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#Post#: 3935--------------------------------------------------
NN: Something Sweet to Bite
By: Lamplight Date: October 25, 2014, 12:20 am
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Lamplight steps out the door of the Guiding Light, taking a deep
breath of the crisp evening air. The night was only just
beginning, and already she could detect the delicious scent of a
variety of baked goods being set out by vendors, the perfect
snack for the crowds of ponies who would be out celebrating. A
wide smile curls the orange mare's lips. Nightmare Night! When
ponies of all ages dress up and go out into the night to party
or in search of candy treats. She's no different, of course,
dressed in a long black coat and wide brimmed hat. A goggled,
beaked mask would complete the look, once she puts it on. For
now though, it just hangs at her neck. She glances back at the
inn for a moment. It was closed for now, but later in the night
she'll be hosting a party. But first she wants to go out and
have some fun, take part in whatever games there may be, maybe
enter a costume contest. She doubts she'll win anything, even
now she can see some ponies with more impressive costumes than
her own. It'd still be fun though. Turning her back on the
tavern, she pulls the mask up to her face and sets off into the
night with a spring in her step.
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Re: NN: Something Sweet to Bite
By: Resin Date: October 25, 2014, 4:21 pm
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"Trick or treeeeeeat~!" a group of early going colts and fillies
sing songed another house as their hunt for candy was being
kicked off to a strong start, the mare they'd half asked half
threatened with the promise of tricks chuckling and using her
magic to float over a hoofful of candy to distribute amongst the
young ponies. A little mummy got himself a few pieces of bubble
gum, a mad scientist got a couple fun sized candy bars, a lazier
colt dressed as a "good student" carrying just a backpack as a
costume got a small mint chocolate coin, so on and so forth. All
the while the mare had short little exchanges between the
youngins about their costumes, how well their nights had gone so
far and what they were hoping to accomplish before the night was
out, some hoping to amass a years worth of candy others talking
about keeping an eye out for the Princess of the Night and
others still almost letting slip plans to cause al kinds of
chaos once they had been fueled with enough sugar. All went
smoothly up till the last pony had stepped up to receive his
fair share of the goods, the colt having been lingering a bit
behind as he hadn't actually been a part of the click that was
patrolling and instead was just sort of tagging along to skim
some candy without having to knock on the door by himself.
His costume was an odd combo of cheap and clear effort being
made. The body of the young pony was covered by a mere sheet
with a few holes cut out here and there, the most bare bones
attempt anypony could make towards a ghost costume if that was
their intention, but his face was actually spooky mostly due to
the mask he wore. It was just a simple piece of canvas cut out
then stuck to a piece of board - most likely cardboard - then
tied around his head with a piece of string. Again, really
simple, but it was the artwork that was selling it, a
legitimately spooky, in a fun way, face of a ghoul lookin
creature in mid moan, special detail taken for the small things
to add to the spook factor. It was better artwork for a mask
than anypony could really find in the average costume shop, but
the rest of the costume screamed having either forgotten about
the rest of the costume or merely run out of time before he
could finish it.
His bag, unlike the other ponies before him, had a heavier item
thud into his bag that hit with almost enough weight to pull the
pillow case he was using out of his hooves and fall to the
ground. After a quick clarification over how he had made the
mask himself, the mare gave him and the rest of the group a wish
for a fun evening before returning back inside and leaving the
foals to celebrate their newly gotten goods. Needless to say,
the masked pony was a bit confused about what he'd been given,
him trotting a short distance away and rummaging through his bag
while the other kids left to continue on with their candy hunt.
It didn't take him long to find, his bag still being pretty
empty this early on, and in moments he was holding up a gray
object in his hoof, nhis other hoof being used to pull up his
mask so he could see better, a tan muzzle poking out of a larger
hole cut into the sheet for candy tasting purposes while two
brown eyes peeked out from smaller holes cut just above the
larger one.
"... I got a rock?" the colt wondered aloud, a sudden surge of
confusion mingled with theories galloping through his mind as he
tried to make sense of this. No. He couldn't have literally just
been given a rock in place of candy after seeing other ponies
get away with chocolate and bubble gum. A few seconds were spent
examining the rock, it being turned over and over in his hooves
as he hummed and narrowed his eyes at the strange acquisition.
... Maybe it had been a mistake? Or some kind of joke he wasn't
catching on to? Should he go back and ask? Nah, he'd look silly
going back to the house to question that durn adult about this
wrench she'd thrown into the workings of his young mind. Had he
been a more mischievous pony, surely the colt would have begun
to consider the idea of egging a house or two as revenge for
this transgression.
Then he got an idea. An idea that he would have neeeeeeeever
acted on had he actually been out with a group of friends or
others that could have seen and teased him over it. Slowly,
carefully, and eventually hesitantly, the young pony started to
stick his tongue out and bring the rock closer to his mouth, his
face slowly twisting up in anticipation for the possibility of
grussness coming right for his taste buds as it inched closer.
And then his tongue met the rock and...!
It tasted sweet. Like candy. It took a couple seconds for it to
click, his tongue taking an experimental lick of the rock before
retracting back into his mouth to savor the taste better. A rock
that tasted lik-ooooooooooooooooooh!
Oooooooooooooh!
Rock candy.
Hilarious.
Resin felt silly as he dropped the rock back into his bag and
surveyed his surroundings, keeping an eye out for any other
groups of kids going from door to door that he could mix in
with. Gosh darn it. Not having any friends yet in town really
was making this Nightmare Night tricky when it came to avoiding
embarrassment. Would just be awkward to go up to doors by
himself, no matter how nice the ponies in this town were, and
sure he was recognizing colts and fillys from his class beneath
the costumes and make up every now and then, but he still wasn't
sure if he knew any of them well enough to ask if he could hang
out with them for candy gathering good times.
Hmm... Maybe he should just go back to the shop and suffer
through his parent's boring adult party that would be going on
soon... Least he was sure they would have cake, but that would
be so laaaaaaame...
No! He would at least fill up his pillow case with a respectable
amount of candy first! No matter how tricky it would be! And
afterwards he would go to the main festivities in town once all
the games and junk started!
Determined, Resin used one of his hooves to flip his mask back
down into its place before hefting his light and barely filled
bag up and over his shoulder so he could trot onwards.
#Post#: 3943--------------------------------------------------
Re: NN: Something Sweet to Bite
By: Brash and Carri Date: October 25, 2014, 7:13 pm
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Carri, whom flies over the streets of Ponyville, is dressed as a
storm cloud... using an actual storm cloud. Her head, hooves,
wings, and tail stick out from the cloud and she holds below
herself a six-foot pole which strands of lightning run down and
into Brash's costume.
Brash is dressed as the classic Frakenpony with a mechanical
twist. Wearing bronze bolted armor with two much larger bolts at
her neck guard. Her head an tail being the only unarmored parts
of her, she has makeup of a long stretch of stitches going down
the left side of her face and along the base of her right ear
which has been dyed green. As lightning runs into the costume it
exudes steam from its joints.
The armor being too heavy for Brash to actually move in, a
series of wheels are installed in the base of the armored hooves
that allow Carri to wheel Brash around town with the pole
attached at the back of the armor.
"Now let's go win a competition so these ponies will know who's
superior." Brash remarks as Carri wheels her to a house.
Being too far in the air to knock and not wanting to let go of
the pole Carri opts to lightly swing Brash into the door, which
ends with a *bang!* The dazed Brash does her best to keep her
composure as a mare answers the door dressed in a timber wolf
costume.
"Trick or treat!" Carri chimes from above while Brash grunts in
disapproval.
Seeming to think Brash had said the words the mare happily
deposits a variety of small candies into the bucket that hangs
around Brash's neck and wishes her a happy Nightmare Night
before closing the door.
Carri cheerfully turns Brash around and wheels her back out into
the streets as her quest for candy continues.
#Post#: 3956--------------------------------------------------
Re: NN: Something Sweet to Bite
By: Dark Date: October 29, 2014, 9:23 am
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Dark Matter shambles out of his house, calling a cheerful
goodbye to his uncle. Each lurching step he takes marks the
ground for a moment, glowing the same sickly green as his eyes
beneath his cowl. He was rather proud of that effect; it had
taken him days to get it down to where he didn't have to
concentrate on it every step he took.
He adjusts the neckline of his cloak, bewitched tonight to black
with a solid golden trim. It's chilly tonight, but the heat of a
crowd and friendly company will make it easy to forget it's not
still summer. He makes his way towards the square where the
festivities will take place; maybe the apple bobbing is already
set up.
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Re: NN: Something Sweet to Bite
By: Ryo Date: October 29, 2014, 3:53 pm
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Ryo closed the front door of her little house, that was
decorated in a quite spooky manner, but also quite clearly with
secondhand stuff bought from somepony's yard sale. She thought
it looked good though. There was a sign, that had few fake
spiders hanging from it that read "STAY AWAY!" with red, fake
blood. Ryo was hoping that that would keep the trick-or-treaters
away, as there was obviously not gonna be anypony home tonight.
Ryo's costume was, however more impressive than her house
decorations. She had spotted a pile of old comics about
Supermare on the same yard sale she found the decorations from,
and after deciding to buy them and give them a try, she had
really enjoyed the comics. This was visible from her costume,
that almost perfectly resembled the outfit Supermare wears in
the comics. A white, spandex bodysuit, golden shoulder pad with
red cape, tool belt with replica gadgets, and blue boots. The
only thing missing was the iconic mask, as she had not been able
to find one, and didn't have time to make one. This has lead her
to remove the big golden "S" on the front of the suit, and
replace it with a glowing light blue "R".
Ryo headed towards the town hall, hoping that she would get some
kind of instructions for the night from there. Like where all
the attractions were, and where she could attend the costume
competition, though that one was still undecided on. After
getting there, and after asking around a bit, Ryo headed towards
the main stage of the event, where all the games and attractions
were scattered around to.
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Re: NN: Something Sweet to Bite
By: Ivory Star Date: October 31, 2014, 2:25 pm
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"Nightmare Night! What a fright! Give us something sweet to
bite!"
Ah... Excellent. The first victim--er... guest has arrived. How
utterly... delectable.~
Ivory slinks her way silently down the steps into her living
room, slithering up to the front door to have herself a better
look at her meal-- visitor... that lied in wait beyond its
wooden frame. Her house was completely void of any light save
for the sparse decorations that littered the adjacent yards,
giving absolutely no indication that anypony, or anything for
that matter, resided inside. The Noctral lets her eyes do the
work, naturally; blood-red irises peek curiously, hungrily
through the windowed cut-out about halfway up the door. The
silvery light of the full moon would have been more than enough
to distinguish the figures of the three tasty morsels--
fillies... that perched upon her doorstep. Ivory cants her head
to one side to study the foals' chosen apparel for the night,
her hoof poised upon the door's handle as if she ready to strike
at a mere moment's notice.
No... Not yet...
The first was difficult to make out. A ghost, perhaps? Ivory's
eye catches a gleam, a reflection from two, spherical objects
meant to represent eyes, followed by a pair of long, crudely
made antennae. A parasprite. How delightfully quaint. Ivory
shifts her gaze to the second. A colt, she thinks, with makeup
stains smeared all over his body and mane, now matted with a
tangible greasiness. A clown, more than likely, given that his
meritable attempt was obviously self-serviced and done without
the aid of a mirror. The third, however, more than made up for
the other two. Dressed in a white, flowing gown adorned with
various faux gems of every size and color, the tiny mare shone
brilliantly against the moonlight. The two small cut-outs on her
side defined the filly as a Pegasus, and a cute one at that.
Ivory's eyes were then drawn to the mare's face, noticing a
protrusion extending from the center of her forehead: a unicorn
horn deftly constructed out of acrylic and cardboard. A
princess! Ivory licked her fangs... Oh, this will be fun!
Just as the three fillies turn to depart with somber
expressions, convinced that nopony was home, Ivory teasingly
jiggles the door handle. All three pairs of ears shoot straight
up, but the first to turn around was... The princess. Perfect.
Ivory springs her trap, flinging the door open with a loud crack
as it slams into the side of her house. The princess' companions
scream, but Ivory wasn't done quite yet. With a bone-chilling,
maniacal laugh, the Noctral steps forth into the moonlight and
unfurls her wings, illuminating her grotesque, fearsome form.
Her coat was dyed pitch-black, its natural reflective color
fighting through the ink to give off an eerie, ominous glow.
Throughout her limbs and wings, the ink became mottled in
appearance, creating the illusion of what could only be
perceived as see-through, gaping holes. Crimson, magically
altered eyes lock squarely upon the would-be princess, hungrily
swathing over her form like a delectable, bite-sized treat.
Ivory's mane and tail remained virtually unchanged, albeit
splayed at its ends to partially cover her own wicked, finely
crafted horn: a gnarled, blackened thing that seemed to glow as
eerily as she was. After a brief pause for dramatic effect,
Ivory smiles, revealing a row of sharpened teeth before drawing
herself menacingly close to the princess and her entourage.
Only... Her entourage was nowhere to be found. The moment Ivory
stepped out from the shadow of her doorway, the other two
scrambled for cover behind a nearby decoration. A large carving
of a pumpkin, as it were. The princess, however, had an
unexpected reaction. She stands resolute, unflinching in the
terror that caused her companions to flee. The little mare tilts
her head as if she was studying Ivory, gauging if the
Noctral-turned-Changeling was all bark and no bite. Turns out...
The princess was right.
With a smile that can melt even the darkest of hearts, the filly
proclaimed, "Nightmare Night! What a fright! Give me something
sweet to bite!"
It was almost too cute to bear. Especially that emphasis on
me...
"Allright, allright. You win, little princess." At least Ivory's
voice hasn't changed, still as soothing and melodious as ever.
Ivory recants, almost disappointed she wasn't able to scare her,
too. Two out of three wasn't bad, right? Ivory disappears within
her doorway for a few moments, promptly returning with a
generous amount of candy. By now, the princess' two friends had
returned by her side, obviously ashamed they had been beaten out
by a girl. Ivory couldn't help but chuckle as she passes out her
trove of sweets by the hoof-full, fittingly amused by the turn
of events. "Run along now! And don't let the Changelings catch
you!~"
Ivory waves them off before silently closing the door behind
her, now quite convinced that her costume would induce a good
scare. Only one thought burns in her mind: who should be her
next victim-- target... to scare? She races through different
options, tapping a forehoof to her chin in thought before
ultimately deciding the best thing to do is hunt-- wander...
around the Town Square. With all the festivities and games
corralled into one place, ponies would be ripe for the picking!
With a small hum of approval, the Noctral takes to the sky and
makes her way over to the gathering.
Already she spots a figure trotting down to the Square, her
flowing red cape easy to spot from above. Or at least Ivory
thinks the pony is a she... Upon closer inspection, Ivory
notices that the mysterious pony was dressed up as the iconic
comic-book superstar, Supermare. The Noctral mulls about how she
should approach the mare, entertaining various scenarios in her
head. Should she duck into a nearby hiding spot and jump out at
her? Or perhaps just fly straight down? Ivory decidedly chooses
the latter, swiftly circling around the Supermare before diving
straight at her, emitting a loud hiss as she tears through the
air.
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Re: NN: Something Sweet to Bite
By: Schwambart Date: November 1, 2014, 1:52 pm
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Not too far ahead of the monstrous Frankenstein-stormcloud combo
walks a different figure. At first glance it definitely looks
like a mare. She's a green pegasus wearing a red floral-print
blouse and a long white skirt. Her green mane is combed back
into a braid held at the base by a red flower clip, matched by
one on her tail that doesn't end in a braid. Hung around her
neck and shoulder is a black purse, the only container seemingly
on her person. Her face shape and build are somewhat
more...masculine than her outfit, though. Perhaps cursed by her
heritage to be one of those females more handsome than pretty,
and maybe she'd had a chunk more than her fair share of sweets
in her day.
She's also taller than most of the foals patrolling the
neighborhoods by a wide margin, but who's counting?
As she walks up to the next door, she steps on a pressure plate
near the door and with a *snickt*, a skeleton pony setup pops
out of the cobwebbed bushes with a clatter of bones. The mare
gives a rather gratuitious "Kyaaaaaa!" and jumps back, hoof to
her chest. A second later the front door swings open and a
large pirate steps out of the house, swinging a hoof ending in a
candy cane. A bit out of season, but hey, candy is candy.
"Yaharr, got ya good, I- Hey," the pirate laughs before
stopping and squinting menacingly at the mare. "Where be ye
costume, young lass? Did ye ferget it be Nightmare Night
tonight?"
"N-n-no, s-sir," the mare squeaks out, unveiling another
tragedy. Her voice is rather annoying and sounds like she has
to force every word out with entirely too much breath. She
stops cowering and pulls the purse from around her neck, holding
it out in front of her. "N-nightmare N-n-night, what a
f-f-fright, g-"
"I be givin' ye nothin' without ye bein' in costume,
landlubber!" The pirate swings his hook hoof menacingly while
retreating through the door.
"B-b-but this i-is-"
"Is nothin'! Come back when ye get in the spirit of yon
holiday!" He begins pulling the door closed with a slam, but
the mare sticks her bag in the opening, holding it open with a
*crunch* as its contents are crushed.
"Oh please," she continues...in a rather lower voice than
before. She...he clears his throat. "It took forever for me to
get this costume to look convincing."
The door opens again and the pirate fixes his one-eyed glare at
the now-revealed-to-be male in front of him. "That be ye
costume? Yar..." He looks him up and down for a couple of
moments before breaking out into a grin. "Yar, I get ye now, I
get ye. 'Tis a fine job ye did, too, for a landlubber! And I,
uh..." He pokes the purse with his hook hoof. "I suppose this
be ye haul?" Schwambart nods, looking inside. "I be terribly
sorry, matey," the pirate continues, popping off his hook into
the purse and reaching into the door and pulling out another to
add. "Take two, they be small. Sorry for crushin' ye booty."
Schwambart laughs and tosses his mane. "Eh, no worries. Bound
to happen. Thanks a bunch anyway. Oh, I mean, uh," he corrects
himself, switching back to his "mare" voice with a giggle.
"Thank you very much sir!" He trots away from the house with a
"girly" skip, swinging his purse to and fro as the pirate steps
out and resets the skeleton trap. His progress has been pretty
slow tonight and full of incidents like that. Maybe his costume
was too convincing. Or just too obvious.
What doesn't cross his mind is that they might be giving him a
hard time because he's a bit...old for this, isn't he?
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Re: NN: Something Sweet to Bite
By: Resin Date: November 4, 2014, 8:52 am
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Uuuuugh! See! That's why it was so frustrating to have had so
little time to work on his costume! Resin was becoming
increasingly jealous of the more impressive costumes the ponies
around him were wearing, many of which having been made or
assembled custom. Being from the city he supposed he expected
most ponies to have just picked up some costume from a store
just like how he also expected most of the candy he would get to
be in tiny bite sizes due to the larger number of kids begging
for sweets, but while the latter being false was a nice surprise
the former was making him self conscious over his own mask and
sheet.
So, again, uuuuuugh!
He sighed then tried to figure who he would follow next, a pair
of ponies with some kind of double team costume deal going on
catching his attention. Was that a storm cloud shooting
lightning at a suit of armor? Or... Wait... Armor clad monster?
He couldn't quite tell from where he was, but a short sprint to
get to the proper side of the street cleared it up a bit more as
he lingered behind. Following two ponies probably made him look
kinda silly - following any did, really - but again his old city
life made the idea of knocking alone feel... just... weird. This
pair was closest to the houses he still needed to hit... most
other colts and fillies were off further away... so... Follow
this pair to the next house was the plan! He tried not to be
obvious about it, keeping some small distance back with the plan
of trotting up when they neared a door to harvest some candy
from grown ups, but it wasn't like he was invisible to anypony
not blind.
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Re: NN: Something Sweet to Bite
By: Brash and Carri Date: November 4, 2014, 10:43 pm
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Brash's hairs begin to stand on end, which is most likely the
static from the lightning, but she believes it's because
somepony is following her. However, trying to turn to look is
futile in her rigid costume as she's completely at Carri's mercy
in terms of movement. Brash looks up at Carri, "You know, most
of the ponies are chanting some annoying sound and you're not
even doing that much, does it even matter what you say?"
"I have no idea!" Carri says happily.
"Great, let's not say anything next time, my ears need a break."
"You got it." Carri agrees as she suddenly turns towards the
next house. Swooping Brash off the ground she tries once again
to lightly knock on the door using Brash's head. This time Brash
is ready and aims the top of her head to the door as Carri once
again fails to be graceful.
Leaving a sizable crack in the door a unicorn stallion urgently
answers. Noticing it's just another child out for candy he sighs
in relief and levitates a few pieces towards Brash before
stopping them just above her bucket, waiting for the traditional
jingle. An awkward silence follows but only briefly as the
stallion attempts to speak up Brash lashes out in an attempt to
bite him. Startled he drops the candy and steps back.
"Book it!" Brash commands, which panics Carri into a frenzied
flight away from the door as if they'd just committed a heinous
crime. This causes her to not properly turn Brash around and she
tips her over on her side, drags her across the dirt a short
distance before the rod snaps and Carri unknowing of this
continues off into the distance, leaving Brash stranded.
The stallion rolls his eyes at the scene and waits for any other
children to approach.
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Re: NN: Something Sweet to Bite
By: Resin Date: November 9, 2014, 11:07 am
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Resin approaches the house as the owner is busy greeting the
other two foals. He slowed a bit though as he neared the door,
the odd silence taking place between the kids and adult making
him wonder if he was missing something or if this was some form
of silly prank that was lacking in any apparent punchline. Was
the prank just to confuse the grown up with awkward silence? Or
was this some weird small town method of trying to dead stare
somepony into giving up extra goods?
Before he could further contemplate the possibilities, the foal
in the armor costume suit thingie suddenly attempted to bite the
pony with the candy, this only succeeding in confusing Resin
even more as the other kid soon fell over and was dragged before
being abandoned.
Small town ponies were weird...
Resin trotted up to the door and gave the usual "trick or
treat!" to the adult while offering his pillow case to be
filled, him waiting for the stalliuon to deliver sweet delicious
goodness before turning around and hesitantly walking over to
check on the filly stuck on her side.
"Er... Are you alright?" he asks, keeping enough distance
between them to avoid any possible chance of the filly deciding
to bite him as well for whatever reason.
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