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Post by heftydraugth on Oct 3, 2011 7:38:19 GMT -5
Trampling buffalos and celestias beard how and when did appeloosa get this big or had the rumor taken wings and spread further than intended? Hefty was left in state of giddy shock as he watched the line ponies turn in to stream that cascaded into a landslide. The mass of ponies that had come to the midwinter celebration was beyond his wildest calculations the only thing keeping the crowd of ponies fed was the frontier spirit of the appleloosan ponies many of whom brought something to the table or volunteered to help Hefty had imagined that the celebration would be a quiet and small gathering but that obviously wasn't the case anymore as the crowd grew so did the merry music and laughter that always a accompanied an appleloosan get together. As much as he hated being wrong this was much better than what he had planned for. The only downside was he was so nervous that he didn't dare to leave the stones circle fearing that some foal would tip the firewood over or set it on fire before midnight so he set himself up at the refreshment stand where he could keep on eye on the circle but still mingle nicely with the crowd. Passing the colts order to him Hefty took in the scene before him in the chilly winter night most of appleloosa was gathered on the hills outside of town. Hefty couldn't help but to smile as he took the next order. ((OcC Honestly everypony I taken back by how fast this thread picked up speed And wanted to say a thank you to everypony ))
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Post by applecider on Oct 3, 2011 9:23:41 GMT -5
(You're welcome!)
Apple Cider was enjoying the wonderful food when she heard the familiar voice of a pony next to her. Turning to see who, she saw it was Morrow Rose. "Well hello there! Nice to see ya at the party. I'd be careful of havin too much of that coffee. I had too much once and was flyin around like a crazy pony." She then noticed a green pony that was joining the festivities. "Howdy! My name's Apple Cider. What's yer name?" She then held out a hoof of friendship to the new pony.
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Post by tunnelnexus on Oct 3, 2011 13:15:01 GMT -5
(OoC: Tunnel is gray; I used green for the text because they don't have a gray color. Sorry about the mix-up, I'll change it to bold instead.)
Tunnel Nexus trotted into the ring of stones, looking skeptically around. Not half bad. Somepony greeted her; Nex turned to face the speaker, a brownish filly carrying a jug in her saddlebags. The filly was offering her hoof to shake; Tunnel glanced at it for a moment before speaking.
"Name's Nexus. You know where I can drop off this salt? There's no such thing as a party without salt, you know. And cider; salt and cider," joked the mare. The whole time, Tunnel studiously avoided looking at or shaking the extended hoof.
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Post by danielalaverne on Oct 3, 2011 17:38:40 GMT -5
((No problem, Hefty, this promises to be much fun here!))
Morrow Rose's thoughts wandered back from her goal of another cafeinated brew, to her new old friend. She chuckled, trying to imagine an hyperactive Apple Cider, and got herself some food off the buffet her fried was at, too.
"You know how I am, AC, still all the morning-pony. I made sure to get enough sleep, but my system still says it is bed time. I don't wanna miss the festivities though... Good food, drinks, meet new ponies-"
The shortly grown delivery Pegasus stopped in mid-sentence as indeed a new pony approached them. Still a bit sleepy she needed Singasong chirp to get back to reality and greet the grey unicorn with a really intense bright mane. She knew some colts and fillies in Manehatten, who spent all night in clubs often had their mane dyed like that, but who could tell if it was real or not with this pony.
She was about to rise a hoof for a friendly shake, too, though as she noticed AC's hoof being ingnored, she lowered her own slowly, "I'm Morrow Rose", she hoof-pointed at the black bird on her hat, "And that's my petbird, Singasong. Nice to meet you, Nexus! Sorry, I don't know where the salt goes here, I'm anyhow not too much into it..."
She felt that came out wrong and quickly added, "Not that there would be anything wrong with salt, it's just not my thing."
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Post by applecider on Oct 3, 2011 18:09:13 GMT -5
Apple Cider was a little shocked at the fact that Tunnel didn't want to shake her hoof. It wasn't that dirty after all. And she didn't understand the whole 'salt and cider' thing. But she tried to play along. "I'm not a big fan of salt blocks myself, but I'm sure other ponies will like some. Oh that reminds me, I have some cider to contribute to the party. I didn't want to come empty-hoofed."
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Post by tunnelnexus on Oct 3, 2011 21:38:20 GMT -5
A flash of guilt entered her mind about not shaking AC's hoof, but she quickly quashed it. Touching ponies was just... weird, and these two, while cool, were not yet on the need-to-know loop about Tunnel's personal life. Once again she found herself appreciating her shades, keeping her thoughts hidden.
After a few seconds, Nexus shrugged her shoulders.
"Well, I guess you don't have to like salt, but I do," said the caver. "Anywho, you girls seem pretty chill. We should hang out."
The gray mare turned towards where all of the other food was and magically plopped down her salt unceremoniously on the pile. She took out several salt cubes with her magic and, facing the other two again, she continued.
"So, what do you feel like doing? Do you have anything especially fun and crazy in mind?" she asked as she popped a salt cube in her mouth.
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Post by danielalaverne on Oct 3, 2011 23:03:18 GMT -5
"Some cider, AC, don't be too modest! It's some really good cider! I'd say, good friend, you have your name with all right", Morrow Rose chuckled friendly and nodded as if to put emphasis on her words. It has just been recently that her old friend appeared back into her life, and it happened over some apple cider, so she knew it was indeed a pretty good beverage.
Before she could trail off in thoughts again, she turned to the gray mare again, who was talking to them again, "Oh, thanks, you're pretty swell, too! Really we should hang out."
The last words she said with her head turning to AC, as if awaiting her to agree. "Usually I'm up that early, I'm all sleepy by now", she somewhat successfully hid a small yawn, "but this night is young and so are we! We can dance if we want to... surprise them with our victory cry... Hey, but first, how about some cider!"
The small delivery Pegasus went back to the buffet to organize some glasses for the other mares and her.
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Post by zipfyre on Oct 4, 2011 0:54:46 GMT -5
ZipFyre picked up a stride, pacing next to the pony named Morrow Rose. The excitement of the night was starting to get to her and her next sentence came out just a little faster than originally intended. "Wantsomehelp? Ilovetahelp,that'swhyIlikebein'deputy-in-training.It'snothin'buthelphelphelpallth'time.A'coursesometimesI'malsoclumsy,soif'nthecups'reglassI'llbemorehinderthanhelp'causeI'lljistbreak'emrightoffandthenI'llhavetacleanever'thin'upaforesomeponycutsthemselves.Oh!Good!Thecupsaren'tglass.Here,lemmeholdafewsoyadon'tspill.Idon'tmeantasayyou'reclumsyatall,it'sjusteasier,youknow?Mmm!Ilovecider,don'tyoulovecider?'Courseyado,whodoesn't?" Zipfyre paused for a moment and blushed. "Sorry. I talk a li'l fast when I'm excited."
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Post by heftydraugth on Oct 5, 2011 16:23:01 GMT -5
Serving the ponyfolk of appleloosa their orders and making sure no foals went near the stone circle unsupervised kept Hefty busy. But not too busy to catch up with the latest gossip.
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Post by applecider on Oct 5, 2011 20:25:43 GMT -5
"Thanks for the compliment Morrow," Apple Cider said as she removed the cider jug from her saddle bag, "i don' like to toot my own horn too often. i just like sellin my cider and keepin ponies happy!" As she was serving the cider, Zipfyre suddenly appeared almost scaring Apple Ciderinto spilling the drinks. The pony was talking at a rapid pace, her words blurring into each other. "Woah slow down there Zippy! Looks like ye had too much coffee or somethin.' Her try some cider. It's tasty, but it won't make ya hyper like ya are now."
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Post by tunnelnexus on Oct 5, 2011 21:06:02 GMT -5
Seeing the hyper-active, striped pegasus, Tunnel couldn't help but snicker.
"Well, I don't think we've met. My name is bhklajfeofjls," blurted the caver mockingly, mimicking the super-fast speech of the other. She giggled a bit, and then, more seriously, she continued, "No, sorry, my name is actually Nexus. You seem pretty cool, don't pay too much attention to my banter. What's your name? And where'd you get those nifty stripes?"
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Post by danielalaverne on Oct 6, 2011 0:11:18 GMT -5
"That's what friends are for, AC", Morrow Rose chuckled, and in a friendly, encouraging gesture patted with a wing on her old friend's back. "To help each other, and if it's just advertising their talents!"
She stretched her wings again to shake off the last remnants of tiredness - she got a good feeling right now she could stay up most of the evening - and went back to organize glasses for apple cider as a blur in scarlet and amber popped up right by her side.
If this were a morning she probably would have been able to follow the hyperactive Pegasus' words better, but right now she just took her by surprise. And moments later she had a glass of apple cider on her hoof, not sure where this came from. Not at all.
"Oh, it's quite alright, don't you worry! This'll be a great party! With really great cider, you got that right! Sure, you can help, although it's not my cider, you want to ask Apple Cider here about that", she hoof-pointed at her old friend.
"I'm Morrow Rose", she continued, only interrupted from a chirp from above her, "And that's my pet bird, Singasong. Nice to meet you, ... what was your name again?
Morrow then nodded in agreement with Nexus' question, how could she have not noticed those fancy stripes earlier? Well, it has been all that fast, her senses were occupied else already.
"Oh, right, pretty swell those stripes! Now we have a striped and a polka-dotted Pegasus! Wanna hang around with us?"
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Post by zipfyre on Oct 6, 2011 21:18:13 GMT -5
ZipFyre laughed along with the rest. She liked these ponies already. "Naw, I ain't allowed ta have coffee. That juss makes me down right intolerable ta be with." She took a sip of the cider Apple Cider handed her. "This be dang good cider, though. I be much obliged to ye fer bringin' it, Apple Cider. Everypony keeps atellin' me how amazin' yer cider is but I ain't had a chance ta taste it 'til now. Ya sure don't disappoint." ZipFyre grinned at the grey pony. "I think I like Bhklajfeofjls better. Rolls off the tongue real nice like. M'name's ZipFyre. That be a right adorable li'l bird ya got there, Morrow Rose. Bet it be nice ta hear its music any time ya want to. As fer th' stripes, I got 'em the same time I got mah cutie mark. Still don' know how it happened or what in tarnation they be fer, but there ya have it. I'd love ta hang 'roud with y'all. That is, if'n I can keep quiet fer a few seconds ta let mahself git ta know ya." ZipFyre giggled and took another sip of her cider to calm herself down. It had been a while since taking up deputy-in-training that she'd been able to really get to know the ponies around her other than just their names and records.
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Post by heftydraugth on Oct 7, 2011 10:13:18 GMT -5
Oh its simple all you have to do is get enough water from a stone to cover that bit in that there glass. if you can, all the bits in the pot belong to you. The cost of single attemp is one bit: Hefty Explained for the thirtieth time and watched with a grin as the young unicorn wrapped the stone in a levitation spell and tried to squeeze water from it even bringing his front hooves to help after two minutes of grunts with a finall yell of frustration the unicorn tossed the stone back to the table without managing to get single drop from it.
Come on everypony the pot is 32 bits a easy way to earn those extra bits. Be you Unicorn, Pegasus or an Earthpony you can all do it if you just but your backs to it: Hefty had tried to fight the urge to pull this trick but seeing all those ponies bragging about who ?s the fastest and who ?s the strongest he could not help himself he just had to do it. It was perfect if nopony could figure out his trick he would get back some of the bits he spent and if somepony did figure it out he would get new story to his repertoire.
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Post by applecider on Oct 7, 2011 19:24:21 GMT -5
"Well I'm much obliged ta bring the cider yall. It wouldn't be right to arrive at a party without anything. As fer squeezing a stone, I don' think I can do that. Now if it was an apple, that would be an entirely different thing. But I'm not the strongest earth pony."
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