open Canterlot High (Reboot!)

[Unicorncob 5,679]

"It is no trouble at all, my friends," said Cirrus with a nod. "I have worked on harder things when it is coming to travelling than this. As for sitting together, why should we not be making a habit of this? Even if math is terrible, at least there will be friends close by."

 

"Aye, you are correct," Tyra agreed, beaming at the stallion, then looking around the room, "I fear that math will be a challenging opponent, but with friends here, I will conquer it!" She declared, flexing a hoof determinedly.

 

She was never that bright when it came to numbers, even the village wizard back home, her tutor, had trouble teaching her the more advanced points. Adding and subtracting was no problem, but multiplying and dividing were a bit of a grey area. And don't even get her started on percentages.

[rolle 320]

Segran just remembered something that he was told to do, so he teleported using a portal to outside the math class room to hang a sign saying ''Class Canceled'' on it before going through the teleport to find his teleport stone that teleports into the class room as he doesn't like doors that much. He tripped on a piece of rope and... 'found' the stone. With the wrong end, his flank ended up through it showing in the ceiling of the math class room before he fell through it when it enlarged revealing himself hanging upside down ''Well... This is awkward'' he said as he removed the hind legs that were stuck under some heavy objects. He then regenerated new ones in a... Unpleasant matter by having the mass of his body twist itself downwards into pony legs and hooves. Ofcourse it wasn't visible as he hid that part of his body from view. He closed the portal in the ceiling by throwing a black ball that looks like it glowed a purple aura into it before standing up with his now fully regenerated legs ''Well then... Sorry for the intrusion and, i guess you didnt need to see that much but... I am here on behalf of the former principal knowing that the current math teacher you have... had a little distraction. Its nothing major i hope and shouldn't be more than this day. I shall leave you all free to early lunch this day... Just dont put gum or paper on the ground. Not fun for anyone! Not even your hooves.'' with this said he this time made a portal himself in the wall to return into his own room or atleast the temporary room he has where he stores all his stones. Its only used on these weeks where school first start.

 

(hope its good enough... I'm tired and need to go to sleep now so have fun... Well not that you can interact with my character.)

[Denim&Venöm 18,710]

"Well. At least the teacher has the stones to not show up, rather than play games with other ponies time. Probably realized the same thing that I did: That this class is pointless, and that most ponies will have no use for any kind of mathematics outside of arithmetic." Silhouette then magicked a small, long, metal, rune covered box. She pulled a notepad sized piece of paper out, and began writing a list on it.

 

Family sized, deep dish, stuffed crust, hay lovers special.

+ onions, peppers, oregano, extra pepper jack

w/ cheesy garlic bread (substitute marinara w/ ranch)

 

Canterlot High, Room B-18.

 

She rolled up her list, opened a lid on the front of the box, tossed the piece of paper inside, closed it, then flipped a thin level with a red rectangle on the top of it so that it was standing up. A brief flash of green came from within, followed by a thin wisp of smoke puffing out from venting on the side of the box, quickly drifting through the air and exiting the room.

 

She then resumed her composing of 'Prison Without Walls.'

 

 

 

Edited August 19, 2015 by Denim&Venom

[The Down Trotten 300]

She then resumed her composing of 'Prison Without Walls.'

 

He sighed and turned around absolutely bored "What do you say to that game of chess?... Sorry I'm interrupting you but surely trouncing a puny opponent would be at the very least entertaining, And how long could it possibly take you? Come on put this fool in his place" 

 

He forgot how much he enjoyed self deprecating humor, it allowed a sort of cockiness that was its own breed of confident. 

Edited August 19, 2015 by The Down Trotten

[Love Doctor Blaze 536]

Thunder Streak was walking through the school halls, hanging a poster up on often visited places. The poster said: After school party, at 6 pm, looking for a singer and some other musicians. Eventually Thunder was done hanging up the posters, so he decided to head towards lunch to get some food

 

 

(Posted this to maybe start something )

[Denim&Venöm 18,710]

 

 

"What do you say to that game of chess?... Sorry I'm interrupting you but surely trouncing a puny opponent would be at the very least entertaining, And how long could it possibly take you? Come on put this fool in his place" 

 

Silhouette stopped her writing, and after a brief moment, put her pencil down.

 

"Now what would be the point, with an attitude like that? Why would I put you out of your misery, when you seem to be doing just fine a job of that yourself? You need to have confidence, before I go about shattering it. You can't watch somepony fall from grace, when they've already dug their own grave."

 

Continuing their chess match would be more entertaining, but toying with him like this was satisfactory enough at the moment.

[The Down Trotten 300]

@@Denim&Venom,

 

"You have a point. But how can I convince you that I have confidence after what I just said. You and I both know it would be fake. The only thing I can try to do is convince you is that my lack of confidence and I was merely appealing to your darker nature. but as you've just proven I made the wrong appeal to the right nature. You are very intriguing if I may say. I don't know whether to despise you or pity you, or look up to you."  He knew he was out matched in smarts but if he was going to be toyed with he might as well have some fun too 

Edited August 19, 2015 by The Down Trotten

[Denim&Venöm 18,710]

@@Denim&Venom,

 

"You have a point. But how can I convince you that I have confidence after what I just said. You and I both know it would be fake. The only thing I can try to do is convince you is that my lack of confidence and I was merely appealing to your darker nature. but as you've just proven I made the wrong appeal to the right nature. You are very intriguing if I may say. I don't know whether to despise you or pity you, or look up to you."  He knew he was out matched in smarts but if he was going to be toyed with he might as well have some fun too 

"Hmph" she smirked as she closed her eyes and adjusted her glasses with a hoof. 

 

"The fact that such a thought process is your response means you're still worth toying with. And I know I'm intriguing. Something out of place with it's surroundings is always an intrigue. It's a given. Despise me if you wish. The regards of a foal are irrelevant. There is nothing about me to pity except for the injustice of my circumstances. And looking up to me. We'll that's compulsory.  In terms of education and experience, I'm 8 years your senior. How else am I to be viewed?"

 

She opened her eyes, and focused on him intently. "Either way, nice to see some life. Breaking a dry twig delivers nothing. There is far more satisfaction in snapping a living sequoia tree in two." She delivered in a gradually lowering tone. 

[The Down Trotten 300]

"Hmph" she smirked as she closed her eyes and adjusted her glasses with a hoof. 

 

"The fact that such a thought process is your response means you're still worth toying with. And I know I'm intriguing. Something out of place with it's surroundings is always an intrigue. It's a given. Despise me if you wish. The regards of a foal are irrelevant. There is nothing about me to pity except for the injustice of my circumstances. And looking up to me. We'll that's compulsory.  In terms of education and experience, I'm 8 years your senior. How else am I to be viewed?"

 

She opened her eyes, and focused on him intently. "Either way, nice to see some life. Breaking a dry twig delivers nothing. There is far more satisfaction in snapping a living sequoia tree in two." She delivered in a gradually lowering tone. 

"And I'm this tree your going to break? How interesting and exciting, to see a fellow peer brought so low as to try to break another mentally. Are you ready to play this game? Are you ready to be thoroughly surprised with the results? I promise you, by the ned of this school year, you will not be the same mare. And you'll thank me and perhaps despise me for it" 

 

There, she wanted confidence, she wanted something to break down. He had given it to her. He had made her a promise that he knew she would fight until the very end. And you know what, he actually had some confidence about this one. Her own over confidence could very well be her down fall 

[Denim&Venöm 18,710]

 

 

"And I'm this tree your going to break? How interesting and exciting, to see a fellow peer brought so low as to try to break another mentally. Are you ready to play this game? Are you ready to be thoroughly surprised with the results? I promise you, by the ned of this school year, you will not be the same mare. And you'll thank me and perhaps despise me for it" 

.

 

"Not so much coming down to your level, as I teaching you the dangers of coming up to mine." She said, before magiking the chess board back into existence on her desk, each piece preciseley where it was. "Yes I am ready to be surprised. It beats being disappointed. But the two combined don't match the satisfaction of domination.  And you? The one change me? Perhaps you aren't so confident. Trying to intimidate me, bring me down to your quivering level? Or perhaps trying to bolster your own self esteem with such a haughty statement?

 

If it isn't painfully obvious, it will be. Hollow proclamations and empty threats will get you nowhere, colt."

[The Down Trotten 300]

If it isn't painfully obvious, it will be. Hollow proclamations and empty threats will get you nowhere, colt."

 

His eyes narrowed, she had hit a sore spot. And he knew it would only be a point in her favor but he couldn't help to succumb to the insult "I have a name, just like you Ms. Silhouette, and i would appreciate it if you used it. I may not have degrees, but I worked just as hard as you have, and I've been through things you only spit at." he sighed and cooled down. "My apologies, how rude of me." 

 

His emotions were only going to be a road block in this war, and he was at odds enough already. But he'd have to bear it, it kept his young mind sane really "Shall we continued" he moved his piece 

Edited August 20, 2015 by The Down Trotten

[Unicorncob 5,679]

Tyra, having nothing better to do since the class was cancelled, decided to watch this game of 'chess' between her new friend and...her new classmate.

She did not particularly appreciate this Silhouette's attitude, but she had a feeling there could be some good in her.

 

But for now, chess was a thing.

 

She watched the little figures move around, trying to get an idea of how it worked.

"Why not have the knights begin a full-on attack, instead of having them move one at a time?" She asked, legitimately clueless.

[Denim&Venöm 18,710]

 

 

 "I have a name, just like you Ms. Silhouette, and i would appreciate it if you used it. I may not have degrees, but I worked just as hard as you have, and I've been through things you only spit at." he sighed and cooled down. "My apologies, how rude of me."  His emotions were only going to be a road block in this war, and he was at odds enough already. But he'd have to bear it, it kept his young mind sane really "Shall we continued"

 

"Yes. How rude of you indeed." She said as she slid her binder to underneath her chair. "How hard you've actually worked is a matter of opinion and context. Comparisons between how hard you, I or anypony else has worked, are irrelevant and pointless. No matter how hard you have worked, there will always be somepony that's worked harder, so there's no use in comparison, unless you're a masochist seeking a gain in disappointment and a loss of self worth. Hmm, now where have I seen such things before?" She held a hoof up to her chin and looked up to the side in mock ponderance, before turning her attention back to her board. 

 

 

 

With her magic, she adjusted the angles of her ornate onyx Nightmare pawns. "And about you having a name?" She finished adjusting her forces, and took off her glasses "Give me or anypony else a good reason it's worth remembering." 

 

"Why not have the knights begin a full-on attack, instead of having them move one at a time?" She asked, legitimately clueless.

Silhouette inhaled, then slowly exhaled.  "For somepony who does not understand the concepts, you sure do want to be involved." She replied, without even looking at the northerner. "Care to explain for our sole spectator? She could use a peer to elaborate things for her." she  asked of her opponent.

[Ochre_Dust 329]

@@Unicorncob,@@Pucksterv,

With class cancelled, Cirrus brought out his schedule to make sure there wasn't something immediately after math class of immense importance. It was lunch, which was important in its own right, but not exactly what he was thinking of. His eyes lit up a bit at health education. He liked learning how to take care of himself and his body. A robust constitution and hearty recovery rate from injury was something he prided himself on, even if it was something he had not per se earned.

For now though, he watched the two apparent egomaniacs have at each other via chess. He chuckled at Tyra's question.

"No, Tyra. The game goes in turns. When it is a player's turn, they can only move one piece, and they have to move it a certain way. Knights have to move in an L-shape," he motioned with his hoof to demonstrate, sidling up with Tyra on his right side as his left wing extended to try and pull Trivy closer to them.

[The Down Trotten 300]

"And about you having a name?" She finished adjusting her forces, and took off her glasses "Give me or anypony else a good reason it's worth remembering." 

 

Her insults stung, he forgot how truly emotional he was. and try as he might to not have them affect him, He almost winced for a split second before regaining composure  "Directly attacking me now, how interesting... but to answer, my name, as with any one's name is important. it is how others identify us, and to use another's name is a sign of respect. but I suppose I was putting to much faith in you for that.  " it wasn't his best put together argument but he wasn't prefect, he was more battling to not shoot more insults her way. 

 

Moving his piece, he was determined to win this game now, he would win this game. Whoa easy now... be careful there Quill.... 

Edited August 20, 2015 by The Down Trotten

[Denim&Venöm 18,710]

 

 

"Directly attacking me now, how interesting... but to answer, my name, as with any one's name is important. it is how others identify us, and to use another's name is a sign of respect. but I suppose I was putting to much faith in you for that.  "

 

"Ah, you're starting to get it. Respect. With that, you hopefully understand that respect is never given, it is earned. What have you done for you to have respect. What have you accomplished for your name to have worth? What causes you to stand out amongst the sea of soulless masses we all try to navigate?" She moved her piece to it's next position. "and it seems you are doing what is required of your station in this institution. You've learned your first lesson" She angled her piece to face him directly. "Faith in others, is faith misplaced."

[The Down Trotten 300]

 

 

"Faith in others, is faith misplaced."

 

"Faith in the wrong others..." he said off handily as he moved his other piece  "Check." he said finally, it was a bit of a gambit his last move but, why not? 

 

"I consider going through life enough to call others by their name, Who am I to judge what they've done noteworthy? I cannot place myself above other's, I miss so much that way." 

[Denim&Venöm 18,710]

 

 

"I consider going through life enough to call others by their name, Who am I to judge what they've done noteworthy? I cannot place myself above other's, I miss so much that way." 

 

"Everypony goes through life. It's not a sufferable task if the very definition of enduring it is living.  If life is a task they cannot accomplish... well, those kinds of ponies won't be around for us to meet. Thus, everypony we do meet, are all in the same boat. It isn't' an unenviable task, if you're willing to go through with it. In short, life is not a worthy enough challenge." She began to move another of her pieces. 

 

"You don't place yourself above others. You arrive there. It is not any fault of your own that everypony else is either content to stay where they are, or they aren't capable of climbing to your level. You can't journey through life if you're staying in place. You must take those first steps forward, even if, especially if,  it's away from every mare, stallion and foal staying in place."

 

She halted her piece. 

 

"Check."

[The Down Trotten 300]

@@Denim&Venom,

 

"See I don't really think I'll ever arise above my fellow ponies. Sure I may be more gifted  more in some area's then others but I'm never going to be better at everything. So in my eyes no one is really above anyone else. Is it wishful thinking, perhaps, but I got hopefully a lot of years to live. Let time prove me wrong."

 

He sighed and moved his King out of check. "And I give ponies basic respect. Calling someone by their name is rather basic in my eyes, its along the lines of basic rights. yes ponies have to earn my respect but they don't have to earn me calling them by their name."   

[Unicorncob 5,679]

With class cancelled, Cirrus brought out his schedule to make sure there wasn't something immediately after math class of immense importance. It was lunch, which was important in its own right, but not exactly what he was thinking of. His eyes lit up a bit at health education. He liked learning how to take care of himself and his body. A robust constitution and hearty recovery rate from injury was something he prided himself on, even if it was something he had not per se earned.

 

For now though, he watched the two apparent egomaniacs have at each other via chess. He chuckled at Tyra's question.

 

"No, Tyra. The game goes in turns. When it is a player's turn, they can only move one piece, and they have to move it a certain way. Knights have to move in an L-shape," he motioned with his hoof to demonstrate, sidling up with Tyra on his right side as his left wing extended to try and pull Trivy closer to them.

 

Tyra listened to Cirrus's explanation, and simply tilted her head.

"That makes no sense," She muttered, "Knights should be able to move whenever they want, and in any direction! That is what we do back home!"

 

She looked around the room. "Do you know where to find some food? I am hungry enough to eat an Ursa Major!"

[Ochre_Dust 329]

@@Unicorncob, @@Pucksterv,

 

Cirrus tilted his head. "The constellation, or the giant ethereal bear?" he asked before chuckling. "I suppose food does sound nice. Maybe we should be seeing if this school has a... cafeteria. No?" Cirrus stood up, offering a hoof to Tyra and looking over to Trivy. "If there is no cafeteria, then maybe there is a store near the school where we can get something? I have some money to buy what we are eating."

[Denim&Venöm 18,710]

@@Denim&Venom,

 

"See I don't really think I'll ever arise above my fellow ponies. Sure I may be more gifted  more in some area's then others but I'm never going to be better at everything. So in my eyes no one is really above anyone else. Is it wishful thinking, perhaps, but I got hopefully a lot of years to live. Let time prove me wrong."

 

He sighed and moved his King out of check. "And I give ponies basic respect. Calling someone by their name is rather basic in my eyes, its along the lines of basic rights. yes ponies have to earn my respect but they don't have to earn me calling them by their name."   

"It's an attitude like that, that will keep you from rising above the tide. You have to believe that you're different. You have to believe that you have something to offer, either to the world, or to your own mimsy down the line. Bettering yourself, starts by believing you're better than the rest. But that's just cocky arrogance... until you back it up and prove it."

 

She moved her own "King", Nightmare Moon, out of check as well. "To address your second point, I guess that's just a difference in our methodology towards engaging life. You give everypony you meet basic respect. Ponies have to prove they are worthy of respect from me. It's worked for me quite well so far, up until my graduation even. I don't ask for their names. They don't ask for mine. A mutual understanding of minimalist necessity, our time interacting measured just enough to be mutually beneficial, yet brief, so as we have enough time to ourselves, to be ourselves, to hone & pursue ourselves, and more importantly to have our own portion, of a fraction, of a moment in this world to call our own."

 

She adjusted the angle her insurrectionist of the night. "It's an unspoken code of conduct, built on some degree of mutual understanding, honed through experiences, perpetuated by a knowing maturity."

 

Her nightmare stopped turning. "I should've expected such a thing to be absent in this institution for the young, the restless and the hormonally unstable." 

 

 

@Unicorncob, @Pucksterv, @Ochre_Dust

 

*Knock Knock Knock* Went the door. It opened up, and standing at the entryway to the class was a pegasus mare in a red uniform & baseball cap, with a wide square satchel balanced on one hoof.  

 

"Umm" With a wing, she pulled a note out of her pocket. "Somepony in here order a Family sized hay lovers pizza with an order cheese garlic bread? A Miss Dusk?" She asked aloud. She looked at the note again "As in Silhouette Dusk?" 

 

Silhouette Looked at the clock on the wall. "Ah, impeccable timing as ever, Marinara." She replied to the pizza mare.  "One moment if you will. " she announced to her quarry as she got out of her seat. 

 

She pulled a pen out of her binder to sign the pegasis recept, then teleported a wallet, a stylized one with the word "Frozen" on it, probably one from Trot Topic, and pulled 40 bits out of the wallet, before it was gone in a flashy *pssh!*

 

Marinara, as her name suggested, looked at the receipt, then counted the bits, and then nodded. "Generous with the tips as always." She undid the velcro straps on the satchel, and slid out a wide pizza box, with a smaller box on top, perfectly balanced onto her hoof. The box was then taken into Silhouette's magic.

 

"Well, I'd like to say I'd be leaving you to your class pizza party, but we both know how those actually go."   Marinara removed her cap with her wings, and curtsey bowed. "Till we meet again m'lady." 

 

"Now now, keep that up and I'll have to report your prostrating to your manager." she said without even looking back. A quick laugh could be heard as Marinara shut the door behind her. 

 

Silhouette then telekinetically tugged an empty desk to connect with her chess occupied one. She opened the small box first. Crisp, flakey garlic bread sticks in gooey swiss & mozzarella cheeses, sprinkled with crumbles of feta cheese, with a cup of ranch sauce tucked neatly in the corner.  The warm aroma began to waft its way throughout the room. 

 

She then ripped of a stick for herself, and then magicked her nightmare back into position. "Your move." Dusk then bit into the breadstick with a soft crunch. 

Edited August 20, 2015 by Denim&Venom

[The Down Trotten 300]

@@Denim&Venom,

 

"You misinterpret me... I know I'm different, and I know I will have something to offer the world in time. But I don't need to think I'm better because if I think I'm better what would be the point of improving, rather if I see myself as simply different I can always imporve myself, since there is no pinical to reach."

 

The chess game wasn't going well, she had put him in quite a bind, his solar empire was crumbling and he knew it Dang it he hated failure... but it wasn't over quite yet, he had a few turns left.

 

"You act as if you don't have hormones yourself, you speak as if your a full grown adult... Now I can't speak for you but whether you have the maturity and the intelligence is one thing. But you do not have the growth and the years of experience as one. So please at the very least stop acting like your above us in every single way. Because whether you like it or not, or still a filly," 

 

He wasn't being spiteful, in fact his tone was rather polite, maybe even a bit tired. The smell of the pizza was getting to him too, his family never could afford treats like that. but he couldn't help but lick his lips and pull out what he considered lunch. Potatoes Salad, with some radish chips, and a jug of water. He forked some salad into his mouth as he finished his turn "Your Move I think" 

Edited August 20, 2015 by The Down Trotten

[Denim&Venöm 18,710]

 

 

"You misinterpret me... I know I'm different, and I know I will have something to offer the world in time. But I don't need to think I'm better because if I think I'm better what would be the point of improving, rather if I see myself as simply different I can always imporve myself, since there is no pinical to reach."  

 

 "You act as if you don't have hormones yourself, you speak as if your a full grown adult... Now I can't speak for you but whether you have the maturity and the intelligence is one thing. But you do not have the growth and the years of experience as one. So please at the very least stop acting like your above us in every single way. Because whether you like it or not, or still a filly," 

 

 

She bit off another piece of her cheesy bread stick, one slathered in ranch. She chewed as she looked over the board. Then she swallowed. 

 

"And you act as though superiority and supremacy are things in permanence. They aren't. Just because you know you're better, doesn't mean it will stay that way. That pinnacle you try to discount, is to keep your head above above the rising tide of mediocrity and complacency. 

 

I give you that, sadly, I'm technically not an adult. and while it may not be in as many years, I still have experiences that the majority of the student boy, and even a few teachers can only dream of. I may not be at the highest of levels, but I am still above you all in every single way. It will be made more and more crystal clear as my internment here continues on."

 

"And if you disagree..." She reallocated another of her bat pony pawns. "then prove me wrong."   She floated the rest of her breadstick into her mouth, and bit down on it. 

Edited August 20, 2015 by Denim&Venom

[The Down Trotten 300]

 

 

"And if you disagree..." She reallocated another of her bat pony pawns. "then prove me wrong."  

 

"Fine then, I will." It was a simple but bold statement, and he meant it with every fiber of his being. Even his munching on radish chips was determined . 

 

By this point an odd thought struck him as he moved his piece, making his solar empire looking rather neat and tidy "I know you probably don't care to much about this, but that you for playing a game of chess with me, I don't get to do it very often any more. Also thanks for putting up with me, I understand it isn't entirely enjoyable for you.,, And I can only imagine making friends is something at the bottom of your list, but your one of the smartest ponies I've met, don't expect me not to try." 

 

He didn't know what to expect as a response, but as philosophical as he was he still was a lonely colt looking for a friend or too