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[Jack Spades 162]

"Oh ok, that makes sense." Charcoal siad, finally getting it. "Sorry, I'm not usually the kind of pony to beat around the bush. Just get straight to the point is what I prefer. So what about you, do you have any siblings or anything like that?" Charcoal asked, curious.

"The only family I had were my parents. And maybe an uncle. My parents said I had a crazy uncle who was obsessed with gold mining. I never found out, but I'm not so sure if I want to find out." Jack tapped his head with his hoof "I might have more relatives somewhere. It's impossible to tell."

[Charcoal Embers 169]

"The only family I had were my parents. And maybe an uncle. My parents said I had a crazy uncle who was obsessed with gold mining. I never found out, but I'm not so sure if I want to find out." Jack tapped his head with his hoof "I might have more relatives somewhere. It's impossible to tell."

Charcoal smiled at the mention of a crazy uncle. "I think it would be kind of cool to have an uncle that was crazy. It would probably be pretty fun to be around him, or her you could have a crazy aunt to. And somepony obsesed with gold, could be a problem but not a major one.

[Jack Spades 162]

Charcoal smiled at the mention of a crazy uncle. "I think it would be kind of cool to have an uncle that was crazy. It would probably be pretty fun to be around him, or her you could have a crazy aunt to. And somepony obsesed with gold, could be a problem but not a major one.

"It might be nice to have a crazy uncle. If he was real. I'm not saying that he's not. Its just unlikely. How would he find food or water? He could have been real and have died, or he could be something my parents made up." Jack shrugged "I can live without knowing."

[Charcoal Embers 169]

"It might be nice to have a crazy uncle. If he was real. I'm not saying that he's not. Its just unlikely. How would he find food or water? He could have been real and have died, or he could be something my parents made up." Jack shrugged "I can live without knowing."

Charcaol just shrugged. "Yeah I guess you can." Charcoal lays back in her chair and sighs. "Something else to talk about to keep me distracted." She half said to herself, half asked Jack. "Hmm, any other ideas there Jack?" She asked Jack, not quite desperate yet but getting there.

[Jack Spades 162]

Charcaol just shrugged. "Yeah I guess you can." Charcoal lays back in her chair and sighs. "Something else to talk about to keep me distracted." She half said to herself, half asked Jack. "Hmm, any other ideas there Jack?" She asked Jack, not quite desperate yet but getting there.

((OOC: I gotta get ready for school soon. So I'll come back later.))

"Hmm... How about your work? What's the easiest thing you can make? Hardest thing to make? Funnest thing to make? Best you have made? Worst you have made? Only furniture? You once made a house? That's impressive."

[Charcoal Embers 169]

((OOC: I gotta get ready for school soon. So I'll come back later.))

"Hmm... How about your work? What's the easiest thing you can make? Hardest thing to make? Funnest thing to make? Best you have made? Worst you have made? Only furniture? You once made a house? That's impressive."

((OOC: I've been at school.))

"Lets see, Easiest thing would have to be a chair. Hardest would be a cabinet with shelves. Worst thing would have to be the one time I made a floding chair that folded while the pony was inside. No I can make lots of things, I make weapons for the guards in town as well. And yes building a house is hard but it get easier as you keep doing it."

[Jack Spades 162]

((OOC: I've been at school.))

"Lets see, Easiest thing would have to be a chair. Hardest would be a cabinet with shelves. Worst thing would have to be the one time I made a floding chair that folded while the pony was inside. No I can make lots of things, I make weapons for the guards in town as well. And yes building a house is hard but it get easier as you keep doing it."

((OOC: How'd you manage that?))

"Wait. Did you say weapons?" Jack asked with his lower jaw hanging. "I think I've underestimated you. If you can forge weapons... you've got to be one tough biscuit. What kind of weapons? Is it hard? Ponyville has guards? For what, crazy pink ponies?" Jack giggled a bit.

[Charcoal Embers 169]

((OOC: How'd you manage that?))

"Wait. Did you say weapons?" Jack asked with his lower jaw hanging. "I think I've underestimated you. If you can forge weapons... you've got to be one tough biscuit. What kind of weapons? Is it hard? Ponyville has guards? For what, crazy pink ponies?" Jack giggled a bit.

((OOC: Our computer teacher can get a little unobservant sometimes.))

"I guess." Charcoal said. "I mean I can forge weapons but I don't know how to use a lot of them. I really can only use a bow for the most part. And I make all kinds, spears, swords, daggers, I haven't gotten the hang of making maces yet. I also make bows, crossbows, and the armour but I leave the enchanting to the unicorns. No it isn't that hard most of the time, just hot sweaty work. It can get really hot making weapons and having a black coat doesn't help. Yes Ponyville has guards. And no, not against crazy pink ponies. You don't really think that everything in the everfree forest always stays in there?" Charcoal asked.

[Jack Spades 162]

((OOC: Our computer teacher can get a little unobservant sometimes.))

"I guess." Charcoal said. "I mean I can forge weapons but I don't know how to use a lot of them. I really can only use a bow for the most part. And I make all kinds, spears, swords, daggers, I haven't gotten the hang of making maces yet. I also make bows, crossbows, and the armour but I leave the enchanting to the unicorns. No it isn't that hard most of the time, just hot sweaty work. It can get really hot making weapons and having a black coat doesn't help. Yes Ponyville has guards. And no, not against crazy pink ponies. You don't really think that everything in the everfree forest always stays in there?" Charcoal asked.

Jack shivered "I'm genuinely starting to fear that forest. But you can make weapons! Do you know how awesome that is? Do guards need a lot of weapons? What kind of monsters  come out of the forest?" In all the hype, Jack remembered something else "Did you say that one of your friends saw a zebra?"  

[Charcoal Embers 169]

Jack shivered "I'm genuinely starting to fear that forest. But you can make weapons! Do you know how awesome that is? Do guards need a lot of weapons? What kind of monsters come out of the forest?" In all the hype, Jack remembered something else "Did you say that one of your friends saw a zebra?"

"It really isn't that awesome." Charcoal said, blushing (a little more) at the compliment. "And honestly they don't need as many as you might think. Monsters don't always attack so at best the guards just come in for me to sharpen or repair their weapons. The most that really comes out is timberwolves and just the occasional random predictor. And no, I never said my friend saw a zebra I said that a zebra lives there."

[Jack Spades 162]

"It really isn't that awesome." Charcoal said, blushing (a little more) at the compliment. "And honestly they don't need as many as you might think. Monsters don't always attack so at best the guards just come in for me to sharpen or repair their weapons. The most that really comes out is timberwolves and just the occasional random predictor. And no, I never said my friend saw a zebra I said that a zebra lives there."

"A zebra? Woah. I've never seen a zebra. She must be really interesting." Jack has seen bison before but never a zebra. This mare was getting him more interested in Ponyville by the sentence. "Have you ever been attacked by a timberwolf or manticore or anything else?"

[Charcoal Embers 169]

"A zebra? Woah. I've never seen a zebra. She must be really interesting." Jack has seen bison before but never a zebra. This mare was getting him more interested in Ponyville by the sentence. "Have you ever been attacked by a timberwolf or manticore or anything else?"

"I've never actually meet her but I know she is good friends with Twilight." Charcoal says with a smile. "Actually I have been attacked, once. It was by a timberwolf cub, and even then it almost took my life. I'd hat to see the mama. Thankful I was carrying a knife around at the time, else I wouldn't be here today.

[Jack Spades 162]

"I've never actually meet her but I know she is good friends with Twilight." Charcoal says with a smile. "Actually I have been attacked, once. It was by a timberwolf cub, and even then it almost took my life. I'd hat to see the mama. Thankful I was carrying a knife around at the time, else I wouldn't be here today.

Jacks lower jaw was hanging making his mouth wide open. How badflank is this mare? "You got in a fight with a timberwolf cub and took care of it? I wouldn't ever be able to do that. Was it hard to do it? To kill it? It was a cub. Did you hesitate? I sure would've." Jacks eyes were wide open in anticipation for his answer.

[Charcoal Embers 169]

Jacks lower jaw was hanging making his mouth wide open. How badflank is this mare? "You got in a fight with a timberwolf cub and took care of it? I wouldn't ever be able to do that. Was it hard to do it? To kill it? It was a cub. Did you hesitate? I sure would've." Jacks eyes were wide open in anticipation for his answer.

"I didn't take care of it." Charcoal said. "That cub nearly killed me, the problem with timberwolves is that when you kill them they explode, then pull themselves back together. I just pinned it under a rock so I could get away from it. Then I spent a good two weeks recovering in the hospital and three more before I could get back to work." Charcoal said with a tinge of annoyance.

[Jack Spades 162]

"I didn't take care of it." Charcoal said. "That cub nearly killed me, the problem with timberwolves is that when you kill them they explode, then pull themselves back together. I just pinned it under a rock so I could get away from it. Then I spent a good two weeks recovering in the hospital and three more before I could get back to work." Charcoal said with a tinge of annoyance.

"Oh." Jack started to calm down. He wiped his forehead to clear the sweat that produced. "You must have been so brave to do that." Jack imagined a timberwolf attacking him. "Yeah, that doesn't sound like fun. You were almost killed?" Jack's voice had worry within it. "How bad? Did you get any scars? Did you get an infection? Oh, I hope you're okay."  

[Charcoal Embers 169]

"Oh." Jack started to calm down. He wiped his forehead to clear the sweat that produced. "You must have been so brave to do that." Jack imagined a timberwolf attacking him. "Yeah, that doesn't sound like fun. You were almost killed?" Jack's voice had worry within it. "How bad? Did you get any scars? Did you get an infection? Oh, I hope you're okay."

"Timberwolf slober is very dangerous to get in you. Thankfully I only got a little bit since it was just a cub." Charcoal said, with a bit of relief. "And scars, yes I got a pretty good one on the skin under my wing. Which helps since my wing is always covering it so I don't need to tell this story over and over."

[Jack Spades 162]

"Timberwolf slober is very dangerous to get in you. Thankfully I only got a little bit since it was just a cub." Charcoal said, with a bit of relief. "And scars, yes I got a pretty good one on the skin under my wing. Which helps since my wing is always covering it so I don't need to tell this story over and over."

"It must be horrible to be reminded about that every time you see it. Is timberwolf slobber poisonous? How poisonous? Like, does it take a few hours? Or does it paralyze then kill slowly? How does it work? I want to know just in case I run into some trouble."

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"It must be horrible to be reminded about that every time you see it. Is timberwolf slobber poisonous? How poisonous? Like, does it take a few hours? Or does it paralyze then kill slowly? How does it work? I want to know just in case I run into some trouble."

"Not really, I mostly use it as a reminder to make sure to bring someone with me whenever I go near the forest." Charcoal said. "Now about the slober, it is not exactly poisonous. What it does is it slowly and painfully changes your body into wood. Thankfully since it was just a cub I only got a very small amount so it didn't spread very quickly."

[Jack Spades 162]

"Not really, I mostly use it as a reminder to make sure to bring someone with me whenever I go near the forest." Charcoal said. "Now about the slober, it is not exactly poisonous. What it does is it slowly and painfully changes your body into wood. Thankfully since it was just a cub I only got a very small amount so it didn't spread very quickly."

Jack imagined Charcoal as a standing wooden statue. I wonder how much the she'd be? "How many die from timberwolves a year? It must be few 'cause I've never heard about that. I hope it's rare. I don't want to think of all those innocent ponies turned to wooden statues. It would be better than a tombstone."

[Charcoal Embers 169]

Jack imagined Charcoal as a standing wooden statue. I wonder how much the she'd be? "How many die from timberwolves a year? It must be few 'cause I've never heard about that. I hope it's rare. I don't want to think of all those innocent ponies turned to wooden statues. It would be better than a tombstone."

"I can't imagine it happening very often and I hope it doesn't, I don't want anypony having to go through the agony of being turned into wood." Charcoal said. "It had only gotten half way up my left forehoof and I was ready to just cut if off to end the pain." Charcoal looks down and sighs. "How about we change topic."

[Jack Spades 162]

"I can't imagine it happening very often and I hope it doesn't, I don't want anypony having to go through the agony of being turned into wood." Charcoal said. "It had only gotten half way up my left forehoof and I was ready to just cut if off to end the pain." Charcoal looks down and sighs. "How about we change topic."

"I'd be glad to. You've sure had a challenging life, eh? I'd hate to be in your shoes. You seem to be very calm all the time. I don't know how you do it. Do you have a way to release stress? You know that mine is alcohol, I've actually gotten in trouble because of it. Anyways, do you have a way?" 

[Charcoal Embers 169]

"I'd be glad to. You've sure had a challenging life, eh? I'd hate to be in your shoes. You seem to be very calm all the time. I don't know how you do it. Do you have a way to release stress? You know that mine is alcohol, I've actually gotten in trouble because of it. Anyways, do you have a way?"

"Well it is just how I am. I don't usually like freaking out over something." Charcoal explained. "Though usually I do it through physically hurting myself. The technical term is masochist and it means that ponies get pleasure from pain, or they just really like it. Personally I don't get pleasure from it but it can feel good sometimes." Charcoal said with a weird smile.

[Jack Spades 162]

"Well it is just how I am. I don't usually like freaking out over something." Charcoal explained. "Though usually I do it through physically hurting myself. The technical term is masochist and it means that ponies get pleasure from pain, or they just really like it. Personally I don't get pleasure from it but it can feel good sometimes." Charcoal said with a weird smile.

"Really?" I wonder where she got that from. "Feel's good? I've never known anyone who was like that." Jack was silent. "How do you hurt yourself? Fire? Knives? Falling? What's the line between to much and not enough. Have you ever gone too far ever? Does anyone else know about this?"

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"Really?" I wonder where she got that from. "Feel's good? I've never known anyone who was like that." Jack was silent. "How do you hurt yourself? Fire? Knives? Falling? What's the line between to much and not enough. Have you ever gone too far ever? Does anyone else know about this?"

"Yeah, I've started thinking that I had become so accustomed to being beat as a filly that my body just started to get a... craving, so to speak." Charcoal thought about Jack's questions before answering. "I don't use fire, I would never use sharp objects, falling is usually the way I go. Either that or throwing myself against just about anything, walls, doors. Actually there was this one time, what I had done was bash my face into my door. But either I was much stronger than I thought or the door was weak and my bead went through the door and got stuck. It was pretty early so I was kind of stuck there for a while, a few ponies had laughed but in their defence I would have done the same thing and I do laugh looking back at it."

[Jack Spades 162]

"Yeah, I've started thinking that I had become so accustomed to being beat as a filly that my body just started to get a... craving, so to speak." Charcoal thought about Jack's questions before answering. "I don't use fire, I would never use sharp objects, falling is usually the way I go. Either that or throwing myself against just about anything, walls, doors. Actually there was this one time, what I had done was bash my face into my door. But either I was much stronger than I thought or the door was weak and my head went through the door and got stuck. It was pretty early so I was kind of stuck there for a while, a few ponies had laughed but in their defense I would have done the same thing and I do laugh looking back at it."

"That's pretty serious." Jack wanted to try something. "Hey Charcoal. Mind if I try a little experiment? Just to get a little idea about something. I won't do anything too crazy, I promise." Jack had a pinch of confidence in his voice. "You can trust me right, buddy?"