The Trotting Dead RP

[The Ponyville Critic 304]

"Who said I was going anywhere?" Starburst began kissing her again, placing one hoof on the side of the bed, he tried to conceal his wingboner but couldn't, they wouldn't move properly, so he shrugged and continued.

 

"Heh, I guess you could say that,  we're all mad here." Fire laughed a little.

 

"Well, it was just after Twilight had forced Missy to ask me out.....I was just as nervous as she was......" Fire began

 

I was waiting at the theatre for her, we were going to see a show called "Fiddler on the Roof", she turned up.

"By how nervous you were, I didn't think you would turn up." I said, she giggled nervously.
"I couldn't not go, I promised I would, I also had some encouragement." She said.

"Well, shall we go in?" Fire asked.
 

Edited October 29, 2013 by ShyFlutters

[Milk Wave 454]

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"No, Zeta, I can't put the past behind me! I'll never be able to approach Grand again! I have no chance in her now or ever again, and it's because of you!" He said, angry, yet drunk. "I left Grand so that you could be happy again, but all you did was hog her, and when we're done here, you'll probably spend every waking second of your life with her, and it's because she's just a distraction from Paint!" He finished, then sighed. "Look, I just need some time alone for awhile. To clear my head. Don't take anything I just said to heart. I just... gotta get out of here." Stephan jetted back to his house with watery eyes.

 

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 "I'd love to hear it, Fire." Light said. "Please enlighten me."

Zeta didn't take anything to the heart, but he was saddened by Stephans words. After him jetting off, he looked down to the grass and withheld some tears.

"Grand isn't a distraction from Paint..." He said with a little shaky voice. "She's one I love, right..? I got over her long ago, and now i'm with Grand, yeah.. She's not a distraction, no."

Afterwards, Zeta sniffed and got up to walk back to the house. He would be taking some time alone just like she did over in Appleloosa to get his mind straight, and on the right track. Maybe it's because he never perfected his social life made him like this, he wondered aimlessly while walking. But nonetheless, those words of Stephan's stayed in his mind..

[Grand_Finale 529]

Caramel smiled and pulled him in again, kissing him passionately. And giggled in between kisses

 

Grand smiled. "Why, I love that play. In fact, I have the script in my collection. Oh, sorry I won't interrupt again" she said, taking a bite of her salad and settling into the couch to listen to the rest of the story

[The Ponyville Critic 304]

"Now that I think about it, there was one significant part of this story." Fire said.

 

"This is great, I don't think I've ever seen a play before." She whispered to me. i smiled.

"Really? I went with my parents so many times to the theatre, though it was mostly boring opera's." I told her, chuckling quietly.

A unicorn came onto the stage, she looked kind of messy, I thought so anyway.

"Who's that? Is she famous?" I asked. Missy was confused.
"I don't know, actually, she's been in a lot of plays recently, she's even gotten her cutie mark in it." Missy whispered.

 

 

Starburst stopped. "I think we should stop before it goes any further." Starburst gulped at the thought of Grand, fuming at the idea.
 

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The steel that grabbed steel turned liquid and formed a shell around him then carried him "you know iv been hunting you a for a while now let's go see that's friends of yours" steel heart said as he walked to grands hear and kicked the door in " hello there I'm the real steel heart" steel heart said while bringing steel in

[The Ponyville Critic 304]

Starburst heard the door being kicked in and ran out to the living room. He immediately charged his horn and got a petrifying spell ready to use on the intruder.

"Woah, what are you doing?" Fire asked in surprise.

"Stay where you are or else...." Starburst yelled.

[Grand_Finale 529]

Caramel kissed him in the nose and giggled. "Oh alright" she said, sitting up. "It was fun while it lasted" she giggled, standing up and stretching

 

Grand suddenly got much more intrigued in the story, though she stayed quiet, wanting to hear the rest. "Messy? How so?" She said casually, munching on her salad. Suddenly the door was smashed in and she sighed. "Really? Now?"

Edited October 29, 2013 by Grand_Finale

[dashian500 194]

Steelheart looked at them " I dont want to fight I just want to talk" steel heart said "do yo-" henwas interupted my steel " don't trust him he's a lying sack of shit" steel said steel heart turned a blaket to steel and used it to clamp steels mouth shut "as I was saying do you really know stained" steel heart asked

[The Ponyville Critic 304]

"Of course, it did look kind of messy." Fire said, thinking back to the day. "And you performed a song too."

 

"How can I hope to make you understand"

"Why I d......"

 

"Wow, she can sing, for sure." I said to her, she nodded in agreement, it was a truly amazing performance.

So when I got back to the library, that was where she lived.
"Well, I had a nice time tonight, Fire, we should do this again." Missy said, giving me a small peck on the cheek. "I'll see you later."

 

"And that was it, I saw her the next day, we spent almost every day together, after about a year, I asked her to marry me." Fire said.

 

-Back to Reality-

 

"Yes, he tried to kill my mother." Starburst said. "Didn't you Stained Steel?" Starburst said sarcastically.

Edited October 29, 2013 by ShyFlutters

[dashian500 194]

"not what I mean is do you know about his past" steelheart said " ah never mind I'm his brother steelheart so fo want the honor" steel heart asked as he turned a lamp to steel then formed it into a blade and held it out to starburst "I belive you know what to do"

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"Is that a sword? No, There will be none of that in my house, absolutley not" She said, taking the blade from the new pony and putting it out of reach. "There will be no bloodshed, We dont need anymore of that nonsense"

 

Caramel ran downstairs to see the chaos. "Whats going on?"

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Starburst glared at Steel Heart and walked over to Steel.

"You caused my family so much pain, you put my mother into a coma, because you stabbed a pony without asking any questions." Starburst walked away.. "And you shouldn't be allowed to live while my mum can't because of you. But I can't do anything about that." 

Edited October 29, 2013 by ShyFlutters

[dashian500 194]

Steel heart changed the balde into a formless blob of liquid steel then brought it back to himself "blood shed is part of life" he said as the steel over took grand and put her in a cage " now let me work" steel Herat said he turned another lamp into a balde ad held it out to starbusrt blocking his path "let your anger flow boy it has set many free"

Edited October 29, 2013 by dashian500

[The Ponyville Critic 304]

"LET HER GO! RIGHT NOW!" Starburst looked around and found a gun, took it and shot Steel Heart in the chest three times.

Fire quickly ran over to him and took the gun off of him. "Don't use this again." Fire looked over at Grand and opened the cage.

 

(It's late at night, I didn't want this.)

[dashian500 194]

The bullets turned to steel and then turned to liquid and just smite him before reforming into blobs of steel "what a shame, you didn't even think I'm the only one that can free her fine have it your way" the steel around grand turned into liquid and formed into a formless blob behind him

[The Ponyville Critic 304]

(Ignore the stuff previous, we'll continue from this point tomorrow.)

 

"Well, it was just after Twilight had forced Missy to ask me out.....I was just as nervous as she was......" Fire began

 

I was waiting at the theatre for her, we were going to see a show called "Fiddler on the Roof", she turned up.

"By how nervous you were, I didn't think you would turn up." I said, she giggled nervously.
"I couldn't not go, I promised I would, I also had some encouragement." She said.

"Well, shall we go in?" Fire asked. We both entered the theatre and took our seats.

 

"This is great, I don't think I've ever seen a play before." She whispered to me. i smiled.

"Really? I went with my parents so many times to the theatre, though it was mostly boring opera's." I told her, chuckling quietly.

A unicorn came onto the stage, she looked kind of messy, I thought so anyway.

 

"Who's that? Is she famous?" I asked. Missy was confused.

"I don't know, actually, she's been in a lot of plays recently, she's even gotten her cutie mark in it." Missy whispered.

 

"How can I hope to make you understand"

"Why I d......"

 

"Wow, she can sing, for sure." I said to her, she nodded in agreement, it was a truly amazing performance.

So when I got back to the library, that was where she lived.
"Well, I had a nice time tonight, Fire, we should do this again." Missy said, giving me a small peck on the cheek. "I'll see you later."

 

"And that was it, I saw her the next day, we spent almost every day together after, after about a year, I asked her to marry me." Fire said.

Edited October 29, 2013 by ShyFlutters

[Anneal 2,198]

Recording 012.

 

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"Hey."

 

I felt a cold, metallic object nudge my head. In reaction I squirmed and turned sideways, where I progressed with my slumber. The object nudged my again, harder this time. "Get up," a voice snapped.

 

My eyes slowly opened, and I was welcomed by the blindness of the light. As they adjusted to the brightness, I saw a stallion next to me, holding a rifle. Though my vision was still slightly blurred, I was able to determine what the rifle was and who was the pony holding it. 

 

The rifle was semi-automatic – it was called the Ag m/42, as claimed by Graphite himself. He has military experience, formerly working for the Equestrian National Royal Guard. He was thirty-two, which was surprising itself, as he appears much younger than his age implies. His rifle could easily be determined by its metal stock, modified by him, and its walnut wooden barrel. "I find it a bit inconceivable that you've slept well without having to worry to what's happening outside," he remarked.

 

It has been three days since the Outbreak, as we all started to name it. "We are not going to name it anything else," Fifer justified the day before. "For an event so grim, it is better we name it as something it should be already classified with." This was added with another fact that it was self-explanatory; Fuselage supported Fifer, saying in a more optimistic and romantic view that we were a part of history itself, and it was better not to misunderstand the future generation. Her words sparked a debate within the group. Silverspeed herself said darkly that there wouldn't be another generation.

 

"It is more comforting to simply not think about the Outbreak at all. I can not allow fear to force me to lose my nerve," I answered. "Occupy the mind to tranquilize yourself." 

 

"Poetic," Graphite commented, then dropped a darkly colored wooden rifle. "It's bolt-action, so be sure to make every shot count. Got to be in the head. You know that gun drill I did with you two days before?"

 

"You didn't allow us to fire the rifles," I noted. "And by the tone of your voice and your words, it seems like we're going outside."

 

He nodded, and gave me a small pouch, which was filled in a grid like pattern with eighteen bullets. "We don't have that much ammunition or firearms with us from the military base, so I believe it is best, for your survival, to conserve your ammunition and go for the physical, close-range kills. I also advise you to cover your mouth and nose. Silverspeed told me that getting the blood from them inside of you would turn you undead within a matter of hours," he explained. "We're going to be scavenging today. We don't have a choice. Our supplies are running low, and the 'lottery' just picked on you."

 

"Thanks for the advice," I murmured.

 

"Pack up," he said. 

 

Within an hour I assembled with my group, which was composed of Graphite, Cold Front, and Quickfix. At first the whole composition struck as odd; except for Graphite, who were one of the few with the most experience, the others weren't as experienced or fit for such operations. Furthermore, the relations between Cold Front and Quickfix were rough. The day before, Cold Front had mistakenly taken Quickfix's rations, which caused her to go into an outrage. The two soon fought violently, simply for a small chunk of food. Even a slice of apple was tantalizing enough to the group. 

 

The sun was rising on the horizon, the sky was a brilliant mix of orange of blue. I surmised that it was near five or six in the morning. The feeling was unnerving; ponies were dead, civilization as she knew it was dead, everything was dead. It wasn't supposed to look this glorious and beautiful. Yet it was.

 

"You know the directions," Graphite said to the group, opening his rifle chamber – apparently satisfied, he closed it again. "We need to do this swiftly. Get in some buildings, loot as much things as you can carry, then we leave when we're full. Try to get the food and medicine, hopefully some weapons if you can afford to bring it back to the station."

 

Without warning, he ran to the nearest tree, and into an apartment. The rest of us did not have the luxury of stamina and endurance, and simply walked, fatigued by the cursed hunger. We ran for the apartments, which offered a decent amount of food and other items. Quickfix was the first to run into the abandoned apartments, greedily eating the food inside their fridges. I also gave way, taking some hay and carrots and stuffing it into my mouth. I felt some shame as I noticed my loss of civility, though like Quickfix, we didn't seem to care. Cold Front, who had recently eaten yesterday, had more energy and instead went upstairs to attempt to take a hot shower. 

 

"It's a bit funny how things in our once daily lives are considered rich and desirable in these times," I said. "Anyways, I think that's enough for now. We still need to bring some food back for the rest of the group, and we might have to skip a day's meal after this...feast."

 

"Ahmpf goff fath," muffled Quickfix. "I haffwent eateff fith muff befur!"

 

"Yeah, I'm just warning you," I replied, now taking the cans and throwing them into a sack. "I think there's a grocery store four miles or so from here. Would save a lot of time and our lives if our base was there."

 

Quickfix disproved my logic. "You're thinking like a normal 'stereotypical' pony, Astro," she reasoned. "Ponies would have possibly gone there first and looted it already. Won't want to test our luck."

 

Our conversation was stopped by screaming. It sounded familiar, and shivers went my spine. I knew what it was. "What was that?" Cold Front suddenly bolted down. "That sounded like a pony!"

 

"What if that was Graphite?" Quickfix questioned in shock. "We got to go help him! Or her!"

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Starburst got back onto the bed, he lowered down until their bodies were touching, then he stopped.
"If you don't want anything like this, then that's fine. But if you do......" Starburst was trying and failing to sound seductive, only mares can pull that off, he thought.

[dashian500 194]

Steel wondered the empty streets and found himself back at the bar he ordered several bottles of alcohol and left for the clearing he planned to live there till he could get his home rebuilt once there he opened a bottle and laid down and drank as he thought about moonbeam...

[Milk Wave 454]

After a short while at the hospital, the doctor told Moon and Sirius that she could leave now. So they did, wanting to finally be outside instead of inside.

 

The first thing the two did though, was walk back over to the house that everypony lived in. Sirius was still limping a bit, not to put pressure on the soft bone while walking along. Moon was with Glint, nuzzling her and making sure she needed love. Eventually, they got home and Moon sat down on the couch while Siri went her own way.

While going, she heard something come from Caramel's room and decided to listen. She heard Starburst talking and snuck in undetected from a quiet teleport spell and watched from behind her closet. "I wonder what these two are doing? They're on eachother, but.. Hm. I have to get a closer look..~"

So she climbed up, still looking out the small crack of the doors and got a better viewing angle of the two. One had a wingboner, which she never knew about. "Why is his wings out like that? That's odd.."

[Grand_Finale 529]

Grand listened closely. "Oh, that's very sweet. Um, messy? What did you mean by messy?" She asked nonchalantly, eating her salad

 

Caramel kissed him. "Maybe we should wait until the house isn't full if family members" she giggled, hugging him. "That might end horribly"

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Light smiled while sitting across from Fire.

"That was a very heart-warming story, Fire. Sometimes I wish I had a mare in my life." He said with a sigh. "But, it doesn't really matter to me. Having a mare is good but getting work done is better."

 

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 Stephan was running back to his house when a flash of memories came to him. It were things he always told Zeta, and he just went back on them.

"No mare will ever get in the way of friendship, Zeta."

"You're my pal, Zeta. Nothing's ever gonna change that."

But then, memories of what just happened returned.

"I have no chance with her now or ever again, and it's because of you!"

"You're going to spend ever waking second with her, and it's because she's just a distraction from Paint!"
The thoughts of awful words and broken promises tore Stephan apart even more. He didn't know whether to turn back and apologize, or just keep running. Because that's what he was good at; running away from his problems...

Edited October 29, 2013 by StevenEarthPony

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Fire couldn't help but feel happy when recalling such a fond memory.

"I'm very lucky to have Missy, she's kind, beautiful, a whole lot more intelligent than I am." Fire said. "I never truly thanked Twilight for getting Missy to go out on a date with me, I guess I never really thought about it." Fire sighed.

 

"Alright, good idea, don't want Grand walking in right in the middle of it and throwing me out a window." Starburst laughed at first but when he imagined that scenario, he quickly hopped off and set next to her looking rather shocked.

[Geek0zoid 1,468]

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"Well, I can say one thing, Fire; you, Missy, and Starburst are three of the best ponies me and Stephan have ever gotten to know." Light complimented. "You and Stephan seem to get along well, and Stephan really seems to care for your wife and son. It's actually heart-warming to see."

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"I can still remember the first time I met him, we were on a train out of Ponyville and we were heading to Appleoosa." Fire began

 

 

 

"Hi, i'm Fire Horn, who are you?" Fire Horn asked.

 

 

"He seemed really intimidating at the time, though, I was hesitant to trust him. And now we're best friends, I'm really lucky to have a friend like him." Fire said.