open Tales of the Children of the Night RP

[reader8363 1,281]

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Shadow gulped down the drink and said, as he placed his cloak on, 

"Pleasure to meet you, name's Shadow. I'm a guard as well. It seems like you were training recently."

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Shadow looked up, smiled, and gave a quick wave, then flew up and said,

"thanks for clearing it. So you're just going to watch it from the cloud?"

[Mentis Soliloquy 3,025]

@@reader8363,

 

"basically yeah, i'm here to make sure the weather stays like this unless we are doing weather hazards such as snow, rain or lightning then I will be the pony behind those actions. Otherwise yeah I will sit here with the best seat or cloud in the house." She smiled at him, then looked at the Unicorn @, below "who is he?" as she asked the question she extended her wings and moved her self and the cloud to near the ground "hi, i'm Summer what's your name?" 

[Icicle Frost 8]

@reader8363

 

Icicle nodded, "I was. Never hurts to practice and warm up before an event." He said with a smile, "Likewise Shadow." He said before turning to the oncoming pegasus as she spoke. @Emerald Bolt "Hello Summer, I'm Icicle Frost. Its nice to meet you." He said, holding a hoof out to her. "Are you competing too?"

[Mentis Soliloquy 3,025]

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Still sitting on her own cloud, "nice to meet you the Icicle, but no I am not competing, i'm here to make sure the clouds do what I tell them to, so you lot can have a... jolly old time? No that's not right um a fair fight? That sounds better anyway nice to meet you hope you both do well." Smiling at both of them 

[reader8363 1,281]

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Shadow smiled and said,

"I think it will be kinda easy for me, but I'll go easy for now."

He closed his wings and plummeted and a few feet up, he opened them to catch some air to slow him down. Once he was on the ground, he sat down and rotated his wings muttering to himself,

"I should do that more often, to loosen the hinges connecting my wings to my body

[Icicle Frost 8]

@Emerald Bolt

 

Icicle nodded, "Well the skies look clear." He said with a smile, "Though if you could make it a little more humid when I'm up, that'll be great." He said, planning on taking advantage of the increased moisture in the air to make it easier on him to cast his spells. Wouldn't use as much power to use existing moisture than creating some.

[Mentis Soliloquy 3,025]

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Summer laughed "I know when somepony is asking for an advantage, sorry I need to be bribed first thankyou very much." Summer laughed again, "anyway careful for what you wish for I may drop a lightning strike on your head during the match, well that depends actually." Summer layed down on her cloud. 

[Icicle Frost 8]

@Emerald Bolt

 

"Its alright." Icicle said with a chuckle, while the advantage would have been nice he didn't actually need it. "I'll keep that in mind, besides, its probably best just to play fair." He said with a nod. "I guess I'm gonna have to keep an eye on the sky too now." He said with a smirk.

[child of the night 271]

Spirit was walking around near the sine-up area saying hello to most of the ponies who had put their name down for the upcoming event. She knew that the names wouldn't be announced for a small amount of time so she could mingle a small amount. There were some odd ponies that lined the area including some well known assassins all the way down to the out of place bakers. She had a small talk with some of them as she was going to be attending the event soon enough.

[reader8363 1,281]

Shadow closed his eyes and use a random pony's shadow to enter his name. Once that was done, he reached into his portal and pulled out an obsidian knife, a little longer than one of his claw, and started sharpening them. After he was done, he walked over to the wall, leaned against it, and to a nap

[Icicle Frost 8]

Icicle took his helmet off, shaking his mane then straightening it slightly before putting it back on. He looked around to the others, wondering why there were civilians here. It was rather odd that they would enter the tournament, unless there were other different competitions taking place at the same time, which would make sense then. Still, an odd sight.

[Guest]

Inn Keep woke up to a pecking sensation on his forehead. Trying to keep it away, he rolled over to his side, covering his forehead with a pillow. The pecking sensation returned on his cheek. Frustrated, he waved his hoof around, brushing away the irritating pecking.

 

"Alright alright, I'm getting up. Go to sleep", Inn Keep droned, slowly getting up

 

The source of the pecking, Ironbeak, hooted in acknowledgement, and flew off to wherever his sleeping area was in the inn.

 

Still bleary from sleep, Inn Keep headed down to his personal bathroom and began to freshen up, letting his thoughts drift to the events of the day. 'Hmm, the tournament. It's gonna attract the majority, no, almost all of my usual crowd. I'm gonna have some free time until the end of the tournament..."

 

Finished with his bathroom duties, he exited the restroom and moved into the Inn's back area, a small room with doors that led to the stores, cellar, and his own personal quarters. 

 

'...That really leaves me with a perfect opportunity to participate in the tournament today; I hadn't been in a good fight for ages, tearing up drunken brawls isn't exactly the hardest thing to do..."

 

Inn Keep shook his head.

 

"No, I'm done with fighting. I've had more than my fair share of it over the past decades...."

 

Inn Keep Headed over to the door to the Inn, and placed his hoof to the door's handle, preparing to pull.

 

And suddenly, he stopped. He traced his hoof along the familiar grooves of the door's wood, old memories of past triumphs flowing back to him. He felt the same tingly sensation of an enchantment that he felt every time he carried it to battle. It felt like he was greeting an old friend. Like family.

 

"But then again, When would an opportunity like this come again? Maybe, if just for one day...."

 

Inn Keep, with his mind set, pulled a lever at the side of the door and pushed, hard.

 

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@@child of the night, 

An earth pony trotted through the crowd, carrying an extremely large object wrapped in beige cloth by his side, ponies around his staring at the large figure. He stopped at the tournament registration counter, dropping his cargo, the hardened, dirt ground at the point of impact cracking. A small tremor was sent through the ground at impact, alerting everypony to his presence.

 

As if he wasn't getting enough attention already.

 

Steadily, he talked to the pony at the counter. "I would like to enter the tournament, Inn Keep. I will use a shield as my weapon."

 

@,  @@reader8363,

 

Spying two familiar faces in the crowd, Inn Keep picked up his cargo and headed over to them. 

 

"H'lo there, Shadow, was it? And..." Inn Keep furrowed his brow as he struggled to find a name. 

[Mentis Soliloquy 3,025]

@,@,@@reader8363,

 

haha "hi my name is 'I was drunk in your bar last night.'" Summer laughed, "no but it's Summer and i'm in charge of the weather for the tournament, so yeah." Summer had notice that there were three males talking to her now she smiled at all of them, she was happy to simply having a chat before a friendly bit of dueling much nicer than the war was    

[reader8363 1,281]

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Shadow opened his eyes and said, as he stood on his hind legs to stretch his whole body

"Hey Inn. So, you're going to enter the tournament as well?"

As he stood on his hind legs, he reached into a portal, that was made on his chest, and pulled out a black bottle that look like it was made out of dragon scale, then he closed the portal and sat down

[Guest]

@,  @@reader8363,

 

"Oh yes, I remember that", Inn Keep chuckled, " And yes, I'm entering the tournament as well. Gonna take this old body for a spin"

 

Inn Keep took a sideways glance towards some other ponies participating in the tournament, recognizing some as regular patrons of his Inn.

 

"Let's hope that the guards fight better sober than they do drunk. Otherwise, it wouldn't look too good for the guard if an old innkeeper snatched first place."

[child of the night 271]

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The desk pony looked up surprised as she wasn't prepared for somepony with such a large object to enter rather than a small sword or bow. "Um yes mister if you wouldn't mind giving me your name and then stepping over to the tent right there for weapon inspection." She said this with a slight tremble in her voice which had been constant throughout the day due to the pressure in the room.

 

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Spirit had noticed the pony who was sitting in the clouds among the ponies and had assumed she would be overseeing the skies today. Knowing this she approached the pony and lightly tapped her shoulder to gain attention from the other three Stallions of the group. "Excuse me weather pony, could I ask a favor of you?"

 

@@Drago Ryder, 

 

"Gale honey me and your father have something to tell you." Mother looked over at her husband who gave once more a reassuring nod so she continued, "after the events of the festivities we have you planed for an arranged marriage for you set to happen tomorrow. I know this is sudden but you have come of age."

[Icicle Frost 8]

Icicle just sat back and listened to the conversation, checking out the competition. He saw all sorts of ponies ready to fight. He was getting pretty excited now. At the end of the day, it was a duel between two ponies. Much more enjoyable than an war. It would be fun to see what sorts of tricks the other competitors had up their sleeves. It would certainly be a very informative day at the very least.

[Mentis Soliloquy 3,025]

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Summer's calm composure and voice went out the window when Spirit tapped on her shoulder and Summer fell of her cloud with a loud thud. She rose to her feet and bowed to the ground again, "anything your highness commands ma'am, what would you like me to do?" Summer's body was shaking in a degree for fear and her voice was broken and slightly quiet. 

 

(some context, Summer is terrified of Spirit viewing her akin to Nightmare Moon) 

[Guest]

Inn Keep turned back to the reception pony. "Ah, yes. My name is Inn Keep. As the name probably tells you, I run one of the biggest inns in town. I'll head over to the tent."

 

Inn walked over and opener the flap. He paused for a second and turned back to the reception pony, speaking in a hearty voice. "And don't be so nervous, my little pony. This is a day of fun! And celebration!". Done, he turned into the tent and set his cargo on the ground, more gently this time. He threw off the beige tarp, revealing his 'weapon'.

 

"This... Is my shield"

 

It was a large wooden thing, shaped much like a rectangular door, with the exception of it being curved slightly, horizontally. It was decorated with antique carvings,flowing between runic engravings, and at the centre of it all, was a spherical crystal piece, which glowed with a dull, blue light.

[child of the night 271]

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The tent manager went over the shield with quite a bit of detail eventually accepting it on the grounds that it stayed uncovered throughout the preceding events and sent the inn keep on his way.

 

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"Lift your head young one there is nothing to fear from me, I am just a simple old mare." She nodded her head to the other ponies in the group before leaning down to whisper into her ear. "If you could please go to the arena and rain on it to dampen the ground, it is too rough and rigid for the proceedings, take your time though, I can see that your busy."

[Mentis Soliloquy 3,025]

@@child of the night,

 

"yes your majesty, I will do that right now." And with that Summer bucked the cloud behind her and took off to above the arena and rounded up a few stray clouds and moved them over to the arena and started jumping on them to make it rain after a few moments she kicked all but one of the clouds into nothing then stopped the last raining and returned to Spirit, again she bowed low and uttered the words "the task is completed your highness, anything else you need?"  

[child of the night 271]

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Spirit was surprised at the speed of the work that had been completed and gave the pony a smile, "thank you for your help, now please return to your friends, from what I know the announcement of the listings will be rather soon." She trotted off and eventually saw tempest in the crowd walking up to him. "Ahh tempest are you planning on entering the tournament yourself?"

[Guest]

"Alright, then; I wasn't planning to keep it covered anyway" inn keep chuckled. "Not like I'll need a 'shield' for my shield"

 

He paused, tapping his chin in thought. " are there any... Rules that restrict certain weapons in the tournament?". He looked himself over. "I doubt that my old suit of armor would still fit me, although I do have several energy shields in my basement, I think..."

[Drago Ryder 641]

@child of the night

 

Gale's eyes widened and she simply stood there, frozen. "Why didn't you tell me this yesterday? I mean, I just turned 18 and you're already trying to get me married?" The dragoness was a bit panicked by the sudden news, but it couldn't be all bad, right? Gale then looked at her mother and felt herself become unnerved. "Who is it anyway? I didn't really expect a pony to want a dragon for a wife."

 

Tempest glanced at Spirit and nodded. "I actually just did. Would you mind if I sat with you until it is my time to fight? There's no telling what could go wrong on a day like this."

[child of the night 271]

@@Drago Ryder, 

 

Mother shook her head, "no no no you will be married with another dragon of nobility however we can't tell you about him yet. For today you must focus on the festivities at hand, after all you are the queens guest."

 

Spirit looked at tempest with a bothered face, "Right now you should be sizing up the competition not guarding me. There are other ponies that will do that for now just prepare for the tournament at hand." She walked off a little bit before turning back to tempest and giving him a bow. "Go tempest do your work for today."

 

@Everyone

 

A white stallion clad in royal armor walked out from the inspection tent and called over everyponies head that the listings would be out soon and the first match would be coming up. With that even started heading for the arena.

Edited December 23, 2015 by child of the night