private (1x1) That One Laboratory

[Totally Ducklett 181]

Midnight sat in a seat to Secret. "Soooo... whatcha drinkin'?" He asked, scanning some of the drinks. "I think I'll have... hm." He said, peering at a bottle. "You know, I think I'll just have whatever you're having. Once you pick." Midnight said, motioning to the drinks. "Pick."

[Demirari 454]

"Ummmm, Lindermare's please," Gentle Secret finally confirmed what she wanted. Then, she watched the bartender pour the drink into two wine glasses where she immediately picked up one and drank it slowly. Delicious! It has been a while since she had drank anything that wasn't water. 

[Totally Ducklett 181]

"Oooo, Lindermare! Nice!" Midnight picked up the other glass and took a sip. "That is some nice wine! Yeah!" He proclaimed. A few more sips and Midnight was finished. "Hmm... let's see. How abouuuut... could I have some Applejack Daniel's, please?" He asked the bartender.

[Demirari 454]

Gentle Secret continued to sip her wine as she watched the floor below. It has certainly been a while, her motor skills were already degrading, certainly has been a while. Four years ago, she could had easily drank three wine cups and still run out perfectly. Now? She wasn't so sure if it would be wise to drink anymore. 

[Totally Ducklett 181]

Midnight looked over at his partner, noticing that she was staring at the floor. "Whoa there, partner... you okay?" He was almost at the norm. He often, looking for company (and sometimes mares), would head out to bars and hang out. Usually, he didn't drink much, but the environment certainly made him more tolerant. Although, the whiskey was starting to make him feel a BIT odd...

[Demirari 454]

"Huh?" Gentle Secret perked up from staring at the floor, "I-I don't believe so. I do believe my motor skills areeee bing humperf by te acohol." The alcohol was already attacking her motor skills and her judgement as she tried to get off from the seat. Sadly, all she managed to do was wobble on the ground before reaching out to grab her colleague for better support.  

[Totally Ducklett 181]

@@Demirari,

 

"Whoa!" He grabbed her hoof before she fell off the seat and picked her up. "One wine and you're already like this? Secret, Secret, Secret... I understand. Do you wanna head outside or something, or should we stay in here while I get you some water?" He asked, slightly lovingly.

[Demirari 454]

"Three glassess mund ya-yu!" Gentle Secret replied back as she tried to stand by herself before leaning back on her colleague for support. Blinking, she continued, "Wahter w-won't du mmuch! A room meght be behterr." Then she waved a hoof uncoordinated at the door.

[Totally Ducklett 181]

@@Demirari,

 

"Whoa, okay..." He slid the bartender some bits and took his disorientated colleague down the sidewalk. There was, luckily, a nice hotel about a block away. He took her to the hotel, through the door, past several concerned ponies, and to the front desk. "How much for a room?" He asked.

 

The mare sitting there replied, "40 bits for the night. Each of you."

 

Midnight shrugged. "What kind of rooms do you have?"

 

"One room left, actually. King size bed with a jacuzzi. It'll cost ya an extra 20 bits per pony."

 

Midnight blushed madly. "O-only one bed?" He received a look from a seemingly rich pony standing nearby. "Okay..." He levitated his credit card over, paid, and took Secret to the elevator.

[Demirari 454]

Gentle Secret stayed silent as she listened to the conversation and stayed silent to the trip to the elevator. Only then did she started speaking, her speech still slurred from the alcohol in her body, "Only w-wne rooom left? T-that ish a vvrey interrresssting fact!" She then shook her head to try to main some semblance of her balancing skills before the introduction of wine. 

[Totally Ducklett 181]

@@Demirari,

 

He looked down at her, very concerned. His intelligent, logical, straightforward colleague had been reduced to nothing but a drunk, blabbering, disoriented wreck.

 

"Poor mare..." He thought. After a ride up in the elevator, he stepped out on the 8th floor of the hotel and turned right, walking until he reached the end of the hall. He levitated the keycard into the device on the door handle of the room and the door clicked open. Midnight carefully took her inside and gently placed her on the bed. He began to stroke her mane. "Oh, Gentle... I'm so sorry I let you do this to yourself... I should've monitored your drinking..."

[Demirari 454]

Gentle Secret shook her head as she made herself comfortable in the cloud-soft bed. "Ish ok! I kan hundle mehself!" Then she covered what was her face with the pillow, "Ish net dah furst time dis heppened! My ol collagues ushed to hud geat parties!" She quieted down as if lost in the memory lane before one of her hind legs kicked the bed-sheets, "Ish strange!"

[Totally Ducklett 181]

@@Demirari,

 

"Well, at least she can still think, right?" Midnight thought. He cautiously laid down in the bed next to her, trying to not get attacked by her hind-legs. "Great parties, huh?" Midnight sulked. "I wish I could've been there. It's been a while since I've attended a decent party." He sighed. "Do you need anything, anyways? Food? Water?"

[Demirari 454]

"Uhmmmmmmm," Gentle Secret hugged her pillow as she thought for a bit. Her mind seemed to wonder off to who knows where that wasn't related to the question that was asked by her colleague. Out of sudden, Gentle Secret got up, "I want a warm pillow!" She giggled a bit before uncoordinatedly  pointed at Midnight, "Midnight!"

[Totally Ducklett 181]

@@Demirari,

 

"Oh, a pillow? Sure, umm-" He stopped speaking abruptly. "Wait, wait. Me? You want to use me as a pillow? Uhhhh, well... I dunno... I mean, I did let you get drunk, so, uhhh... I guess I owe you..." Midnight flopped over, smoothed out his mane, and curled up into "pillow formation". "Go ahead."

[Demirari 454]

"Yay!" Gentle Secret said in a childish like state and energy. Hugging and squeezing her colleague with her tail wagging. It was… certainly a surprise to see a pony such as Gentle Secret be turned into a completely different being. She barely even act like she usually does in her intoxicated state.

[Totally Ducklett 181]

@@Demirari,

 

He blushed as Secret hugged him. Midnight felt love suddenly run through him. "Wow... you're adorable when drunk." He commented, watching her tail sway back and forth. "Sadly, pillows don't hug back... oh. what the hay? C'mere you!" Midnight said, hugging her warmly.

[Demirari 454]

Gentle Secret's face formed into a wide smile at the hug. Her ears stood in attention as she wrapped her tail around Midnight, though it ended up tying up Midnight's tail. "Vest pelllow evah!" Squeezing the life out of Midnight, she giggled childishly. Could this perhaps be all the stress built up over the years.

[Totally Ducklett 181]

-A few hours later.-

 

Midnight's eyes slowly opened. He smacked his lips, looking down at Gentle Secret and then tasted her mane in his mouth. He smiled then spit it out, the stretched and jumped out of the bed. He then nearly pulled her out of the bed as he realized that their tails were still tied up.

Edited July 5, 2014 by Ducksquack

[Demirari 454]

Gentle Secret was still asleep, minor snores escaping every so often. Then she immediately jolted up, noting the tails were still tied up. Blinking, she activated her magic and began trying to untie the complicated notes. Her mind set on it as her eyebrows furrowed in concentration.

[Totally Ducklett 181]

"Oops..." He joined her as he frantically attempted to pull individual hairs apart. "Wait, no... there... oh, wait..." He mumbled. "Uhhh... there? No, wait..." He stared at the knot and then stopped trying, letting her work independently. "I'll just let you... oh, wow... that's really tight- OWWW! Don't pull there!"

[Demirari 454]

"Quit complaining," Gentle Secret tugged on a tightly tied knot to untie it as she continued. More anymore of similar actions and gentler force eventually undid the tied tails. Wiping her forehead with her hoof, as if was sweating, she got up and wagged her tail a few times. Nodding in satisfaction, she landed onto the floor with a soft thump.

[Totally Ducklett 181]

"OW OW OW OW OWWWW!" He screamed then floated her back to the bed, next to him. "What was that?! Our tails are still stuck!!!" He looked at the now worse knot and began to once again attempt to untangle certain hairs. "We're gonna be here forever... well, I guess this experience builds teamwork..."

[Demirari 454]

"I thought our tails weren't," Gentle Secret replied, noting the resilience of this knot. Shaking her head solomnly, she continued, "I suppose this will build teamwork." Right after that, Gentle Secret looked at the bound tails before calculating the distance her colleague and herself could reach without causing any sudden pain from the other. Not far. "We need to get to the laboratory."

[Totally Ducklett 181]

"And how do you suppose we do that?" He asked. "Teleporting has the risk of differing arrival times... and that could rip one of our tails off... walking is an option, but we will have to walk through the hotel and to the corner like this... we could go and try to get a cab, but most cabs around here don't take credits cards, so we'll have to stop by an ATM and get cash. Your call."