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>>149764
Jubilosa
“Suspended exports? They would never do that.”
Clip
“Maybe it’s a ruse?”
Khoi
“Then why announce it?”
Jubilosa
“Suspended exports? They would never do that.”
Clip
“Maybe it’s a ruse?”
Khoi
“Then why announce it?”
>>149763
"Sounds good," Iron answered in tow before leaning in for another quick little kiss just to keep Cauldron on her toes.
No matter how successful it was, he'd soon walk out the bedroom door in order to approach the fluffy unicorn.
"Sounds good," Iron answered in tow before leaning in for another quick little kiss just to keep Cauldron on her toes.
No matter how successful it was, he'd soon walk out the bedroom door in order to approach the fluffy unicorn.
>>149766
She smiles at the kiss, and probably would have accepted more. All the same, Iron finds Sands sitting at a chair, quickly turning her head to look towards Iron.
She smiles at the kiss, and probably would have accepted more. All the same, Iron finds Sands sitting at a chair, quickly turning her head to look towards Iron.
>>149767
Trotting over to sit next to Sands, Iron turns to her with a smile. "This is a bit out of the blue," he prefaced his question with a sheepish smile "but what do you think of jungles?"
Trotting over to sit next to Sands, Iron turns to her with a smile. "This is a bit out of the blue," he prefaced his question with a sheepish smile "but what do you think of jungles?"
>>149765
"Could be they wish to build up local government stockpile. If New Mareland were to ever send military expedition through here, they could make use of it."
"Could be they wish to build up local government stockpile. If New Mareland were to ever send military expedition through here, they could make use of it."
>>149774
"If this is case, it makes me wonder if they are preparing for military expedition. Modern militaries need much fuel and oil to operate."
"If this is case, it makes me wonder if they are preparing for military expedition. Modern militaries need much fuel and oil to operate."
>>149774
"Well..." Iron trailed off as he twiddled the tips of his hooves together "I got a job to go into a wild jungle to retrieve heavy stuff."
Surely he needn't say more than that, considering he may still have the pack animal look to him.
"Well..." Iron trailed off as he twiddled the tips of his hooves together "I got a job to go into a wild jungle to retrieve heavy stuff."
Surely he needn't say more than that, considering he may still have the pack animal look to him.
>>149782
"Remember the wild part?" Iron answered in turn. "We might need a sizable group of ponies to ensure the moving takes place."
"Remember the wild part?" Iron answered in turn. "We might need a sizable group of ponies to ensure the moving takes place."
>>149778
"Perhaps they are using cover of storm, and confusion it will cause populace. Ponies are less likely to question changes like this if they come quickly, and there is catastrophie to act as smokescreen."
"Perhaps they are using cover of storm, and confusion it will cause populace. Ponies are less likely to question changes like this if they come quickly, and there is catastrophie to act as smokescreen."
>>149786
"Well, there is not much we can do, perhaps except meeting and organizing with ponies. You will also need to build your strength up again, Clip."
"Well, there is not much we can do, perhaps except meeting and organizing with ponies. You will also need to build your strength up again, Clip."
>>149808
He nods, smiling as if pleased
“You will know. For now, enjoy the party.” He begins to walk away, evidently moving to rejoin Mars Loaf and the scruffy stallion at the other side of the room.
He nods, smiling as if pleased
“You will know. For now, enjoy the party.” He begins to walk away, evidently moving to rejoin Mars Loaf and the scruffy stallion at the other side of the room.
>>149809
Dark Star watches June walk away, then stares off into the wall and contemplates what he meant by all of that.
Dark Star watches June walk away, then stares off into the wall and contemplates what he meant by all of that.
>>149810
"You're an Earth Pony, right?"
The voice is Nadir's, and she speaks to him without him looking at her. She, however, looks at him.
"The earth ponies back at Gentle Stream weren't very kind to me, to us."
Two seconds pass, and she looks down, evidently regretting her statement.
"I don't meant that.. I mean, some were mean. What I mean is, I think I can understand what you meant about feeling different from the others in the countryside. It was different out there. Different there from here. What you said when you first arrived, I appreciate that. About how they aren't always accepting out there, and you are accepting. I like that..."
"You're an Earth Pony, right?"
The voice is Nadir's, and she speaks to him without him looking at her. She, however, looks at him.
"The earth ponies back at Gentle Stream weren't very kind to me, to us."
Two seconds pass, and she looks down, evidently regretting her statement.
"I don't meant that.. I mean, some were mean. What I mean is, I think I can understand what you meant about feeling different from the others in the countryside. It was different out there. Different there from here. What you said when you first arrived, I appreciate that. About how they aren't always accepting out there, and you are accepting. I like that..."
>>149812
He turns his attention to Her
“I’m sorry they weren’t very kind to you ms nadir. I realize it must have been very difficult for you.”
“I am different...”
He looks at the ground for a few seconds
“It’s very difficult and isolating to be so different from your peers,very difficult. I feel, felt very unaccepted at some points in my life,”
He recalls everything that has happened in his life up until now.
He turns his attention to Her
“I’m sorry they weren’t very kind to you ms nadir. I realize it must have been very difficult for you.”
“I am different...”
He looks at the ground for a few seconds
“It’s very difficult and isolating to be so different from your peers,very difficult. I feel, felt very unaccepted at some points in my life,”
He recalls everything that has happened in his life up until now.
>>149813
"When I first saw you... you were wearing that trench coat. Thick, long, glasses, hat. It's colder, yes. Colder than it ever was back South. But it's not that cold. Not for you. You were hiding. I could see it. You felt different, so you hid a part of yourself from others. I would do the same thing. Seriously, the exact same thing. A trench coat to hide wings, a hat to hide ears. Just, you know, I didn't want to be seen. And to see you doing the same... I don't know. I saw you living through what I live through. An Equestrian earth pony from the countryside. I wouldn't have expected that."
"When I first saw you... you were wearing that trench coat. Thick, long, glasses, hat. It's colder, yes. Colder than it ever was back South. But it's not that cold. Not for you. You were hiding. I could see it. You felt different, so you hid a part of yourself from others. I would do the same thing. Seriously, the exact same thing. A trench coat to hide wings, a hat to hide ears. Just, you know, I didn't want to be seen. And to see you doing the same... I don't know. I saw you living through what I live through. An Equestrian earth pony from the countryside. I wouldn't have expected that."
>>149816
“It seems we are pretty similar then. It is very unexpected I know, I wouldn’t have expected this is the way my life would turn out either.”
He drinks from the beer.
“It seems we are pretty similar then. It is very unexpected I know, I wouldn’t have expected this is the way my life would turn out either.”
He drinks from the beer.
>>149817
“Yeah…”
She looks down for a moment. The other ponies continue talking among themselves. June has his left foreleg overtop of Mars Loaf, who is content to be possessed by him, as StarCut holds his own yellow mare, and the short cut stallion holds the one unmet mare. Looking Lense says nothing, but remains somewhat nearby, attempting to be in the group.
“Yeah…”
She looks down for a moment. The other ponies continue talking among themselves. June has his left foreleg overtop of Mars Loaf, who is content to be possessed by him, as StarCut holds his own yellow mare, and the short cut stallion holds the one unmet mare. Looking Lense says nothing, but remains somewhat nearby, attempting to be in the group.
>>149818
“Well it’s not all bad. If it wasn’t like that then I would have never went down this road. I’m happy actually.I got to meet a friend.”
He looks at her
“Well it’s not all bad. If it wasn’t like that then I would have never went down this road. I’m happy actually.I got to meet a friend.”
He looks at her
>>149819
"How... valuable are we talking about here?" She asks
"Is this like, day laborer work here, or what is going on?"
>>149820
She smiles. Whether by the alcohol intoxication, her emotional state, or some more persistent flaw in her form, her wings do not and have not remained closed for as long as Solar Night has been looking. Now, however, she spreads them a little further, raising the fingers of the midpoints of her wings upwards. The tufts at the end of her tall ears rise likewise.
"You really- you think so?"
"How... valuable are we talking about here?" She asks
"Is this like, day laborer work here, or what is going on?"
>>149820
She smiles. Whether by the alcohol intoxication, her emotional state, or some more persistent flaw in her form, her wings do not and have not remained closed for as long as Solar Night has been looking. Now, however, she spreads them a little further, raising the fingers of the midpoints of her wings upwards. The tufts at the end of her tall ears rise likewise.
"You really- you think so?"
>>149821
"Highly sought after for ponies that do not conform to common concrete jungle laws," Iron finally revealed with what he thought was a modicum of subtlety. "If I recall correctly, you had experience with that kind of thing."
"Highly sought after for ponies that do not conform to common concrete jungle laws," Iron finally revealed with what he thought was a modicum of subtlety. "If I recall correctly, you had experience with that kind of thing."
>>149821
“I do think so. I’m thankful to have been able to have met a good friend.”
He puts his hoof on her shoulder
“I do think so. I’m thankful to have been able to have met a good friend.”
He puts his hoof on her shoulder
>>149824
She smiles, and says nothing, looking up at him, lowering her head slightly but raising the middle section of her wings. The coat on her shoulders is coarse and short.
That infernal zebra music ceases, and returns to a cheerier pony mare's singing some sort of love song.
She smiles, and says nothing, looking up at him, lowering her head slightly but raising the middle section of her wings. The coat on her shoulders is coarse and short.
That infernal zebra music ceases, and returns to a cheerier pony mare's singing some sort of love song.
>>149825
He moves his hoof
“So how long have you known everycreature here?”
He has a strange feeling in the pit of his stomach as the song comes on
He moves his hoof
“So how long have you known everycreature here?”
He has a strange feeling in the pit of his stomach as the song comes on
>>149823
"...sure," Iron uttered, not too confident in his answer. "If it works out of ponice's eyes, then it might as well be."
"...sure," Iron uttered, not too confident in his answer. "If it works out of ponice's eyes, then it might as well be."
>>149826
Dark Star has heard the song before. Not in any serious context, just playing as he’s passed by a radio.
“I… I haven’t, really known everyone. Not for very long. But I’ve known Mars Loaf for a while now. About a year. She would buy food at the same store. I helped her carry groceries one day. She was friendly. This was in the tune just before the drive, when food and work became scare. During the war. Then when it began, I saw her again. We were together, hiding together, during the last battle. I’ve met June a few times since they met. That happened last semester. Not that long ago, maybe two months. These other ponies I’ve met a few times. I’ve visited the campus a few times, and I’ve met them off campus a few times.”
>>149827
“But… like how worth out while?” She tilts her head
“Is this to get away from the griffins?”
Dark Star has heard the song before. Not in any serious context, just playing as he’s passed by a radio.
“I… I haven’t, really known everyone. Not for very long. But I’ve known Mars Loaf for a while now. About a year. She would buy food at the same store. I helped her carry groceries one day. She was friendly. This was in the tune just before the drive, when food and work became scare. During the war. Then when it began, I saw her again. We were together, hiding together, during the last battle. I’ve met June a few times since they met. That happened last semester. Not that long ago, maybe two months. These other ponies I’ve met a few times. I’ve visited the campus a few times, and I’ve met them off campus a few times.”
>>149827
“But… like how worth out while?” She tilts her head
“Is this to get away from the griffins?”
>>149828
"If I understood correctly," Iron answered with a pensive look "it was worth a tidy sum without risk of griffons trying to kill us."
"If I understood correctly," Iron answered with a pensive look "it was worth a tidy sum without risk of griffons trying to kill us."
>>149829
"I... if it gets us away from the griffins..." She looks down
"Money would be useful" She says
"I... if it gets us away from the griffins..." She looks down
"Money would be useful" She says
>>149830
Iron nodded softly. "I thought about the money, too," he added as he softly leaned against Sands with a warm smile. "How else are we going to get the perfect hotel room otherwise?"
Iron nodded softly. "I thought about the money, too," he added as he softly leaned against Sands with a warm smile. "How else are we going to get the perfect hotel room otherwise?"
>>149831
The small mare is pushed back slightly by Iron's greater weight.
She smiles back
"That'll be nice."
Her mouth returns to a more normal expression. Then a pleading expression:
"Maybe, a little something to send back?"
She looks up at him with big, green eyes.
The small mare is pushed back slightly by Iron's greater weight.
She smiles back
"That'll be nice."
Her mouth returns to a more normal expression. Then a pleading expression:
"Maybe, a little something to send back?"
She looks up at him with big, green eyes.
>>149835
"How much are we talking about?" Iron soon inquired in turn with a softened look and a caring smile.
"How much are we talking about?" Iron soon inquired in turn with a softened look and a caring smile.
>>149836
"That's... She looks up, then to the side, then down, eventually settling her eyes back on him
"My question to you."
"That's... She looks up, then to the side, then down, eventually settling her eyes back on him
"My question to you."
>>149837
"Then we will settle that when we know for sure what we will get," Iron answered in turn with a warm smile. "Is that alright with you?"
"Then we will settle that when we know for sure what we will get," Iron answered in turn with a warm smile. "Is that alright with you?"
>>149828
He pats her on the back
“She only met June last semester? I would have guessed they had know each other for awhile.”
He pats her on the back
“She only met June last semester? I would have guessed they had know each other for awhile.”
>>149840
"Heh, no. Or maybe they have known each other longer? I don't know. They started dating last semester. June is a student at the Medical School. He's a legacy, since his father also went there."
"Heh, no. Or maybe they have known each other longer? I don't know. They started dating last semester. June is a student at the Medical School. He's a legacy, since his father also went there."
>>149839
Iron couldn't help but chuckle slightly at her retort before giving Sands a little nuzzle. "And I will make sure you do not forget," he playfully answered in turn.
Iron couldn't help but chuckle slightly at her retort before giving Sands a little nuzzle. "And I will make sure you do not forget," he playfully answered in turn.
>>149844
"Yeah, well, his dad is a doctor in... Fillydelphia, I think? I'm not actually sure, but his father is a doctor. He sends him money. That's why he can afford this nice apartment. He's older, goes to the medical school here. He's really social. Really social. In several student groups. He knows many ponies, on and off of campus. He's dating Mars Loaf... I already told you that. He likes politics, as you can tell."
>>149845
She smiles, and closes her eyes at the nuzzle
"hehehe" she giggles
"Yeah, well, his dad is a doctor in... Fillydelphia, I think? I'm not actually sure, but his father is a doctor. He sends him money. That's why he can afford this nice apartment. He's older, goes to the medical school here. He's really social. Really social. In several student groups. He knows many ponies, on and off of campus. He's dating Mars Loaf... I already told you that. He likes politics, as you can tell."
>>149845
She smiles, and closes her eyes at the nuzzle
"hehehe" she giggles
>>149846
Having done his part, Iron soon pulled back with a smile. "We will take some boomsticks for the journey," he informed the unicorn mare. "You know how to use them?"
Having done his part, Iron soon pulled back with a smile. "We will take some boomsticks for the journey," he informed the unicorn mare. "You know how to use them?"
>>149848
“Oh, I don’t really know…” she has an awkward smile
“I don’t have… all that many. Here…” she turns her head up
“But I know he has many, and he’s pretty heavily involved in student politics. He claims to know ponies involved in the Unions.”
>>149847
”Boomstick?”
It takes her a while to understand
“Like, firearms? I know something” she says.
“Oh, I don’t really know…” she has an awkward smile
“I don’t have… all that many. Here…” she turns her head up
“But I know he has many, and he’s pretty heavily involved in student politics. He claims to know ponies involved in the Unions.”
>>149847
”Boomstick?”
It takes her a while to understand
“Like, firearms? I know something” she says.
>>149849
Iron nodded a couple of times. "Good," he answered in turn before glancing back at the bedroom door, wondering how were the preparations going.
Iron nodded a couple of times. "Good," he answered in turn before glancing back at the bedroom door, wondering how were the preparations going.
>>149851
With that obviously implied cue, Iron soon sprang forth and offer his pack animal services by bowing softly in front of Cauldron to let her choose what sort of stuff does she want to pass onto him.
With that obviously implied cue, Iron soon sprang forth and offer his pack animal services by bowing softly in front of Cauldron to let her choose what sort of stuff does she want to pass onto him.
>>149852
“Just a moment. Well… okay, water, a shovel, blankets… we need blankets. Hurry, the train leaves soon.”
“Just a moment. Well… okay, water, a shovel, blankets… we need blankets. Hurry, the train leaves soon.”
>>149853
Sensing Cauldron's mind being overly busy right now, Iron decides to simply take the initiative and take the heavy stuff off her back to lighten the load. Besides, he should still have the straps on him, right? Why not act the part, too?
Sensing Cauldron's mind being overly busy right now, Iron decides to simply take the initiative and take the heavy stuff off her back to lighten the load. Besides, he should still have the straps on him, right? Why not act the part, too?
>>149849
“Well you have one more now.”
He smiles at her
“In the unions wow! That so awesome. Has he said anything else?”
“Well you have one more now.”
He smiles at her
“In the unions wow! That so awesome. Has he said anything else?”
>>149855
She smiles, and it's a smile that is almost accompanied by a laugh, as her lips move back and up, and show her teeth and fangs. But then her smile is removed, to a more neutral or even displeased expression.
"Yeah, he says a lot of things. Like, a lot of things. He claims that he was involved in the September rising somehow. Like, he carried a rifle, and helped build a barricade, or something. And then he bravely hid and buried the guns. Something about helping hide ponies, anyways, he claims to know ponies in the old political organizations. But that's just what he's said to me and Mars. He helps head some kind of student organization. He says it's for freedom of speech, and he has special access to news through sources. I don't know about all of that."
Nadir looks over, and noticably Mars and June have started making out, as have the short cut stallion and the mare, while Lense talks to the yellow mare and Star Cut.
She smiles, and it's a smile that is almost accompanied by a laugh, as her lips move back and up, and show her teeth and fangs. But then her smile is removed, to a more neutral or even displeased expression.
"Yeah, he says a lot of things. Like, a lot of things. He claims that he was involved in the September rising somehow. Like, he carried a rifle, and helped build a barricade, or something. And then he bravely hid and buried the guns. Something about helping hide ponies, anyways, he claims to know ponies in the old political organizations. But that's just what he's said to me and Mars. He helps head some kind of student organization. He says it's for freedom of speech, and he has special access to news through sources. I don't know about all of that."
Nadir looks over, and noticably Mars and June have started making out, as have the short cut stallion and the mare, while Lense talks to the yellow mare and Star Cut.
>>149854
Basically, Iron just needs a big saddle bag, as does Cauldron. Cauldron is trying to hide the firearms in a bag, then in a sleeping bag, and spends a while trying to make the long items look as inconspicuous as possible.
Basically, Iron just needs a big saddle bag, as does Cauldron. Cauldron is trying to hide the firearms in a bag, then in a sleeping bag, and spends a while trying to make the long items look as inconspicuous as possible.
>>149857
“Did I say something wrong?”
“Wow that’s so cool, June sounds like an amazing creature it’s so cool. Helping hide creatures from the fascists is the best thing you could do.”
“Did I say something wrong?”
“Wow that’s so cool, June sounds like an amazing creature it’s so cool. Helping hide creatures from the fascists is the best thing you could do.”
>>149859
"It's just-" Her right ear twitches, turns, and then flops down, as her eyes momentarily look away. Then she looks back to Solar Night and stares for a few seconds.
"Yeah, he is pretty amazing I guess. He's really nice, and really charming. I can see why Mars likes him."
Mars is showing how much he likes him over closer to the kitchen, and the short hallway that leads past the kitchen to the front door. The display of affection would be obnoxious in a different setting, and the couple is not alone, joined by the seemingly new couple of the short cut stallion and the mare Solar Night has not spoken to.
"It's just-" Her right ear twitches, turns, and then flops down, as her eyes momentarily look away. Then she looks back to Solar Night and stares for a few seconds.
"Yeah, he is pretty amazing I guess. He's really nice, and really charming. I can see why Mars likes him."
Mars is showing how much he likes him over closer to the kitchen, and the short hallway that leads past the kitchen to the front door. The display of affection would be obnoxious in a different setting, and the couple is not alone, joined by the seemingly new couple of the short cut stallion and the mare Solar Night has not spoken to.
>>149795
"Well, you and I could go to meeting and meet up with other ponies, and discuss these sudden changes."
"Well, you and I could go to meeting and meet up with other ponies, and discuss these sudden changes."
>>149854
A shovel, a rifle, a set of blankets, a rifle, a set of leather belts... another rifle? Iron gets a set, and Cauldron gets the remainder, like medical supplies and the machete
A shovel, a rifle, a set of blankets, a rifle, a set of leather belts... another rifle? Iron gets a set, and Cauldron gets the remainder, like medical supplies and the machete
>>149865
Exactly why Iron is carrying so many overly long rolled up rugs, and so much leather and ropes, few can tell. But it's time for the ponies to go to the train station
Exactly why Iron is carrying so many overly long rolled up rugs, and so much leather and ropes, few can tell. But it's time for the ponies to go to the train station
>>149866
Iron was wholly prepared for this little adventure, standing proud with all the stuff he was carrying while awaiting Cauldron and Sands to be ready as well.
Iron was wholly prepared for this little adventure, standing proud with all the stuff he was carrying while awaiting Cauldron and Sands to be ready as well.
>>149868
Iron quickly follows along with Cauldron's pace, making sure the equipment on his back didn't try to slide off or spill just in case.
Iron quickly follows along with Cauldron's pace, making sure the equipment on his back didn't try to slide off or spill just in case.
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>>149872
Black Cauldron hails and gets in a taxi, telling the driver not to mind the sleeping bag, what is totes a folding chair, blanket and bulging saddlebags and shovels, and asks for a short trip to a specific bar, and then the train station
>>149900
She stares at Spark for a moment, blinking, and then saying
"Okay, I'll do that. If you will, I mean...
>>149861
"Sure. Yeah. We could do that..." He is laying down on the couch, with his ears starting to fold down, and looking very much afraid.
Black Cauldron hails and gets in a taxi, telling the driver not to mind the sleeping bag, what is totes a folding chair, blanket and bulging saddlebags and shovels, and asks for a short trip to a specific bar, and then the train station
>>149900
She stares at Spark for a moment, blinking, and then saying
"Okay, I'll do that. If you will, I mean...
>>149861
"Sure. Yeah. We could do that..." He is laying down on the couch, with his ears starting to fold down, and looking very much afraid.
>>149904
"Once we are all set to return, we will be moving out of the city, which should make it easier to avoid trouble and locate a way back to your friends."
"Once we are all set to return, we will be moving out of the city, which should make it easier to avoid trouble and locate a way back to your friends."
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