open The lost one.(always open )

[Colenso Rivers 85]

Echo trotted off to help another pony, and the blue hued, red maned muscular stallion answered her in a stern tone as he explained what he was doing, as he was doing it, "I get the boxes, bring them to you, and you stack'em however you think is best in your cart." He made no eye contact as he worked and spoke, he didn't seem shy though, just like somebody doing what they needed to do and not trying to spend their focus on anything else. And then he said, more frustrated, "And you need to bring your own water, on deliveries you wont have a fountain around. Keep hydrated, keep healthy." Sounded like a less meathead version of Bulk Biceps.

[LunaFlower226 38]

Indeed, indeed. Some ponies tend to take jokes.... a bit too seriously. But after all, as they say, you can joke about anything but not with anypony...

He slowly followed Luna around the cottage.

So tell me, whet bring you to this part of Equestria. Family? Faith? Fortune? I'm just curious.

"It's just a nice peaceful place, honestly I have been here for a long time, I just pretty much stay at my house, every now and then I take small jobs to keep the house running, and to get some food, and any request from the others." She started placing food neatly with the rest, easily remembering where everything goes.

 

"It's not really all that bad, it's a comfortable place, and as long as this town doesn't grow to where it gets close to my house, everything will be okay." It was obvious she wasn't much of a social pony, and didn't really care much for big crowds.

[Missklang 1,054]

"It's just a nice peaceful place, honestly I have been here for a long time, I just pretty much stay at my house, every now and then I take small jobs to keep the house running, and to get some food, and any request from the others." She started placing food neatly with the rest, easily remembering where everything goes.

 

"It's not really all that bad, it's a comfortable place, and as long as this town doesn't grow to where it gets close to my house, everything will be okay." It was obvious she wasn't much of a social pony, and didn't really care much for big crowds.

Too many ponies can be bad. It just syphons all the energy from you and you are all sleepy for the rest of the day. It's a good thing to live a bit afar from them. I do the same! I live in the Everfree forest. I can be sure that Poniville will not spread that far... However it's not as peacefull as you say. Well it is most of the time, but crazy things happen here. Parasprites, bugbears. Even Discord himself! But the town was indeed quite peacefull for some time allready. Too peacefull for my liking. I just can't wait to see what will happen next. After all, something always happen when I come around. We can say that I am attracted to places where soon things will become... interesting. But it appears this time, it takes waaaay longer. Perhaps my disaster sense is on vacation...

[crispy fries 433]

@@Colenso Rivers,

 

"Alright, sounds real simple. Ah guess y'all can go and bring th' boxes over then. And Ah'll be sure to remember what y'all said about bringin' water," said Redwood.

 

Even though this job was entirely manual labor, it was nice that the kind of labor changed up a bit.

[Colenso Rivers 85]

During the fifteen minutes it took to load the cart, Redwood could have noticed something about Ringer. He was so strong and quick, that he was always ahead of her by about four boxes. His cutie mark, a bell that could be found at a boxing match. No time to wander though, deliveries to make. He trotted over to the gate after his part of loading was complete, opening it up for your passage.

[crispy fries 433]

@@Colenso Rivers,

 

"See y'all later!" Redwood called to Echo as she left.

 

Redwood looked at her delivery list. First up was Sugarcube Corner. She wasn't too happy about going back there too soon, but duty called. She would just have to hope Missklang didn't show up and pull another prank.

[LunaFlower226 38]

Too many ponies can be bad. It just syphons all the energy from you and you are all sleepy for the rest of the day. It's a good thing to live a bit afar from them. I do the same! I live in the Everfree forest. I can be sure that Poniville will not spread that far... However it's not as peacefull as you say. Well it is most of the time, but crazy things happen here. Parasprites, bugbears. Even Discord himself! But the town was indeed quite peacefull for some time allready. Too peacefull for my liking. I just can't wait to see what will happen next. After all, something always happen when I come around. We can say that I am attracted to places where soon things will become... interesting. But it appears this time, it takes waaaay longer. Perhaps my disaster sense is on vacation...

"I knew about those, but I just ignored them. Discord is interesting though, I learned about him through Fluttershy. I tend to read lots of books too, well trying to find information for different things. Alicorns and changelings happen to be what I try to read about the most, but you can never find enough information about them. It's a bit annoying how little information there is about what's the most important."

[Missklang 1,054]

"I knew about those, but I just ignored them. Discord is interesting though, I learned about him through Fluttershy. I tend to read lots of books too, well trying to find information for different things. Alicorns and changelings happen to be what I try to read about the most, but you can never find enough information about them. It's a bit annoying how little information there is about what's the most important."

Ahhh, so you are a knowledge dweller? Interesting. And indeed, Discord is extremely interesting. I've been interested in him as well. It's one of the reasons I come here often. To be able to spot him, but sadly he seems to avoid me by picking visiting hours exactly opposite of mine. I've asked Fluttershy to arrange a meeting, and even teleported here at one of their planned "tea parties"... But he is always not there, busy, or misread the calendar... Well. Too bad for me. But I've been digging trough dusty forgotten books back when I was just a nerdy librarian with too much ambi... hmmm... well let's just say that anything related to him is a great mystery. The biggest of them being his origins and the source of his power. If I had reached some answers on the second one, even though... well.... necessary personal sacrifices and self-experimentation.... But I'm getting carried away... You are interested in interesting knowledge books aren't you? I perhaps can help. Through the years, I've come across some interesting books... Good times... Some of them are pretty ancient and rare. Copies of which may even not be in Canterlot's royal archives... Some interesting theories about magic and creature evolution. Some about dragons and cool magic. Have some on Alicorns as well. If I recall correctly I have an interesting one you may want to take a look too. Written over a thousand years ago by a long forgotten adventurer. It's the only copy in fact as it's his personal diary and I... well... kinda found it on his corpse... But let's not focus on the negative details. The thing that makes it so interesting is that this pony actually managed to infiltrate on of Changeling hives far on the south of the desert... Brrr, not a nice place to be in.... But he managed to stay there undiscovered for a few weeks and take some interesting details on Changelling culture before he got finally caught and.... well....let's say ironically Changelings are great spies but just hate being spied on. But you may need some sort of dictionary as he used an old pony dialect though...

He starts coughing as a feather entered his mouth while he was inhaling. When he finally got it out he scratched his head trying to remember what he was saying.

   Otherwise, I may not have such a big library as princess Bookworm but I sure do have few interesting stuff. But you can always go to Twiley too. But be careful. I heard she rarely let ponies borrow her precious books so most can be consulted on the place only.... Under Twilight's benevolent eyes of course... 

Missklang started mumbling something about not being allowed in the library anymore by the princess herself and about the fact that somepony shouldn't bee so overpossessive towards books...

Edited April 3, 2016 by Missklang

[LunaFlower226 38]

Ahhh, so you are a knowledge dweller? Interesting. And indeed, Discord is extremely interesting. I've been interested in him as well. It's one of the reasons I come here often. To be able to spot him, but sadly he seems to avoid me by picking visiting hours exactly opposite of mine. I've asked Fluttershy to arrange a meeting, and even teleported here at one of their planned "tea parties"... But he is always not there, busy, or misread the calendar... Well. Too bad for me. But I've been digging trough dusty forgotten books back when I was just a nerdy librarian with too much ambi... hmmm... well let's just say that anything related to him is a great mystery. The biggest of them being his origins and the source of his power. If I had reached some answers on the second one, even though... well.... necessary personal sacrifices and self-experimentation.... But I'm getting carried away... You are interested in interesting knowledge books aren't you? I perhaps can help. Through the years, I've come across some interesting books... Good times... Some of them are pretty ancient and rare. Copies of which may even not be in Canterlot's royal archives... Some interesting theories about magic and creature evolution. Some about dragons and cool magic. Have some on Alicorns as well. If I recall correctly I have an interesting one you may want to take a look too. Written over a thousand years ago by a long forgotten adventurer. It's the only copy in fact as it's his personal diary and I... well... kinda found it on his corpse... But let's not focus on the negative details. The thing that makes it so interesting is that this pony actually managed to infiltrate on of Changeling hives far on the south of the desert... Brrr, not a nice place to be in.... But he managed to stay there undiscovered for a few weeks and take some interesting details on Changelling culture before he got finally caught and.... well....let's say ironically Changelings are great spies but just hate being spied on. But you may need some sort of dictionary as he used an old pony dialect though...

He starts coughing as a feather entered his mouth while he was inhaling. When he finally got it out he scratched his head trying to remember what he was saying.

Otherwise, I may not have such a big library as princess Bookworm but I sure do have few interesting stuff. But you can always go to Twiley too. But be careful. I heard she rarely let ponies borrow her precious books so most can be consulted on the place only.... Under Twilight's benevolent eyes of course...

Missklang started mumbling something about not being allowed in the library anymore by the princess herself and about the fact that somepony shouldn't bee so overpossessive towards books...

"Changelings, really!" Luna's eyes lite up and she smiled.

 

"I would love to get to so much information, alicorns, changelings, even the past about Equstria is still a bit of a lost. Like where the yaks live, we don't know much about them, there could be a lot of different creatures that we don't even know about. The world is a big place, and we don't know all of the dangerouse or interest or it." Luna stoped to think for a moment, a smile still on her face.

 

"I think that changelings would be the most interesting though, I know that they can't be as bad as others think or say that they are."

[Missklang 1,054]

"Changelings, really!" Luna's eyes lite up and she smiled.

 

"I would love to get to so much information, alicorns, changelings, even the past about Equstria is still a bit of a lost. Like where the yaks live, we don't know much about them, there could be a lot of different creatures that we don't even know about. The world is a big place, and we don't know all of the dangerouse or interest or it." Luna stoped to think for a moment, a smile still on her face.

 

"I think that changelings would be the most interesting though, I know that they can't be as bad as others think or say that they are."

History of Equestria? Well... I don't recommend blindly trusting history books then. The history of this nation has been rewritten surely by the royal butt. I don't trust those books much... After all, the history is written by the winners... Who knows what could have been erased over years to preserve the... well.... nevermind.... Hehe. I knew you would be interested in the Changelings. Interesting species. Did you know that as they are some sort of pony/insect hybrid there are different types of them? And as you could probably guess, not all of them are aggressive. The Changelings that disrupted the wedding were some sort of aggressive insect type. A wasp perhaps, or a botfly. There are far more peaceful ones. Like moth-Changelings, or butterfly ones... Well after you finished you could if you want to accompany me to my house so I could give you the diary. It makes pleasure to me to see such curiosity and love for books and the unknown... 

He looked at Luna and saw her happy face.

This smile really suits you. You should smile more often.

He suddenly booped her nose.

Boop!

He started laughing.

Hahaha. The look on your face! Priceless!...

He said in a strangely a bit different tone in his voice and swooped away a tear.

Well, I got carried away again...

His voice changed back.

So... About the diary. Want to take a look?

[LunaFlower226 38]

History of Equestria? Well... I don't recommend blindly trusting history books then. The history of this nation has been rewritten surely by the royal butt. I don't trust those books much... After all, the history is written by the winners... Who knows what could have been erased over years to preserve the... well.... nevermind.... Hehe. I knew you would be interested in the Changelings. Interesting species. Did you know that as they are some sort of pony/insect hybrid there are different types of them? And as you could probably guess, not all of them are aggressive. The Changelings that disrupted the wedding were some sort of aggressive insect type. A wasp perhaps, or a botfly. There are far more peaceful ones. Like moth-Changelings, or butterfly ones... Well after you finished you could if you want to accompany me to my house so I could give you the diary. It makes pleasure to me to see such curiosity and love for books and the unknown...

He looked at Luna and saw her happy face.

This smile really suits you. You should smile more often.

He suddenly booped her nose.

Boop!

He started laughing.

Hahaha. The look on your face! Priceless!...

He said in a strangely a bit different tone in his voice and swooped away a tear.

Well, I got carried away again...

His voice changed back.

So... About the diary. Want to take a look?

Luna was a bit shocked about the boop, but soon ignored it.

 

"Jokes are fine, just be yourself. Still, I would love too take a look at that journal, it could have a lot of valuable information. With more information about changelings, the better, but how much information does it really have? Is there anything about medical problems, or any sickness that they could get that ponies don't have? It's all a mystery, no pony knows much, and some just don't care because of what happened at the Cantorlot Weeding." Luna stopped to catch her breath, and also to take a breath from talking.

 

"There is a changeling that I care about, so I have been trying my best to learn more about them so that I can be able to help when he needs it. Well that's a part of the plan at least, also the changelings are interesting, we shouldn't hate them just because they are different. Then again ,I am a bit bias because I know a changeling, but even before then, I still find changelings interesting." Luna was rambling by this point.

[Missklang 1,054]

Luna was a bit shocked about the boop, but soon ignored it.

 

"Jokes are fine, just be yourself. Still, I would love too take a look at that journal, it could have a lot of valuable information. With more information about changelings, the better, but how much information does it really have? Is there anything about medical problems, or any sickness that they could get that ponies don't have? It's all a mystery, no pony knows much, and some just don't care because of what happened at the Cantorlot Weeding." Luna stopped to catch her breath, and also to take a breath from talking.

 

"There is a changeling that I care about, so I have been trying my best to learn more about them so that I can be able to help when he needs it. Well that's a part of the plan at least, also the changelings are interesting, we shouldn't hate them just because they are different. Then again ,I am a bit bias because I know a changeling, but even before then, I still find changelings interesting." Luna was rambling by this point.

You know a Changelling? Interesting... I would gladly say hi to this Changelling. Don't worry. I don't hate Changelings. (Actually, I don't hate stuff at all... ) After all, I am different too. Ponies...hmmm.... "don't appreciate" my eyes very much...(I even got kicked out a school T^T). But that's beyond the point... Well, I'm afraid there will not be a magical remedy to all illnesses and diseases( it's in a completely other book but nopony in its full mind will try to gather the necessary ingredients I'm afraid...) neither it is a complete encyclopedy from A to Z of Changelings of Equestria. It's just a simple journal of a pony who lived with them for several days and observed them. I must say the sketches in it are pretty well made and are very accurate... This pony, not being able to understand the peculiar system of their buzzing language (It's pretty simple though) had to base all his notes on the behavior patterns he was able to observe. Also, it talks about the hierarchy, the architecture... That sort of stuff...

[LunaFlower226 38]

You know a Changelling? Interesting... I would gladly say hi to this Changelling. Don't worry. I don't hate Changelings. (Actually, I don't hate stuff at all... ) After all, I am different too. Ponies...hmmm.... "don't appreciate" my eyes very much...(I even got kicked out a school T^T). But that's beyond the point... Well, I'm afraid there will not be a magical remedy to all illnesses and diseases( it's in a completely other book but nopony in its full mind will try to gather the necessary ingredients I'm afraid...) neither it is a complete encyclopedy from A to Z of Changelings of Equestria. It's just a simple journal of a pony who lived with them for several days and observed them. I must say the sketches in it are pretty well made and are very accurate... This pony, not being able to understand the peculiar system of their buzzing language (It's pretty simple though) had to base all his notes on the behavior patterns he was able to observe. Also, it talks about the hierarchy, the architecture... That sort of stuff...

"I'm glad you don't hate changelings, he would be happy to hear that when he gets back. Eyes are the best part of a pony, well in my opionion. It's a bit sad that it's not a complete thing abut them though, maybe one day, ponies and changelings can get along together, and help each other."

 

(Sorry for the short late reply, I had to make sure my friend was okay.)

[Missklang 1,054]

"I'm glad you don't hate changelings, he would be happy to hear that when he gets back. Eyes are the best part of a pony, well in my opionion. It's a bit sad that it's not a complete thing abut them though, maybe one day, ponies and changelings can get along together, and help each other."

 

(Sorry for the short late reply, I had to make sure my friend was okay.)

Perhaps indeed. But Changelings are mostly quite shy and tend to avoid revealing themselves much. Many of them don't live in hives anymore. Instead they live among us, almost never putting their disguise down. But ponies think that a Changelling can only morph into somepony else's form. But in fact, they usually have a unique appearance. Take for instance Fluttershy. She would make a great Changelling with her bond to nature and anti-social behavior. If she ends up being a Changelling it wouldn't surprise me...

[crispy fries 433]

Redwood was able to make the delivery at Sugarcube Corner without incident, dropping off some baking supplies that the cakes had ordered. Next on the list was bringing a few bags of birdseed to Fluttershy's cottage. Redwood wasn't too fond of Fluttershy, as she felt that she was too cowardly.

[Missklang 1,054]

@@crispy fries,@@LunaFlower226,

 

Missklang's ear twitched. He looked around and stepped drom one hoof to another.

 

Somepony is coming over here.

 

He looked out of the window as it had a clear view on all of the road. Pretty handy when you are a shy pony who want to know who's coming in advance.

 

Well, somepony won't be happy to see me, that's for sure... 

[LunaFlower226 38]

Perhaps indeed. But Changelings are mostly quite shy and tend to avoid revealing themselves much. Many of them don't live in hives anymore. Instead they live among us, almost never putting their disguise down. But ponies think that a Changelling can only morph into somepony else's form. But in fact, they usually have a unique appearance. Take for instance Fluttershy. She would make a great Changelling with her bond to nature and anti-social behavior. If she ends up being a Changelling it wouldn't surprise me...

"Your right, the changeling that I know has his own unique pony form. The first time he told me that he was a changeling, he was afriad that I would hate him. That wasn't true though, he was scared for no reason. He is important to me, and would love to know that other ponies like changelings. I wouldn't think that Fluttershy would be a changeling, but it's an interesting thought."

Edited April 10, 2016 by LunaFlower226

[Missklang 1,054]

@@LunaFlower226

Fluttershy trotted into the room humming a song. Suddenly, realising she wasn't in it alone, gasped in terror and jumped to the ceiling, grabbing the wooden pillars.

 

Eeeeek! Oh,my... I...I didn't expect a visit... I'm sorry I didn't welcome you... 

 

She looked down.

 

Oh... Luna, Missklang! I'm happy to see you... I'm sorry again!

[LunaFlower226 38]

@@LunaFlower226

Fluttershy trotted into the room humming a song. Suddenly, realising she wasn't in it alone, gasped in terror and jumped to the ceiling, grabbing the wooden pillars.

 

Eeeeek! Oh,my... I...I didn't expect a visit... I'm sorry I didn't welcome you...

 

She looked down.

 

Oh... Luna, Missklang! I'm happy to see you... I'm sorry again!

"Well it didn't take long to get what you needed for the animals, sorry I just put then where I thought they go. You don't have to worry about going out and getting more stuff." Luna pawed at the ground a little, not meaning to scare her.

 

"I thought you were busy with the picnic. How did that go?"

 

(I did mention her earlier, just not saying much.)

[crispy fries 433]

@@Missklang,

 

Redwood knocked on Fluttershy's door and said, "Fluttershy, ah got a delivery fer y'all!"

 

She could only hope that she didn't scare Fluttershy off, and had to make sure to not look threatening in any way. Fluttershy was just too easy to scare, so Redwood couldn't be her normal, intimidating self.

[Missklang 1,054]

@@crispy fries,@@LunaFlower226,

Oh, right. I just came home because I needed more carrots. Angel invited his friends so I must make sure they all get fed well.

 

 

 

"Fluttershy, ah got a delivery fer y'all!"

 

Missklang, as he was the closest to the door, opened wide opened and smiled upon the sight of Redwood.

 

Heeey! Redwood! Long time no seen. Looks like the destiny keeps pushing us together. Do come inside. Fluttershy is...hmm...hanging out on the ceiling...

[crispy fries 433]

@@Missklang,

 

"Missklang," Redwood gritted through her teeth. "Ah'm here to give a delivery to Fluttershy, not y'all. Ah wouldn't wanna scare off a payin' customer, so ah'll refrain from threatening y'all. Now, y'all are gonna let me talk to Fluttershy. Ah ain't askin', ah'm tellin'."

[Missklang 1,054]

@@crispy fries

Such polite rudeness! And saying that I had a gift for you. Well, nevermind then... And I'm afraid that Fluttershy is scared already. And not because of me as you might think.

 

He pointed his hoof up.

 

Well, not intentionally at least...  Hmmm. You know what, take this anyway.

 

He reached into his bag and pulled out a small square gift wrapped in blue paper with hourglass patterns.

 

Now before you open it... one last thing.

 

He teleported to the ceiling near Fluttershy, out of Redwood's reach.

 

Go ahead now!

 

(P.S.: In it is the hourglass from before, but polished and with new paint applied to it so it looks brand new, but has the same colours)

[LunaFlower226 38]

@@crispy fries,@@LunaFlower226,

Oh, right. I just came home because I needed more carrots. Angel invited his friends so I must make sure they all get fed well.

 

 

Missklang, as he was the closest to the door, opened wide opened and smiled upon the sight of Redwood.

 

Heeey! Redwood! Long time no seen. Looks like the destiny keeps pushing us together. Do come inside. Fluttershy is...hmm...hanging out on the ceiling...

@@Missklang,

 

"Missklang," Redwood gritted through her teeth. "Ah'm here to give a delivery to Fluttershy, not y'all. Ah wouldn't wanna scare off a payin' customer, so ah'll refrain from threatening y'all. Now, y'all are gonna let me talk to Fluttershy. Ah ain't askin', ah'm tellin'."

Luna heard the commotion at the front door. "I will be back Fluttershy, please be careful getting down." Luna then walked to the front door, not knowing what's going on.

 

"Is everything okay? I usually help Fluttershy, so I can handle her stuff." Her voice was cold but her words were true.

[crispy fries 433]

@@LunaFlower226,

 

"Well, ah got a delivery of a couple bags of birdseed, and ah need somepony to sign fer it," Redwood said as she handed a clipboard to Luna.

 

@@Missklang,

 

Redwood refrained from immediately opening the gift, and was extremely suspicious of it to say the least. She'd wait until she got home to open it.