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Post by mafipulater on Feb 27, 2012 13:24:02 GMT -5
Ah, Cloudsdale, the city of pegasi! Despite being a pegasus herself, this would be Sea Swell's first time in the cloud city. Having been raised by only her mother, an earth pony, and no father to speak of, she had very little occasion to travel here. Nor did she really have the financial resources to justify such an expense. Until now, anyway.
Sure, working for Penn in his art store back in Manehattan wasn't her ideal job – far from it. But, after finally getting an actual source of income, she felt she could afford a little vacation.
Stepping off the airship and out of the port, Sea took in the sight before her. An entire city made of clouds! The Corinthian cloud-based architecture was truly beautiful.
Oh, but, speaking of clouds, Sea mentally reminded herself to watch her step. Her wings have always been fairly weak, but even more so since the incident in the park with Action and Portia, leaving her essentially unable to fly. A misstep could potentially be lethal, but she wasn't going to let a little thing like that get in the way.
Sea didn't have any plan for her vacation – instead, she was looking to wing it. With just her snapback and saddlebag with her, she was going to make the most of her time off. And hope the locals don't hate on tourists.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 29, 2012 0:59:21 GMT -5
Strings was walking through the streets of Cloudsdale, looking for something to do while he waited for his cousin to finish work. Though he lived in Ponyville, he often visited Cloudsdale to see his family, as it was his home town and most of his relatives still lived there. As Strings was walking he constantly glanced at the guitar strapped to his back to make sure it was still there. His guitar was his most valued possession. He walked past the docking platform where an airship had just arrived. He saw that a pony was just getting off, and decided to go say hi.
"Hi there," He said kindly. "I'm Strings. You new to Cloudsdale? I can show you around if you'd like?"
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Post by Deleted on Feb 29, 2012 6:43:24 GMT -5
Rebel Yell saw the airship arrive from the balcony of her house. Curiousity prickled at the pegasus. A new arrival? Well, this should be interesting. The dark blue pony walked from her balcony, and to the busy street. Pegasi were talking loudly, causing the street to sound like it was buzzing.
Rebel darted through gaps, trying to get to the station to see this new arrival.
'I don't want to miss her...' she thought to herself.
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Post by mafipulater on Feb 29, 2012 8:52:08 GMT -5
It wasn’t long at all after Sea got off the ship before she was greeted by someone who volunteered to show her around. Was everyone in Cloudsdale so friendly? Sea adjusted her snapback to get a better view of whoever greeted her.
A dark-maned stallion with a red pelt, probably roughly around Sea’s own age. A pegasus. Though that last part should have been obvious, considering the location – not too many earth ponies or unicorns can visit, unless, of course, they have a cloud-walking spell. And judging from the guitar he wore on his back, Sea guessed he may be a fellow musician. What did he say his name was – Strings?
”’Sup, Strings? Sea Swell. Yeah, my first time in Cloudsdale. Wasn’t countin’ on anypony bein’ so friendly wit’ a tourist, though,” Sea replied with a grin. ”What’s with the guitar? You busk down here or sumthin’?”
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Post by Deleted on Feb 29, 2012 14:34:17 GMT -5
The Pegasus Strings had just introduced himself to was brown, with a long dark purple mane with indigo highlights. He looked down at her flank, and saw that her cutie mark was a piano. She must be a musician too, Strings thought to himself.
"Nice to meet you Sea Swell. Yeah, Cloudsdale is quite a friendly city, which I like." Strings then smiled and looked down to the black Flying-V that was strapped to his back. "Oh, this? This is my pride and joy. I hardly go anywhere without it. And yeah, I busk, but not only that, I am a professional musician. I play guitar for many bands all over Equestria!" He then looked at Sea Swells' cutie mark again quickly and asked, "Judging by your cutie mark, I'm guessing you're a musician as well? Maybe we could jam sometime?"
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Post by Red Charge on Mar 1, 2012 0:40:36 GMT -5
As Rebel Yell tried to speed through the bustling crowd of ponies, another Pegasus wandered straight into her path, not hearing her approach. At the last second he realized something was about to crash into him, and it was too late for him to move out of the way. All he could do was clench his eyes shut and brace for impact, unless the mare could stop herself before crashing into him.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2012 0:41:23 GMT -5
"Oops!" Rebel said quickly, spreading her wings and gliding a little over the pony. "Sorry, in a huge hurry!" She grinned quickly and darted off for the station.
Eventually, she arrived at the station, panting. The place was packed. She scanned the station, spotting a familiar pony, talking to someone she'd never seen before.
She trotted over, pasting a grin on.
"'Sup, Strings?" she greeted the red pegasus. "Who's ya' new friend?" Rebel cast her smile at the new comer, whilst flipping her black mane from her eyes.
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Post by mafipulater on Mar 1, 2012 1:53:20 GMT -5
'He plays in bands? Actual bands?', Sea thought to herself. She respected buskers, but buskers who also played in actual bands? That was impressive - and, though Sea would never admit it, it made her slightly jealous, who wanted a band of her own.
Sea smiled at Strings's offer to jam. "Yeah, I am - and sure, I'd love to." After all, why not? Jamming with another pony sounded like a lot of fun - it'd be great to play with someone in a live setting. "I do jazz piano and sing a bit, but my heart's into emceeing, really."
A dark blue pegasus approached, and as she did, she greeted the red one. Were they friends? Apparently so. "What's good? I'm Sea Swell - just got here from Manehattan," Sea said in a friendly manner, deciding that she preferred to introduce herself instead. Well, there were quite a few friendly ponies in Cloudsdale today...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2012 2:34:53 GMT -5
Oh, I pianist, Strings thought. She would be awesome to jam with, and maybe I could hook her up with some gigs. "I like piano, but I've always just preferred guitar." He then gave the pony a large smile. "Hey, how about you com over tonight? I have nothing on, And my parents are on vacation. It'll be awesome! We may have slightly different tastes in music, but I'm sure we can make it work."
As he was was talking, Strings saw Rebel Yell come toward them. "Hey Rebel! What are you up to?" He then motioned his head toward Sea Swell and was about to introduce her but she already did that her self. "Sea Swell, this is my friend Rebel Yell." A large smile then appeared on his face. "Hey Rebel, do you want to come to my place tonight for a jam session? You're good at coming up with lyrics right?"
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Post by Red Charge on Mar 1, 2012 3:23:46 GMT -5
Whisper Wind scowled, he was nearly run over. He wondered what was the hurry the filly was in and decided it wouldn't hurt to make sure it wasn't anything serious, right? He creeped up on the group silently and listened to the conversation.
"Wait, you nearly ran me over to say hello to some pony? Seriously?"
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2012 3:31:15 GMT -5
""No, I'd love to come over!" Rebel smiled brightly, a faint blush rising to her cheeks. "M'glad ya' think my lyrics are good enough, Strings..." she said softly. She then smiled back to Sea Swell.
As she went to open her mouth, someone cut over her, a voice sounding incredibly impatient. She turned and faced the colt, and scowled a little.
"No need to get all up in my flank there," she said, a little sarcastically.
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Post by Red Charge on Mar 1, 2012 3:35:59 GMT -5
"I'm not up in your flank, I'd take you to dinner first." Whisper Wind replied casually, walking over to join the group of musical ponies.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2012 3:44:54 GMT -5
Rebel rolled her eyes, hiding her smirk well.
"That could always be arranged," she said, facing the other two pegasi. "But anytime but tonight." She sent a quick smile over to Sea Swell and Strings.
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Post by Red Charge on Mar 1, 2012 3:49:33 GMT -5
"Fine, I'll see you tomorrow night then, at the Rainbow Ranch. Would it be better at seven or eight?" The stallion replied non-nonchalantly. Of course, he was referring to the Rainbow Ranch, one of the finer dining choices Cloudsdale had to offer, probably the only place where even the upper class Pegasi had a trouble getting reservations. But it was known far and wide that the food there was delicious, and the size of the dish was proportional to the price, in a good way!
Of course, as a Cloudsdale establishment, they were always happy to serve the Stars. In fact, not so long ago Sabre and Fury Razorwing had invited him to dine with them. (The two, of course, are a happily married couple.)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2012 3:56:55 GMT -5
The mare, completely nonplussed, merely shrugged.
"I'll see you there," Rebel said, turning back to the staring ponies. She simply smiled, and waited for somepony else to speak.
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