private Equestria University (Romance) (SOL)

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Cliff flicked his tail and sauntered up to the Dorm sheets, taking an extra in case he lost the first one. Nightshade had accepted his invitation, but then drifted away in the crowd. He followed the path towards the canteen, his stomach rumbling, and arrived in time to see a young pony sprawl spectacularly on the floor.

 

“Hey there, sweetie,” He laughed, helping her to her feet and giving her a once over with a wing. “Making a beeline for the chow line? Cafeteria food isn’t anything to injure yourself over.” Cliff winked at her. She was rather cute, but an odd, abstract look in her eyes, although that could be due to the fall.

 

 

Zatiko hurried through the canteen line, once again noting that the Equestrian food looked miserably unappetizing. Still, after six years of eating nothing but apples and cloyingly sweet meals, he realized quickly that not only was he getting a free education, but consistent meals. Food was hard to come by in the gutter.

 

He noticed his roommate, Pelate, sitting outside with a dejected look on his face and a hot blush on his cheeks. The zebra picked up his tray with his teeth and settled down next to him, placing the tray carefully to his left.

There was a long pause, and then he said, "I believe we got off on the wrong hoof. Also, why are you sitting outside?"

 

@Psych Ward

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Psych Ward shook her head.  "No," she said, accepting the help up.  "I already ate.  I just tripped."  She unknotted the sleeve so she wouldn't trip again.  "Thank though," she said.  Why did she trip.  She never trips.  Okay.  She trips a lot.  The look he gave her made her feel a bit uncomfortable. 

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Cliff noticed that she was squirming a bit, giving him those odd, spacey, unfocused gaze again. Was she a little thunked in the head? Oh well, she still had a cute nose. "Seems to me like you need to ditch the sleeves, sweetheart," He said cheerfully, tossing the sleeves over her withers and shortening the distance. "It's a little warm for wool, anyway."

 

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"Oh, no," Psych shook her head.  "They're comfortable.  They feel right."  She thought back to the several sweaters of varying colors in dresser.  Maybe she could cut the sleeves shorter...  She looked back up.  She could always make some shorter ones.  She had her knitting needles and tons of yarn on another box.  That might work.

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I look into my saddle bags and turn on my phone (there's phone right? Yea I think there's phones) I plug in some headphones and rest my head while music plays. *expendable* I hear in my head which makes my eyes open automatically. *why do I have to suffer through this fate Celestia?* I think *broken* I feel a knot in my chest and pull off my headphones. "What the hell?" I say to myself *weak* I get to the point where I punch the wall, I needed to let my anger out on something, I was relieved I didn't break the wall. I sit back down and clench my teeth and let out a breath.

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"I see." Cinder responded, shoving the notebook into her pocket again and looking about the room again. She had noticed the other two enter the canteen and much as she wanted to run up and start questioning the Zebra, she knew better than to do so - he didn't look to be in the best of moods.

"I'm, uh, gonna go do... Stuff." She said, getting up from the table and walking away.

As she walked across the room to find somewhere quieter, she glimpsed the Pegasus who had been pulling faces at Gardenia sitting outside. As the Zebra walked past her and approached him she immediately changed direction awkwardly, making a beeline for the drinks. Edited June 20, 2013 by Cinderscribe

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I see Zatiko come out of the canteen "you ain't going to give me shit are ya?" I rub my face, I thought I was going to cry, but I managed to pull through. I look at the floor and I hear his question. I shake a little and swallow "have you ever done stupid things?" I my voice constantly cracked as I spoke "because I do a lot, but..." I didn't know how to explain "this was different...it felt like I was..." I trailed off, *how the buck am I going to explain this with out looking as stupid as I did* i look at Zatiko and back at the floor "let me start over... A, mare...a beautiful one i should add" my cheeks turns red as a cherry "I was mesmerized by her looks and i stared at her making myself look like a dumb ass, and I barely noticed her friend or whatever...gave me a look if what seemed like hatred, and I've seen that face ENOUGH!" My whole face turns red out of anger and i throw an apple at the door, slam/splat* the apple literally exploded. it pulled on my wing, when put all that force into my arm , "ow, I think you heard enough... I've heard enough out of myself today..." I look at the floor as I sit back down. (OOC oh come on NOW you edit @Cinderscribe)

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A loud 'THUMP' brought her back to her senses - it had come from outside, where the Pegasus and Zebra were. It couldnt be a fight, there would be more noise. She heard a raised voice...

Curiosity overcame her again. Unable to ignore practically anything that caught get attention, she poked her head around the door to see the Pegasus looking pretty distressed and venting to the Zebra.

"Uh, are you ok?" She asked, looking at the splattering of apple across the wall and floor.

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I twich at that question, too many have thrown that at me, it never calms me down "d-don't worry about it..." I say in a weak tone as rub my wing not making eye contact, "I don't think too many should get involved in this, it'll make too much for me to worry about" I had spoken too much and I lost my head, my vision blurred and I sobbed like a little filly, in front of a mare, in collage, now I was officially humiliated, but I didn't care...nothing maddered anymore.

(This happens to me a lot)

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"Huh." Cinder said. She wasn't great with this sort of thing but she wasn't stupid. He was lying to her and she was going to find out why. and try to cheer him up as well of course...

Stepping fully through the doorway, she stared at the traces of the apple for a second before remembering what was going on. Trying her best to think what she was supposed to say in this kind of situation, she ground to a halt.

"So, uh, what's up? Can I help?" She improvised.

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This was getting even more painfull to bear "it's...everything...really..." I let in a breath and finally make weak eye contact, finally seeing the mare, which she had a messy mane and goggles? "Gardenia..." I say to her "I don't know how to even talk to her now that I acted like a complete fool to her, and I don't even know the mare and I'm attracted to her...it isn't right...just isn't" I look down again. This was a terrible first day of school.

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It all fell into place.

"Oh! You mean...?!" She said, happy to have got to the bottom of the mystery - before remembering that this wasn't the time for celebration.

"I mean, I guess that's why you were, uh, watching her?"

The brown mare shook her head, ash coloured mane flicking away to the side, leaving a slight cloud of dust in the air. "I mean, I'm no expert..."

It was true. She wasn't an expert in any sense of the word. Not that she let it stop her from trying to help.

"... but I think you might be over thinking the problem." She gave her noncommittal shrug again. "Anyway, you could try, like, just talking to her instead of headbutting tables and stuff. I don't think she understood what that meant. I didn't get it anyway." Edited June 20, 2013 by Cinderscribe

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I had no clue how this would work after such a stupid action. I look up. And respond "*sigh* well I don't know if that'll work very easily. Besides, there's not much I have to offer." I turn to the side showing my crippled wings "see, I'm broken" I sit down adjusting the wing "I can't fly for 5 minutes without severely injuring my wings" I rest my head on my hooves, with a hopeless look on my face.

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She had noticed the wings before of course, not that she had formed any kind of idea that something might be wrong with them.

"I thought they looked kind of cool like that." The mare replied. "Is it permanent? What happened?" She asked with genuine curiosity, sitting herself down on the ground, narrowly avoiding the remains of the apple.

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I resisted a little "yes, It's permanent, you see, I was born legs first." I was disgusted by the thought of this, and I struggled to explain. "My wings got c-caught" I gagged at the thought "and it was broken or dislocated or something, and because if my undeveloped bones, I was going to have to grow awkwardly because if they tried to fix it, the wing would be even more damaged." I finally make eye contact "and I don't think it's cool, it's a sign that I'm a cripple, I can barely fly longer than 5 minutes, and I have to adjust them Every 2 hours so they don't fall out of place." I look at my wings " I'm always seeing other Pegasi flying perfectly at flight camp while I have to sit out for 'my own good', none of the Pegasi even gave me a helping hoof" I reach into my saddle bags and show her a picture of my flight school class, I'm nowhere to be seen, not even my name. "Every pony in the school made fun if me and pushed me around" I drop the picture on the floor. "That all I have to say, that probably sums it up for you." I let out a sigh and look at the picture.

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"Wow..." Cinder said. "Uhm, if it makes you feel any better, I have a friend who cant fly. Broken wing up in the mountains..."

 

She picked up the picture and stared at it for a second.

 

"... and she's beautiful." she said. "Just needed someone to have a little faith in her." She said, holding the picture out for him to take. "Go on, take it. You wouldn't have kept it up until now if it didn't mean something to you." 

 

It was a moment of surprising intuition for Cinder. "Anyway! Uh, I don't think I ever got your name...?"

 

(OOC: She's talking about Wind Symphony, another OC in my headcannon. She's in my sig if anypony's interested, but not really important.)

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Gardenia had finished her meal in a hurry. She normally didn't eat so fast, but she was feeling nervous for some reason. "Why do I keep staring at Ciel? Staring is very rude, mustn't stare. I mean, really, what is making me stare at her? She doesn't have anything on her pretty little face. Nothing stuck in her pearly teeth or her beautiful mane. And she has such pretty green eyes, and those freckles are so adorable. Wait, I think I lost my train of thought." Gardenia got up from the table to clear her tray, and sat back down.

 

Trying to keep her mind off her roommate, Gardenia turned to face Nightshade, "So, you're an herbalist, huh? I never had a knack for remedies, myself."

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I look at the picture "I kept the damn thing because it reminds me that even the meanest of bastards can succeed..." I grab the picture and put it away. "My motivation went downhill, because I knew it was impossible sense I was broken, and so I didn't pass for that reason and that reason only... By the way my names Pelate Overcast, who're you?" I look up at the mare.

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Nightshade smiled, nodding.  "Yes," she said.  "One of my foster parents were one as well.  It's really not all that hard.  You just need to know which part of the flower is safe."  She finished her pastries slowly before getting up.  "Excuse me for a second," she smiled, going to get rid of her tray. 

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"Uh... well, thats still a reason." She was doing her best to try and cheer the Pegasus up but he seemed pretty adamant about what he thought of himself. "I'm Cinderblock. It's nice to meet you Pelate. You don't mind me calling you that do you?" She held out a hoof in a form of belated greeting.

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"Cinderblock eh?" I stand up "well it's nice to meet you." I say in a slightly more casual but still grim voice "hope I can go back to my dorm soon, well...I'm just going to hang out here for now, I don't have any business in the canteen but have a chance of getting laughed at.." I sit back down on the bench. Looking at the clock.

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"Yeah... I should probably get back to the others." Cinder nodded. "Uh, I think your friend wants to talk to you." she nodded nervously towards Zatiko, suddenly noticing him again and realizing that he had remained silent during their exchange. "But, uh, I'll see you around, right?" 

 

Standing, she stepped around the apple stains and pushed the door open again, waving back to the Pegasus before venturing back inside.

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"So... Nightshade seems nice. Don't you think?" Gardenia asked of Ciel when Nightshade got up. It was for the moment just Gardenia and Ciel at the table, and Gardenia didn't know much what to say or do. She just let her eyes meander around the canteen, trying to not stare at Ciel, and she was tapping out a simple rhythm with her hooves.

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"Mhm," Ciel hmmed, and then glanced up startled. She had been so immersed in her meal that she hadn't even noticed that everyone was gone. She felt a little ball of happiness swell up into her chest, because of the fact that Gardenia had stayed when she could have just left.

 

She then realized that Gardenia was looking anywhere but at her. Oh, Celestia! Was I eating so messily that I have something on my face and she's too polite to point it out? She thought and quickly wiped her hoof across her muzzle. Finding nothing on it, she frowned. "Is there something wrong?"

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"What? No-no-no. Everything's fine, you're fine." Gardenia said hurriedly, a sheepish smile on her face, focusing her eyes on the air just to the left of Ciel's face. "It's just... um..."

 

"It's just what? What are you doing, and why are you doing it?"

 

"It's just that, well, you see, I had just now realized that I may have been..." Gardenia's hooves tapped in an arrhythmical matter, "well, staring at you all day, and I thought that was weird, and I didn't want..." her head tilted downward, and her forelock fell in front of her eyes, "for you to think that..." Gardenia looked back up, and brushed her mane out of her eyes to look at Ciel directly, "I am weird."