Cruze struggled to lift a rain-laden plank of wood to a roof top with a hole in it, putting a towel over the hole and having it held down he flew inside to check the leak. Thankfully it stopped, "There you go ma'am your roof will hold over till this infernal rain stops." Cruze said to a mother who lived on the outskirts of Ponyville.
He braced himself before daring the rain once more, he stepped out practically blinded by rain as he saw a flame red mare rush up to him, "hey Lightning, I got the hole patched in miss Cheerilee's Barn. How's it look here?" She shouted over the rain.
"It's fine, it should hold until this rain lets up then I can properly fix it. Now if your done we'll need to check on everypony taking refuge in the town hall, then we will head home got it Pharoahnix?"
The mare nodded, and they set off towards the town center, standing far away they could see tents pitched up outside the town center, "What?!" Pharoahnix cried out in disbelief and outrage, "everypony is supposed to be inside! These flimsy tents are practically useless!"
Cruze nodded and together they went from tent to tent checking everypony until they reached town hall. Before they could knock the door opened up, Mayor Mare ushered them in and closed the door. "What is that… out there?" Cruze said quietly his quivering voice revealing his rage.
"Orders came in from Canterlot, we have only a few days maybe less to clean up the town hall… apparently some posh Upperclass are coming..." Mayor Mare sighed in a defeated voice. "I was forced to evacuate everypony from the hall."
Pharoahnix stomped her hoof, "Evacuate them! To what, their deaths!?" She didn't bother hiding her anger, "so let me guess, you got to stay nice and comfy indoors?" Her voice dripped with sarcasm laced with animosity.
"No, not even middle class is enough for them, they want this place for themselves. I have to live in tent city like all the others." Mayor Mare didn't even recoil from the harsh words.
Cruze and Pharoahnix walked with her outside, Mayor Mare gave them on final warning before they left, "Watch out you two, despite your arrest records I made the mistake of letting them know who my most reliable ponies are,I gave your names so be safe out there out there got it?" She howled over the rain before zipping up her tent.
When they reached their small room at an inn they looked at each other, "Somepony must pay, for if any of those ponies die to hypothermia out there, those Highnesses will pay a steep price…" Pharoahnix growled.
Cruze knew she was most radical of the two of them but he found he agreed if anypony where to die because they had been forced out, there would be hay to pay. he went down stairs and went about helping the staff at the inn, despite the rain business was as active as always, this place played double duty as a place to stay and a place to eat, Cruze just helped around the staff with anything they needed, all the while taking on any side job that the innkeeper passed on to him. So for Cruze it also served as a guild hall, of anypony had a problem they could find help here. That's how he found out about the leaks in the mothers home and about Cheerilee's barn. went back up stairs to cool off for a break.
((Mine is bigger?… woops, if you want I can do short posts in the future.))
Edited by Razored Edge, 23 February 2014 - 06:53 AM.