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Occupied Equestria - Back to the Forest
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.151000
151002
Virgin Flame arrives in Baltimare and makes her aqua intense with the staff of a Cathedral there. Spark goes back to Blackwood, helping a rebel and several wolves. Iron takes a train off to the mountains where there is said to be treasure. Silver is pleasantly surprised to wake up to the world-not-ending. Dark Star goes home for the night, disturbed by the forces corrupting the youth, and left to contemplate his role in stopping it.
1887 replies and 32 files omitted.
Anonymous
b2fe224
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No.152971
152973
>>152970
Iron didn't mind taking things slow and careful, making sure to keep up with Sands leading the way currently.
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.152973
152977
>>152971
The trio continue their way across logs, past unhealthy trees, and past medium sized animals - goats? Alpacas? Hard to say without taking the time to look at each one - that graze just a little further up the hillside on each side of the river, but do not come down to drink from it. On the opposite side of the bank, the river splits off southward, and Iron and company must turn around the bend onto a tributary that mergers at the fork. This new river is a big wider, with more flow than the last, and the banks are taller and wider apart with steep slopes up hill sides. They walk through another black rivulet that joins with the river, though this one is mercifully shallower and more full of stones than the last, although it is much wider. The group comes to a particularly wide section with exposed mud and a shallower slope, in view of a large, iron truss bridge.

Black Cauldron speaks after her long silence.
"I think it might be here. Or very near here."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
d23ebde
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No.152974
152975
>>152942
"Hello? Sister Marery?"
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.152975
152976
>>152974
She turns
"Yes? Oh. Fancy to see you here again. What was your name? 'Silver'?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
d23ebde
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No.152976
152978
>>152975
Silver nods.

"Yes, Silver Sword. I was hoping you could tell me what it takes to adopt, or become foster parent."
Anonymous
b2fe224
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No.152977
152978
>>152973
Iron looks left to right, wondering where she might be pointing at exactly on where to go. He was expecting it to be inside a cave, and this place didn't really look like one.
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.152978
152980 153001
>>152976
“Adoption? Well, that’s under the law of the autonomous zone now. I don’t quite have the requirements memorized. Generally there must be a married couple with no prior felonies. The orphanage tries to prioritize practicing members of the church, though I don’t think the autonomous zone allows us to make that a condition. As for being a foster parent, that may be easier, because it isn’t subject to the same laws.”

>>152977
This is very nearly the opposite of a cave, out in the open, in the middle of a river and its wide, sandy bank.
Anonymous
b2fe224
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No.152980
152981
>>152978
"So where exactly is the thing?" Iron whispers out loud to Cauldron, unsure where to start looking.
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.152981
152982
>>152980
“In the mud. By the river. Or in the river.” She answers
Anonymous
b2fe224
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No.152982
152983
>>152981
Iron nods, now understanding why they were here. Without further doubts, he soon starts scanning the places Cauldron highlighted as possible spots for the package to be in.
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.152983
152984
>>152982
Roll spot
Anonymous
b2fe224
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No.152984
152985 152986
>>152983
[1d20+2 = (7+2) = 9]<Spot
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.152985
152986
>>152984
Not quite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3iFJpGJiug

[1d20+1 = (20+1) = 21]

[1d20 = 19]
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.152986
152987
>>152985
>>152984
Iron doesn't have much luck in his little section of the river, but Black Cauldron moves to a section just a little further down, closer to the bridge. There, an angular piece of rotted wood sticks out of rows of mud, exposed in the low water levels of the river. And below this, sticks up an exposed portion of rusted iron. White Sands sees this too, and she rushes out closer to inspect it.
Anonymous
b2fe224
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No.152987
152988
>>152986
Iron, noticing the other two grouping up, promptly trots towards where the two mares were looking.
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.152988
152989
>>152987
The mud is not completely exposed. Rather, portions of it are an inch or two submerged beneath the river water, while portions stick out. White Sands more so that Black Cauldron tries to get near it.

White Sands:
"So... What is it?"

Black Cauldron:
"Large iron containers, each filled with about 76 pounds of metallic mercury. They were on a cart on the edge of the cliff, up there. But they fell, or rather I think the ground beneath the cart fell into the river, and they were lost for almost a century. A year or so ago, heavy rains washed away much of the soil, and you can see them now while the river is low. And that is what we are here for; these flasks."
Anonymous
b2fe224
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No.152989
152990
>>152988
Iron does not try to eagerly get his hooves on it, remembering the harness that had been placed on it precisely because it was going to come into use but doesn't quite understand how it would work, so he simply allows Cauldron to explain how they should take out the packages out.
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.152990
152991
>>152989
Black Cauldron stares at it for a minute longer:
"It looks like they are still buried in mud."
Anonymous
b2fe224
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No.152991
152992
>>152990
With that observation, Iron soon leans into the mud, grabs the containers with his mouth and carefully tries to pull him out.
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.152992
152993
>>152991
Either Iron's teeth will break off like so many corn kernels off of a cob, or the rusted outer layers of the flask will peel off into Iron's mouth in a similar way, but with certainty, the ~37 kilogram flask will not so easily be pulled out of the suction of the mud.
Anonymous
b2fe224
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No.152993
152994
>>152992
Iron exhaled softly, mouth still holding the thing but not attempting to pull it. "Sthuck," he mumbles, somewhat frustrated.
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.152994
152995
>>152993
Black Cauldron opens Iron's own bag, and pulls out a relatively small shovel.

"Dig around it, then use both hooves to pull it out. Or place a rope or something under the bottom and pull it out. There are more under the mud."
Anonymous
b2fe224
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No.152995
152996
>>152994
Letting go of the container, Iron soon takes the shovel, looks at it for a few seconds before ultimately sinking the pointy end near the most visible container to start his digging progress.
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.152996
152997
>>152995
Hmmm... roll strength for total effect
Anonymous
b2fe224
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No.152997
152998
>>152996
[1d20+5 = (12+5) = 17]<Dig Dig
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.152998
153000
>>152997
Iron successfully excavates around the one Iron flask. But what is more, he's found another two, and what looks like a third in a grouping. He's also found ruined wood, rocks, and discoloration in the mud.
Anonymous
b2fe224
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No.153000
153002
>>152998
Iron takes one look at the time of day before looking at Cauldron. "How long should we stay here?"
Hopefully Sands or Cauldron are already starting to place the container he dug out on him or in a safe, unsinkable place.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
212df33
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No.153001
153002
>>152978
"Hmm, marriage. Alright. Say you started fostering foal, and then got married at later date. Could you then adopt foal you were fostering?"
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.153002
153003 153005
>>153000
*screams internally*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5BSyFjKGkg

It's mid afternoon.

Black Cauldron:
"We need to leave quickly."

White Sands:
"As long as it takes."

The flasks, which weigh a little bit more than eighty pounds, are located in thick mud where there isn't really a firm location to stand. The mares are unable or unwilling to pick the flasks up themselves.

>>153001
"Well.... perhaps?"
Anonymous
b2fe224
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No.153003
153004
>>153002
With a shrug, Iron places one of the flasks himself with his mouth while glancing at Sands to use her telekinesis to safely secure it on him before continuing to dig out the rest.
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.153004
153007
>>153003
And again, the item resists being removed so easily. It's not the heaviest of all possible items, but it does weigh the same as a bag of cement, or two thirds of White Sands' body weight, or eleven rifles. Neither Iron's mouth nor White Sand's magic will free it from its century-long tomb of silt and clay.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
212df33
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No.153005
153006
>>153002
He smiles.

"I am interested, but I need bit of time before I can do so. Need to set up room for foal and all of that."
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.153006
153008
>>153005
"Hmmm..." She closes her lips together. "Well that's lovely that you want to help."
Anonymous
b2fe224
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No.153007
153009
>>153004
Scrunching lightly, Iron opts to instead pick it up with his hooves and with the aid of Sands' telekinesis guide it to its proper place.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
212df33
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No.153008
153009
>>153006
Silver continues to smile for a bit, before a more somber expression takes hold.

"I am not sure it is my place to ask, but...what happened to cause White Orchid and Mint Marine to be where they were, in that horrible 'business'?"
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.153009
153010 153011
>>153007
Sands is only able to do so much. Iron can pull it up with both forehooves, but doing so causes him to not be able to walk normally. And any effort at lifting places more weight on his hooves, which sink into the mud. It isn't quite quicksand, but it's certainly not solid ground, and every bit of force and weight causes each hoof to sink deeper.

>>153008
She blinks
"What... do you mean?"
Anonymous
b2fe224
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No.153010
153012
>>153009
Iron's snout scrunches further before glancing at Cauldron. "How fragile is this thing?" he questions, all too eager to chuck it off the mud.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
212df33
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No.153011
153012
>>153009
"How did they get taken and then sold to that monster, Comte?"
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.153012
153013 153015
>>153010
"I don't know. It's made of iron and it's already survived a landslide. But's it's been rusting and corroding away for a century, so it's much weaker than before. The quicksilver itself is liquid. It's extremely poisonous, it will dissolve many metals, and it is very expensive. We don't really have an alternative way of carrying it."

>>153011
"Well..." she looks away. "The crime syndicate. They came and took them."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
212df33
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No.153013
153014
>>153012
"Why did crime syndicate target orphange?"
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.153014
153016
>>153013
"Because we borrowed money, and we couldn't pay it back..."
Anonymous
b2fe224
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No.153015
153018
>>153012
Iron frowns softly before an idea pops in his head, pulling out the trusty rope and showing it to the telekinetic pony in the group. "Take this end of the rope and tie it into a really sturdy tree," he requests "and then I will use it to climb out with one of the flasks and can probably go back in to dig a little more."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.153016
153018
>>153014
Silver's eyes widen.

"Were there government budget cuts?"
Anonymous
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No.153018
153019 153020
>>153015
White Sands has gotten herself dirtier than Iron may have imagined, standing there knee deep in mud. She takes the rope, and tries to walk back to the shoreline, eventually coming to Cauldron, who looks around for something to tie it to. Fortunately, she seems to have expected something like this to occur, so she has a stake which, when combined with the uprooted trunk of a dead tree, eventually provides a stable base for the rope.

>>153016
“The government doesn’t run the orphanage. The church does. And there’s been all sorts of new expenses, with the new war orphans, the blockade, and getting cut off from Canterlot.”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
212df33
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No.153019
153021
>>153018
"They really should provide funds. I am sorry to hear that. I can not believe any gang would be so absolutely despicable as to do anything like that. You would have to have no morals in slightest."
Anonymous
b2fe224
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No.153020
>>153018
Alright, that's enough out of me.
Iron Iron Iron Iron
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.153021
153022
>>153019
Sister Marery replies to Silver’s first remark first.

No. The government should stay out of it.

Then she says,
“Yes, it’s truly terrible what some ponies will do to others who are down on their luck. But that’s what happens when ponies prioritize money over harmony.”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
212df33
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No.153022
153023
>>153021
"Do you know whose gang it was?"
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.153023
153024
>>153022
“Yes. ‘The Waterfront Gang’.”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
212df33
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No.153024
153025
>>153023
"I figured, they are biggest gang in Baltimare, but which boss from Waterfront Gang did you borrow from?"
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.153025
153026
>>153024
“Well…” she looks away

Then she looks back to Silver
“I think… well… the lower level was a pony named Street Wise, but I don’t think it was him in charge. I think it was a pony named Bargain Strength.”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
212df33
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No.153026
153027
>>153025
"Hmm..."

Silver files that information away for later.

"I wonder if other crews within Waterfront Gang know about what they did. They are rather well compartmentalized, to avoid one double-agent from compromising entire gang."
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.153027
153028
>>153026
She shakes her head
“I don’t… I don’t know. I would rather it remain a secret, and they don’t know that I told you that.”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
212df33
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No.153028
153031
>>153027
"Hmm. Alright then."

Silver looks around him at the garden.

"On different subject, can you tell me about garden?"
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.153031
153033
>>153028
She looks down at the flower bushes. Bare of flowers and largely naked in the winter, they appear as messes of thorns.

"In my spare time, I like to tend to flowers. Keep them trimmed, and keep the weeds out."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
212df33
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No.153033
153035
>>153031
"There is kirin mare I am living with who is trying to start her own garden at our house. Any tips I could pass on to her?"
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.153035
153036
>>153033
She raises an eyebrow.
“‘Living with’? Is this Ash?”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
212df33
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No.153036
153046
>>153035
Silver shakes his head.

"No, she is recent immigrant from Ngua Nam named Khoi Lua."
Anonymous
3046ecd
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No.153042
Spark has been gone a while, but hopefully I can catch up on everything I have to do soon and get back to playing.
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.153046
153047
>>153036
She nods.

“Oh, okay. So… what did you want to know?”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
212df33
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No.153047
153048
>>153046
"Well, I suppose first is how we can get started. I also have question about Earth Pony Magic, if it is possible for pony with Earth Pony as parent to have it."
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.153048
153049
>>153047
“If they are an earth pony, then yes, they should have it. As for how to get started on gardening, well, there’s almost too much to say. I would say you need to start with figuring out what it is you want to garden, and why you are gardening. After that, figure out where you are going to build your garden.”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
212df33
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No.153049
153050
>>153048
"So...would it be possible for me to have Earth Pony magic?"
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.153050
153053
>>153049
She smiles
“Every pony has their own magic.”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
212df33
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No.153053
153054
>>153050
Silver smiles, evidently happy with that answer, and returns to the topic at hoof.

"I believe she wants spice and vegetable garden. She wants to plant some spices especially that come from her homeland. We live in coastal area so we built raised garden walls and are planning on filling it with more fertile soil than what is there in yard."
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.153054
153055
>>153053
“Using a raised bed with transferred soil means you can make it just right, but be careful if what you use. Not too much manure, not too much clay or sand. Make sure the soil is neither too acidic nor too basic. And know what the plants you are planting need. Do they really grow in the climate of Baltimare? Do they need more water than what the rain provides? And what is the drainage like in your raider beds? What does it need to be? The answers can be different for different plants, so be careful of raising them in the same beds.”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
212df33
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No.153055
153056
>>153054
"Hmm...there is lot to consider. When you learned how to garden, did you have any books to guide you?"
Anonymous
aff7182
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No.153056
153057
>>153055
“Yes, there are books. I’m not sure I have any for those kinds of plants, however.”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
212df33
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No.153057
153058
>>153056
"Did you use any?"
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.153058
153059
>>153057
“Yes, of course.”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
212df33
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No.153059
153090
>>153058
"Any you can recommend?"
Shimmering Spark
3046ecd
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No.153070
I am going to be tied up most of this week and the next, but maybe I can figure out how to get something done this weekend.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
212df33
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No.153077
Everyone in this thread is a cute pony
Shimmering Spark
3046ecd
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No.153079
153080 153084
I might just be able to make it tomorrow
Amber Sunset
672ebd7
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No.153080
>>153079
Same
Shimmering Spark
3046ecd
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No.153084
153085
>>153079
Well, that didn’t work out. This weekend is going to be a bit less busy though.
Anonymous
9cdeb1e
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No.153085
153088 153089 153090
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>>153084
I'm not a participant, but I enjoy this thread.
Come back soon poners.
Shimmering Spark
3046ecd
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No.153088
>>153085
Glad to hear you enjoy it. Life has been getting in the way, but we are still around.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
c16eb05
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No.153089
>>153085
I enjoy (You).
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.153090
153091
>>153059
“Well… there’s the ‘Encycolpedia of Gardening,’ by Tea Sander. Or ‘A History of Gardening in Equestria’ by Alice Amber. I like ‘A Book About Roses’,that’s it’s name, by Reynard Hole. I suppose if will depend on what sort of gardening you want to do, exactly. I like flowers, Roses in particular.”

>>153085
Yay! A spectator!
Silver "The Floof" Sword
c16eb05
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No.153091
153092
>>153090
"I suppose that is why you are here in flower garden as opposed to vegetable garden?"
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.153092
153093
>>153091
“Well, yes. It’s a hobby of mine, really. Sister Leather Sickle knows more about Horticulture generally.”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
c16eb05
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No.153093
153094
>>153092
"Huh. I did not know Sisters had hobbies."
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.153094
153095
>>153093
“We don’t have a lot of free time, really.” She cuts a bush with pruning shears. “But what time we do have, we focus productively.”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
c16eb05
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No.153095
153096
>>153094
Silver looks inquisitively at what she's doing as he asks his next question.

"I imagine...how did you and other Sisters here get into this line of...work, I suppose? Was it calling?"
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.153096
153097
>>153095
“I don’t know if I’d go so far as to say it is the meaning of my cutie mark, but, we’ll, yes. You could say it is a calling. I couldn’t imagine myself doing anything else.”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
c16eb05
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No.153097
153098
>>153096
"It must be exhausting work, especially after War."
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.153098
153099
>>153097
“Yes…. Yes it is…”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
c16eb05
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No.153099
153100
>>153098
"There is not anything I could do, is there?"
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.153100
153101
>>153099
“You’ve done so much already. We really can’t express enough how grateful we are.”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
c16eb05
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No.153101
153102
>>153100
"Well, alright."

He smiles at Sister Marery.

"Thank you for all of your help. I need to check on my friend and make sure he is doing okay."
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.153102
153103
>>153101
She looks up towards him.
“Very well. Nice to see you today.”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
c16eb05
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No.153103
153111
>>153102
"As it was wonderful seeing you."

He bows to the nun, and returns to the orphanage building. Not knowing where Mala and Mint Marine are, he looks where Mint came from originally.
Shimmering Spark
Anonymous
3046ecd
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No.153110
153111
Perhaps I can make it tomorrow.
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.153111
153112
>>153103
Best guess - back to the room

>>153110
Yay!
Silver "The Floof" Sword
c16eb05
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No.153112
153113
>>153111
Then that is where Silver goes.
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.153113
153114
>>153112
A rust brown colt sits outside of the room. Looking into the room - a larger room with multiple beds and a pile of objects on the floor by a bed - is Mint Marine standing with a book opened and propped up on the bed by magic, and Mala sitting in a somewhat awkward looking way, hunched over and looking at the book.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
c16eb05
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No.153114
153115
>>153113
Silver looks at the rust-brown colt.

"Is something wrong, little one?"
Anonymous
c77989a
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No.153115
153116
>>153114
The colt sits down, just out of line of sight from the bed at the end of the dorm hall, though he leans over to look in. His hindquarters are on the floor, and his hooves in front of him. His ears are down.

He raises his hoof, and points inside.
“That”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
c16eb05
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No.153116
153117
>>153115
Silver looks over at Mint and Mala enjoying each other's company, and smiles warmly. He looks over at the colt again.

"What is so wrong with that?"