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@Dynamo Pad Chip turned his attention towards the apologetic unicorn who shared the same feelings as Coconut back then. He closed his eyes very briefly, shaking his head very gently yet again and looked up back at Dynamo. The feelings of grief and pity were long gone for him but the memories of his beloved sister still remained close to his heart, as if she was still breathing in his eyes. Even though she was 6 feet under, he was determined to not let his sister down and Coconut was the male's biggest chance of proving his worth to her. Brushing off a bit off dust off his clothes, he spoke up to the male who had brought the woman into a close hug. "Oh no, it's quite alright. It was a long time ago, way before I opened the arcade in Canterlot. She had problems with her immune system and was bedridden for the majority of her life, it was only fate that she would eventually pass away peacefully. But she was a special character, she was. That mare always loved to entertain everyone around her through her unique sense of humour and her ability to make anyone smile. There never was a day in her life in which she wasn't smiling and acting like every other woman on this planet. Even on days in which she felt so much pain because of her body. But that damn mare, hah... she put up such a fight to continue smiling to comfort us, to tell us that she wasn't backing down from her illness. She refused to believe that giving up was an option. Her bravery and courage to fight something that would eventually kill her gave me courage to never back down from challenges in life because... she believed there was a good side after every obstacle, a light at the end of the tunnel in a sense." He reached into his trouser pocket and grabbed something, taking his hand out and opening it to the couple to discover. What he showed the couple was a small, yellow, chubby star with two small eyes and that particular star was reaching out to the couple happily. Letting them get a proper look at the item, he started to toy with it more as he continue to speak. "This right here is a Luma pin, my sister's favourite pin she would love to wear every day. I presume you two know of the game 'Super Mario Galaxy', correct?" Coconut nodded to his response, remembering the old game from her childhood and how she would spend so much time travelling to different planets to collect stars and meet Lumas. Not to mention, that's where she met her current favourite princess of the entire Mario Franchise: Princess Rosalina. Bringing a hand to gently rest on Dynamo's chest for comfort and leaning on said hand, she replied. "That game is a b-beautiful game! It was an all time c-classic growing up as a young g-girl. I don't s-suppose your sister likes L-Lumas just because of their appearance, Chip?" He shook his head to her question as he set the pin down on the counter face up. While the lumas' appearance was indeed adorable, that wasn't exactly the reason why his sister liked the pin nor the reason why he kept it safe in his pocket. Fighting back the urge of tears, he gave her a smile while responding back to her question. "No, but the appearance is quite adorable. That was only one of her many reasons why she wanted the pin. You see, when my sister was playing the game, she came across a segment of the game she loved to pieces and would purposefully go back to listen to that segment again... and again. What I'm talking about is Princess Rosalina's story, how she became a mother to all the lumas and how she left everything behind to take care of them. She loved the story so much that I remember her telling me she wanted to be a Luma herself. Her reason being that when she passes on, she wanted to become a star that makes someone special smile. Her own star called the 'Buttercup star'. I remember trying to laugh it off, saying that's a cheesy way to say about death but that mare kept true to her promise..." His voice lowered to a very soft yet sorrowful tone and his worn out eyes were now fixated onto the Luma pin instead of the couple. His expression couldn't even be read from their position as he continued to talk. "Even at her death bed... She said that same desire to me again and handed me that Luma pin, telling me to always take care of it and she'll visit Earth among the other stars and maybe Rosalina if she's lucky. She... sent us off with one last smile, telling all of us that she will be watching over us from space and she doesn't want to see her death as a goodbye... More of a 'see you later' she said. Then as my mother held her in her arms, she... ... she stopped breathing for the last time. T-That-... That's when her desire came t-true... and she turned into the m-most grand star of t-the entire galaxy... It's only b-been 20 years s-since my sister passed b-but... Still remembering it g-gives me bad memories... I c-can't even go to her grave properly w-without tearing up. Some b-brother I am, huh? H-Hahah..." His eyes were watering at the remembrance of her death and how her desire to become a star became true, at least in her eyes. Tears were rolling down his cheeks as he tried to wipe them away using a hanky from his jacket pocket. His voice got lower in tone as he tried to make sure the counter didn't have any tears drops from his crying. Unfortunately there were a few that he tried to cover up using his arm. Coconut, from listening to the tragic story of his sister's death, began tearing up herself as she let go of Dynamo to lean over the counter and bring the crying male into a tight embrace. She rubbed his back in circles very gently as she couldn't even find the words to even describe how she felt after hearing a tragic story. What could she even say? There was nothing in her head that could be said to try brighten the conversation back up.

@Dynamo Pad @Illiad Easle @Stardust @Starforce Glimmer Console wasn't really paying that much attention as she was more focused on the umbrella trees above her blocking out the heat that was driving her crazy. But her attention was brought away when Dynamo pointed out that they were almost there at the lake. She immediately focused on the lake and gasped, noticing how huge the lake was. To her, it reminded her of looking at the grand ocean at the beach sometimes. The way it hypnotized her just by shimmering the glorious sun rays upon it's surface and displaying a very beautiful aquamarine. Not to mention how the lake reflected most of it's surroundings almost perfectly and effortlessly almost stood to shock the mare sometimes. But it wasn't just the main appearance of the lake that got her eager for it. It was finally hitting the fragile water with her entire body to create such a giant splash that would break the mirror like presence of the lake. To feel the cool presence of the water finally calming down her body temperature and calming down her heat-driven brain from exploding- Okay that was an exaggeration. However, something stopped her when they got closer to the lake. She noticed a couple of figures near the lake and immediately frowned at them. She got a bit suspicious of them very quickly even though she knew they were different from other ponies they knew back in Fillydelphia. She turned to her brother and spoke to him in a low yet quiet tone of voice. "Hey... we got company. Ponies... and they look different than the types we knew back home. What do we do?"

@Dynamo Pad Both Coconut and Chip glanced over at each other, remembering how their lives collided into this student-teacher relationship and how Chip called the girl 'Buttercup'. He smirked at the mare, receiving a smile from the mare, as he turn towards the unicorn waiting in anticipation. He rested his arms against the counter to support his weight as he started to explain the turn of events of the duo. "How I met Buttercup? Bah... that takes me back a few years ago where the nightly tournaments were all the rage within young fresh minds like you two. It was around 5pm where I originally started the night tournaments. The usual 5pm crowd of young children, adults and veterans came rushing in, eagerly awaiting the game of the night. Conveniently, the game was Mario Kart 8. I've never seen the crowd get so enthusiastic about a game before! Especially one from the Nintendo franchise. However, there was a catch with that tournament. Whoever could get the most amount of first place placings at 200CC can become my pupil to learn my secrets of success. But they had to play through the entire grand prix through the set rules of the multiplayer. I still remember the rules. They were: Shells only, Karts only, the courses were in order, no bots allowed and 24 races. Do you still remember that, Buttercup?" He turned towards the mare who just frowned and groaned in remembrance from the tough rules. She shook her head to try forget those stupid rules from those years ago as she looked over at her teacher. "Please... that was a n-nightmare..." He chuckled in amusement, placing a caring hand on her sunken shoulders and lightly patting it for reassurance. The man then continued on his story, "My apologies. Anyways, the race was on and everyone there was wanting the glorious grand prize of being my pupil. There were many wins, many losses, a lot of rage and complaining but importantly, there was bets on who would win in total. At first it was a free for all, then shrunk to 100, then 50, 36, 21, 10 and finally top 5. Funny enough, Buttercup was in the top 5 to become my pupil. She was very talented at Mario Kart 8 and not once did I see her whine, rage or cheer. She had a poker face while she raced to become first place. She had one of the fewest losses out of the top five and I was very impressed at her skills. At that moment, I was determined on making her my pupil. But there was one thing I didn't realize until after the tournament, which will come later. Anyhow, the top five was now the top three with an arrogant yet cocky unicorn who wasn't happy that a girl got into the top three with him and also a very skillful earth pony that had the highest amount of points out of the two. You couldn't have imagined how wild the crowd got, bets going wild. Eventually all things came to an end and the arrogant unicorn won with a total of 20 wins. Coconut had 19 wins. But something didn't feel right with him... Something felt wrong and I just had to come investigate. So I proposed a challenge to end the tournament night. The top three has to race against me with those conditions set in place PLUS they had to race on four tracks I chose. Well.. in the end, all three competitors lost due to the inexperience of the tracks and the unicorn was cheating by using a hacked controller that guaranteed his wins no matter what. Ha... when I found out, he was immediately disqualified. Which brings the winner title to Buttercup here." Coconut rubbed the back of her neck with her left hand awkwardly, laughing bashfully as she nodded in agreement with Chip. Lowering her hand down from her neck, she glanced back over to her crush and spoke up (as if it was her turn to continue the story). "After I had won the tournament and I was crowned the Queen of Mario Kart 8, Horizon took me in as his p-pupil and taught me over 100+ games with different techniques that almost guaranteed a win in that specific game. There was always one game that I always s-struggled with a-a-and that's the game you and I m-met playing at... Naruto Storm. D-Did you know LuckyStreak w-was inspired after my streak of 19 wins i-in Mario Kart 8? Ever since then, I loved that n-name and wanted to go by that gamertag. But if you're w-wondering why he calls me Buttercup, i-it's because I r-reminded him of his sister whose also called Buttercup... She e-even was a yellow pegasus! But sadly s-she passed away through illness... and I guess in a way... I remind h-him of his b-baby sister... ... Sorry for b-bringing up your sister, Chip. I k-know it hurts you to t-think about her... passing." He shook his head gently with a sorrowful smile as he patted her on the shoulder again. While it did hurt him to think about Buttercup's passing, he was willing to pass on her legacy that she gave him before she passed. What was the legacy? He doesn't even want to say yet, it's too soon.

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@Dynamo Pad Chip couldn't help but to smile as the mare's arms wrap around his body and pulled herself close to the stallion. At first he took a step back to adjust himself from how sudden the embrace was from his old pupil (and frankly not to trip over and hurt himself against the shelves behind him), but he gave in to the mare's reunion embrace and wrapped his arms around her carefully as if he's being mindful of her wings. A soft chuckle escaped his lips, having flashbacks to when Coconut first entered the arcade looking so lost and afraid. He considered her a little buttercup who felt out of place from the others. Something about her resembled a buttercup to the old-timer. Perhaps her tan skin? Her demeanor? Or maybe her gaming abilities? He didn't want to spoil the surprise until it felt appropriate to share towards the two adults. Seeing Coconut mature into a young woman after teaching her all he knows both made the male proud yet concerned for her. However, now isn't the time to be focusing on old memories. His ears perked up at the mention of the nickname 'old-timer', making him glance over at Dynamo. He couldn't help but to give Dynamo a playful disappointed look, rolling his eyes at his comment. Once the mare had let go of his body and looked over at her crush with a satisfied smile, he spoke up. "Old timer, huh? It seems that all the regulars have dethroned me from 'Castle Crasher' to 'Old timer'. I'm not kicking the bucket nowhere soon." He laughed, rubbing the back of his neck playfully as to indicate he was joking. After letting his laughing session drag on for a few more seconds, he slowly came back to his senses to focus on the two adults in front of him. With a smirk, he continued to speak. "Of course I recognize you two! Kinda hard to forget the first moment Buttercup battled against one of Pinball's pupils. That Pinball wouldn't accept just anyone that easily and his methods of gaming are far beyond anyone I've ever seen. You're a very lucky man to be taught by Pinball, Kyubiki." Coconut tilted her head at the mention of Pinball, now curious on how he knew Dynamo's tutor. She was recommended meeting up with him three years ago through Chip's suggestion but she didn't have the confidence to meet Pinball at the time. If she could, she would've love to meet him if given the chance again. Such is the past. With the question still lingering in her mind, she spoke up to the old timer. "How... How d-did you meet Pinball? O-Or at least know of him?" The male turned to Coconut after she addressed the question of how him and Pinball Wizard met. He gave buttercup a nostalgic smile as he answered her question, "That boy's arcade was very popular before mine climbed to power back in the day. He was the talk of the talk and I just so happened to visit Fillydelphia around that time as a young lad. He had everything a young child could ever want and was promising big and better each and every day. The more he would bring more content into his arcade, the more citizens would stay there for hours on end trying to complete said game in one sitting. He also had amazing skills when it came to playing games and would outsmart a few citizens to impress them. Of course, everyone would clap for him. It was because of him that inspired me to create this arcade in Canterlot where I can make so many people smile and enjoy the smaller things in life. He enjoyed the attention, the cheer on people's faces, the sounds of games being won... everything was thrilling to him."

@Dynamo Pad For a moment or two, she felt her heart skip a beat or two from his response. Her visible eye had a small heart forming and her cheeks were now deepening in the colour red. Almost as if they're the same colour as blood or beetroot. Whichever it may be, Coconut felt like she had died and went to heaven. No one has ever described her in that form of fashion before or even compared her tanned skin to the sun. Especially from her crush nonetheless. The mare couldn't help herself but to squeeze into him a little bit as if she's giving him a sign of affection. It didn't last very long as she pulled away after the squeeze but she didn't let go of his waist for the remainder of the walk. Even if they were standing in front of the arcade. Coconut shook the feelings away to try focus on the agenda for today's activities rather than oogle at Dynamo all day, which she would more than happy to if given the chance. She nodded, hearing him talk about what he wants to accomplish ever since achieving his cutie mark. Being a professional gamer sounds both challenging and yet fun. There was many things that Coconut wanted to try. For example: Voice acting, cosplaying, drawing, gaming and so on. Doing those types of occupations for a living would be a dream for Coconut as she would be doing something that she genuinely enjoyed rather than working at a 9 to 5 store. She couldn't help but to admire his passion and his enthusiasm for his goals and dreams, knowing that most men her age or older would be focused on their selfish desires and wants. For her, staying loyal to goals/ideas is a characteristic she finds in men very attractive. It makes her think they don't always think like complete morons. However, a key characteristic that gets her to fall for a man is definitely personality. Looks come a bit later but having a solid personality without any negatives is a huge plus in her books. Not to mention, Dynamo does fit that description to a T. Practically, she meets nearly all of her requirements for a boyfriend. There's still one last characteristic that she loves in men that she's hoping to see within Dynamo. That being a secret of course~ She completely nodded in agreement with voice acting, wondering if she has the potential to become a well known voice actress. Him linking the connection of ballet with voice acting got her agreeing even more as she completely forgot about her feelings. The heart in her eye disappeared, her grip on him became a little looser and her face no longer was the colour of beetroot. It is now the same colour as her skin. But with that comment, it felt like he earned some brownie points considering on how this pleased the mare. "Yeah! In a way, b-ballet is connected with voice a-a-acting as it allows you to experience the s-story through the eyes of the c-character. You m-may not be yourself but being in s-someone else's shoes and i-imagining yourself f-fighting a dragon or going on a-adventures with friends sounds a-absolutely divine... That's a dream goal for me..." When she had finished her sentence she glanced up and down the arcade to make sure it was still the same arcade she loved visiting nearly every week. Sure enough, it hasn't change a bit ever since the last time she visited the arcade. A kind smile appeared on her face as she was eager to meet the owner again after so long. Feeling Dynamo unwrap his arm around her shoulder made her a little down but she understood as she unwrapped her arm around his waist. She watched him approach the door and open it, gesturing her to walk in first. Being treated like diamond definitely has it's perks and she was enjoying herself a lot. She couldn't help but to give him a curtsy as a way to thank him as she walked into the building. Immediately as she walked in, she was greeted by the familiar smell of corndogs coming from the food stands. This smell always got her craving corndogs every time she entered the arcade but sadly she had to resist them as she didn't have enough money at those times for food. Continuing on, arcade machines were lined across the walls of the building with their flashing lights and beckoning music. Even the old classics had flashing lights which would draw a customer in easily. Larger games like crane games or basketball shooting were mostly in the middle region, anticipating the customer to play. She could hear the sounds of arcade machines being used and children laughing in glee as they won a stuffed animal from a crane game near them. The entire room was dimly lit to enhance the feeling of a true arcade, but not too much where the children can't see entirely. There was also the area in which the Nightly Tournaments happens. The place Coconut loves to watch gamers compete each other and either succeed or lose trying. Thankfully there was no penalty losing but there was a huge prize if you won the tournaments. Four platinum TV screens were hooked up to the wall with every console the arcade had nearly organized on a table. There were consoles like the Nintendo Wii, Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4, Xbox and a whole lot more. By Celestia's sake, there was even a VR headset near all the consoles. Thankfully, it was in a case that could only be accessed by the owner of the arcade. Looking to her right was both a prize counter containing over thousands of prizes and labels telling the customer how much they costed each and also the main area in the entire arcade. Standing there was a suave light brown earth pony with a short yet scruffy, white mane with brown highlights. He had a sleek body type and was wearing his usual attire of a semi-formal tuxedo. That man right there was called Horizon Belt but he prefers the name Chip to appeal the younger youth. He looked up from serving a young child to notice the two gamers walking in and a bright smirk appeared on his face as he knew immediately who the two ponies were. "Well well well, if it isn't the legendary Kyubiki and LuckyStreak! I was beginning to miss your faces around here every night! Come come! Let us catch up after so long, I'm sure there's a lot you two are willing to tell me! Especially you, buttercup." Coconut's eye widen to the size of dinner plates as she recognized that British tone of voice anyway and she came rushing up to Horizon, practically pulling him into a him after so long without seeing him. She had missed seeing him after so long and seeing his face again made her one of the most happiest mares in the entire arcade. "It's been so long, Chip! I missed you so much!"

@Dynamo Pad Her eyes shut tight, almost as if she's trying to rid herself of a bad dream, and never let go of Dynamo for the whole entire duration. This is the first time that she had ever told anyone her problems with her family. Normally she would try to laugh it off and say things are going splendidly with her siblings when in actuality, it isn't. Like every family, there was a giant problem with her family and that mostly relied on the two older sisters: Dew Moonlight and Swift Mist. Dew Moonlight was a control freak of the house and wanted everything to be run in moderation. Coco remembers how Dew would put security cameras around the house to watch over the entire family and every week, she would force every family member down stairs to have "family meetings". These "family meetings" were mostly two hours of her consistent complaints of how the younger siblings are too spoilt and the parents aren't doing anything to teach them to behave. However, despite her need of control over the entire family and her 'over-the-top' methods of doing so, Dew was quite pleasant to be around. She was the class clown of the family whenever she was in a good mood and loved to make everyone laugh, especially the young brothers Arctic and Silver. While it was a shame she moved out of the house, she insistent for the cameras to be untouched so she can "keep an eye on things" or so she said. Now the main source of the problem was Swift Mist. She caused a lot of strife on Coconut's life and never cared about other's feelings or their opinions. Just being around the arrogant unicorn would give Coconut bad flashbacks. To please the unicorn would've cost an arm and leg because of her ridiculous high standards and her overwhelming desire for magic. If anything wasn't to her liking or someone gave her a hard time, Mist would... Mist would... even thinking about the consequences she would do to those poor people make Coconut even more afraid of her sister. In a sense, she was very similar to Cosmic. Dynamo's rival. On one hand, it wouldn't be a surprise if she had known of Cosmic because of how their personalities connect together like pieces in a puzzle. On the other hand, it would be bad if they knew each other because they would be able to make their lives more chaotic than it already is. Either way, it's a lose-lose scenario. Her ears perked up to the sound of Dynamo's voice addressing the answers to the questions he asked earlier. She slowly opened her eyes, snapping herself back to reality, and listened. The pegasus couldn't help but to give a light giggle at his joke, thinking it was humourous to her reasons why her favourite colour was blue. With an amused smile appearing back on her face, she spoke back up again. "Nono, a-although that is a g-good reason why blue may be my f-favourite colour. I like the colour b-because it reminds me of the ocean... the way it s-shimmers when the s-sun hits it just right is absolutely breathtaking. Tranquillity to say the least. It reminds me that t-there's more to life than just c-c-cowering away from those who h-hurt you the most and you h-have to continue fighting for those worth fighting for... Especially those w-who you genuinely care for..." She glanced to Dynamo mid-last sentence as if she was indicating who she cared for the most. It was so obvious, even a child could see it. Turning her attention back to the arcade, she continued to speak, "I never r-really like to specify a-as I'm still unsure of w-what field to study within the e-engineering department. I'll let you k-know once I reached a conclusion on my decision. However, I think it's mostly b-because of anime t-that I want to give voice acting a t-try. From the l-looks of it, it seems f-fun and beneficial! N-Not to mention, you g-get to be your own character a-and voice them! Isn't that cool?" The mare stopped talking as they finally arrive at Chipper's Horizon after their long walks and discussion of getting to know each other.

@Dynamo Pad Coconut couldn't help but to agree with his words when it came to ballet, she was honestly glad she could inspire him with the way she views ballet. It honestly brought a smile to her face and a warm feeling in her chest rose again. Not that warm feeling you get when drinking hot tea or enjoying just a simple day but the same warm feeling she felt when she first developed that crush on Dynamo. It felt like a refresher to feel the feeling again after so long of not having that passion brought back up again. Don't get her wrong, she had a slightly warm feeling around him. It was just in the moment that she wasn't really thinking of him being in her life. But now her feelings for him were much stronger, clearer, precise and she knew who she wanted in a boyfriend. She wanted him and him alone. The girl didn't care if he was single or not, all she wanted was to confess her feelings to him and she felt like she needed to let him know by tonight. To finally confess to him is a major accomplishment in itself but she was willing to go out all the way to finally admit she had a crush on him... even if it's love at first sight. The girl was so distracted in her feelings for him that she was caught a bit off guard with Dynamo bringing the girl close to him. For a moment, she looked at him as if he went crazy but then realised why he held her so close in his arms. The bad memories of her and Misty did throw her off by a majority and she always feel like it's her fault her sister hates her. The girl muttered a very quiet 'hold me' while being held by Dynamo. The poor girl. Coconut used her free arm to wrap around his waist and practically brought herself close to his warmth, hopefully to feel at least a bit protected by him. While they continued to walk, she looked up at him and continued to talk. "My favourite colour...? H-Hm... that would be blue. Either blue or yellow. Both c-colours are beautiful i-in my opinion. A-Also, my studies weren't anything to be proud of. I w-wanted to become an e-engineer and left home to a-accomplish my career choice. But now that I think about it, m-maybe I should try voice a-a-acting. That would be fun." As they continued to walk, Chipper's Horizon was getting closer and closer to the point where they can see the entrance of the building.

@Dynamo Pad "Oh wow! Really? If you can arrange that with your m-mother then that would mean a lot to me, t-thank you! Honestly, your mother is right... Ballet is a way to convey those emotions built up inside of y-you and letting them go through the arts o-o-of your body's natural rhythm. The w-way I see it... it's like t-telling a story. Except you're not speaking verbally. Instead, you're using those emotions from deep inside you to tell the story instead. Your soul also plays an important role in the story telling because it is acting as if they're that character from the story. For example, your may not visually see yourself as a swan prince heroically saving the princess from certain doom through the power of romance... but, inside you act as if you are the swan prince from the story. You think like, act like, perform like and soon imagine yourself as that certain character. Soon you find yourself drifting away from reality, forgetting that everything around you is just an act and your body naturally responds on it's own. Most ballet dance don't like to see themselves in the character's shoes as they find it childish, immature or even useless because they see ballet as something competitive. But for them, they have the hardest time to learn the sequences and they don't give it their all as if they're performing on stage. They don't express themselves through their moves and try to focus on the tiniest of details which sure makes the act more graceful but it lacks something important. Emotion. It doesn't feel natural or does it feel like they're telling the story to the audience... ya know?" Coconut closed her eyes and shook her head in disappointment as she recalled some of her ballet lessons with some of her fellow dancers. The way they danced looked so stiff, so robotic and yet so bland that it was enough for the young Coconut to not want to watch anymore. Most of them were older than the mare and had all the perfect techniques, moves and cues down, all that was left was to paint the story. However, some dancers didn't even try to input emotion into their moves or made the entire performance completely bland. Granted at the time, Coconut also struggled with conveying such emotions into the story but she always put her best foot forward and always got good grades from the judges when she tried. So she mostly spent all that time putting as much emotion into her movements to impact the story more and this always impressed her ballet teacher that she saw a bit of herself from the girl. From there, the rest is history according to the woman now. If she could, she would love to sit down next to Dynamo and tell him all about her life and how much she had accomplished on her own. From when she had first entered the world, how her passion for ballet started, how she moved to Canterlot and so much more that couldn't even be fit into the current conversation they were having right now. Speaking of Dynamo himself, she completely forgot that he was still listening to her little rant about ballet. She opened her eyes to look back at the male, now it's her turn to listen to him answer her question. She nodded understandably with the siblings not having many friends as children and ended up being each other's best friend. She found the bond between the two siblings both precious and adorable. In a way, it reminded her of her younger two brothers who looked up to her a lot when she was younger. They were basically inseparable, the three of them, and Coconut found herself to be the more responsible sibling from her entire family. Her expression changed from a content, understanding expression to one that looked almost concerning for both Console and Dynamo. What exactly did happen when they were kids? Did they have some sort of bullying problem? Or was it bigger than that? Whatever the problem may be, the girl wanted to know to calm both her curiosity down and her emotions for them. However, that emotion was almost reassured by his gentle smile. It was almost as if he knew she was going to be worried about them. This man can practically read her like a book. She wasn't complaining though, it just means that he understood her more than most people she knew. It was comforting in a sense. Continuing to listen to him talk about the sibling's relationship, Coconut couldn't help but to show a genuine smile at that last comment. It was relieving to know that at the end of the day, Console and Dynamo still have a strong bond between each other and they will forever to support each other through thick and thin. She wondered if his sister wouldn't mind her being his girlfriend or she would immediately disagree with the relationship and tell her to get lost. From the sounds of things, Console sounded like a sweet mare and she had seen her before with Dynamo not too long ago but she never really got the chance to actually spend some quality time with the mare. All she knew is that Console is very close to her brother. Maybe one day they can have a girls' night out to bond. Once Dynamo had finished speaking and reversed the question back to Coconut, she knew it was her turn to speak again about her personal life. With a gentle sigh, she spoke up with a gentle tone of voice. "Y-Yeah, I have f-five siblings. T-Two younger brothers and two older sisters. From age order, it goes Silver Star, Arctic Breeze, m-me, Dew Moonlight a-and finally Swift Mist. S-Silver Star is only 9 years old a-and he is an earth pony w-who loves to play with his toy b-binoculars. It's adorable really, you s-should see the l-look on his face when he sees something in them. It's like h-he discovered treasure at a young age. Next we have A-Arctic Breeze whose 15 years old and has a passion for traveling. He's the o-only unicorn in the family who is willing to learn h-how to fly a plane. Isn't that neat? Then there's me, known as Coconut Crescent. Next, my older sister Dew Moonlight. She's turning 21 in a few months and she a-already has a job working for a radio company up at V-Vanhoover. She's a very strict woman who knows what's t-tolerated and what's not t-tolerated. One wrong move and it's to the s-streets with you. She's a bit fierce with her work. Finally, my eldest sister, Swift Mist." She took in a deep breath in and out before continuing on, "Swift Mist is a 28 year old unicorn whose personality matches Dew Moonlight's in a s-sense. Misty loved magic from a y-young age and always w-w-wanted to go up and beyond with her studies. From w-what my mother told me, she spent the first few y-years of her life t-teaching herself how to do basic spells a n-normal child would know a-at the age of 8. By the t-time she turned 7, she had r-read all the magic books from m-my parents library and wanted to know more magic. W-Well... to make a long story short, she l-learnt magic pretty quickly and is n-now working with a t-team of talented unicorns to create new spells t-that Equestria could benefit from. I don't e-exactly trust it but she never r-really cared, considering she's the eldest child. My mother, Sapphire Eyes, d-did everything in her power to stop her f-from doing anything irrational but... she isn't the type to l-listen unless it interests her. Nowadays, Misty c-comes back home to Manehatten once e-every year... it's sad really." A soft shiver of regret and dread ran down her spine as she could remember the memories she had with her eldest sister. To say the least, none of the memories were at least happy and pleasant. Shaking her head to wipe away any thought of sadness or regret in her head, she decided to change the topic to answer the second part of his question. She gave him a calming smile to comfort him from any sort of concern or worry in his mind. "My parents ,Sapphire Eyes and Crimson Mask, both l-live in Manehatten. They take care of Silver Star, Arctic Breeze a-and sometimes Dew Moonlight. I moved o-out of Manehatten to C-Canterlot so I can f-focus on my studies... Not to mention, I w-wanted a different change of pace. So... I apologize f-for my little rant but that's all m-my family members. I-If you have any other questions then please do let me know." As she finished up telling her story, Chipper's Horizon could be seen only a few blocks away. They were getting close to the arcade! About time!

Hi! Hello! How are you doing? Is commissions still open? Because I have a request in mind if you don't mind hearing me out in DMs?

@Dynamo Pad Once Dynamo had taken the photo and put away his phone, she lowered her leg back to the ground and made sure she was back onto the ground again. Lowering her arms, her face turned to the colour of beetroot upon hearing his words of praise of her pose. She let out a soft giggle, rubbing the back of her neck as she returned to his side again. "I didn't know your mother was a dancer... a-and of all kinds as well? I would l-love to meet her one day, really I do. She must sound like a kind woman t-to be around... A-Also, thanks. I'm not t-that good of a ballet d-dancer even after years of practice so I'm a b-bit rusty when it comes to ballet..." She let out an awkward giggle as her hand instinctively went in to hold his hand again. The mare couldn't help herself getting a bit selfish. Her admiration for him is growing more and more every second they are with each other. She couldn't help but to admire his uniquely curved horn, his charming features, his golden personality, the way he talks to her as if she was like a princess to him... everything about him just made the mare feel a lot more special and she didn't want to lose to him... or at least be a good friend to him. She didn't know if he was currently on the market looking for someone to mingle with or he's taken by some other beautiful mare that fits with his personality so well. Whatever the case may be, Coconut really liked being around him and hoped for the first option. Her heart would hurt if he was taken but she would understand... slowly. When it came to love, Coconut was a major romantic and would often dream of going on romantic outings with the person she loves. Whether it be going to a park, seeing a movie, gaming or even just spending time at the sea side, those kinds of small gestures can mean a lot to her. Even if it's with Dynamo. With that said, the two of them continued to walk down the nature surrounded street knowing that they won't get to the arcade if they just stood around all day and mucked around with nature. However, Coconut wouldn't mind them just mucking around. Just spending time with him made her smile. However, she knew the arcade was pretty close and just only a few minutes away from this beautiful street. So to brighten up the topic even more, Coconut brought up another conversation topic to hopefully get to know him more. "I'm curious about something... w-what's your relationship like w-with your sister? Console I mean? Y-You and her are practically p-peas in a pod. Almost in a dynamic d-duo sense."

@Stardust My apologies! We will tone it down once we come into contact with your guys characters. It's more of an... introductory, I guess? Once we meet up with you guys, we'll try to shorten the replies so we would be able to be on the same wavelength as you all! Once again, my apologies and I hope you enjoyed the introduction between Console and Dynamo coming onto the scene.

@Dynamo Pad Console was still playfully looking up at the trees with a pout, expecting an apology from her older brother. As if on queue, she felt an arm wrap around her shoulder that pulled the filly close to his sweaty body. A light gasp erupted from her as this wasn't apart from her plan but... she wasn't complaining. For the duration of the hug, she closed her eyes and embraced his sign of affection even though they were practically turning into goop at this point. There were several instances that he had made her feel safe or protected and those times she would let down her bold and brash attitude. It's not every day she would let down her guard for her brother but if it's around him then she wouldn't mind. After all, he promised to be by her side ever since she got that scar from those no good "classmates" of her. Just reminding herself of that event made her feel insecure of her surroundings and made her cling onto her older brother more than ever. It's been an entire year ever since she got that scar but it felt like yesterday she had received the brutal attack just because of some colt she was friends with. Maybe either that or the heat was seriously taking a toll on the filly Once Dynamo pulled away from the quick yet tight hug, so did Console. She used her hoof to pull some of her hair away from her left eye before looking up to her brother with a playful yet genuine smile. "H-Heey... Save the cuddle time for home when we have cooled down. It's way too hot for that right now. But you're lucky I still love and cherish you, Dynamo. Ya know what? I take back my comment about me being the best sister of equestria, that title goes to it's rightful owner... only different. You're the best brother of ALL Equestria! I can't think of a pony who would love to have you as a loving brother but yours truly. Also... Thanks. Thanks for keeping quiet about my eye, I... I owe you one." Her voice lowered while thanking him for keeping quiet about her eye, as if she's a different pony all together. Console is extremely lucky to have him as a dear older brother and no one is going to get in their way. They were the dynamic duo for a reason. Once the dynamic duo were together, you can't separate them no matter how hard you try.

@Dynamo Pad "Well I trust you to get us to the lake! All this walking is making me feel like goop and it feels very sticky... Imagine what the water would feel like jumping in and how nice and cold it would be to lie back on the water and not have a care in the world about anything... That would feel like pure heaven right there..." As they kept making their way to the lake through the forest, the young filly can't help but to imagine herself immediately dashing towards the lake and creating an enormous cannon-ball. She loved to do cannon balls when it came to swimming. It was her favourite way of entering a lake or a pool. Most ponies would recommend her to stop doing 'dangerous' stunts as they were concerned she would hurt somepony, but she didn't care. Then again most fancy adults had their children in twenty or more floaties even though they look to be around Console's age. But as stated before, this didn't concern the filly one bit as she got to have her fun. But now wasn't the time to focus on those fancy, schmey adults from back home. They were going to have fun at their summer home away from the big city and instead enjoy getting soaking wet to escape the summer heat. Could it get any better for the siblings? As the older brother frizzled up her mane, Console couldn't help but to laugh and try to effortlessly escape his playful gestures. Not to mention him calling her squirt was one way to get her into her playful moods. She gave him a cocky smirk as she used her hoof to punch him in the shoulder, although to him it felt like a light push since her hooves were much smaller than his and her fighting style hasn't entirely developed yet. "Who are you calling squirt!? I'm no squirt! I'm your best sister in all of equestria! It's no fair that you're older than me!" She both playfully gave him a huff of dissatisfaction and looked away to stare up at the giant umbrellas above, as if she was expecting an apology or maybe they could continue their tackle wars they would sometimes have if they felt like it.

@Dynamo Pad The more the siblings spent walking, the more Console groaned as she could've felt the ground get hotter and hotter every time. It was as if they were walking on actual fire, or lava. Maybe even burning coals since it was giving her hoof blisters. Beads of sweat in rows of five kept appearing on her forehead and no matter how many times she wiped it away with her hoof, it came back bigger and stickier. The only thing that gave Console at least a bit of mercy was how short her mane was. It was much shorter for a filly's average mane and definitely didn't make her look very girly but it defined who the filly was and it gave her confidence. Focusing back on her surroundings, she turned to her older brother who also was suffering from the sun's deathly glares but gave her a shocked comeback to her complaints. Frankly, she couldn't care less. Either that or the heat was getting to her. Furrowing her brows in a pout sense, the filly started using her wings to fan herself off. Surprisingly it worked better than expected... until the summer heat overcame the sense of the cool breeze she was giving herself. "But Dynamo! It's true! It feels like the sun is against us! I would rather be inside drinking some hot cocoa in the winter rather than deal with this... this... stupid season! It's dumb, stupid, smelly and makes us sound like those fancy schemy adults back home!" Her complaints weren't improving her moods at all, if anything, they were making it way worse. She would never intentionally pick a fight with her brother since he's been with her ever since she came into the world and they were both inseparable. The two of them would do absolutely everything together and made sure they both had fun in the process. Sure they might've fought over tiny details like who got the last cookie from the cookie jar and bedtime hours but normally it would resolve in a matter of minutes and soon enough the siblings would be happily hugging each other. Today she didn't want to pick a fight with him and would more like to cool herself off before a fight actually starts between them. Eventually the older brother looked like he just woke up from a horrifying nightmare but had this unsettling grin which made her think he was possessed by some... terrible creature. But when he mentioned there was a lake nearby where they were staying, Console's eyes widen to the size of dinner plates that had twinkling stars in them as if he had came up with the best idea in all of Equestria. Thank Celestia he was smart! She eagerly nodded to his brilliant idea, very keen to hit the water to cool off the boiling heat from the sun above. "Oh my Celestia! Perfect! Absolutely perfect! That way we can both cool off and get away from this stupid heat! It's the ultimate fool proof plan!!" Then a sudden thought hit the filly in the face as she realized a good question about said lake... "You... You don't happen to know where the lake is, do you big brother? I didn't pay attention to my surroundings when we arrived here... Eheheh..."

@Dynamo Pad (it's time for the dynamic duo to pop in!) "It's WAAAY too hot!" A loud groan could heard from a young pegasus, sounded as if they were in desperate need for something cold or something to relieve them. The temperature felt both unbearable inside and outside and the filly thought staying inside the house could relieve some of the summer heat. Apparently houses aren't summer proof and only caused her to become more sluggish, lazy and bored out of her mind. So much for sleeping summer away. Where are my manners? This young filly is called Console Dream, an 8 year old pegasus who strongly dislikes the mention of Summer or even the heat from it. She mostly spends the majority of her time inside playing on her parents computer or even entertaining herself with bothering her older brother, Dynamo Pad. Speaking of her parents, she and her older brother had bid them farewell as she and her brother were going to go outside to beat the summer blues that were already kicking in. Today is going to be a day of both play and fun, not letting the summer heat melt her into a pile of goop. No wonder she hates Summer. Looking around her, she just saw a lot... and a lot of giant trees blocking the majority of the sunlight from entering. In a way, it's refreshing but it wasn't enough to beat the summer heat. "If there was any pony who liked the heat so much, I would so love to spit in their faces! Summer is the worst! It's too hot, makes you feel tired and did I mention it's HOT!?" ...Her complaints know no bounds.

@Stardust Hi! Hello! I have returned and I have a character ready! Her name is Console Dream and she is the younger sister of Dynamo Pad. The link to her character sheet is in my signature but in case you don't feel like it, here's the link: https://mlpforums.com/character/82-console-dream/

@Stardust Hey Stardust! I'm a bit confused on your wording, and I apologise for not understand. What would be the appropriate ages for the characters? 6-10? 8-12? Also later, I'm gonna show you my character I've decided on. For now, I'm going to rest. Have a good day/afternoon/evening/night/whatever!

@Stardust Hi! Thank you for accepting me! I don't know what character I would like to RP as but I'll message you about it later on. Hopefully I'm not too late!