Despite the somber mood of herself and her companion, the streets of Windermare was packed; almost shoulder to shoulder with ponies. Aix never realized how many ponies were in this quaint little town. She preferred a crowd to shadows though, blending in tended to be easier.
@Mr. Critical
Aixi turned to her friend, "I need two knives, and some poison if they got any. Am I missing anything else that we could need Critic?" She chuckled to herself. Her words never sounded quite right.
Critic looked as if he was pondering the outcomes, this made her smile, such a caring tentative pony, "Well lets see if he can keep up." Aixi's thoughts laughed.
"Ok, I want you to follow me the best you can, If we get separated we meet back here. ok?" Aixi smiled cheekily at her new friend.
"Come on!" light giggles could be heard as Aixi quickened her pace.
She swerved her way though the crowd weaving between the countless number of ponies. Never missing a step Aixi trotted along. She turned her head to see if critic was still following. She noticed Critic stumbling through the crowd only a pony or two behind her. "Not bad, I didn't think he would keep up quite this well." Her thoughts provoked her and she laughed enjoying her game.
As she tucked her wings close to her body she looked back one more time, making sure to catch Critic's watching eyes. With a playful wink she was off! Being tiny had it's advantages, she loved the child hood game of tag and was always best at it. She quickly gained distance between her and her companion.
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After a short distance Aixi noticed a shady booth displaying some odd looking weapons. "Perfect." she thought as she walked over.
The dark looking stallion attending to this stall had a scar that stretched his entire face. He forced a smiled at AIxi as she approached him. The toothy grin sent a chill up her spine. He clearly didn't smile often.
"Hey little Missy, what's a pretty little mare like yourself doin alone here?" His greasy voiced slipped though his teeth as he spoke.
"I need these two daggers", she pointed without hesitation at a pair of daggers placed safely out of reach.
The stallion thought for a moment and then replied. "Those are quite expensive, and I doubt you could afford them, let alone handle them. The smallest scratch would have you poisoned."
Aixi smiled and pulled out a tiny sack of gems from somewhere in her mane. Without a word she spilled them across the counter. "This is more than enough for the items I request, however you seem to think that I am in capable of handling such equipment."
As she gathered the gems up and pushed them back into the pouch she continued "Let us wager, If you can knock me out before I knock you out, you keep my gems and don't sell me a thing. If however I win, I walk away with the daggers and my gems."
The gruff looking stallion let out a laugh as he scanned the tiny mare over. "Ok, but I will not go easy on you just because your a kid." With that he reared up ready to attack
Aixi smiled taking off to the air, as she flew higher she could hear the land pony yell at her, telling her it was unfair to fly, all the while uttering curses his mother would not be particularly fond of. She giggled lightly as she dived the pony with an out stretched hoof. She smiled as she neared the side of his face, her hoof made a loud clap as it connected with the stallion dropping him in an instant.
"You should have just sold them to me." she laughed as she place a single gem on the counter
Walking through his stall she helped herself to a bag and tossed the sheathed daggers carelessly into the bag. As she glanced up she noticed a familiar perplexed gaze.
@Mr. Critical
Tossing the bag over her shoulder she trotted happily over to the familiar pony "Hey you, I got everything I needed, for a good price too!" she exclaimed excitedly.
She nuzzled Critic's mane, "Do you need anything?"
She laughed to herself, she wasn't sure what all he had seen. "I wounder what he must think of me." She thought.