TheLineTrotter

@@scooterlou, 

Vincent gave a smirk as she spoke of a love of pancakes "Than this place should be right up your alley. I think i`ll probably get something like turkey bacon.... er, synthetic of course." As they arrived her added "Oh, and trust me, this place serves some great coffee." Once they were inside, they had to wait a minute for a table, which Vincent spent making small talk. Once they got to the table, a little table for two abit off in a corner, Vincent pulled the chair out for Raspberry as he passed by before sitting on the other side.

He looked over the menu, ordering a coffee, black, just a touch of creamer, as he perused the menu. He tried to find something appitizeing that he could... well, physicallly digest being carnivorous. 

@@scooterlou,

Vincent turned his head as he heard the door to the shop oppening, smiling lightly as he saw Raspberry. She heard the mare tell off the stallion, and was personally amazed at her patience:  he`s never have managed to keep himself calm if he`d been in her hooves. When she turned to him, he gave her a light smile. "Hey there." at her question, he nodded "Yeah, i`m starving! I know this great place for breakfast, think it`s called Big Colt or something like that. It has preety good breakfast, i`ve heard good things about thier pancakes and muffins too." He said, beginning to walk towards it with a gesture for her to follow. He wasn`t sure how Raspberry would feel about the smell, but he hoped it wouldn`t bother her. "I`ve got a preety good plan set up. Obviously, we`re not going to be able to see everything in just one day, but...."

(the resturant is meant to be a pun on Big Boy, for those than were wondering)

Vincent blinked as the stallion from yesterday came running up to him, letting out a huff. The guy really annoyed him for some reason. He`d just started glaring at him randomly yesterday, and next thing he knew the stallion was inturrupting his conversation with Raspberry. He raised his brow at the request "What are you in such a hurry for. The place doesn`t even open until noon, Raspberry told me so." for emphasis, he pointed at a sign displayed the oppening and closing times. "Besides, I don`t recall ever seeing you get this cleared with the owner like Raspberry said to."

@, 

@@scooterlou, 

Vincent groggily opened his eyes, forceing himself off of his nice, warm, comfy bed and flopping onto the floor, before lifting himself up. He stretched himself, before rubbing his eyes with a clenched claw and looking at the clock. 7 30. No bad, that gave him an hour to get cleaned up and ready to meet up with Raspberry. He took a brief shower, had a very annoying time drying himself off like always, before making the call on his phone. He explained the situation with his wing to his boss, and though his boss wasn`t happy about it, he approved the time off. 

Vincent left his small appartment, heading down the road. He took his time, arriving about 5 minutes after 8:30. He didn`t see Raspberry outside of the ice cream shop, so he decided to simply wait around. He`d give her about a half an hour before he would start thinking she just bailed.

" See ya, Autumn." He wondered what exactly was wrong with her mom... well, wasn`t like he could ask now. He watched her take off, feeling a pang of jealousy at her flight, before walking off. It took him awhile to get home, and when he did he was exhausted. It`d been a fun day, all and all. Pickpockets, collapseing ponies, ice cream... he basically collapsed onto bed, simply closing his eyes and allowing himself to drift away. 

(and now, I await the next in RP day!)

@@Starshine,

Vincent set the bits down to pay for his meal,plus a nice tip, before moving to follow Autumn outside. As she spoke, he gave a light smile "Yeah, I know what ya mean. Flying at night is the best." he said with a smile, looking up at the night sky, smiling as he enjoyed the evening breeze. As the mare spoke of not liking closed spaces, he nodded. He could understand that. he just hoped he hadn`t made her uncomfortable. "Yeah, you`re probrably right. Still, I had fun. We should hang out again sometime." he said, glancing at her with a friendly smile. He`d noticed a contemplating look on the mare`s face earlier, just before they left, but he hadn`t thought to ask about it.  

@@Starshine, 

Vincent could tell he`d made the mare upset by telling her about just how bad his wing was, noticeing a crestfallen expression. "Hey, it`s alright. Sure, it sucks that my wing got messed up, and i`m gonna miss zooming around like I use to and all the long trips, but honestly, i`m lucky i`m still alive, let alone my wing will heal." he gave a small smirk "Besides, i`m suppose to be a big tough Griffin. Can`t have ya feeling all upset about me."

At the comment on the muffins, Vincent gave a lighthearted chuckle "Heh, i`ll keep that in mind thanks." Vincent finished his own meal, licking his talons clean before finishing his drink. At her question, Vincent took a moment to think it over. "Not really, no. What about you?" he asked curiously. He would probrably head home soon, assumeing something else didn`t come up. 

@@Starshine,

Vincent appreciated the concern the mare had, but ended up forceing a smirk and leting out a short, forced chuckle "Heh, trust me, they tried. Without going into detail, my wing was basically being held on by some bandages, a few strips of flesh, and the effects of a healing potion. Honestly, i`m lucky it didn`t just fall off before I could get it treated properly. The unicorns tried thier best, but..."

He gave a small genuine smile as the mare spoke of 'flankholes', appreciating the comment she made. When she got into the matter of her own early life, it was fairly clear to Vincent she wasn`t crazy about the idea of talking about it, so he kept himself quiet.  Didn`t want to try and force her too. As she told him to eat up, he gave a smirk., about to woof down the salmon before remembering basic table manners, cutting it up with a fork and knife. It was preety good, all things considered, although he was wishing he`d gotten the smocked ham synthetic.... 

@@Starshine,

"Yeah, I am... well... kinda..." he said, flexing his injured wing slightly, without really thinking about it. "I kinda messed up my wing awhile back on a delivery job. Doctor says if I stay off of it, it`ll heal all right... but I won`t be able to make the long flights like I use to." He tried not to show how much it bothered him. Flying around, exploring the world, seeing new places... it use to be what he lived for.

Vincent also wasn`t touching his food, not yet anyway, enjoying the conversation. He blinked as she suddenly spoke of his life, giving her a soft smile. "Yeah... you`re right. It`s tough sometimes though... Ponies sometimes have problems with Griffiin`s... I don`t mean like you, just making a mistake like before, I mean... they can just be harsh, ya know?" He paused a moment, leaning lightly on the table between the,. "what about you, Autumn? Where`d you grow up?" he said, thinking she was probrably from Clousdale, or another Pegisi community.   

@@Starshine,

"Sounds great." he said with a smile, getting a table and setting himself at a seat. After a moment, he picked up a salmon based synthetic, something he knew this place could serve a half decent one of. He also ordered a water, before relaxing in the chair. Since this place served synthetic meat, they were kind enough to have chairs provided for the larger bodied Grffin`s. 

At her question, Vincent gave a smile "Suppose that`s a fair enough thing to ask. I wasn`t born in Manehatten, I was born in Bavaria, a Griffin city. It`s... kinda like Manehatten, only alot more factories and alot less pleasantries. I started doing deliveries as soon as I was old enough... guess part of me always wanted to get out of there." He gave a shrug. Sometimes he missed the Griffin Kingdom, but... he wasn`t sure he`d ever go back if he could help it. 

@@Starshine,

Vincent wondered if perhaps the mare was getting the wrong idea about the fact he was showing Raspberry around the city. He didn`t even know if ponies and Griffin`s could date... he knew a few Griffin`s whom had shown interest in ponies, and while Vincent had never judged them, he had never imagined himself like that.

He blinked at the mare`s advice, nodding to himself. It was preety good advice...  "Yeah, the Coffee here is great. I`ve stopped by here many-a morning to get a cup before a long flight." He said, glanceing around at the ponies that were eating... they seemed to be enjoying thier dinner, mostly hay friends with some main dish, a few daisy sandwiches... "Hey, thanks, you`ve been really helpful." he said with an appreciative nod, pauseing a moment. "If you`re not busy, maybe we could grab a bite together? Be nice to get a full opinion from a pony on the food here." he said the last part mostly as a joke, not really minding chatting with the mare. It was a little late, but if she didn`t mind, what was the harm?

@@Starshine, 

"Autumn Glow, huh? Nice name." Vincent couldn`t hide a smirk at the salute the mare did. At her question, he nodded "Oh, yeah, I was offering to take Raspberry, the mare back at the ice cream shop, around the city tommarrow and I figured i`d make sure this place could make a decent meal...." still, he realized, he couldn`t exactly taste test how thier meals for ponies favored... he couldn`t eat it after all and wouldn`t make a fair judge. "I had a late lunch earlier, but i`m use to a high calorie diet: Lots of flying and stuff. On leave now, but..." he made a mental note to cut back on his usual meal size: he`d be exercising alot less for the next few weeks... He couldn`t help but notice a look of slight disdain coming from the mare as she smelt the meat substitute cooking: to him it was mouth watering, but... "then again, maybe I should consider somewhere else... I don`t know how good thier pony food is here, and the smell might bother her..." the brunch would be the first stop on the tour, so he had to make sure that it didn`t dampen the whole event. Atleast I know this place serves good coffee. He mused.

(ah, my bad. Should have seen that, thank you. )

@@Starshine,

Vincent blinked as he heard someone land behind him, turning his head to find the pink maned Pegasus from earlier.  As she apologized, Vincent gave a light smile, extended his claw and wrapping his talon around the extended hoof, giving it a shake. "Hey, no hard feelings. In fact, i`m sorry. I was way to defensive about it." He released the hoof, setting his talon down before decideing to introduce himself. "I`m Vincent by the way, pleasure to meet you." he said with a small smile.

(Hey, Starshine, think I could get a link to Autumn`s character page? I can`t find it.)

Once Vincent had left, he considered what to do. It was preety late, and he had plans for the morning, but... he supposed he could try and stay awake abit longer. He had quite a walk ahead of him before he got home. Might as well wander for abit, enjoy the cool night air. He use to love flying at night. He had finally finished making a mental checklist of where to go, and decided on the place for brunch. It was a small restaurant, based on one of those old diners from a few decades back. He recalled them having acceptable coffee, good breakfast, and making an EXCELLENT synthetic bacon. 

(@@Starshine, Hey, if you`re desperate for someone for Autumn to interact with, Vincent is available.)

@@scooterlou,

Good coffee. He had to cross a few more places off of his mental checklist now. "Coffee? Got it, I know a few places... still, seeing how much energy you have now, better make sure you don`t have too much caffeine."  As the mare said she was excited, Vincent let out a chuckle. "Yeah, me too. Be nice to have someone to hang out with rather than just wandering around having a pity party. But anyway..." he said, moving to get out from the booth. "I should probrably get outta your mane, since you`re gonna be closing up soon. I`ll see ya tommarrow." he said with a smile.

(since the orginal poster designated a time earlier, I suppose we`ll have to wait for Becker to say the day has ended)

@@scooterlou,

Vincent smiled happily as the mare seemed truly excited. Well, it`ll be nice to hang out with a mare that`s not trying to rob me, or is fresh out of some metal institution he mused to himself. "Got it, tommarrow morning,, 8:30. Man, i`m preety excited myself. I`ve never gotten to show someone around the city like this." he said with a chuckle. He noticed the mare was blushing, causeing him to smirk. She was preety cute like that, with the glasses and everything... for a mare anyway. He started making a mental map of where they could go, both for brunch and for sight seeing. There were plenty of resturants, but he wanted to think of one that served good herbivore food  for Raspberry, but also somewhere that didn`t shy away from selling synthetic meat that didn`t taste horrid. 

@@scooterlou,

Vincent gave her a small smile as she agreed to go around the city, Vincent making a small checklist of things to show her around Manehatten. He had to change his plans when he remembered that, at the moment atleast, neither of them could fly so they`d have to walk. That didn`t matter, there were alot of smaller sites one would miss if they took a cab or something, or flew over, it just meant he had to rethink how long it would take. "Tommarrow morning sounds great. How about 8:30?" he said, thinking that would give him enough time to show her a few good sights before they had to split. "And yeah, I can meet ya here... are ya gonna eat breakfast here, or would you rather we found a place for a late brunch of something before the tour?" 

@@scooterlou, 

"Oh, it`s not so much the big city, I can deal with that, but ponies there are always so snooty, especially to... non-ponies. Saw a Zebra there once. Most refused to even acknowledge him, let alone talk to him, even businesses." he said, speaking in disdain of Canterlot. He had a hard enough time there, and knew that Minotaur, and Zebras didn`t have it much better compared to Griffin`s. He`d been called a "filthy hybrid" before, due to being half lion half eagle. He tried not to let it bother him.

As the green pegasus left, Vincent set his now empty ice cram bowl aside "Well, he was... odd." before turning his head back to Raspberry. "But yeah, I mean, I`m gonna be bored outta my skull with nothing to do for awhile, I could show you around. I mean, not today i`d think, it`s preety late, but maybe tommarrow, if you`re not too busy here?" he said, trying not to be too forceful or pushy. 

@@scooterlou, 

Vincent smirked good naturedly as the mare spoke of living in the city, nodding in understanding. "Yeah, the city can be preety confuseing at times. I don`t think even i`ve seen all of it!" he said with a smile. "I`ve been all over, personally, even before moving here from the Griffin Empire. I considered settleing in some country town, but I figured I wouldn`t get enough work there... and I don`t think I could ever live in a place like Canterlot."

@, 

After a moment, Vincent got an idea "Well, since you`re still getting use to the place, maybe I can show you around the city sometime. There are-" he blinked as he heard the Stallion from before, the one that had offered to buy his ice cream and then bizzarely began to glare at him, trot on up to them. Vincent glared for a moment, angry at being inturrupted, before calming himself. "We`re kinda talking here... and didn`t she say to check with her aunt?" He said, before glancing at the clock: It was already preety late, he had to imagine the ice cream shop would be closing soon "Besides, little late for your concert or whatever." 

@@scooterlou, 

"Right, Zecora, that was the name." As the mare said ponies treated her different because she was, well, differant, Vincent gave a smirk "Well, i`d be quite the hypocrite if I was leery of her, huh?" He let out a small sigh "But I know what that feels like: Griffin`s are rare in Equestria, ya know? And most ponies aren`t use to us, especially in smaller, no Pegasi towns." as she spoke of his luck, he nodded solemnly "I guess. Still, kinda sucks. My big appeal at work was that Griffin`s can fly super far deliveries with less breaks, so we delivered them faster..." suddenly he caught himself, shaking his head "Heh, whoops. Pity Train, party of one, huh?" he said, giving the mare a light smirk, quick to change the subject. "So, you getting use to this place yet? Must be quite the change from Ponyville."

@@scooterlou,

"Yeah, that sounds about right." he said as he continued to finish up his ice cream, just about done with it.  At her question he rubbed the back of his neck. "Oh, well, ya see..." he glanced back at his wing. "I made a stupid mistake. I was on this delivery, to Canterlot, and i`d been flying all night. I had planned on resting in Ponyville and finishing the delivery the next day, but I decided I could afford to land real quick and get a breather." He looked back towards the pink mare "As it was though, I was flying over the Everfree forest. I was resting for just a few minutes, but... a manticore got he jump on me. Nearly tore it off. I managed to limp through the Everfree until some Zebra found me. She fixed me up enough and let me stay the night at her hut before I walked to Ponyville. I went to a doctor, said that my wing won`t really ever heal fully, so no more long flights for me. Still, says if I stay off it a few weeks, should heal enough for me to fly again."

@@scooterlou,

Vincent smiled when the mare gave him that hopeful smile. He had plans to stick around for abit, maybe hang out with the mare, or someone else if she was busy.   when the mare, presumably the aformentioned aunt came in, Vincent gave the older mare a smile. "Nice place you have here. The cotton candy flavors fantastic!" he mused as he watch Raspberry move to a booth in the back, moving over and setting the ice cream down and sitting in the seat across from her. "Mind if I sit here?" he said as he slid into the other side of the booth from where the mare was sitting. "Now, where we?" he said, refering to thier earlier conversation.

@@scooterlou,  @@Starshine,

Vincent realized that with so many ponies coming in now, the mare would probrably be too busy for conversation, atleast for a little while, so he decided not to bother her until things smoothed over. He continued to eat his ice cream quietly, when he suddenly heard the Pegasus mare that had just ordered  speak to him, raising a brow at her. "And what exactly is wrong with a Griffin eating ice cream?" he said, sounding a little annoyed that just because he was a Griffin, people had to question why he`d come to an ice cream shop. 

@@scooterlou,

Vincent smirked as he heard the mare ramble, leaning on the counter and eating his ice cream as she spoke. "Ponyville? I use to go there all the time, believe it or not. Usually was a bunch of rare books from the Griffin Empire being delivered to some Treehouse library." He said, having poor memories of those trips. Even with the strength of a Griffin, those long lights with literal stacks worth of giant tombs of books.... even he was exhausted from those trips!  He smirked as she apologized for rambleing. "heh, it`s fine. It was interesting. As you may have guess, I make deliveries. I use to live in the Griffin Kingdom, but I settled down here... oh, 5 years back? I still do deliveries but... well, I injured my wing awhile back, so i`ve been taking some leave. Been wanderering around town all day, and I`m already bored out of my skull." he said with a light smirk. He loved flying too much, and even with everything in the city, he was bored even after the first day all on his own. He didn`t have many friends ethier, and most of them were Pegisi from work who were currently out on deliveries. 

I know it`s kinda late, but I wanna apologize for being inactive for ahwile (not that @(member='AllYouPeopleWhoPlayConsistently') wasn`t immature at all), my classes started up again IRL and I was kinda busy.