>>155507White Orchid doesn't quite have time to register the "son" remark, as he pulls away
Just as well, as two creatures - a zebra stallion and a brown stallion, get out of doors on the front and back
>>155508"That's nice. I didn't know you cooked" he said
>>155509He did... I'm thinking if he should be considered to have spent it all. We can say for these purposes he has at least a few hundred bits on him
>>155511Mustard Trim moves over, and with his hooves on the edge of the counter stands up
"Huh" He looks to her "Well that's pretty neat"
>>155512Sure, Dark Star has bits on him. Also multiple firearms for some reason
>>155513Amber bows down low, looking to be cleaning something that had fallen off the ground, but in reality eyeing him between the legs.
"It sure is."
>>155514All the same, he has maybe ~220 on him >>155515Mustard Trim has taken off his vest and is now completely naked. Amber sees his sheath and testes (barely), but nothing is excited or out of place. He smiles, and watches Amber as she dips low and back up
"Uh... want to see my room?" He asks
>>155516"Sure." She looks over to his mother.
"You don't need my help anymore, do you? When do you think lunch will be ready?"
>>155517I'm tentatively going to say something along the lines of 4 times what a U.S. dollar in modern times is worth, but honestly it's extremely hard to estimate and hard be consistent. I've kind of gone all over the place with it>>155518"Not long after it's done boiling" Dahlia is preparing a few other items.
>>155519"Alright, we'll be down then." She turns and follows Mustard Trim.
>>155520"Keep the door open while you have a female over." Dahlia says to Mustard
Mustard says "Okay mom" and the two walk out of the kitchen, past the dining table, past the radio, the couch, and the portraits. They go over to the narrow wooden stairs and the railing, and to a small hallway at the top. There are two doors on that side of the hallway, and he opens one, going inside
The wall is blue and there is a window at the far side. There are two beds - small double beds - in the room, one of which is disrupted, and the other has his jacket and a couple other items of clothing on it. There are papers strewn on a dresser, and a text book open, while there are books sitting on a different dresser. There are multiple sets of toys on the floor, including a couple boxes and something like a Ferris wheel and a bridge? Or something. There is a lamp on one table, two photographs of colts, and a set of boxes against one wall. There is a poster of an "artistic depiction" of Princess Cadence beating back the Changelings in the First Battle of Canterlot on the wall.
>>155521Yes. Better make sure the door is closed
>>155522Dark Star looks at him, and then over at the door.
"I Have Something of an Offer i would like to Discuss with you."
>>155522Amber snickers when they're out of earshot.
"She's smart.""Woah, this is your room? It has so many neat things in it!" she exclaims in apparently earnest excitement.
>>155523He tilts his head
"What kind of offer?"
The door is slightly open, and Dark Star knows there is a secretary further down the hall
>>155524"I know right?" He says to her
He smiles at her words
"Thank you..." He stands there next to her as she looks around the room.
>>155525She looks at the text book, what other books he has on the dresser, examines the poster, and finally stares at the photographs.
"Your brother?" she asks at the end, in a low voice as if afraid she might set something off.
>>155525"One Better Discussed in Private. May i Close the Door?"
>>155526The text book is a science text book. Specifically it is chemistry. Of the other books are a math text book, and several novels. Love stories and historical fiction. Probably required reading for school but it's kind of hard to tell.
For a moment, Mustard Trim looks at the open door. Instead, he moves closer to Amber and whispers into her ear
"Yes.">>155527He pauses for a moment
"Sure"
>>155528She nods knowingly. This may be an uncomfortable topic for him, so she'll let him open up about it at his own pace. For now, she fixates on something a bit more lighthearted.
"You read romance novels?" she asks with a mischievous smile.
>>155526>>155528The poster is Cadence in the fore (viewing from behind), standing in a room by a window with Shining Armor a little further away, and looking out at the Changeling Army which is in the middle of being repelled by a shock wave. There's a decent amount of violence and appreciation for the female form in the image.
There are two photographs. One, of a young skinny light colored colt. The other is an older reddish colored colt with a stronger build.
>>155529He smiles awkwardly, and his ears come down
"Only for school...."
>>155528Dark Star walks over to the door and closes it
Then he Walks Back
>>155531“What’s your offer?” He asks
>>155530Appreciation as in "anatomically correct"? Even if that's the case, it's not what Amber would have taken away from it, rather the married couple protecting their land bitterly. Romantic and noble, though ultimately tragic in history.
What are Hitch and Sprout doing from G5?Amber noticed with a sad gaze that this was Mustard's older brother who went off to war. She hopes he is not the POW in the family.
"School?" she responds skeptically. She picks up the one with the mushiest title and opens it mid-way to read a passage.
>>155532Solar Night reaches into his bags Pocket and Places 50 bits on the desk in front of the Stallion.
"My Friend Really wants to Get Into Jim Haykins,It Would Mean the World to Her."
He Smiles at Him
He Points to The Princesses Face on the Coin.
"Maybe our Good Friend Princess celestia can Help get Her into School Sooner"
50 would be worth 200 if its Worth 4 times Usd
>>155533Well, the poster is not anatomically correct, nor would such details be much visible in the image even if present. This is, after all, a poster that Dahlia hasn’t torn down. But Princess Cadence’s shape is understood and appreciated by the artist. Shining armor is present in the lower left of the image, though he is a few feet separate from her. It should be noted that Cadence stares at the Changelings, and presumably specifically Chrysalis, while Shining Armor’s head is turned looking at Cadence.
The colt in the image looks to be about the age that Mustard Trim is now, maybe slightly younger.
Passage:
> They agreed that Mrs. Bonnet should only hear of the departure of the family, without being alarmed on the score of the gentlecolt’s conduct; but even this partial communication gave her a great deal of con- cern, and she bewailed it as exceedingly unlucky that the mares should happen to go away just as they were all getting so intimate together. After lamenting it, however, at some length, she had the consolation that Mr. Bringer would be soon down again and soon dining at Longbum, and the conclusion of all was the comfortable declaration, that though he had been invited only to a family dinner, she would take care to have two full courses.>>155534He looks at the coin, and is immediately offended
“Just what kind of institution do you think this is?!”
>>155535Is it an actual picture? If so, link plsAmber reads the passage, aloud, in a mock Canterlot accent, evidently enjoying the fact that Mustard is reading such stories, even if it's because he's forced to.
>>155536No, I made it up“Heh heh” he smiles awkwardly as she reads the passage, listening to her
>>155538“It’s alright” he says, clearly embarrassed
>>155539She nuzzles his neck lightly.
"Why don't you show me what books you like to read?"
>>155535He Grins
"One That Wants 50 more bits?"
>>155541“You think we’d sell places in our school fir 100 bits? I’ll have you know that we are the highest ranked university in the entire Southeast, and our medical school is the highest ranked in all of Equestria.” His yells are
not loud enough to be heard clearly down the hall.
>>155540He nuzzled, and smiles
“I haven’t really had as much time to read. For fun at least. I would read short story collections back in Blackwater, but I haven’t had access to as many.”
>>155543“Well, there are libraries… just, I haven’t really read them… It’s not quite the same here. There was a certain store I could buy them from back in Blackwater, but not here.”
>>155542He Puts His Hoof to his Chin in thought.
"You Know maybe its worth 200."
>>155546He blinks
"Jim Haykins University is committed to diversity and to including historically excluded groups into Equestria's future. We do recognize that many creatures, particularly those from underprivileged backgrounds, have had their applications delayed because of the revolt last semester, and the siege of the city a year before that. We
are well behind of what would have been the State required quotas under the Twilight administration, and a dream deferred is a dream denied. I suppose there
may be room in the current class."
>>155545"Yeah. Like that place yesterday. I wish I bought that ship."
>>155547"A Zeebat Pony Would Look Very wel on you and Jim Haykinsl. She is one of the Most Oppressed Members of Our Society."
>>155551"Adventure? Uh... like what?"
>>155553"Couldn't you like, die, doing that?"
>>155550Rise Up"Her Name, Is Lunar Nadir."
>>155555Quids say we riseHe nods, and extends his hoof forward
>>155556He Extends his forward as well
Quints demand it
>>155557He is silent for a minute, then he is silent for a minute longer. He finally says
"My mom thinks I am her last chance for grandchildren. Grandchildren that will have a father willing the sign the birth certificate, anyways."
>>155558He motions his hoof, as if expecting something specific.