Strike walked beside her and tilted his head as he thought. "One that overrides our original ones? I doubt it. If we got the cutie mark for that exact purpose it's unlikely we'll find something that could replace it. That's just my thoughts though. Why're you asking?"
Blank Flanks (RP Thread, accepting RPers on other thread)
#201
Posted 30 January 2013 - 10:29 PM
#202
Posted 30 January 2013 - 10:53 PM
"Well, if Discord's magic was irreversible, I would like to think I could learn a new talent."
#203
Posted 30 January 2013 - 10:53 PM
"Ah, really? What do you hope to do?" Strike asked, smiling gently at her.
#204
Posted 30 January 2013 - 10:57 PM
"Well, there is an unlimited amount of talents out there, I could do anything. This is a chance to have a different cutie mark!" Sleepy beamed.
#205
Posted 30 January 2013 - 10:58 PM
Strike's smile widened at her positive attitude. "Good to see you have a good mindset. I'm sure whoever you're with will be happy to take you."
#206
Posted 30 January 2013 - 11:00 PM
"What kind of cutie mark have you thought about?"
#207
Posted 30 January 2013 - 11:03 PM
"If anything I'd quite like to have my old one back. It's not the same having weaker wings than I'm used to. But if that isn't available... I guess something for taking care of somepony. How, I don't know. But it just seems like something I'd be good at."
#208
Posted 30 January 2013 - 11:06 PM
"You could go to medical school, or work in a daycare." she looked at her flank. "Personally, I was thinking something like a cutie mark in music."
#209
Posted 30 January 2013 - 11:09 PM
"I could do. And what type of music are you interested in? Instrumental or vocal?" Strike felt he was bombarding her with questions, but he found them quite easy.
#210
Posted 30 January 2013 - 11:13 PM
Sleepy smiled "Maybe even both! The possibilities are endless!" She started bouncing up and down excitedly.
#211
Posted 31 January 2013 - 04:34 PM
Strike smiled again. It really was great to see somepony hadn't given up. "Would you care to try it out on me? I'd love to hear you."
#212
Posted 31 January 2013 - 09:29 PM
Sleepy began singing, her tail swished along the ground as she sang sending a cloud of dust into the air. As she began to hit a high note, the cave shook. Sleepy squeaked as her voice was causing a cave in. "Run!" She shouted to the two. Sleepy started to fly and made her way downwards, farther into the cave. The rocks collapsed separating Sleepy from the group.
#213
Posted 31 January 2013 - 09:38 PM
"Sleepy!" Strike yells, trying to break through the rocks like before. It didn't work well, they were too tightly packed and more were coming. "Bloody brilliant." he muttered to himself "I make a good friend and already I've lost her." he kicks at a pebble frustration.
#214
Posted 31 January 2013 - 09:47 PM
"Strike! Quill!" she called, but as with Strike's voice hers didn't carry through the rocks. Wait a second, Discords magic has probably got something to do with this. She started to do the opposite of what was needed and started to place rocks on the wall to see if that would decrease the rocks.
#215
Posted 02 February 2013 - 06:48 PM
On Strike's side, a few rocks disappeared as if they had been teleported. He figured that this was Sleepy's doing, making use of Discord's effects. As soon as he could, he spoke through a hole in the blockade. "Sleepy, slowly make them into a little hill, that way mine get gotten rid of while yours make a path."
#216
Posted 02 February 2013 - 07:50 PM
Sleepy looked through the hole and gave Strike a nod, starting to angle where she placed the rocks. "Glad to see you're not dead by the way." she chuckled.
#217
Posted 02 February 2013 - 07:52 PM
He grinned back. "It takes more than a pebble to finish me!" He says almost over-confidently.
#218
Posted 02 February 2013 - 07:59 PM
An unstable hole is created in the rocks, big enough for a pony to slip through. "Come on, the path leads downward." She started to trot along the path.
#219
Posted 02 February 2013 - 08:15 PM
Strike nodded and quickly jumped through, bringing Quill after. He went off to rejoin Sleepy and resumed walking by her side.
#220
Posted 02 February 2013 - 08:20 PM
"So, what about working as a doctor?" she picked up right where she left off.
Edited by catopia26, 02 February 2013 - 09:15 PM.
#221
Posted 02 February 2013 - 09:25 PM
Quill just followed along silently, looking down at her hooves. She'd been completely silent to whole time, mostly thinking. And they'd solved most of Discord's tricks already. Normally she could've in an instant, but now she struggled to stay on one thought. Ugh! She smacked a pebble with her hoof. She hated this feeling. It was like her mind was constrained. She knew she could do these things, it was just...hard. She listened to the two's conversation about other talents they wondered if they could get. But Quill couldn't think of that. She'd always known her talent, and loved her books and magic. It was hard to think about doing anything else. She definitely wasn't an outdoor pony. Or how to work with animals. Her thoughts were cut off when she saw a bit of light. "Hey, look!" she said, pointing. "But aren't we going down?" Shed felt shaking under her. There was some crumbling, and a massive shudder. Her stomach lurched as the mountain turned upside down, and she tumbled out of the tunnel and outside. "Well. Uh, that works."
#222
Posted 02 February 2013 - 09:42 PM
Strike was about to answer Sleepy when the mountain turned again, expelling them all out. He landed roughly on his back again. "Today is not my spine's lucky day..." he mumbled to himself as he picked himself up. He positioned himself to try and at least soften Sleepy's landing if he didn't catch her.
#223
Posted 02 February 2013 - 10:04 PM
Sleepy managed to spread out her wings and pull up at the last second, barreling into Strike. She looked at him apologetically "So sorry.."
Edited by catopia26, 02 February 2013 - 10:05 PM.
#224
Posted 02 February 2013 - 10:09 PM
He placed a hoof on the back of his neck, rolling his head to click the joints back into place. "It's fine." He said, looking up to her and smiling. He jumps back up quickly, using his wings to manouvre himself back to his hooves.
#225
Posted 02 February 2013 - 10:13 PM
"Well, I suggest we round up the other ponies in town." She turned to Quill. "Do you know of any ponies that would be willing to help?"
#226
Posted 03 February 2013 - 12:56 AM
"We had a group in Canterlot library," she said. "But... I dunno."
((Short post is short. We need more players...))
#227
Posted 03 February 2013 - 02:17 AM
((Well, let's see if they are still following this.))
"Well, we better get a move on, the faster we get back to the mountain the faster we can get rid of Discord."
Sleepy took off running towards Canterlot but skidded to a halt a moment later.
"Do either of you know how we're going to defeat Discord once we find him..?"
#228
Posted 04 February 2013 - 04:37 PM
Strike hadn't thought of that. Then he remembered the others and what they were doing while he was gone. "I was only sent out as a scout to see where he is. The rest of the group was trying to find a way." he said this almost dismissively.
#229
Posted 04 February 2013 - 07:57 PM
With a nod she continued towards Canterlot at full gallop, watching Canterlot on the horizon.
#230
Posted 04 February 2013 - 08:18 PM
Strike followed, hovering above the ground next to Sleepy. He decided he should at least try to build his wings back up some, and this was the best way to do it.
#231
Posted 04 February 2013 - 08:37 PM
Sleepy finally reached the outside of the border and skidded to a stop. "Alright, you said the Canterlot library? Do you think they will still be there?"
#232
Posted 04 February 2013 - 08:47 PM
"Hope so. I don't know where else they'd have gone though, so it's very likely if not certain." Strike ensured her as he landed with a quiet poof.
#233
Posted 04 February 2013 - 09:14 PM
"Alright, it's just up ahead." Sleepy resumed her trot and went up to the Canterlot library. Opening the door, she cautiously called "Hello?"
#234
Posted 04 February 2013 - 09:17 PM
#235
Posted 04 February 2013 - 09:20 PM
"Hello, I'm sleepy wing. And in answer to your question, yes, we found him." She approached Spell and trotted inside.
#236
Posted 04 February 2013 - 09:21 PM
Strike decided to let Sleepy take over for a bit. She knew what she was doing, but he couldn't relax yet until the group trusted her.
#237
Posted 04 February 2013 - 09:22 PM
#238
Posted 04 February 2013 - 09:23 PM
"Did you find a way to stop him Spell Joke?"
#239
Posted 04 February 2013 - 09:24 PM
#240
Posted 04 February 2013 - 09:25 PM
"Agh, really? Didn't ya find even one clue while I- er, we were out?" Strike raised an eyebrow to Spell.
#241
Posted 04 February 2013 - 09:26 PM
"Well, um.." she trotted over to a pile of books. "Maybe we don't have to find a cure. What if, well, what if we learned a new talent?"
#242
Posted 04 February 2013 - 09:27 PM
#243
Posted 04 February 2013 - 09:30 PM
Sleepy trotted back to Strike. "I'm going to go and get supplies, I think Spell might be a bit busy.." She stepped out the door.
#244
Posted 04 February 2013 - 09:33 PM
Strike nodded. "I... think I might come with ya." He changed his target to Spell "Spell, we're headin' out for some supplies. See ya soon, okay?"
#245
Posted 04 February 2013 - 09:38 PM
#246
Posted 04 February 2013 - 09:39 PM
He smiles almost forgivingly to her, turning back to Sleepy and nodding to the door, indicating to her to continue.
#247
Posted 04 February 2013 - 09:57 PM
Sleepy trotted through the town streets with a skip in her step. "Isn't this place beautiful? I bet the night sky here is amazing!" she gasped and flipped around to face strike. "Have you ever seen the sunsets here? Oh gosh I have always wanted to see the sun set over the royal palace..."
#248
Posted 04 February 2013 - 10:06 PM
Strike smiled slightly and blushed sheepishly. "Not like this, no. I saw it back when everything was normal and I know a pretty good place to see the palace at sunset. I could take you there at the end of the day if you'd like?"
#249
Posted 04 February 2013 - 10:10 PM
Sleepy grinned and nodded. "Definitely." She hovered above the ground and flipped backwards in the air; Grabbing Strikes hoof, she pulled him up into the air and soared into the clouds.
#250
Posted 04 February 2013 - 10:15 PM
He yelped in surprise as she grabbed his hoof. He spread his own wings a couple of seconds later, flying alongside her and keeping hold of her.
#251
Posted 04 February 2013 - 10:17 PM
Sleepy laughed at his surprise and held onto his hoof, flying around him and spinning him.
#252
Posted 04 February 2013 - 10:17 PM
#253
Posted 04 February 2013 - 10:21 PM
((Ladies, please, there's enough Strike to go around~))
Strike smiled, regaining his concentration as she span him around. He ended it in a backwards loop, flying under her. He turned so his underside was facing her and he gave a cheeky smile and plummeted past the clouds.
#254
Posted 04 February 2013 - 10:21 PM
((oh so sorry about that, I guess Sleepy has to friendzone Strike then.))
#255
Posted 04 February 2013 - 10:23 PM
#256
Posted 04 February 2013 - 10:25 PM
((You can have the next one, I promise.))
Sleepy dived after him and landed on a cloud just as the sun was dipping low in the sky.
#257
Posted 04 February 2013 - 10:31 PM
Strike landed next to her, still smiling like an idiot. He tucked his wings back to his sides, silently pointing her towards the ex-Canterlot Castle. The sun had started setting just behind the hills near the mountains, casting the orange light over the kingdom. The mountain and palace shimmered in the evening light. "This has got to be the most normal thing I've seen for a while..." Strike muttered just loud enough for Sleepy to hear.
#258
Posted 04 February 2013 - 10:43 PM
((Yay! Chaos is starting on Spell!))
#259
Posted 04 February 2013 - 11:42 PM
Sleepy reached out a hoof timidly and grabbed his hoof. "It's so beautiful..." she murmured, a smile spreading across her face.
((Short post is short.))
Edited by catopia26, 04 February 2013 - 11:44 PM.
#260
Posted 05 February 2013 - 12:01 AM
#261
Posted 05 February 2013 - 01:14 AM
((Discord isn't going to directly interact with any ponies quite yet, Hax))
Quill wondered about the new talent thing. "That wouldn't work," she mumbled to herself. "Who'd move the sun and moon then?" But it was an okay temporary solution. Maybe. She looked out the window, seeing the sun set and the moon rise. "Well, at least we get one normal night," she said. A cotton candy cloud slammed into a window, turning it into bits of confetti. "Well, almost normal." The unicorn summoned her book again, but her mind was elsewhere. Could she ever get a new talent? She was all too familiar with her magic and books. She's never be a baker or doctor or something. She sighed. I'll figure it out. She turned a page in the book and began reading.
Edited by stardragon, 05 February 2013 - 01:15 AM.
#262
Posted 05 February 2013 - 01:16 AM
"Come on, it's getting late. The stores will be closing soon." Sleepy let go of Strike's hoof and flipped down through the clouds to land on the ground.
#263
Posted 05 February 2013 - 07:26 AM
Sleepy reached out a hoof timidly and grabbed his hoof. "It's so beautiful..." she murmured, a smile spreading across her face.
((Short post is short.))
((aaaw! ;u;))
When she had taken hold of his hoof, he had blushed very heavily. "Y-Yeah... It is..." he managed to resist the urge to embarrass himself further by saying 'Almost as beautiful as you.'
Strike nodded and followed, diving headfirst and landing next to her
#264
Posted 05 February 2013 - 07:29 AM
Sleepy giggled a little and trotted through the streets of Canterlot. She smiled and started to gallop towards the store, feeling the wind in her mane.
#265
Posted 05 February 2013 - 04:35 PM
Strike followed her again. He found himself unable to stop thinking about when she had held his hoof on the cloud. He remembered every aspect of her smile, like it had been burnt into his eyelids. And somehow it made him happy.
#266
Posted 05 February 2013 - 10:08 PM
Sleepy entered the store and took out some bits. She bought a tent and some survival gear along with canteens and dried fruits. After paying the stallion at the desk, she turned to Strike. "Do you think Spell is done?"
#267
Posted 05 February 2013 - 10:14 PM
Strike shook himself from his trance-like state. "I really don't know. She seemed pretty caught up when we left her back then, so it's kinda unlikely she'll have done by now. We can still check if you'd like."
#268
Posted 06 February 2013 - 12:17 AM
Sleepy shook her head with a smile playing on her lips. "Actually, I was thinking of doing a little research of my own. Ever since I lost my cutie mark, I've kinda had a heightened ability to see through the clouds." she grinned a bit. "And we could take a look at your options... if you're up to that." Sleepy looked hopeful.
Edited by catopia26, 06 February 2013 - 03:13 AM.
#269
Posted 06 February 2013 - 04:33 AM
Wheat Stalks trotted down the streets of Canterlot, carrying a load of wheat to go to the market. He couldn't help but notice a unicorn in the window of the library; He walked over and opened the door.
"Hello? Anypony there?"
#270
Posted 06 February 2013 - 07:36 AM
Strike smiled back, half-turning it into a smirk. "My options eh?~" He leaned a little closer and waggled his eyebrows.
#271
Posted 06 February 2013 - 02:27 PM
Quill looked up as a unicorn with a wheat yellow mane walked into the library. With a quick look, she could see that he, too, was missing a cutie mark. "Yes?" she called from her place in the library. "Can I help you?"
#272
Posted 06 February 2013 - 09:43 PM
Sleepy bust out laughing and fell over backwards onto the floor. After she was done she wiped a tear from her eye. "Strike, you know what I mean. I meant we look at nursing degrees and the type of education you would need to get a doctorate in medical sciences." she was still having a little trouble containing herself as she stared up at him.
"H-hi miss, I was wondering if you could point me towards the m-market.." Wheat Stalks looked at his hooves, embarrassed that he didn't have a proper excuse to talk to her.
#273
Posted 06 February 2013 - 09:50 PM
Strike kept his smile going, chuckling quietly. "Sounds like a plan to me. Maybe we could work on your idea too." He walked over to her and held out a hoof to help her up.
#274
Posted 06 February 2013 - 10:33 PM
Sleepy gladly took his hoof and got to her hooves. "You know, I bet you would be a great veterinarian." she started to trot out of the store
#275
Posted 06 February 2013 - 10:44 PM
"Ya think so? What makes ya say that?" Strike was genuinely curious. He knew he said he had wanted to help but a vet never occured to him. Besides, it seemed more of a unicorn's job since they have more precision with tools.
#276
Posted 06 February 2013 - 10:58 PM
"Well, you just seem like you could take care of animals pretty well. You're strong enough to lift them easily, you seem like the type to be pretty good with medicinal studies, you should give it a go."
#277
Posted 06 February 2013 - 11:01 PM
He smiled again. "I'll look into it. Thanks for the idea." He paused and asked "So how about you? Have you made any progress with which way you're gonna go?"
#278
Posted 06 February 2013 - 11:03 PM
Sleepy shook her head. "I don't know exactly where to start, but I think the clouds thing is something worth checking out." She exited the store and started hovered above the ground.
#279
Posted 06 February 2013 - 11:08 PM
((I'd love to get back into this, but if it's too late that's fine. If not, just tell me where we are and I'll put Paint back in the story.))
#280
Posted 06 February 2013 - 11:10 PM
((well, we're all in Canterlot atm.))
#281
Posted 06 February 2013 - 11:14 PM
((It'd be pretty easy to go back into the library with Spell and Wheat, saying Paint went out to explore.))
Strike hovered next to her. He could tell she wanted to do something with the clouds and he wanted her to experiment as soon as she could.
#282
Posted 07 February 2013 - 01:33 AM
"Alright, I'm going to fly up through the cloud layer." Sleepy handed him a paper, "I want you to write down a word in large letters and hold it up." she followed by handing him a pen. She clapped her hooves in anticipation and started to fly up.
#283
Posted 07 February 2013 - 02:37 AM
Edited by Haxorizer 1.4, 07 February 2013 - 02:50 AM.
#284
Posted 07 February 2013 - 02:51 AM
((sorry I forgot which one of you was, well, you. Don't worry, this ship is yours.))
Wheat Stalks trotted over to Spell. "H-hi I'm Wheat, Wheat Stalks."
#285
Posted 07 February 2013 - 02:54 AM
#286
Posted 07 February 2013 - 04:05 AM
"Oh, I was into growing magic for my farm; Made the harvest a lot easier." he looked over Spells shoulder at the books. "How can I help ya?"
#287
Posted 07 February 2013 - 07:19 AM
But just then, he sneezed, causing the others to look around for the source of the unexpected disturbabce
Edited by Night Breeze, 07 February 2013 - 07:20 AM.
#288
Posted 07 February 2013 - 11:25 AM
#289
Posted 07 February 2013 - 02:13 PM
Apollo sighed, was there nopony in this city that could help him? He had always been told of the amazing things they could do in cities, but never had he believed any of it. Now it was all making sense to him. Of course they couldn't help him, he knew what he wanted but not how to get it back. His head turned to look at the empty spot on his thigh. How could just not having that there make him so miserable? He just simply could not understand it, it was far too deep for him to grasp.
He had wandered around Canterlot for nearly the entirety of two days, searching for anypony that could help him, but none of the unicorns seemed able to do any of their magics on him, or just didn't know how perhaps. There was nothing that he could think of that would be of any use to himself. Everything was so dismal and gray now and he could feel his hooves dragging more and more as he walked. There had to be something, he thought, Anything! This is starting to get... desperate...
He lowered his head and, with a sad, disheveled look, continued wandering with nowhere in mind except until he found something that might help him.
#290
Posted 07 February 2013 - 04:25 PM
A word, eh? Strike thought. Well, she didn't say what. A mischievous grin spread over his face. On the paper, he wrote the word "Nice Flank!" and grinned, holding it up with his wings and waiting for her reaction.
#291
Posted 07 February 2013 - 07:58 PM
Sleepy was above the clouds, she peered down and focused, seeing through them. This is it.. Wait, a minute... she looked at the paper and blushed a little. She was flying down to give him a piece of her mind when a flash of light blinded her. She landed on the ground and covered her eyes until it was over. She looked to her flank and there it was, a cloud with a magnifying glass.
She started to jump up and down around Strike in a circle, tossing her head back and laughing.
((if it's too soon in the story for this I can change it.))
Wheat stalks looked at Sterling Hooves. "Hiya stranger." he gave him a nod.
#292
Posted 07 February 2013 - 08:06 PM
Strike sheilded his eyes when the light erupted from her, only daring to look up when she started laughing. He turned his head to follow her, smiling widely and laughing as well. "Well well, seems I predicted something here!~"
#293
Posted 07 February 2013 - 08:34 PM
[I realize my schedule is extremely unpredictable; so if anyone ever wants to, feel free to make a post as Sterling Hooves]
Meanwhile, outside the library; Sterling was very nervous because somepony had notice him, ad asked him a question. "I-I"m S-Sterling Hooves" he stuttered "I-I used to be a pharmacist before..." he stopped dead, as a couple more ponies came to listen he got more and more nervous. "I-I" he tried to start talking again, but couldn't get any words out. He ended up making a mad dash behind some bushes and just kept running from there.
#294
Posted 07 February 2013 - 08:45 PM
Sleepy hugged Strike. "We have to go tell the others!" she jumped up and made a mad dash towards the library.
Wheat Stalks looked at where Sterling just was and looked back to the others "Uhh.. He okay?"
#295
Posted 07 February 2013 - 08:47 PM
Strike blushed heavily at the hug, gently and timidly placing a hoof on her back. He nodded and smiled when she thought of telling the others, running alongside her.
#296
Posted 07 February 2013 - 08:52 PM
"Oh Celestia Strike, there's hope for everypony! Maybe a unicorn can take over the sun or the moon! Or someponies can take over the elements!" she smiled as she burst through the doors of the library.
#297
Posted 07 February 2013 - 09:05 PM
"A normal Unicorn?" Strike questioned "That seems a bit unlikely, but so does everything else!" He followed her through the doors, yelling up to Spell. "Hoi, Spell! Come and check out Li'l Miss Genius!"
#298
Posted 07 February 2013 - 09:13 PM
Sleepy blushed a bit but still kept her smile. She turned her flank to present her new cutie mark and did a happy squee jump.
#299
Posted 07 February 2013 - 09:34 PM
Strike decided he should explain. "This clever li'l girl here -" He paused midsentence and hung a hoof over Sleepy's shoulders. "Found out all by herself that it is in fact possible to regain your cutie mark, but for something else. Even if the way of finding out was a bit, uh..." He couldn't find the word to finish the sentence and waggled his eyebrows instead.
#300
Posted 07 February 2013 - 09:41 PM
Sleepy tried to contain a laugh as Strike waggled his eyebrows; She covered her mouth with a hoof. She moved a little closer to Strike though and smiled behind her hoof.
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