private Adventure to Atlantis

[Ano170 162]

((OOC: I am NOT cream colored! I am steel grey!))

 

Steel took notice of the pegasus mare who landed in the back as well as the other mare who had approached, asking about Ocean's condition.

 

"Can I assist you in anyway?" His tone was even and polite as ever. He wasn't suspicious per se, but he always got a tad nervous when he felt like he was being surrounded when guarding somepony else.

 

(OOC: Sorry it took me so long to reply! Steel grey makes so much more sense than cream XD).

 

Feather smiled at the stallion. "Ah, heh, actually, I'm looking for Miss Ocean." She stood up a little straighter, trying to give off her best "I'm a professional, I swear"  expression. "If it's not too much trouble, I'd like to ask her some questions - an interview," she clarified quickly. "For my book. Not an interrogation. I'm just curious about her..." Feather struggled for the right word; Ocean didn't seem to consider it an ability, but "condition" made it sound like she had some sort of sickness. 

 

"Well, I'm just curious about her." Feather finished. "Do you think she would be okay with that?"

[Steel Accord 6,660]

(OOC: Sorry it took me so long to reply! Steel grey makes so much more sense than cream XD).

 

Feather smiled at the stallion. "Ah, heh, actually, I'm looking for Miss Ocean." She stood up a little straighter, trying to give off her best "I'm a professional, I swear"  expression. "If it's not too much trouble, I'd like to ask her some questions - an interview," she clarified quickly. "For my book. Not an interrogation. I'm just curious about her..." Feather struggled for the right word; Ocean didn't seem to consider it an ability, but "condition" made it sound like she had some sort of sickness. 

 

"Well, I'm just curious about her." Feather finished. "Do you think she would be okay with that?"

@~Flame Dancer~

 

Steel scanned the apparent researcher from head to hoof. At last somewhat in his element. Many times reporters and such tried to approach Fancypants for interviews and such. You could tell if that was their honest intent through a couple of subtle factors. Eye contact, sweat, tone, and especially body language. His experience with dueling rendered him impeccably perceptive of these. The mare in question didn't seem to mean harm, but Ocean may not want to talk.

 

"My Lady?" He turned his head slightly but didn't take his eyes from the other pegasus. "Are you open for an interview?"

[Miss Light Diamond 2,803]

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"Thank you for understanding, Moon.Frostbite. We're going to a...well, basically a bridge. A massive natural bridge moving across a large crevasse. It supposedly has a natural light that we will be able to see within the hour." She said, turning to Feather and Steel. "An interview ? No." She said, simply. She rested her head back in her hooves and stared out a the dark cave walls that they slowly moved passed.


Iron Hoof could be seen talking to a large group...including a tall elegant mare with a bright yellow mane and a pale orange coat.

[Descant 1,898]

@@Glaceon,@@Count Paradox,

 

"Well..." she started to say something, but shook her head and decided against it, instead turning to Cascade. "Hey, limpet, you alright? You're almost on the floor every other step." she asked, surprisingly flatly. "Wouldn't want to have to drag you along anywhere now."  

Cascade didn't seem to be listening too attentively, and it took her a moment to register that Frostbite was talking to her again. "Oh, oh, I'm fine," she lied. "You won't need to do any dragging. I can pull my own weight." Her voice sounded rather distracted as she paid attention more to where she plopped her hooves and how she moved, careful not to stumble again, than she paid to their conversation.

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Steel fully returned his attention to the pegasus before him. He gave her a shrug. "I'm afraid that's all you get out of her for the time being. You are free to stay if you wish, young Ms., but I would stress respecting Ms. Ocean's wish for privacy and confidentiality." Steel said evenly. Just because he wasn't going to allow her an audience with Ocean didn't mean he had to be rude about it.

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She simply grunted at the response and rolled her eyes, finishing with a heavy sigh as she lowered her head. Overhearing Steel's response to Feather, she couldn't help but chuckle and shout out her own input "Don't worry about it tiny, I don't think you'd get much out of her anyways. Some things are better left alone." With that, she slowed down and waited for the trucks to pass her to once again take her place at the back. "There's something with that mare, she really doesn't want to be helped, but she obviously needs it." she mumbled to herself, passing a glance back to them. 

[Nightfall 3,950]

Nightfall had been driving the truck he had been working on, just to make sure that if something happened, then he would be hurt and not anypony else. He wondered how Cascade was feeling, until he snorted and kept driving. He hadn't noticed the time passing, though, and just wondered how close to the first stop that they were.

[Ano170 162]

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"Thank you for understanding, Moon.Frostbite. We're going to a...well, basically a bridge. A massive natural bridge moving across a large crevasse. It supposedly has a natural light that we will be able to see within the hour." She said, turning to Feather and Steel. "An interview ? No." She said, simply. She rested her head back in her hooves and stared out a the dark cave walls that they slowly moved passed.

 

 

Iron Hoof could be seen talking to a large group...including a tall elegant mare with a bright yellow mane and a pale orange coat.

 

 

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Steel fully returned his attention to the pegasus before him. He gave her a shrug. "I'm afraid that's all you get out of her for the time being. You are free to stay if you wish, young Ms., but I would stress respecting Ms. Ocean's wish for privacy and confidentiality." Steel said evenly. Just because he wasn't going to allow her an audience with Ocean didn't mean he had to be rude about it.

 

 

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She simply grunted at the response and rolled her eyes, finishing with a heavy sigh as she lowered her head. Overhearing Steel's response to Feather, she couldn't help but chuckle and shout out her own input "Don't worry about it tiny, I don't think you'd get much out of her anyways. Some things are better left alone." With that, she slowed down and waited for the trucks to pass her to once again take her place at the back. "There's something with that mare, she really doesn't want to be helped, but she obviously needs it." she mumbled to herself, passing a glance back to them. 

 

Ah well. Feather sighed in her head, not that she had expected much else. "Thanks anyways." she told the rather formal pegasus stallion. Maybe I'll try again some other time, when everypony's in a better mood. After all, an in-depth discussion with a pony who can apparently change her molecular state is too good to miss. Intelligent, adventurous, misunderstood and ostracized for an affliction that could just as easily become a strength if controlled correctly; why she's practically a book character herself, never mind the inspiration for one!

 

"I don't think I will stay, if that's all the same to everypony." she informed the stallion. Instead, Feather turned and glided out the truck and round to the back of the convoy, catching up with the unicorn mare who had called out to her, who Feather now recognised as the same mare who had frozen the pod.

 

""Tiny"?" She asked the mare in a jovial tone. "I'm not much shorter than you, you know." Then Feather chuckled. "If anything I'm rather certain I'm a bit bigger around the waist, as a matter of fact." Realization struck her. "You know, I um, never got your name."

[Descant 1,898]

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Cascade continued to stumble along behind the truck, but it was not until she finally stumbled, and fell to her knees. She grunted, and pulled herself back to her hooves, looking somewhat grumpy, and trotted along somewhat more slowly than she had been before.

[Nightfall 3,950]

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Cascade continued to stumble along behind the truck, but it was not until she finally stumbled, and fell to her knees. She grunted, and pulled herself back to her hooves, looking somewhat grumpy, and trotted along somewhat more slowly than she had been before.

 

Nightfall looked back and saw Cascade stumbling along. He sighed, and got out of his truck and went back to Cascade.

"Hey... Cascade... Do you, um- here."

He got along side her.

"Would you like to have a ride in the truck? I'm sure that it would make things easier..."

"Nightfall... you're being stupid."

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"He's right, you're better off in the truck, save your energy for when you need it. It's not like you have anything to prove" Frostbite casually remarked, before turning to Feather, head tilted and narrow eyes, observing her keenly as she spoke. 

 

"You can call me Frostbite, if it pleases you. Call me Frosty and i'll show you the meaning of my true name." she followed her words with a short stare, and an expression on her face that was a mix of a joking one, and a serious one. 

[Descant 1,898]

 

Nightfall looked back and saw Cascade stumbling along. He sighed, and got out of his truck and went back to Cascade.

"Hey... Cascade... Do you, um- here."

He got along side her.

"Would you like to have a ride in the truck? I'm sure that it would make things easier..."

"Nightfall... you're being stupid."

Cascade let out a short burst of breath in what was a clearly a distasteful tone. "I'd really..." she sighed. "Fine. You're probably right." She shook her head ponderously. "I just... I don't want to..." She sighed, a small frown crossing her eyes at Frostbite's remark, and shook her head, dismissing the thought. She peered at Nightfall, and with a, "For you," she tried to heave herself into the back of the truck.

Edited May 11, 2013 by Glaceon

[Nightfall 3,950]

Cascade let out a short burst of breath in what was a clearly a distasteful tone. "I'd really..." she sighed. "Fine. You're probably right." She shook her head ponderously. "I just... I don't want to..." She sighed, and shook her head, dismissing the thought. She peered at Nightfall, and with a, "For you," she tried to heave herself into the back of the truck.

 

"Whoa, Cascade... here... well... if you want to sit back there, then you can, but I was thinking you could sit up front, you know? There is a passenger seat up there, and I'm sure it will be more comfortable than sitting back here with all the luggage and stuff..."

"And somepony should keep an eye on you to make sure that you really are OK..."

[Descant 1,898]

 

"Whoa, Cascade... here... well... if you want to sit back there, then you can, but I was thinking you could sit up front, you know? There is a passenger seat up there, and I'm sure it will be more comfortable than sitting back here with all the luggage and stuff..."

"And somepony should keep an eye on you to make sure that you really are OK..."

Cascade nodded tediously as she fell back to the ground, from where she had been halfway into the bed of the truck. She struggled to her hooves, her belly covered in the virgin sediment that had not been touched by pony flesh in all of known history. "Nightfall..." She panted as she turned to walk forward to the passenger seat. "Why do you care so much?"

[Nightfall 3,950]

Cascade nodded tediously as she fell back to the ground, from where she had been halfway into the bed of the truck. She struggled to her hooves, her belly covered in the virgin sediment that had not been touched by pony flesh in all of known history. "Nightfall..." She panted as she turned to walk forward to the passenger seat. "Why do you care so much?"

(Her belly covered... What does it mean?)

 

He sighed, walking back to the cap of the truck.

"I just want you to be ok, all right? I don't want anything more."

He got in.

"And if you want me to, I can stop caring. And I will stop caring; it's just... I don't really know why I want you to be ok, I just want to you to be ok."

[Descant 1,898]

(Her belly covered... What does it mean?)

 

He sighed, walking back to the cap of the truck.

"I just want you to be ok, all right? I don't want anything more."

He got in.

"And if you want me to, I can stop caring. And I will stop caring; it's just... I don't really know why I want you to be ok, I just want to you to be ok."

"Why would I want you to stop caring?" Cascade's eyes were large as she pulled herself into the seat, staring at Nightfall, her expression unreadable, almost contemplative. "I actually think it's kind of sweet of you." She couldn't really help the small smile that crossed her face.

[Nightfall 3,950]

"Why would I want you to stop caring?" Cascade's eyes were large as she pulled herself into the seat, staring at Nightfall, her expression unreadable, almost contemplative. "I actually think it's kind of sweet of you." She couldn't really help the small smile that crossed her face.

(You still never told me what it means...)

 

He looked at her for a moment, then moved the truck into gear.

"You know, that's the first time anypony's made a reference to me being sweet in any way."

He kept driving along, his eyes on the trail that they were taking.

"Well, well, well... Could you be potentially falling for this mare? Is this the start of your 'no romance on this trip' thing? ... Fine, I'll shut up."

[Count Paradox 3,548]

Dox just watched as everypony just walked away from him. They had completely ignored him... Just like in Ponyville. He hung his head a little as he climbed back up into the truck. 'Nopony really cares about me... I bet Moon and Feather don't even care, they're just being nice... They'll just leave me alone like everypony else...'

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Feather flew away with Frostbite throwing some witty remark to her. Steel returned to Ocean's side. "Well, that was refreshing." He said. "You got to take charge of a situation instead of Iron Hoof and I actually got to do my job for the first time in a while."

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Feather was about to reply to Frost Bite, struggling with the immediate compulsion to call her "Frosty" right to her face, when she spotted movement in the back of the truck she and the icy unicorn mare were behind. 

 

Peering into the darkness, Feather could just make out a flash of a white pelt. Her first instinct was to fly off again, but instead Feather found herself calling out. "Paradox, is that you?"

"Excuse me Frost Bite." She apologised, then hopped up into the truck, finding the unhappy looking stallion inside.

 

"Ah, hello again." Feather smiled at him, unable to ask what was wrong. "Sorry I took off earlier." 

Edited May 12, 2013 by Ano170

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"No no, be my guest" she gestured towards the back of the truck "Please, I instist" She added the last bit slightly quieter as the pegasus took off just as suddenly as she arrived. Looking around her now, Frostbite realised something - she was all alone. Cascade had been bundled into the truck by Nightfall, Feather was occupying Paradox in the back of the truck just ahead and the other security detail where scattered down the convoy with the other ponies. 

 

"FINALLY!" She exclaimed quite loudly in her sudden joy, almost jumping in the air as she did so. 

[Count Paradox 3,548]

Paradox looked up from laying down to see who had talked to him. "Oh..." He laid his head back down when he saw it was Feather. "Hey there..." He shifted a little bit when he heard her apologize about going off earlier. "It's fine..." He looked at her. "I understand, you were busy and all..."

[Miss Light Diamond 2,803]

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Ocean looked up at Steel. "What am I supposed to do ? He's already got everything covered." She said, resting her head back on her hooves.

Suddenly, all the trucks stopped...including the digger of course. Ocean frowned and hopped out of the cart, gesturing for Steel to join her. 
She walked up to the front of the group to see Iron Hoof instructing some other members of the expedition. "Iron hoof...what exactly is hap-" She was cut off when she noticed a...river ? There was a massive river running quite quickly just in front of the trucks. "Yep. We have some explosives so we're going to send a couple ponies up the river to blow up the ceiling in an attempt to slow it enough for us to pass." He said.
Ocean looked out at the river and gulped...it was moving VERY quickly...

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-Thud- "Ouch!" Frostbite peeled herself off the back of the truck and rubbed her muzzle. "Last time I close my eyes while I walk" she grumbled before stepping out to the side of the trucks, her horn starting to glow in preparation for the cause of the sudden stop. "So...what's gone off? Why are we not moving?" She shouted down the convoy, hoping for a response. "Cap, you see anything?"

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Giant stepped back from the gap in the ground, backpedaling until he'd almost come even with Frostbite. "R--river," he stammered. "Really fast. Lots of water. They're gonna' try to blow it up. I'll just...hang at safe distance until they take care of that." He scowled and focused on the dry ground nearby.