Dark Star starts has embarked in a new venture - infiltrating cells of leftwing radicals at a local university.
>>149156"He didn't leave a note for how long he was going to be gone for? That's a bit rude of him."
>>149157“She said she was helping someone else. So….”
>>149158"Well, I got nothing better to do today than wait here for her."
>>149159“That’s alright” he says, awkwardly
>>149161"Well, since we are both stuck here, why don't we find a way to pass the time? What brings you out to the park to wait for the leasing office?"
>>149162“My, my sister is moving in.”
>>149163"I mean, of all the places to wait around in, what brings you to the park?"
>>149164"Just, you know, walking around." He answers "Get some fresh air."
>>149166"Yeah. It is good to get some air now and again."
>>149175"Yeah, it is. I'll... I better go check and see if she came back yet." He turns to walk down the park pathway, down basically the way Spark came.
>>149180He goes down the path, then turns left, then crosses the street, then goes down another block towards more housing.
>>149181Spark continues from a distance.
>>149182He continues, and then cuts right past a set of buildings into an apartment complex
>>149183Spark snoops around the apartment.
>>149184Spark sees that it's a corridor that goes between two apartment buildings, and cuts to a walkway that runs between apartment buildings on either side, and allows access to the small patios and backs of these buildings
>>149185Spark continues to spy on the stallion.
>>149186He takes off running to the left
>>149187Spark peeks around the left corner.
>>149188Hello!
Dark Star has asked Lunar Nadir "What is it like attending the university?"
Nadir looks down, and mumbles something inaudible through her teeth.
>>149189He runs some ways down, until this sidewalk meets a street
>>149190"What was that? I Couldnt quite hear you."
>>149191"I...
don't attend the university" she essentially whispers
>>149192He turns left, and Spark loses line of sight when he moves past an apartment building
>>149193He whispers back
"Really? I'm Sorry i was under the impression you did. My apologies."
>>149193Spark thinks this might be a trap and retraces his steps.
>>149194"I'm... friends with Mars Loaf, who does go here" She has an awkward, toothy smile. Notably she has fangs.
"But... I don't go to university..." Her ears fall, as her lips are pulled all the way back.
>>149195Spark goes back, then back on the other path, and onto the street.
>>149196Dark Star(Solar Night) Looks a little disappointed in himself for not realizing earlier.
He Smiles Back at her
"No worries, Maybe i could help you get in?"
>>149197"You... could?" She takes in a breath
"How?!"
>>149199"But.... I didn't really... do well enough in secondary school. With mom working and all, and the siege... And I don't know if I have enough money to pay for it, really. It's... kind of expensive."
>>149200He looks her in the eye and says
"Well,Its on me. Id be willing to help anyway i can."
>>149201A smile grows across her face, and she nearly yells the net part
"Are you serious?"
>>149202"Of Course. We're Friends."
>>149204"Thank you!"
It is fortunate for Dark Star that he was sitting only perhaps three feet from Nadir. Fortunate, because it gives Nadir very little space to gain momentum for what she does next. She spreads her forehooves, jumps up, and whomps Dark Star.
Whomp
>>149206Dark Star is pounced on and hugged
>>149207Dark Star Laughs
"You're welcome. Its no trouble."
>>149209She still has her forelegs wrapped around Dark Star, and her wings are partially spread. She raises her head to look up at Dark Star, though
"How though? Do you have a relative who works there or something?"
>>149210"Yea something like that."
He chuckles
>>149211Dark Star is very possible slowly having the life squeezed out of him, unable to move his forelegs. Her grip remains tight. Her chest, neck, and forelegs press into him, and he can feel short, course fur.
"I always wanted to go. June is a legacy student. His father went here. Mars is real smart. I didn't think I could go here." She pulls away just enough to look Dark Star in the eye
"Did you go here last semester or did you just start?"
>>149212"Well im not enrolled yet. but i will be soon."
>>149213"But you can get me too? Are you sure?"
She asks yet again, still in disbelief
>>149214"Yea i am sure about it ms.nadir. Anything for a friend."
>>149215"If you do... That will be the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me. Except maybe for my mother."
>>149216He feels his heart "Smile" when she says that.
"Well you,know. id like to think anypony would do the same."
>>149220"No one has" she says, now burying her head on his shoulder.
>>149221He Pats her on the back
"Well,thats wrong. Helping Friends id the best thing somepony could do."
>>149222A wing unfolds, and moves to wrap around Dark Star, although the wing keeps its distance, ultimately.
She asks a series of excited questions in quick succession, not necessarily waiting for Solar Night to answer before asking the next one:
"You are starting? What are you studying? Were you kept out of the first semester by the peace, and the siege, and all that? Did you say you could get my tuition paid for, or waived, or something?"