Dark Star fights against CRT in the school system continues along his path to ensure a future for his and his race's children. Iron conducts a salvage operation finds and recovers hidden treasure. Amber is learning how to exploit simps establishes relationships in her new town. Spark harbors multiple terrorist continues helping Wellspring and the wolf tribe. Silver acts as a step father for unwanted foals gives back to the community at the orphanage. All of this and more
>>154199Silver smiles at him.
"Be sure to rest and relax, then. Great War is over, you deserve it."
>>154230"Well, it uh, it hasn't... really been that easy, really."
>>154231Silver tilts his head at the veteran.
>>154232“Glad to see you’re handling it so well”
He says
>>154233"I will admit, I have had many, many years to learn how to handle things like this. Having friends and loved ones helps."
>>154234“Yeah….” He sort of trails off
>>154236“It’s not been that stable… Not every one came back. Many have moved, especially after the revolt last fall. And those who never went, don’t understand…”
>>154239"Well, it is never too late to start."
Silver extends a forehoof across the table in an offer of a hoofshake.
>>154241He looks at the hoof, and smiles. He shakes his hoof.
Frizzle’s shake is at once encompassing yet weak, and he moves his foreleg rather far up and down. He doesn’t last long in the shake before breaking it to put his hoof down, and shift weight to that leg.
>>154244"It is good to see you too, Frizzle."
>>154245He nods, and starts to move away.
>>154246Silver turns to White Orchid.
"Well, that was nice. Not every day I get to meet another veteran, much less one I knew during War."
>>154247“Who was he, exactly?” He asks
>>154248"He was soldier I trained during War, one of many."
>>154249He tilts his head
“You fought in the war… and you trained soldiers?”
>>154250Silver nods his head.
"I was Sargent in Equestrian Army."
>>154251He brightens up, and his blue eyes widen. He sits there looking at silver for several moments, before saying
“My father was in the army. He was a, uh… I don’t think he was a sergeant.”
>>154252Silver smiles at the colt.
"All Equestrian soldiers are great, no matter their rank."
>>154253He only nods, looking at awe at Silver. Then,
“I didn’t know you were a sergeant.”
>>154255"There are many things you do not know about me yet, little one."
He takes another bite of his burger.
"Maybe as we spend more time together you will learn, yes?"
>>154256“Yeah!” He says enthusiastically. His burger, half eaten, is now neglected as he continues to watch Silver.
“Uh, what else will you tell me?”
>>154257"Well, I have been across much of Equestria, from Redheart to Ponyville, Vale to Manehattan. This is first time I have been in Baltimare, however."
I can play a bit if you want; if you want to schedule a different time for my part, that's fine too.
>>154259wave wave waveAmber was last seen staring into, well, the sunset, from a seaside restaurant on the peninsula.
>>154261Kek
He replies
“Don’t know. Haven’t asked everypony.” He smiles for a moment as if that were funny,
“I went here on a family visit once, six years ago. I remembered it.”
>>154262Something seems to click.
"It must be significant to you then. I hadn't realized that, but thank you." Amber smiles gently at him.
>>154263He smiles back, albeit a little labored.
“It was. We came down here as a little trip while my dad was doing something in the city. I think it had something to do with the Union. And we had a picnic. My father joined later. I remember the wind was kind of cold and my little sister wanted a candy, but we didn’t have any and that annoyed my mom. My dad mentioned the thing about the Pirates while he was talking to my my brother. I thought it was neat.”
>>154264"Quite a leisurely trip then, and a good place for it." She reaches across the table to touch his foreleg.
"Thank you for taking me here."
>>154265He blushes, and his ears go down. He doesn’t move his forelegs, but sits there with a smile that seems almost embarrassed, but at least is genuine.
“Thank you… I… wanted to create new memories.”
The waitress comes with the drinks. Hot chocolate for Amber
>>154266"I can tell you, the first memories I'll have of Baltimare will be very nice. A bit of a rocky start, but I feel almost at home now." She thanks the waitress and takes a sip of the delicious hot beverage.
>>154267“Oh I’ll remember your first two nights as a hostess” he says. “I’ll remember them for a
very long time.”
He pauses for a moment.
“But the only thing rocky about today is the cliffs.”
>>154267>>154268He adds:
“Uh… what are you getting?”
He looks down at the menu
>>154268"I suppose they're memorable…" though she thinks to herself,
What did he mean by this?"Clam chowder sounds appealin'."
>>154270“Chowder sounds nice” he says. “I
think I’ll go with that too.”
>>154272“Well, not with clam, but creamy chowder, yes.”
>>154274“Pies are good. I like pies” he adds
Also, I can't recommend enough reading Mine Were of Trouble by Peter Kemp. Not only is it a detailed and engaging account of the Spanish Civil War from the Nationalist side, but it shows a window of life in that tumultuous time and is well-written.
>>154276“Your mom would make peach cobbler?!” He sounds kind of surprised.
“The best we got was apple pie. There was a friend though who had tangerine trees. I loved to pick those, and eat them.”
>>154277Neat! I’ve read the fictional “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” and Orwell’s “Homage to Catalonia,” but nothing on the Nationalist side.
>>154280Sadly yes, most sources are from the “”””””Republican”””””” side“Yeah….” He pauses for more than a moment
“I miss strawberries”
>>154281Was babysitting, am back"When the season was right we would go out and pick wild strawberries. They are very tasty but I haven't seen any around here." She sips more of the hot chocolate.
>>154282I was helping give a mock interview to my friend’s cousin“Strawberries grow wild?!?!?””