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[The Down Trotten 300]

 

 

"And what do you hope to get out of this, huh? What is your endgame? What is a satisfactory outcome to you if you pursue this cumbersome venture?"

 

"Your respect and if I'm truely lucky some form of friendship. And before you say those things are impossible, I'll have you know that will only drive me further to that cause. But even I never achieve those things the mere experince of whatever your going to put me through will be satisfactory enough. It may sound like I'm a gulutton for punishment, and sadly I believe with the career choice I have a head of me I'm going to go through a lot, so might as well begin training now." he thought that all made logical sense to him, but then again his logic was a bit different then most ponies

[Denim&Venöm 18,710]

"Your respect and if I'm truely lucky some form of friendship. And before you say those things are impossible, I'll have you know that will only drive me further to that cause. But even I never achieve those things the mere experince of whatever your going to put me through will be satisfactory enough. It may sound like I'm a gulutton for punishment, and sadly I believe with the career choice I have a head of me I'm going to go through a lot, so might as well begin training now."

"So that's how you think you're going to earn my respect? By absolutely refusing to respect my wishes for solitude and not recognizing that I ado not belong with living thing in this building? I'm stuck enduring this, the first day of my injustice, and what do you do? Pester me with the notion of being my "friend" for the mere sake of it." She tipped her glasses down.

 

"How, in Nightmare's name do you think that will earn my respect, let alone make me even entertain the thought of being friends with any of these hormone overdosed neighanderthalls, lest of all, you?" She punctuated each of those last four words, while glaring straight into Quill's eyes. 

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By absolutely refusing to respect my wishes for solitude and not recognizing that I ado not belong with living thing in this building?

 

He would admit that her glaring was unsetteling, but he had resloved by this point to presue this almost insane venture so he held her gaze as long as he could "You shall have your solitude, I realize pestering you is not only rude but is counter productive. As for not beloning with another living thing in this building... Well I'll save my opinion on that.

 

But what is my plan you may ask?... I have no clue to be honest. I know so little about you that it's almost impossible to even begin. And seeing how you do not want to get close to anyone this is only going to be even more difficult..." he gave the whole premise some thought "How about this, you give me to the end of this week. If I haven't earned your respect by then. I shall leave you alone as often as possible. If I gain it however, then you can expect me to try to garner your friendship. I believe this compromise respects both of our wishes yes? "

 

He knew he was setting himself up for the near impossible but he did want to respect her, and he did like a challange.

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"Pfft! Seriously? That's his offer? I'll easily be rid of him by weeks end. Ugh, weeks end. A reminder of how much more I have to endure... and how much more of a point I have to drive across to whatever academic committee runs this nuthouse. Regardless, this will be too easy. Whether he's earned it or not, all I'll have to do is just tell him "no, he hasn't." and I'll be rid of one more annoyance, a minor consolation, but a consolation just the same."

 

Silhouette pushed a hoof to the bridge of her glasses to adjust them. "I'll accept your offer, regardless of how improbable it is for you." 

 

"Get me to respect him? That I would love to see."

Edited August 25, 2015 by Denim&Venom

[The Down Trotten 300]

 

 

"I'll accept your offer, regardless of how improbable it is for you." 

 

​"Thank you very much Miss. Now I think its lunch time... not that we didn't just eat but oh well might as well keep the schedule. And with that I shall leave you to your poem and your solitude. Perhaps you can thank me later."   he sighed and as promised left her to her own devices and trotted to lunch alone 

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​"Thank you very much Miss. Now I think its lunch time... not that we didn't just eat but oh well might as well keep the schedule. And with that I shall leave you to your poem and your solitude. Perhaps you can thank me later."   he sighed and as promised left her to her own devices and trotted to lunch alone 

She would have to leave too. She didn't know who had this class room next. So it would be off to the lunch room. 

 

The lunch room. Where all of these vagrants are going to flock towards. Their senseless babel. Their close approximations. Their incessant questions, inquiries, pokes and prods. And all of them chowing down on that Faust awful, government issued catering. 

 

"I'll need to review the layout. Find a place where I can dine in solitude. If not... I'll just have too... huddle up in a corner and try to seclude myself."

 

"I would rather eat outside if it came to that." Silhouette said before she slipped her binder back into her saddle bags, levitated her pizza, onto her back, and teleported to the hallway leading to the cafeteria. 

[Denim&Venöm 18,710]

The ringing of the second bell signaled the start of the days first lunch. The masses of students flooded in from every which hallway, congregating into the very large mess hall. Efficiency, sophistication and a modicum of class seemed to be the theme of the layout. Well, as much as a high school budget could afford anyways. Rows of fiberglass tables complete with benches awaited newcomers and returning veterans. 

 

Several sets of counters were on the far side. Behind them were the lunch staff and the fully stocked industrialized kitchen spaces. There was a counter for the standard fare for today's lunch. There was a specialized bar for those with specific dietary needs. There was an 'A La Carte' section for those who wanted to pay extra for something sweeter and/ or more filling, as well as mini-cafe section next to it.  And then there was the soup & sandwich bar. Ahead of all those was a refrigerator with a plethora of "healthy" beverages. Energy drinks could be gotten at the vending machines just outside the hall.  A pair of cashiers sat behind three registers to tally off the days orders. 

 

Today's special. Wonder what that is?

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Cirrus led the way out of the campus ground and towards the bakery, the air was still quite crisp, the coldness of the world muting its sounds even with his sensitive hearing. Memories of his past made him shiver where the cold could not. He covered for it by commenting, "Canterlot's pegasi must have outdone themselves today with making this cold snap today, no?"

[Unicorncob 5,679]

Cirrus led the way out of the campus ground and towards the bakery, the air was still quite crisp, the coldness of the world muting its sounds even with his sensitive hearing. Memories of his past made him shiver where the cold could not. He covered for it by commenting, "Canterlot's pegasi must have outdone themselves today with making this cold snap today, no?"

 

Tyra, on the other hoof, welcomed the crisp air and snow happily. She hopped every few steps, causing the snow to crunch beneath her and creating two sets of identical hoofprints indented in the white blanket.

 

"Aye, and I must thank them," She answered, a fond smile on her face, "All this snow, and the cold air, it reminds me much of home!"

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Cirrus led the way out of the campus ground and towards the bakery, the air was still quite crisp, the coldness of the world muting its sounds even with his sensitive hearing. Memories of his past made him shiver where the cold could not. He covered for it by commenting, "Canterlot's pegasi must have outdone themselves today with making this cold snap today, no?"

 

Tyra, on the other hoof, welcomed the crisp air and snow happily. She hopped every few steps, causing the snow to crunch beneath her and creating two sets of identical hoofprints indented in the white blanket.

 

"Aye, and I must thank them," She answered, a fond smile on her face, "All this snow, and the cold air, it reminds me much of home!"

"I agree with Tyra. I like the cold, it does have a nice feeling of home. That and the warm summers of Equestria are unbearable. I really missed the cold."

 

Trivy picked up a ball of snow with her magic and then looked at Tyra with a smug face before throwing it her way.

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"I agree with Tyra. I like the cold, it does have a nice feeling of home. That and the warm summers of Equestria are unbearable. I really missed the cold."

 

Trivy picked up a ball of snow with her magic and then looked at Tyra with a smug face before throwing it her way.

 

Tyra flinched with surprise from being struck on the side of the face with a snowball. She froze momentarily, before slowly turning her head to fix Trivy with a mischievous smirk.

"There is something I must tell you," She snickered, rolling up a snowball of her own, "Back in my village, striking somepony with a snowball is a declaration of war."

 

She quickly lobbed the snowball Trivy's way. "A SNOWBALL WAR!!"

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Tyra flinched with surprise from being struck on the side of the face with a snowball. She froze momentarily, before slowly turning her head to fix Trivy with a mischievous smirk.

"There is something I must tell you," She snickered, rolling up a snowball of her own, "Back in my village, striking somepony with a snowball is a declaration of war."

 

She quickly lobbed the snowball Trivy's way. "A SNOWBALL WAR!!"

 

Trivy chuckled before trying to dodge the snowball coming her way, she wasn't fast enough so the snowball hit her on her back. "Oh dear Luna that's so fuzzing cold!!" Trivy yelled with amusement in her tone. She made another snowball with her magic before throwing it towards Tyra. She missed and accidentally hit Cirrus instead. "Sorry not sorry." She quickly made another snowball so she would be ready for the next attack.

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Cirrus' memories were knocked out from their place of dominance in his mind by the wayward snowball. "Hey! Neutral territory here!" He took off flying to an alleyway for cover then began quickly tossing out a few snowballs to keep the fillies at bay. Every so often, he gathered some more snow into a ball roughly the size of his barrel, chuckling to himself as an idea formed in his mind.

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Tyra ducked the snowball thrown by Trivy, and broke into a cackle when Cirrus was smacked with it instead.

"There is no neutral territory in a snowball war!" She declared, diving behind a parked carriage when Cirrus began throwing out snowballs.

 

She rolled one up in her hooves and lobbed it without aiming, hoping it would hit him.

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Trivy grabbed another snowball and tried to throw it but somehow she managed to fall face down into the snow. "So cold!" She yelled muffled by the snow. She tried to get up but the ground underneath was icy which resulted in her muzzle falling once again in the snow. "Uhm.. need a little help here."

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Tyra's snowball went wide, but even so, he ducked back to make the finishing touches while Trivy was having difficulties. His massive snowball was ready however, and he grasped it between his forehooves. While never a fast flyer, Cirrus had a penchant for lifting things with the magic of his tribe. Riding astride the snowball, he flew towards Tyra, hoping for a fair fight as Trivy was otherwise occupied. "Bombs away!" he yelled, releasing the ball and sending it on a collision course with Tyra. 

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Tyra watched in awe as Cirrus's massive snowball came hurdling toward her, and her hooves stuck in place. "Sleipnir's mane..."

 

She became completely engulfed in snow, only to emerge from the white mound moments later with a wide, toothy grin.

"That was incredible!" She squeaked, "I must make a snowball to rival that!"

 

 

She tried to get up but the ground underneath was icy which resulted in her muzzle falling once again in the snow. "Uhm.. need a little help here."

 

Her ear flicked as she heard Trivy's cry for help. She popped out of the snowmound and trotted over to the ice. Being a pony native to the Frozen North, she had no problem travelling the thin layer of ice, and she slid over to her friend and helped her up.

"Are you well, friend?" She asked.

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With things sufficiently escalated, the snowball fight stopped to Cirrus' satisfaction, and he flew over to Trivy. "Shall we continue on to the bakery?" he asked, before looking down the snow-laden street. "It should not be much further now, but we will be needing time to eat and get back to class."

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Her ear flicked as she heard Trivy's cry for help. She popped out of the snowmound and trotted over to the ice. Being a pony native to the Frozen North, she had no problem travelling the thin layer of ice, and she slid over to her friend and helped her up.

"Are you well, friend?" She asked.

 

Trivy shook her head to get the snow out of her mane. "I'm good, thanks for helping me, hehehe. So slippery ice. Forgot about that." She smiled a bit embarrassed but still happy."

 

With things sufficiently escalated, the snowball fight stopped to Cirrus' satisfaction, and he flew over to Trivy. "Shall we continue on to the bakery?" he asked, before looking down the snow-laden street. "It should not be much further now, but we will be needing time to eat and get back to class."

 

"Oh yes, that sounds good. I'm starting to feel pretty hungry." Trivy replied, now fully standing on her hoofs again.

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With things sufficiently escalated, the snowball fight stopped to Cirrus' satisfaction, and he flew over to Trivy. "Shall we continue on to the bakery?" he asked, before looking down the snow-laden street. "It should not be much further now, but we will be needing time to eat and get back to class."

 

"Oh yes, that sounds good. I'm starting to feel pretty hungry." Trivy replied, now fully standing on her hoofs again.

 

"Aye, I second that," Tyra chirped, helping Trivy back onto the snow before skating off the ice herself, "A good snowball fight always works up my appetite! Although, so does any kind of fight!"

 

She got back onto the snow, and grinned as she hopped around to hear the crunching beneath her hooves while she waited for her friends to catch up to her.

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Cirrus elected to continue flying, slowly back-winging in front of the two mares as they made their way to the bakery. "So Tyra, what sports did you play back in your homeland?" he asked. "And Trivy, I am curious as to what studying was like when you were younger. Before Canterlot, you know?"

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Cirrus elected to continue flying, slowly back-winging in front of the two mares as they made their way to the bakery. "So Tyra, what sports did you play back in your homeland?" he asked. "And Trivy, I am curious as to what studying was like when you were younger. Before Canterlot, you know?"

 

"I didn't really study before Canterlot actually... I was educated at home by my father. So there isn't much to tell. However, I did study a lot of magic in my free time." Trivy said as she caught up with Tyra and Cirrus. "How about you? Where are you from? What did you do before all this?"

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Cirrus elected to continue flying, slowly back-winging in front of the two mares as they made their way to the bakery. "So Tyra, what sports did you play back in your homeland?" he asked.

 

"Oh, we play all kinds of games back home!" Tyra chirped, having a spring in her step as she trotted along next to Trivy, "Snowball fights, ice-fishing, hide-and-seek in the forest, fighting with wooden weapons..."

 

One might assume such activities would be more suited to foals, but she truthfully found a lot of fun in them at her age.

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"I..." Cirrus' head sagged with Trivy's question. He landed, his hooves crunching through the snow as he once more walked beside his two new friends. "I try to forget about that time. It was mostly just travelling with my sister Salmon Spring, trying to get to Equestria."

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Trivy noticed the sad look falling on his face "Oh I'm sorry Cirrus. I didn't mean to bring back bad memories.You didn't have to tell me if you didn't want to." She said with a kind smile. "Come on, lets get going to the bakery, some delicious bread will keep your mind of things."

 

Trivy started walking a little bit faster, the sound of snow cracking underneath her hoofs, she arrived at the small bakery on the corner of the street. She could already smell the delicious fresh baked bread coming from the shop, making her tummy rumble a little.