private Foreign Affairs (RP Thread)

[Pulcinella 1,016]

OOC Topic

Viva sighed nervously. She trotted through Ponyville, her new home, fearing exactly how lost she was. "Oh, c'est dommage..."* French was her native language, and her go-to when she wasn't talking to the locals. Speaking of... The town seemed really empty, where were all the Ponyvillians? Oh well, a day without the natives was a day she could go without having to speak a foreign language. Until... "Oof!" She bumped into another pony, knocking herself back. "I-I'm sorry..." She struggled even with that small sentence, and her accent weighed heavily on it.
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*"Oh, this is too bad..." Edited September 21, 2013 by Pulcinella

[--Thunder Bolt-- 534]

@@Pulcinella,

 

Sunyatay hung her head.  She'd practiced for days.  Standing over a pond in the Everfree Forest, concentrating on making herself visible.  Finally, she'd worked up the courage to try to go to Ponyville.  She'd been concentrating so hard on trying to stay visible while figuring out what to say that she hadn't noticed that increasing trepidation made her fade to translucence.  Not until the first terrified cry of "Ghost Mare!" sent ponies running for their houses.  Now Ponyville looked like...well...a ghost town.

 

Sadly, she turned back toward the forest and started to head toward it with slow, dragging steps.  She hardly noticed the confident, sprightly hoofbeats approaching, nor did it occur to her that: 1) she was in the middle of the road; and 2) she was invisible.  That is, until the other pony bumped into her.  Sunyatay staggered from the impact.  The other pony apologized with a pretty accent.

 

"Oh...I'm sorry...my fault," Sunyatay said in a tiny, faded voice, accented with a slight Coltcutta lilt.  Hoping to at least let the other pony see who she'd run into, she concentrated on making herself visible, managing a faint translucence.  She lit her horn, its light refracting through her body, making her look like she was made of pink-tinted blown glass.  "Please don't be afraid..."

[TheLineTrotter 100]

Vincent mumbled to himself as he walked through the streets, although they seemed kinda empty. He was mumbleing to himself as he made a mental checklist of what to order in a delivery. Damn, it was so inconvenient being a Griffin in such a small town in Equestria. Couldn`t get a burger without taking a trip to Manehatten!

 

  Griffons were most carnivorous, being half eagle half lion, something most ponies didn`t approve of. During the early years, when Griffins first found equestria (already inhabited by the three kingdoms), that had been the first sign of bad blood... when the Griffon ambassador spotted a passing dear, tackled it and ripped it`s throat out. And then proceeded to offer some to the ponies. Not the best first impression. 

 

Luckily, since those thousands of years before, a synthetic meat had been made, and although many Griffins flat out refused to eat 'false meat', Vincent didn`t really mind. Heck, he lived in Equestria, where nowhere he knew of served meat, so it was preety good he didn`t mind. What sucked was that he had to order said meat from out of town, preserved with salt. He missed being able to eat out at restaurants...

 

As Vincent moved, he gave his wing an experimenting flex, getting a sting of pain along his body for his troubles. It`s been like that for years... ever since the 'maticore incident'. He could fly, but he so missed being able to fly across countrysides if he wanted. 

 

Vincent had been warned on his way out his door of a 'ghost pony', but had paid it no heed. These Ponies were a superstitious lot. Heck, awhile back they`d run off from a Zebra. A Zebra! 

[Pulcinella 1,016]

 

"Oh, I'm still very sorry... I hope you don't mind my accent, I lived in Prance for a while..." Oh no, that wasn't right. "All my life, I mean. I think... I'm sorry, I'm bad at English." She blushed, then realized that she was still on the ground. Standing up, she brushed off her wings, muttering to herself in French. "J'ai juste lissé ce..."*

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*"I just preened these..."

Edited September 21, 2013 by Pulcinella

[--Thunder Bolt-- 534]

"Your accent is lovely, ma'am," Sunyatay said.  The way the pegasus fussed over her wings--not to mention her accent and national origin--lent the impression that she was a fancy pony, probably rich.  Her mane was styled with the kind of "casual," almost sloppy look that only a high-end professional mane-and-tale stylist could quite pull off.  It was easy for Sunyatay to imagine her in some posh little coffee house talking philosophy or art, enjoying gourmet coffee and treats while a jazz trio played live background music.  Or on the cover of a style magazine.  Sunyatay's mind scrambled for something to say to somepony like that.  She grasped for the only piece of the high-class elite world that existed in Ponyville.  "Have you been to the Carousel Boutique?" she asked.  She'd never been inside, but she'd seen Rarity a few times, and peered through the windows to glimpse the finery within.  "I think you might like--"

 

Seeing motion out of the corner of her eye, Sunyatay turned, and did a double-take.  A Griffon!  Sunyatay knew almost nothing about them, except that there was one who'd been mean to Pinkie Pie once.  Of course, that didn't mean this one was mean.  His face was fiercely regal, and his clothes were of a military cut.  Is he a soldier? she wondered.  She knew almost nothing about soldiers, either.  At any rate, he was certainly an imposing presence. 

[TheLineTrotter 100]

@,

Vincent was walking along, thinking about stopping around the Post Office and inquire about any new work they might have, when he noticed a mare standing in the streets. With the town so empty today, his eyes naturally gravitated towards her.  She looked like a very stylish mare, although for some reason he didn`t think she was rich or anything... she wasn`t dressed up in ridiculous pearls and such like those pansies in Canterlot.  He noticed her cutie mark looked familar, but he couldn`t quite place it.

 

It was then, Vincent noticed with his sharp cat-like (he is half lion, after all) eyes, a fair figure. Smirking as he saw it, he went up without a thought "aha! You must be the fabeled ghost pony!" he said with a chuckle. "Let me guess: some wierd spell to make yourself all translucent? Quite the prank you`ve got there! Still, be careful about that: These ponies around here are superstitious, might not appreciate the joke." He said, giving a small smile. 

[Pulcinella 1,016]

"No, I have not been there. Cae-row-sel boo-teek?" She sounded the word out, then realized that she had been complemented. "Oh, you do? Thank you!" Se followed Sunyatay's gaze, and saw the griffon as well. "Ooh, griffon, je n'en ai jamais vu avant!"* She cleared her throat. "I forgot to ask your name. I am Viva."

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*"Ooh, griffon! I've never seen one before!"

 

EDIT: @TheLineTrotter, you Ninja'd me! :ninja:

Edited September 21, 2013 by Pulcinella

[The Blades Shadow 445]

(Sorry I'm late everypony!)

Pacific came running into town as fast as he could. It wasn't the best way to enter a new town, but he had no choice. Oh... This isn't gonna look suspicious at all... He thought. As he was running, he crashed into a group of ponies and a griffon. "Oh, sorry about that." He said quickly.

[TheLineTrotter 100]

@@Pulcinella,

 

Vincent blinked as he heard the mare next to him speak up, and realized he`d kind ignored her. As she spoke, Vincent gave a smile, recognizeing the language right away.  "Ahhh, si vous êtes de Prance? J `ai été là lors de nombreux voyages." he said, giving her a smile. While Vincent wasn`t Fluent in Prench, he`d spent so much time travelling to so many differant parts of the world, he`d taken the time to learn abit of a few of the majorly spoken languages. Besides, with how much he enjoyed his trips to Prance, it just made sense! "Mon nom est Vincent StormWalker, je suis un messager"

 

 

 

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Ahhh, so you are from Prance? I`ve been there on many trips. 

 

 

My name is Vincent StormWalker, I am a courier

[Pulcinella 1,016]

"Oh no, scusemoi..." Viva stretched out one of her wings, letting the other one rest against her side. Her mane was perked up a little more than normal (it being somewhat of a mood ring), and her eyes were slightly more shiny than before. She turned to the griffon. "Oui, je vivais dans Prance toute ma vie! Mon nom est Viva, je viens d'emménager ici! Il a fallu un peu de temps pour s'y habituer, mais c'est ok pour l'instant."*

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I have to go to bed soon, here. See you guys in the morning!

*"Yes, I lived in Prance my whole life! My name is Viva, and I just moved here! It took a bit of getting used to, but it's ok for now."

Edited September 21, 2013 by Pulcinella

[TheLineTrotter 100]

@@Pulcinella,

 

" Viva est un très beau nom", Vincent`s lack of use of the language in recent years showing, as he unintentionally used the word for beautiful name, rather than nice name. Vincent smiled. He wasn`t sure how long he could carry on a conversation in pure Prench, but  he could atleast try! It seemed to please the Mare to meet someone else who atleast sorta spoke the language. "Ahh, je vois, je vois. Poneyville est un bel endroit pour s'installer. J `ai vécu ici de nombreuses années, si vous d` aiment être montré autour tard." He said. He`d alway been good with directions naturally, even when he was new to an area, so showing someone around where he`d lived awhile would be a snap. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Viva is a very beautiful name

 

 

 Ahh, I see, I see. Ponyville is a lovely place to settle down. I`ve lived here many years, if you`d enjoy being shown around later. 

[Ihei 714]

After finally getting out of her cottage, Minty trotted throughout Ponyville to greet any newcomers. There were always newcomers from all over Equestria, and they're actually really exciting to talk to, even if she does prefer the insides of her warm, cozy home.

 

Minty saw a griffin and a mare talking in French to each other, and a few other ponies she didn't recognize. She even saw a frantic stallion trotting her way, only to realize: the stallion was so.. caught up in his running that he didn't notice her! Minty gave a slight flutter of her wings to lift herself off the ground and halted the stallion.

 

"Uh, are you.. okay?" Minty asked.

[The Blades Shadow 445]

After finally getting out of her cottage, Minty trotted throughout Ponyville to greet any newcomers. There were always newcomers from all over Equestria, and they're actually really exciting to talk to, even if she does prefer the insides of her warm, cozy home.

 

Minty saw a griffin and a mare talking in French to each other, and a few other ponies she didn't recognize. She even saw a frantic stallion trotting her way, only to realize: the stallion was so.. caught up in his running that he didn't notice her! Minty gave a slight flutter of her wings to lift herself off the ground and halted the stallion.

 

"Uh, are you.. okay?" Minty asked.

"Uh... Yeah, I'm fine." Pacific said nervously. Don't mess this up... You're going to need to stay here for at least a few days. He told himself. He still looked around nervously, as much as he was trying to avoid it. He would just have to come up with an explanation for it later.

[--Thunder Bolt-- 534]

"Let me guess: some wierd spell to make yourself all translucent? Quite the prank you`ve got there! Still, be careful about that: These ponies around here are superstitious, might not appreciate the joke."

 

"J-joke?" Sunyatay said, vanishing entirely except for the light of her horn and a blush on her cheeks.  She could feel herself losing some of the corporeality she'd been able to sustain until that moment.  "Oh, no, it's...more of a...a magical...accid--" she said, interrupted by another pony galloping into--and partially through--her, colliding with the group like a bowling ball.    By reflex, Sunyatay teleported a short distance away in brief flashes of pink light.  Taking a moment, she regathered her concentration at least enough to restore translucence, then approached the new pony  "I'm sorry...are you alright?"  By now the griffon and the pegasus were talking in Prench, which she didn't understand.

 

Rather than interrupt, she turned her attention back to the other pony, a unicorn stallion who looked...close to her age, and noticed another pony.  This one was cute, bright green with a pink and white mane and tail that lent her a resemblance to a frosted mint confection.  So...many...ponies...and a griffon...all of a sudden.  It was everything Sunyatay could do to not just back away.  The unicorn stallion was talking with the green pegasus now.  He probably hadn't even heard her faint voice in all the commotion, and now Sunyatay felt the familiar sensation of being on the outside, looking in.

Edited September 21, 2013 by Roko's Basilisk

[repsol rave 2,963]

(everything Repsol says will be in orange, and everything he thinks in italic orange. )

 

Repsol came trotting through Ponyville. He had just woken up with a massive hangover from yesterday. He went to one of his best friend's birthday parties, but sadly he didn't quite remember a whole lot of it. All he remembered was that there was a whole lot of cider.

Anyways, he continued on his way into the center of town. He was going to the store, since to all his dismay, his fridge was completely empty when he woke up, and his kitchen was one hell of a mess. 

 

After trotting through town for a while, he noticed a group of ponies and... A griffon? Well that's strange, repsol never noticed a griffon in town before.

After weighing out his options, repsol decided to go check out the group. this headache can wait, i mean, a griffon! that's pretty awesome! 

He changed direction and trotted over to the group.

 

@, 

That's when he noticed the slightly translucent pony. Completely oblivious to what the pony actually was, reasoned it with 'magic'.

wow, it's really amazing what magic can do nowadays.

Evereypony in the group seemed in interaction with one or another, everypony except the translucent unicorn, so Repsol trotted over to her.

"Wow! that's really amazing, how do you do such a thing?" Repsol said as he pointed a hoof to the mare. Suddenly he realized how rude that must have been, and he blushed slightly. "Oh ehrm, i'm sorry. It's just, i've never quite seen anything like this. Come to think of it, i've never really seen you here in ponyville either. Are you new? The name's Repsol Rave, by the way." He stuck his hoof out in greeting, waiting for the mare to return the gesture. His muzzle sported a warm smile.

[Ihei 714]

@,

 

Minty gave a confused glance to the stallion. "I don't see what you could be in a hurry for, anyway. Why do you look so freaked out? Celestia isn't coming today," The mare laughed slightly, then gave a warm smile.

 

"Are you trying to get somewhere..? I can.. well, I can show you around if you want to. I'm always glad to help a newcomer." Minty smiled. 'And it's not like you ever DID greet a newcomer anyway.."

[Pulcinella 1,016]

@TheLineTrotter

 

Viva blushed and looked at the ground. "Tu aimes mon nom? II suppose que je pourrais utiliser une tournée de Poneyville..."* Her mane seemed to frizz up a bit as pink dusted her cheeks, spreading lightly to the tips of her ears. Then she noticed the other ponies. There was a translucent one, a cute minty green one, and orange stallion, and a hooded stallion. And then, of course, there was this griffon, and herself, who had the Prench tricolor naturally on her mood ring of a mane.

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*"You like my name? I-I suppose I could use a tour of Ponyville..."

[The Blades Shadow 445]

@,

 

Minty gave a confused glance to the stallion. "I don't see what you could be in a hurry for, anyway. Why do you look so freaked out? Celestia isn't coming today," The mare laughed slightly, then gave a warm smile.

 

"Are you trying to get somewhere..? I can.. well, I can show you around if you want to. I'm always glad to help a newcomer." Minty smiled. 'And it's not like you ever DID greet a newcomer anyway.."

"I'm not trying to get anywhere, I'm just trying to get away." Pacific said. He knew that he was going to have to come up with more lies because of that, but he didn't care yet, he would figure that part out later. If you keep acting like this she's gonna find out... He thought.

[Ihei 714]

@, 

 

(( OOC: Aw, everyone is calling Minty cute. :3 I'm flattered! ))

 

"Get away..? To where?" Minty asked, with a pinch of a hurt tone in her voice. "A-are you trying to get away from me?" Minty asked, backing away from the mysterious hooded stallion. "I-I guess you can go if you want."

[--Thunder Bolt-- 534]

 

 

"Wow! that's really amazing, how do you do such a thing?" Repsol said as he pointed a hoof to the mare. Suddenly he realized how rude that must have been, and he blushed slightly. "Oh ehrm, i'm sorry. It's just, i've never quite seen anything like this. Come to think of it, i've never really seen you here in ponyville either. Are you new? The name's Repsol Rave, by the way." He stuck his hoof out in greeting, waiting for the mare to return the gesture. His muzzle sported a warm smile.

 

"Wha--?  Oh!" Sunyatay said, her voice sounding eerily faint, as if coming from a distance.  She turned to see a young stallion with a sleek, athletic build.  He looked like the kind of stud who 'got all the mares' and had lots of dudebro friends.  But, he was holding out his hoof to her, not making fun of her (yet).  With an effort, she summoned the courage to reciprocate the gesture.  Instead of meeting his, her hoof passed through, with a brief sensation of warmth felt by both ponies, and a hint of electrostatic charge.  She blushed, vanished completely, then slowly returned to translucence with a look of forceful concentration on her face.  "It's...from a coherent superposition of implicate and explicate magic as far as I can tell...and undoing it is the hard part," she said, suddenly realizing she must sound like a giant egghead.  Which she was, but still...  She blushed again and strained to remain visible, noting that she had worked herself into a conversational cul de sac.  Explaining how it had happened, and her hypothesis for what would cure her both lead to humiliation, and her model of the arcana by which the phenomenon worked would surely be boring, not to mention weird, to the handsome stallion.  

 

Frantically, she cast about for some other topic.  A glimpse of his cutie mark.  The word 'Repsol' and the number 26.  The number had a fair amount of arcane correspondences.  Two, the number of the Primordial Scission, when the omnisymmetric primordial Oneness bifurcated into duality and polarity, the first stage of the emergence of the Cosmos.  Six, the number of stability, linked to the shape of spacetime and symbolically, to the archetypal pony form (head, four limbs, and a tail, though pegasi were associated with Eight, and alicorns Nine).  Two and Six added up to Eight, the number of quark types, and symbolic of the completion of creation.  Twenty-Six multiplied by a thousand yielded an approximation of the length of the Great Year, a complete cycle of the precession of the equinoxes.  Twenty-Six was also twice Thirteen, the number of full moons in a year with a "blue" Moon--

 

None of that was likely to be relevant, so she pushed those associations from her mind.  "I live...in the Everfree Forest...and I'm invisible a lot of the time...so that's why you've never seen me."  Right now, his cutie mark was the only thing she could think of for a way to shift the topic of conversation from herself.  "Your cutie mark...I've never seen one like that...a name written out and a number...instead of an icon..."  What if he thinks I'm being rude? she thought, her visibility flickering.

[repsol rave 2,963]

@,

 

Repsol looked at his hoof with wide eyes. His mind tried to process that the mares hoof just passed though his, but it couldn't come up with any reasonable answers. because of this, Repsol decided to just do what he allways did when he couldn't come up with an answer.

He blamed magic.

That would also explain why she lived in the everfree. Zecora also lived there and she also knew lots of crazy magic stuff.

Repsol was snapped out of his thoughts when the mare asked him a question.

"Oh, my cutiemark? Repsol looked at his mark before looking back at the mare. Yeah, i never really understood it either. Anyway, i like that my name is written out, i never had to wear a nametag in my entire life!" The last sentence was accompanied by a playfull smile.

Edited September 21, 2013 by repsol rave

[TheLineTrotter 100]

@@Pulcinella,

 

Vincent noticed her blushing, but couldn`t quite figure out why. Still, it was preety cute. He always found it funny how ponies fur turned pink like that when they were embarrassed.  "Ah, alors je vais vous montrer à l'ananas bois yaourt mode de fontaine" Vincent blinked, pauseing a moment. "Hmmm... something about what I just said doesn`t sound right... you`ll have to excuse me, I never did quite master Prench, and it`s been quite awhile since I`ve spoken it... I dont suppose we could switch over to english?" He asked hopefully, not wanting to make further mistakes when converseing with the mare. "That said, I wouldn`t mind showing you around. It`s kinda small, but there`s alot to see. Out of curiousity, why`d you move all the way Prance to a little town like this?" he asked curiously. 

 

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Ah, then i'll show you to the pineapple wood yogurt fountain fashion

[The Blades Shadow 445]

@, 

 

(( OOC: Aw, everyone is calling Minty cute. :3 I'm flattered! ))

 

"Get away..? To where?" Minty asked, with a pinch of a hurt tone in her voice. "A-are you trying to get away from me?" Minty asked, backing away from the mysterious hooded stallion. "I-I guess you can go if you want."

"No, not get away from you. I mean I'm trying to get away from... Who am I trying to get away from?" He asked himself, getting carried away halfway through his sentence. He wasn't entirely sure who he was running from, but he just assumed it would be everypony who hated changelings like him.

[Ihei 714]

@, 

 

"Don't worry, you shouldn't be scared of me," Minty said, sensing fear from the mysterious stallion. "You should just settle down and make some friends! I'm Minty... what's your name?" Minty asked, reaching out a reassuring hoof to the frightened stallion, smiling.

[The Blades Shadow 445]

"I-I'm Pacific." Pacific said nervously. He normally wasn't this nervous around ponies, but this time was different. For the first time in years, a pony was actually being truly nice to him. Why is she being so nice? Normally ponies don't like me, even before they find out I'm a changeling. He thought.