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The stallion shook his head as the two mare clumsily bolted off running into things. Not watching where they were running likely, just blindly turning out of fear. He realized they were young by the sound of their voices, and likely were frightened by a stallion of his age bolting towards them, so he slowed his pace, and lowered his voice to a more welcoming tone.

"Wait.. don't go in there, that stallion has lost his marbles, please listen." He strode towards the alleyway, reaching a hoof down to Muddle to help her back up. "There now, you've nothing to fear so long as you stay out here away from him. Let's find your friend before she gets herself into trouble then, hmm?" He smiled in attempt to break the preconception the mare might have of him upon her first glimpse. His eyes were clouded looking, and he appeared not to know exactly where to look.

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Muddle felt a hoof reach out to her and help her off the ground. She was surprised to see that it was the stallion she had been running from, and she was confused by his helpful attitude. "Um... Thank you?"

 

She looked up and could see the stallion smile, possibly to try and reassure her, but she focused more on his eyes. The stallion's eyes seemed to drift away as he spoke to her, and she found that slightly odd. She remembered a story about liars not wanting to look at you when they talk, but this seemed different? 

 

After she looked at the stallion's eyes, Muddle shook her head and shoved her thoughts aside. Fizzle was still out there, possibly following the wrong pony, and she might be in...

 

Let's find your friend before she gets herself into trouble then, hmm?

Muddle slowly nodded her head. "Yeah, and We'd better hurry..."

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As she turned back towards the alley, the sound of a voice made Muddle slightly jump. "Hey! has it ever occurred to you that this might still be the wrong pony as well?" The thought made her stop where she was and look back at both the stallion and Shadow. "... Stop starring. I prefer not to die because of your blind trust or stupidity, reason enough?" 

 

"Um... do you think you can lead?"

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The elderly stallion nodded, "Of course, you just stay behind me. Though would be you so kind as to call out for your friend?" The stallion began to walk down the alleyway. constantly pivoting his ears as he listened for any sound that would be out of place. "If that psychopath comes back I want you to run ahead and find your friend. I'll...." The stallion paused, mulling over what words he should say, "...stall him." 

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Coat trotted up behind Cherry, not at all unhappy to be getting away from Mirror. He was still a bit creeped out. I suppose she just didn't want me to follow Cherry into the fillies room, but it's not like I actually would. And even if she thought that, and invisible wall and telepathy seems a bit excessive. he glanced at her. Is she hiding something? Oh Celestia, now I sound paranoid...

 

Figuring he ought to say something to cover up his silent stare, he quickly turned to face her.

"Mirror, was it? Well, I did enjoy the performance. I'd love to see it again once the kinks have been worked out."

He dipped his head slightly in farewell, and turned to follow Cherry.

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Muddle nodded her head in reply. "I think I can, hopefully she hasn't gotten too far away." She added, "Her name's Fizzle." Then took a moment to stop and watch the stallion as he trotted past her, before following behind him. She hadn't even started her calls before he spoke again. 

 

"If that psychopath comes back I want you to run ahead and find your friend. I'll.... stall him."

Muddle remained quiet after the stallion spoke. Something in his voice told her that 'stalling' might be a difficult and dangerous thing to do. She replied with an unsure, "Alright," and looked towards her shadow. She hoped that it would be at least be slightly concerned, but it seemed... preoccupied. 'Great... I'd just better hope nothing goes wrong.' Muddle shook her head, she had more important things to do. Muddle had started to call out to fizzle.@@Umbreon,

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Although Muddle didn't know it, her shadow was paying attention. It was trotting beside the mysterious stallion, and starring at him intently. It seemed to be lost in its own thoughts, and probably just looked like it didn't care. It wondered, 'Exactly why is this stallion doing? Volunteering to put himself in harms way... and for someone he just met?' It noticed the wooden puppet on his neck but, 'A fashion statement?' It found the puppet slightly odd and called out to Muddle, "Hey! Muddle, I need you to ask him a few questions... starting with his name maybe?"

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She looked at Shadow from her side and stopped her calls. She took a moment to mull over what she should say. "I'm sorry if this seems odd, but I... I guess I... never got your name?"

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Just as Muddle spoke her last word, something could be heard in the alley, but it would be difficult for anyone to know where exactly it was coming from. The sounds reverberated in the narrow passage between the buildings. The sounds were of heavy hoofsteps, the odd clattering of junk being carelessly kicked. One could imagine a pony clumsily stumbling through the passages, or perhaps they weren't in, but above?

At points, shadows could be seen moving briefly, just enough to catch a glimpse of something, but if you turned to look it would be gone. The situation begins to get stranger still when the sound of a familiar voice begins giggling maniacally, echoing in the alley, but with no discernible origin point.

 

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"Tread lightly in a place where even the moon does not see.. In a dream so shrouded.. The sun does not shine here little ponies.."

"hehHAHAHAHAHAHA!!"

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The evening air was beginning to get a little chilly as Cherry stood outside patiently, her body quivered as a slight chill ran down her spine, enough to make her spread her wings out and flap them once to catch and trap some sir in her wing feathers for some extra warmth.

 

Upon hearing hoof steps behind her the red mare looked behind over shoulder, spotting Coat Tail, she stretch de her lips up into a wide grin, upon looking on the Pegasi one would notice an 'air' of a care-free, cheerful positiveness about her, just looking at her friendly smile makes you return it in kind.

 

"Hey there!...shall we get going?" Averting her gaze away from the grey Unicorn to look at the others in turn before Turing right back round again and begin walking down the street.

 

As Cherry walks she spares another curious glance towards Coat Tail,"Soooooooo, what.'a your name?"

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Muddle's nervous giggle added to the sound of laughter, coming from the alley, as she slowly took a step back. The sound had no real origin, but she could pretend it came from the stallion in front of her. 'Right, wrong questi~' She saw slight movement and heard noise coming from the sides of the alley, and her thought seemed to come to a stop. It was clear Muddle was starting to feel slightly unnerved.

 

She timidly looked ahead of her, towards the stallion, hoping that he was handling the situation better than her.

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After hearing the sounds and seeing the figures move, Shadow took a step away from the stranger and towards Muddle. It didn't have much to offer in words of comfort or encouragement, but it did have another question to ask. "Do you think he could be close?" It wasn't helping.

Edited July 10, 2014 by Dreamless

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Coar quickly trotted up along side her before replying. "Coat Tail, pleased to meet you officially."

After checking to make sure his bow tie was straight, he returned her wide smile. It was almost infectious, helped along by the fact that it had been a good day so far anyway.

"I don't think I've seen such a wonderfully bright red pony in a long time. Do you live here, or did you travel, too?"

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Cherry couldn't help but giggle in a rather shy manner after Coat Tails complimented her," Aw I bet you say that to all the mares!"

 

Still giggling, the red mare spreads her wings, as she flaps them gently she begins to hover slowly in the air just short of the ground.

She manuvers herself to directly face the grey colt, hovering backwards right in front if him and to the groups walking pace.

 

"Actually, me and Mirror both travelled here not too long ago, Hey where you from? You sound a little Upper Class."

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Sunset giggled slightly at Cherry's enthusiasm. She was quite the ball of energy. "How delightful, a dinner just for us. It feels as though we're really getting the royal treatment." she said, matter-of-factly. As she made her way out, allowing the others to catch up as she and the others made their way along back towards the hotel, she could feel the air cooling as the day began to fade into the evening glow. Her favorite time of day, the wind down, before a night of festivities. This would be fun, and she couldn't wait to see what they had in store for dinner. She was really beginning to feel hungry by now. Glancing back, she noticed the masked mare, Mirror, as she'd overheard. She made a point to hang back slightly, smiling. "Hello there, I'm Sunset. I'm glad you and your partner decided to come along with us, your show was quite fun. Will you be performing more this week?" She asked intently, still fighting the urge to ask about the mask.

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Coat smiled a bit sheepishly. "Oh, I wouldn't exactly say I'm upper class..." He said, pawing at the ground and trying to think of a way to explain his situation without just up and saying that most of his life was fake.

"... Let's just say I have some experience acting, myself. I'm from a look title village about as far from the big cities as you can be, but I try to hold myself to a higher standard. Most ponied back home couldn't even tie a bowtie like this one." Hesaid, indicating his tie and shuddering slightly at the thought. "Ponies here seem to carry themselves better, though."

 

He smiled suddenly. "Oh, and I don't say that to all the mares, just the pretty ones." He said, winking.

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Coat Tails attempt to further compliment the red mare by the use ff a well used phrase would usually end in rather predictable results, the colt would have piped the mare's interest in him further and thus allowing him to get to know her better, usually over a hot beverage or other snack and the notion of the two hanging out more often becomes more and more likely.

 

Such a thing a s this normally occurs at least about 99.8% of the time that it occurs.

 

Unfortunately as it so happens, Cherry happens to be the other 0.2 %.

 

"Well that's not a very nice thing to say," as the red mare hovers in place she looks folds her fore-hooves whilst staring at at Coat tail rather sternly, cheeks slightly puffed up and all.

"Are you saying that you would say that to only the mares that actually look pretty? Is that what your telling me?" Cherry leans herself forward enough for her nose to just poke against Coat's own nose, her eye's "fixed" on his.

 

The mare raises a hoof and begins to abruptly poke at his chest and shoulders as she continues to tell the grey colt off, "Is that the sort of thing you "wouldn't" want to say to somepony just because they didn't have good looks?! Is it? Huh? Mr fancy good looking Actor! Hmmph!" Cherry turns her back on Coat Tail, her nose fore-hooves again folded and her nose stuck up in the air.

 

After a very brief moment Cherry abruptly turns right back round again and pokes a hoof at Coat's nose, "And another thing!! Now you listen to me buster,......EVERY!!!!.....MARE!!! deserves to be told they're pretty, or beautiful, or fantastic, or whatever!! My point is you do not goaroungjudgingmaresbytheirlooksandtellingonlytheonesyoulikeareprettybecauseit's Not fair!!"

 

By the time Cherry had finished ranting she was on the brink of just nearly screaming in his face, after which she merely stares coldly at him for some time before withdrawing, sitting on her haunches and taking a deep breath, steadily exhaling as her "fury" subsides.

 

"So!...tell me about your acting career," Cherry once again beamed her friendly smile at the grey colt, innocently acting as if nothing had just happened at all, "What kinda work did you do?...Could you show me please? Pleeeease pretty please!?," as Cherry flutters her eyelashes at Coat tail, it may dawn on you that the Red Pegasi's emotions would change at the drop of a hat, better be careful.

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Coat was so taken aback by Cherry's reaction to his attmepted compliment that he stumbled to a complete halt. I-I just... What? I don't...

He managed to stammer through his surprise. "um... I, uh... I didn't mean to offend or anything... I mean, it's just... umm... I..." He trailed off, his voice now very low and lacking any of his normal confidence. "I just wanted to say that I think you're pretty..."

 

His mind raced through the many things he could say, but was too fast to linger on any one thought. She's right, I think? But... I don't think every mare is attractive, yeah sure, everypony is probably attractive to somepony, but it's not bad if I don't think every pony is pretty, right? Am I just thay shallow? Wait... I never even said I didn't think others were pretty did I? No no, I implied didn't I, not her fault for taking it that way... But I didn't mean it that way... I can't explain that without just sounding like I'm making excuses though...

He could barely collect his thoughts enough to try to explain anything, even if he had been able to think of anything to explain.

 

Cherry's sudden change in attitude and topic of interest threw Coat for yet another loop (and in fact, he barely even heard what she said, mind occupied as it was). Again, he was at a loss of words on how to explain the situation. Oh Tartarus, she thinks I meant that literally... Celestia knows I can't just tell ponies about my background, it would completely shatter my image...

 

To Coat's credit, at least he managed an intelligible stutter once again. "Oh... Um, well I guess I acted in a few school plays, but.. I really... I mean, I meant I try to act classy even though I never grew up with anything like that..." He decided it would be best to just stop talking and slowly resume walking behind the confusing, bright red mare.

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The stallion stopped, his ears twitched left and right, following the sounds around Muddle and himself, echoing throughout the alleyway.

"Blasted echoes.. I can't tell where he's-Ugh!" He was cut off halfway through speaking by a sudden impact, something came out of the air above, a white something or other, it moved so quickly and so suddenly it was difficult to tell until it was on top of the old Stallion's shoulders. At a moment's glance, it became apparent that the lunatic pony had dropped from above onto the back of the unsuspecting old stallion, and was swinging wildly at his head. The swipes were being deflected by the old pony with relative ease, though the odd one made contact, which was responded to with mumbled cursing. None of this seemed to phase him though, he was built thick, and tough. Just as suddenly as he'd been attacked, the old stallion kicked the crazy one into the air, and bucked him hard down the alleyway, where he landed with a rough thud.

"AGH!!.. Stupid.. Stupid.. What were we thinking??" The white stallion, now struggling to lift himself off the ground, muttered under his breath, and winced in agony from the impact he'd received from the old brute of a stallion. His ribs appeared to be badly bruised, and he limped off glancing back frequently to make sure he wasn't being followed.

"What a fool.. he might be able to see, but he cannot think.. at least not in any normal way.. Are you alright?" He asked Muddle.

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"Oh my gosh...," Cherry could only stare at Coat Tails after he had revealed a little about himself about his acting career, only for Cherry to misinterpret it completely, "....you went to acting school?!"

Cherry was, for lack of a better word, ecstatic, still staring at the grey colt, mouth gaping open and a look of being pleasantly surprised on her face.

While Cherry 'squeed' internally the red mare abruptly swooped down and took Coat between her fore-hooves and hugged him against them and her chest, as she holds you firm and snugly you may think she was rather strong for a rather small mare which, after her puppet act, shouldn't have that surprising.

"OhmygoshOhmygoshOhmygoshOhmygoshOHMYGOSH!! Mirror! Mirror! Come see Mr Coat Tails. He's a REAL actor! Can you believe it!?"

 

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As Sunset addressed the masked unicorn, Mirror bit her bottom lip nervously, her actions hidden by her own mask, as she turned towards the other unicorn, "Um..h-hello..," looking through the mask the crimson coated mare certainly looked friendly enough, her friendly smile seemed to ease the tension she felt being with so many new...uncertain faces, however slightly, "Ugh...w-well...yes...t-that's why we're h-here," trying to copy Cherry's enthusiasm was harder than it looked for the nervous mare.

 

"...Mirror! Mirror!..."

 

Mirror perked an ear up as Cherry called her from the front, looking ahead the masked unicorn found her assistant seemingly trying to hug the life out of poor Coat Tail, "Oh dear...." 

Regardless, Mirror took this like a life-line that had just been thrown to her, looking back at Sunset she promptly bowed her head at the crimson unicorn, trying to look polite to her at least before she went after her assistant, "Um..please excuse me." 

 

 

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The stallion's question didn't seem to reach Muddle's ears. She stared off into the direction of the stallion, that had gotten bucked down the alley, with wide-eyes. She only broke her gaze when the stallion glanced behind him and started to limp away.

 

Are you alright?

Muddle gave her head a slight nod and said, "I'm fine... but what about you!" She had only just noticed the stallion's limp and light bruises. She extended her hoof, hoping he would take it and let her help him stand. "You're hurt." 

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