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[Neikos 968]

"Perhaps I got more Money from it than expected, but I still would have gotten more than enough to survive today. Right now I feel kind of in debt to you.", she got a bit closer, "Besides you did pay the triple of what it was worth so you got me kind of interested why it is so important." She then saw him cast a spell on it, or multiple she couldn't know. As he was done she would look at the result. "A singularity you say? What kind? Unique or a Magical Singularity?", she took a step back. She had read about these and their sudden explosions. This one seemed to be rather powerful so she didn't want to risk standing right next to it.

[The Original 571]

"Oh, its actually rather low tier, we haven't tried any of the ones more powerful than this, risk of explosion and all. Its a magical singularity, they are designed for mass destruction, but also prove as a very good energy source"

Magneus floated over a coolant encasing and put the singularity inside it, and then into the freezer.

"If i don't keep it cold it has a high risk of exploding, and i don't think i want to explode anytime soon. As for testing it i have to wait around... hmm three to five days for it to cool, but until then i have a few matters other than Celestia to work out. Feel free to look around, if you need anything ask me. Oh, and don't touch Extore, he doesn't take well to anypony other than me. And whatever you do, Don't, go downstairs"

Magneus held a flat tone at the last thing he said, he sat down at his desk and levitated over a few papers, continuing to read over them.

((OOC: His house is 3 stories tall including the basement))

Edited August 23, 2012 by Magneus

[Neikos 968]

Eris raised an Eyebrow, "That is not how welcome a guest! Even less a mare... And here I thought you weren't as boring as you looked.", she sighed as well, which was fake of course but she thought she managed that one rather well.

 

She would walk to the desk and lie her head on it looking towards Magneus, blinking a few times. Her red eyes eyeing him. "What is downstairs? Is that were you hold all the other mares? Your personal dungeon? Gold?", as she mentioned the valuable element her eyes flashed slightly, it was too subtle though for anyone to notice.

[The Original 571]

Magneus chuckled at the suggestions, "No, i store all the discoveries i make down there, some are very classified and only a few ponies are allowed to see them, if you do look at them i will have to report you to Celestia and have you thrown in prison."

Magneus raised a brow playfully and smiled, "And if you think i'm making this up, i'm not" he looked down at the papers and sighed, "I suppose you're right though, but what in Equestria am i supposed to do about it? I don't have many things here other than necessaries, research and paperwork, unless you want to go on a date or something more personal like that"

In truth, Magneus has never gone on a date, he was always too busy with research or paperwork, but something about this mare put him on edge, he also didn't know how personal or how close you needed to be to somepony before going on a date, so it seemed like a viable suggestion.

[Neikos 968]

Eris blushed slightly at his suggestion, "We don't know eachother so well though..." She would turn her eyes away from him for a moment, "You got only stuff to work around here? Don't you like recreational things or did you never have somepony to share a fun moment with you?" She would look back at him. The sound of her voice changed to a compassionate one. "That would be awful... After all you seem to have all you need. You're not ugly, rich and apparently quite smart... I guess you just never went outside and try to talk to ponies.", after all he did talk to her like if he was reciting a book.

Edited August 23, 2012 by Neikos the Omniscient

[The Original 571]

"Well... actually i didn't know you had to be really close to somepony to go on a date, i never really took the time to learn about this stuff"

Magneus stood up from his chair and shifted around a bit to find a comfortable position to stand in.

"I'm not exactly the kind of pony you go to if you want to know about games, if that's what your saying. And no, not really. Not many ponies- well, noponies are interested in me, research and all, aside from you that is"

Magneus turned his desk chair around and sat down, he isn't very comfortable with standing for too long.

"As for being rich, i guess you could say that. I'm allowed to freely take money from the royal bank. Well, as long as Celestia approves of it first, i have to have a good reason though. But there is also my personal bank, i just put whatever money i don't use that i earned in there, i probably have around... mmm, 1000 or so bits. So buying the Opal took money from the royal bank, but the food i got came out of my personal bank. I've worked for Celestia for... i actually don't remember how long I've worked for her, but its over four years at the least"

Magneus looked over at his clock and smiled, "Its 10:17, wanna go do something? I have the spare time, i don't really have a personal preference, whatever you want i guess, and it can just be considered a friendly outing"

Edited August 23, 2012 by Magneus

[Neikos 968]

Eris chuckled, "10:17? Hmmm... I'm not sure what one can do here at this time... or any time actually... I'm just passing by so Ponyville is kind of alien to me.", she watched him stand up and sit down again, it was kind of amusing to her.

 

"If you really have no Idea we could just walk and talk.", she smiled warmly, it has been some time since she actually spent time with somepony, just having fun.

[The Original 571]

"Hmm, i suppose, but what to talk about is the question. Usually when conversation is started something that one or the other pony says strikes on a whole new subject, so i guess just anything will suffice, or we could stay in here and continue to talk. Enough about my life though, whats you're life like?"

Magneus levitated a chair over for her to sit on, along with a table that he had folded into a closet to go between them.

Edited August 23, 2012 by Magneus

[Neikos 968]

Eris gently tilted her head as he took out all these things. 'Quite organized.', was her thought. She would then sit down on the chair he offered her.

 

Once both seated she folded her hooves on the table and placed her head on them. "My life? Hmm... You did tell me a fair bit about yours so I guess it would be only fair to tell you a bit of mine.", she gently cleared her throat and smiled, "Okay, here goes! I am traveling trough Equestria and further actually. Mostly out of fun, but also kinda out of introspection. You know you think better when travelling. Has always been like that." The fact she was running away from somepony wasn't mentioned. She didn't want to scare him away. "Anything special you wanna know?"

[The Original 571]

"Well if that's all that is required to know about you then that will suffice, but from our recent conversations i can tell what kind of pony you are, in a sense. I must admit, I've never met a pony quite like you, of course considering the amount of ponies i meet, that shouldn't sound strange. But considering the amount of ponies i see, you're the only one who has caught my eye"

Magneus gave a slightly wry smile at her, there was something about her that was more attracting than any other mare he has seen before...

[Neikos 968]

Eris chuckled gently, "I am the only one who has caught your eyes?", she smiled, "What part of me?" As she said that she would pat down her body, "My eyes? Ears? Back? Thighs? Flank?" She giggled slightly, "I'm just teasing you." She blushed slightly as well.

 

She would look towards him, probably thinking about something. "You said you know what I am? Mind sharing your theories?", she chuckled and would await what he might have understood.

[The Original 571]

"Well... i don't know, its just... something about you, but don't get me wrong, you are a very attractive mare, at least, i think so, but... its not that i'm drawn to... i can't really describe what it is, but i guess you could say its magic"

Magneus pondered about that last thing he said, he chuckled and shook his head lightly, "Well actually i'm a horrible judge of character, all i can really clearly see is... Well, its not exactly holding a grudge but more of a... mood swing? It seems like it, you were fine and happy about me buying the opal but then you got mad over just haggling, so i guess that could be called a mood swing, but i'm no mental therapist or anything"

[Neikos 968]

Eris laughed, it wasn't a fake one, nor shallow, she seemed to enjoy herself. "No, I am just really serious about having a real transaction. Haggling means that you actually want the object, I wouldn't sell it lower than I could anyway. Normally I take it back if the other pony doesn't haggle, but you seemed too stubborn to convince." She also really needed the money, whether she would admit it or not.

"No mood swings though... I heard pregnant mares or otherwise afflicted had those, but I believe I am in neither case right now.", she grinned a wide smile.

 

She remembered what he just told her, "I hope you don't believe I placed a spell on you or something. Because that is not the case!"

 

She herself felt something about him, but for now she was grateful for just talking with him and interpreted it as such.

[The Original 571]

"Actually if you had put a spell on me, i would have noticed, because of all the time i spend with magic i tend to build up a resistance, well, that was before i got Extore, now all the testing is done on him"

The bird squawked in response, pecking at its feathers lightly, "I got him when i moved in, i don't understand why he is okay with the testing" Magneus opened the cage and then bird flew out onto his shoulder, "And whenever i let him out, he sits there on my shoulder, a strange bird indeed..." Magneus shook his head and sighed, "You hungry at all? I think i have some daisy salad left over"

[Neikos 968]

"Hmm... If you don't mind.", she smiled. Part of the reason on why she has this figure is due to her simply forgetting to eat, and this morning was another time she skipped breakfast; she was rather hungry.

 

She would then look towards the bird, "He looks pretty... I like his feathers.", she chuckled and then looked back to Magneus, "What kind of tests do you perform on him? I hope nothing dangerous?"

 

In her mind she already imagined Magneus casting a dozens of different spells on the bird, turning it into different species or changing it's sex. It would also loose it's feathers and regrow them in an instant afterwards. She would then snap out of her dreamery and blink at Magneus awaiting his answer.

[The Original 571]

"Oh nothing dangerous, no, i perform all the dangerous ones on test dummy's out in the field behind my house, i would never put Extore in danger, things such as healing spells, other teleportation, poly morphing..."

Magneus rubbed the back of his neck and chuckled, "Sometimes it ends up with his original body deformed, of course i have a spell to fix that too" he petted the bird on the wing lightly and smiled, "I wish i knew what he was thinking at those times, or what it felt like... it must feel weird to be deformed, not knowing exactly how to move that limb anymore"

Magneus got up and walked over to the fridge, he levitated out a bowel of daisy salad and put it on the table, he then levitated two plates over and continued to put salad on each one, "If you need more i'm going to leave it on the table" he sat down and started to eat the salad with a fork.

[Neikos 968]

Eris blinked at him using a fork, she would watch him for a moment before asking: "Why not levitate the salad right into your mouth?"

She chuckled and would levitate a piece of salad towards his mouth trying to feed him. She giggled at her own silliness. "Nopony is watching you. Besides eating with a fork seems soooo clumsy!"

 

Once that was done she starts to eat as well. Not using the fork but instead levitating the pieces of salad around her and towards her mouth.

[The Original 571]

"Would you pick up dirt with your hoofs, or a shovel? I feel like using my magic is like my hoofs, but with more of a grasp on the item"

He took a few bites out of his salad and looked over at Eris.

She is rather attractive... i don't see why somepony like me seems interesting, but she said it herself... maybe i have a chance with her, oh what am i thinking? I haven't thought about this stuff since i was but a colt, but hey, why not? A love interest isn't bad, i think it would prove me rather well actually... other than my research, it needs to be taken care of and i can't be distracted by anything... but is this really a distraction? I'm happy and thats all that matters, besides, Celestia has 'other' unicorns to help her in her research.

[Neikos 968]

Eris raised an eyebrow, "That is backwards. You use a shovel because it is harder than our hooves and more suited for lifting dirt. When using a fork to pick up salad you are making it more complicated.", she shrugged and continued to eat like that, it was his decision and not hers. Once done she would smile towards him and await his next move. It was his house after all.

 

Eris had similar thoughts, only she feared that it might interfere with her plans of moving on. One week at a place, that was the rule. She hasn't told him about that yet and didn't feel like explaining why, so she kept silent and just smiled towards the in her eyes handsome colt sitting infront of her.

[The Original 571]

"Personal preference then. So why exactly do you travel around Equestria? Wouldn't it just be easier to stay in ponyville and keep your stall here?"

Magneus didn't get the point about traveling around and wasting time when you can just stay in one place, for one if you stay in one place you can become popular among the town and more people will buy from you... but then there was Spike and Rarity, if she stayed here she would get alot of business just from those two, mostly Rarity, but occasionally Twilight might want to get Spike a present, or a treat.

"You know, if you did stay in ponyville i know a few people i can suggest you to, and when i mean i know them, i mean i know 'about' them, were not actually friends, but first there is Rarity, she another one of the Elements and she runs a fashion business at Carousel Boutique, she uses Gems in plenty of her designs, and having your stall right here in ponyville would make it so much easier for her, along with the money she will be giving you for them. Second there is Spike the dragon, don't worry, he is only a baby, but he lives with Twilight Sparkle and she might want to get him a gem on occasion, either way you're popularity will increase, and so will you're profits"

Edited August 24, 2012 by Magneus

[Neikos 968]

Eris shook her head, "Travelling is great, and sitting around is something I can do once I am old. The way you describe it, it sounds like it would work, but I am afraid I will grow tired of seeing the same ponies all the time." She stood up and went to the center of the room they were in. "Being free like the wind. Unbound by things like family or community and just moving troughout the plains. Grass is always around so a minimal energy source is present, water also. There is also the thrill of the unknown, it just keeps you going." She accompanied all this with several complex movements which made her end up right infront of Magneus, their nuzzles seperated by just a few inches. She was grinning wide, "Are you following me?"

[The Original 571]

"I understand you're point, but why take the joy of it instead of more money? You said yourself your striving to survive, other than feelings traveling is going to get you nothing, and... i want you to stay. I would be lonely again if you left, and honestly i don't want to be alone, its better to have friends and people who care for you, sadly i didn't notice this until the age i am now, i was always so focused on getting a better future, but in truth, friends ARE a better future"

Magneus sighed and shook his head, "But its you're choice, you can stay or go, i'm not going to stop you from either"

He levitated the dishes to the sink and put away the tiny bit of left over salad away in the fridge again.

[Neikos 968]

( Sorry about the late reply, was really busy )

 

Eris frowned, "Well I am not going anywhere this week, but after that I have to depart. There is nothing I can do about that. I'm sorry."

 

She would look at the ground and her ears drooped a bit. A few moments later she then started to talk, her voice a bit unsure, "Well, you could come with me if you want to? Travelling can get a bit lonely sometimes.", she tried to smile, "And you make it sound like not so many things are holding you back..."

 

While she asked that she would stir with her hoof a bit, probably out of embarrassment of asking.

[The Original 571]

"Why do you have to go? Whats so important that you have to leave?"

He stomped a hoof and looked straight at her, not taking his eyes off for one second.

"Traveling with you... its an idea but... i don't know if it would really work out, if i didn't have work to deal with i would come with you in an instant... but how would i do my work if i did travel with you? This actually might work... Extore is fine with traveling, i can just have somepony take everything that is stored in my basement to Celestia to be vaulted, if i needed to do any research for Celestia i can do it along the way, and when we stop in towns i could have a courier or magic hatched dragon send it, i... this can work..."

There were many thought going through his head at that moment, he couldn't even put it into words, "Y-...yes... i will come with you... EXTORE! Pack your feathers! Were going on a very, very, very. Long vacation"

He sprung around his house, getting things he would need, Extore just watched him and wondered what he was doing.

[Neikos 968]

Eris pondered for a moment whether she should tell him. They only knew each other for a few hours; he did seem to be rather fond of her, with him taking such a big and sudden decision, so it would be only fair that he knew. She was afraid though that his opinion of her might change.

 

As Magneus passed by, Eris placed a hoof on his shoulder in an effort to stop him for just a moment. "Magneus... I... Are you sure about this? I would love to have some company... but this seems so sudden, I don't know... did you think it all trough?" As she voiced her concerns she would look towards him, trying to understand what might have been his motivation.