private [Adventure] Island of the Dark Mountain (RP)

[Pat.Rio.T. 305]

Island of the Dark Mountain

OOC Thread: Here

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It was a beautiful day out. Just perfect for an scenic airship cruise over the Fillippine Islands. There was not a cloud in the sky, The sea was a beautiful aquamarine, and the view of the islands was positively stunning. It was the time of their life for some ponies. And, maybe not so much for some others. But for two certain best friends this certainly is not the case.

 

River: *Inhales and exhales deeply* "Just look at that view!"

 

Pat: "I know. I don't think, I'd be able to pull you away from that railing."

 

Patterson said before snapping a few pictures.

 

"I didn't know you liked to take pictures." (she remarked in a surprised tone)

 

"I don't! Mom does. She commissioned me to bring back memories, and if I come back empty-hoofed she'll kill me!"

 

River Laughed.

 

"Yeah, she is quite the shutterbug. She must have fifty albums full!"

 

"Well, not quite that many of course... only forty-two!"

 

They both laughed. River rested her head on Pat's shoulder as they both watched the beautiful scenery go by.

 

Edited March 18, 2014 by Pat.Rio.T.

[FractalMoon 378]

Frozen Reverie sits in the corner of the airship's common area, reading a book and trying not to be noticed. One of her few trusted friends had given her a ticket to this air cruise, guaranteeing that she would enjoy it, but so far she had done nothing but be bothered by ponies and read. She hoped that nothing exciting would happen, and as the cruise went on she was happily proved right.

[Firehearted 120]

Atlas looked out at the scenery. It was beautiful. Much nicer than Manehatten which where she was before this. He walked through a door onto a part of the ship that was open to the outside. Atlas had to hold his fez down with his wings from the moderate winds. This was one of the few times he could just relax. He wasn't getting chased by anyone, there wasn't an artifact to be found, he wasn't mere seconds from death. He let out a heavy sigh of contentment. Maybe he should do this kind of thing more often. The pristine moment was interrupted my his stomach. It let out a loud grumble of discontent. Atlas huffed and made of for the mess hall.

                                                                                                                                                                                    

Hunter brushed his teeth hard. He couldn't let anypony see that. He couldn't count the amount of times he had been run out of a village for some one seeing that. So he had a day till he had to watch himself and maybe less than that. He should really time how long the process takes. AS he went for the door of his cabin he stopped. He trotted over to his nightstand and picked up a little pendant. He let out a sigh and opened it. It had a tiny picture of him, his father, and mother. He placed it back down and trotted out the door.

"Another day, another time to see the best in life" He had a hop in his step and felt like he could fly despite the fact he was an earth pony. He waved at the few ponies that passed him with a big smile. He wandered until he found the common area. He had nothing in particular to do. Why not talk to somepony?

Edited March 18, 2014 by Airbornepony

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Anala trotted over to the balcony. She looked intently at the scenery, and wondered how her three friends were doing. It was at that moment that she realised there was not much to do, so she decided to go to the mess hall. Perhaps she could talk to somepony.

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Patterson was so glad to see River enjoying herself so much. She always seemed so optimistic despite her past. Her only scar was her shyness. And River, she was just so glad that Pat found her all those years ago, and remained with her ever since. Nothing could ruin this moment...

 

*Poink*

 

...Except, maybe a needed trip to the facilities. Patterson was about to dash, when he realized River's head was still on his shoulder. He awkwardly stood there, not wanting to spoil River's moment, but he had to go. Finally he couldn't take it any more, and he swiftly pushed her head in an upright position, said "Be right back." and ran off as quick as he could. River couldn't help but chuckle. He hurried as fast as he could because he didn't want to leave River alone too long, and when he was done he started running back.

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Pondah lifted his head as he awoke from his slumber. The place he was in was cramped and there was next to no light in there. He slowly rose to his hooves and tried to stretched a leg out  in front of him. He had hardly moved an inch before he came into contact with something hard. He ran his hoof across the hard object. It felt like it was made of canvas.

 

Slowly, Pondah moved around. He furrowed his brow with confusion. It appeared that there were several other hard canvas boxes of varying size arouind him.

 

Wiggling through the gaps between the boxes, he soon found himself up against a wall. He tapped it gently and found that it was hollow.  A crack of light was leaking in around the door and a metallic glint caught his eye. He placed a hoof on the metallic object and fiddled with it. As he did, the wall opened. Quickly, Pondah dashed into the light and shut the door behind himself.

 

Pondah's stared around with amazement as he found himself stood in a corridor. It was fairly short and decorated with red flock wallpaper and oak furniture. Chandeliers, the only light source in the corridor, flickered above him. 'Where am I?" he thought 'Why am I here?' He racked his brains for anything that might give him an idea as to where he was. 'The last thing I remember was running away from those ruffians. I must've fallen asleep in that dark place i hid in.' 

 

As Pondah thought, he began to get more and more concerned. He wasn't sure why but he felt he shouldn't be where he was. This idea tore at his mind and he began to pace frantically back and forth. 'Don't worry. I just need to stay out of sight until I can find a way out. If nopony sees me, I'll be fine.'

[Firehearted 120]

Atlas walked into the mess hall only after getting lost and asking for direction. Now what to have? A salad? Sandwich maybe? He grabbed some hay fries and a um... That hamburger Twilight had in Twilight Time that wasn't actually a burger. He sat down at a table with no one at it and began to eat.

 

Hunter trotted along happily. He stopped on his merry tracks.

"It's only been a couple hours"

He felt his teeth again

"It wasn't that much. I could sneek something from the griffon part if the mess hall later" he mumbled to himself.

"If not the other stuff might happen faster too"

He trotted off just the same and cheery as before.

[Pat.Rio.T. 305]

As Patterson ran back to where he had left River, he was distracted and didn't realize that he was about to run into somepony until it was too late to stop. He instead instinctively performed a flip over the pony, so as to evade him. 

 

Pat: "I'm very sorry sir. Sometimes I'm not very observant."

 

He apologized, really hoping that the pony wouldn't be mad at him.

 

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Edited March 19, 2014 by Pat.Rio.T.

[Firehearted 120]

@@Pat.Rio.T., 

((Just saw your OC's backstory... It puts mine to shame... I need to work on those... And 'MERICA!))

 

"It's fine, no harm done" Hunter cracked a smile with his teeth but immediately closed his mouth. "That was actually kind of cool" Hunter breathed the air trying to pick up any scents unconsciously. 

"What's the hurry" Hunter asked out of curiosity. He picked up the scent of a female on him. Where did he get that? Hugging? His trenchcoat ((I'm assuming he's wearing it)) had tons of scents from coffee to an extremely vague scent of blood. All of the scents were extremely old and he was lucky to pick them up. He snapped out his investigation. He always felt like he was invading ponies privacy when he did that but he just couldn't not it. It was almost instinct. He kept his cheerful tone and look the whole time after coming out of his moment of daze smiling not noticing his teeth were now showing.

Edited March 19, 2014 by Airbornepony

[Pat.Rio.T. 305]

, ((OOC: Well, I don't know what to say but thanks!  And yes, he almost always wears it.))

 

Pat: "I was getting back to my sister, I just had to go for a uh, quick break."

 

Patterson noticed that the stallion seemed to be staring at him intently, as if studying him.

 

"I take it you are enjoying you trip." 'Judging by the huge grin on his face.'

[Firehearted 120]

@@Pat.Rio.T.,

"I certainly am. This is all quite a sight for me. I grew up in a poor village near the Griffon Kingdom" A memory flashed in his head of his now dead parents. He remembered his fangs were out and tried to hide them the best he could.

"I was lucky just to get on. Some rich pony on the street just gave them to me becasue he couldn't make the trip anymore. Didn't pay a bit. The scenery is much better than my old village. That's for sure"

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Pat: "Sorry to hear about that. My whole family has had a bit of a rough past, but none worse than my sister. That sure was lucky for you."

 

He then remembered River.

 

"Oops, that reminds me, I left River over there. I'm Patterson by the way, what is your name?"

 

He asked.

[Firehearted 120]

((Where is every one! Some people have only posted once!))@@Pat.Rio.T., 

"Oh, I'm Hunter. Sorry about your sister" He looked a bit sad for a moment as he thought about his old life in the village. "Anyway, So what do you do? I mean you need a lot of bits to get a ticket for one of these rides" 

Edited March 20, 2014 by Airbornepony

[FractalMoon 378]

@, 

(This will be an almost entirely OOC post, since seemingly no one noticed my post in the OOC topic. Frozen is a shy pony, and she's not going to initiate a conversation with anyone of her own choice. If you want her to engage with someone, they'll have to initiate it themselves.)

Frozen continues to read her book, still hoping no one notices them.

[Pat.Rio.T. 305]

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Patterson started to turn around to head back to where he left River.

 

Pat: "Well, I am a firefighter, and I am a professional pianist and singer. So mostly, we have just both saved up for this trip."

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Meanwhile River realized that Pat had been gone for a longer amount of time than he should have. She looked around.

 

River: 'Oh what is Pat up to?'

[Firehearted 120]

@@Pat.Rio.T., 

"Really?" From the pony's looks he looked like neither. "Never heard of a pony that is both a firefighter and musician" He let out a sigh. "You should be glad you have a job. I sure don't have one. I've been looking for work and wandering for years now. It's the generosity of others that gives me a place to stay and food. Oh, I'm sorry. Didn't mean to go on that. On a different note, do you believe in monsters?" Hunter couldn't help but ask. He knew it was a bit of a risky move to ask and random but he used it to see if monsters like him were far spread or isolated to the region of his former home.

 

Meanwhile...

 

Atlas walked about the ship enjoying himself. He had taken a painkiller for his bad leg as he had hit it earlier in the day but by now he could walk on it. He was on his merry way when he noticed a confused looking, blue mare. Should he ask. No. None of his business and getting into other's business had gotten him into trouble before. Yeah but... Why not.

((To River)) "Excuse me ma'am" He said as he approached. "Are you alright. You seem confused. Everything alright?"

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Patterson continued walking back to River.

 

Pat: "Well, the musician thing is actually more of a hobby. River and I especially love doing duets together, but we've never had an audience because River is just too shy." 'Of course, I guess I haven't told him all of my occupations' "Monsters? Well I have of course heard about monsters that inhabit the Everfree Forest, like the manticore, and the cockatrice. And then, there's dragons, but I wouldn't exactly call them monsters."

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River was still waiting at the railing for Pat, when she was startled by a stallion who approached.

 

"Excuse me ma'am..."

 

River: "EEP!   Oh... I-I'm  waiting for my brother."

Edited March 20, 2014 by Pat.Rio.T.

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Cautiously, Pondah walked down the corridor. He was headed towards a set of stairs that lead up to a door. When he reached it, he slowly pushed it open and looked around. The coast as clear and he moved into new corridor.

 

The new corridor was longer than the last and still decorated with the same wallpaper. The walls were lined with matching doors  that had numbers on them the went down the further Pondah looked. Every few doors, there was a small wooden table with nothing in it. 'How odd,"  Pondah thought. ''Judging by what I can see, it looks like I'm in one of those hotels I've read about. Surely the staff here will understand my story.'

 

With this much more relaxing idea in mind, Pondah continued down the corridors, still unaware of where he really was.

[Firehearted 120]

@@Pat.Rio.T., 

Hunter

Good. The word hasn't gotten far.

Hunter walked next to him as they went.

"Ah, I see. A hobby. Where you live? Has to be a big city; all the small towns just have bucket brigades if they get a fire. Like I said I really have no home... Nor do I plan going back to my village for that matter"

 

Atlas

"Oh, I'm sorry. Did I scare you?" I probably did. A pony with a fez, huge scar on his leg, and many more scars here and there comes up to you. "I'm sorry ma'am you just seemed lost. I'll be on my way unless you need anything"

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Pat: "I live in Amareica, just outside of Equestria. Though, it isn't much different there. We are just more of an organized group specially trained for putting out fires and rescuing ponies. A lot of us haul the buckets of water, and if the fire is big enough, somepony mans the high pressure hose. I'm sorry to hear about that." 'I wonder why he doesn't want to go back to his village. I'm afraid to ask.'

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River: "I-It's alright. I'm not lost. 'Not sure if Pat is though' "I don't really, uh, need anything, thank you.

 

"River!"

 

Patterson yelled as he walked up.

 

'Ah thank Celestia!'

 

"Uh, Hunter, this is River, and... I have no idea who this guy is."

[Firehearted 120]

@@Pat.Rio.T., 

Atlas

 

"Oh, hi. I'm Atlas. I just saw your... sister? And see just seemed lost or something and I stopped to help" He grunted a bit as his leg was hurting a bit. I'll just take another painkiller later he thought. 

"It's a pleasure to meet you Mr..." He extend his hoof to shake. Oh, please don't shake hard. Unfortunately he had extended his bad leg.

 

Hunter

 

"Well then hello, Atlas" Hunter shook Atlas's hoof hard. Hunter was fairly strong for an Earth Pony. He was from a farm and him constantly on the road also helped. Atlas grunted and pursed his lips for a moment but kept his hoof out for Pat. "And you must be River. You brother told me a bit about you. You look respectable enough" He said with a smile.

[Pat.Rio.T. 305]

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Patterson looked down at the hoof offered to him, and he took it and shook it.

 

Pat: "Hi, I'm Patterson Tacitus, and this is my sister River Serene."

 

River: "H-Hello"

 

She replied quietly.

 

"She's just very shy. All because of her past. Sorry I took so long River, I ran into, or should I say almost ran into Hunter here."

[Firehearted 120]

@@Pat.Rio.T., 

Atlas

I see to have a knack for running into ponies with "pasts." Must have something to do with her lameness.

"Good. At first I thought I might have done something wrong. I've run into a good number of ponies that I didn't great properly for their culture. Good to meet you, Patterson"

 

Hunter

Her past? Probably not as bad as mine. I really shouldn't think like that. At least I can walk.

"Anyway, Pat, have you and your sister eaten yet? The ship's buffet has some good food and it's free cause it came with the cost of the tickets"

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Pat: "No, we haven't eaten yet, sounds like a good idea to me. River?

 

River: "That sounds delightful Pat."

 

They started heading for the stairs leading down below deck.

 

"So, I'm guessing that you have traveled around quite a bit, Atlas. I have traveled to lots of places as well." 'Hmm, maybe I shouldn't have said that. The travel I do is for missions not leisure.'

Edited March 21, 2014 by Pat.Rio.T.

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With much more confident steps, Pondah worked his way through the corridors. He had no idea where he was going and frequently doubled back on himself. Strangely, the corridors were bare and as a result, there were no members of staff to help Pondah exit (what he thought) was the hotel.

 

After some time spent wondering blindly, Pondah found himself in the canteen. He went to approach someone to ask for help but hesitated. 'They all seem far too busy.'