open Mystery of Buckbury Hall (SoL / Mystery / Romance / Other)

[Fender 1,284]

 

 

"It's....It's....Solar Sentinel. I'm a Royal Guard if you couldn't tell by the way." Solar began to walk down one of the halls, hoping that Cherry was fallowing him.   "So, What do you do for a living?" He was trying to make small talk with the mare. "Do you have a Coltfriend?" Solar stopped dead in his tracks, realizing what had just come out of his mouth. "...Um....this is sure a big house!"

 

 

She grinned, and followed the stallion down the hall, leaning against him slightly as the two of them walked. She giggled at his question, and obvious subject change, "Nooope, no Coltfreind." She wasn't as oblivious to his apparent attraction to her as she was letting off. "And you...a marefreind?" She smiled.

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

Scribe Shield.

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"It's fine if you want to have a look around a little" Shrugged Scribe. "I'm sure she can look after herself a few minutes longer, and It wouldn't be right to leave you on your own when we don't know how safe this place is."

He leaned against one of the solid walls: something he had been practicing that had looked cool and commanding at the same time when he had seen it done: Scribe could pull off neither of these traits though, and promptly lost his balance: only avoiding colliding with the ground at the last possible moment. He quickly scrambled to his hooves, looking about for some non-existent sound he might have heard.
 
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Wish Scribe.
 
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"Yeah... It's like the entire building is looming down on us as if it were alive - watching us and waiting to see what we do before it acts..." Wish said before blinking and looking up at the taller stallion. "Sorry, that was kind of a stupid thing to say - I get lost in the moment sometimes."

 

She quickly searched around for something to lighten the mood, trying to remember that other ponies probably wouldn't like her spouting poetic rubbish: especially about the huge, slightly creepy mansion that they were locked inside. "I like your bandanna."

[Ihei 714]

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Storm stopped for a second, then looked at Scribe. "I like that you're worried for me and not your sister..! Most ponies would worry for their family more.." The mare blushed, her white coat reddening to a shade of crimson, which is, admittedly, something she doesn't normally do. She bit her lip a distance away from the stallion, chuckling as she watched him fail at an attempt to seem "cool."

 

"I think I'm able to manage myself; I'm not that helpless!" Storm laughed.

Edited September 11, 2013 by Shaymin

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

Scribe Shield.

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"What...? No! I mean... kind of?" Blundered the stallion, taken completely unaware by Storms answer. "Thats not what I..."

 

'Stop for a minute and think about what you're saying before you say it, Idiot...'

 

He took a breath to regain what little composure he had and tried again.

 

"Right now, I'm here - I'm not leaving you on you're own. She's old enough to look after herself now - Celestia knows she managed well enough without me foalsitting her these past few years..."

 

As he thought about it more, a frown crept onto his face: two years... maybe even more. Two years that he should have been with his family and in that time she had been wandering Equestria looking for him with little more than an old map and good intentions...

 

"... Where was I? Yeah. She's fine - we'll find her soon enough."
 

[Skycoaster 698]

 

 

She grinned, and followed the stallion down the hall, leaning against him slightly as the two of them walked. She giggled at his question, and obvious subject change, "Nooope, no Coltfreind." She wasn't as oblivious to his apparent attraction to her as she was letting off. "And you...a marefreind?" She smiled.

Solar Sentinel

 

Solar could hardly breath when she asked him if he had a marefriend. "Um....Um.....I....you see...." He was terrified. "..I never really had the chance to meet many mares..I when straight from school to the Equestrian Military Academy to train to be a guard. Beside the fact that every mare I meet, I always find some way to put my hoof in my mouth." said with slight depression. "I went from being around fillies straight to 1000 Year Old Princesses. I completely jumped mares." as he tried to fake laugh.

 

"I suppose you wouldn't like to be....you know...my.....my....marefriend? If that's all right with you?....and maybe I...I could take you on a...a date around Canterlot when we get out of here? If that's all right with you?"

Solar was a bright shade of red. Almost having an anxiety attack, having asked his first mare out on a date.

[Fender 1,284]

"I suppose you wouldn't like to be....you know...my.....my....marefriend? If that's all right with you?....and maybe I...I could take you on a...a date around Canterlot when we get out of here? If that's all right with you?"

 

 

She chuckled, rather loudly, at his apparent anguish, but not as to make fun of him. She laughed because she thought his behavior silly, but also sympathized with him. "Well...he is pretty cute." She sighed, happily. "I'll think about it..." She said with a smirk. She then kissed him on the cheek, and continued walking.

Edited September 11, 2013 by Becker (Fender)

[Ihei 714]

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Storm gave a small laugh. "Well, I don't think that's actually the reason! You have another reason, don't ya?" Storm said, smiling at the stallion, her face inches away from his. 

 

(( OOC: Aaaand, second idea go. Well, if you want. That sounded so much like Fluttershy.. x3 )) 

[Ampharos 1,009]

 

 

Wish Scribe.   @Thinkin' Inks, "Yeah... It's like the entire building is looming down on us as if it were alive - watching us and waiting to see what we do before it acts..." Wish said before blinking and looking up at the taller stallion. "Sorry, that was kind of a stupid thing to say - I get lost in the moment sometimes."   She quickly searched around for something to lighten the mood, trying to remember that other ponies probably wouldn't like her spouting poetic rubbish: especially about the huge, slightly creepy mansion that they were locked inside. "I like your bandanna."

 

Blaze nodded in agreement. "Yea it does give off an eerie feeling. And this thing? I call it a neck cloth, but I guess bandana works... Wow sorry that came off rude sounding. But yea it's just something that's been passed down through the Finder family for generations. My dad had it before me, and now then it'll go to one of my cousins when they get their cutie mark. My dad had it for the longest time out of all the bearers, since he had no cousins and his siblings didn't have kids til I was around 15."

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

Scribe Shield.

 

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"I... Wha...?" The stallion took a step backwards in panic - once again feeling completely out his depth with the mare - not knowing what to make of her at all. As he did, he felt himself stumble over something on the ground - some kind of taut rope securing something firmly to something else.

 

"Reason? I... No! I think..." He blundered as he scrambled upright, still watching the delightful Pegasus all the while.

 

'What did you just trip on? Please tell me it wasn't anything important...' His head failed to get his attention.

 

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Wish Scribe.

 

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"That's cool, It must be really old then! I don't have anything like that... Scribes got that old armour though." Wish shrugged, motioning first towards the stairs, then the downstairs hall.

 

"Upstairs or down?" She asked. "Any good feelings about either?"

[Skycoaster 698]

 

 

She chuckled, rather loudly, at his apparent anguish, but not as to make fun of him. She laughed because she thought his behavior silly, but also sympathized with him. "Well...he is pretty cute." She sighed, happily. "I'll think about it..." She said with a smirk. She then kissed him on the cheek, and continued walking.

Solar Sentinel

Solar began to turn red when the mare kissed him. His wings shooting straight up. "Um...Thank you?" Solar's heart was racing. He didn't know what to think. He just stood there for a moment, taking it all in before he realized that Cherry had moved ahead of him.

 

"..Hey...Wait for me! We don't want to get lost now, do we?"

 

He trotted down the hall to catch up with Cherry.

 

"I don't know if your going to beleave me, but that....that was my first kiss...other than my mother when I was a young colt," He added awkwardly. "Why do I keep saying these things around you? I must seem weird to you. I think I've told you my life story already...I'd like to hear more about you....If that's ok to ask?"

[Ampharos 1,009]

Scribe Shield.@,"I... Wha...?" The stallion took a step backwards in panic - once again feeling completely out his depth with the mare - not knowing what to make of her at all. As he did, he felt himself stumble over something on the ground - some kind of taut rope securing something firmly to something else."Reason? I... No! I think..." He blundered as he scrambled upright, still watching the delightful Pegasus all the while.'What did you just trip on? Please tell me it wasn't anything important...' His head failed to get his attention.--------------------Wish Scribe.@,"That's cool, It must be really old then! I don't have anything like that... Scribes got that old armour though." Wish shrugged, motioning first towards the stairs, then the downstairs hall."Upstairs or down?" She asked. "Any good feelings about either?"

Blaze laughed and nodded. "Yea I think it's around... 1000 years old? Yea that sounds right. I'll never understand how it looks new, but I guess it's not that important. And I haven't really had good feelings about this place as a whole so I guess it doesn't really matter." Blaze realized he had finally calmed down from his slight panic attack. It was funny how it had happened once he had started talking to Wish.

[Fender 1,284]

 

 

"Why do I keep saying these things around you? I must seem weird to you. I think I've told you my life story already...I'd like to hear more about you....If that's ok to ask?"

 

 

She giggled once more at him, "It's not so awkward...I understand you're just nervous..." she leaned against him a bit, "Maybe you'll not be so awkward-feeling in time...but yeah, I could tell a bit." 

 

She sighed, "Well, I create food with Cherries in it, usually...and I grew up in Vanhoover." She chuckled, "I dunno, I don't often have much to tell...but you're a royal guard...perhaps you have a story?" She put on a hopeful grin.

[Frosty V 309]

 

Frost sat down and leaned back against on of the hallway doors. He began to teidle his hoofs as every other pony began to conversated or go about their business. He hadnt seen Tempest or Ivy in a while. Those were the only two he really knew. Besides wish he hadn't really talked to anypony and he realized tha was a bad deduction in the long run.

Edited September 12, 2013 by Frosty V

[Skycoaster 698]

 

 

She giggled once more at him, "It's not so awkward...I understand you're just nervous..." she leaned against him a bit, "Maybe you'll not be so awkward-feeling in time...but yeah, I could tell a bit." She sighed, "Well, I create food with Cherries in it, usually...and I grew up in Vanhoover." She chuckled, "I dunno, I don't often have much to tell...but you're a royal guard...perhaps you have a story?" She put on a hopeful grin.

Solar Sentinel

He began to feel better about blurting out those personal thoughts. He was slowly beginning to relax around her, but it would take time.

 

"Vanhoover? I hear theres a lot of snow up there." He said trying to make conversation as they walked. "As for stories...I have the one on why I became a guard, but it's somewhat long, if you have time?"

He soon saw a couch at the end of a hallway. A large window behind it with a view of Canterlot Castle. "I guess this is as good of place if any." he said somewhat timidly as he took a seat, taking his helmet off.

 

"I guess I joined the guard because of my father. He was one of Celestia's personal guards, one of Equestria's finest. I am so proud of what he had accomplished, but It wasn't always that way."

 

He looked out the window with a dramatic pause.

 

"It is a rather long story, are you sure you want to hear the whole thing? Do we have time for that?"

[Ihei 714]

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Before Storm was able to answer, the earth below her began to rumble. "Wh-what'd you do?" Storm asked frantically, grabbing hold of the wall (hugging the wall) to maintain balance. "Scribe?!" Storm shouted, trying to fly off the ground, yet to her horror, find that her wing is clipped. 

 

(( OOC: Plan two intact. :3 ))

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

Scribe Shield.

 

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'What have you done?'

 

Scribe looked around: the rope vanished into a wall nearby - there was no indication of where it might lead, so far as he could tell. Still, the rumbling, groaning sounds were still present.

 

"No idea." He shrugged - there didn't seem to be anything different around them. "What's wrong with you're wing? Come here, let me..."

 

A loud crunching sound echoed overhead: looking up, he saw several very large pieces of the flying course had broken free and were bearing down on them - barely supported by the lower ones which were held by little more than cords.

 

"... Come here very, very slowly..." He said without moving.

 

'Annnnd... You killed us all. Good job Scribe.'

 

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Wish Scribe.

 

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"Heh, it's just some old place - how bad can it be?" The mare asked rhetorically as she debated silently which direction to take, deciding finally in the stairs: she hadn't finished exploring up there earlier.

 

"I mean yeah, trapped here against our will by a stranger we may or may not have ever met but still, it's just an old house with too many rooms. I've not seen anything particularly nasty, have you?"

[Fender 1,284]

 

 

"It is a rather long story, are you sure you want to hear the whole thing? Do we have time for that?"

 

 

She joined him on the seat, and leaned against him once more while they sat. "Well...as much as you can tell, I'm okay with hearing...so, begin wherever you like, I guess." She smiled, "You seem interesting enough as is...so I think I'd like all of the blank spots filled in."

[Ihei 714]

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Storm looked uneasily at the ground, then dared herself to take a few steps toward the stallion, then after noticing that going slowly isn't going to do much good for her, scrambled toward Scribe and hid her face in the stallion's mane. "My wing doesn't matter now! We have to get out of here.." Storm said, looking around frantically, until seeing that a large hurdle blocked the door.

[Skycoaster 698]

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She joined him on the seat, and leaned against him once more while they sat. "Well...as much as you can tell, I'm okay with hearing...so, begin wherever you like, I guess." She smiled, "You seem interesting enough as is...so I think I'd like all of the blank spots filled in."

Solar Sentinel

Solar was comforted but yet somewhat nervous with the mare leaning on him.

 

"Well," He began, "Dad was one of Princess Celestia's personal guards. He spent a lot of time with at work. When I was a young colt, I hated the guard, because they kept dad away from me. I never really got to spend time with him. He would get one day off a week, and one weekend ever other month. I missed Dad, and thought that he would rather spend time with the princess and the guards than with his own family."

 

He could feel the mare nudged up agents him on the couch. It was starting to put him at ease, just a bit.

 

"My mother is the reason I started to respect the guard. When I was old enough, she took me to the summer sun celebration for the first time. I thought she was doing it to try to get me to forget dad having to work, but in reality she took me there to see him working."

 

He was starting to lean into the mare himself now. All the tension that he had earlier around Cherry was fading.

 

"That was the first time I got to see Celestia lift the sun, and also got to see Dad just a few feet from her. As she raised it, Dad gave me and mom a wink, which made me happy. He knew we were there to see him, just as much as the princess."

 

His eyes were beginning to water a bit, but he got it under control.

 

"Afterwords, when most of the ponies had left, Dad walked by with the princess, and she winked at me. It was almost like she was saying your next. I never forgot that day."

 

"When Dad got home a few days later on his day off for the week, he spent it with the family, but what I remember was him calling mom his princess. He told me that I was old enough to watch out for my mother when he wasn't there. For a while, I thought mom was a princess, as her cutie mark has a sun and a cloud.....Anyway I would dress up in dad's old armor and pretend that I was guarding a princess. That's how I earned this baby," as he looks to his cutie mark. "One day, Mom was walking in Canterlot and a gray pegasus filly dropped a flower pot, and I jumped and pushed her out of the way."

 

Solar was now looking at the mare to see if she was still listening

 

 

[Fender 1,284]

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Cherry took some comfort in the fact that the stallion was leaning back. It made the dim hallway not feel so cold.

 

She took in every detail of his story. "Hm...gotta say, that's a lot better then my cutie mark story- just experimenting with putting different fruits in pie until I reached cherries...I just like trying new things." She blushed a bit, because she got the idea of trying something else new. Quickly, she brushed the idea of kissing him, actually kissing him, not just a peck on the cheek, away and out of her mind, as she wasn't sure it would be appropriate. The blush remained, but she changed the subject, "Well...I'm sure you have some other stories...right?" She grinned, hopefully.

[Skycoaster 698]

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Cherry took some comfort in the fact that the stallion was leaning back. It made the dim hallway not feel so cold. She took in every detail of his story. "Hm...gotta say, that's a lot better then my cutie mark story- just experimenting with putting different fruits in pie until I reached cherries...I just like trying new things." She blushed a bit, because she got the idea of trying something else new. Quickly, she brushed the idea of kissing him, actually kissing him, not just a peck on the cheek, away and out of her mind, as she wasn't sure it would be appropriate. The blush remained, but she changed the subject, "Well...I'm sure you have some other stories...right?" She grinned, hopefully.

Solar Sentinel

"Well, that's an interesting story too. You didn't burn down a kitchen or anything so that's a plus." He said jokingly.

 

"Um, well there's still the story on how I got into the guard. You see, When I got old enough, Dad pulled a few strings to get me into the Equestrian Military Academy. I was so happy, but sad that I would have to stay there. Away from mom and dad. I worked my flank off in school. I knew that only the top one percent of the class gets to even interview for a royal guard position. I fell into the top two percent, but yet I still got an interview...which I bombed pretty badly, however whit Luna coming back, the guard had to restructure, which meant more openings."

 

"On graduation day, My name was called. I got into the guard. I was so happy, I nearly flew off the stage to hug Mom and Dad, but couldn't as Celestia was the Keynote Speaker at graduation and Dad was on duty. After the ceremony, Dad came over to me and gave me a hug. I was so happy that I was going to be a Royal Guard, Just like Dad. I was going to serve beside my father. Protecting Equestria. Protecting our Princess. That.....this is were I always loose it." he paused to wipe a tear away. "You see, Dad was crying but trying to hide it. He took his helmet off and put it on my head. He was retiring from the guard. The..The position I was filling was the one....his....I would never serve with him."

 

He was almost in tears, but trying to hold them back.

[Fender 1,284]

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She kissed him on the cheek again, this time it was out of empathy. She rest her head on him, and started trying to cheer him up. "Well...think of it this way. In a sense...you are serving with him. Maybe not side by side, or all at once...but I think he appreciates the work you do in the same way he would if you two were side by side at work." She smiled, "It's not all bad...you can show him just how good of a guard you are...and he can sit back and be proud. Maybe you should talk to him about it." She gave a caring nuzzle to the stallion.

[Skycoaster 698]

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She kissed him on the cheek again, this time it was out of empathy. She rest her head on him, and started trying to cheer him up. "Well...think of it this way. In a sense...you are serving with him. Maybe not side by side, or all at once...but I think he appreciates the work you do in the same way he would if you two were side by side at work." She smiled, "It's not all bad...you can show him just how good of a guard you are...and he can sit back and be proud. Maybe you should talk to him about it." She gave a caring nuzzle to the stallion.

Solar Sentinel

Solar turned red as Cherry kissed him on the cheek.

 

"I...I'm glad you understand. I apprentice your what your saying. I know dad is proud of me, and I'll just have to remember that. He is the reason I am hear. I Just wonder how long he had this whole thing planned?"

 

"Do you have any stories? I'd love to hear them." as he timidly nuzzled her back, hoping not to get a hoof to the face.

[Fender 1,284]

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She smiled weakly, and blushed a fair bit when he returned the nuzzle. "Well...no, not really...I could tell you about the million or so times I've baked some cherry treats." She sighed, "Somehow, I don't think I've lead that interesting of a life." She looked down for a moment, "Maybe I could start here though..." She looked back up and used a hoof to pull his head to face her's. "...I've been invited to some strange place by strangers, met more strangers, made...a freind, I think I'm beginning to like him, and now..." She pulled him in and kissed him right on the lips, this time, a more meaningful kiss than just a peck. After a moment, she finished the kiss and pulled away, "...and now I've kissed him." She chuckled for a moment, "Now that's an interesting story to tell."

[Skycoaster 698]

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Solar Sentinel

Solar was in a state of shock. His eyes wide open. He just sat there for a moment, his wings shooting straight up. He was trying to let what just happened sink into his head.

 

"Um....WOW..." Solar was now as red as a cherry. "I...I just got kissed by the prettiest pony in the world!" He yelled down the hall, before putting a hoof over his mouth. He sat there a few moments to ponder what he was going to say next.