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>>159940Clip scrunches, but then smiles as his mane is ruffled, lowering his head.
White Orchid:
"Food?!"
Mint Marine appears from another room, poking his head in.
>>159941"Tell me do you have any deeper ambition?"
>>159943Silver nods, and points to where he set it down. Hopefully wisely, the first thing he brought in was the fast food.
"I got hayburgers for you colts."
>>159944Silver is quickly swarmed by a trio of colts with wagging tails, who come to the table
Clip:
"I suppose I'll take one."
Paper Clipping is still the first one to the table, reaching for a burger.
>>159945Silver resumes taking stuff in the house while the three get their hayburgers. Hopefully he can keep the candy hidden from view until they are eating.
>>159946The colts are rather fortunately distracted as Silver brings in the alcohol and candy.
Mala comes to the door as Silver enters the second time.
>>159947Silver smiles at his companion.
"It is so good to see you, my friend. I got you mashed potatoes over on table, but if you want I can also cook some more of that alligator meat for you."
>>159948Mala raises his head and ears. He says,
“No one came by. It was quiet, at least on the outside.”
>>159949"That is good to hear. Colts should be safe now. Thank you my friend, I knew I could count on you."
>>159943"Look at me. What I was born to achieve, I have achieved. Perhaps if I had been brighter and more creative, I might have been known as a composer rather than a court musician, but my heyday has come and gone. My only disappointment is that I hoped to ride out the height of my career, but going back into obscurity isn't a choice." The old griffon looks wistful, almost disappointed.
>>159950He smiles. Then he resumes a more serious expression.
“What happened?”
>>159951He has a bigger smile.
“Remember what I said earlier. About the theory of the physicists? That matter itself is nothing more than the sum of so many waves?”
>>159953“There is much more you can do with music, if only you look deeper.” He says
>>159952Silver speaks in a quiet tone to avoid being overheard.
"We tried to do it without violence, but they attacked us first."
>>159955“Well, let’s start with this. Tell me, what can music do for animals?”
>>159956Mala keeps his ears raised.
“So you did find them?”
>>159957Silver nods.
"That we did. I will not go into too much detail, but...Bargain Strength is no more."
>>159960He smiles at his friend.
"So, how was it being stallion of house?"
>>159961"I didn't try to control the colts. The griffin went upstairs after a while to get away from them. The kirin came home and tried to clean up and control things, but eventually went upstairs as well."
>>159963"Hmm, I see. I will see how they are doing once I bring this inside."
Silver goes to do so.
>>159964Silver sees Jubilosa peer her head out from upstairs.
>>159966Silver smiles when he sees his griffon. He holds up a wine bottle to her.
"Hello Jubee! Look what I brought back?"
>>159967Her wings extend and slightly unfold at the side of the wine. She runs down the stairs to be closer to her love.
>>159968Assuming "love" refers to the alcohol.Silver goes to meet her, hugging her in the living room.
"I also got you some food. It is on table."
>>159969It was supposed to be ambiguous"Hello Silver!"
griffu is huggedShe hugs him back, both with her forelegs, and her wings.
>>159970horsebando is hugged back"I hope colts have not been terrorizing you too much."
>>159971"No, they are..." She looks away, but then looks back
"Lively. Very lively."
>>159972Silver chuckles, and hugs her a bit more tightly.
"Well, I am glad. I cannot have my Jubee going crazy."
>>159973Jubilosa makes a soft cooing sound, and pulls herself into his embrace.
"It's better now, now that you're back."
>>159974For Jubilosa, the full extent of his floof is available for such a purpose.
"I am also happy to see you again."
>>159975She buries her legs in his floof.
"Oh Silver... I was wondering when you would get back."
>>159976"Oh, you know I would come back sooner or later. I have to have my soft, feathery griffon to hug."
He nuzzles into the feathers on her neck. Even with all that has happened tonight, he is still soft and warm.
>>159957"If it's the right sort of music, it can calm them, make them more amenable to their owners."
>>159978“So you can tell it has power to manipulate many living things, of both higher and lower forms of life.”
>>159977She coos, closes her eyes, extends her neck, and raises the folds of her wings up.
“And I’m glad to have my big, strong, unicorn stallion.”
>>159979He stays like that for a minute more before he pulls back slightly to look at her.
"Hey, your food is getting cold. I got you some pasta on my way home."
>>159980“Pasta!”
Her face lights up, and her wings go up.
“I’d like pasta.”
>>159979"Not manipulate…elevate. Music brings creatures together because there is a beauty in everything."
>>159981"Well, it is on table."
He gives his griffu a quick kiss on the beak.
>>159982He nods,
“But… you know… there is more beauty in some things, than in others…”
>>159983She takes the kiss, giggles, and runs off to the dining room.
>>159984Silver smiles, and goes upstairs to check up on Khoi.
>>159984"How can you judge so, though? Even a manticore has beauty inherent to it. So what is your standard?"
>>159985Silver doesn't need to go far at all. He sees her up at the railing, looking down at him. She must have been doing that for at least a few seconds. She is wearing a long dress of light red with a few golden stripes that only covers part of her body, and leaves much of her own gold fur exposed. Her mane is long and wavy, but is now curled at the end, and her face is covered in make up, perhaps too much, making her look almost white. Her expression is perfectly blank.
>>159986"You will know. You will know when you experience it. What is my standard? What is more beautiful... admittedly perhaps most creatures would not see it this way - my standard is that the most beautiful things are those that are most hidden, closest to the source of reality, and closest to the eternal. That is beautiful. Or at least...
worthy."
>>159988"Oh! Khoi...wow...that dress is beautiful!"
Silver wonders at her new clothing.
>>159989There is something of a small smile from her face.
The dress is thin, it looks like silk but could be something synthetic, and it runs primarily down her back side, exposing a portion of her belly and front. The color is best described as scarlet, though there are golden bands several inches wide on each side near the end. The dress is almost translucent. It isn't terribly high end, however, and is fairly simple in over all design.
She walks down the stairs slowly towards Silver.
>>159990"Well...not as beautiful as you, but...wow, I feel underdressed right now. You look amazing!"
He smiles at her.
"I got reservation at fancy restaurant all ready for us, just let me get quick shower in and dress up and we will be ready to go."
>>159991She produces what seems to be a genuine smile, which lowers
"I was starting to wonder if you were coming. Where have you been?"
Then again, maybe Silver doesn't have time to talk.
>>159988"So what is most esoteric is most beautiful? Music can indeed reveal that, but I wouldn't say it is the most 'beautiful.' There is much to be said about the simple and pastoral."
>>159992"I am sorry I am late, I had some work business to attend to. I can tell you later if you want."
He takes a hold of one of her forehooves, and gives it a kiss.
"I will be ready in just couple of minutes."
>>159993"Then perhaps 'beautiful' is the wrong term. Shall I say, 'worth my time'."
>>159994Silver sees how her fur is freshly washed and combed, and how her hooves are trimmed and shiny. Silver takes the hoof, and succeeds in kissing it. She looks down at this process.
"Eh heh... alright."
When it is done, she looks back up to him with a wide smile that shows her teeth.
>>159995If there was ever a time for Silver to feel inadequate, it's now, with how well-groomed and perfect Khoi has made herself. As Silver goes upstairs to shower and gussy himself up for the date, he hopes he can do at least something half as decent as she did.
>>159996Oliver Cromwell first showed up to the House of Commons with blood on his suit. Silver, similarly, is showing up to what is only his... third or so date since losing his wife? - also with blood on his fur.
>>159995"You can say that, but that can truly be said to be subjective."
>>159997Well, maybe he can clean some of that blood out of his fur, even if he can't clean it out of his conscious.
best pony>>159998“As can all things.” He says
>>159999Silver has a problem with his stitches and new sounds, however. He has to be careful around those.
>>160000>checked"How can you claim things are subjective, when things like music are objectively beautiful?"
>>160000Based quadsWhy of course, this isn't his first rodeo.
>>160001“The objective and the subjective blend into one when dealing with matters of direct experience.” He answers
>>160002Well, Silver at least gets himself washed up quickly enough.
>>160003"What do you mean by that?"
>>160003A clean floof is a happy floof. Silver does some basic grooming on his coat and mane to make himself look presentable, before putting on his suit.
>>160004“Because there is no object. Certainly not in those instances. The only reality is the subject, and the subject’s experience.
>>160005Silver could probably do much more, but he only has so much time. What is his suit like, and what other grooming does he do?
>>160007“That exists, or that we are aware of?”
>>160008"Either. What do you think?"
>>160009He has a wide, almost malicious grin.
“The old, popular Griffin of the last century posited that all is idea, abd that culture creates it. Our cultures are at the center of all reality. What folly. We are not the center of the universe, but are to the contrary only some lesser peripheral of it. There is much we are not aware of. Much that has been here long before we came, is here even now invisible to us, and shall remain long after our passing.”
>>160006It's basic but looks nice, a white shirt with black suit jacket and pants. As for grooming, he trims split ends and sorts out tangles in his fur to make himself even fluffier and softer.
>>160011And this, Silver is somehow even fluffier, bursting out from under the suit.
>>160012When Silver heads out towards the stairs, he undoes the top-most button on his shirt to let some of his chest floof escape. Perhaps he can even beat kirin floof. Personally, Silver hopes he looks good for Khoi as he goes downstairs.
>>160013Downstairs, Silver can hear most of the creatures around the dinner table. But Khoi isn't downstairs with them. He sees Khoi sitting upright on her bed, in front of her mirror, primping her mane and eye lashes. She looked ready before, but still, she is working on her appearance.
>>160014Silver can't help but stare at her in her room.
"Wow...you look simply staggering, Khoi."
>>160015The way she moves back slightly before Silver speaks suggests she was at least aware that someone was approaching her room, with its wide open door. She does not move to face him until after he says that. She has a small smile that shows her small fangs.
"Thank you..."
She has many dark brown curls in her mane, her eyelashes curl up, and she wears dark eye shadow around her eye, which show their magenta color. While her dress mostly covers her back, it's definitely a very "revealing" dress, and with it hanging off to her left side, some of her copper-colored scales show from underneath. They are bright and shiny, almost reflective. She stands up, and turns to face Silver. Her honey-gold coat likewise almost shines under the artificial lighting of the room.
>>160016He steps further into her room, taking her by the hoof. He admires her in all of her beauty, enhanced by her dress and all of the work she has put in.
"I see no reason to say you were not most beautiful kirin in all of Ngua Nam. I can not simply imagine any with more divine beauty."
>>160017She lets Silver take her hoof, but she angles her head down slightly, and looks away as she smiles widely, showing teeth, and making a soft giggle.
"How many kirin have you seen?" She asks
>>160018"Well...some. But if you include pony mares, you would easily beat any movie star." He kisses her hoof again. "And none of them could come close to matching your goodness of heart and quality of character."
>>160019Khoi retains an awkward expression, but does move her eyes upward to look at his. She is slow to get up and move towards him, consistently timid in her movements.
Her lips are stretched far back in an awkward smile, and her ears are forward, almost completely down.
"Eh heh... thank you..."
There's a slight taste of the wash used, evidently pineapple and orange, in each kiss. Its fairly well washed out, and the Kirin's fur and hoof are mostly tasteless
>>160020He smiles.
"What is wrong? You seem so timid. You are strong, beautiful, and sexy."
>>160021"I've never done this before..." She says somewhat quietly, letting it past her lips.
>>160022He smiles some more, and comes in closer.
"Then let me show you way. I will treat you right."
He motions to the doorway.
"Our date awaits."
>>160023She walks closer to the door, but then stops herself.
"Before we go..." She looks to Silver, and then away,
"We should be clear about expectations."
Again, back to him and then away. She does not make eye contact as she says the following.
"I do not want to have intercourse until I am married. If you expect intercourse as the price for the date the I will pay my own portion or not go. And if it is too expensive, I may not be able to pay. Tell me now before we go."
>>160024He stops and looks back at her as she starts her speech. He is silent for a moment, before smiling and speaking in turn.
"I knew already what your beliefs were. I do not expect intercourse as some form of 'payment'. I just want to have fun with you, and explore what we think of each other and how things can progress between us."
He holds his hoof out for her to take.
"I will pay for dinner."
>>160010"True, true. I suppose what we
experience is a small range of reality, yet is everything to us. That makes sense to me."
>>160026It didn't quite get to the conclusion I intended, but so be it. Amber can either talk to a different character, maybe explore, or we can move to the next action.>>160025"Okay..." She starts a timid smile, and starts to extend her hoof to take Silver's hoof. Then she pulls back.
"I won't be consuming any alcohol, and if there is rejection... I do have another place I could live."
>>160027Somewhat perplexed by this deep conversation, Amber breaks away to look around the room. How many griffons are there?
>>160028There are probably a half dozen other griffins in the room besides Helder, Erich, Helm, the professor, Mason, and Amber.
>>160029Amber goes up to Helm. "I just had a very intriguing conversation with your friend the Professor."
>>160026"Heh heh. But you
can improve your range."
>>160030He smiles
"Don't let his education and title fool you. He's actually quite knowledgeable.
>>159881He nods
"Ah. I was just wondering."But then he smiles,
"I didn't think I would see you so soon."
>>160032He turns now fully to Dark Star. With a grin, he says
"I figured you'd be busy right about now."
>>160034“Those two fillies you were charming.” He says
>>160035"Charming? was I charming them?"
>>160036He raises a hoof, slightly tilts his head, and closes his eyes.
“You don’t want to talk about it, that’s alright. Tell me, can I get you anything? More alcohol, condoms, maybe?”
>>160027"That is fine, I will not force you to drink. Is it alright if I set my expectations, Khoi?"
>>160037"It's not that i don't want to talk about it, i just don't find myself to be all that charming. yea they wanted some more drinks, and another blanket."
>>160039He steps forward, takes a hold of her hoof, and holds it between them as he gets close to her. He is big enough that if she looks straight ahead, all she can see is the floof on his chest and neck sticking out of his button shirt.
"I want you to enjoy yourself, and have fun time tonight. I want to see that you are happy. And, more than anything, I want to have good date and good night with you."
He smiles warmly at the fancy, beautiful kirin.
"I hope it is not too much to ask."
>>160040“Well there’s both whiskey and beer, I can loan you a couple glasses and… if you’ll return the key, I can give you a key to another room. You can get a blanket from there.” He says.
>>160041She lets him take her hoof, and she stares right into the floof for more than a few moments, finally realizing his eyes are up there.
She finally smiles.
“Alright. Let us go.”
>>160042Silver takes his date by the hoof, and leads her out of the room. On the stairs he calls out to Mala.
"You are in charge while I am gone, Mala. Make sure colts do not get into trouble, yes?"
>>160043They hold hooves, and walk out of the room, Khoi now walking side by side with Silver. She looks up to him (though without expression), and then in front of her as they walk along. Her tail, which is rather long and has both a honey-gold coated bone and dark brown hair hanging from it, is groomed in such a way that her hair hangs down, then curls at the end.
Mala comes out of his room and sees the two.
"Yes, Mr. Sword." Mala says. "Alright."
>>160044He smiles at him.
"I think you have more than earned right to call me Silver, my friend. Have good night."
He makes sure he has his antibiotics with him before he goes with his kirin down the stairs and outside. He looks at the car as they walk past.
"I would recommend I drive us there, but it may not be date worthy right at this moment. We could look for taxi as alternative."
>>160045Mala smiles, and his tail moves back and forth. He raises his head higher. Silver has a bottle of antibiotics with him in his pocket.
Khoi walks with him down the stairs and outside into the night. She looks over at the car when Silver points it out.
"What is this?" She turns to come closer to the car, looking at it.