open Bangcolt Arena! (Fighting/Sol) (RP)

[P-Jay 1,987]

@@Little Red, 

 

"aw, dont be stingy, now!" rune said, pulling up a chair, and sitting down. "its a pretty weird dance. not a lot know about it." he chuckled. "so, whats y'alls names? im rune."

 

he grinned, and ruby took the bait. "well, im ruby. and this here is red!" she said, liking this friendly pony immediately. 

[Little Red 1,529]

@,

Red was a little doubtful about this pony. He was a little too friendly. And Ruby was also a little too friendly. She didn't quite trust him.

 

Oh well, she wouldn't get anywhere from being paranoid. She nodded in affirmation of Ruby's words, still staring at him a little suspiciously. "Pleasure to meet you, Rune," she said impassively, not sounding like it was that much of a pleasure but saying it anyway because she was willing to trust him for the moment.

[P-Jay 1,987]

rune looked at red. once again, it seemed that his overly-trusting personality seemed to get to someone. again.

 

he'll try, anyways. 

 

"so...red..." he started, and you can almost hear something in his brain switch, "tell me. are you intimidated, or afraid. or maybe your even trying to assert your dominance." he started, analyzing her to see her reaction. 

[Little Red 1,529]

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Red stared at Rune blankly. Wait-- wait, he was serious?

 

Her opinion changed of the pony. He was honestly friendly, got exasperated easily at ponies that weren't as friendly as him, and liked making friends fast. When a pony wasn't quickly taken in as his friend, he wanted to sort out the issue immediately. He was straightforward.

 

Her mouth twitched slightly as she thought about deadpanning that she was afraid, but decided against it. "Sorry if I offended you," she said serenely, "I don't meet many friendly ponies like yourself. I think we got off on the wrong hoof." She held out her hoof. "I'm Red. It's a pleasure to meet you." Now, it actually was, somewhat.

[P-Jay 1,987]

@@Little Red, 

 

rune regarded her for a while. "that still doesn't explain why you reacted so...whats the word? negatively." he said, through calculating words, and eyes. "normally, when someone reacts like you did, their almost always cautious. perhaps its because we're in bangcolt, famous for it's dangerous atmosphere. but at the same time, you, yourself is a fighter. and that can only mean one of two things. one is that your afraid, and your certainly not afraid, since you had the guts to come here. and you dont seem to have any problems making friends, as seen with ruby, here. now...that shortens our options. either you were angered, by something, intimidated, or like i theorized, your trying to assert your dominance. and since you haven't made any attempt whatsoever to move either of your hooves towards your sword, and since you've kept unstable eye-contact, i can safely assume that you wren't trying to assert yourself as alpha, nor were you intimidated. so, i guess this could be possibly be even annoyed. maybe i caught you at a bad time. oh well, at least you want a do-over. ill think back on it, and tell you my deduction when im done, but for now..."

 

he spoke with a single breath, and shook red's hoof shortly after his little speech. "glad to meet you, red. im rune."

Edited July 23, 2015 by PeytonJay

[Not Yellow Diamond 925]

Trixie stared openly at Night Tracer for roughly fifteen seconds. Then, she looked up at Celestia, reading the situation and finding something very wrong here.

 

"You're not laughing."

 

"Because it's not a joke. Him and my sister have, in fact, fallen for each other. It was a surprise to me too." Celestia non-chanlantly took a sip from her glass. Maybe she should slow down...

 

Meanwhile, Trixie regarded Night Tracer, looking at him for a second like a Chineighs curiosity exhibit before falling back to a smile.

 

"So, are you a contestant here too, or just visiting?"

 

The dolls stopped once again as the shaking intensified, to be added onto by loud crashing noises. It sounded like they were in the middle of a tornado.

 

One particular crash sounded right outside their door, and it was then that Glory decided that she had had enough.

 

"Hero, Heartthrob, Nightmare? Come here." When they all rallied up, she spoke to them, talking with deathly seriousness.

 

"This is obviously too big to ignore, so we're going to check this out. But I don't want anyone doing anything until we're sure what we're up against. Okay?"

 

Everyone nodded in agreement, so Glory beckoned them to silently follow. They each floated up to the window, which Glory silently nudged open with telekinesis. Then, they each moved out into the night, moving up to the top of the roof for a better view.

 

Glory strained to see what was happening, but her eyes couldn't catch anything. She turned to Heartthrob, but she didn't even need to utter the instructions.

 

"Two ponies." she began, rattling off the words as she stared off into the night. "Both swordsman. Damn good, I have to say; looks like you have some competition, eh Hero?"

 

Hero gave a gruff response. Glory glared at her, and Heartthrob read it down the back of her neck. She continued her analysis.

 

"Okay. Ridiculously fast. Ridiculously strong; they're cutting down trees like they're nothing. And... hold up... I came almost see their faces..."

 

Heartthrob stopped staring, turning back towards Glory with an expression of exasperation.

 

"You're not going to believe this..."

 

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"That is what I said. And I always keep my promises." she replied, taking another shot. She looked back up at Caliber, smirking dangerously.

 

"So, you're the great wanderer, which means you must have some good stories. I'll make you a deal; you share one, and I share one. Winner takes two of the heaviest drinks in this place. You up for it?"

 

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Rarity shared a laugh with Ice Blizzard as he brought up the idea.

 

"No, darling, you'd simply be modeling any of the designs that I happen to come up with, to make sure they'd properly fit your average stallion. I assure you, there will be absolutely no runways involved. I mean, unless you want to, that is. I'm sure I could fit you in somewhere..."

 

She took another shot of sherry, pondering the possibilities.

 

"Originally, neither. Well, possibly the latter. I was just looking for some place to go since I had just completed college no more than a month or so ago and I had friends here so I figured I might stop by. But what happened knocked my world right side up; not down because that had already happened. Or maybe it was down, I don't know quite honestly, my life has changed several times." He contemplated with himself, "I don't know, doesn't matter."

 

He figured he might return the favor, "How about yourselves, the both of you. Trixie, I don't know where you're from but Celly, why'd you move of the palace in Canterlot."

[Little Red 1,529]

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Red raised her eyebrow and as the hoof-shake finished, she lowered her hoof.

 

He was obviously quite the thinker, too. And quite open about the fact. He probably liked seeming intelligent. And he did, he appeared very intelligent by the amount of effort he was willing to put in a deduction.

 

In Red's opinion, he was overthinking it. "You're right. I'm something of a warrior." she said agreeably. "I left my home years ago and was on my own until very recently. I only met Rune today. During that time, ponies have tried and some have succeeded in taking advantage of me."

 

She let the rest stay unsaid and changed the subject, leaning forward slightly, looking at him interestedly. "So, are you a musician, then?"

[P-Jay 1,987]

@@Little Red, 

 

...ah, one thing that he didnt like. ponies that would take advantage of others. but he would rather not dwell on that.

 

ruby was still trying to comprehend what he said, when he talked again. and this time, he sounded as cheerful as before. "yes, i am a musician, of sorts. although i do prefer my runes, and glyphs, it is a rather favorite hobby of mine." he said, with a winning smile.

[Little Red 1,529]

@,

Red nodded, eying the runes on his leg again. This pony likes to smile. She reflected. It wasn't a bad smile-- there was just a lot of it, which surprised her still. She hadn't met such an honestly friendly pony in-- well, as long as she could remember.

 

"I haven't seen runes used in combat, but I assume you do so." she said, hoping he would continue. She was curious about his combat style.

[P-Jay 1,987]

@@Little Red, 

 

'haven't seen', 'assume', and 'do so' were the keywords, here. rune decided taht she wanted to see how his spells work, and he was more then happy to demonstrate.

 

"glyphs hold a magical power thats been put into them beforehand." he explained, taking out his book, and ripping out a page. he laid it on the table, and there as a strange symbol on it. "depending on the mage, the amount of magic put into said glyph can be merely a spark, to a slow and steady input over years that could even rival alicorns."

 

his horn glowed, and the yellow aura barely appeared on the paper for a half-second before it burst into fire. "...this glyph, for example, didnt have that much of a charge..."

 

he ripped out another page, and laid it on top of the ashes. "runes are magical by nature. they take a considerably longer time to make, but its worth it. it involves using the four basic elements which are always in the air, drawing them in, and making something from it.this earth rune, for example..."

 

his horn glowed once again, and it felt like every bit of dust in the room was sucked towards them. a perfect cube made out of compressed dust sat there in the middle of the rune. "unlike glyphs, runes need magical power just to activate. but their arguably the better of the two. and, well, i use these things to my advantage, in combat."

[Fractured 2,684]

After listening to Heartthrob's description, Glory began making her decision.

"...it looks like we don't have a choice. We'll have to distract them, or this whole place is in danger."

 

She looked at her group, a plan forming in her consciousness.

 

"Hero, you'll going to be going down there directly into the battle to intercept them. Keep your attacks light and make sure you stick to the cover of night; you're nowhere near as strong as them, and without Anette giving you energy, you're nowhere near as fast."

 

She took a turn towards Heartthrob.

 

"Heartthrob, you'll be up on the roof with me. In case anything goes wrong, try your best to put those two to sleep. I'll be casting shields over Hero in case anything goes wrong, but they won't last against any sort of direct attack, especially not against these two. You can't afford to miss."

 

Heartthrob saluted, and Glory began making a final turn, this time towards Nightmare.

 

"Nightmare, you'll provide distraction. I want the works; make them think Tartarus has broken out around them. Stick close to Hero, and try to throw them off."

 

Nightmare simply cackled in response.

 

"Good. Now let's do this quickly and efficiently. And guys... keep yourselves safe, above all else. With Anette being so far away, our magical connection is strained. I don't know what happens if we take too much damage, and I don't intend to find out, got it?"

 

All the dolls began nodding in response. Glory nodded back, before turning forward again to watch the fight.

 

"Good. Now, move out."

 

Hero and Nightmare vanished, leaving Heartthrob and Glory on the roof.

 

...Hero and Nightmare dropped down, moving towards the fight. As per Glory's instructions, they moved in under the cover of darkness, floating inside and out of the curves of buildings and never staying in the open. They made it there in a little under a minute.

 

"Okay." was all Hero said as he stared up at the two warriors clashing. He concentrated, trying to pin down their movements. Then, he made his own. Pulling the highest amount of speed he could muster, he aimed a long slash towards Cubus' flank. At the same time, Nightmare let loose a belch, spewing a long jet of bright fire into the night.

 

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"No, you looked fine! Positively adorable!" she said, unabashedly. At least until it occurred to her what she had just said. She began blushing heavily.

 

"No, I didn't mean adorable!" she stammered out, completely off-guard. "I meant..."

 

She took another shot of sherry, composing herself. When she lowered the glass, she seemed perfectly fine.

 

"Your mother is just wonderful. She joined me on my spa visit helped me out on a few decisions which I had been having some trouble with. And she was perfectly pleasant the entire time. You're quite lucky to have her."

 

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Sleight Mist only smirked once Caliber finished his story.

 

"Just changelings, huh? Let me finish that story I started to tell you, the one about the dragon..."

 

"...It all starts with me and Anette wandering into a shut-off town in south Equestria. We were just going to take a rest stop there, but it turned into a mission. Because, as it turned out, the locals were using the nearby mountain for mining rare jewels, but an enormous black dragon had decided otherwise. He had crashed right in the center and taken the hoard for himself, sinking their entire economy. At least, that's what they told me. Naturally, I decided to help them."

 

For a fee, she thought, as she continued her story, but she decided not to mention that to Caliber.

 

"I leave Anette holed up in an inn at the village, and I walk through jungle for several hours to get there. Then, I scale the mountain using barriers for several more hours, until I can finally get inside and see what i'm up against. And what do I find? Him, sleeping. He must have been three times as big as this building, and uglier than Nightmare Moon's flank..."

 

"...But more importantly, sleeping next to him were ten other dragons, much smaller, but just as ugly. It was a gang, something that the locals had failed to inform me of. Obviously, my chances of winning this fight straight had just lessened dramatically. But, luckily, dragons are dumb as rocks. I snuck up on the smallest one, and gave him... a haircut... before he woke up. Then, going out the back I set up barrier systems around the interior of the cave, and fired a couple of shots at some of the littler dragons. It worked like a charm; they began in-fighting like a group of old mares at a bingo match. I just had to wait patiently, until the big one was in the right position, and then I fired a single shot off of my barriers and down his throat. Dragons, you know? Remarkably tough skin, but not magic-proof on the inside one bit."

 

The smirk widened.

 

"Anyways, once they saw what had happened to their leader, the rest of the dragons cleared out fast. I crawled back down the mountain, and told the locals they could use their mountain again. And just like that, I was a hero. I got a crapton of money, it took me less than 24 hours, and walking was the worst part."

"It's not important," Trixie quickly feigned, drawing a concerned look from Princess Celestia. The Princess decided not to speak on it, however, and spoke up instead, moving the conversation towards herself.

 

"This is a temporary resting stop, I assure you. Me and my sister came here to initiate the start of this tournament, and to see it through. There are other...concerns," she said, firing a look at Night Tracer, "but I assure you, there's nothing to be worried about. As soon as this tournament reaches its end, we'll be back in Canterlot once again."

 

Celestia gave a light-hearted smile towards the both of them.

 

"We have to be. We finished all of our important matters before we left, but paperwork can only be held up so long." As she mentioned it, she thought back to the castle, and her no doubt very frustrated right-hand stallion. Poor Kibitz...

[J.R. 3,183]

@,

Blizzard blushed heavily when Rarity said he was adorable. It was like the best thing he could have ever heard in his entire life, coming from the pony he loved.

 

He tried to keep the flow going, "Th-thanks Rarity. Hehe...uh, yeah, my mom's pretty nice. Although she can be kinda...a tad embarrassing, but that's what moms do, and I love her for it. She's the best mom in the world, and she loves to help others with decisions. She would always be there for me to help with my homework, and I'm glad she was able to help you with whatever you needed. And she can bake! My mom makes the best baked goods in all the North. I bet she could even give Pinkie Pie a good challenge."

 

He then thought of something else, as he sipped more champagne, "My mom also said, that she told you about a bit of our ancestry. The Clan of Ice. Tell me, did our history interest you? And uh, if you wanna know more about my clan, I'd be happy to tell you. I-if it doesn't sound boring...."

Edited July 24, 2015 by Ice Blizzard

[Little Red 1,529]

@,

Red listened intently, shutting her eyes slightly so the dust wouldn't get in her eyes, though that probably wouldn't happen.

 

She nodded at Rune's explanation. "So you create and use these glyphs. I imagine it must be hard to create a specific trigger so the glyph will do a specific thing. That's a very interesting fighting style." Maybe she would ask him for a fight later. She decided she would remember his name, at any rate.

[Not Yellow Diamond 925]

@,

 

Night Tracer didn't think too much of either of their responses except for one bit in Celestia's, "Back to Canterlot." 

 

"When will we be moving back to Canterlot then?" He inquired, "You can already bet that I'll be going with you for Luna; why even leave anyhow?" He questioned as he took a drink of water. 

[Vae Victis 742]

Tyra watched as she advanced on the monster, as the very earth began to cover its enormous body like armour. It had to be weak in some areas, she'd just have to find them.

 

She glanced up as the giant stone paw was slowly careening down on her. She started sprinting faster; if she could make it onto his other arm in time, perhaps the attack may damage himself...

The great stone Ursa was too slow in trying to swat Tyra like a fly on a wall, and his paw crashed upon the ground, sending tremors throughout the entire area. However, this did provide him the opportunity to escape from the crevice that he created, as both paws were on the ground, he began to climb out, not paying attention to Tyra.

[Unicorncob 5,677]

The great stone Ursa was too slow in trying to swat Tyra like a fly on a wall, and his paw crashed upon the ground, sending tremors throughout the entire area. However, this did provide him the opportunity to escape from the crevice that he created, as both paws were on the ground, he began to climb out, not paying attention to Tyra.

 

Tyra just barely managed to avoid the attack, the tremor of it causing her to stagger and the wind generated from the slam blowing her toward her target. She rolled onto the stoned hand, and began sprinting up the wrist.

 

On the way, she spotted cracks and gaps in the rock armour, and used her axe to slash down on them, assuming them to be weakspots, as she dashed up the arm.

[Fractured 2,684]

"We'll leave when all of our business here is finished, and the arena has once again closed. And I certainly hope you'd come back with us; no doubt my sister would be very dissatisfied if you did."

 

She giggled, as if she were enjoying a private joke, causing Trixie to eye her incredulously. Settling down, then, she spoke in a more plain voice.

 

"As to why... we still have jobs to perform. I have my student's and mountains of paperwork to get back to, and Luna has her night guards, as well her dreamwalking. They may seem like simple matters, but we will never abandon them. It's our duty as rulers, but, more importantly, it's our duties to the ponies we gave our word to. I'm sorry, Night Tracer, but whatever transpires here, eventually, we will return to Canterlot."

[P-Jay 1,987]

@Little Red ,  
 
Ruby was watching rune was a impressed look. "so, the runes have..."
 
"power that it makes." rune explained.
 
"and the glyphs have..."
 
"power thats been pre-set into them."
 
ruby brightened up. "oh! i get it now!"
 
rune grinned too. "glad to hear that!" he looked at red. "and i think i figured it out. were you miffed tat ruby gave out your name before you could decide whether or not you wanted to meet me?" he asked.
 
                                                                                           
 
caliber grinned. granted, yes, he hadn't used his best story. which was a tie between how he got his sword, and that time he had to fight an ursa minor for half a day. 
 
or when he went into tartarus. but that wasn't his story, alone.
 
"well, well, now. it seems your the victor, here." he said. "so, what exactly is this thing im drinking, eh?" he laughed a bit. 
 
of course, that changeling bit wasn't nothing to laugh at. it really was a bad month for him...
 

 

he had been walking, aimlessly. looking for the next town, and wondering why the hell he wasn't there, yet. and after a while, he noticed that almost all the plants around him were dead. he dismissed these as nothing more then the result of winter. 

 

and after about a full day later, he was stopped by some hissing. turning around, he saw a small pack -maybe 3 to 5- of changelings. he gripped his sword, and killed the few who attacked him, and the others ran off. he thought he was doing them a favor, letting them go like that, but it didnt take long at all before he heard a loud humming, coming from everywhere. realizing that the ones he let away had gotten back-up, he ran. 

 

and for the longest time, he had to hide in a ditch, covered in snow that he had snuggled into. the changelings didnt leave for some time, which was about two full days.

 

he was lucky he had a huge meal before all this happened, or he probably would've passed out.

 

when the changelings left area, to examine the next part where he might be, he made a break for it. he learned a lot about changelings while he tried to find his way back. like for instance, lone changelings that were disconnected from the hive wandered around. and the weaker changelings were worked harder then the more able ones. 

 

he met a few lone changelings, actually. one of them even pointed him towards equestria, in exchange for some 'love'. he wondered how to even produce that, when she told him to think of someone he had a crush on, or loved.

 

the changeling seemed very satisfied, when he did. she bid him farewell, and he was on his way.

 

but as it turned out, the changelings had chased him fairly far into their territory, so he was at least five days away from safe ground. for a few days, it was all quiet. besides the occasional scuffle of animals, there were no noise.

 

then came the humming, again. he was honestly terrified, at this point. there were at last seventy of them, and he knew he couldn't fight that much. he was running as fast as he could, but unfortunately, it wasn't fast enough to escape air-born enemies. he was tackled to the ground, by three at once. a fourth bared his teeth, and looked like he was about to cast a spell, when he suddenly fell limp. there was a cloaked pony in a mask, there. he merely nodded, and started started drawing the changeling's attention to himself, while beckoning caliber to run.

 

caliber did so, and ran. ran in a continuous line, straight towards safe lands. and when he did cross the border, he felt immediately bad. that masked pony gave his life for him...

 

"i believe you dropped this." a voice behind him said. caliber turned around to find that same masked pony holding his sword.

 

"how, wha, i thought you were dead!"

 

the pony laughed. "oh, no. no, no, i just managed to shake them off. they think that i fell off a ravine. and i just followed you."

 

 

 

ah, good memories. it was how caliber met hunter....although, now, it seemed like he would be the one to save someone from the changelings, now.

                                                                                                         

cubus and zenru were fighting, when all of a sudden, cubus tensed. he spun, his sword catching hero's guard, twisting his blade, and effectively disarming him in one fell swoop. "whats this?" he asked coldly. "someone who goes for the back?"
 
zenru stopped almost immediately. "thats hero, a...companion to a gladiator, here." he said, "he must've been trying to break us up. were we really getting that serious?"
 
he looked on the ground, and saw quite the number of trees cut down. and he didnt know whether to laugh or curse.
 
cubus was still glaring at hero with a dark fire brewing in his eyes. "even if we were slicing up an entire town, it still doesn't excuse going for the back. when someone is distracted." his eyes narrowed. "tell me, hero, do you consider yourself honorable?" he asked coldly.

Edited July 24, 2015 by PeytonJay

[Star Saber 114]

@,

 

“Nope. That’s only the third time you’ve asked me if I had any questions.” Ash said while absently looking at his casted up wing. Once the doctor was finally done bandaging up his wing Ash got up and started walking towards the door, “I guess I’ll be back in a week. I hope your healer will be worth it.”

 

With that Ash exited the room and began to make his way out of the hospital. He walked passed the front desk. The worker suddenly looked up from their desk and called out to him. “Hey, Sir, you have to pay for your visit!”

 

Ash sighed and turned back to the worker, turning his vest pockets inside out to show they were indeed empty, “Well look at that I’m broke; guess you’ll just have to start up a tab for me.”

[Fractured 2,684]

"Sure. I've heard a little bit about it from your mother about who and what the Ice clan is, but i'm still not clear on all of the details."

 

She paused, her eyes growing momentarily sad.

 

"I'm sorry about your father, by the way. I can't imagine what it must be like to grow up with one parent..."

 

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Hero glared at Cubus, eyes dark and angry, but he didn't go for his sword. Instead, he drew his shield. Darting slightly to the side, he raised his shield in front of Cubus', just in time to block the three arrows that had flown in silently from the sky. The bolt embedded themselves in the solid structure, leaking a thick yellow liquid from their tips.

 

Up on the rooftops, Heartthrob watched the scene, and facehooved.

 

"What the hell is Hero doing? I had a clear shot!"

 

"I think that's his way of saying "hold off." Stay here, Heartthrob, i'll handle this."

 

Glory floated down off the roof, interrupting the staring match that had continued between. She caught sight of Nightmare, who had been attempting to skirt around the side of the two fighters, and slowly shook her head. He shrugged, before pausing off in a dark corner.

 

She turned back to the two fighters, and mentally sighed. She really, really hated doing this, but the alternative was incredibly painful, energy consuming, and might be interpreted the wrong way given the circumstances. Which meant, she had no other choice; better a stupid option over no option at all.

 

She begin to pantomime, first contorting her hooves and body to form shapes. First she began with punches and kicks. Then, she contorted her entire body, forming the shape of first a house, then a tree. Then she began waving her hooves back and forth frantically, representing danger. When she was finished, she floated back a little ways away from them, cautiously studying their faces.

[P-Jay 1,987]

cubus hadn't taken his eyes off hero once. even when hero blocked the arrows, he still was glaring at him. 

 

apparently, a nerve had been struck when hero intervened. 

 

zenru, meanwhile, had been watching glory. "house...trees...danger...i see." he said, "and on behalf of cubus here, and myself, we apologize. is there anything we could do to help compensate?"

 

cubus took his eyes off hero for the first time. "we didnt hurt anybody, did we?" he asked bluntly, "because i know for a fact we didnt. so i dont see what all the fuss is about 'danger'..."

 

"cubus, they think that if we had continued, we would've possibly hurt someone."

 

"but we didnt. and there was no way in tartarus that we would've. unless someone intervened, of course. caught in the cross-fire...."

 

"hero only intervened to stop us."

 

"from what? cutting down precious trees?" cubus landed on the ground, his sword sheathed. "overreacting...." he muttered.

 

zenru looked at glory. "please believe me, we meant no harm." he pleaded.

[Not Yellow Diamond 925]

"We'll leave when all of our business here is finished, and the arena has once again closed. And I certainly hope you'd come back with us; no doubt my sister would be very dissatisfied if you did."

 

She giggled, as if she were enjoying a private joke, causing Trixie to eye her incredulously. Settling down, then, she spoke in a more plain voice.

 

"As to why... we still have jobs to perform. I have my student's and mountains of paperwork to get back to, and Luna has her night guards, as well her dreamwalking. They may seem like simple matters, but we will never abandon them. It's our duty as rulers, but, more importantly, it's our duties to the ponies we gave our word to. I'm sorry, Night Tracer, but whatever transpires here, eventually, we will return to Canterlot."

Night Tracer listened closely to Celestia, although the move wouldn't affect him much; he would still want to know why they'd be leaving and it was just as he figured.

 

Night Tracer also got the hint that Celestia didn't want to talk about work so he sprung out a random question to both Celestia and Trixie, "What's your fondest memory for you as a filly; Trixie, you can answer as well."

[J.R. 3,183]

@,

Blizzard sighed and cracked a walnut he got off the table in his hoof, to control how much hatred he had built up for his father, and spoke coldly. "Sorry, it's not your fault, milady. My dad wasn't exactly the best. ...Ahem."

 

Blizzard looked directly at Rarity, and perked up with a nice smile, "Bleh, hehe. I..uh, so Clan history. I could actually give you those details, that my mom left out. Ahem..."

 

"The Clan of Ice was founded 1000 years ago, you know when Discord was running amok. Anyway, 6 Unicorns, 3 stallions, 3 mares, who had knowledge of numerous ice-based magic spells, started the clan, and boom! The Clan itself resided a few thousand miles North of where the Crystal Empire is today, and it's where I grew up, too. The Clan of Ice valued many things, but we mainly upheld 3 things, Love, Peace, and watching out for others. It was a pretty nice lifestyle, and the clan lived happily for a good while. So much so, that the clan had 100,000 members by after only 400 years of being...what's the word...uh...I guess, active or whatever?"

 

He was not usually one for storytelling, due to how parched it made him. But since it was Rarity, he was more than willing to make an exception. He sipped some more champagne, and continued, "Buuuut...then things got worse.. Because we grew so large, neighboring clans considered us a threat, and tried to take us out. It was a terrible war of clans, primarily the Clan of Fire, who hated any clan that was larger than them, led the charged to take us out. And they almost succeeded..."

 

A tear ran down his face as he did his best to hold back crying, "Ahem....sorry again." he said, smiling as he looked at her, "So...anyway, the Clan of Ice was severely cut down in numbers, and they had to relocate a bit South. Closer to the Crystal Empire, but not in that town, and still part of the North. So, after that, Ice Clan members had to go into 'hiding' and not reveal themselves, to keep from going 'extinct'."

 

"And then that's where I came in. I was born into the Ice Clan, but because I was born an Earth Pony, without powers at birth, my dad didn't think I would be much, and he left me and my mom. Hell, I didn't even know him when I was born, and I've never seen him." he cracked another walnut in his hoof, and placed it in a dish with the other cracked one from before, "But eventually, I got my powers from a weird crystal that I found while exploring one day. And....sorry if I'm rambling milady, would you like me to tell you more?"

 

Edited July 24, 2015 by Ice Blizzard

[Dust and Memories 557]

When Wilhelm finally arrived at the hall, he looked around for a few minutes until finding Annette. He pretended to miss her and then do a double take, and he walked over, a wide smile appearing on his normally taciturn face. Wilhelm trotted over and gave Annette a tight hug and, after a moment of embarrassed hesitation, a kiss on the cheek. Stepping back, he looked Annette over, pausing for perhaps a few microseconds more than was necessary on her flank before looking away, face a fiery red. "Annette, you look..." He paused for a few moments to think about a proper superlative, and then said "You look wonderful tonight." Adopting a more teasing tone, he said "Oh, did you go to all this trouble for this old stargazer?"

He linked his foreleg with hers, and then said "Never mind that; I still wonder how you managed to get even more beautiful, though. Previously, I had thought you were an objective, insurmountable standard of marish beauty." Borrowing from Wilhelm's own turn of phrase, one may have considered his previous blush a insurmountable standard of blushing, but somehow, the redness intensified even beyond that point.

Edited July 24, 2015 by Orion Caelum

[Vae Victis 742]

Tyra just barely managed to avoid the attack, the tremor of it causing her to stagger and the wind generated from the slam blowing her toward her target. She rolled onto the stoned hand, and began sprinting up the wrist.

 

On the way, she spotted cracks and gaps in the rock armour, and used her axe to slash down on them, assuming them to be weakspots, as she dashed up the arm.

finally able to climb out of the pit, the great Ursa began to try and shake wildly, like a dog, attempting to knock Tyra off and have her plummet quite a distance. Now that Lorec was on all fours and out of the crevice, it would be a vertical climb for Tyra. Having been struck by Tyra's axe, stone was peeling off and dropping down below, to the ground. However, it almost seemed as if it were of no consequence to Lorec. Still shaking like a wild dog, the great Ursa would do everything to throw Tyra off. Edited July 24, 2015 by Hokuto's Heir