>>154998 →Mala says,
"Um, hi"
There's something unintuitive about speaking to Mala. Between his dog-like appearance, and silence, it doesn't seem like he should speak at all.
Nevertheless, White Orchid asks
"So, uh... what are you, exactly?" This is a totally normal question to ask someone and totally not offensive. This goes on.
>>154999 →"You don't" he answers
>>155003Silver lets the two interact as he finishes his portion of the meal.
>>155000Check'em.
This has to be a based bread.
>>155003Amber looks up at his face with a bumfuzzled expression, her cheeks still red as a radish.
"What do you mean I don't?">155001>Silver Sword going out of his way to corrupt a filly young enough to be his granddaughter and having a wide-eyed desire for a traditional marriage"lawful good" smh
>>155006Yes.
>>155005White Orchid asks some basic questions, and Mala answers. Some are questions about what the Kaftar are, which he seems to like to answer, but his knowledge is limited. Some are questions about his past, which he sometimes gives evasive answers about. And some are about Mala's interests, which it seems Mala has not had much opportunity to cultivate in his life. Mala does explain to White Orchid about his father not coming home one day, and about his mother dying. He says a few things about his period of homelessness. Mala admits he's been in jail at least once, though he starts to refuse to answer questions.
>>155007"I mean you can't" He says
Amber would do it
>>155007Sometimes morality is...subjective.>>155008Silver looks at Mala, checking that he's doing alright.
>>155008"But, er, you were able to tell just lookin' at my plot. Ain't there a similar way I could tell?" She swings her head around to look directly at his plot, as if the key lay there.
>>155009Mala varies between feeling like he contributes something, like in the general knowledge questions, to a sort of fear, like when he's finally asked about his criminal history and experiences.
>>155010His rump is rather thin
"I didn't see it, Amber" He says with a strong degree of displeasure
>>155011She blinks and pulls back, looking rather distraught.
"You didn't? Are you sure? Do you know what it's supposed to look like?"
>>155012"I didn't see it" He answers
>>155013"But...but that can't be. I never touched a colt before, I swear! What is it supposed to look like?" She raises her tail and trots in circles, trying futilely to get a look into herself.
>>155011Silver offers a little something to the conversation:
"Not everyone who has been in jail is bad. Sometimes thieves steal for their families. Sometimes pony kills in self defense and is still tried for murder. Sometimes people are in wrong place at wrong time."
He sidehugs Mala.
>>155015Mala is hugged, but his ears go down.
White Orchid looks unsure what to make of this.
>>155014“Uh…” he doesn’t answer
>>155016She looks at him with a hurt expression, tears once more in her eyes. However, she doesn't abandon reason.
"I don't know if you're tellin' the truth about being a virgin yourself. If you are, you wouldn't know what a mare's...privates should look like, and if you did know, you wouldn't be a virgin and would be lyin' to me. So why are you pushing this onto me?"
>>155016"But that is not point. Mala has proven character of his heart to me through his actions, and I am very happy to say he is good person."
>>155017“Uh….” He leans away
>>155018Mala smiles
White Orchid will listen to Silver, if nothing else
“Uh, okay”
>>155019"Now, are you going to finish your food, so...Orchid?"
>>155019Amber presses him with an offended tone of voice.
"So which is it, Mustard? Have you been with a mare before...a-and looked?"
>>155021“No?” He says, repositioning himself so that he lays on his belly.
>>155020“Uh, sure” White Orchid says
>>155022Silver very carefully pats the colt on the shoulder.
>>155024“Well, you know, it’s common knowledge. Ponies talk about it.”
>>155023colt is carefully patIt’s clear that White Orchid is still averse to the pats.
He does at least offer a few fries to Mala, who quickly eats them..
>>155025Silver is happy to have a nice, quiet moment with two of his friends.
>>155025"But you weren't told precisely how to tell, were you?" She folds her tail underneath her as she sits on her haunches, a pained look still in her eyes.
"It hurts when you accuse me like this, Mustard. I'm sorry for hurtin' you, but...but I never said that you yourself were a bad pony, or unfaithful. Yet here you are sayin' I'm a loose mare, because of 'common knowledge' you never learned firsthoof. You would take that over my honest-to-goodness word."
>>155027He is silent for a while, before meekly offering,
“I didn’t jump on your back and bite your hair.”
>>155026Mala makes three biting motions to eat one French fry.
Before long, White Orchid is done with his food. Except fir the milkshake, which he continues sipping from.
>>155029“Yes.” White Orchid says
“I don’t get these often.”
>>155028"That would still sting less than what you're doing now." She closes her eyes, a tear running down her cheek.
"Then, I didn't think you were Mustard Trim. But you know it's me now, and you're telling me to my face that I'm lyin', that I've gone after other colts and wouldn't tell you. If I had, I'd tell you right out, because anything built on lies will fall apart." She starts to openly sob, her upper body heaving.
"I love you, Mustard, and that just makes this hurt all the more. I'm worried that, if this is what you think of me...it mightn't work out. I want, I really really want, to give my virginity to you, but if it doesn't and ponies judge me the way you are now, where does that put me? There are two things you can't get back, virginity and an honest reputation, and I can tell you right off I haven't gotten rid of either."
>>155032Mustard Trim lays his head down on the bedsheets, looking like a scolded dog.
>>155031White Orchid looks up at Silver, and wags his tail
>>155033Amber puts her fetlock across her eyes.
"I'm–I'm sorry fer hurting you, I wish I never did that. You can call me stupid, ignorant, crazy, senseless all you'd like, I deserve it," she whines.
"But I would never lie to you, 'specially not about something that affects you. Take me to somepony who knows what to look for, have me poked and prodded all you'd like...but never, ever say I'm lyin'. I couldn't lie to you and still love you, and I love you...." She continues to quietly wail, her body wracked with sobs.
>>155033"Maybe we can make this kind of tradition whenever we go out and do something. Like next time, when I will teach you how to shoot, we will go out for milkshakes too."
>>155034"I'm... sorry."
He says, raising his head, still laying on his belly, and looking over towards Amber.
>>155035White Orchid has a giant smile across his face, and begins to wag his tail.
"Really?! We can do that?"
>>155036The amber-colored filly takes her hoof off her eyes, looking toward him with a pleading expression. Her heaves calm down, but she is still shivering in the cold air.
>>155038"That sounds great! When can we do it?"
>>155037He raises his forelegs, letting her to move into a hug
>>155039"Whenever I come an see you next. Know when you would like to see me again?"
>>155039She shakily gets to her hooves and moves over to him, wrapping her forelegs around him and resting her head on his shoulder.
"Do you think I'm a bad pony? Tell me what you really feel," she asks.
>>155041He smiles at the colt, though a bit sadly.
"Today is busy day, and I have many things to do. Maybe some other day?"
>>155042Perhaps it pleases her that he is not soft to lay on, feeling instead rather firm.
A second of silence, then two seconds, three, four, five,
"No..."
>>155043"Aww...." He lowers his head slightly
"Okay..."
>>155044"But we will still spend more time together. You would like that, yes?"
>>155044Amber for her part feels softer, though he can still feel firm, lean muscle underneath.
"I promised you that I'd never belittle you or say hurtful things. I'll add to that, and swear that I never will lie to you, and never have. You can say whatever you want to me, but can you...can you promise you won't ever accuse me of lying, without cause?"
>>155046He is silent for a moment, and then says
"Kissing the stallion made me wonder."
>>155045"Yes." He says
>>155047"It will be fun camping trip we will have."
>>155048He wags his tail
"I'll have something to look forward to"
>>155049"So...do you think you are ready to go?"
>>155047Weird, this didn't update for seven minutes.She sighs.
"I didn't kiss him, he kissed me. I really didn't want to, but he wanted to fool others. I can tell you, it didn't go further than that, not like us. If I was a dishonest, bad filly, I would have lied about the kiss."She pulls back and stares into his blue eyes.
"Does losing virginity mean having a romantic-style kiss, or does it mean something else?"