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@@Skycoaster & Pondah nodded his head softly. "Of course we can go." ​Pondah said. "You are free to do what you please around me. I will rarely restrain you. You can make your own decisions for you are a mare, not a filly." ​ ​When Pondah heard again that he was having something bought for him, he began to think. 'Great, now I ow Bubble the value of a sandwich and a lick of iced-sugar and now I owe this guy the value of whatever I eat at this hotel. I'll have to sell my body parts to pay off my debts if I get anything else given to me.'

@@RussianRoulette, and Glacier's attention flickered away from Symphony for a moment as the sound of a heavy metal strike on the floor rang through the plaza. She shifted her attention back to Symphony as quickly as possible but remained aware of Roulette's word. "If the foals do not want to be hurt, then they will leave." ​Glacier said coldly. ​When she had finished speaking, she caught Symphony running away over the rooftops. The sight of this caused Glacier's breathing to become hard and deliberate and her muscles to tense. "She got away..." ​Glacier quietly but with anger in her voice. "Here I was thinking that I could get into a battle. I need to find something or somepony braver and more eager to fight." ​Glacier galloped away and resumed her area learning mission. She now had a second goal. If one of the first ponies she met had some combat skill, perhaps she could find others.

@ In the heat of conflict, Glacier shut off the outside world and focused only on the battle. Even though her attack had missed, Glacier's mood had improved slightly as she met someone with skill in battle. "It is always nice to meet somepony with some skill in the art of combat," said Glacier with mild suprise. "And of course I don't know who you are. We have only just met, after all. How about we get to know each other?" 'This should make it harder for her in combat. It is harder to hurt those you feel some connection with if you have no experience in murder and pain. It may seem like a bad tactic to those not in the know but in a fight, any help is good.' ​Glacier was now wandering slowly around Symphony, always keeping an eye out in case she tried a sneak attack.

And? People seem interested in Pondah and Bubble. One is a energetic and talkative whilst the other is reclusive and fragile.

@ Glacier laughed at the ignorance she felt from Symphony. After getting herself back onto her hooves, Glacier replied to the pegasus. "How little you know," ​she said in a more regular voice. "That wasn't a charge. That was nowhere near a proper charge." ​Glacier bowed her head. A devilish grin formed on her voice, revealing her sharp teeth. In a raised voice, she said, "THIS is a real charge!" ​Launching herself as fast as she could, Glacier aimed to ram Symphony with a shoulder.

Glacier continued to gallop around the streets of Manehattan. Since she started to gallop, more and more strangers were shooting dirty looks at her. In a few minutes, Glacier had reached the centre of the city. 'I think I will spiral out from here. Then I can cover as much land as possible.' ​ After choosing a direction to travel in at random, Glacier began a slightly slower gallop to try and learn some of the area. 'There does not seem to be much open space. Easy to get lost but also easy to hide in. This may come in handy.' ​ @ Glacier was so occupied learning the area, she failed to notice the in her path was a blue and white pegasus. Glacier collided with the pegasus and tumbled on the ground. "What is it with this place?" ​Glacier shouted with anger building in her. "Do the ponies here find it necessary to trip you at every occasion?"

@@Skycoaster Slightly irritated by the way another pony had completely barged into his conversation, Pondah took a few relaxing, deep breaths to stop himself from snapping at the new pegasus. "It's nice to meet you as well, Skycoaster." Pondah said with a mildly forced smile. "I'm Pondah. You won't have seen me around before."

I hope it doesn't anger anyone, but I'm going to resign from this roleplay. I haven't been posting regularly enough so by the time I can/do post, I have very little idea on how things are in the RP. It was fun while I lasted.

@@RussianRoulette As Glacier careened round the bends of Manehatten's streets, she found herself colliding with a carriage pulling pony. His hasty apologies and offer did little to prevent Glacier's short fuse from igniting. "I gathered that you were not looking where you were going!" ​shouted Glacier with venom in her voice. "You can keep your free carriage ride. Where is the fun in being shown where there the supposedly great things to see are?" ​Glacier continued galloping in the direction she was originally heading, only slowing to leave her farewell. "For your sake," she shouted. "Let us hope we never cross paths again."

@ Pondah was awestruck as Thunder lifted the bag with his electric. "That's... that's incredible!" ​ Pondah said, struggling to find words to fit how he felt. "I mean... a pegasus gathering and holding enough energy for telekinesis. That's completely unheard of! Are there any negative side effects? Any pain or fatigue? You know, with some wire and a metal core you could easily make an electromagnet."

Don't count on it! Pondah hates fireworks and all their rather overrated glory. (Yeah, I think fireworks suck.)

@ I don't know who you are but if you try and steal Bubble from Pondah with your special light-show, is going to go mental.

@ & ​ Pondah smirked as Bubble answered Thunder's question for him. "Yes," Pondah said in agreement. "Unlike a majority of earth ponies I am more interested in facts and figures than strength and alcoholism. For example, 9/10 alcoholics are earth ponies and 66% exceed the recommended alcohol limits at least once a week. I imagine it may have something to do with the false idea that stronger ponies can take more alcohol. I think it's a lack of knowledge that's to blame." ​Pondah paused for a moment before continuing. "Wow, almost went on a full rant there. What is this 'other thing' you can do?

@ Pondah smiled at Thunder's confidence. "Well, hello Thunder," ​Pondah said. "I'm Pondah and I spend my time doing things that other earth ponies don't do. Nice to meet someone similar." The way he was able to easily speak shocked Pondah. Only a few days ago, he would be hiding and cowering whenever he was bumped, nudged or addressed. Now, he was able to start a conversation! 'Did Bubble do this? I have only started being more confident when I met her. She's something special.' @ ​Pondah turned back to face Bubble. "Make sure you stay safe." ​Pondah told Bubble with a smile. "Oh, and before I forget. Bubble, this is Thunder."

Glacier growled as she entered the city of Manehatten. Strangers walking past shot filthy, disapproving looks at her and for good reason. For, you see, Glacier was not here on holiday or a day out. The iron ring around her horn showed she was her on rehabilitation. She was classed as mentally unstable after she was seen living in the Everfree as feral as the rest of the of the creatures there. Her visit to Manehatten was an attempt to help her become civil again. 'They're trying to change me. Trying to bend me to their idea of normality. They think I'll just go along? Never! I'm Glacier Shard and I live the life I want to live, not the life authorities want me to live.' Whilst being back outside did make Glacier feel a small bit happier than being cooped up in an institution, her usual hate and disregard for authority still shinned through. Imagine if you had spent your whole life being shunned and screwed over by the powers that were meant to protect and improve your life. Would you feel like you could stay loyal to them? 'At least they aren't following me. They've respected privacy for once. I suppose they had to if they were to get me to co-operate at anything. I'm still annoyed that I have to keep the restraint. Just because they saw me killing a minotaur means they feel they have the right to prevent me from using magic.' With her usual and hate and mild relief from freedom running through her mind, Glacier entered the city and began to gallop towards the centre of Manehatten. 'I'll head to the center and learn the area from the middle outwards. I won't miss anything then.

@ Why must you start this at 3am? I'll definitely play using Glacier Shard (link in my Sig)

@ & By the time Pondah had recovered from the shock of the sweet and cold ice-cream, Bubble had made some sort of agreement with a green and black unicorn. "So what just happened there?" ​Pondah asked. Without waiting for a reply, Pondah attempted to strike up conversation with the guitarist. "Hey, guitar guy," ​Pondah said. "That was pretty good. What's your name?"

SO MUCH YES! The people that stuck from the start are an astonishing group of RPers. We got this running in a few hours, the characters are fun to have interact with all being unique, there are no unexplained absences and we add pages at a good rate. A second RP would be incredible. One question, would it be open to the public as well or just for the regulars here?

@ Glacier gave a sigh of relief when she heard the end of travel was in sight. 'Finally! This Dog Ears is as fun to interact with as a potato. I'm still taking up his offer on teaching me to be 'normal'. It'll be great to see his face when he's wrong.' ​She had been fidgeting for the trip as the boredom of the monotony of the trip almost drove Glacier to insanity. Well, deeper insanity than she was currently in. "So then," ​she said to Dog Ears. "Are you still up for trying to teach me to be a boring, run-of-the-mill pony? I'm up to see you fail." Glacier kept a rather patronising smile is she voiced her thoughts.[/color]

@ & Pondah took a tentative lick of the ice-cream and instantly recoiled. "Wah!" ​Pondah said with a contorted face, "That's so sweet! How much sugar is in that? Heck, how much not sugar is in that?" When Bubble replied to Pondah's question about the mysterious guitar noise, he looked in the direction Bubble had pointed her hoof in. "That looks like a likely candidate," Pondah said in agreement with Bubble. He raised his voice to speak to the guitarist in the tree. "That's some skill you've got there!"

@ & Pondah kept walking through the park, checking frequently to check that Bubble hadn't been left behind as they weaved through small crowds. Eventually the two reached the ice-cream stand. "Go on," Pondah said to Bubble. "Knock yourself out on all the iced-cream you can take." Pondah was looking around the nearby area to gain another small bit of knowledge of the area when a strange noise began to sound around him. "What's that noise?" he asked. "Is that you, Bubble?"

@ Bubble was bouncing and talking so quickly that Pondah was unable to comprehend what was happening. All he could decipher from the bouncing mare's speech was 'Show me where!'. "Fine then," ​Pondah said calmly. "Follow me and I'll take you to the park so you can have iced cream.' ​Pondah began to leave the park and, whilst Bubble was silent, he began to think. 'If she force-feeds me iced cream, I wonder what I'll miss out on. Perhaps it'll count as my Hearth's Warming gift.'

@ Pondah racked his brains for any memories of another park that he found in the area he memorised. "I think there was a larger park near the alley from earlier." Pondah announced. Speaking his thoughts helped him bring everything together and a flash of recognition hit Pondah. "Yes! There was one over there. Didn't quite seem as peaceful as this one. I remember there being some sort of 'iced cream' stand."

@ Pondah thought for a moment as to why the berries were not eaten. "It don't think they're poisonous." ​he announced. "If they were, I definitely would've suffered some sort of adverse effect. Anyway, I'm all full of berry goodness. What else shall we do? I'm all washed and full. What about you?" The small snack had left more slivers of juice on Pondah's muzzle which were removed again by wiping his face on the moist grass below.