Fire Lily

Lily simply stared at Steel through his story. Though she might not have agreed with his motives she did understand the wanting out of a bad relationship, especially if he had no say in the manner to begin with. "Well Angel and I live in a small place just on the outside of Ponyville, not much has happened there lately so jobs were fairly scarce and that's how I ended up here. It's not really my profession so to speak but I can hold my own." She said trying to look defient and not scared at all. "Well if it makes you feel any better...Angel's dad...he left." Lily said simply. It was a rather long story and she would only really tell it if it was asked of her.

Lily let out a small laugh herself, "You clearly haven't met my daughter. She's incredibly nosiy and tends to get her hooves in places they usually don't belong. If I told her I got it from a friend she'd ask a hundred questions about what friend and why and how long ago. You must be lucky if your daughter isn't like that. So um this might be a little bit forward but what about her mom?"

"You're daughter collects daggers? That doesn't seem very safe...or healthy." Lily said surprised, though she was somewhat expecting it out of what she'd seen oiut of Steel already. "Usually I don't get to travel much, and honestly she doesn't even know I'm gone this time. She's staying at a couple of places, I hope to be back before she ever notices I was gone, though the money will be pretty hard to explain away."

Lily stopped and stared at Steel. "Ok I promise won't tell them, though I'm not sure why you don't want anypony else to know. How old is Astrid? My Angel is only 8." She said while starting to walk again, "What do we need from the blacksmith's anyway? we already have armor and weapons."

Lily stared at him for a moment when he mentioned his daughter, about a hundred questions flew through her mind, including if he has a marefriend or not but she decided not to ask that quite yet and tried to hide her disappointment. Being a mom herself though she couldn't really help but ask "Oh you have a daughter? What's her name? My daughter's name is Angel." She said trying to start a conversation. She fell in step beside him and started walking towards the blacksmith's.

Lily walked over to the door with him and stared confused as he walked away. When he came back with a coat she blushed slightly. "You didn't have to do that for me, you know I have a coat back at the house. I just thought armor would be better because of the monster."She noticed it was big enough to put on over her armor and she stared in his eyes for a moment "Thanks though." She threw it on over her armor and stepped outside after putting the rest of her stuff in her saddle bags. "OK where to next?"

Lily walked around the store following Steel. She was conflicted about wanting to be better prepared but also wanted to save her money for when she got back home for her daughter. She decided that since she was paid half in advance and it was more than enough for a while she could go ahead and get some stuff herself. She settled on a fairly decent supply of glowsticks since they were cheap and didn't last long anyway. and some extra food. She figured she was well enough supplied otherwise for right now and she could come back for anything extra she forgot if she really needed to. Besides Steel seemed to have the rest of it covered. She followed Steel up to the counter and paid for her items. ((+glowsticks, +2 days worth of food -400 bits))

Lily stepped through the door that he held open for her. "Thanks, and I gotcha." She said turming towards him and gave him a small wink. She finished stepping through the door and started looking around the store. She wasn't entirely sure what Steel had in mind for supplies and she didn't bring many bits herself so she wandered back over to where he was and started following him.

Lily noticed the smile on Steel's face. She thought it was weird that anypony like him could even start to consider what a smile even was but she decided to let it go for right now. Trying to ignore the cold she looked back over at him. "And what is the old fashioned way you have in mind?" She asked as they started to approach the store, not too soon for her liking as she was starting to get cold already.

Lily stared at him for a moment, she'd never seen him smile before and it made her feel...different. In a way she had tried to forget a long time ago. She pushed the thought away and started walking beside him out in the cold, hoping it wouldn't be too far, her armor wouldn't keep her long for very long. "Why are we starting there? Did we forget something?"

"OK just one moment then" Lily ran back upstairs to her room and tried to decide what to take with her. She decided on her armor, just in case as well as the rest of her supplies that she could handle. She thought about her coat but it was bulky and would just slow her down, besides Steel can make fire she thought to herself with a small smile. She ran back down as quick as she could. "I think I'm all ready to go now."

Angel stared at dax for a moment before sitting down looking completely lost. Though her eyes did brighten up a little bit when she messed with her mane. It made him seem more like a real brother to her. "Closer than I think huh? Hmm..."She said while tapping her chin with her hoof deep in thought. "You're good at this." She flopped over on her side for just a moment. Suddenly she rushed over and put a hoof on Dax's cutie mark. "Is it this? it's pretty much the only green thing that I haven't tried yet. What does yours mean anyway?" She as curiously.

Dusk looked around the resteraunt as they were lead to their table. It was still a little too early for there to be many ponies there and there was only one other couple out their on the patio with them. Dusk had only a small thought about that and quickly pushed it out of her mind. This was just breakfast with someone clearly just as distracted as she was she told herself as she sat down and started looking over the menu. "So what sounds good to you?" She asked Cresent while still trying not to directly look at him.

Lily looked back at Steel. She didn't feel like being sliced in half today but the thought of being left alone with the monster still out there was not reassuring at all to her either. "Are you sure you don't want me to come with you, I mean what if the monster comes back? Or what if he tries to eat you?" Lily just stared at him as the armor appeared, at this point she wasn't too terribly surprised.

Since we're posting status updates, I'm not dead. Just can't really do anything else with my end until Randi posts something.

(think the proper word there is in tow) "I try to avoid the forest personally, way too many dangerous things live there than I care to run into. As far as I'm concerned I've seen one timberwolf and I've see them all." She said with a small smile. "A map might be a good idea, make it less dangerious in terms of getting lost anyway." She twitched her wings a little bit to move her jacket into a more comfortable position glad he still hadn't asked about it, she could try to explain away her eyes, her wings though were another story entirely. Though she was feeling more comfortable because this stallion at the same eyes she did, she still wasn't entirely sure about the whole wings thing. "I don't mind being bothered too much myself, it tends to not happen very much though. Almost everypony sleeps through the night, they miss out on all the stars though and the new patterns Princess Luna makes every night." She said with a smile.

"Yes it would've been nice if you wouldn't have cut it in half" Lily replied cooly. She still didn't entirely trust Steel and that little incident definitely didn't help. "You're welcome anyway though." She didn't react either way when he stepped a little closer. "I do agree they don't know how to hunt, I just hope that they don't end up running into anything they can't handle, or freezing out there."

Dusk blushed slightly when Cresent put his hoof around her. "I agree, it's much more fun to eat with somepony, how did you end up here in ponyvile anyway? I live here in Ponyville, I just have a small apartment but it works when it's just me. Usually I'm not out for a couple more hours yet actually, but for some reason I just couldn't sleep well and decided to go for a walk earlier than usual." She noticed him staring in her eyes for a couple of moments but she decided not to mention it since it might make it awkward.

"Oh really?" Dusk asked him. "Same here, it's a little earlier than I would like even for breakfast though, I'm usually not up myself for a couple more hours, I'm actually nocturnal myself." She said managing a small smile back to the stallion in front of her. "Pasta isn't really much of a breakfast food but I suppose we don't have many other options this time of day so it works for me." Dusk stepped off to the side a little to let him lead the way.

Lily was sitting at the kitchen table pouring herself another cup of coffee, she was pretty sure she could take on the monster, but fighting with Steel is something she really wanted to avoid for some reason she couldn't place her hoof on. "It's ok" She mutter while looking down. "I was just trying to make sure you kept warm, guess you don't really need the help though when you can make your own fire."

Lily stared down at the ground. " Sorry I was just trying to help, looks like Sparkle left already. Not sure how long ago exactly or how safe it was" She said as she got up and went into the kitchen, both to refill her coffee cup and get away from Steel for a moment in case he decided to attack her next.

Dusk almost jumped in the air when suddenly this other pony was right in front of her. One of the first things she noticed was his eyes, they were different from a normal pony, like hers. Hesitently she bumped his hoof. "Um, hi, I'm Dusk, yeah I have been a little distracted." She said with a small blush. "I suppose it's getting close to dinner time, was there any where you had in mind?"

Lily mumbled sleepily and she fell out of her bed and onto the floor when she heard Sparkle yelling, she had not slept well at all last night due to both the storm and somepony else on her mind. She didn't even bother brushing her mane as she walked downstairs and into the kitchen still mumbling something about coffee. She came back out with a cup and noticed Steel was sleeping still. She casually threw a blanket over him before sitting down in a chair across the room.

Lily smiled back at him "It's ok, I'm not really hurt" She said as they walked back down the hall to her room. "Good night I guess, thanks for walking with me. Try not to let the monster eat you too much." She said and gave him a quick hug then stepped into her room and almost started flying in circles around it hoping she's not too tired to sleep.