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In a small flower shop at the edge of Ponyville...
DIR By: Lunar Bloom
Date: July 30, 2015, 9:37 pm
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AN: I may have gone into full writer mode on this one. If you
would like some backstory, read all of it. If you don't care
about backstory, read only below the line. Thanks! :D
Somewhere nearby, an alarm went off. Lunar Bloom opened her eyes
quickly, looking over at the source of the obnoxious ringing.
She was temped, as she had tried time and time again, to try and
use her magic to shut it off, but she knew that it was still
magic proof, and she would have to get up. She lay in bed for a
few more seconds, before the ringing became unbearable. Finally,
she threw off the covers and walked over to the alarm. she put a
hoof up to it and gave the device a shove, which was more then
enough for it to recognize her hoofprint and turn off. with a
grumble, she walked into her kitchen, grabbing her coffee out of
the cabinet, and pouring some into the machine that would soon
be supplying her with liquid energy. She added some water,
putting the rest of the coffee back in the cabinet as she turned
the machine on. She grabbed a mug and slipped it into the
machine just as it began spewing out delicious coffee. She
waited for it to finish; but only just; before pulling the mug
back out and taking a sip. She wandered with her coffee over to
the back door of her house, the one that lead to her precious
flowers. She glanced over at her precious lunar shard, the pride
of her collection. After doing a double-take, she saw something
wonderful.
"A seed! Oh my goodness, it's been months!" She dropped her
coffee mug heavily on the counter, her excitement giving her all
the energy she needed. She opened the door, rushing over to the
mini-dome that held her most beloved plant. At first glance, you
would think it a plant at all. At the base, dully glowing
tendrils snaked their way around the faces of a crystal about as
long and wide as her hoof. Above that, they all collected to a
point, where they wrapped around a smaller crystalline mass.
they then moved upward in an arc, connecting more crystal masses
in an arc like a crescent moon. On each of the three outer faces
of the crystals grew a single leaf, shimmering from the frost
that coated it. It took years for a lunar shard to reach this
size; but this plant wasn't for selling; this one was the mother
of every other lunar shard south of the crystal empire. Hanging
from the very top crystal in the moon shape was a single tendril
that wrapped around a tiny crystal suspended in the center of
the ark. This tiny seed, once planted, would eventually growing
into another shard, ready to fetch nearly a thousand bits from
somepony. The shard only bloomed at night when struck by
moonlight, but when it did the sight just made her heart melt.
The leaves would fan out, and the crystals would all start to
glow a pleasant light blue, and the vines that bound the whole
plant together would have little lights that traveled quickly up
and down them.
Lunar Bloom shook her head; she had work to do. She couldn't
afford to open the dome up even for a second, so she had to do
everything with magic. First, she took a tiny pair of shears
that were always kept in the mini-dome and trimmed off the seed,
using her magic to catch it before it even took the tiniest bump
from falling. Then she teleported the seed a few inches into the
adjacent mini-dome, which was already at the proper temperature
and climate for the seed. She settled it as gently as she
possibly could into the snow, before pouring as much magic as
she could without passing out into the seed. She was certainly
no A-Class Mage, infact, she ranked at a high C, so it didn't
amount to much, but she had just enough magic left after
teleporting it to get it to latch onto the surrounding
landscape. With a long sigh, she slumped to the ground,
exhausted. She had other plant to take care of, but first, she
needed a break. She stayed there for a few minutes, smiling
happily as she though about her precious plant.
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Eventually, however, she willed herself to stand up, go back
into her house, and get the rest of her coffee. She then walked
through the bio-dome, into her shop, and flipped the sign at the
front to 'open' before going back in and tending to the other
plants. None of them were quite as rare or fragile as the lunar
shard, and she had become adept at it all. Soon, she had a few
of the more hardy ones ready for display in her shop, and the
ones that were ready for sale but didn't want to get moved too
much got a touch-up, encase she did sell some. She carefully
carried the first bunch into her shop, placing them on shelves
and on the counter for ponies to see. Then, she sat down in her
chair to wait.
#Post#: 67--------------------------------------------------
Re: In a small flower shop at the edge of Ponyville...
DIR By: Lunar Bloom
Date: August 3, 2015, 3:52 pm
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As the minutes ticked by, slowly turning into hours, and still
the door never opened. It wasn't terribly uncommon for her store
to not see a customer all day; after all, it wasn't exactly your
average flower shop. Still, sitting around all day was hard, are
Lunar often failed to make it through the whole day consciously.
Sometimes in the late morning, after doing another check all on
the plants in the greenhouse, she nodded off in her chair. The
next thing she knew, she was waking up to the sound of the bell
above the door ringing. She shook her head, and did her best to
focus on the pony that had just entered. It was a gray mare, an
earthpony. Judging by the way she carried herself, likely from a
high-middle class family, probably from a big city like
Canterlot. However, she didn't seem to be dressed to impress, as
they say, and Lunar's hope of the mare being wealthy enough for
some of the store's more expensive flowers vanished. Regardless,
she stood up with a warm smile.
"Hi, and welcome to 'The Lunar Exotic Flower Shoppe'. How can a
help a fine mare such as yourself today?" She asked, her smile
never faltering.
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Re: In a small flower shop at the edge of Ponyville...
DIR By: Octavia Melody
Date: August 3, 2015, 4:12 pm
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Octavia trotted off the train platform, looking around. She had
visited Ponyville on several occasions, but never for this
particular one, nor for this shop. She wasn't sure where it was,
exactly, but she was told she would know it when she saw it.
However, that still left her with the whole town to search. She
would never actually do it, but sometimes she just wanted to
slap her clients when they made silly demands and gave too
little information. She shook her head, looking around for
somepony who could possibly give her directions. She spied a
brown stallion with a short mane and tail at the end of a nearby
street, walking determinedly.
"He'll do nicely." She said, trotting over.
"Um, Sir? Excuse me, but I was wondering if I could get
directions to 'The Lunar Exotic Flower Shoppe', I was told it
was here in Ponyville." She said, stopping just in front of his
with a smile. He paused, looked at her in what only could be
described as confusion, before his face lit up as though he had
remembered something important.
"Directions? OH! Directions, why, yes, of course. I think it's
down that street there, all the way at the end, on the right."
He said as he pointed to a street that ran along the edge of the
town, before continuing on as though nothing had happened.
"Er, thanks!" She yelled after him as he disappeared rapidly.
She made her way as he had directed, and to her slight surprise,
it was actually where he said it would be. And she certainly
couldn't have missed it. She pushed open the door, heading
inside. Behind the counter sat a very light blue unicorn mare,
who appeared to be asleep. Before Octavia could say anything,
however, the mare woke with a start, shook her head, and stood.
"Hi, and welcome to 'The Lunar Exotic Flower Shoppe'. How can a
help a fine mare such as yourself today?" She said with a smile.
Octavia blushed slightly, before giggling and clearing her
throat.
"Hi. I'm looking for Orchestral flowers, do you have any in
stock? I was told this was the only place in Ponyville that sold
them, so I really hope so because otherwise my trip would be a
waste and that's bad." She rambling, still a little flustered by
the mare's compliment.
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Re: In a small flower shop at the edge of Ponyville...
DIR By: Lunar Bloom
Date: August 5, 2015, 1:21 pm
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Lunar giggled at the mare, who clearly was having a hard time.
She had never seen a pony get so worked up over her usual
greeting, and she figured this mare in particular probably just
didn't get out a lot.
"Orchestral flowers? I think so, yes. What color would you like?
I've got white, blue, violet, and green." She responded, getting
back into a more professional demeanor. She had seen a number of
different kinds of ponies in her day, so she knew that while
this mare was, judging from her cutie mark, a musician, she
didn't want the flowers for herself, nor did she want to be
getting flowers at all. Which left a number of conclusions, of
which Lunar picked the most obvious.
"I assume your client wanted a particular color, for some sort
of event I presume. Judging by their choice in flower, I'm
guessing... Wedding?" Lunar asked, her curiosity peaking a bit.
Suddenly, it occurred to her that she was prying, and her ears
drooped.
"Right, sorry, it's none of my business." She said.
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Re: In a small flower shop at the edge of Ponyville...
DIR By: Octavia Melody
Date: August 5, 2015, 1:29 pm
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Octavia opened her mouth to respond with the color, when the
sales-pony spoke up again.
"I assume your client wanted a particular color, for some sort
of event I presume. Judging by their choice in flower, I'm
guessing... Wedding?" She asked, her ears perking up and
curiosity showing on her face. Octavia reeled back slightly,
shocked that this mare could read her so well. Again, she opened
her mouth to respond, but before she could formulate a response,
the unicorn cut her off.
"Right, sorry, it's none of my business." She said, her ears and
tail hanging a little lower. Octavia blinked a few times, trying
to process everything. Eventually, she shook her head, as if to
reset her brain.
"You spend a lot of time on your own, don't you?" Octavia asked
with a chuckle.
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Re: In a small flower shop at the edge of Ponyville...
DIR By: Lunar Bloom
Date: August 5, 2015, 1:33 pm
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Lunar couldn't help but laugh, the gray mare had definitely
called her on that one.
"Yeah, how'd you know?" She asked, smiling at the mare.
#Post#: 76--------------------------------------------------
Re: In a small flower shop at the edge of Ponyville...
DIR By: Octavia Melody
Date: August 5, 2015, 1:39 pm
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"Because I'm the same way when I meet new ponies, you just beat
me to it this time. Anyway, let's see. White, and yes it's for a
wedding. First my client has the nerve to tell me to get the
flowers, then all he gave for directions to this place were,
'Oh, it's in Ponyville somewhere, you'll know it when you see
it.' And that's probably because of the sign, not any
distinguishing features. Ugh, stallions. Can't stand them."
Octavia said, suddenly feeling very open with this mare, for
whatever reason. Which would probably turn out to be a mistake,
but what's done is done.
#Post#: 77--------------------------------------------------
Re: In a small flower shop at the edge of Ponyville...
DIR By: Lunar Bloom
Date: August 5, 2015, 1:51 pm
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Lunar nodded understandingly. She wasn't sure why the mare was
telling her all of this, but connecting with customers was an
excellent way to make sure they came back and bought more.
"Ah, I see. Yes, stallions can be troublesome, not like us
mares." She giggled as she listened to herself. She wasn't
really the type to lean one way or the other, but she did find
that mares were generally more competent when it came to
flowers, which was a plus in her mind.
"Oh, and how many would you like?" She asked, trying to focus on
the sale.
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Re: In a small flower shop at the edge of Ponyville...
DIR By: Octavia Melody
Date: August 5, 2015, 2:02 pm
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"Not like us mares..." Octavia echoed, thoughts of her father
coming to mind. She shook her head again, chasing away
unpleasant memories.
"Right, back to business. Three dozen would be great, but if you
don't have that many, then the closest multiple of three to
that." She said, automatically doing the math for the nearest
amounts in her head.
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Re: In a small flower shop at the edge of Ponyville...
DIR By: Lunar Bloom
Date: August 7, 2015, 8:45 pm
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"I can get you... 30. Will that do?" Lunar asked, turning
slightly toward the door of her greenhouse, but waiting for
confirmation from the mare first. She had 32 total since she got
them in pairs and she had just gotten a set at the beginning of
the week, but the mare said multiples of three, so that left 2
for other customers.
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