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>>96898It's supposed to be a curse, not a mild inconvenience. Of course it should somehow interfere in his or her normal life in a big way. You
could do that with the strength check. I believe it should ease the curse by a bit
>>96899Having your size change as severely as to go from being 1/8th the size of pony (or smaller) to being 16 times the size of a pony (or larger) in an instant, in random intervals with no hope to control it, is just a little more than a mild inconvenience.
>>96900The problem comes that it can exploited by encasing one self in an enclosure purposefully, meaning the gimmick is now just mildly inconvenient. It will never cause any big issue like accidentally stepping on a building, growing so big until it hurts or the building gives way, etc. Sure, ponies may look at you funny, but that's just a mild inconvenience
>>96901I would have to disagree with you, there.
>>96902Sure, you could go the way that you can't control how small you can become since any sort of enclosure would only limit how big can the pony get. However, that does not mean it won't amplify the inconvenience factor. What would happen if the wizard encases himself with a cube that covers his torso? It won't let him grow more than the cube can let since that's the rule you want to apply. Essentially, you have mitigated half of the curse with a simple cube layer thick enough and magically infused to be lightweight for good measure. When you become smaller, the cube acts as a shelter that will keep you safe from most insects unless a hole for a leg directly lands on a wasp or something. Do you see why this doesn't make it as inconvenient?
>>96903I'm...not certain it would work that way.
Anyways, that's enough meta talk for now.
>>96904I'm just following the rules you've planted. I'll give you some time to think about it. I'll stop with the talk for now.
>>96892Dark star steps closer and snarls
"Thats a bucking lie! i got out of bed when he kissed me and asked to do gay things! i walked into the kitchen to check on you. because i was worried about you but instead of saying anything to me, you go and spoon with him out of your own free will. passivity implies consent blue. yes you explained exactly how degenerate your two cultures are. with your "Cuddle Piles."
Dark Star points a hoof in her face
"Cuddles should be shared between a couple,you didn't stop to think that maybe, just maybe that i let him do that because if he wasn't doing it to me, and the reason i didn't cuddle you as well is because of how Uncomfortable being cuddled by a stallion made me,
Dark Star grimaces
"i didn't kiss silver. He kissed me. that's the most degenerate thing that i have ever experienced.do you know how filled with disgust i was being kissed by a stallion? you shut the fuck up wing-brain. you are literally the only good thing in my life. and the fact that you are repulsed by me so much that you don't even want to have foals then maybe you should be with an old stallion! seems to be your fetish."
>>96906>>96906She sighs
“You consented to the cuddle pile as well”
She looks down
“Look, if you are so insecure about our relationship that a guy giving me a hug causes you to flip your shit at
me - not even him, but me, mind you, as if I gave birth to a unicorn... this is not going to work out Dark Star. Get over the hug, or accept that your life needs a mare less than you need a bit of introspection”
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>>96908"I need a drink."
>>96900Dark Star looks over to silver
"Well since i asked her, let me ask you. you two had sex haven't you?"
>>96909“Star. Drop this jealous bullshit, or get out of my apartment. If you don’t like hugs, okay, that's established. But we are
not going to remain together if this is a regular thing”
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>>96888“Don’t answer him. He has his mind made up anyways. You should probably leave but remain at the door, in case he tries something”
>>96912>>96911"No,No let him talk. seems like i'm striking a nerve."
>>96912Silver nods and gets up from the bed. His voice carries a hint of sadness. "Alright. I will keep ear out. Stay safe, alright?"
>>96915"You
are striking a nerve. You are getting extremely angry over a
hug. A sort of hug, mind you, that you've received copious amounts of in the past couple hours. And then you insult my homeland, my ponies, and my race. You can fuck off you piece of shit."
>>96912>>96917"In case i try something? you think i would hurt you?"
Dark Star looks very saddend by this
"I-I what? No. i love you."
Dark Star looks even more sad than before
>>96919Dude, fuck off. If you don't like it, don't read it.
>>96918She comes closer to Dark Star, standing right in front of him
"Do you?"
>>96920He sighs
"Yes,More than anything."
>>96921I'm not. The entire basis for the argument here is that Silver briefly hugged Skies, which is... well, it's a fucking hug. He's acting as if he walked in on them having sex. It's not a good reason for suspicion and jealousy, especially because Silver has already proven pretty thoroughly that he's some weird old guy that likes to hug every pony he is friendly with. Like a weird Italian guy.>>96922She looks at him briefly, then walks out of the bedroom, towards the kitchen
"Then act like it"
>>96923"i think i need to sleep of this alcohol before i say anything else i'll regret tomorrow."
To Be Fair he is wasted and silver gave him bed room eyes kissed him and asked to fuck. >>96926Dark Star crawls into her bed and goes to sleep
>>96927"Did I say you could sleep here tonight?"
>>96928"It alright. i wont take up much space.plus this bed is comfortable."
>>96929She opens the door, and leaves the room
>>96930Assuming she's heading out into the hallway, Silver should be right outside, leaning against the opposite wall and keeping an ear out.
>>96930>>96931Can i roll diplomacy to improve the situation?
>>96933Just a little bit, I think.
GM decides that tho.
>>96933Sure, but I think I am having her already leave out the door. Accompany any roll with some dialogue to show the direction taken in the diplomacy
>>96932>>96932She closes the door beside her with her hoof, and does not look
silver in the eyes
“Like dating a damned Changeling”
>>96935"I would not know, I have never dated Changeling before." He lets out something between an awkward cough and an attempt to clear his throat, and after a couple seconds he speaks up again. "I am making bad habit of creating situations I have to apologize for."
>>96935Dark Star grabs the bottle of wine and sips from it while waiting for her to come back in.
>>96936Skies places her hoof to her side, as if digging in a non-existent pocket. She does the same to her other side, and finds, just as surely, that she has no pockets on that side either
“I don’t even know”
>>96937She has not come back yet
>>96938Too bad ponies don't have pockets built into their biology. He wonders what she could be searching for. "You do not know what?"
>>96939She takes a good long look at Silver. Is he naked now?
“This. What the hell is with him? It’s like his entire motivation is to prevent any pony from being affectionately cuddled. Like he has some sort of vendetta against cuddles”
>>96940He hasn't put on his clothes yet, no, but he did bring his stuff with him into the hallway.
Silver shrugs, offering a half-joking smile. "Perhaps it was cuddles that actually killed his parents?"
>>96941She comes a little closer to him
“Ha! That’s what I was thinking. Just... things are not going to go well with him in the future, are they?”
>>96943Silver, for once, lets Blue come to him rather than taking the active route. "I do not know. He is young, yet. Driven, stubborn, principled. Not very good combination of traits for cooperation and compromise in relationship. It is hard to tell how he will turn out later in life, but for now it is something he will have to work out of."
>>96945She positions herself, sort of backing up and standing next to him, some inches away
“He wanted me to quit my job to become a housewife”
>>96946Silver gives her an amused look. "Really? Has he
met you yet?"
[1d20+10 = 28][1d20+10 = 18]>>96948“Hah, I know...” she rolls her eyes around, and then stares right into his
>>96949And thus, the two ponies stood in silence, staring deep into each other's eyes: Silver into Skies' jade green orbs, Skies into Silver's deep blue sapphires. He gives her a smile, shining with what must seem like all of the warmth missing from his cold motherland of Severyana.
Those are some super spooky rolls. Mind keying us in as to what they're for? >>96952Whoopsie daisy, can't into the talk Starry boy.
[1d20+10 = 25][1d20+10 = 19]>>96951She continues, staring into his eyes
“He claims I’m the best thing in his life, and then in the next sentence calls me a ‘wing-brain’ and says my homeland is degenerate. Does he think of me as a pet or a simple possession?
>>96952He cain’t hear shit
>>96954Silver gives a confused, disappointed look not directed at Blue. "He said that?" His eyes look up, breaking eye contact for a few seconds as he considers what he's seen of those two together. His orbs return to match Skies' once he's finished. "...Perhaps that might not be too far from truth. As I said, he is young, and will need to learn. This is his first relationship, one he has had for only few days, if I am correct in understanding."
>>96956Skies pulls away from Silver a little, both breaking eye contact and moving back a foot
“And he gets angry at me because I’m relunctang to have foals with him. We’ve known each other less than a week. We aren’t married. He hasn’t even talked about getting married, but he thinks that because I am relunctant go have foals with a stallion I’m not married to and have known less than a week I must be disgusted by him, or something.”
>>96958Actually yes. I checked and all of this was said before Silver left. So Silver actually already knows all of the things Skies is telling him
>>96960"Patience is definitely not his virtue, it seems." He continues to look at Skies, even if she has broken eye-contact. Even if he can't see her eyes, he can imagine easily that something like this is upsetting to her. "Do you think you could get Star to see effect all of this having on you?"
>>96963“I don’t know. I don’t know...” she starts walking away. Down the hallway
>>96964Silver looks at her as she takes a couple steps, then back at the door for a second, before joining her in her walk. He's not sure if she wants to be left alone right now, but...well, he certainly wouldn't want to be alone in her position. Not now.
>>96965She walks down the hall, down to the stairwell, then down the stairs
>>96968Silver continues to travel with her, hoping his company is at least a small comfort to his forlorn friend/lover. He looks to see where they're heading.
>>96969>>96968But then, Skies suddenly turns around and pins Silver to the wall and furiously kisses him for being such a nice guy that finished last.
>>96969She continues. All the way down the stairs, then at the bottom door, she opens it, goes down the hall, and ends up in a room that once must have been a lounge, with big red fluffy couches, and a bar on the end. Hardwood adorns the wall, and large glass shelves presumably once stocked alcohol. Now there is a coffee maker near a sink. The room isn’t all that big. She lays down on the couch
>>96971This looks like it would have been nice place to spend time with friends before occupation. He looks over to Blue on the couch, worried for this pony he loves so.
Still is, I suppose. Such weird behavior from her to head down here.He lays down on the spare portion of the couch with her, giving a concerned look. "...Blue...remember when I said I was always here for you, if you needed me?"
>>96972And now, it is an instrument of the occupation itself, in a way
Shelooks at him now. It’s not like she didn’t know he followed her, but she wasn’t expecting it
“Yes?”
>>96973"I think is one of those times." He opens his forelegs, physically and metaphorically, to her, inviting her to come and share her worries with her dear friend.
>>96974She looks over, then moves closer, and then moves into his hug
>>96975*poner is hugged*
Silver holds her close to him, forelegs wrapped around her neck and stroking the back of her mane.
>>96976Her mane feels soft enough. At least she’s washed it recently, presumably today. She feels a little cold though
>>96977Silver continues to hug Skies, not indulging his desire to cuddle her further. He doesn't want to ruin this right now, when this is about her, and him doing what he can to help her feel better. "Let it out, Blue. It is what I am here for."
>>96978Ooooo, branching path. Wonder what this means. >>96979“That... that didn’t go down how I wanted it to at all...”
>>96980"How did you want it to happen?"
>>96981“I was hoping he’d be friendlier to you, or at least... anything other than being both cold to me and possessive of me”
>>96982"I suppose 'cold and possessive' is one way of putting it..." He sighs. "I do still love him, in way. But he has lot to work on.
"I do not think I have asked you this yet, but...what do you think of Star?"
>>96983“Right now? I don’t even know...”
>>96984"And before now, what did you think of him?"
>>96985“Strong. Respectable. Capable. A potential real leader. Passionate.”
>>96986What happened to that stallion in such short amount of time, I wonder... Silver does not give voice to these specific thoughts. Instead, he lets out a sigh, and continues to stroke the back of her mane. "If I am being honest, Blue, I do not know either. I wish I did. I wish I could give you answer to your troubles. I wish I could help make everything okay. I love you, Blue. You have been bright Blue Skies in my life in this short time I have known you, chasing away clouds from my mind when they roll in, providing comfort I have been without for many years and giving me hope for better days in future. It pains me to see you hurt so. I feel so helpless in trying to make you feel better..."
[1d20+10 = 27]>>96988She looks up at him, only a few inches away from his face. Her eyes are almost pleading, pretty little turquoise gems.
"Silver? Can you keep a secret?"
She asks this as if he isn't already keeping a massive secret for her.
Also, sense motives for emotions, trustworthiness, and motives
>>96989He stares her right in her gorgeous turquoise eyes. "For you? Of course I can. Anything."
His emotions: worry, care, helplessness, confusion and disappointment at how Star has acted, and a joy at being here with her now despite everything that seems to be dispelling a great sadness in his heart.
His trustworthiness: he wouldn't betray her, give her up, let her down, or desert her. He feels he's done enough of that to last a lifetime. If she tells him this secret, he will keep it hidden, and nothing will get him to tell.
His motives: pure. He genuinely wants to help her. True, there is a very small jealous side of him that wishes he was in a relationship with Skies like she has been with Star, but in this instance his only concern and desire is her.
>>96991"Okay..."
She has a look of uncertainty. Of a sort of fear. But she places her trust in Silver
She unfolds her right wing and out falls onto the couch a cigarette... Luna's lucky strikes, and a Hippo brand lighter. She places the Cigarette in her mouth carefully, and tries to light it with the lighter
>>96992He's honestly a little surprised that this is, apparently, the secret. But, he'll keep his word. He won't tell a soul. "You smoke?"
>>96993".... Perhaps"
She lights it, and takes a nice, long inhale. She holds it for more than a moment, savoring the flavor. It looks as if her nerves are calmed before his very eyes. Finally, she exhales it
through her nostrils in what surely can't be all that pleasant of an experience... not that she seems to notice it
>>96994He offers a slight chuckle, remembering a conversation they had much earlier in the day involving something else exiting through the nose.
…Wow. That was only today. Talk about long day."I have never seen anypony exhale through their nose before." The cigarette smoke tickles Silver's nostrils, activating that craving lodged deep in his mind for a good smoke. He stares longingly at the stick in her mouth. He smacks his lips together idly as he curses himself: he forget his smokes and his lighter in his bags, which are still in the hallway in front of Skies' room.
>>96996Yeah, sure. His smokes and lighter are totally in front of Skies' room
She takes another puff, and then looks at Silver with a devious smile
"Well Silver. Star is now pretty sure we're a couple together. He probably thinks we're out having sex right now.
She lids her eyes and then bats them at Silver
"Would you like to be my secret colt-friend?"
She offers the cigarette to Silver
"He's going to believe you are anyways, after all"
>>96997The faint remainder of his alcohol blush intensifies upon her suggestion, but it's followed immediately by a soft, warm smile as he takes the offered cigarette. "I would like that very much."
With the practice of 50+ years, he takes the end of the stick in his mouth, and takes a looooooong drag off of it, spending a not-insignificant portion of the remaining smoke over the course of the drag. He holds it there, much like Skies did, before exhaling it in a protracted cloud out of his mouth, symbolically sealing the deal.
He takes a look at the Hippo Skies used, and the cigarette he just smoked.
On second thought, these look sort of familiar... He gives Skies a semi-amused look. "They say all good relationships are built on foundation of trust. So, since I suppose we are in secret relationship, be honest with me: did you pinch these from my bags when I was not looking?"