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| #Post#: 2685-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Snatched | |
| By: Clair Date: June 17, 2017, 11:37 pm | |
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| "Of course not, Clair. What could be the problem with it? I'm | |
| pretty sure I saw at least two cute mares looking your way | |
| thanks to that neat little outfit~" | |
| "Did they? I couldn't tell," Clair replies to Clarity, pulling | |
| at an aluminum foil hat on his head. He's wearing a cape of the | |
| same, and they crinkle somewhat loudly as he rides Clarity's | |
| back down the road. It's loud enough that Clair's soft voice is | |
| barely audible over it. "But it makes it difficult to hear | |
| things...and I'm trying to figure out what a sound is." | |
| "What sound?" Clarity asks absently, not pausing as she walks. | |
| Clair pulls at the hat some more, trying to hold it still for a | |
| moment. "It sounds kind of like...flapping..." | |
| "Well why not? There are plenty of pegasi here in Ponyville, you | |
| know. With your ears, you can probably hear every one of them." | |
| "No, it...it sounds bigger and slower than any pegasus I've | |
| heard. And it's hard to be sure, but farther away, too." | |
| "Oh, okay then. Farther away. So what's the worry?" | |
| Clair doesn't reply, fussing at his hat some more while they | |
| walk. | |
| #Post#: 2687-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Snatched | |
| By: Asher Strings Date: June 18, 2017, 11:21 am | |
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| Running errands wasn't his most favorite thing to do, but it | |
| needed to be done sooner or later. Asher sighs to himself, he | |
| had to admit errand runs could get pretty boring without anypony | |
| else. He stopped at the bakery, not like he needed to be there | |
| but the smells usually brought him in anyway. | |
| A couple minutes later he walks out with a bag of freshly baked | |
| chocolate chip cookies, his horn glows a light blue as he plops | |
| one into his mouth. "Mmph." A pleased smile crosses his face | |
| while he trots along with his bag. In the corner of his eye, a | |
| shiny glow caught his attention. A grey unicorn sat atop a | |
| yellow mare, and was wearing...foil? That's a | |
| little...different. Asher diverged from his regular route to | |
| catch up with them. | |
| A moment later he caught up with them and trotted next to the | |
| two, "Hey, I'm Asher. I was just running errands..." No you | |
| weren't, all you did was buy cookies. "...and saw you two, | |
| figured I'd introduce myself." Asher looks over at Clair and | |
| smiles, "I like the cape." He hoped that his random introduction | |
| didn't throw them off or bother them. His bright and friendly | |
| demeanor could be annoying sometimes, even to his own sister. | |
| Asher quickly dispersed the negative thought and brought his | |
| attention back to the two. | |
| #Post#: 2719-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Snatched | |
| By: Sadowi Date: June 20, 2017, 11:57 pm | |
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| Quite some time had passed since the excitement at Canterlot, | |
| but even the weeks of playing chase and keeping just hopelessly | |
| out of reach from the maddened citizens the city on the hill | |
| began to grow stale. Under cover of night, a headfirst dive into | |
| the stream beside the gatehouse and a trip down the waterfall | |
| past some meanders brought Sadowi to the outskirts of Ponyville, | |
| and the unnatural fabricant crawled onto the bank just in time | |
| for the morning. Brushing off the excess water from his | |
| drowned-blue fur, he wrung out his mane and tugged his girth to | |
| position his sheathed weapons safely out of quick reach on his | |
| back, as nonviolent as he would care to be, and with a quick | |
| glance of his eye he walked towards the three closest ponies he | |
| saw. | |
| "Hallo, you three!" he called. "I'm Sadowi, and who might y'all | |
| be? How are you?" | |
| #Post#: 2723-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Snatched | |
| By: Clarity Date: June 21, 2017, 2:27 pm | |
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| "It's getting closer," Clair observes, still fidgeting. He turns | |
| in the direction of the sound, nearly falling off Clarity's back | |
| in the process, his foil accessories crinkling loudly. | |
| "Mhm. Sure it is, Clair," his sister replies, adjusting under | |
| him to make sure he doesn't fall, turning towards the blue | |
| unicorn who was introducing himself. "Careful," she whispers | |
| back before fixing the newcomer with a smile. Maybe she could | |
| charm a cookie or two off of him for Clair if she played her | |
| cards right. "Well hello there! What a fine day to meet a fine | |
| stallion such as yourself!" She gives him a wink and a laugh, | |
| her voice dripping with honey. "My name is Clarity, and this is | |
| my twin broth-" | |
| "It's coming this way, I'm sure of it," Clair interrupts | |
| quietly, turning again in the direction of the sound. He thinks | |
| he hears yelling now, too. "Clarity, could you look-" | |
| "Clair, don't be rude. Why don't you say hello to this nice | |
| handsome stallion?" Clarity interrupts right back, turning again | |
| when somepony else comes. "And this...this, uh..." Okay, she's | |
| at a loss as to what exactly the newcomer is. Does he just have | |
| a debilitating skin condition? Poor stallion. He should see a | |
| doctor. | |
| "Um, Clarity?" Clair is sounding more worried now. | |
| Clarity finally turns her head to talk back directly to him, but | |
| has no chance to say anything before a loud screech pierces her | |
| ears. Panicking, she whirls toward the sound to see a colossal | |
| bird diving toward her. A split second later she turns to the | |
| side and takes a leap, trying to get out of its path, but it | |
| knocks into her, its hind talons raking a pair of long gashes in | |
| her back, sending her tumbling along the road into the side of a | |
| building. | |
| She lies there dazed for a few seconds before grunting out, | |
| "Clair...you oka-" Clair. CLAIR!! He was on her back! She hops | |
| to her hooves, ignoring the pain and dizziness. The bird is | |
| flying toward the Everfree, a bundle of shiny foil and grey pony | |
| clutched in its talons. "CLAAAAAIR!!!" she shouts, then takes | |
| off bounding after it, making it a few steps before falling back | |
| to the ground, groaning. | |
| #Post#: 2741-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Snatched | |
| By: Asher Strings Date: June 22, 2017, 3:50 pm | |
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| Asher takes the compliments and gives Clarity a friendly smile | |
| in return, "Hi Clarity, you know it's funny...I have a tw-" He's | |
| cut off by Clair's interruption, growing slightly concerned at | |
| the grey unicorns reaction to whatever it was he was reacting | |
| to. | |
| He tilts his head in confusion when Sadowi introduces himself, | |
| Well I have definitely not seen him around before, must not be | |
| from around here. Asher disregards the stallions appearance and | |
| also gives him a genuine friendly introduction, "I'm Asher, nice | |
| to meet you." | |
| Before more words could be shared, Asher turns his head in | |
| unison with Clarity's towards Clair. Something isn't right he- | |
| Before Asher could continue his thought a loud and obnoxious | |
| screech filled the air, he caught a glimpse of a huge bird | |
| before being flung to the side. | |
| Asher couldn't recall the last minute but he woke up on his side | |
| in the road, surrounded by crushed cookies. ...my cookies. He | |
| frowned before clutching his side, he was still sore from the | |
| incident at the castle a few days ago. He had to admit he'd take | |
| a giant bird over demons any day. Clarity's yell tore Asher out | |
| of his thoughts, she wasn't too far away...just across the road | |
| but she was badly injured. He ran over as fast as he could once | |
| she fell onto the ground. | |
| He sat at her side, urging her to stay down. Asher stayed calm | |
| however, the casual tone in his voice made that apparent, "That | |
| thing took your brother didn't it? Hold on and stay still for a | |
| minute, you're not doing too good." His horn glowed a light blue | |
| once more as his magic enveloped Clarity's gashes, "It's going | |
| to hurt, but only for a moment." He focused more as he worked on | |
| closing up her wounds, but not before he patted some blood off | |
| with the paper bag that once held his cookies. Only a very short | |
| moment later, Asher sighed and leaned back. "You're gonna be | |
| sore but okay." | |
| #Post#: 2754-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Snatched | |
| By: Sadowi Date: June 23, 2017, 12:01 am | |
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| He was still a distance away from them, but Sadowi smiled when | |
| Asher's reply floated to his ears, slowing to a walk to take in | |
| the sight of a Ponyville different from what he remembered. Same | |
| place but different time with more and different ones to meet or | |
| work over, he became careless. It grew dark for a second right | |
| around him but stayed bright further away, and he looked up only | |
| to watch in awe as an enormous bird, one he could not recognise, | |
| dive upon and knock aside Asher and Clarity and make off with | |
| Clair and fly away towards the Everfree Forest in one deadly | |
| smooth motion. Before he could have even understood what had | |
| happened, the blue unicorn had stood back up and finished | |
| tending to the yellow pony, from what he could tell, and Sadowi | |
| resumed his casual walk to meet with the three minus one. | |
| "Looks like someone's in a spot of bother ... again," he | |
| claimed. "Will you be saving him?" | |
| #Post#: 2760-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Snatched | |
| By: Arabella Whitlock Date: June 23, 2017, 1:20 pm | |
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| A lavender noctral trotted down the street, black saddlebags | |
| bulging with groceries. In one hoof she held a list as she | |
| muttered to herself. The muttering, not to mention the obvious | |
| presence of her weapons, caused a few side glances thrown her | |
| way, but Bella ignored them. | |
| "Let's see... harissa zucchini spaghetti with kale, chickpeas, | |
| and poached eggs." Bella wasn't much of a cook, but this would | |
| be her first dinner living in Ponyville, and that seemed like | |
| something to celebrate. Hence flipping open her one, barely-used | |
| cookbook and picking out the fanciest sounding dish. "I've got | |
| spaghetti, chickpeas, zucchini, eggs, and kale... The only | |
| question is... what the heck is harissa?" She mumbled to | |
| herself. | |
| Suddenly, an enormous shadow passed over her, and her head | |
| whipped up in alarm to see a positively huge bird fly over her. | |
| And in its talons it held... a pony? She heard a yell echo down | |
| the street and she looked to see a trio of ponies a little ways | |
| away. Bella reacted instantly. "I've got him!" She yelled to the | |
| trio before dumping her saddlebags on the road, eggs rolling | |
| every which way. Bella spread her bat-like wings and leapt into | |
| the air. Beating them quickly, she shot after the bird and its | |
| captive. | |
| #Post#: 2763-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Snatched | |
| By: Orchid Date: June 23, 2017, 3:03 pm | |
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| It was sure nice to be back in Ponyville again. | |
| Lucid was feeling a lot better than she normally felt. There | |
| were no appointments today so she was going to head back to | |
| Nightmore to just enjoy herself. Unfortunately, her thoughts | |
| were interrupted by a large shadow overhead. She squinted to see | |
| what looked to be a pony in the talons. Unfortunately, she was | |
| so focused on the bird that she stepped on an egg which startled | |
| her and she tripped falling into the rest. The pony got up and | |
| tried to wipe the grimy substance off but looked back up to see | |
| a new pony chancing it. | |
| Lucid turned around to the group of ponies looking up. "What in | |
| Celestia is going on here?!" | |
| #Post#: 2783-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Snatched | |
| By: Clarity Date: June 24, 2017, 12:11 pm | |
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| "Unghhhh...Thanks, hon," Clarity says to Asher while he heals | |
| her up. She wobbles to her hooves and shoots a glare at the | |
| poster boy for skin problems. "Am I going to- Of course I am! | |
| What kind of question is that?" She stretches and takes off at a | |
| brisk trot after the bird, which is almost over the Everfree by | |
| now. | |
| She doesn't make it far, though, before falling to the ground | |
| once more, clutching at one of her legs. "Ngaaaaah! I think I | |
| might have...pulled something...Everything hurts..." She puts a | |
| hoof to her head and rolls back and forth in pain. | |
| When the bird crosses over into the Everfree, a swarm of razor | |
| hummers erupts from the treeline, flying after the large bird | |
| and its cargo. The bird pays them no mind, the wind from the | |
| powerful beats of its wings enough to batter them away and force | |
| them to regroup, searching for easier, smaller prey. | |
| #Post#: 2785-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Snatched | |
| By: Asher Strings Date: June 24, 2017, 12:31 pm | |
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| Asher watches as Clarity rolls around in pain, "You're going to | |
| have to take it easy, I may have healed you but rest is still | |
| needed. I know you want your brother back..." He frowns for a | |
| moment, if that was his sister he'd want anypony possible to | |
| help him get her back. There was no doubt in his mind when he | |
| decided he'd help the mare get her twin back. | |
| "Let's hope the batpony reaches him, but she'll need help too." | |
| He looks up to see another mare covered in eggs and has to | |
| stifle a laugh. Asher chuckles a bit before continuing, "Long | |
| story short...rescue mission." | |
| He levitates the paper bag covered in Clarity's blood in front | |
| of his face, "Well, this'll have to be a backup plan." Asher | |
| rips it in half and gives one to Clarity, keeping the other. He | |
| focuses as the magic enveloping it glows brighter, then fading. | |
| Both the pieces faintly glow a light blue, the glow fades each | |
| passing moment but never goes away. | |
| "Usually this only works with an item of the pony we're trying | |
| to locate, but blood on a paper bag is sufficient enough; | |
| especially since you share it. It'll glow brighter the closer we | |
| get to your brother, and it'll lead us to him too." The paper | |
| bag starts to wander towards the forest, but stops... waiting to | |
| be followed. "I'll try my best to help look for him, but the | |
| Everfree can be dangerous, I don't think you're in the best | |
| shape to go." | |
| Asher looked at the egged mare and Sadowi, "Sooo, am I going | |
| alone or did you both wanna help?" | |
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