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>>159729"What of the precise measurements we have gotten so good at? Where even the distance of heavenly bodies can be determined simply by looking at them and providing calculations?"
>>159735"A line on a spectrometer makes a certain reading, or a radio wave takes a certain amount of time, but what does that mean, really? It is far from the same thing as proving it to exist in the way our senses, naively, would have us believe. That is why the conclusions of White and Stone are so meaningful. Even the instruments tell us something different, once you go far enough, or deep enough.
>>159734"Oh, thank you!"
Both mares lean in, and hug Dark Star. Tricky hugs around his neck, while Sorrel hugs around where his chest connects to his belly.
>>159736"It's no problem at all."
He smiles
>>159738Tricky pulls herself up. Sorrel doesn't.
"So... where can we stay?" She asks with a smile. And now Sorrel pulls herself up, going for a drink.
>>159740"Like... at the tavern?" Tricky asks, confused
>>159741"Yea there are a few rooms available. I have one rented."
>>159737"The philosophers proposed this simple question. How can like know like? How can the dumb matter we see, ever give rise to anything like thought, experience, or emotion? The answer they came up with, after much consideration, was that the two are not so different after all. That both are made of the same fundamental substance. Something ideal, or spiritual, more akin to desire than to matter."
>>159742"Oh..." Tricky says
Se smiles
"Why'd you rent one here?"
>>159744"Its a Nice Place. But if you're looking for something a little more ritzy there's this hotel uptown."
>>159745She spends a moment, clearly pondering the question. Sorrel resumes hugging onto Dark Star, placing her muzzle behind his neck, and wrapping her forelegs just under his legs around his chest. He can feel her (mostly) smooth fur against his.
>>159746>(mostly)Hmmmm
Dark Star Drinks the remainder of his whiskey while she's pondering the question.
>>159747A little course in areas, she's not perfect.
Tricky:
"Wherever you want to take us" She says, leaning in with a wide smile, showing teeth, and half lidded eyes.
Sorrel:
"You smell strange."
>>159748Dark Star stands up
"Well Mr'Glass that's it for the night I reckon."
To Tricky
"Alright, the east side it is."
To sorrel
"Yea i tried out a new fur wash. probably not gonna use it again."
>>159749Glistening Glass:
"Would you like to close out your tab?"
Sorrel is knocked off balance by this, almost falling to the ground, and taking a moment to orient herself.
Tricky turns and looks to Solar, before standing up.
"Very well."
Sorrel stands up, stumbling for a moment, before eventually coming to her four hooves and looking over to Dark Star.
"No, it... You smelled like wood."
>>159750"Yea lets close the tab. how much do I owe you?"
To Sorrel
"it was pine scented."
>>159751"35 bits." Glistening Glass answers.
Sorrel:
"And metal. And leather."
>>159743"And what is this substance? Is it what you were talking about earlier with physics?"
>>159752He puts the bits down on the counter
"Here you go Mr.Glass"
to sorrel
"I've been carrying around my bag all day."
>>159754Sorrel tilts her head.
"You have wood and metal and leather in your bag?"
Glistening Glass takes the bits
"Thank you, and come back any time."
>>159753"As our minds know it, and all we ever know is the contents of our mind, surely it must be like our minds."
>>159755"How can it be like our minds? What's in our minds is formless, not even entirely understood."
>>159755"My bag is made of metal and leather, and the fur wash smells like pine."
He leads them to the room
>>159756"Oh, but there is very much in our minds that is formless. Desire, for instance. Or passion. Emotion. The bare experience itself. All of this is without form."
>>159757Sorrel:
"Well.. you smell interesting."
The two ponies follow Solar Night, with Tricky moving up to him, and gently rubbing his coat. Sorrel lags a little behind. They move through the door into the second section of the tavern, then up the stairs, to the room, unlocking it, and...
It's a simple enough room, with wooden floors, a window and a bed
Tricky:
"Not super nice, but definitely a room."
Sorrel heads directly towards the bed.
>>159758Dark Star goes over to a chair in the corner and sits as he turns on the radio.
>>159758"How can we properly describe it then…except…through such means as art and music?"
>>159759The first channel: Jazz
>>159760He nods
"And that is part of the way. Art, music, and especially, through spiritual practices."
>>159761"I think I see your point now. We can't hope to explain everything as a physical process, so such things as music and mysticism take precedent."
>>159762A news report on another horrifying crime in Baltimare. Looks like more creatures were murdered in what is presumed to be an organized crime related killing spree.
>>159763"Indeed. But let us not stop at that. Just as there may be much to reality outside ourselves that we never know, as we lack the senses to perceive it, so too there may be an entire world within us that we do not understand. Psychologists in the last 50 years have made much progress in uncovering that part of our mind below conscious perception."
>>159764Dark Star Listens intently
>>159764"A microscopic world of bacteria? Or are you are referring to something more intangible, part of the mind that isn't oneself?"
>>159765Six dead, believed organized crime connection, a few leads, illegal firearms, and more information to follow as there are more developments. The third massive shooting in just 10 days. Mayor Larry Berry denies that Baltimare is becoming Manehattan, no comment on the accusations against Councilstallion Burgher.
>>159766"The latter, although there may be lessons in the former. Desires and passions you do not acknowledge you have. Parts of your psyche that are as invisible to you as radio waves, but affect you all the same."
>>159767Dark Star stokes his chin in thought
"Leads?"
>>159768A few leads in the the investigation to find the perpetrators
Tricky:
gasp"That's horrible!"
>>159769"I know, Baltimare isn't what it used to be..."
>>159770Tricky:
"Doesn't matter for us." She says. "We're in here."
She walks up to Solar Night, with her fire-yellow man flowing to either side, and her eyes lidded. She moves, and places her forelegs upon the armrest of the chair, leaning forward to Dark Star.
>>159771He Listens to the radio more, enthralled by the story.
>>159772It looks like the police are deliberately withholding information as a part of the investigation. The news story cuts away to a toothpaste commercial, with its own little jingle.
>>159774"It is." She says. "We didn't have anything like this back in Hearthwarming, when the Princess was on the throne."
>>159775He tries to keep his contempt for the princesses hidden
"Yea, it was a lot better then."
>>159776"You want to make it better?" Tricky asks
>>159778"You tell me." She says, both legs over the armrest.
"You want to be mayor."
>>159779"Well, driving out organized crime would be a good start."
>>159780"It would be."
She leans in, puckers her lips, and kisses Solar Night, right on the end of the lips.
>>159782She pulls away, but smiles,
"Only a little, and no more than you."
Sorrel:
"I'm not drunk! You're drunk!"
>>159783He laughs at sorrel's response.
"She's a lightweight."
>>159784"I
enjoy my liquor more." She says, laying on her belly on the bed.
>>159786"What are you doing over there. Why don't you come over here."
Sorrel lowers her head, placing it on the bed between her two outstretched forelegs, effectively burying it in the top sheet. Her hind quarters is comparatively raised as her hind legs are under her, and her tail is raised up, and wags side to side.
>>159787He glances over at sorrel, He trys to not look at her flank.
"I'm listening to the radio, with tricky."
>>159788Tricky tells Solar,
"You can kiss me as you stick her."
She then turns around, showing her ivory white rump, and moving her long, fire yellow tail to the side, revealing the grey skin of her anus and vulva, the latter of which is parted to show her heart shaped clitoris, and a little ways into her red-pink vagina
"Or, you can lick me while she licks you."
>>159767"And are you saying one day we will be able to understand all this, or that we will not be able to?"
>>159791“I am asserting that the great masses, who walk about believing what the eyes and the griffins in the temples and laboratories tell them, will never understand.”
>>159792"Well, there's no surprise there, they don't even understand the key importance of structure in music."
>>159793He smiles.
“Would you like to explain?”
>>159794"There are numerous aspects of composing a song, including key, tempo, and of course form. Every aspect has a critical impact on how the piece sounds."
>>159795He nods.
“Indeed. There is much care to be taken, if the end result is to be correct. To be enthralling. To be enlightening.”
>>159790Dark Stars Heartbeat speeds up as he Gulps
His eyes look at her and then down to her plot
"I am actually saving myself for marriage."
his breathing hastens
>>159797Dark Star can see the edge of her cutie mark, which is several rough, mostly black orbs. Her rump is more or less well formed, with Tricky being the more plump of the two mares. Her light orange tail is long and flows down almost to the floor. Her grey skinned vulva is rather thick, and a small pink clitoris briefly disappears within her body before pressing back out in a wink. Tricky turns her head to look back at Dark Star.
Sorrel blurts out:
"I want to be stuck..."
Tricky looks Dark Star in the eyes with her own, golden eyes, and with a smile says
"Just a lick, What are you so afraid of?"
>>159798His eyes Dart back and forth between Her eyes and Genitals/ponut
"I'm not afraid, just Don't want to disappoint celestia and Luna is all."
He laughs nervously
>>159799Sorrel:
"But what about disappointing me..."
She now has her head laying on her hooves. Her eyes are big, and she has a pouting expression..
Tricky relents slightly, by turning her hindquarters to place her more in line with facing Dark Star. She's now almost perpendicular to Dark Star, and he cannot see inside of her anymore.
"Celestia and Luna aren't here to be disappointed."
>>159800To Tricky
"Yea although they are gone doesn't mean they are forgotten by their loyal subjects."
To Sorrel
"Well you and tricky are both uh ready to go at it. why don't you lick eachother?"
He gulps again
>>159801Sorrel, sadly:
"I want to get stuck..."
Tricky has a smile
"What'd you bring us back to the room for if not for this? Want me to break the ice?"
>>159802"Well you said you needed a place to stay, this city can be very dangerous."
>>159803Tricky has a wide smile:
“You really haven’t gotten very far with a mare before, have you?”
Sorrel:
“Can we still stay even if we don’t have sex with you?”
>>159804To Tricky
"Not exactly, no I haven't. Because of the saving myself for marriage thing."
To Sorrel
"Of Course, I always keep my word."
>>159663Hmm...can he still make preparations just in case?
>>159805If Dark Star is leaning back in the chair, his genitals will absolutely visible, especially if they are stimulated. And if he is sitting with his forelegs in front of him, they should still be (mostly) visible.
Tricky Truffle turns to face Solar Night, placing her forehooves on the edge of the seat, and her face even closer to Solar.
"Then let us be your bride for the night. Wouldn't you like to know how to please a mare before you take your bride to be? Don't you want
her first time to be special? And wouldn't you rather have the experience? Have the memory? She'll never know what you did tonight. No one has to know. But you'll know what it was like. We can start out with just what you're comfortable with, and you can stop any time, after all."
Sorrel:
"What about... for several nights?"
>>159808Well, time for Silver make his date preparations, and get candy and alcohol for the various members of his household.
>>159810But what specifically will he do next?
>>159807Seeing her Ponut and Pussy may have stimulated himHe is sitting with his forelegs in front of him. his heartbeat still racing.
To Tricky
"I Don't think That's a Good idea."
To Sorrel
"you can stay as long as you need to."
>>159812Tricky presses her lips firmly together, and looks below to between Dark Star's legs. She looks back up, expressing frustration. She moves a step back, and then another, and another, until she's halfway to the bed, where Sorrel still lies.
"Alright." She says
Sorrel, however...
"Yay! Hehehe" She claps her hooves together.
>>159811I suppose a good first thing to do is set up the reservation.
>>159814What kind of food or restaurant?
>>159813Dark Star thinks of Blue, and realizes he made the right choice.
>>159816https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3wgC9m_VBkDoctor of the Church Saint Thomas Aquinas once pulled a burning log out of a fireplace to scare away a prostitute who was sent to dissuade him from monastic life.
Tonight, in his actions, Dark Star can see he is in the company of saints.
Thot Exterminated >>159817He turns to tricky.
"I hope this doesn't mean we can't be friends."
>>159818Hopefully Blue Skies isn't having too bad of a time in her late night meeting with her boss.
Tricky moves back until she is by the bed. She scrunches. Sorrel seems to have fallen asleep in the 30 seconds since she last spoke.
Dark Star surely now knows how his ancestors felt, hunted by predators. He's escaped. But the danger has not fully passed, as both remain in the room, taking up position by the bed.
>>159820“I’ll give you space.” She says, now you to the bed.
“Thank you for letting us stay here tonight.”
>>159815Upscale, definitely, and unlike his date with Jubilosa it should probably be one that
doesn't serve meat.
>>159822Hmmm....
Silver will still need to give more direction as to what sort of restaurant.
>>159823Does there happen to be an upscale
Kirin-themed restaurant?
>>159824There is cuisine of East Zebrica; Kirin Cuisine.
>>159821"It was only right, Sorry if it seems like i mislead you. i do actually want to help."
>>159825Silver thinks that would be a good choice for restaurant.
>>159827Well, there is a fairly high class Kirin restaurant, albeit somewhat Equestrianized.
>>159826“It’s just nice to have a warm bed.” She says, clearly still offended. Sorrel is making light snoring sounds, with her mouth open snd her head laying on her right leg.
>>159828This sounds like a great place for Silver to place a reservation at for Khoi. To that end he goes there to do just that.
>>159828"I am glad I could help with that."
He Smiles at her
>>159829Just like the last
two restaurant(s) this one is two stories. It has wide limestone blocks on the exterior, and gilding as a consistent theme in decoration.
It is so.
>>159830There is a loud gasp, and Sorrel's head and ears dart up, with her orange eyes wide.
"I want waffles."
>>159831Silver parks, gets out of the car, and goes inside. As he looks for a host stand, he also gets a good look around at the interior of the place.
>>159832The restaurant is themed around the Kirin Empire, with walls painted with Kirin architecture {houses and temples), and most especially, plant life. There are also a few real plants inside the restaurant near the walls. Another key decorative feature is a few fish tanks, and perhaps even more noticeable, is a waterfall that is the height of the wall in one dining section on the first floor.
At the hostess stand is a Kirin - an actual Kirin - specifically an older green stallion.
>>159833Silver lets out a long whistle. For the Severyanan-Equestrian stallion this is a very fancy and exotic location. He hopes Khoi is impressed, even if it's of a different Kirin country. He approaches the kirin host.
"Hello, I am wanting to place reservation for two tonight."
>>159834"Okay." There is a strong accent."
"For what time?"" He asks