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>>160793He pumps one of his hooves in the air as he finishes it off
>>160794Tricky's mouth hangs open, and she blinks
"All of that..."
Sorrel looks at the spectacle, but then lowers her muzzle down towards the remaining open box, and starts to nuzzle the waffle.
>>160795He sits the bottle down and Laughs
>>160796Tricky scrunches
"You'll regret that in the morning." She says
Sorrel, standing up and with her muzzle in the box that lies on the floor, bites into the waffle.
>>160797'Maybe so.'
He Laughs.
He stands up
"I'm Going to go get some water."
>>160798"You'll need it. If you don''t want to get hung over." She says. She whips her tail up, and has her eyes somewhat narrowed.
>>160799He reaches into his bag and sits down a bottle of whiskey next to tricky.
He then walks downstairs
>>160800She is scrunching... until she sees the bottle of whiskey. She sits down, clops her hooves together in a quick clap, and makes a "hehe" as her eyes widen. She moves over, bops Sorrel in the nose, causing the latter to pull away with a loud "squeak" sound, and pulls the waffle closer to herself.
Dark Night leaves the room, and manages to go downstairs
>>160801He holds on to the railing as he makes it down the stairs
>>160802Dark Star was wise to eat the hayburger, lest he become too drunk too quickly. He makes it out of the room, down the stairs, and presumably, into the bar
>>160803Yes
He walks over to mr glass
>>160804Mr. Glass takes a moment, but then sees him
"Hello again."
>>160805"I'm gonna need some water."
He laughs
>>160806"I figured" He says. "Let me get you a tall glass." He pours a tall glass with water, though only after adding a few ice cubes.
"Here you go."
He gives Dark Night a sly smile.
>>160807"Have you ever seen anypony drink an entire bottle of whiskey in one go?"
>>160808He stops for a moment. Them he places a foreknee on the counter, puts a leg up to his chin, and looks up towards the left and the ceiling.
"You know... I'm not sure I have."
>>160809He Grins at him.
"You're looking at somepony who did just that not even 5 minutes ago."
>>160810Glistenning Glass has his mouth open.
"Are you okay?
>>160811I look down at myself then pat my sides
"I Feel ok."
>>160812"Heh. Good luck. I hope you ate something. Now drink some water." He says. "And keep having fun."
>>160813"I ate a hayburger before i came back. and i'm still not doing what you think i am."
He drinks the water fast
>>160814His grin becomes even wider
"Right. Of course you aren't." He winks
>>160815"I am not."
He finishes off his water
"So how much water should i have?"
>>160816"Eh, at least the one glass." He says
>>160817"Get me one more. oh and I'm not going to die from that am i?"
>>160818"Probably not. Nah." He says, smiling. He refills Dark Night's glass
>>160819"Good. Not Ready to yet anyway."
He sips the water/
>>160820"I wouldn't be either, with those two mares in my bed." He says
>>160821He shakes his head
"Neither of them are in the bed."
>>160822Glass smiles, and shakes his head.
"Well, I didn't think they'd be tired."
>>160823"What are you getting at?"
>>160824"Oh, nothing. I'll let you get at it." He says
>>160825He raises his eyebrows at him
as he drinks the rest of his water.
>>160826Glistening Glass still has a wide grin.
"Good luck protecting the honor of those two young gals. They're pretty fine if you ask me."
>>160827"They are ponies so their honor should be protected. what do you mean fine?"
>>160828He looks away, still clearly smirking.
"They'll be just fine your protection" He says, stifling a laugh
>>160788>>160789"I am partial to Pambi or White Swan, they sound interesting. But Casa Blank Flanks sounds like it is appropriate for date. Do you like romance?"
>>160831"I am not familiar much with any of this." She answers. "You chose one."
>>160833Silver thinks to himself for a moment, before asking for two tickets to "The White Swan".
>>160834The red earth pony colt takes the total - 4 bits - and gives Silver two tickets to White Swan.
>>160835Silver leads his date by the hoof into the cinema.
>>160836Khoi's grip is fairly weak on Silver, but she does not hesitate to let Silver hold her hoof. They move inside the pink carpeted building with its dim lights, concession stand, and its many posters of black and white stallions in fedoras and trench coats carefully holding hidden revolvers, or of a mare terrified at a green eyed Abyssinian standing tall in a dark doorway. Silver may not chose to purchase concessions if desired.
>>160838Silver looks around with wide, excited eyes. He looks at the posters for various movies, oooing at the gangsters and aaaahing at the Abyssinian. He also at least checks out the concession stand to see what they have.
>>160839As in
>>78287 →Popcorn, pretzels, peanuts, haydogs... various sodas. No sugar based candies
>>160840Silver looks to his date.
"Do you want anything? I want to get some popcorn and soda. Have full cinema experience."
>>160841She looks up at Silver, and blinks. “What is popcorn?” She blinks again. “And what is soda?”
>>160842Silver blinks in turn.
"Oh. Uh, popcorn is what you get when you heat kernals of corn, they explode out from their shells and turn into fluffy white pieces of foodstuff, then you cover them in butter and salt. Soda is sweetened, carbonated, caffinated beverage. I think there used to be type of soda that had cocaine instead of caffine, but they stopped that."
>>160844"So, so you want any snacks? They also have pretzels, peanuts, haydogs..."
>>160846"Well, what do you want, love?"
>>160847"I want an Aryan man to cum inside my horse pussy to save the white race," she sheepishly exclaims.
She punctuates her statement, "I suppose a Polish sausage will do nicely!"
>>160780Ah, so only halfway there.
Amber grumbles, "And these two statues are part of a set?"
>>160849As Mason raises the last board on the box, and starts to hammer it in, Helm turns back to Amber and smiles.
"Yes and no. No, these are not part of a proper set. The beauty that is being boxed up now is over a thousand years old and belongs to an unknown artist from an indigenous Hertzland culture. This-" He places a claw on the back of the statue of the hound, and for a moment, amber may be afraid that the thing will turn and bite him, so realistic does it look. "Was sculpted by the artist Georgi Genovicci in a straight, almost sleepless three week period, after he awoke in a cold sweat one morning, saying he saw the thing in a dream. No, they do not share the same origin, nor subject matter, nor even material. They are not what we would normally think of as a 'set'."
Mason finishes the hammering, and sets the hammer down. He looks upwards towards the ceiling in bewilderment. All in the room can hear the sound of banging, but Mason is the only to notice that he has stopped hammering.
"But yes, they are a set, as both are going to the same new owner in New Manehattan. And that is why we are moving these here."
>>160848I was with you until you said "Polish." Hitler would not approve.
>>160847If what she wants is for Silver to inseminate her to start a new race of half-breeds, she does not announce so right here.
"I don't really know what those are..." She answers.
>>160850"So
this one has a definite history. Good to know at least, but I have no idea why a sculptor would recreate his nightmare…I wonder if the other had a similar origin, and is just older and by a different griffon.."
>>160851"I meant to say "German" instead of "Polish," she abruptly cried, blushing lightly.
"It's just that I get excited at the thought of European nationalism and that, despite it, they might want to cum in my pony pussy," she quickly blurts out, slightly retreating as she does so, bashfully mock-folding one foreleg over the other.
"Maybe I could just go for a nice pretzel?"
Hey I saw that
>>160852Helm looks down on the hound with a loving glance, as if it were his own beloved hunting dog, and gently rubs his claw against its "back."
"Oh I can see why. He had a vision of something older. More primal. Unmitigated. And what a fine job of turning that vision into reality. As for the other... We can only speculate. Perhaps it came in a vision or dream. Perhaps he saw it with his own eyes."
Mason turns around.
"Ready."
>>160855Amber looks at him touching the horrid statue with barely veiled revulsion.
"Let's get this done with."
>>160857“Which fo you want to move first?” He asks. “This’ll go to a car outside.”
>>160859The statue of the Griffin, while seemingly containing a core of metal, is otherwise comprised of bone or ivory or some similar lightweight substance, and as it is largely hollow and adorned in amber, it isn’t very heavy. The hound is larger and is composed of solid stone. It is much heavier.
The hound may be grabbed by the creature’s barrel, or at its base.
“Careful not to grab onto the wings, lest they break.”
>>160860Amber grabs onto the base. How would such an ancient artifact be made hollow? Knowledge of ancient technology and magic is clearly lacking.
>>160851Silver smiles at his kirin.
"Pretzels are baked bread snacks covered in salt, usually made into twists. Peanuts are type of nut, like name suggests. Haydogs are like hayburgers, but hay patties are long and shaped like dog's body."
>>160861The hound, for all of its malign glory, does not have an energy, or stigma emanating from it. Not like the other. Thankfully even that has declined significantly since the other was boxed and incased in wood.
It’s level ground through the door, across the storage room, to the base of the stairs.
[1d20 = 7][1d20 = 8]>>160862She tilts her head.
“Um… maybe a pretzel.” She answers. “And… maybe peanuts?” She holds her teeth down, looks up, and extends her right foreleg, hoof angled down in a questioning pose.
>>160863Silver orders a thing of popcorn, a pretzel, a thing of peanuts, and gets both himself and his date a pair of sodas.
>>160865It's heavy, but they make it all the same through the threshold and across the floor. When they come to the stairs, Amber is placed on the side walking back up the stairs, while Helm and Mason are both on the bottom side, holding the statue up. It's awkward and heavy to lead up the stairs, but it occurs all the same. On the way up, Mason looks around, like a dog in the night, who sits up to attention at an unheard provocation. They make it to the threshold to the first floor.
>>160867The statue is temporarily set down in the hallway, just outside the door.
Roll wisdom, or rather, listen.
>>160869Amber can hear sounds down the hallway, past a bend and to the entry foyer where new creatures enter and speak. She can hear talking in the library (the room she was in previously) that consists of simply direct questions and orders.
>>160870"Shhh. I hear creatures down there, sounds like intruders. They're not guests."
>>160871Amber knows what she doesn’t hear, and she doesn’t hear laughter or jovial speech.
Helm whispers:
“Could the police be here?”
Mason backs into the threshold of the basement, and from under his coat draws a pistol, albeit an odd pistol that is very long, big, and has the magazine in front of the handle.
>>160872"It's not revelers," Amber remarks grimly. "Should we make an exit?"
>>160873Helm:
“No no. Let me go talk to them. They must be local. I can talk them down.”
Helm starts to walk towards the library. Mason stays back, holding his gun tightly.
>>160874Wishing not to be seen just yet, Amber stays with Mason. "Careful with that thing." Are there any visible exits around?
>>160875Yes and no. No, there are no exits to the house that are visible from Amber's position. Yes, there are alternative points of movement away from the locations where the police are suspected (the library and the entry foyer). Going left on the hallway will lead to the library, the entry foyer, the staircase and a few other rooms. Going right in the hallway that Amber is currently at will take her somewhere else.
Mason glares back at Amber, holding the pistol upright. It appears he has his own assessment of the situation independent of both Helm and Amber. Helm is already moving towards the library.
>>160876Amber moves right, away from the entry foyer and, more importantly, away from the agitated griffon with a gun.
>>160877Helm moves away, into the library. There is the sound of talking, then yelling. Mason moves ahead, slowly moving down the hallway.
Amber moves down the hallway to see a rear door, and a doorway that peels off into a kitchen, and then to a different room in the back.
>>160878Is Mason moving toward the Entry Foyer? Amber goes into the kitchen.
>>160879He is slowly moving towards the library, it seems.
[1d20 = 20][1d20 = 2]It's a rather large kitchen, albeit of some sort of older design. It includes a pantry, large cupboards, an island, and slots for wine bottles near the ceiling. There is a window to the outside.
>>160879>>160880Moving in, Amber sees that she is not the only one there - two other griffins have taken up refuge there as well. They crouch down along the floor in the back.
>>160880Amber peers outside the window. "Do you know if they surrounded the house?"
>>160882One answers
"No. I don't know. They must have spread out at least along the one side before approaching. They have only come through the front, at least so far."
Amber thinks she sees a griffin on the left side moving up, who is in a black uniform, and is possibly police.
[1d3 = 1][1d3 = 2] >>160883Amber looks for a servant's uniform.
>>160884Unfortunately, that is not easily available. Or at least, she does not see one within like of sight.
>>160885Oh well. Anyway, this window is too obvious, best to move to another room.
>>160886You can also roll search, wisdom modifierThe other two griffins are intrigued by the movement, watching Amber go.
The next room over is a sort of study. It exists in a sort of “tower” section; a round room with large windows and a high ceiling. It connects to another room.
>>160887Is it too late to look for such a uniform?
[1d20 = 16] >>160889Yes and no. Amber finds in a drawer in the kitchen the essential clothing and coverings of a cook.
>>160890Good enough, time to wear that then.
>>160891It is so. The primary piece is a shirt with long sleeves, but there is a headdress and pants if desired. The whole outfit is simple white, and appears to be designed to minimize hair and feather spread.
Be advised: this item of clothing does
not have openings for wings. Amber will be unable to fly or use her wings for other purposes.
>>160892Who needs to fly anyway? Now Amber goes into the study and sees what the other room is.
>>160894She enters into a room that appears to be a guest bedroom. It has windows, although with curtains and a large bed with green, floral patterns, as well as a dresser, and two other doors that branch off from it.
>>160864It is so. Silver presumably carries most, snd gives some portion to Khoi to carry.
Next comes the selection of seats.
>>160897Silver looks at the position of the screen and the rows of seats and figures the middle-most seat are probably the best for viewing the movie, if they're open.
>>160898Silver's philosophy towards the movie experience is very different from Dark Star's...
The exact middle row is taken, but it's easy enough to go just above or below. The theater is not unoccupied, but it is not especially crowded.
The creatures, presumably, take their seats.
>>160899Silver smiles at his date after they sit down.
"This is nice, already. I am excited to see movie."
>>160900She sits down in the sit, pulls up the dress with her magic so it doesn't get caught under her, leans back, and looks around. She makes an uncertain smile, which shows her small fangs and front teeth.
>>160901This just makes him smile more. He places a hoof over hers and holds it.
"You have beautiful smile, Khoi."
>>160895Entering this place would probably feel wrong, if there weren't other intruders at the moment. Hiding under the bed could always be an option, though that would be the oldest trick in the book and Amber doesn't do that. Instead, Amber looks through the other two doorways.
>>160903The door on the left: it's a closet. It has a number of clothes, shoes, sheets and such, and is big enough for a griffin to barely squeeze in, but is no walk in closet. The second leads into a sort of small room with a vanity and leading to a bathroom with a shower. This room is not a dead end, but leads through the bathroom into another room it seems. It's more blatantly a recent addition to the house, with tile walls replacing wood.
>>160904That's odd architecture. Amber goes on through the bathroom.
>>160905Past the shower and the toilet (again, obviously not a part of the original construction of the house, and built for a guest rather than a master bathroom, this enters into another bedroom with shelves, a night stand, a (smaller) window, a bed, a small closet, and a door on the right.
>>160906So it's a shared bathroom. Taking care not to be seen through the window, Amber looks to see what's beyond this door.
>>160907This leads into a hallway. The best guess is that this hallway wraps around the house on the opposite side of where the library and the stairway to the basement is.
>>160908That's convenient, being as far away from the police is wise. Amber walks along the hallway, peering out windows to see if there are any griffons outside.
>>160909No griffins are visible. The sound of steps on wood imply that rooms further down the hallway are boot so empty, however.
>>160910Do any of the windows appear to open?
>>160911In the bedroom, there is one window. It seems that by undoing a latch inside, it will unlock and tilt up to open.
>>160912Amber undoes it and climbs outside, checking to make sure it's clear. Does it look like there are any automobiles nearby?
>>160913The short answer is yes. Several are parked outside, never the road
>>160914Do they look like police cars? Where is the car Amber was supposed to take at?
>>160915Yes. There are cars by the road that appear to belong to the police, as well as carts. The car that Amber was supposed to take is pulled in by a tree, over by the driveway, slightly in front of and beside the house.
>>160916Hello! Also
>>160829*with your protection
>>160917Would it be possible to reach that car without being seen?
>>160919"Either way" He says, making a side glance, and trying to not to laugh.
>>160918I think you know what you have to do
>>160920"What have you never platonically shared a room with 2 drunken mares before?"
>>160921"I've never willingly put myself in that situation, no." He says
>>160922Yes, or stealth.
Does Amber have skill points in these? Either way, dexterity
>>160924Unfortunately for Amber, there are two officers outside
[1d20 = 2][1d20 = 11] >>160924>>160925.... But fortunately, they did not seem to hear her
>>160923Dark Night Puts his hoof to his chin in thought
"Why not? They are nice mares."
>>160925There are a lot of police here, and it's unlikely Helm will be able to convince them to leave. Unfortunately, this also means Amber's friends will likely be detained and there is nothing she can do to get them out. It would be wise to drive away, but is the luggage in the car?
>>160927"Don't tell me they just took the alcohol and your room and then didn't give anything in return." He says. At the very end, he looks up to Dark Star
>>160928At least some of it.
"
Pop."
And then
"
Pop Pop."
"
Pop Pop Pop."
>>160929"Well they tried, but i turned them down."
>>160902She looks down to Silver's hoof. Khoi neither grabs Silver's hoof back in kind, nor pulls away, but simply watches Silver's move. Her fur is soft and well kept, as Silver can feel. She briefly moves her eyes up, and says
"Uh, heh. Thank you."
>>160930"Why" He says
>>160932He makes a single nod
"Then why'd you buy then shots and take them up to your room?"
>>160929Best not to tarry. Amber starts the car (probably with the starter handle in the front) and gets in to drive.
>>160934But.... Does Amber know how to drive stick?
>>160933"I'm not sure i understand the question. Baltimare is Dangerous and they had no place to stay."
>>160931Silver is content to sit and wait for the movie while holding his date's hoof, but while he does so he attempts to hear what the other cinema patrons are talking about.
>>160935No, but she's seen others do it. You move it around and you go, right?
>>160936"Alright." He says. "I'll be sure to explain that to your marefriend if she asks." He says, still smiling
>>160938Roll die. Intelligence modifier
>>160939".....I Hope She Doesn't think anything happend."
>>160940>>160943As Amber tries to start the vehicle, she moves the gears, evidently puts the car into Neutral And it falls backwards as it is on an incline, eventually hitting with some force a police vehicle parked inconveniently behind the car.
>>160942"Either she'll never know you took them up there or she'll assume you did
something."
>>160944>>160940Amber hits the vehicle with some force, causing a painful jolt, and making a loud sound.
>>160944>>160945Oops. That will buff out. Time to try again.
[1d20+2 = (2+2) = 4] >>160944"Huh, I used to never understand what my brother meant when He would say "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished." But it think I understand now."
>>160946She almost gets the engine to start. Almost.
But fortunately she manages to get the car off of the police vehicle, and turns it to the left...
Until she hits another police vehicle after.
>>160947Glistening Glass turns to Dark Star and gives him his full attention.
"Dark Star... You don't have to worry at all."
>>160948He Glances Down at the bar.
"I Hope so."
>>160949"I'll cover for you. Hell, those two mares could come back in a year with a foal each asking where they can find the yellow earth pony who used to live here, and I'll tell them all I have is a name."
>>160950 >>160951He Looks up and laughs. "You won't have to worry about that."
He smiles.
"Thank you though. I feel like I can really trust you Mr.Glass."
>>160952He smiles, looking into Dark Night's eyes
"You're welcome."
>>160953He extends his hoof towards Glimmering Glass
>>160950>>160954Amber is able to start the car and put it into
some kind of gear, moving forward.
>>160955He takes his hoof and shakes it. His shake is firm
"Now remember. Use a condom, hide or keep away your valuables, and don't tell them your real name if you haven't already."
>>160956Excellent, excellent, time to coast down the world, enjoy the sunshine and pretend nothing at all has happened.
>>160956He smiles and shakes his head.
"My Pecker is going no where near them wrapped or unwrapped."
He Laughs
>>160957The front of the vehicle is damaged in several areas, and Amber has the vehicle in a very low gear. So....
>>160958"She'll never even know you talked to them." He says, smiling
>>160959Is it possible to make it go faster? Perhaps by raising the gear?
>>160959"They said they were going to be staying a few days, so if they need anything put it on my tab."
>>160960Do you really want to try that?
>>160961His ears go down
"Are you
sure? You just met them."
>>160962"Well yea. i really wish somepony would had done the same for me, when i was younger, and what could possibly go wrong?"
>>160964He blinks, staring right at Dark Night.
".... I'll cut them off if necessary. Keep your valuables away from them, especially while away."
>>160965"Of Course, i'm not That Trusting. Everything valuable is in my bag."
>>160968Seems legit. Everything is fine. The gunshots are getting further away.
>>160967He nods.
"Don't tell them your real name or birthday. Just in case."
>>160969Amber feels sorry for leaving the other griffons back there, but what could she do? She couldn't go into the library or the police would detain her, and hiding wouldn't work because they would probably search the whole manor. There's no way she would want to be around a gunfight for sure, and she hopes no creature got hurt.
>>160970But now, 9s0he is free. Where next?
>>160971He smiles and nods.
"Damn right."
>>160972"Can I talk to you about something school related?"
>>160972That part, she hadn't thought about. After all, another creature was going to drive. But south is where she is supposed to go, right?
>>160973"Sure" He says
>>160974I'll let Amber think about the destination
>>160975"Ok so theres pony....er Mare, there she isn't exactly a pony. She's a bat zebra hybrid. have you ever heard anything about any others like Her?"
>>160976"A bat zebra?" He turns his head briefly away. "I'm not...
sure if I've ever seen a bat and a zebra hybrid. There's a decent number of zonies though. More so now a days. There's a small population of zebras just a little further west that were brought in as laborers centuries ago, there's a few zebras that have come in over the years as foals of sailors and traders, and of course there's a whole bunch of them who immigrated recently. And of course these have made zonies, though zebras tend to stay with zebras. Bats... they mostly keep to themselves down south, mostly, but they've started moving into the city these past few decades. But a bat zony? I...
think I've seen one? Not sure."
>>160977Dark Star has a look of Disgust as he talks about zonies
"Absolutely shameful, having sex with a zigger."
His expression brightens as he mentions seeing a batzebra
"You've seen one? When was this?"
>>160978"I'm trying to think. I may have seen one, an adult, on the street. And I think I've seen an infant. Honestly it isn't always easy to tell. If they don't have wings they will just look like a zony, and if they don't have obviously visible stripes they'll just look like a pony."
>>160979"They Don't all have wings? and Don't all Zebras have stripes?"
>>160980"All bat ponies have wings, but if one or more of the ancestors isn't a bat pony, the foal might not. It's the same as with pegasi mating with other ponies. Zonies will have stripes, yes, but not always the same amount. If it's a low enough zebra mixture they might just look like ponies. And when you're just walking down the street or looking at them from behind the bar it can be hard to get a good look without staring."
>>160981"Interesting I had no idea. Yea my Brother was a Pegasi. So there are hidden zebras among us? Imposters you could say?"
>>160982"Heh heh, no. Zebras will look like zebras."
>>160983"Zebras , zonies. What's the difference really?"
>>160984"Well, one is part pony." He says
>>160985"The best part, but that poor creature will be forced to be part zigger for the rest of it's life."
>>160986"Well..." He shrugs "there are worse fates."
>>160987"Not many."
He says flatly
"What could be worse than that?"
>>160988"Not being alive at all. Being captured by changelings. What's so wrong about zebras, anyways?" He asks
>>160989"Not being alive at all? they wouldn't be sufferings then. Yea Being Captured by Changlings would be Pretty Bad.."
He looks at him with a confused look
"Are you being serious Mr.Glass? have you ever talked to one?"
>>160990He looks up to make eye contact with Dark Night.. If it isn't clear already, Glistening Glass does not, while in normal conversation with Dark Star, cease his activities bar tending, and he is constantly moving about pouring drinks, cashing tabs, or listening for orders. For this immediate moment, he pauses to look back to Dark Night.
"Well... Yes..."
>>160991"For one they smell terrible, They talk way too loud, they form gangs, they want everything for free, they leave trash all over the place, Not to mention all the violent crimes the commit against ponies."
>>160992"Well, you know some would say many of the same things about earth ponies."
>>160993"What are you trying to imply?"
>>160994"Don't be too harsh on them, and treat them as individuals. I wouldn't really invite more of them here, but I would say they are better off dead either."
>>160995"Well why not invite more in here? why not fill the whole bar with them?"
>>160996"It'd increase my profits, true."
>>160997"Maybe so, but at what cost?"
>>160998"Well, I'd prefer Equestria remained, well... Equestrian, yes."