The music on stage right now wasn't exactly the kind of music Swallow Tail liked to hear, but the sheer size of the crowd was somewhat overwhelming. He had a bit of a fear of going up on that stage, especially if the crowd didn't exactly like what he was going to perform. He was more suited to Inns and Taverns, and feared the acoustics of an outside venue would be lackluster.
All of a sudden Swallow Tail found himself face first in the dirt. Something or someone had bumped into him, and he didn't have the reflexes to regain his balance. Swallow Tail appeared to be fine, it wasn't that much of a crash after all. He muttered an "I'm alright." as he grabbed onto the pegasus' hoof to help himself up to his feet. "That's right I'm a musician, but I just arrived here." Swallow Tail said as he realized that fall could have very well damaged his instrument. Swallow Tail momentarily panicked as he quickly snatched the pack off of his back to make sure nothing was damaged.
Swallow Tail looked to the new pony who had just arrived with a confused look on his face, "I'm quite alright, I've been carrying this with me all the way from Baltimare." Swallow Tail also didn't like entrusting things to other ponies, especially his precious belongings. He was more than a little bit intrigued about both of these ponies, as usually most ponies seemed to pay him no mind. "My name is Swallow Tail and I've been invited to play here. I've just arrived, and this fellow beside of me is..." Swallow Tail stated as he gestured to the white pegasus beside of him.
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Beside one of the secluded tents, there were 2 ponies arguing. One was quite a large grey earth pony with yellow eyes and a short white mane. The other was a much smaller nimble frame unicorn with a white coat and a flaming red flowing mane. The larger one spoke first, practically yelling"I don't care what they said Falaris, this place is way too crowded to pull off something like that." The smaller one retorted back, "You'll watch your tone if you know what's good for you, and we'll be able to pull this off."
Falaris paused before continuing, "We look suspicious like this anyways Gruk, we should wander around a bit." Gruk kicked at the dirt surrounding him, "I guess we have to wait for awhile anyways don't we, until the crowds are distracted." He spat into the ground and mumbled under his breath, "I hate festivals." Falaris tried to reassure him, "Besides, we might be able to have a little bit of 'fun'." The two ponies gathered themselves together and started heading towards the more crowded areas of the festival.