private The Way Of The Gentleman 101

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                        The Way Of The Gentleman 101

                                        Link to OOC: https://mlpforums.com/topic/139999-the-way-of-the-gentleman-101/

 

Sappy sat inside his office. A cup of tea in his right claw, and a piece of paper in the other. He took a sip of the hot liquid, and looked at Kito, who was sitting across him "Hmm... Looks like there is 4 ponies that want to attend our school chap. This shall be quite the interesting experience eh?" Said Sappy with a smile. The dragon got up from his seat, and made his way to the closet room. He took four worn tuxedo's and 4 fedora's out. He proceeded to a vase and took out 4 roses. "Alright this shall be a good start" Said Sappy. He looked at Kito "Could you be a real chap, and get the regestration papers for me?" Said the gentleman as he walked towards the door "Because i think that our students have arrived" Said Sappy. 4 closets with outfits where presented before the students when they walked in.

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Krittius smiled as he came upon the building, he looked at the Invitation in his paw, he examined it. Then he found door knocker. And knocked it. It crashed sharply and loudly. Krittius sat down and adjusted his overcoat. He saw a paper laying upon the stoop, and found a chair. He pulled his suitcase near, and proceeded to read it.

[Lord Bradley 1,319]

Drakk was happily lying down on the bed he and his friend set up in their new cave. He sighed. "Oh, what a exhausting day this was. One minute, we were happily trotting on a road, hoping to get to Manehattan to restock. Then, out of nowhere, a colt jumps out and claims that his town has been destroyed by giant, fire breathing ants. Can't believe the imagination of some foals" He sighed once again, and looked into the tunnel system they had dug in order to make several rooms. Took a good couple o' hours and some hard work, but they managed to make a home they could stay in for awhile. "Wonder how Drake is doing, trying to find those plants. Hope he comes back safe and sound" He thought. 

 

As he was relaxing in his comfy bed, a loud *Poof* happened in the middle of the room. Instantly going on his instincts, he jumped off the bed and prepared a spell, ready to fight off whoever decided to invade his peaceful cave. The spell fizzled and he got a dumstruck expression as he noticed who the intruder was. 

 

A big, floating three-dimensional question mark in a suit was floating there, using its floating gloves to wipe off some dust off its suit. It sighed. "Well, that was certainly an entertaining trip. Hope I came out in the right place..." It said, looking around before finally laying its eyes on Drakk and straightened its posture. "Ah, there thou art. Greetings, Mr. Moonshine. I, am Lord Bradley, and I am here to deliver thou to thy class. Thou art late." It said, moving its cane around a little.

 

Drakk's eyes were so wide that they nearly were out of his sockets, his mouth fumbling about, trying to make sense of the situation. Here, right infront of him, was a question mark. In a suit. And it was floating. And speaking to him. His brain seemed to reboot. Once it did, he finally managed to mumble out a sentence. "W-What are you?!" He asked the abomination.

 

The question mark, though a bit taken aback by the question, answered him. "Well, I'm a question mark. Pretty obvious one there. But, I'm afraid I cannot answer too many questions. As i said, thou art late for class. Chop chop!" It finally said, before clapping it's glove-things together twice, and what Drakk saw next was a bright flash of light, and then he was standing infront of a door.

 

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He was confused, that much was obvious, but he seemed to slowly shake it off. Dreading whats behind the door, he instead decided to take another look around. He noticed a...Pony-Cat? He shook his head, decided to accept whatever was happening, and trotted up to the cat-pony. "E-excuse me, but do you know where we are?

Edited October 16, 2015 by GeneLord Bradley

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Rhetoric wasn't normally about these sorts of things. But hey he spent the money (something he never had to being with) and figured how could he resist yet another chance to challenge an institution. If this school thought it could churn out gentlemen then he wanted to know what exactly they thought a gentlemen was. With nothing but his ratty saddle bag he walked in. At first he thought he was the only one there, but upon further inspection he saw what must have been a fellow student. A pony, no wait, a cat, no wait a pony... a cat?... A pony-cat? With a sigh he thought Its going to be one of those days... 

 

But no need to be rude, after all a book is more then its cover... well sometimes. He walked over and cleared his throat "Excuse me, um I assume your hear for the school, yes?" 

Edited October 16, 2015 by The Down Trotten

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Krittius Von Istari looked up at the pony who asked about school. He stood up and said, "Yes I am, I am Krittis Von Istari. My father Swirls thought it would be wise for me to have some more civilization in me." Krittius adjusted his cap, and offered his paw, "Nice to meet you Mr...."

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"Rash, Rhetoric Rash." He took the paw and gave it a shake "Well Mr. Istari, I actually wonder if this school will instill any civilization in you at all." he mused "This school as far as I know is about being a gentlemen, something that as far as I know, has nothing to do with civilization" he sighed "But I'm getting a bit ahead of myself, pleasure to meet you." 

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Krittius smiled and said "Ah, probably not, Mr. Rash, but courtesy it shall, no doubt. So wonder when we shall see our instructors. I'm curious about these fellows. Krittius then smiled at Rhetoric. I believe that brought some luncheon, would you care for any? I've got several types of sandwiches, mostly cheese. And the bacon, however, is mine." Krittius pulled out the large lunch bag. "I bought most of the foodstuffs from a place known as Pony Joe's, so I've never actually tried this. Bon Appetite!" He said enthusiastically. And sat down in a chair and proceeded to eat the cheese sandwich, after putting bacon on it.

[The Down Trotten 300]

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He was about to say something about not needing food but then noticed yet another arrival, where he had come from. Rhetoric was clueless, but then again it was one of those days "Mr.  Istari seems you have a visitor. come now don't be shy... ugh I'm beinging to sound like one already" he shook his head and hopefully the phony accent away "And who prey tell are you, sir, here for the school?" he asked the unicorn

Edited October 16, 2015 by The Down Trotten

[Lord Bradley 1,319]

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Drakk slowly raised one of his eyebrows. "School?" He asked the earth pony. He had never gone to school. He never really could, seeing as... He shook his head, trying to remove the memories coming up, though a small tear trickled down his eye. He turned back to the two. "Well, the Question Mark thing did say something about a class, but I've really got no clue why I'm here. I dont even know where I am." He cleared up, shaking his head a little. Sighing, he saw a couple chairs sitting around, waiting for something to sit on them. "Well, might aswell sit down..." He commented lightly, doing exactly what he said. 

[The Down Trotten 300]

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Rhetoric was going to comment on how everything that was just said didn't make a lick of sense, but figured, from the unicorns dazed appearance he wasn't going to get a whole lot out of him.  He sighed and looked between his two class mates. A Cat-pony... and a Enigmatic Unicorn, great, was it too much to ask for a semi normal day? Apparently so. "so... um...Well pony who still hasn't told us his name, your at the school for aspiring Gentlemen or some other none such like that. The purpose of which is to turn ponies into gentlemen, obviously. Although quite frankly nether of us have little to no clue what that means. Seeing how your here, whether by choice or cosmological forces (can't believe I'm actually using that in a sentence), might a swell make the best of it, right? So whats your name, eh?" the brown earth pony did his best to smile "I'm Rhetoric Rash, you may call me what you wish. And this is Mr. Istari... my apologies if I said it wrong " he muttered under his breath to the feline equinus  

Edited October 16, 2015 by The Down Trotten

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Krittius finished his bacon and grilled cheese sandwich and offered one to the unicorn who had arrived. "Good thing I pack extras, otherwise I would not have would this situation as endearing." Krittius's patience was starting to wear. He pulled out a scroll, and stood up on his hind paws, he adjusted himself, checking his balance. Then Krittius started to pace while looking the scroll, the scroll was on dead cultures, and proved to be an interesting read. Krittius was having difficulty reading the really fine print however, so he pulled out his magnifying glasses. Then he proceeded to read it.

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Drakk was confused. The pony infront of him, who is apparently named "Rhetoric Rash", just said that he is at a school that teaches things to be gentlemen. First off, whats a "man"? Second off, He supposed this makes sense, since the question thing did wear a suit. Third off, why was he looking forward to this? He shook his head lightly to clear his thoughts, and looked to the brown earth pony and... Cat-pony. He cleared his throat. "...Well, I am named Drakk. Drakk Moonshine, to be precise." He said, not even bothering to ask any of the questions he thought about before. "So, is it just us three, then? And if so, when are we beggining this class? The sooner I can be done with this, the sooner I can get back home." He suddenly got a surprised and shocked look on his face. "... Oh no, Drake must be all alone! He c-can't be alone in the cave, w-what if s-something comes in a-and attacks him!" He said, pretty much looking ready to have a nervous breakdown. Though, he did notice the sandwich, took it in his hooves, and started eating it at the same time. Perhaps he was trying to soothe his own nerves with food... Well, needless to say, it did not work.

Edited October 16, 2015 by GeneLord Bradley

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"Dragons can take care of themselves you know Mr. Drakk. They have a certain efficiency when they hunt..." Replied to the unicorn that was starting to freak out. He smiled warmly, and glanced at the scroll, the current section was on the dead Moon Cult. They worshipped Nightmare Moon as a goddess and made lots of live sacrifices to her. He shuddered slightly at the prospect. Krittius then looked at the other two ponies. He then asked in a nonchalant tone, "Anyone ever been to Roam? Wonderful this time of year, the air is cooler, and the colors are rather striking as well." He mused, almost to himself.

[The Down Trotten 300]

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He looked at the cat-pony "I don't think this is the time for small talk, and to answer your question, no." he sighed with determination, turning to Drakk "So Mr. Moonshine, you seem to be under a lot of stress. So if I may, whomever sent you here, for it sounds like you didn't come here of your own will, whomever did send you here, did appear they had malicious intent? you need to think about what you do know, instead of what could happen, surely you know that though?" he was making assumptions left and right but he really hated unabridged panic "And as our feline friend here said, a dragon can take care of himself pretty well, have faith in your good friend Mr. Moonshine."

Edited October 16, 2015 by The Down Trotten

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Drakk was beggining to calm down, taking in deep and long breaths. Once he was as calm as he could be, he turned to the cat-pony. "I...I suppose you're right. It's just... Well, he's like a brother to me. I can't help but be worried." He said, ears sprayed back. He turned to Rash, seeing as he just asked a question he should've asked himself. "Well... It didn't look evil. Just... I don't know, it was a question mark in a suit that talked! How am i supposed to make sense of that!" he yelled, waving his hooves in the air. "It just said that i'm 'Late for class', talked in archaic, then it clapped it's glove-things together and I'm standing infront of a door!" Drakk was hyperventilating again. "It just... It doesn't make any sense!" He yelled out once again, then placed his hooves on his eyes, focusing on his breathing. Once he calmed down again, he looked at the two. "S-sorry... Shouldn't have y-yelled at you like that." He sprayed his ears back again, before turning to the cat-pony. "By the way, I never caught your name. What is it, if i may ask?"

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Sappy heard guests outside, so he decided to welcome them properly. The giant dragon went in to the room. "Hello and welcome to the gentleman school! You ponies might know it as a "Gentlecolt" Said Sappy. "My name is Sappy. You might have heard of me as the guardian of culture, and this is my assistant" He pointed at a little white creature that had the same outfit as Sappy, only the creatues was black instead of blue. "Do you have any questions gentlemen? Or gentlecolts if that's what you prefer"

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"My name is Krittius Vin Istari, Mr. Drakk. Everything shall be quite fine, dragons are quite resourceful, don't doubt his abilities. No doubt the question mark has an unseen purpose for your life, greatness even, but I say stop worrying and roll with it. You can't change what you cannot control." Krittius beamed at Drakk. He set down his glasses and scroll and offered his paw. "No worries, I think the worst is to come from within that building" he whispered to Drakk, he smiled and winked.

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"Good day, Mr. Lappy," greeted Krittius as he gathered the large scroll and his glasses. He then did a double take towards Sappy. He then smiled and asked "Where might I find lodging Sir? I need a place to unpack my things." And Krittius attached the now light suitcase to one side of his saddle and the scroll to the other.

[The Down Trotten 300]

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Rhetoric sigh, it seemed he was the only semi normal being here, not that it mattered that much, but still he often wondered what the heck the denizens of Equestria where doing. With the arrival of what had to be their headmaster, of course he had question bu they could wait. Turning to Drakk he did his best to give a reassuring look "Seeing how you don't exactly want to be here, I'll do my best to see you can get home quickly, do a bit of research on this question mark character, see if we can't get some answers eh? Until then though why don't we play along, could be fun." he didn't know if he had a friend but he definitely had a case. 

Edited October 17, 2015 by The Down Trotten

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Drakk nodded at Krittius, acknowledging that he heard his name. "Interesting name, I must say" He told the cat-pony. Turning to Rash, he nodded to him aswell, while managing a slight smile. "Aaand, I suppose you're right. Isn't really much I can do about it, and the best I can do is indeed to just play along. Maybe something fun will happen, aswell" He said, his smile growing. Then, he noticed something behind him. Turning around, he saw a dragon. This dragon was easily 2.5 his size. There was a also a small, white furry thing. And the both had suits. Drakk didn't mind this. He had seen dragons that were bigger than other dragons, and he had a small hatchling as a companion and friend. The small, white and furry thing was also no problem. It was small, white and furry. Nothing wrong there. He nodded to the two arrivals. "Hello. I assume you two are... The 'Teachers'?" He asked the dragon and small, furry thing.

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Kito, Sitting on Sappys shoulder with both paws on his cane, Closely inspected the newly arrived students. He then looked at Sappy wondering what he was thinking about these individuals, Kito himself was rather unsure, They were seemingly getting along at least.

 

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One of them looked up at Kito and Sappy, proceeding to ask if they were the so called teachers. Kito didn't answer, He simply looked at Sappy expecting him to speak for them both.

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Sappy nodded. "Yes my good sir. There are 4 closets in this house that you can use for your personal items, and we are indeed the teachers" Said Sappy. He took out the 4 worn tuxedo's accomponied by 4 fedoras, and gave them their new suits. "We will be starting our lesson fairly basic." He cleaned his monocle. "Rule number 480 in the gentleman rule book. "Manners get a gentleman a long way" This means that we shall start out with your manners." Said Sappy. He pointed at a room next to him. "In that room is a mare. You are invited in to her "house" In there you should act properly. You will be sent in one by one. Who wants to be first?" Asked Sappy, and gently ran his claws through Kito's furry head. Effectively scratching behind his ear 

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Krittius quickly ducked away and put his things in the closet. Then he changed into the suit. He looked at the ragged fedora. "My cap is nearly in the same condition as you, friend" Krittius strolled outside to see Mr. Lappy talking about what we had to do. "Manners? I'm not a ruffian." Krittius whispered to himself. He was not going first.

[Lord Bradley 1,319]

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Drakk sighed as he took the costume and... cap-thing. He wasnt too sure of what it was called... Anyway, he listened to the dragon as he explained their supposed "lesson". "Hmm... This shouldn't be too hard. Then again, knowing my luck, this will most likely end with several broken walls and bones, aswell as a raging female out for my head" He shook his head slightly, then prayed for good luck. "I... I suppose I could begin, if that is fine." He said to the two teachers, hoping they'll say yes, so he could just be finished with this and go home.

[The Down Trotten 300]

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He had a lot of questions about this mare, and what excatley where manners in this case, but he wanted to save time. For Drakk's sake at least "Well Mr. Moonshine, seeing how you are in a hurry, please be my guest, I for one am in no rush." he yawned and simply put the tux and hat into his closet maybe he'd sell them later for some bits. "But while he does that, are we others simply suppose to wait?"

Edited October 18, 2015 by The Down Trotten

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Kito looked at Drakk, Not saying anything he just kept looking at him for a few seconds. He then turned his head to his fellow teacher and gentleman before picking up his cane first pointing at Drakk then at the door to the room, Tilting his head multiple times signaling him to go ahead. Kitos expectations were low, But this was after all the first assignment and they should be able to handle it.