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#Post#: 1404--------------------------------------------------
Apple Thieves
DIR By: Brash and Carri
Date: February 17, 2014, 6:31 pm
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Avoiding becoming known as a new resident in town couldn't be
too hard, Brash simply had to avoid populated areas, living on
the edge of town in a seemingly abandoned home made this easy.
She'd even allowed Carri to live with her and pose as the home's
owner just in case. However there was the issue of food, which
came up immediately since neither of the two packed more than a
lunch when moving.
Brash had been preparing a plan to rectify this since she left
her home in Canterlot. She'd have to avoid the markets and rumor
had it only a small family ran the nearby farm. Surely she could
procure some apples from it and nopony would be the wiser.
"Carri, we're off to get some food!" It was easy enough to
convince Carri so long as Brash kept from telling her the whole
picture.
Brash ties Carri to the basket of a hot air balloon in place of
the balloon, and not long after they float over the farm and
Carri waits for her next orders. "Alright, lower me by those
trees and I'll fill this basket full of apples, then we go
home." Brash explains, sitting in the basket.
"Isn't this stealing?" Carri asks.
"No questions!" Brash barks, "How do you think one family even
uses all these apples? We're saving them from having to worry
about that as much." She nods and so does Carri, who herself
cannot think of any ways to use an entire orchard of apples,
forgetting that Brash avoided the issue.
Carri flies low leaving the basket by the trees, paying no
attention to stealth as she hovers above. Brash struggles to
reach for apples, not bothering to try and get Carri to adjust
their position.
#Post#: 1529--------------------------------------------------
Re: Apple Thieves
DIR By: Applejack
Date: February 25, 2014, 2:28 am
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It wasn't long before Applejack noticed the pony hovering above
her farm. Between something like that being very conspicuous in
the sky, and her having been working out in the orchards
alongside Darrus doing farm things, it was only a matter of time
until it was noticed by the cowpony. At first, she only watched
it in confusion, thinking maybe she'd just gotten stalled above
the orchard, or caught up in the boughs--since, apparently she
was carrying a basket tied around her with rope... But suspicion
soon started to trace her expression. Especially when she
noticed the other pony inside the basket. "Darrus," Applejack
called over to her pegasus friend, not quite taking her eyes off
of the duo. "Looks like we got... somethin' goin' on over there.
You wanna take yer wings up there an' see what's happenin'?
Ah'll meetcha over there." She then began trotting towards the
strange pegasus, a light frown on her face.
((edited 'cause I derped and misread.))
#Post#: 1538--------------------------------------------------
Re: Apple Thieves
DIR By: Darrus
Date: February 25, 2014, 7:05 pm
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"Huh?" Darrus replied, head poking out of the branches of one of
the Apple trees near Applejack after she called his name. He
looked around, finding some odd... what was that, a pony
carrying a big basket? Well, it was in the sky some ways away
from them. Huh. That ain't normal. Not from what he knew from
his work around these parts. At her request for him to go scout
out the situation, Darrus nodded and replied with, "yup, sure
thing!" just before he jumped off of the branch he'd been
balancing on and corkscrew into a glide sending him over to just
above the mare, him then hovering for a few moments. "You know,
I could carry you there if you'd like~?" The rusty red Pegasus
offered, him then assuming his flirty jest would be brushed off
as he laughed a little then sped off too investigate the scene.
Arriving not long after and quickly making his way up to the
pegasus and the basket she was carrying, him taking in the scene
quickly before diving down and Lansing heavily on one of the
larger branches of the trees the basket was by causing a few
loose apple's to be shaken off the branch and sent tumbling to
the ground below, this being done with the intention of
surprising and maybe startling the two ponies.
Why?
Eh.
Whether or not he was successful, Darrus would go on to greet
them with a simple, "Hey, yall!" which was weirdly becoming a
more common greeting for him to use these days... "What's with
the basket? You two get incredibly lost and confused or
something?" Taking a brief moment to piece together how they'd
been hovering near the branches bearing delicious fruit, Darrus
started to get the feeling that certain ponies were hoping to
get a taste of certain red delicious, something he homslf had
tried to do when he first saw the fruits. Hmm...
"Oh, wait, you two are visitors, huh?" He said, taking wing
again as he flew closer to the basket and grabbed the edge with
a hoof and started to fly slow circles to send the basket into a
bit of a spin, "that means you need to be given the tour. Well,
first let me begin by explaining that this farm was literally
the first thing ever founded on the planet," he was just messing
with them obviously, Darrus just keeping them there until AJ
showed up, "All of Equestria, and indeed the rest of the world,
grew around this place. In fact, the apple itself was the second
fruit to ever be invented. Yes, they were invented, by Celestia
and a cosmic being from space named Moredelicious who first
arrived to assist her with the creation of the cherry. Apples
came about when Celestia wished for cherries to be bigger and
crunchier. Today apples are grown at fifty seven bits each..."
#Post#: 1544--------------------------------------------------
Re: Apple Thieves
DIR By: Brash and Carri
Date: February 25, 2014, 11:32 pm
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Carri taken by surprise and still a bit unsure of the morality
of their cause, lets out a small yelp and slightly flails. In
the basket, Brash and the dozen or so apples she's gotten thus
far are shaken around, stunning her briefly as she braces
herself.
Then the basket is grabbed and a story unfolds, one that Carri
becomes fully absorbed in. Brash took this time to consider what
might actually be happening, the obviously fake story was a
distraction for sure. She concludes the stallion was simply
holding them there until backup arrived and with his grip on the
basket there was no escape, at least, not for Brash.
"Carri, abort the mission!" Brash commands, grabbing at a knot
at the corner of the basket and undoing it. The corner of the
basket lurches downward as the rope dangles free from it, "And
don't look back or so help me!" She gives Carri an angry
desperate look as she undoes a second knot.
Carri is taken aback by the sudden orders, but doesn't want to
get in trouble. So as the ropes unwind from her, leaving the
basket to fall, she takes off as fast as she can, and whilst she
seems panicked her speed is nothing special.
Brash hits the ground alongside a small bunch of apples, the
basket the falling over her, leaving her momentarily stunned.
#Post#: 1547--------------------------------------------------
Re: Apple Thieves
DIR By: Applejack
Date: February 26, 2014, 8:37 am
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Applejack glanced over to Darrus when he hovered nearby and
offered to carry her there, the playful offer earning a slight
grin and a shake of her head. "Thanks, but no thanks, sug. Ah
ain't got wings fer a reason, so Ah'm just fine keepin' mah
hooves on the ground." She watched him for a moment longer when
he flew off before returning her attention to the other pegasus
and her cargo, a brow raising slightly when Darrus began flying
slowly around the basket, spinning it at the same time. Better
than allowing them to fly off, she guessed. Then, when she
realized that the second pony in the basket was trying to untie
the basket from the pegasus it hung from, Applejack began
galloping towards them to try and save the pony from hitting the
ground. "Darrus! Get that pegasus!" She called as she ran, eyes
locked onto the falling basket and the pony inside.
Unfortunately, Applejack was much too late; she only arrived
moments after the pony had landed on the ground and quickly
lifted the edge of the basket up to push it over, just enough
that she could plant a hoof on the pony who'd taken a ride in it
to root her in place, grumbling a question of why nopony ever
asked for some apples instead of trying to steal them. To her
surprise, the pony was just a filly... But still Applejack
stared sternly down at her, hoof unbudging from its place on
her. "We don't take too kindly ta thieves 'round these parts,
pipsqueak. If ya wanted apples, all ya had to do was ask. Yer
parents know you were tryin'a take somethin' that wasn't yers?"
#Post#: 1554--------------------------------------------------
Re: Apple Thieves
DIR By: Darrus
Date: February 26, 2014, 4:50 pm
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"... which is why apples are used as the highest form of
currency within the kingdom of Mackledonia, as well as
considered an incredibly delicacy among the Mackrackles of
Mackledonia's main Wagomo tribe." Darrus felt the basket he was
holding onto shift its weights, it bringing him out of his
making up falsehoods and causing him to actually acknowledge
what the other ponies were doing. He felt the basket slip from
his grip when it fell, the pegasus trying to catch it as it fell
from him but only grasped air as it fell beyond his reach,
Darrus grimacing in worry then wincing when he realized he
wouldn't catch the basket in time. Seeing Applejack racing
towards what would soon be the baskets crash site, Darrus just
went with doing as he was told, the stallion spinning around in
the air and bolting off to catch up to the fleeing pegasus, it
not being very difficult as he sped up to and then in front of
her to cut off her escape. "Hey," he said before simply
following it up with a short "stop it." Curious if the filly in
the basket had been harmed, Darrus casted a glance in her and
AJ's direction before turning back to the younger pegasus. "You
two have some explaining to do, it seems. Especially since you
failed to show the appropriate amount of interest in the history
of apples."
#Post#: 1558--------------------------------------------------
Re: Apple Thieves
DIR By: Brash and Carri
Date: February 26, 2014, 7:53 pm
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"But I wa- Brash sa-" Carri stammers in an attempt to find the
correct pass-code for freedom. Knowing she'd see her defeat in
outmaneuvering another pegasus, it hits her that she was only
told not to "look back". But then she's suddenly gripped by the
thought of getting in trouble, would such a thing tarnish her
reputation? Collapse her dreams? And what of Brash? Would they
ever see each other again!? Carri starts to breath heavily, eyes
locked forward, swaying left and right, searching for the path
to a brighter tomorrow. Alas, she is out-winged. She hangs her
head in shame and begins to descend.
Belly up and pinned Brash flails momentarily to test Applejack's
grip on her. "Well, I'll have you know," Brash points a hoof as
close to Applejack's face as she can, "My name isn't Pipsqueak!"
She barks, then switching to a more 'regal' tone, "And my
parents fully support all my endeavors, even when they're
morally ambiguous." She then decides to take Applejack up on her
offer, clearing her throat she asks, "May I, have a lifetime
supply of free apples?"
#Post#: 1561--------------------------------------------------
Re: Apple Thieves
DIR By: Applejack
Date: February 27, 2014, 8:40 am
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Applejack just stared down at the filly underneath her with an
unamused, stern look as she flailed underneath her grip, not
moving at all or reacting much to her biting retort to AJ's
little nickname for her, nor when Brash talked about her parents
supporting all her endeavors. Probably meant her parents
probably didn't know. At Brash's question of if she could have a
life time supply of free apples, Applejack rolled her eyes and
shook her head as she said, "No. You cain't. The two o' you can
have one apple each--more if y'all work for it." She then waited
with her hoof planted on Brash, her attention held on Carri as
she waited for the pegasus to arrive. When she did, Applejack
spoke up again, her tone stern. "You her sister? Yes or no, you
should know better than to take things that don't belong ta you.
What do you two have to say fer yerselves? An' Darrus, whaddya
think they should be made to do?"
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Re: Apple Thieves
DIR By: Darrus
Date: February 27, 2014, 9:11 am
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Darrus followed Carri back to where her apparent partner in
crime was being restrained, the rusty red pegasus landing on
another branch of a nearby tree to watch the three others below
from above, more to just make it clear that another attempt to
fly off woild probably not get the younger pegasus very far. He
laid out and relaxed a bit on his branch when AJ started giving
the young would be thieves a stern talking to, him happy he'd
avoic such a thing back when he'd tried to commit the same
crime, but finding it a little entertaining from this side of
things. For a moment he considered elongating an 'ooooh' like a
school age colt then follow it up with a 'someponies got in
troublllllle' but decided against it.
"What should they do?" Darrus wondered alloud, tapping his chin
as he dangled his hooves over the side of his branch, "hmm...
Well, that hill over there is still ruining the vista," he
claimed, waving off in the direction of a sizable mound of dirt
and grass covered in trees, "and my jaw is still sore from
trying to remove it with that spoon you gave me... Maybe they
could be put to work doing that? Of course, there are also those
giant fruit bats that have been tearing into Apple trees lately.
Weird that they would skip the apples themselves and go directly
for the trunks like that, tearing them out of the ground and
flying off with them... Maybe they could help build up that
statue to Moredelicious further in the orchard? Or, if they
can't do the work, they could just compensate you for those free
apples they're getting, but I dunno if they have the hundred and
fourteen bits to cover it..." Darrus joked around, continuing to
try and mess with the younger ponies. Honestly, he didn't really
know what would be a fitting task or punishment for the fillies,
but he wasn't one to just shrug and give an 'I dunno', so...
Removing a hill with a spoon...
#Post#: 1567--------------------------------------------------
Re: Apple Thieves
DIR By: Brash and Carri
Date: February 27, 2014, 10:44 am
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The prospect of labor being able to relieve her of any real
punishment sent a gleam into Carri's eye as she took a seat next
to Brash, all she needed was to figure out something she could
do best.
"I have a proposition." Brash starts before Carri can answer
Applejack, "Carri here is an aspiring delivery mare specializing
in overly heavy packages and I am her manager." Brash proclaims,
"Thus I'm willing to lend you her one time services should we
forget this fiasco, and more after if paid in food." Brash
shuffles around a bit, "I will also request that I be released."
Such a plan would of course absolve Brash of having to do
anything at all, but Carri paid more attention to the part where
she'd get to lift heavy things around. Carri nods to Brash and
looks to Applejack awaiting the response with a smile that shows
she expects a positive answer.
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