private A Breezie's Tale: A private RP between Diverse and Misty

[Misty]

Breezy Gale stops when Diverse stops, and they all stand on the flower in dark silence, not quite sure what to make of the creature. Misty combed through her mind trying to figure out what kind of creature it could be. From what she could hear, the creature had two hooves. She could also see the silhouette of the creature, and it was very tall and it had two large horns. From that, she had a pretty good idea what kind of creature it was.

"Is that a minotaur?" Misty whispered to Diverse. She had a feeling that the minotaur might be willing to help them, but it would be for a steep price. Plus, she heard from the grapevine that a certain minotaur got banned from Ponyville by Fluttershy, so Misty figured that it probably wouldn't be a good idea to ask this creature for help. She stayed as quiet and still as possible, hoping the creature would continue on. However, doing so was quite hard, given Misty's fears of large creatures that she isn't familiar with.

Please ignore us, please ignore us... She thought to herself.

[Diverse/Petal Swirl]

The large creature stomps by. It has a briefcase which is bulging. A golden coin falls out of it and the minotaur stomps near to them and picks it up. The creature seems oblivious to the two, suddenly inert, little butterfly-ponies. It hums a tune to itself as it trots on - the unfamiliar words sound something like this.

Diverse/Swirl sighs with relief. She hadn't known about minotaurs herself, having heard less of the pony lore brought by Fluttershy as she had been absent from breezie culture for a while. "I've never seen anything like that before. It seemed very driven and he wasn't looking out for his great big hooves stomping on us little-folk." she said disapprovingly.  "At least that means it didn't see us."

Diverse resumes her dancing, hoping for a friendlier creature. It is a while before they hear any sounds heralding another creature's approach. It is almost dusk when they hear a soft, irregular footfall - an irregular clop and slight rustling, as of a clawed and hooved creature. In the distance a vibrant pink feathered creature appears, which has claws, wing, a beak, two tone light blue mane, and hooves. It is about the size of a pony...

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[Misty]

Misty breathed a sigh of relief as the minotaur passed them by. He didn't seem like the kind of creature to care about breezies anyways. "Yeah..." Misty says, agreeing with Diverse. Both Breezy Gale and Misty continue their dance once the minotaur passes from view. 

A while later, Misty notices a hippogriff approach. From what she heard, hippogriffs were quite friendly and were willing to help out other creatures. She gittered in an excited mannor, hoping to catch the hippogriff's attention.

"Hey uh, how are we going to talk to it? Do any of us three speak their language?" Misty asked.

[Diverse/Petal Swirl]

Diverse shakes her head in response to Misty's question, but she dances determinedly in the gloom. Her eyes and antennae dart occasionally upward to see if there are any predators, but they may have been scared away by the the noisy pink Griff as there is nothing.

As the heavy footfall of the enormous beaked giant-kin draw closer, it is apparent that it is holding an enormous codex in its claw, and its attention seems completely diverted to the large papery thing. Diverse/Petalswirl dances and shines, black and white wings glowing in the close forest path, but it does not seem to be registering with the creature. "I'm dancing hard as I can, but it's ignoring me!" she says desperately. "I daren't surprise it - giant-kin might swat us if we do that. Any ideas?"  she asks desperately, as the giant pink beast comes abreast the pair.

[Misty]

Misty and Breezy Gale both looked up at the pink hippogriff nearby. She was very noisy and appeared to be reading a large codex and had a lantern to illuminate the book. Misty looked at the creature curiously. It was quite large, but it seemed friendlier than creature from earlier. "Hmm, well the creature is carrying a lantern, so she probably wouldn't notice us glowing. She is also very loud, so she probably won't be able to hear us either. Well maybe we could... No, that wouldn't work, that would startle her. What is she doing out here at this time anyways?" Misty mumbled. She didn't get a change to propose anything else because Breezy Gale suddenly spoke up.

"Hey you! Yes, the one with the book and the lantern! Where is Ponyville?" Breezy Gale shouted at the creature. Misty had to cover her ears because Breezy Gale was shouting right next to her. It took her a second to realize what happened, but when she did, she froze up. She had a feeling that Breezy Gale's shouting was going to startle the creature and she was nervous about what might happen next.

[Diverse/Petal Swirl]

Breezie Gale fluttered angrily about shouting, but the the creature's beak is glued to its book and it doesn't look up till Breezy is right in front of its feathery face. Breezy Gale is unable to flutter out of the way in time and he ends up colliding with the hippogriff's beak. The large pink creature startles at that, and gives a surprised bird-like 'caw' and twitches its beak, sending Breezy tumbling!

Diverse/Petal Swirl flaps after Breezy to see if he is ok, leaving Misty on her perch by the path. The hippogriff gazes in wonder at the two breezies tumbling away, looking pained, before turning back to the path - its large blue eyes soon settle on Misty, a look of intrigue and wonder on its strange features.  

[Misty]

Misty watched as the hippogriff, too invested in what she was reading to see where she was going collided with Breezy Gale. Breezy Gale is sent tumbling and Misty watches as Diverse went after him. However, Misty remained up on her perch because she wouldn't be able to help much with her injured wings anyways. She peers over the edge, and she can see the two other breezies moving around below. She hopes that Breezy Gale isn't hurt too badly.

She turns back to the hippogriff to find her standing right in front of her. Misty shivered in fear but her feet remained glued to the leaf. The hippogriff was staring at her, and she looked hurt somehow, but terrifying at the same time. This staring made Misty feel like she was being stalked by a predator, even though it seemed unlikely that the hippogriff would eat her.

"Um, Hello?" she whispered, not quite sure what to say. She felt that the hippogriff most likely wouldn't understand her anyways, but there wasn't really anything else she could do.

[Diverse/Petal Swirl]

The bird like face looks confused, purple eyes furrowing, before lighting up as the creature rapidly dives a claw into its saddlebag and produces a notepad and pencil. 

It scribbles a bit before drawing a picture recognisable as a butterfly, but with a picture of a brain and a question mark next to it, which Misty gathers to mean 'do you understand / are you an intelligent butterfly creature?'. The creature turns the notepad to Misty and breaks off a tiny piece of graphite from its pencil for her, allowing her to respond pictorially, if she wishes.

(OOC don't ask me how breezies know what brain's look like  ) 

[Misty]

Misty was a bit confused at first when the hippogriff pulled out a notepad and a pencil, but as Misty watched the Hippogriff draw, Misty slowly understood what she was trying to say. Misty thought a bit about how to reply. She tried nodding at the hippogriff, and if that didn't work, she would write a check mark on the paper. Then, she would try to describe the situation that they were in, how Diverse and Breezy Gale were thrown off the flower and how they are trying to get to Ponyville. Misty wasn't sure how to draw Ponyville, but she knew that they were looking for the elements of harmony, so she tried her best to draw the elements from her memory, specifically Fluttershy. It was hard to convey everything through drawing, so Misty turned to the hippogriff to see if it got the right idea.

[Diverse/Petal Swirl]

The pink Hippogriff peers closely at the tiny drawing. She seems to struggles at first to understand what Misty means about Diverse and Breezy Gale, but the giant hippogriff seems to understand between Misty's drawings and gestures. The large bird-like features grow concerned and she puts a claw to her beak in realisation that the other Breezies were clearly Misty's friends. Before Misty has a chance to go into the broader purpose of the mission the hippogriff points at the little picture of the breezy friends, and then waves her claw at the vegetation by the path and says something in her strange language, sounding agitated. Before Misty can react further, the excitable beast extends its enormous and powerful wings and flaps after Diverse/Breezy. Unfortunately, the blast from the wing-beat sends Misty flying! The hippogriff squawks in alarm as Misty loses her grip on the branch she was holding on to and careens dangerously through the air along the path, her injured wings flailing.

 

[Misty]

When Misty turned to the hippogriff to see if she got the right idea, she noticed that the hippogriff seemed to have a agitated look. To Misty's horror, she started to flap her wings, which sent Misty tumbling. Misty didn't have a chance to grab onto the branch before she fell out of reach. The best she could do was spread her wings and try to land softly on the ground without straining her wings too much.

"Ouch!" another breezie exclaimed as Misty crashed into him. 

"I'm so sorry I didn't mean to do that!" Misty defended as she scrambled off of whoever said that. She turned around to find out that she had crashed into Breezy Gale.

"Hilarious," Breezy Gale remarked sarcastically. "That hippogriff accidently sends one of us flying, and accidently sends the other one of us flying right into the first one. This night just keeps getting better and better. Now let's just hurry up and get to Ponyville." Breezy Gale lit up his antennae to show the hippogriff where they landed.