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Re: At The Pool
By: Dais Clash Date: February 14, 2014, 9:23 pm
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Dais was starting to look exhausted already. "I bet" he replied
"All this treading water is wearing me out."
A stream of sparkles shot out of the tip of Dais' horn making
chime sounds as they went, falling lightly towards the lake and
gradually solidifying into a flotation ring around Dais. Dais'
forehooves quickly caught on to it, and his face immediately
looked relieved. "There we go" he said, mostly to himself "Much
more relaxing. Yeah, this sure is a lot better than the ocean
around Manehatten. You always lived in Ponyville, Curtis?"
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Re: At The Pool
By: Curtis Date: February 14, 2014, 11:07 pm
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Watching interestedly, Curtis raised a brow as Dais began some
kind of spell, only to chuckle and nod his approval, as the blue
stallion summoned a pool floaty in order to keep himself above
water, the grey donkey continuing to stay afloat without
assistance.
Dais' question drew a little sigh from Curtis, which was
accompanied by a momentary frown, as if the thought had brought
back bad memories, before the grey donkey rubbed his forehead
with a wet hoof, and then spoke up.
"No, actually. I lived in Canterlot for a few years before I
moved here. Let's just say it wasn't the ideal place for a
Donkey to make a success of himself." Curtis replied, his tone
making it clear he didn't really want to talk about it any
further, before he put on a small smile once more, and returned
fire with a question of his own.
"How about you, Dais? Always lived here?" He asked, voice
friendly, as he continued his slow laps of the pool, his head
turned towards the blue stallion.
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Re: At The Pool
By: Dais Clash Date: February 15, 2014, 8:32 am
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"Wow, a donkey from Canterlot?" said Dais intrigued, completely
missing Curtis' abrupt and obvious change in expression "I used
to hate that place, but now that my brother lives there... eh,
it's not so bad."
With a few swift kicks and the help of the ring Dais paddled
over to Curtis, able to keep up with him well. "I can totally
see why you moved to Ponyville though. I did too, a couple of
weeks ago, and not just because the job was open. Originally I'm
a Manehatten pony and I, uhhh, didn't exactly have many friends
there. My cutie mark essentially certifies me as good for
nothing. But it's like this whole town feels happier than
Manehatten. I can't explain it but somehow, somehow it just
does. So of course I jumped at the chance for a fresh start,
even if I was a successful librarian back home. But this - this
is the sort of thing ponies elsewhere don't even know they're
missing out on, right? Don't imagine they have any lakes like
this in the city anywhere."
Dais paused and reflected for a moment before snapping out of
it. "Tell you the truth, one day I'm even thinking I might be
able to run for mayor myself, though I'm not sure how much of a
chance I stand against Mayor Mare. I mean with a name like
that..."
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Re: At The Pool
By: Curtis Date: February 15, 2014, 10:35 am
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As the conversation once again returned to Canterlot, Curtis
sighed a little, but didn't speak up, just hoping that they
would change topic soon, his smile quickly returning as his wish
was granted, the grey donkey slowing his laps to allow Dais to
keep pace in his flotation ring.
"I think what you're referring to is community spirit, and a
welcoming and accepting town, Dais. I moved here a good few
years ago, and I've never once considered leaving. The lakes are
pretty great too, oh, and might I say, Welcome to Ponyville?"
Curtis responded, smile widening a little as they discussed the
intangible nature of Ponyville's particular charm.
"Hmm.. Dais Clash for mayor.. Well, I wouldn't envy your chances
for at least a few years. Mayor Mare's pretty popular around
here." Curtis responded, chuckling at Dais' reference to her
rather accurate name, as he swam to the edge of the pool and
slowly clambered out, shaking the water from his mane and tail
as he stretched and yawned, a little tired out by his swimming,
eager for a break, and something calm to cap the evening off.
"You said you arrived a few weeks ago, correct? You been to any
of the taverns in town, yet? Not that there's many." Curtis
questioned, quickly rubbing himself down with the towel he had
brought, having paused to think for a few minutes, of a good way
to cap off the peaceful evening, a quiet drink coming up as
probably the best idea.
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Re: At The Pool
By: Dais Clash Date: February 15, 2014, 6:58 pm
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"Well, I do handle all the name change applications, not that
there's many" pondered Dais as he pranced out after Curtis, his
flotation ring bursting into millions of tiny chiming sparkles
that disappeared as they hit the ground. "I just need to come up
with a good name. Hmmm..."
Dais' mind wandered before once again before remembering Curtis
was still there. "Oh, umm... thanks for the welcome! Can't say
I'm much of a tavern-goer but I suppose I have some time to
check them out. You got any you would recommend?"
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Re: At The Pool
By: Curtis Date: February 16, 2014, 11:34 am
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Humming quietly as he finished towelling off, and then curled
his colourful towel up and flung it over his shoulder, Curtis
looked up and smiled at Dais' reply to his welcome, pausing to
think for a moment about which tavern to recommend to the
relatively new citizen of Ponyville.
After a few seconds more thought, Curtis stomped a hoof in
realisation, before looking up at the blue stallion and grinning
a little more widely, as he spoke, voice enthusiastic.
"I know a really nice place in town, actually. I've been there a
couple of times, although I haven't visited recently. Feel like
a drink?" Curtis questioned, making a quick mental note to head
home and drop off his towel, first.
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Re: At The Pool
By: Dais Clash Date: February 18, 2014, 1:15 am
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(OOC: sorry for the delay, had a super important birthday to
celebrate :) )
"Sounds good" replied Dais "Tonight was one of the nights I'd
set aside for chair-building but I suppose hanging out with
somepony - err, somedonkey I mean - who knows about that kind of
thing counts for that. Lead the way!"
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Re: At The Pool
By: Curtis Date: February 18, 2014, 10:45 am
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Showing no offense at Dais' switch in wording, Curtis only
chuckled a little, speaking to Dais over his shoulder as they
departed, a small smile on his face.
"Well, I can point out where to find it, but I've got to drop
off my towel and pick up my bit pouch before I can head there."
The grey donkey commented, pausing for a moment to think, before
he replied, smile returning. "What would you say to meeting at
The Guiding Light in, say, ten minutes?"
#Post#: 1421--------------------------------------------------
Re: At The Pool
By: Dais Clash Date: February 18, 2014, 3:44 pm
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"Hmmm...." pondered Dais aloud. Activating his horn again there
was a slight flash, and then a map of Ponyville appeared in
Dais' hooves. Dais scanned it for a few seconds before looking
up triumphantly and magicking the map away.
"OK" said Dais much less triumphantly than he looked "If my map
isn't out of date I'll be there then! See you in ten minutes
Curtis!"
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Re: At The Pool
By: Curtis Date: February 19, 2014, 8:12 pm
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Eying the map Dais had conjured interestedly, Curtis smiled,
before turning and departing for his home, calling out to Dais
one last time as he went.
"Alright, see you soon, Dais." He called, as simply and calmly
as ever, before he focused on the road ahead, humming quietly to
himself as he made his way home.
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