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

[Not Yellow Diamond 925]

@@Star Saber,

 

"Sorry, Ashie. Guess I got carried away..." Pinkie Pie slowed down and hushed up for the first few miles of the trip. The Canterhorn Mountain wasn't all too far away, so it wouldn't take them more than two days to get to theCanterlot where the could pelenish there supplies... that they never got...

 

"Hey Ashie, why didn't we take the train to Canterlot instead?" She inquired, assuming Ash had chosen to walk for a specific purpose, or perhaps he didn't even know about the train. She didn't know.  

@, 

 

"...But, like a parent with a child..." Celestia said. The words leaving a bitter taste in Night Tracer's mouth. He knew what a parent should do, act like, their job, their responsibilities, but he didn't understand fully as he never had real parents. 

 

He curled his lip and lightly spoke, "Yeah..." he trailed off, not wanting to nitpick anything or give her any hints as he knew what she meant and what he recieved were two different things. So he pushed his feelings to the side and moved on to think about the question he'd asked Celestia, "I suppose after a thousand years you'd not have much else to do..." He snickered, "If there is one more thing I want more than anything else... It's a family," he dreamed longingly, "Never really had much of one if I were to be honest..." 

 

He decided he'd give Celestia that, he couldn't straight up lie about his past. He just wouldn't get in depth with it as there was no need and he wasn't comfortable in doing so. Never was, and seemingly, he never would be. 

[J.R. 3,183]

Electron Wave Storm was handling the weather conditions outside. He had to keep the hard downpour of rain going, and it seemed like an actual storm was brewing, "Ok...and lightning crash in 3...2...1....BAM!" He said as a lightning bolt struck the ground. He then started more lightning to cause massive thunder, "Here's the rolling thunder!" And with that, massive rumbling could be heard all over the city as the thunderstorm rolled in, along with the pounding sound of raindrops of the ground.

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Meanwhile, Ice Blizzard was still stuck in a storage room. However what he didn't know was that he was in the storage room to the spa! It's gonna be a challenge to escape from there in the morning.....

Edited August 2, 2015 by Ice Blizzard

[Fractured 2,684]

@sonicdashie, 

"You may be tough, Lightning Strike," Rainbow Dash shouted back towards her new friend," but you're not taking me down!"

 

two-thirds of the way there, and Rainbow Dash was still in the lead, like she should have been. She was pumped, though, and continued to feel the energy and excitement build up as she kept racing. This was amazing, there was no other word for it; hanging side by side with Lightning Strike in an almost dead heat... putting one over on Lightning Dust... the thrill put energy into her like a battery, and Rainbow Dash started to feel that familiar tingle. It moved down her body, starting from the head and ending at the tail, and then hitting everything in between. Like a wave of pure awesome.

 

The tingle had reached her chest. Once it hit her tail...

 

Boom.

 

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If Ice Blizzard thought he was the only pony in the spa storage room, he was wrong. Diamond Tiara had been there first. Diamond Tiara was always first.

 

Her blue eyes glared at him from the darkness of where he lay. She had ducked into this storage room because her schedule had been messed up. she had been heading back to her room when some stupid pegasus or something screwed up on their job, dumping what felt like an ocean's worth of rain on her. Wet, freezing and caught outside. She had thought this would be a safe spot to tide the storm over until she could walk home safely, but apparently not. Apparently, they let all of the riff-raff in here.

 

"Hey!" she said rudely, shouting at the squatter who had moved in after her. "You think you can put one over because you're bigger than me? Well, think again! I was here first!"

 

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@Star Saber

"Rain? Rain is a good day for me," Sleight Mist said with a grin. Water streamed in from the outside suddenly, guided by her magic. Floating a little above her head, it formed itself into a multi pointed star, which rippled beautifully in the training room. She then flash froze it, because she could, forming a very sharp, very large bladed weapon that hung above her head.

 

"Water is my specialty." she said as she drove the weapon point end in the ground, pinning it to the floor. "I think i'll be fine." She began to walk off, the water outside already starting to part for her as she headed outside.

 

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The mare with the leafy green mane and tail was sweating hard. She didn't know why, though, since it seemed she had this dream every night. She should be used to the terror by now.

 

Once she stopped gasping for breath, she became acutely aware of the fact that that scream would have woken up everything around her. Not an issue for her if there were only animals out here, but there was more than that out here, and she knew that know.

 

She started to get up... only to fall back on her haunches. It didn't take her too long to figure out that she still hadn't recovered from her long trek. She needed more time to rest.

 

But she wouldn't sleep, not after what she'd just dreamed. She just stood under the tree, then looking up at the stars while the rain poured down around her.

 

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Celestia didn't know if it was the right move to make, what with Night Tracer being so sensitive and all, but she thought she could be of at least a little comfort in this area. She knew Night Tracer deserved it.

 

She drooped her wing over Night Tracer, looked into his eyes, and smiled, bright and brilliant as the sun.

 

"Night Tracer, no matter the circumstances of your past, know that you i'll be there by your side for as long as you need me to be. You will always find a family in me." she assured him with absolute confidence. She took the wing back, though the smile never left her; it was just as bright and brilliant as always.

[J.R. 3,183]

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Blizzard looked up to see a pink filly. "Hm? Oh, sorry. Hope you don't mind if I stay here. I'm hiding out from the storm. Don't worry though, once the storm lets up a bit, then I'll go." He recognized her from seeing her walk around Ponyville with Filthy Rich, "Heey, you're the daughter of that rich guy, Filthy. Oops, uh, 'Mr. Rich'. How are you doing? I'm Icesius Blizzard, icebending earth pony. What's your name?" he said with a smile as he put out his hoof to shake.

[Not Yellow Diamond 925]

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Night Tracer returned the smile; Celestia had put his troubles at ease. One of the things he had found in Bangcolt was an oppurtunity with family. Something he hadn't experienced in a while and never even fully was blessed to enjoy. "Thank you," he praised; "I believe it's your question?" 

[sonicdashie 120]

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"I'm not really trying to beat you, this race is just for fun, and it's the practice race, remember?" She said, speeding up a little more. "It would be really awesome if we both did our sonic booms at the same time don't ya think?, there could be a possibility of them kind of combining" she said excidetly. She was picturing it in her head, a multicolored sonic boom with lightning sparks dancing around it

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Diamond Tiara stared at Ice Blizzard blankly, before her eyes slowly traveled down to his hoof. His dirty, soaking wet hoof.

 

"Right..." she said, with all the casual dismissal of someone of who had just found an insect on the floor. There was no way she was shaking hooves with him; he might have something. Instead, she looked up at him expectantly.

 

"I'm Diamond Tiara." she said, giving him the minimum standard social interaction Question answered, she decided to move straight forward, to ask the obvious.

 

"So, are you going to leave, or...?"

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Night Tracer was right; it was Celestia's turn to answer. She figured she might as well go with a positive question, and one that might reveal something important, if Night Tracer was willing to be honest.

 

"Night Tracer, what do you cherish most in this world? Outside Luna." she said with a smile. She knew he had probably thought of that answer already, and she wasn't going to give him an easy way out.

[J.R. 3,183]

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Ice looked out the storage room window. I was still pouring very hard outside. So much so, that is sounded like falling metal scraps, "Well, I was planning on staying here for a bit until the storm lets up. I won't cause any trouble for you."

 

Unaware of the filly's personality, Ice did what he did best, act friendly, "So, are you ok? That's some nasty storm outside. Heh, what a way to end a night of hanging out," he paused, "Speaking of hanging out, how'd you get here? Did your friends ditch you or something?"

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He wasn't leaving. Diamond Tiara rolled her eyes in exasperation, but she also stayed. For now, at least, talking to this stallion was preferable to being caught out in the rain and lightning. Slightly.

 

She decided to answer his question."No, my friend didn't ditch me." she said with a venomous edge, also putting emphasis on the word "friend". She only had one. "I just had to stay in late in order to wrap up when I was done with work. I run the local newspaper here, and it was a late night," she added, regrettably continuing the conversation.

[J.R. 3,183]

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Blizzard nodded, "Newspaper huh? That sounds pretty cool. I like reading the newspapers. But I hate it when mixups happen but you look like a smart little filly. I'm pretty sure you'll set things right with your production team."

 

He thought for a moment and got an idea, "Hey, Diamond Tiara, you wanna see something cool?" he said with a smile.

[Fractured 2,684]

Diamond Tiara looked at him funnily, an odd combination of confusion and disgust. She didn't make mix-ups; all of her papers were checked, then double checked for their accuracy. Everything she published was the absolute truth, and she made sure of it.

 

"I don't think there's anything wrong with my production team." she said defensively with a low grumble, but she still moved over to Ice Blizzard's side anyway.

 

"What is it?" she asked impatiently, all the while hoping that the rain would cut out at any moment so she could go back to never talking about this again.

Edited August 2, 2015 by Corona de Adamas

[J.R. 3,183]

@,

With a wave of his hoof Ice Blizzard made a hoof-sized ice sculpture of Diamond Tiara in his hoof, and showed it to her, "Here what do you think? I usually give away ice sculptures of those whom I meet for the first time. And you're new to me, so here ya go. And don't worry, she's not gonna melt. It's special carving ice that I use for these things. Here take her." he said with a smile.

[Not Yellow Diamond 925]

@,

 

Night Tracer pondered her question, "Had to make it hard, didn't you?" He laughed, "Probably just for who I am as a pony, my talents, my personality, I've been blessed..." He smiled. He was ungrateful for his past but not for his present. He was blessed for now and would like to remain that way. He then proceeded to ask her a question, "Do you ever want any children, of your own? How about a, um, partner of any sort...?" He cocked a brow.

[Fractured 2,684]

Diamond Tiara looked at the ice sculpture. It was a pretty good replica of her perfect face, and she wanted to keep it. On the other hand, that would mean showing this other pony some form of gratitude, which would definitely give him the wrong impression; that she actually enjoyed talking with him. She weighed the two options in her head on a mental scale, and, to her immense disappointment, vanity won out in the end. She took the ice sculpture.

 

"Eh, fine," she responded with exasperation, sticking the ice sculpture in her purse until she could take it home later. "But don't think this makes us friends or anything." she grumbled under her breath before she turned back to him. Having gotten what she wanted, she walked back to her spot and sat down again, hoping that Ice Blizzard would take the hint and be silent too.

Edited August 3, 2015 by Corona de Adamas

[J.R. 3,183]

@,

Blizzard was happy when the filly accepted his sculpture. "Ok, then." She did seem a little...off, but whatever, wasn't his problem. He walked back to his corner of the room, made a chair out of ice, sat in it with his grandfather's book in his lap, and without another word, started to read.

 

"She seems like she's nice. But she's not as social as other fillies I've met before. Maybe I can show her some kindness, and she'll open up."

 

He looked outside. It was still raining heavily, and it wasn't going to stop anytime soon. "Aw man, it looks like I'm gonna be stuck here for awhile with this girl. Ugh. Fun..." he continued to read.

[Dust and Memories 557]

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Wilhelm went back to his seat and took out his fork, ready to eat. To tell the truth, he was very hungry; he couldn't remember the last time he ate, for some strange reason. Perhaps it was that the person writing him was too lazy to say he had dinner? Nevertheless, he was all ready to eat- until he happened to look at Annette's salad. There was some strangeness about it, which he believed merited an additional look. He politely asked the waiter if he could have the salad, and when Wilhelm received it, he poked a fork into the leaves to spread them apart.

 

Seeing a reddish-purple liquid pool at the bottom, he sniffed at it and took a moment to contemplate the scent. When he realized what it was, however, he put the salad back on the waiter's tray with only a veneer of politeness. Slowly and calmly, he asked the waiter "Tell me, why would you serve a salad that appears to have wine spilled on it? No matter how fine the vintage- very, if my nose dost not decieveth me- why would you do such a thing? Never mind; it is doubtless not your fault. Get me the..." His voice trailed off as he glanced at Annette. She told me she doesn't want me to do this much on her benefit. I don't need to impress her with how much clout I have, or by me berating the chef for messing up... by Faust, it's inconsequential, when a pony thinks about it. Was I really willing to bawl out a chef for a simple accident? Moreover, was I willing to disappoint her to make myself feel more important? Well... No. Not now. Ugh, I can't even make sense of my own train of thought... back to the topic.

 

Wilhelm sighed and waved a hoof in the air idly. "Never mind. Just take the salad back, and ask the chef to make another." He attempted to crack a smile. "Preferably without the extra addition of wine this time." He waved off the waiter back to the kitchen, and opened up his still-steaming pasta with his remaining fork to cool it down. He debated remarking on how delicious it looked- because it did-, but instead decided to simply begin splitting the pasta into halves, one for him and one for Annette, since her salad was ruined.

Edited August 3, 2015 by Orion Caelum

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Diamond Tiara sat in her spot, waiting for the rain to tide over. But, the fact that the stallion was there bugged her now, on a personal level. She tried to contain it, absent-mindedly playing with the ice sculpture while she did so, but it was like an tiny black spot on an enormous white sheet; obnoxious, and easy to spot. The fact that he treated her so casually and was sitting there reading like nothing was wrong only served to drive the nail further in.

 

She wanted him gone, no matter what.

 

"Just so you know, you're really annoying. And, I hate this ice sculpture, too" she mentioned, reasoning hurting his feelings was the best way to get rid of him. It worked with the blank flanks.

 

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Celestia glanced off to the side then, her eyes avoiding Night Tracer's. It seems that these questions would be bringing up a great deal of things that she didn't want to answer.

 

"I can't deny that i've entertained the idea of having somepony close to me," she said finally, with a sigh. "But, aside from the incredible difficulty that most stallions find in approaching me. I also have to worry about the danger that such an action would present. As an alicorn, I have the power to defend myself, but what about my mate? And our children? Could I protect them as well? Could they ever be happy as somepony close to a princess of Equestria?"

 

She paused, still looking away from Night Tracer.

 

"I'm sorry," she said after a moment, "but these are all questions which concern me. I was not lying when I said Luna made an enormous choice in choosing you," she said finally.

[J.R. 3,183]

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Blizzard simply rolled his eyes. He continued to read his book without looking up, "Hm. Fillies these days. Have no real appreciation of art. But annoying? How?! I haven't done much of anything. What is she trying to say? Does she think that she can just talk to anypony she wants in such a way? Well, I'm sure as hell not having it...."

 

He had actually seen this before. Foals trying put others down to build themselves up. He looked up to her, "Annoying? Wait a minute, wait a minute. What have I done to annoy you?" he asked with a confused expression.

Edited August 3, 2015 by Ice Blizzard

[Not Yellow Diamond 925]

@,

 

Night Tracer looked at her empatheticly, he had no idea how much her position had affected her day to day. Things he could do without ease, she could not. It was saddening. He hadn't ever fully grasped how much her position defined who she was, even though she didn't want it to. "I never knew the magnitude of the situation..." He trailed off. "Celly, I'm sorry... I didn't mean to--, It was insensitive for me to act the way I've been acting. Making you be yourself physically, versus be yourself emotionally. Which you've done... but, perhaps it would be nice for you to change the ways ponies look at you." He smiled at her, before frowning again.

 

Something struck him as odd with what Celestia said. Something slightly off. It was her comment about him and Luna, "Do you not think you made the right choice?" He questioned with concern."Do you think, I'm the right choice?" He referred to her comment with having him being with Luna. 

[P-Jay 1,987]

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zenru finally made it there, and saw the leafy-looking pony. deciding that it would be best to not alert her, he gently moved forward, and very softy said "are you okay? i heard screams...."

 

he hoped that she wouldn't just dash off again. after all, she seemed interesting enough....

[Fractured 2,684]

Diamond Tiara stared at Ice Blizzard with incredulity, because this should be the most obvious thing in the world. How could he not understand what the problem was? The answer was obvious; he was the problem. Regardless, she had found her weakness, so Diamond Tiara dove right in. So far, her plan was working

 

"Everything." she said simply, glaring at him icily. "The way you move move, the way you talk, the way you're reading that stupid book. It's so aggravating; go do something else." she said finally, never taking her eyes off of Ice Blizzard.

 

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Celestia paused for a second, turning the question over in her mind. It was true that, despite her first impressions, Night Tracer had turned out to be a kind and caring stallion. But, that still didn't answer the question. Had she made the right choice in choosing him? In accepting this idea? In letting her sister stay with this stallion?

 

"To be honest, I do not know yet." she said simply, wanting to get the truth out of the way as truth as possible. "That is something that only time can tell, i'm afraid. "But, I can tell you this." she added, emphasizing the word as much as possible, ". Since we have gotten to truly know each other, I have not regretted a single moment between us. And, thought I cannot vouch for her, I don't think Luna has either. You are doing well, Night Tracer," she finished, her eyes radiating approval.

 

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The mare with the leafy green mane and tail heard the swordspony approach before she saw him, as the rain was much too thick to do the former. Instead of talking to him however, she choose to continue to look up at the sky, towards the distant stars. Most nights, they were her only source of comfort.

 

"Why me?" she said openly as the rain poured down around her. "This is the second time you've come back for me. Why?"

[J.R. 3,183]

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Blizzard was appalled. Never had he seen a filly treat another pony with such disrespect, especially somepony older than her. "The heck is wrong with this girl? Has she never been taught any manners at all? This is messed up. But how to go about it....?"

 

He figured that if he wanted to talk to an ill mannered pony, he should continue the conversation until he managed to get through their skull with proper wording, "Is that so?" he said with a raise of an eyebrow, "If I'm your problem, you're gonna have a real fun time growing up in this world. Hm. You seem to find a problem within everything. You know there's only one kind of job that ponies like that could do: Being a critic. There's all kinds, food critics, art critics, but I cant stand 'em. If there's one quality I hate about ponies, are those who are overly critical."

 

Blizzard laughed a snide laugh, "But then again, what am I saying? I mean, you're just a kid. And even though I believe you have no place to be as critical as you are as a child, I can't expect you to listen to me nor understand what I just said. So why don't we just sit ourselves down and go back to minding our own business? Ok? Thanks."

 

And with that, he put his book in front of his face and continued to read once again. True, Blizzard did have a soft spot for foals, but being disprespected was one thing that he was intolerant of. Especially being disrespected by an overly critical filly. But one thing was for sure, he wasn't about to leave that spot until the rain let up, no matter what came out of Diamond Tiara's mouth.

[Fractured 2,684]

Diamond Tiara blinked hard for a second, unsure of just what had quite happened to her. Then, it came to her, like the snap of a band-aid. She had just been insulted. Badly. She stood stock still, the rage slowly taking control of her actions, until...

 

The ice sculpture that had just been made for her went flying back towards its owner, shattering on the wall near him.

 

"Lead writer of the Gabby Gums and The Chatty Cathy! Future heir to the rich estate, the most powerful business in Ponyville! Runner of more personal projects than you have hairs on your head!" she shouted, anger clouding her actions as she glared at him. She didn't care; no one got to put one over on her, especially somepony she'd just met.

 

"I am not a child!"

Edited August 3, 2015 by Corona de Adamas

[Fractured 2,684]

-snip-

So she was an engineer then. Sorta. Rain Shadow was actually curious as to how that sort of thing worked, as she had never seen magical engineering before, and no one in the changeling society ever used magic in that way. She wanted to ask about it, as well as about the machine that somehow had been brought to life, but Lektra looked a little busy, passing out fliers to anybody who needed them, (and, apparently some that didn't.) so she kept her mouth shut for the time being and just followed along with her, waiting for the proper time to strike up a conversation.

 

It seems she had the chance to speak now, though, if the filly who was looking at her expectantly was any indication. Rain Shadow tightened up immediately; she wasn't all that good with foals.

 

"Hi, i'm Rain Shadow, Lektra's...friend?" she said looking at the mare expectantly. "Friend." she said, deciding for herself through vocalization. She held out a hoof for a hoofshake.

 

"I'm just here to get to hang around and know some ponies. And you two would be...?"

[J.R. 3,183]

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Blizzard nearly jumped out of his skin when the filly yelled. He also, had never heard such assertion from someone younger than him. However, he also knew that he had made a big mistake: Assumption. He should have never assumed anything about her, but unfortunately he was blinded by what he thought was disrespect.

 

It actually seemed more like an upbringing. The way she acted, and carried herself she seemed...different than Ice had expected. Now he was stuck for a moment, "Aw crap. I messed up, real bad. I can't act like this. Especially towards someone younger than I? That's not what I'm about. I gotta make this right."

 

He closed his book, and spoke sincerely, "Ok...I...I messed up, alright. I never should have made a judgement call. That was wrong of me, and I'm sorry." He started to think back to his past. About when he was younger, and always assumed that richer ponies were just windbags, "When I was younger, I knew a few ponies in my class that were rich, and I always assumed that they were just snobs, yet a few of my friends in my class said they were nice. I just never belived them and...I second-guesses myself. It turns out I was just hung-up on a stereotype that I've grown accustomed of comprehending. And the worst part, is that it seems as though I've carried that into my current life, and it's my fault for still thinking that that stereotype applies."

 

Ice felt very guilty. He had to make an assumption off of a stereotype, and be inconsiderate towards a filly. And as it turns out that that was a mistake, "I was wrong for calling you a child before. Your dad is the richest guy in Ponyville, and you already have a decent newspaper column running. Granted, I haven't read any of what you've printed out, but regardless, that's still impressive for somepony to accomplish at such a young age. Somepony who's able to do that is practiacally a fully grown mare."

 

He got up, and started to slowly walk to the door, "I apologize for making you angry. You are not a part of that stereotype. You're better, and more mature than that, Diamond Tiara. You can stay here and wait out the storm. I'll go find somewhere else to hide from the storm and think about my actions."

 

He hung his head in shame as he walked towards the door. The rain continued to pound the ground outside like thousands of marbles along with the occasional lightning strike.

Edited August 3, 2015 by Ice Blizzard