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Post by zathra on Oct 29, 2011 5:09:48 GMT -5
Zathra grinned when Twilight went along so willingly with him and his joke on Fenris. He gave a little chuckle at Fenris's response, it was better then he had expected it to be.
Seeing Twilight warming up to the idea of scaring other ponies on nightmare night made his mind go back to the feelings about her that he'd been trying to get rid of the whole night. Why was he thinking about her that way? He just wanted to be friends! The fact that it was getting so hard to keep those feelings out of his head made Zathra give up on getting rid of them. He figured that they wouldn't just go away suddenly, so He figured the best way to see if he really felt that way about her was to try and get closer to her. Zathra wasn't sure what to do, he'd never even had feelings like this about another pony, let alone tried to actually start a relationship with one.
Zathra mustered all of the courage he had, but was only able to force himself to give her a couple friendly pokes with his hoof. "Well, it looks like somepony is getting into the holiday spirit huh?" Zathra smiled at Twilight after poking her. Zathra was glad he had a mask on, or she would have seen how heavily he was blushing.
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Post by Sunset Joy on Oct 29, 2011 5:18:08 GMT -5
Sunset Joy loathed all kinds of parties, festivals, gatherings and soirées, not because she didn't want ponies enjoying themselves, but because being invited into such a thing usually meant wasting time that could be used so much better doing something actually worthwhile. Nevertheless, she was on a 'vacation' now, and having nothing better to do, she had decided to join the celebration, and perhaps get more into touch with the citizens of Ponyville.
She had prepared a white wedding dress for tonight, and had her black mane uncharacteristically fall loose past her shoulders. Her coat and the dress were covered with fake blood here and there, and underneath her eyes were lines of smudged mascara, giving her an uncanny aura that fit Nightmare Night perfectly. Trotting the streets she saw many other ponies, all dressed up as ghasts and ghouls and goblins and all kinds of imaginary characters. She remembered back many years when she had been a filly herself, going from door to door collecting sweets with her siblings and their friends. It had been a long time since her last Nightmare Night.
She arrived on the Town Square that was covered in fog. "How quaint", she managed to speak to herself not moments before she stepped into one of the traps, letting loose a swarm of imaginary spiders from under the ground. The mare beat the air with her hooves, utterly surprised and confused, until she realized that this was only a trick for Nightmare Night. She let out a quiet 'hmph' before she continued on her way towards a group of ponies she could just see as silhouettes amidst the mist.
It took her a while to recognize Fenris when she got close enough to pick out facial features due to the fog, and his disguise didn't make it easier, but his wings, despite the metal being dulled, gave him out. "Mister Firebrand. Greetings to you and your friends as well. Your costume is most intriguing. Well done", she spoke in the odd, although this night, very fitting, creepy monotone she always used. Her eyes jumped at his fellows, until she noticed Twilight. "Miss Twilight Sparkle", she bowed formally at her. "Sunset Joy, at your beck and call."
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Post by Twilight Sparkle on Oct 29, 2011 15:45:23 GMT -5
Twilight chuckled when Fenris triggered the trap. He hadn't been too scared, but he had been scared enough, and that was what she had aimed for. She responded "Yes." to Zathra, but it was from under stifled giggles. He poked her in her ticklish spot. She edged away for mercy. Vampires can't be scary with laughing uncontrollably. Well, at least she couldn't.
When the earth pony approached, Twilight wondered who it was. When she greeted them, she apparently knew Fenris and herself. Twilight was about to ask her if she had met her before, but then she realised it. She was apparently 'famous'. She had saved Equestria several times. "Hello, Sunset Joy. I see you've met Fenris before, but I don't think we have met. Pleasure to meet you." She said, still holding her devious vampire smile.
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Post by Fenris on Oct 29, 2011 16:23:59 GMT -5
Fenris was actually slightly surprised at first to see Sunset here, but after a moment figured that she was making best of her vacation and didn't think about things any further.
He had however gotten curious about what kind of reactions the others would have when startled, especially Twilight, though as she had been the one setting the scares, he felt it was unlikely for her to walk into her own traps. Then he remember that Twilight had said Zathra had been helping her, so maybe there was a chance for it to happen afterall.
He had moved around from the place he had landed and was now standing next to Twilight, with the three of them standing in a roughly circular pattern in front of Sunset. He then realised what this scene would look like to someone looking from the outside and started chuckling slightly.
"It seems our Mistress' army of minions is growing." He assumed his otherwordly voice as he spoke with a smile rising to his face.
He then made a dramatic gesture with his hoof, the cloak adding some flait to the gesture billowing towards the way he was gesturing.
"Let us go forth my Mistress, the night is still young." He was still keeping with his otherwordly voice as he gestured towards the other end of the square which was shrouded in the fog.
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Post by zathra on Oct 29, 2011 17:28:25 GMT -5
Zathra blushed when he noticed that his poking was making Twilight giggle, which he figured meant that he had accidentally tickled her when he poked her. That wasn't what he was trying to do at all! Though, she didn't seem to mind, which made Zathra feel much better, and maybe even a little more confident?
Zathra chuckled when Twilight thought that Zathra meant Fenris was the one getting into the holiday spirit. He was happy that Twilight was having fun though, that was the important part.
Zathra hadn't noticed that this new pony had appeared until she spoke, he noticed that he was getting very distracted today. That wasn't good considering being distracted at work could get him seriously injured, he thought about the burn his leg that had just recently healed. He also thought about the order he had to fill. He hoped he wouldn't have any other trouble after tonight, but there were just so many questions he needed answers to.
He snapped back into reality hearing the pony introduce herself as Sunset Joy. "Hello my name is Zathra" Zathra smiled awkwardly at the new pony, he really had no idea what had gone on while he was day dreaming, or rather, night dreaming, was it still day dreaming? He just given himself more to think about. Zathra had been so distracted that he just barely heard Fenris mention leaving."Oh, yes, we should" Zathra made another awkward smile, hoping that he had heard right.
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Post by Sunset Joy on Oct 29, 2011 18:47:35 GMT -5
The mare nodded at Twilight. "We have not, lady Sparkle, but your deeds are well known. Her Radiance must be proud of you." She let her eyes observe all of the ponies present besides Twilight. They were a strange bunch, indeed. "Well met, all of you", she greeted everypony again. Fenris' change of voice and odd choice of words caused the mare to raise an eyebrow, before she realized that he was acting a role, as ponies often did during Nightmare Night.
It really had been too long since she celebrated Nightmare Night. The mare relaxed visibly, no longer standing at attention. Though she was still rigid and formal, Fenris, at least, could notice the change in her pose, having spent time with the stone-like mare before. "Pleasure is mine", she fixed her eyes at Zathra when he introduced herself. She had an odd way of staring ponies, as if trying to see if she could make them squirm - her steely eyes were unforgiving and held no warmth in them. Combined with her choice of costume, this made her rather unnerving.
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Post by Diana Van Brunen on Oct 30, 2011 3:28:33 GMT -5
*Diana at a time were closing in on a group of ponies in town square and after some thinking she opened her book which were dressed like niddle right now and started to search for spell.* Within a few seconds she caste a spell and went towards them and... "Raaaaawr" - she more or less screamed, it was quite loud too, the spell was for that.
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Post by Twilight Sparkle on Oct 30, 2011 3:54:50 GMT -5
Twilight began to lead her group while at the same time trying to avoid traps. Suddenly, she heard an earsplitting noise. She jumped back bumping into somepony. She couldn't tell who because she was busy trying to figure out just what happened. Her ears were still ringing.
She looked around till she saw the shadow of a small pony. Two things scared her slightly about this filly. One was her costume. Second was there was really no other pony around, so she had to have made that yell."Uh..." Twilight managed, still dazed. "Are-... Are you the one who did that?" She said still trying to compose herself.
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Post by Fenris on Oct 30, 2011 4:12:30 GMT -5
Fenris had reacted by instinct to the loud noise which for him meant to start looking for the source of the noice. He had just turned his head towards the most likely direction of the noise as he felt something bump into him. He leaned away from the impact taking a step to stabilise both of them. He then realised that it had been Twilight who had bumped into him.
After recovering from the initial shock of the noise and the resultant bump, he started looking for the source of noise once more. The only thing he spotted, other than Sunset, Zathra and Twilight, was a little filly standing someways away from the group. He was about to say something when he heard Twilight starting to speak.
Fenris noticed Twilight was still shaken by the sudden noise, and who could blame her he was still a bit shaken himself, so he walked next to her spreading his wing lightly across her back turning to look at her.
"You feeling alright?" He asked then looked again at the filly before turning back to Twilight.
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Post by zathra on Oct 30, 2011 5:06:59 GMT -5
Zathra had finally been able to keep his thoughts on track, though he still wasn't sure what to do with them, at least now he had some control over them.
When the glass shattering noise had happened Zathra was just as surprised as the other ponies, but since he was more used to loud noises he recovered quicker, looking around to try and find the source, the only odd thing he saw was a pony who hadn't been with them, a filly, but instead of investigating her further like he normally would have, he found himself looking to see if Twilight was okay. Zathra heard Twilight ask a question, which showed she was okay enough to speak, but he still wanted to make sure she was okay.
Zathra hadn't noticed Fenris doing to same thing, so Zathra placed his hoof on the opposite side of Fenris's wing, and at the exact same time Fenris asked if she was okay, Zathra asked as well. "Hey, are you alright?"
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Post by Twilight Sparkle on Oct 30, 2011 5:39:11 GMT -5
Twilight was distracted from her own question. Suddenly she was surrounded by the two colts, both seemingly very worried about her. "I... Uh... No its okay, im fine." She said smiling nervously. First Fenris and now Zathra? She tried not to jump to conclusions, Zathra probably just saw she was hurt.
Still, they were both closed in on her. She felt warm on the inside, but at the same time very shy. Twilight felt conflicted. She wasnt sure if she wanted to retreat from the two colts or stay in their warm embrace. It was a little chilly out.... She decided to stay, if only to steal their warmth.
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Post by Diana Van Brunen on Oct 30, 2011 5:42:46 GMT -5
"Ow, sorry you need a little privacy?" - Diana asked a little bit embarrassed don't quite getting what is going on, and yes - already in her normal voice. The spell she used works only on one word or phrase so, no biggy. She did recognized Twilight through. Yes it was me Twilight, it is scariest night of the year after all! - she answered with some hesitation, after chewing up some time
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Post by Sunset Joy on Oct 30, 2011 6:56:36 GMT -5
Sunset observed the situation from the rear, noting the two colt's odd behavior around miss Sparkle. She frowned slightly, and then turned her attention to Diana, the loud-voiced scare that had caused Twilight to jump. She didn't say anything, comfortable staying behind the group. Her mind wandered, however, from all sorts of things regarding Nightmare Night to Fenris' and Zathra's attitude around Twilight. They were like a pair of schoolcolts. It was obvious that they liked the mare, even though she didn't seem to realize it herself.
The alabaster pony stepped forth towards Diana and extended her hoof, as per the formal greeting. "Pleased to make of acquaintance. This one is called Sunset Joy", she introduced herself to Diana.
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Post by Fenris on Oct 30, 2011 7:15:39 GMT -5
Fenris smiled as he heard Twilight's response, his smile widening when he felt Twilight relaxing. He stepped in closer to Twilight their flanks not quite touching, but close enough that the occasional gust of wind caused his cloak to brush against her legs as he wrapped more of his wing around her.
He briefly wondered if he was being too direct, but at least for the moment Twilight seemed to be content being where she was. So he figured that he should just enjoy the moment. He then noticed Sunset approaching the filly introducing herself to her.
Fenris shook his head trying to clear the ringing in his ears content to stay as he was, though his mind was racing far ahead. He shook his head again managing to get it mostly clear of the ringing and even getting rid of a few stray thoughts as well.
He then nudged Twilight's neck gently with his forehead as he noticed the fog revealing something.
"Should we sit down for a moment?" He was gesturing towards a faint outline of a bench at the edge of vision.
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Post by zathra on Oct 30, 2011 7:55:09 GMT -5
Zathra noticed that Fenris had placed his wing on Twilight as well, though Fenris didn't seem to noticed Zathra, had he simply not seen or heard Zathra? Or was he deliberately ignoring Zathra? Either way, seeing Fenris move even closer to Twilight made something spark inside of Zathra, oh no, he tried to stop himself, but it was like his body had stopped listening.
The next thing Zathra knew, he was wrapping his hoof around Twilight's neck/shoulder. Zathra prayed to Celestia that Twilight wouldn't be upset by his action, but he knew all he could was hope for the best. "I'm glad your alright Twilight" Zathra could stop himself from smiling, he really was glad that Twilight was okay, or was okay enough to lie about it.
Zathra noticed Fenris motion towards the bench that was now clear to Zathra. "Do you want to sit down Twilight?" He still wasn't sure if Fenris was even aware of his presence.
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