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Post by Twilight Sparkle on Oct 27, 2011 21:57:48 GMT -5
Darkness was mere minutes away... Twilight had gotten Rainbow Dash to carry her smoke machine around shrouding all of the square and nearby areas in an ominous, yet not crippling fog. Zathra stood a her side. They had just finished a series of traps all over Ponyville. Trip wires that sprayed green illusion dust, pop-up ghosts, zombie hoofs that would jump out of the ground if a pony stepped near, and so much more...
Twilight had learned ponies liked scares. At first she didn't like the idea, but she was determined to make this the funnest Nightmare Night yet. Twilight left Zathra for a moment to slip in her own costume and returned with her costume. Rarity saw her Starswirl the bearded costume and practically made her wear something else. "Well, Zathra, how do I look?" She came out, her coat looking paler than normal. She had a cape and fangs to match. Twilight wished she could educate the younger ones about Starswirl and other obscure unicorn history, but her friends all told her she would be laughed at, so she regretfully took whatever Rarity had on hand.
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Post by zathra on Oct 27, 2011 22:22:58 GMT -5
Zathra knew that twilight wasn't very fond of pranks and surprises, but neither was he, at least on normal occasions. But nightmare night was different and he hoped to show twilight that before the night was over.
He nodded and waited for twilight to get back, thinking about where all of the pieces to his costume were. When she got back he was more then a little surprised to see her as a vampire. She looked... cute as a vampire, but there was no chance he was going to say that out loud. "You look great!" Zathra smiled a bit nervously, hoping she wouldn't take it the wrong way.
"Can you wait here? I just need to get my costume". Zathra left for a few minutes before getting back. He dyed his coat to be a dark gray, and his mane and tail black. He wore a piece of dark body armor that didn't cover his tail, a set of metal boots, and a metal mask that had a big arrow slit for his eyes.
"So how do i look Twilight?" Zathra asked, his voice slightly muffled.
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Post by Twilight Sparkle on Oct 27, 2011 23:10:51 GMT -5
Twilight looked over to Zathra once he returned. He indeed looked somewhat frightening. "Well, you look just as scary as everypony else does today." She said still unhappy she couldn't show off her Starswirl the bearded costume. Maybe she could start a tutoring class to tell little ponies about these important pieces about history.
Twilight looked out into the fog. She couldn't see too far, but she heard a distant shriek as one of the many scare traps in the square went off. There were tons set up by her Zathra and the mayor. They were literally everywhere. She wished she could be there to make sure the pony wasn't too scared, but she was confident this was what everypony wanted; A scary holiday, and that's what she intended to supply.
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Post by zathra on Oct 27, 2011 23:28:34 GMT -5
Zathra was happy that he had made his costume "scary" though he hated having his mouth covered, so he flipped the mouth part down so that it didn't cover his mouth. Zathra heard the shriek in the distance and smiled at the thought of what may have gone off, but when he looked at twilight she looked slightly nervous.
Zathra figured she was nervous about the other ponies not having fun, so he decided now would be a good time to get closer to twilight by helping her see that the other ponies were having fun.
He wanted to know her strictly as a friend of course, though when he thought about it more, she was pretty cute... and smart... no! He quickly pushed those thoughts out of his head, he just wanted to be friends with her!
"Hey, do you want to go check on how everything is going in town?" Zathra smiled while pointing towards the fog.
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Post by Twilight Sparkle on Oct 27, 2011 23:46:26 GMT -5
Twilight looked out into the night. She could do anything if she put her mind to it, as she always thought. She suddenly put on a convincingly evil grin on. "Yes, lets go see how things are going..." She said in a scary voice. "How was that? Scary enough?" She said, now obviously worried sounding over her scary appearance. "Was it too scary? Not scary enough?" Twilight said as she began to walk into the square.
She took a few more steps foreword, and absentmindedly pulled a thread at her feet. Instantly, a green powder flooded the area showing various and very scary monsters. Twilight should have figured out what was going on as she had set that very trap, but she wasn't thinking straight at all at the moment. She let out a slight scream and cowered. When the illusion was gone, she stood up, embarrassed she scared herself, but then she laughed. "I think this Nightmare Night will be the best one yet." She said confidently before moving on.
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Post by zathra on Oct 28, 2011 0:15:21 GMT -5
Zathra chuckled a little at Twilight's attempt at an evil voice, not that the voice it self was bad, it was the questions after that he found funny. "Don't worry Twilight, that voi-" He was cut off as he noticed her cower and scream slightly. He was going to ask if she was okay, but after he saw the green smoke he realized what had happened.
Zathra noticed the embarrassment on Twilight's face when she stood up but was reassured that she was fine when she laughed a little and quickly continued on.
As they walked a little bit further, Zathra suddenly felt something under his hoof and heard a tiny *click*. Before Zathra realized what was happening a zombie hoof popped out at him. Zathra jumped back and gave a little shriek. Zathra then laughed and walked over to the hoof, giving it a playful swat before looking over at Twilight. "Well, looks like we've both scared ourselves already huh?" Giving a little chuckle after he finished talking.
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Post by Diana Van Brunen on Oct 28, 2011 15:33:20 GMT -5
At the mean time, Diana in her fancy Little Sister (Bioshock) costume AKA pink dress walked near center, in search of a good company non the less.
And suddenly, trip wire. Diana didn't expected to trip over something so she naturally tripped over it and rolled somewhere.
Something popped in the background, but in seconds she found herself lying on some button and SUDDENLY a big fake spider falls on her face and she with little cute scream throws it off her face and accidentally fires something out of her horn, which slams poor prop in the nearest wall with cannon force.
After what goes deep breathing.
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Post by Fenris on Oct 28, 2011 17:16:00 GMT -5
Fenris had managed get together what he reckoned was a passable costume for the Nightmare Night. Though on his case he really didn't need that much, his black coat worked wonders for such an occasion. He had a pair of sinister looking red eyes painted on the underside of his wings, the eyes would be hidden when his wings were folded, but clearly visible to those on the ground while he was flying. He also had dulled the metal covering his wings so that the eyes were the only thing you could see when he was flying. His tail was dyed black and his face was painted to resemble a skull while his mane was hidden by a hood of a black cloak that reached the ground around him hiding his hooves from view.
Maybe it was a bit cliched, but it was all he had time for, in between working in the weather team and at the cafe. It was also an act he had done quite a few times and was getting pretty good at, so would most likely have gone dressed the same even if he would have had more time to prepare.
He was now gliding towards the place where he had agreed to meet Twilight wondering about what the night had in store. The sun had set a few moments before he spotted Twilight standing around with a grey coated unicorn who was wearing a mask. He approached the pair silently and only gave a strong flap with his wings once he was few feet above them, folding his wings as he did so landing in front of them with a solid thump.
"Good evening... mortals..." His voice was considerably deeper than usual and it had an odd unsettling echo in it, he also grinned which caused the skull painted on his face to grin as well.
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Post by zathra on Oct 28, 2011 18:19:32 GMT -5
Zathra hadn't been paying very much attention, so when he heard the sudden thump in front of him he jumped back slightly, thinking he had triggered a trap. When he noticed it was just a pegasus pony who had landed Zathra calmed down. He had been distracted by his own thoughts about Twilight and how to deal with the new feelings about her that had suddenly popped into his head.
However this did raise a question in his mind, who was this pony? And why did he choose this exact spot to land? And why was he greeting them? Zathra looked over the mystery pony for a moment, he looked familiar, but after he noticed the hard to see braces on his wings Zathra had a pretty good guess."Fenris? Is that you?" Zathra took off his mask when he asked this.
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Post by Twilight Sparkle on Oct 29, 2011 0:49:53 GMT -5
Twilight had seen the shadow approaching in the fog. Was it Fenris? This was where they agreed to meet. She tried to calm her nerves. It was alot easier if you just thought of them as friends, and technically at this point thats all they were; Friends. Zathra confirmed her suspicions. "So you two have met?" She asked. "I didn't know." She wondered exactly how it happened.
"Anyway, good to see you Fenris!" She said cheerfully. She found that trying trying to be polite took her mind off... Well, right now any thoughts regarding the pegasus clouded her mind and jumbled her words. Her books tried to tell her to be herself, but it seemed like she could only be anything besides herself. Nopony ever showed feelings for Twilight before, so why would they now?
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Post by Fenris on Oct 29, 2011 1:36:48 GMT -5
Fenris pulled the hood on his cloak back revealing his mane, letting the grin turn into a smile.
"Yeah, I met Zathra during the storm few days back, we ended up taking cover under the same place. A chance encounter, so to speak." His voice was back to normal and he was eyeing Zathra's and Twilight's costumes.
Zathra's armor and mask ensemble was well put together, made by himself maybe Fenris thought. But Twilight's vampire costume really caught his eye, though he couldn't help wondering what she would look like when blushing now.
"Looking good Sir Zathra and you look rather fetching Mistress Twilight."
He smiled and winked at Twilight turning to look around him after that. The fog surrounding the area created a nice effect and he knew the effect would be enhanced once the night fell completely.
"You've done an awesome job with this place, the fog especially is a nice touch."
He then pulled the hood back up and turned back to the pair.
"So is there anything planned, or should we just go wandering about?" He then moved to other side of Twilight so that she was inbetween him and Zathra.
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Post by zathra on Oct 29, 2011 2:02:16 GMT -5
Zathra smiled seeing Fenris again, hopefully his presence would keep any and all of his feelings at bay, he'd have time to think about that later, now was about having fun!
Zathra noticed Fenris wink at twilight, he remembered that Fenris was fairly out going, but winking seemed like something you don't just do to any pony. Zathra shook the thoughts out of his head, he was here to have fun not think about silly little things that didn't even concern him.
Zathra suddenly realized that Fenris had asked a question, snapping back into reality. "Oh, um, i think we should just wander around" Zathra had a mischievous grin on his face when he said this.
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Post by Twilight Sparkle on Oct 29, 2011 2:48:20 GMT -5
Twilight subdued any blush that wanted to surface. Last time they met she was unprepared and very bashful, but now she was more composed. She did, however, return the compliment. "You're looking dreadful yourself, Fenris." She said, her tone taking a turn towards twistedly evil once more. She seemed to be getting better at the voice. She thought it was fun to do.
When she heard Zathra speak, she picked up on what he truly meant. "Sure, Fenris, why don't you lead? Im sure you would make us three look like a proper gang of ghouls..." She gestured him onward straight to a random direction. Little did he know there lay a camouflaged pressure plate concealing one of the many awaiting scares. At first Twilight was reluctant to set the traps, but she was starting to warm up to the idea.
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Post by Fenris on Oct 29, 2011 3:18:01 GMT -5
Fenris nodded and then headed to the direction Twilight had pointed. The long cloak and the way he had learned to walk made him look like he was gliding over the ground rather than walking on it, it had taken some time to master this type of walking, but he found the effect to be worth it.
He then felt something give in a little under his front hoof he looked down to see a hoof reaching at him from the ground. He instinctively jumped to the air beating his wings to gain some height. He landed behind the two laughing.
"That was a nice one." He looked at Twilight closing his eye and bringing his other eye closer to her.
"I wonder if someone knew such a thing was there..." His voice having gained the unsettling echo once more, but there was smile on his face and he was clearly not upset.
"It seems I need to more careful from now on, it seems there's a prankster on the loose."
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Post by Diana Van Brunen on Oct 29, 2011 3:42:40 GMT -5
In a few dozens seconds, Diana finally calmed dawn and continued her walking to the center or somewhere near the center of the square, after little bit of fixing her costume after the fall.
He pink dress now looked even more like real thing due to some dirt, big niddle were hanging on her back as it should have and in her mouth now were basket or something like what... for candy.
"Okay, let's not trigger more of those.. "fun" things" - Diana thought for herself after avoiding few other traps
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