 and joints. Did slavery even end?

"Yeah I feel you" the ho says

"There a liquor store on down da street, bout two blocks. Can't miss it with all dem burglar bars all of it."
Anonymous
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No.146670
146671
>>146668
"Uh... the bouillabaisse is good... I think" She says
Silver "The Floof" Sword
29bff06
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No.146671
146672
>>146670
Silver nods.

"That sounds like plan."

If he can, Silver calls the waiter over.
Anonymous
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No.146672
146673
>>146671
He is called over. Jubilosa, in a voice that sounds like more filled with self-doubt than anything Sliver has experienced in his many years of life, orders the bouillabaisse
Silver "The Floof" Sword
29bff06
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No.146673
146674
>>146672
Silver it appears has changed his mind about his order, and orders the Coq au vin.
Anonymous
10ca8cc
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No.146674
146680
>>146673
"Bouillabaisse, and Coq au vin" He says. He pours wine, and refills any water
Gibs Money
13cd760
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No.146675
146676
>>146669
>Well fuck me man, what good is bein' off the plantation if you don'r got no pork rinds, colt 45 and joints. Did slavery even end?
I feel yo man. All I wanna do is go back to master. Now I gotta work and take responsibility for my actions and sheeit.

"Aight, hoe! Catch me later if yo wanna dump dat loser of youse coltfriend and hang with the realest zigga." Smooth ass criminal zigga swaggers off in the directions of those stores.

On the way, he looks at all those fine ass honeys he be passin' by and stare down bitchass stallions and colts to teach dem who's the boss zigga. Unless they be some Colt Eastwood mutharfuckers. Real ziggas gotta know when to run, genome wat I'm sayin'? Yea!
Anonymous
10ca8cc
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No.146676
146677
>>146675
Zigga ain't no one gonna force you to take responsibility for shit. Ain't no court order gonna make you pay no "child support."

The ho watches this fine young zebra walk his way down the street, wishin' she had some of that. And all them other young pony mares, they lookin at him too.

But den... A police cart rolls down the street. Act real cool, lest they murder another zebra for walking while stripped
Gibs Money
13cd760
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No.146677
146678
>>146676
>Zigga ain't no one gonna force you to take responsibility for shit. Ain't no court order gonna make you pay no "child support."
Word, zigga. And, if things get wheal nasty you can always blame some other brotha. Dem ponice be raycist as fuck, yo! Can tell the difference between a boss zigga and some bitch ass nigga. Damn! I meant zigga ;^)

Ahhh, sheeit. Dem police be here off all places? Screwin' with mah groovin'. Raycist profiling muthafuckers! Ah, gotta act cool an' sheeit. I don't want 'em checking mah ass or they might find mah stash of pony crack, the jive ass muthafucker Gibs Money A.K.A. Big Z thinks to himself.

He ain't tremblin' with fear or nuffin as he reaches for his sick ass shades. Can't act cool without his shades, stallion!

"Wat?" His shades be gone. They ain't around his neck no more. Must have fallen off during the train ride.

Zigga gets shit scared and dump a huge turd on dat sidewalk. It splatters all over. Dat's nasty.

Then he be running away from the ponice and pass a dumpster as he starts doin' what ziggas do da best: Running.

I just realized that he no longer has his pony crack. HAHAHA.
Anonymous
10ca8cc
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No.146678
146679
I have to sleep now

>>146677
Window on that mobile oppression cart rolls down to reveal: some bitch ass Uncle Zecora zigger who rightly got his ass beat all inhigh school so he trade n his stripes for the blue to make his scrawny ass feel bigger.

"Ay! Yo! Y'all can't be shittin on them sidewalks! Who the hell you think gon' clean that up. You clean your shit over here."

Uncle Zecora over there is fast but he cain't roll his little cart everywhere
Gibs Money
68b92e4
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No.146679
>>146678
Sleep well. Thanks for the session.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
29bff06
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No.146680
146681
>>146674
"Thank you very much, sir!"

Silver tips the waiter a $20 Bit note.
Anonymous
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No.146681
146682 146686 146726
>>146652
Cauldron giggles:
"Hehehe"

White Sands remarks
"If I'd have known it was so easy to fascinate him, I'd off just bough cubes back at the hotel."
She pours a glass of whiskey that is noticeably fuller than anything Iron or Black Cauldron have poured

>>146625
It's dark outside, with snow covering the ground and most of the roadway save a few tracks. Snow fall is visible in the dim light of the street lamps that provide the sole source of illumination, save for a brief moment where a cloud clears and bright moonlight shines down on the white street. A singular car drives along the road at low speed, not slowing down at any particular point.

>>146680
He smiles, nods, and adds
"Can I get you anything else?"
Anonymous
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No.146682
146683
>>146681
"Tho I bite on ith?" Iron muttered out, still stuck in his current position with a questioning look up at Cauldron.
Anonymous
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No.146683
146684
>>146682
“Sure” she says

“Don’t bite your tongue.”
White Sands says, walking past the two again, carrying a glass and the bottle.
Anonymous
15f9e52
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No.146684
146685
>>146683
Hearing Black's approval while also keeping in mind White's reminder, Iron slowly leaned forward to engulf the cube whole to the point of lightly brushing his lips against Cauldron's frog.
He then proceeded to softly chew the sugar block in question, wondering just how it'd taste.
Anonymous
6cf7bcf
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No.146685
146688
>>146684
Her hoof isn’t the best tasting portion of her, but Iron gets a mouthful of the cube.

It tastes.... sweet
Shimmering Spark
1f9642c
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No.146686
146687
>>146681
Spark continues to secure the entrances.
Anonymous
6cf7bcf
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No.146687
146691
>>146686
Spark and Makade are able to close blinds and shutters, though this is about the extent of what is possible.
Anonymous
15f9e52
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No.146688
146689
>>146685
Iron blinks softly, letting the wave of sweet wash over his senses as well as feel a faint feeling this has happened before...
He couldn't help but evoke a small, satisfied hum as he quickly took another bite of the cube in question, this time with far more energy into it thanks to the surge in sugar.
Anonymous
6cf7bcf
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No.146689
146690
>>146688
Black Cauldron takes her hoof, and pats Iron’s head
Anonymous
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No.146690
146692
>>146689
Cauldron could feel Iron getting a bit jittery from the increase in sugar as he proceeded to finish the cube proper. His ears swiveled a couple more times than necessary at the headpats while his eyes quickly darted upwards and his lips curled into an energetic smile.
Shimmering Spark
1f9642c
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No.146691
146692
>>146687
“Well, a fine night this has turned out to be. We still need a lookout. I don’t suppose your parents have binoculars around?”
Anonymous
6cf7bcf
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No.146692
146697
>>146691
“I don’t know. I haven’t been to the city apartment before” Spark answers

>>146690
She rubs around his ears as she pats his head. This seems to entertain her
Anonymous
15f9e52
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No.146693
146694
The ear swiveling increased even further at the targeted rubbing as his head leaned into the petting by this point. Despite this, he soon approached Cauldron further to sink his snout into her chest just to feel her sandy, white coat while she amuses herself.
Anonymous
6cf7bcf
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No.146694
146695
>>146693
She is pushed back, but he gives a “heh” and pats his head again, a bit more directly.
Anonymous
15f9e52
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No.146695
146696
>>146694
Iron hummed softly in satisfaction, simply enjoying the moment for the time being... which wasn't for too long, considering a rather important question came to mind immediately after. "So I sleep on your bed tonight?" he suddenly asked the zebra mare, still buried in her chest.
Anonymous
6cf7bcf
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No.146696
146698
>>146695
“Well...” she turns her head up

“I suppose... if you have nowhere else to go... I could maybe allow it.”
Shimmering Spark
1f9642c
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No.146697
146699
>>146692
“Well, we better have a look around for supplies that can help us. Binoculars would be most helpful, but we need to take inventory of what is at our disposal.”
Anonymous
15f9e52
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No.146698
146699
>>146696
"Here I thought you liked to cuddle me," Iron jokingly replied as he nuzzled Cauldron's chest.
Anonymous
6cf7bcf
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No.146699
146700 146704
>>146697
“What exactly are you intending here? If they want the mare, just give them the mare. This is not a place to make a stand.”

>>146698
She opens her mouth snd lowers her eyebrows.

“Iron... You really think I’d cuddle one of my associates?”
Anonymous
15f9e52
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No.146700
146701
>>146699
"In a cold night?" Iron replied with a coy smirk. "Partners are there to warm eachother up."
Anonymous
6cf7bcf
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No.146701
146702
>>146700
“Oh.... I can turn the heater up. If need be.” She says, smiling
Anonymous
15f9e52
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No.146702
146703
>>146701
Iron's confident stare soon dissolved into a lost look, blinking softly at the offer with a blank expression. "A heater?" he uttered.
Anonymous
6cf7bcf
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No.146703
146706
>>146702
From the other part of the room:
“You’re kidding me.”

Black Cauldron:
“Mhmmm. I don’t need a stallion to stay warm.”
Shimmering Spark
1f9642c
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No.146704
146705
>>146699
“Would the same logic apply if they demanded only one of any of the rest of us?”
Anonymous
6cf7bcf
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No.146705
146708
>>146704
“No. The group stays together.”
Anonymous
15f9e52
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No.146706
146707
>>146703
"Huh," Iron muttered in a mix of mild disappointment at the rejection and wonder at this heater thing.
He soon straightened himself and out of Cauldron's chest with a blank, puzzled look. "Then where would you sleep?" he procceded to inquire as he himself was starting to wonder if he was going to go back at the hotel room.
Anonymous
6cf7bcf
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No.146707
146710
>>146706
“On my bed, of course.”

And from across the room
“You can sleep with me, Iron. Your warmth is welcome with me.”
White Sands is looking back with half lidded eyes. If Iron cares to look, that is.
Shimmering Spark
1f9642c
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No.146708
146709
>>146705
“She is part of the group. At least for now. We may send here off, but not until she is safe.”
Anonymous
6cf7bcf
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No.146709
146711
>>146708
“I will say again: if it can’t be solved by diplomacy, bribe, or a thirty aught six, it’s not a conflict we need to involve ourselves in.”
Anonymous
15f9e52
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No.146710
146712
>>146707
Iron did indeed turn back to see White looking seductively at him, yet his eyes translated his mind was as lost as a man in a carnival's corn maze while he considered his options.
So Cauldron is willing to let me sleep on her bed, he correctly surmised, while also being on it.
Slowly but surely, a spark of excitement started to prop up from under him, almost as if he discovered the secret best ending for the situation at present. That would mean Sands is also able to sleep on Cauldron's bed! he concluded in delight, eyes sparkling at the thought of sleeping next to both White and Black at the same time.
With that in mind, Iron's bright, excited smile met her vision. "So this is more of a sleepover?" he proceeded to ask.
Shimmering Spark
f42c77c
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No.146711
146712
>>146709
“Ok, let me put it another way. If we hoof her over, what do you suppose they will in turn do with us? Do you suppose they will thank us, or will they be more inclined to view us as housing a fugitive?”
Anonymous
6cf7bcf
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No.146712
146713 146715
>>146711
“I don’t know. But if turning my parents’ townhouse into a fortress is the best option, something needs to be rethought.”

Makade picks up his rifle, and says

“This scope is magnified four times. That’s as good as any binoculars. I’ll take sentry.”

>>146710
“Uh...” Black Cauldron pauses. “I... suppose.”

White Sands:
“I’m still not in any condition to go out. And it’s going to rain.”
Anonymous
15f9e52
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No.146713
146714
>>146712
Iron's eyes widened slightly before quickly wrapping Cauldron's legs in a big hug. "You are the best!" he cheered excitedly for some reason before flashing a devious, foalish smile as he glanced back at Sands. "I am calling dibs on the middle!"
Anonymous
6cf7bcf
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No.146714
146716
>>146713
Each mare, respectively, scrunches.

Black Cauldron is hugged
Shimmering Spark
f42c77c
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No.146715
146717
>>146712
“It’s a temporary and necessary measure. Would you prefer to not have any fortifications?”
Anonymous
15f9e52
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No.146716
146717
>>146714
"Oh!" Iron exclaimed in even more of a foalish realization before breaking the hug. "I just realized all three of us were having a sleepover already, now that I think about it."
He glances between the two scrunching mares with a curious, youthful look as he considered his options. "So," he prefaced "what sort of sleepover activities does a concrete jungle dweller partake in?"
Anonymous
6cf7bcf
?
No.146717
146718 146719
>>146715
“If it comes to battle, it is best to keep them at a distance while obscuring your position as well as possible. The doubles love to fight, but they fear what can hurt them snd they can’t see. They are not well trained. Take shots of opportunity, make them seek cover, and then leave. But fighting should be an absolute last resort. And either way, we need a way to retreat.”

>>146716
Without hesitation, White Sands answers
“Drinking”

Black Cauldron, however needs more time
“Uh...”
Anonymous
15f9e52
?
No.146718
146720
>>146717
"Then we shall drink!" Iron optimistically declared, leaving Cauldron to think a little bit more for a suitable answer as he eagerly trots towards Sands. "I require the stingy stuff."
Shimmering Spark
f42c77c
?
No.146719
146720
>>146717
“Retreat is best sorted out when the enemies’ strategy is known. I am hoping they are still looking for one mare and will not employ a surrounding tactic. Once the angle of approach is known, we can choose our method of retreat. If we defeat into their ranks, it won’t do us much good.”
Anonymous
6cf7bcf
?
No.146720
146721 146723
535FBF95-C2F9-4B33-AF0C-D63D920524AF.png
>>146718
White Sands pulls the bottle away
No.

>>146719
“Then I will handle it.” He says
Shimmering Spark
f42c77c
?
No.146721
146722
>>146720
“Let me know what you spot.”
Anonymous
6cf7bcf
?
No.146722
146730
>>146721
“It will be done. They will not know I am here.”
Anonymous
15f9e52
?
No.146723
146724 146729
>>146720
That instant shut down did briefly shake him out of his high, only for him to scrunch his snout in indignation. "Oh come on," he lowly whined, stomping softly against the floor "do not tease me after putting the activity on the tree trunk."
His foreleg already started to slowly but surely try to reach for the pulled bottle like a cat approaching a somewhat unsuspecing mouse.
Anonymous
6cf7bcf
?
No.146724
146725 146729
>>146723
Black Cauldron:
“What.”

In a glow of magic, the bottle moves through the air, snd comes down next to Iron in a “clank.”
Anonymous
15f9e52
?
No.146725
146729
>>146724
I go slep after post.
Iron triumphantly takes the bottle that was set down next to her after a quick little hug to the unicorn mare in appreciation. His legs soon set themselves into a brisk trot as he aimed to pour two more shots for both him and Cauldron to drink from just to fulfill the activity.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
15a31a4
?
No.146726
146729
>>146681
"I think that will be all, good Sir."
Anonymous
3f16e42
?
No.146727
146728 146729
large (1).png

Shimmering Spark
1f9642c
?
No.146728
>>146727
That's a cute best pony.
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146729
146731 146735 146753
>>146727
(You) are silly

>>146725
>>146723
I misread >>146723. Strike >>146724 and replace it with this:

Back Cauldron
"What? Hehe"

White Sands, with her big, observant eyes, slowly drags the whiskey bottle further and further away from Iron, until it is on the other side of her.

>>146726
He does a small bow, and leaves.

Silver is now alone with Jubilosa and the wine
Shimmering Spark
1f9642c
?
No.146730
146732
>>146722
Spark goes back over to the new guest.
Anonymous
29bff06
?
No.146731
146732 146734
>>146729
I do try to be. So whats the scoop?
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146732
146733
>>146730
She is laying down on the couch, trying to force the blanket and part of the cloak over her.

Makade:
"If you really expect someone to come looking for her, you should hide her."

>>146731
Uh....
Shimmering Spark
1f9642c
?
No.146733
146734
>>146732
"Where would you hide a pony?"
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146734
146736 146737
>>146731
Midnight Lily awoke after uneasy dreams to find herself transformed into an enormous insect alone in a thankfully hyena-free room

>>146733
"I... don't really know"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
302a3a4
?
No.146735
146738
>>146729
Silver sips his wine, and smiles at Jubilosa.

"How are you liking this so far?"
Shimmering Spark
1f9642c
?
No.146736
>>146734
"Bathroom perhaps? But I figure that once they get inside, it will be not much use hiding, it will become a fight, especially since you are armed. They probably don't allow that."
Anonymous
29bff06
?
No.146737
146738
>>146734
She gets up, says her prayers to Luna, and decides a nice walk out and about would do her good.
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146738
146739 146742 146754
>>146737
"No one who seeks to dominate does. And neither will I tolerate being unarmed. But if they get inside, we don't have much that will be effective against them regardless, save knife, tooth, and claw. It's best by far there be no fighting inside."

>>146737
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpl6ncyxLGw

Taking a walk around Baltimare to ease her troubled mind, Midnight gets up, gets out of her room, down the stairs, and outside onto the street. It's windy, and kind of chilly and cloudy. Off far in the distance, a whistle sounds. Closer to her a few ponies walk past, mostly quickly, and a few carts and automobiles on the street.

>>146735
"This is nice." She says

"A little of the other continent's culture."
Anonymous
29bff06
?
No.146739
146740
>>146738
She walks towards the whistle sound, absorbing the sights.
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146740
146741
>>146739
Off in the distance, it seems to be the sound of a factory starting a new shift. The direction it comes from is in front of her, a little off to the left. Along the street are a few apartment buildings with doors at street level, a deli, and a coffee shop. The traffic of pedestrians and vehicles is perhaps lower than it could be. Ponies mostly, in their hats and cats, with a couple griffins, zebras, and even a hippogriff passing by. Over top of the buildings, Midnight can see a few larger apartment buildings nearby, several high rises north and especially west, a church steeple, a bell tower on what must be a school, a narrow rectangular tower down south that sticks up into the sky, and a few smoke stacks east.

That annoying pony from the soup kitchen isn't there at least.
Anonymous
29bff06
?
No.146741
146743
>>146740
The church catches her eye, so she decides to stop in there for a minute.
Shimmering Spark
1f9642c
?
No.146742
146743
>>146738
"Then we need to make sure they don't enter. I'll be thinking of something to distract them."
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146743
146744 146746
>>146741
Down the road a few blocks, one block over, and up a set of stone steps off the main road. It's a stone building of rectangular shape. Honestly kind of hard to tell if it's Celestialist or Reformed just from the architecture. It looks like it was built some time back in the last century, and it lacks the grandeur of any cathedral.

Entering inside, Midnight sees no pony immediately, but there is a stained glass depiction of the two sisters, as seen on the flag of Equestria.

>>146742
He nods
"Do so. I will keep watch."
Shimmering Spark
1f9642c
?
No.146744
146745
>>146743
Spark has a plan for a distraction. He studies the appearance of the new guest.
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146745
146748
>>146744
She has the appearance of being asleep. She is completely silent, but shivers strongly at moments. Her mane is tied into two locks, her tail is tied at the end, and her mauve coat shimmers in a strange way.
Anonymous
29bff06
?
No.146746
146747
>>146743
The purple mare pauses, then walks up to the back row of pews and sits for a few minutes, enjoying the silence.
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146747
146749
>>146746
And there it is. Silnce. Peaceful. Relaxing. Si... wait. There's a car coming by. Okay good. It's gone. Ah... Silence.

And then a mare walks up and ruins it. Celestia, what does she want.
Shimmering Spark
1f9642c
?
No.146748
146750
>>146745
Spark takes note of how she looks.
Anonymous
29bff06
?
No.146749
146750
>>146747
Midnight turns and blinks, surprised to see somepony else
"Good morning"
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146750
146751 146752
>>146749
The mare is a bit older, and kind of a light greyish blue color in a black robe, with her brown mane tied up in a bun and her blue eyes squarely on Midnight

"Do you need any help, young mare?" She asks Midnight with a smile that's... well, she's trying to be friendly.

>>146748
Auburn mane, probably in her early twenties, but it's hard to tell.
Shimmering Spark
1f9642c
?
No.146751
146755
>>146750
Spark sits down and listens for Madake.
Anonymous
29bff06
?
No.146752
146755
>>146750
"I do not, but I thank you for your kindness. I have just come to stop and think for a moment."
She smiles, but then looks concerned for a moment
"I hope I'm not disturbing anything"
Anonymous
15f9e52
?
No.146753
146755
>>146729
Predictably, Iron kept his foreleg 'sneaking' around to the other side, somewhat unintentionally wrapping it around Sands' crest while his face was trying its hardest to remain inconspicuous all the way. "Pretty please?" he insisted with a tiny increase in his pitch.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
302a3a4
?
No.146754
146756
>>146738
"It is very nice restaurant. Nicer than anywhere else I have been, maybe."
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146755
146757 146758 146765
>>146751
Roll die, little pony

>>146752
"No. No. You're not disturbing anything." The same cannot be said of her wide, toothy smile

"Just interested to hear what brings you here."

>>146753
"But... this is the last bottle."
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146756
146760
>>146754
She twists her head
"Is this not usual for you?"
Anonymous
15f9e52
?
No.146757
146759
>>146755
Iron pouted slightly as his lower lip quivered lightly, almost begging the unicorn mare for the bottle. "Please?" he asked once again as his foreleg still weakly tried to reach for the bottle in question. "I promise it will go to a good cause."
Anonymous
29bff06
?
No.146758
146759
>>146755
Midnight smiles back
"I'm glad to hear"
Sense motive check? Mayhaps?
[1d20+2 = 15]
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146759
146762 146764
>>146757
Roll diplomacy

>>146758
She seems genuinely happy, and kind of surprised, to have a pony in the church at this time. And yet, there is a layer of anxiety, like Midnight might ask for something difficult or annoying.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
302a3a4
?
No.146760
146761
>>146756
He shakes his head no.
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146761
146767
>>146760
She twists her lips
"Why not? I'd come all the time if I could."
Anonymous
15f9e52
?
No.146762
146763
>>146759
Ripperonis
[1d20+1 = 7]<Diplomacy Check
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146763
146766
>>146762
She scrunches, and moves the bottle a little further away
Anonymous
29bff06
?
No.146764
146768
>>146759
Midnight thinks for a second.
"When was this church built? It doesn't seem to be too old, but it has seen a number of years."
Shimmering Spark
1f9642c
?
No.146765
146768
>>146755
[1d20 = 16]
Anonymous
15f9e52
?
No.146766
146768
>>146763
"Aw..." Iron lets out, utterly defeated by the smallest of scrunches before plopping his butt down against the floor and his posture sagged considerably "but I want both of you to have fun."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
302a3a4
?
No.146767
146768
>>146761
He smiles at her.

"Heh. Admittedly, it can get expensive eating at places like here all time. I am not yet millionaire."
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146768
146769 146770 146771 146776
>>146764
"Oh. This? This was built seventy three years ago as an expansion of the Zizka Reformed Church on Andausian. It's in a fairly austere style of the time, but still built of stone and built to last."

She smiles

>>146765
It's clear thus far, and Spark is undisturbed

>>146766
"But this is fun" She says, and takes a drink directly from the bottle

>>146767
"Hmmm..." She twists her beak
Silver "The Floof" Sword
302a3a4
?
No.146769
146772
>>146768
"But, maybe few more jobs, I will get there. We can live in lap of luxury."
Anonymous
15f9e52
?
No.146770
146772
>>146768
Such a response caused Iron's eyes to widen before quickly turning his head back towards Cauldron to see if it was indeed true or not.
Anonymous
29bff06
?
No.146771
146772
>>146768
Ah reformed
"I see... Are you the one in charge here, or is there another?"
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146772
146773 146775 146788
>>146769
"More... jobs?"

>>146770
She looks almost confused by this scene

>>146771
"Yes, I am the main shepherd of this branch" she says
Anonymous
15f9e52
?
No.146773
146774
>>146772
Seeing the contradiction present, Iron soon turns back towards Sands with a bigger snout scrunch and, with renewed efforts, started to gently take the bottle away from her hooves/magic, to the point of pressing his body against hers in his quest for the magic sleepover liquor.
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146774
146777
>>146773
White Sands scrunches, trying to keep hold of the bottle
Anonymous
29bff06
?
No.146775
146778
>>146772
"It is nice to meet you."
Midnight gestures to the seat beside her
"My name is Midnight"
Shimmering Spark
1f9642c
?
No.146776
146778
>>146768
Spark tries to keep from nodding off.
Anonymous
15f9e52
?
No.146777
146778
>>146774
Iron grunts softly as he attempted to both take hold of it while also being extremely careful so as to not damage any furniture or, even worse, Sands herself in his quest. Hurting mares needlessly is wrong! his currently sugar-filled mind firmly asserted.
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146778
146779 146780 146781
>>146775
"My name is Chipper Chalice" she says

"What brings you here?"

>>146776
If Spark is super eager for someone to come...

>>146777
But if it's necessary to hurt a mare in the pursuit of alcohol, that's another thing.

Iron slowly grasps the bottle, and pulls it away
Anonymous
29bff06
?
No.146779
146782
>>146778
"I was wandering the town and the church caught my eye. I thought I might come in for a while.
How about you, how is the church doing?"
Anonymous
15f9e52
?
No.146780
146782
>>146778
Finally obtaining the bottle in question, Iron soon lifted it up with a foreleg while proudly posing at nopony in particular akin to a heroic figure celebrating his most recent accomplishments. "I have done it!" he cheered in an admittedly foalish manner before glancing over to Cauldron to see if she wanted some more liquor.
Shimmering Spark
1f9642c
?
No.146781
146782
>>146778
Well, I don't know. Maybe there is a couple of other things I can do first? I am just having trouble thinking of them.
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146782
146783 146784 146785
>>146779
"Well... This church was built for the Earth pony inhabitants of this city. There are now migrants from Severyana, from further south, and from across the sea. The make up of the neighborhood has changed a bit, and the younger generations... well, they aren't as enthusiastic. But we are doing okay here, given how things are."

>>146780
White Sands scrunches, and crosses her hooves.

Black Cauldron is somewhat entertained by this spectacle, it seems, trying not to laugh.

>>146781
Roll die
Shimmering Spark
1f9642c
?
No.146783
146789
>>146782
[1d20 = 18]
Anonymous
15f9e52
?
No.146784
146786
>>146782
With that in mind, Iron quickly and (hopefully) gracefully scurries over to Cauldron, sliding softly into a kneeling position while presenting the liquor bottle with a foreleg. "I have obtained the sleepover activity," he proudly yet respectfully offered with an overly royal tone.
Anonymous
29bff06
?
No.146785
146802
>>146782
"I am glad to hear things are going well at least, but I am sorry to hear about the younger generation."
Midnight sits in silence for a little bit
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146786
146787
>>146784
She smiles

"So you have."
Anonymous
15f9e52
?
No.146787
146789
>>146786
Iron quickly lowers his head while softly jiggling the bottle in question, almost as if he had just brought back the most beautiful flowers from the pits of Tartarus itself for a fair maiden. "Please," he continued on with his royalty accent "do not privy yourself."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
302a3a4
?
No.146788
146789
>>146772
"Like when I was hired to go into Hoebuck. Jobs such as that."
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146789
146790 146792
>>146788
"But that was.... You'd want to do that again?"

>>146783
Spark is met by more quiet in the night

>>146787
"That's okay, Iron." She says
Anonymous
15f9e52
?
No.146790
146791
>>146789
Feeling the bottle still on his grasp, Iron soon creaked a confused eye open looking up at Cauldron. "Wait," he uttered in astonishment "really?"
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146791
146794
>>146790
"Well, I don't need too much to drink." She says, with a sly expression
Silver "The Floof" Sword
302a3a4
?
No.146792
146793
>>146789
"Perhaps not want, but it helps others and makes us plenty of Bits."
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146793
146796
>>146792
"But it's.. dangerous" She says
Anonymous
15f9e52
?
No.146794
146795
>>146791
Iron's vines started to swing at the playful reply, slowly turning his head towards the shot glass before a fire of realization set his mind ablaze.Of course! he exclaimed in his head.
The native stallion acting like a knightly colt soon trotted over to the glasses to serve it before bringing it back to the striped princess with the same flair as the last time.
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146795
146798
>>146794
She takes a glass with her hoof, and swirls it around,

"Hmmm..."

Then she takes a drink from it
Silver "The Floof" Sword
302a3a4
?
No.146796
146797
>>146793
Silver nods.

"I know. It is what I have been doing for much of my life."
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146797
146799
>>146796
"Uh.... how many fights have you been in?" She asks
Anonymous
15f9e52
?
No.146798
146800
>>146795
Iron eagerly awaits Cauldron's response, still kneeling down in respect for the fair maiden
Silver "The Floof" Sword
302a3a4
?
No.146799
146800
>>146797
"More than I can count. Many of them have been forever marked on my hide, underneath my winter coat."
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146800
146801 146804
>>146798
She lets it linger for a moment, before swallowing. Then she looks down to Iron.

"It'll do." She says

>>146799
"That explains the scars..." she says

"Aren't you scared though?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
302a3a4
?
No.146801
146803
>>146800
"Always."
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146802
146814
>>146785
"Well, fortunately the return of the elements gave a bit of a revival some years back. It is that revival that sustains us."
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146803
146806
>>146801
"But then... why do you do it?"
Anonymous
15f9e52
?
No.146804
146805
>>146800
Iron's chest puffed out in further pride at the rather lukewarm remark, all too happy to please in such a foalish, noble sugar-rushed state. "I am most elated," he dramatically offered Cauldron with his pompous accent while steel kneeling over. "Would there be anything else to satisfy our sleepover?"
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146805
146811
>>146804
"Well" She looks up, and bats her eyes

"I'm curious as to what you would like."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
302a3a4
?
No.146806
146807
>>146803
"Because it is what I am good at, and because if I do not, no pony else will."
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146807
146808
>>146806
"You mean... fighting things?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
302a3a4
?
No.146808
146809
>>146807
"Fighting things, saving people..."
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146809
146810
>>146808
"I suppose.. I appreciate it." She says, kind of smiling
Silver "The Floof" Sword
302a3a4
?
No.146810
146812
>>146809
"You are worried for me?"
Anonymous
15f9e52
?
No.146811
146812
>>146805
Such question caused Iron's ears to swivel softly as his eyes looked up to meet her own. "You mean my sleepover activities?" he asked, a little dumbfounded, yet still kept his pompous accent regardless.
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146812
146813 146815
>>146810
"Well.... Yeah." She answers

>>146811
"Sure." She says
Anonymous
15f9e52
?
No.146813
146816
>>146812
"That was mostly roughhousing and sparring," Iron replied with a hint of hesitation as he lost a tiny bit of his steam "and I doubt we should do such things at the present time."
Soon enough, he decided to rise himself up and looked at Cauldron properly. "I do not think it is a common thing here, right?" he continued.
Anonymous
e79f057
?
No.146814
146816
>>146802
Midnight nods knowingly.
"Has the church had any trouble from unrest?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
302a3a4
?
No.146815
146816
>>146812
He smiles at her.

"D'awww. I appreciate that concern, but...I can promise you, I will come back to you, after job."
Anonymous
10ca8cc
?
No.146816
146817 146818
>>146814
"You mean like the Anarchists? Well... they've passed by this church. Mostly... We had fire damage in the uprising of 990 though, and some shrapnel from the most recent one. There's been some misfortune for some of our members, though."

>>146813
"Depends on the roughhousing and sparring" She answers

>>146815
She places a claw on his hoof
"Please..."
Anonymous
15f9e52
?
No.146817
146819
>>146816
That caused Iron's hope to rise just a smidge if his growing grin was any indication. "You got any kind that we can do?" he proceeded to ask, eager to see his fighting tendencies satiated into a nice sleep.