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>>175450Kira nods, as she slithers towards the outskirts of the city, figuring that any farms would probably be further out.
"Oh yeah, it's part of the lamia diet. You don't need a whole lot of room to raise goats, they're filling, and you can get milk from them."
>>175450Silver whispers back, "Really really." He smiles at his kirin and her cute reaction.
>>175451“Ah, that makes sense.”
She follows, lowers her head, and then asks
“Would you… like some help? In finding a farm?”
>>175452She smiles in a display of happiness, again showing off her fangs. “Hehehehe.” She almost squeaks. Then she moves closer, places her nose against Silver’s, and nuzzles him, closing her eyes.
>>175453D'awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. Khoi really is just the cutest thing. Silver closes his own eyes and nuzzles back.
>>175453Kira comes to a stop, perhaps forcing Neela to dodge out of the way if she was following immediately behind the lamia.
"Oh, uh...sure, if you know where one is. Lead on!"
>>175455“Nope! But I might be able to find out.” She says.
Gather information, with secret modifier. Neela pretends to be looking for work as a farm hoof.
[1d20 = 4]>>175454The little Kylan is nuzzled“Hehehe.”
Unless Silver has something else he wants to do with her, she hops out. Or waits until Silver opens the door, and hops out.
>>175456And… Neela doesn’t get much of a response
>>175456>>175457"Here, let me try."
Survival: Taking a deep breath and trying to clear her mind, Kira takes in a deep sniff and tastes the air for any sign of agriculture. Though she gets many unpleasant smells related to urban and suburban areas, she hopes that somewhere underneath them all she can pick out something familiar of farms and animals.
[1d20+10 = (10+10) = 20] >>175456Silver doesn't have anything he needs to do with her, and though he would love in that moment to spend more time with his kirin/kylan, he knows she has to go to work. He gives her a brief kiss and wave goodbye as he opens the passenger side door for her to get out.
>>175459Khoi smiles, and hops right out, with a sound of tapping as her cloven hoofs meet the pavement.
>>175458Moving out unpleasant smells like diesel and asphalt, Kira can pick up on some tasty smells. Deer, although Neela seems to be upwind, and… yes. Goats. Across the river. To the south. South and south west.
>>175460What beautiful music those hooves make. He watches his kylan as she goes around the car and towards the restaurant, not leaving until he's seen her safely enter the establishment.
>>175460"Okay, I think I have it. Follow me!"
Perhaps Neela is a bit disturbed by the strength of Kira's sense of smell, as Kira follows the trail she picked up leading her across the river and towards those mythical goats.
>>175461After making sure her mane net and her jacket are secured, she trots towards the entrance, looking back at Silver with a smile. The zebra mare continues to watch both creatures.
>>175462Neela and Kira go a few blocks south and then over, across an iron bridge. It’s still a bit urban, but progressing further, the buildings thin out.
>>175463While following the trail, Kira decides to engage in some small talk.
"Where else have you been, besides Baltimare?"
>>175463Silver smiles back, happy to see his kylan in such high spirits. He waves at her some more until she enters the restaurant, and then looks over at the zebra mare once more.
"Do you know Black Cauldron, by any chance?"
>>175465She widens her eyes, opens her mouth and audibly breathes in.
“That’s my sister.”
>>175464Neela tries to ask around again
[1d20 = 3]“In Equestria? Nowhere. When I was a fawn my family traveled around. Different cities and villages in Lushi.”
>>175466It seems like Neela continues to receive no response…
>>175466"Oh! Alright, can you just tell her that I said 'hello' and hope she is doing okay? I have couple of things to do, otherwise I would just come in and do so myself."
>>175466>>175467Hmm, perhaps if she wasn't travelling with the lamia she would be getting better responses.
"All I ever knew before leaving was Dhamaji and the savanna surrounding it. Baltimare is so different from my homeland."
>>175468“Uh, sure.” She smiles a little awkwardly. “I think she’s out today… I don’t know. I haven’t seen her. Today at least.” She flicks her tail to her right side.
>>175469“How… so?” She asks. The sun is going down, and it’s getting darker.
>>175470Dang, how long has it been? Kira checks her pocket watch for the time.
"All of the buildings are tall and made of different materials, you have all of this technology like cars and stuff. There's also a lot less nature here in the city then I'm used to."
>>175470"Oh, well, whenever you see her." He smiles and waves at the pretty zebra mare. "Have good day!"
>>175472She smiles and waves back
“I will!” A pause “And… have a good day, Silver, Khoi’s Fiance!”
>>175471I mean, she’s been continuously doing stuff all day. Does she have a watch? It’s like 5:30.
“Well, yeah. It’s a city. A big one. The biggest in the region… I am told. Of course there isn’t any nature in it.”
>>175473Silver rolls up his window and heads off. He sees if he can navigate the care to Curwhinny's old farmhouse, hoping that such a remote location for the car will keep the gang off their trail until his business is finished.
>>175473Yeah, she got a packet watch from the nice ponies at the pawn shop.
"It's a great city full of amazing things, but I do wish there were more trees and dirt in the city."
>>175474That location is more northerly, close to the road Cherry Hill is on, but much further west. The location is not remote, but is in the middle of new construction. Silver can of course drive there.
>>175475“Well… it’s a city. There’s a few parks and trees, and a little dirt, but… of course there’s not going to be many trees or dirt.” She trots a few more feet. “That little yard uh the back is the most I’ve seen since I left Lushi.” She says. “In a private yard, I mean. Like on someone’s apartment.”
The two have reached the end of where navigating by dead reckoning can take them. It isn’t clear where they need to go.
>>175476Survival: Another sniff, another tasting the air, as Kira attempts to figure out the correct path to take to get to the food.
[1d20+10 = (20+10) = 30] >>175476It's a good thing he can drive there, otherwise it would be hard to hide the car there. Even if it's not
super remote, hopefully it's far enough away where they'll be safe.
>>175477There’s no question at all. The smell is unmistakeable. Down the road, to the left, and then the equivalent of a few blocks. Goats and perhaps even lambs. And besides that, Kira now knows there are cervines in the wilderness. Also Neela is still there.
>>175478One way to find out! Silver can indeed drive there. The lot is a lone semi-wild lot surrounded by new-constructed houses.
>>175479Then it's time to vroom vroom (safely) his way to the farmhouse.
>>175479Ooooo. Kira's going to have to remember this place for future hunting plans. She excitedly leads the way towards the farm full of food.
>>175480Silver finds it. The quarry is still an archeological site, but the farmhouse is untouched. A random carry wouldn’t look out of place, with the archeological survey still going on.
>>175481They’ve left the rows of houses and have entered the woods. The trees break for a meadow behind a barbed wire fence. There’s a smaller enclosure, a henhouse, a barn, and a farm house. Kira can hear the baying of goats.
Neela
“Oh I should have brought wire cutters…”
>>175482Kira once more tilts her head at the deer. She's going to get a sore neck if she keeps doing that too much.
"Why do we need wire cutters? We just go over to the farm house and pay for a goat."
>>175482That sounds good. Silver parks the car by the farmhouse, hopefully out of sight, and turns off the engine. He makes sure to grab anything left inside the car to take with him as he trots back towards home. Though, as he passes by the quarry, he gets curious and decides to see if Pear Faucet is still there.
>>175483She half scrunches, rolls her eyes upwards, and moves her ears back.
“Okay fine, we’ll buy the goats. Have you lived your whole life make to just buy everything, miss money bags?”
The farm house is right there. The lights show it is occupied.
>>175484Looking in, Silver can see that Pear is indeed in the quarry. She is sitting down, with a hat and jacket on, and her tail curled up next to her, looking down at a set of paper items, presumably cataloguing or examining them.
>>175485Silver casually saunters on down the quarry to her to see what she's looking at.
>>175485"I just don't want to steal from them. They're honest farmers, and they provide a very valuable service to creatures like me."
Kira slithers around to the farm house, and knocks on the front door.
>>175486Silver is seen by a couple familiar stallions, who seem as if they will stop him, but evidently decide against it. They busy doing other things, after all. Pear is looking at pages from books. She’s looking at them fairly intently, and using her hat to block the sun from her eyes. She does not notice Silver, even when he comes close.
>>175487Kira knocks on the door, and a brown mare answers.
“Hi… Ah!”
She runs away
>>175488"Hi, uh..." That's all she can get out before the brown mare runs off. Kira calls after her. "W-wait! I'm friendly!"
>>175488I suppose they don't have fond memories of Silver after he made off with an enchanted sword. Silver politely clears his throat to announce his presence to the unaware mare.
>>175444“How will you get the diamond dog in?” He asks
>>175489A grey stallion comes up. He’s an earth pony, although zebra striping around the legs may be a feature or hybridization. He comes to the door, cracking it open.
“Who are you?” He asks. He looks back and says “It’s just a mare.”
>>175490“
Gasp”
She turns around, startled.
“Silver Sword? What are you doing here?”
>>175491"Hello Pear! I was just in area and thought I would come say hello, see how you are doing."
>>175491Hmm. Perhaps it's best for Kira to keep her snake tail out of sight if just for the moment.
"Oh, hello there mister! I was hoping I could make a purchase of one of your goats."
>>175493“Oh yeah, we have many goats. What are you looking for? A kid, a doe, a buck? Are you looking for a pet, a breeder, a milker, or maybe even for the foreigners?” He answers happily. “A little late to come out here. Who is your friend here?”
>>175492“In the area? Wha? Uh, hello? I’m going through book pages.”
>>175494"Oh, this is my friend Neela, she's been showing me around the city." She looks back at Neela, then again to the farm stallion. "What do you mean for the foreigners?"
>>175494"Ooo. What is book they belong to?"
>>175495“Well, I mean they will eat the… well never mind, you’re not here for that. What do you need?”
He looks over at the Deer
>>175496“A book of esoteric magic spells. I believe they are spells of the old ponies of Paradise Valley. Hard to say though. It seems most of the pages are lost, and I can’t say I am familiar enough with the language.”
>>175497"Huh, that is odd, seeing language you are not familiar with. But it would make sense with what else I found looking through those catacombs so many times."
Silver looks around them to make sure nopony is within whispers range, and lowers his voice.
"Actually, can I, uh...tell you something?"
>>175497Kira blinks, once, then twice, before replying to the stallion.
"That's, uh...actually exactly why I'm here..."
>>175498“Well, there’s both an old ponish, and comparatively modern ponish note, but…” she moves her tail to the other side. “What is it?”
>>175499“What is?” After a second, “Oh, for the… griffins? The cats? No matter. It’s alright, that’s actually where most of our goats go. The dogs, the cats, the gnolls, the bears, the griffins and wolves, they love goat meat. What are you looking for? A buck? Kids?” Then he says. “Actually, would you like to come to the pen and see what we have?”