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
>>154586Amber is brushing her hair lengthwise, straightening it out and tugging through knots. It's rather basic but does improve her appearance significantly.
Mostly satisfied with her tail, she smiles and turns to her left, now starting to brush through Mustard's mane.
>>154587He smiles, evidently pleased by this
>>154588She hums "Greensleeves" while doing her work. He may or may not be familiar with the feeling of bristles pressing gently against his scalp and pulling through his hair, but despite not being completely comfortable it is calming.
>>154589He makes a small “ow” but doesn’t really pull away. His ear twitches, flapping up and down. He is completely on his belly, with his tail wrapped up to his side.
>>154590Amber is leaning toward her side, practically resting on her elbow. Though he's not touching he does get a front-row seat to view her cutie mark, a tranquil blue horizon with a red-orange music note setting behind it.
It's not long before Mustard's mane isn't a
complete mess. She hops off the bed to throw away loose hairs in the brush, then sits on the floor in front of him. She gingerly puts her brush–and hoof–against the top of his dock and pulls it along his tail.
>>154591“Hehe” he giggles. He takes his forehooves out from underneath himself, stretches them out forward, and digs his hooves into the bed. He cooperates behind, moving his tail to where Amber can access it better.
His tail is cut short, like most colt’s tails are, and is long and straight. It’s still wet.
>>154592"I guess we think similarly stylin' ourselves," she says, smiling. It's not long before she's finished. She turns away again to discard a few wet hairs that stuck to the brush, then returns to very gently brush his muzzle, practically passing over the hairs. Once she's finished, she'll brush his neck.
>>154593He scrunches and closes his eyes, but then smiles at the silly act. He exposes his neck for her.
>>154594Amber smooths out the hair on his neck with the brush, using her other hoof to hold up his mane. She's a little rougher than with his muzzle, but the motions down his neck are still gentle. Once finished, she does the same, but again a little rougher, down his withers to his elbow, as well as his breast.
>>154595He turns slightly to her, to give her more access to his withers and shoulder
And on she goes, brushing his yellow hair down his back and loins (lower back), as well as down his flank. She continues to his croup, brushing down his rump to the gaskin and steadily moving back towards his tail.
>>154597“Hehehe” he smiles, and just lets her brush him.
Soon, he’ll be a pretty little pony
>>154598Not exactly a show-pony, but he looks better than he did when he left during the day.
"Does your belly need to be brushed?" she asks.
>>154599“Uh…” he looks a little embarrassed
>>154600She shrugs.
"It's fine. Now it's my turn." She turns around to get rid of loose coat hairs from the brush, then hops onto the bed and hands it to him with a grin.
>>154601He frowns.
He takes the brush, and starts brushing down Amber’s neck and back. Some of the brushes are on her mane, some are focused on her coat.
>>154602Even if he's not the best at it, there's nothing quite like having someone close to you give a nice brushing.
"Try to keep the whole brush on just my coat," she says.
>>154603“Okay.” He says. He starts brushing her fur on her back, her shoulder, her flank, and her upper belly.
>>154604Amber is smiling and has her eyes closed.
"Have you had much practice?" Once he brushes her chest, she lowers herself to lie on her belly, her front legs bent inward at the knee and her hind legs facing forward.
>>154605He brushes her more, more, and more.
“I’ve had to help my older sister a few times.” He says
>>154606"What's she like? Is she nice?" she inquires. Her eyes are closed and she looks utterly relaxed. Her coat is a little longer in length than his, and he may have to clean the brush a couple of times. Also, the bed is designed only for one pony so maneuvering around her to be thorough may be a mild inconvenience.
>>154607“She’s… a little more adjusted to city life than I am. She’s social.”
brushy brushy brushy
>>154608"Huh, she sounds perfect to take us around to places. Do you think she would like that?" Her tail flops around gently in contentment.
>>154609“Uh… I don’t know. I’ve never tried it.”
>>154611“Well, fairly often. She’s a year older than me but she’s not married. She’s still living at home. She has a job though as an operator somewhere. Like a telephone operator.”
>>154613“No. Not really.” He answers
>>154614"What does she like instead?" She keeps track of how he's brushing her.
>>154615Long strokes, sometimes a bit hard.
“Well, she’ll go out with friends to movies and such.”
>>154617He pauses his brushing for a moment, before readjusting after being informed that he’s doing it wrong.
“Uh… yes?” He has an embarrassed smile
>>154618"That's a similar interest," she remarks with a smirk.
>>154619“Well…” he lowers his ears
“I’ll keep that in mind.”
He does a few short brush strokes on her left foreleg.
>>154620Amber sticks out her hoof for him. Her short foreleg has relatively solid muscles on it, though they are well-hidden by her winter coat. The hairs on her pastern are fairly long and may need trimming soon.
>>154621brush brush brushHe keeps brushing the hair on her legs
>>154622She smiles in contentment, keeping her legs splayed.
"You're doin' a fine job."
>>154623He gives a small, warm smile. That may seem minor, but his disposition in general has been much cooler since arriving in Amber’s apartment, and the last such smile was while Amber was brushing him.
“Well thank you.”
brush brush“I like your coat”
>>154625“Heh heh.” He smiles, and moves to her other leg, holding up her hoof.
>>154626We're entering NC-17 territory hereShe smiles at this small but romantic gesture. Her hooves are quite rough though, having been treading unshod over pavement and trails.
>>154627He moves away from the sensitive areas. She needs a trimmer, and he can’t really do much about that right now. He holds up her leg and brushes the hair.
>>154628She flips over onto her side, keeping her leg in the same place.
"I hope you're enjoying this," she says.
>>154629He holds her leg up, and brushes. Then, he pulls her leg far up… and starts to brush under her leg, and her chest.
>>154630Amber is on her side facing him, and makes no objection to this, but idly watches what he's doing. She seems to be thinking about something.
>>154631"What a pretty pony you are" he says.
He gets on the bed, or attempts to, and starts brushing her side
>>154632She blushes at the compliment.
"Awww…" She scoots over against the wall to make room for him.
>>154633He brushes more of her fur
“What are you primping for?”
>>154634She giggles.
"You're the one primping me. But come what may, it's nice to be clean and not have your hair be all askew." She rests her head down in satisfaction.
>>154635He makes one final long, stroking brush down her back, and then places the brush aside, and lays down besides her. It doesn’t matter if there is not room for two ponies abreast. He makes it work.