private Hearts warming's origins [1on1]

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@@repsol rave, Moon Crypt seemed quiet as well as he edged over to the door and slowly opened it, his other hoof slowly reaching for a dagger. He looked in before walking in, having seen no obvious dangers. He looked around and sniffed around before sighing. "Come on in, Miss Crystal." He smiled lightly, not revealing the paranoia and fleeting suspicion that he was feeling at the moment... 

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Crystal waited outside, watching anctiously how Moon trotted inside the dark tower. She didn't like standing alone outside a whole lot better tough, and contemplated the tought of going after the changeling into the tower. As Moon send out the all clear, she released a breath she didn't realise she was holding and quickly re-joined her companion. The insides of the tower didn't look a lot better then the outside, but she hadn't expected it to be anything different anyway, so she didn't pay it much attention. "Such a gentlestallion." Crystal said playfully as she trotted inside, smiling at Moon. "So this is where we sleep, huh?" She eyed the insides of the tower suspiciously.  

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"More or less, yes..." He said, sighing softly. Looking around, he was able to see a fireplace, a pair of large doors, and a staircase going up. "Well... He flipped open his bag, revealing a sleeping bag and a few trail rations. Sighing to himself, he took his water bottle and put it carefully into the fireplace before using his horn. The metal slowly began to turn orange, releasing the spell soon after. The glow radiated heat and light, as well as boiling the water within as he set up the meals for them. "Wow... what a day. I can assure you that this is not what I do every day of my vacation." He smiles ever so slightly, setting up the sleeping bag and handing it to Crystal. "Let's trade- the coat for the sleeping bag."

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@,((we just crossed the point where my last 1on1 died! hope we get to make this one waaaaaaaay longer )) 

 

Crystal went to sit besides Moon in front of the fireplace. The warmth emitting from the bottle felt nice and calming after the events they witnessed that day. She snuggled in Moon's nice and warm coat as she closed her eyes, trying to clear her mind of toughts she much rather wouldn't be thinking.

 

 

"Wow... what a day. I can assure you that this is not what I do every day of my vacation."

Crystal smiled warmly at the changeling. His form reflecting the light from the bottle in front of him making him visible in the dark tower.

 

 

"Let's trade- the coat for the sleeping bag."

Crystal went to take off the coat, but stopped as she realised what Moon ment with this. "Oh no, you can't possibly be thinking to sleep only in that coat? You'll get sick! It's the dead of winter!" She looked over the sleepingbag once. "We can both fit in this, you know."

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@@repsol rave, ((That's good to hear. To the very end! ))

 

He looked at the sleeping bag and smiled sheepishly. "Well, if you are comfortable with that." He sat down, watching the metal seem to move ever so slightly in the heat. After a few minutes, he levitated the bottle over and poured the now boiling water into the two heavy plastic trays, stirring it around for a bit before revealing it to be a small bowl of oatmeal. He made a mocking bow and told her, "I hope you enjoy it. This is the best in boiling-water-made camp rations. Bon appitite." He sat down, looking at the oatmeal.

 

This has proven to be quite the interesting adventure so far. I only hope that it ends soon, for the sake of my new-found friend... He suddenly found himself having a horrible image of... no. She was long gone, and thinking thoughts like that would only lead to despair or a repeat of previous events...

 

((Now that you gave me a chance to piece together her background... now it's time for you to try and piece together his, even if not in-character.))

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Crystal happily took the tray of hot oatmeal from Moon while smiling warmly. "Why, thank you, mister Moon."   She returned the bow mocklingly before carefully eating some of her meal. It tasted pretty much way better then she expected it to. As she hummend approvingly, she ate some more before turning to her changeling companion. "Oh wow, this is good!" The smile that seemed plastered on her muzzle dissapeared as soon as she saw Moon's form looking distinctly into his meal. A expression of worry taking over, she moved a bit closer. "Moon, are you okay?"

Edited January 20, 2014 by repsol rave

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@@repsol rave, 

Moon Crypt remained silent, watching the snow whirl around outside, trying not to let tears well up for any sign of sadness show on his face. He was only partly successful. He waited a few minutes and took a deep breath before turning back to Crystal with a false grin on his face. "I'm fine, thanks. It's just... some nostalgia. Or, rather, the opposite..." He let out a shuddering breath and looked at her again. "Do you want some hot cocoa?"

 

((Forgive the break. Snowstorm caused my ears to go out of whack. Almost literally spend the past few days curled up in my bed with medicine.))

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@, ((ouch, sounds pretty bad :c hope you'll get better soon!))

 

 Crystal looked over Moon with a worried expression. His reassuring words worked soothing in a way, but the way he looked made her think he wasn't really telling everything. This saddened her a bit, and she moved over to the changeling. As she put a hoof on Moon's chitin covered shoulder, she looked him in his deep blue eyes. "You know you can trust me, right?" Dancing around the topic of the hot cocoa easily. "I mean, if there's something bothering you about this place or something, i won't hesistate to leave here."

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@@repsol rave, ((Oh... shoot. Thanks for the brohoof, or else I would have completely forgot about it. Darn it, brain.))

 

Moon Crypt shook his head. "No..." he chuckled slightly. "No, I'm fine. It's just some memories." He got up and remained silent as he peaked his head outside in the storm. "Well... it's just you remind me of an old friend and colleague of mine. Cute little gal. But I guess life goes on, eh?" He sighed and walked back inside. "Just another casualty of the war."

 

((This'll come into play later.))

 

((And, once again, I'm so sorry.))

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 Crystal cocked her head in concern as he gaze followed the movements of Moon. She felt genuinly sorry for her new friend, and felt kinda useless as she knew she couldn't do anything to help him with this. After a few seconds, se swiftly got up and walked after Moon, enveloping his form in a tight hug as her fur brushes his smooth carapace. "I'm so sorry, please don't be sad."

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@@repsol rave, He let himself be hugged by Crystal for a while before returning the hug and holding it for a while, letting a single tear fall down from his cheek. It hit the ground and then... it flared black and vanished. Moon Crypt watched this before surging to his hooves, one of them diving into his vest and pulling out his last dagger. As he did this, a surgent voice sounded throughout the room, echoing...

 

Oh, how sweet. The poor wittle Inquisitor actually has a heart for the pony that we took from him.

Edited January 31, 2014 by Archmagos Amphrose

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@, Crystal froze in place as Moon lunged out a dagger.A dark fear crawled from her hooves up to her spine as she saw Moon's expression. "What's going on?"

The voice echoed out of nowhere, and she jumped in surprise, emitting a loud yelp.

As she frantically looked around, she couldn't see where the voice was coming from. "W-Who are you!?" She demanded as she stomped a trembling hoof down.

Edited February 1, 2014 by repsol rave

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@@repsol rave,

Who am I? I forgot how little Equestria tells its citizens nowadays.

 

The dark mist from the ceiling slid down from the sealing, materializing slightly in the form of a large, mist-shrouded creature, hooded. Two piercing blue eyes peaked out from under it. Moon Crypt, upon seeing, placed himself between Crystal and the creature, and slowly started to back up.

 

My name, in your tongue, is Elhaven, and you are now mine...

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Crystal emitted a loud yelp as the creature materialized from seemingly nowhere. As Moon jumped in between her, a instinct took over. Her mind too full with racing thoughts, she had no idea what she was doing until she suddenly started to trot past moon, and found herself face to face with the shady figure. Her expression one of absolute anger. "You dare to come here, and tell me what to do? After all we've been through today? I give you one chance, and one chance only, you better get the BUCK out of my way, because right now, i've had enough of your shit!" She leaned foreward as she looked in the creature's piercing eyes, and huffed out an angry breath through her nostrills.

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((@@repsol rave, I am confuzzled by this. How did a timid pony suddenly become a... well, it doesn't matter.)

 

The demon then proceeded to look at you square in the eyes before turning three hundred and sixty degrees around you, looking at you carefully. Seeing as you have absolutely no experience with dealing with my kind, I find your threats amusing. Especially since you have no weapon about you. So it is not you, but I, who give you this last chance. The demon snapped ethereal fingers, and a pair of bladed disks appeared in its hands. You will either submit or find your gore decorating my chakrams.

 

((I now have no idea where to go with this from here. If you submit, it will be interesting. If you don't, it will be as well. And ugh. So... give me a few days after you respond to let me think upon it.))

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@,((oh god my post is incredibly out of character o.0. i never really realized what i was posting, when i posted that it was a particulary rough day for me, so i guess that reflected back upon how i did that post... lets see how i save my ass out of this one. and please, take your time! quality over quantity, right? ))

 

Crystal suddenly snapped out of her angry craze and back into reality. And what she found, terrified her to her soul. There she was, standing face to face with... Something. And it looked like it was about to take her life! It probably wouldn't even break a sweat while doing so either.

She started stumbling over her own words and sweat began to trickle down her back and forehead. Shakingly, she took a step backwards. Mindfully trying to not make any sudden moves, as that could as well be her last. Her mind was racing at a million miles an hour. Why did she suddenly do that? She never did stuff like this, so why did she do it in the face of a cloud-monster-of-hell-and-spinning-razor-disk-doom? Did she really care for Moon that much?

She eventually couldn't really back up any further, as she found herself being frozen by fear and the cold blooded stare of the creature in front of her. So she resulted to her last option available. 

"S-S-Sorry M-Mister ghost m-monster. I-I didn't know w-what i was t-t-thinking. P-Please forgive m-me for being s-so s-s-stupid." 

 

She was now trembling heavile, on the verge of just breaking down in tears, but her survival instincts kept her standing up. Some tears already rolling down her cheecks ,she eventually got down to her knees. Her voice now but a mere whisper, she pressed her eyes closed hard as she continued to repeat the same thing.

"I'm sorry, i'm sorry i'm sorry, i'm sorry..."

 

((not entirely sure if this is the response i want to have for this, so i might edit it lateron. but for now, i hope this brings her back to her original character a bit more.))