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Takes Two To T̶i̶n̶g̶l̶e̶ T̶
a̶n̶g̶l̶e̶ Tango
By: Applejack Date: December 3, 2014, 8:35 am
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Continuing through the dark labyrinth underneath the ruins that
were the old castle, Applejack lead the way with the flashlight
in her vest, tailed by both her coltfriend Darrus, as well as
the pony they'd 'rescued' minutes before named Tingle. The pony
who Applejack couldn't help but feel was suspicious, but
couldn't quite figure out why--the pony who also couldn't seem
to stop digging himself further into a hole as he kept making
flirts and flirtatious gestures towards AJ, making Darrus do
something to him in retaliation. She swore they were both acting
like children, but she knew nothing she'd do or say would stop
it; they were both stallions, and there was pride on the line.
Eventually, as they wandered through the maze-like halls, Darrus
called up to her asking if she'd felt anything, as he'd sensed
something heavy moving. She wasn't sure what he meant though,
and she paused for a moment to try and figure out what he was
talking about. Her concentration was broken by Tingle quickly
interjecting by saying it was probably nothing, causing her to
huff slightly with a quiet exhale from her nostrils. His
followed complaints that things were taking forever, and that
he'd been down there for hours were met with an obviously
annoyed look from AJ as her mouth quirked to the side.
Thankfully, Darrus responded for her, saying that they needed to
go slow so they didn't accidentally trigger any traps--not to
mention the extra burden of having to help Tingle along. Which,
of course, was only met with another snippy line from their new
'friend', earning a shake of her head in disapproval. She was
really starting to get annoyed.
They seemed to finally have gotten somewhere though, as Tingle
pointed out a hidden passage for them to go through--one it took
Applejack a little bit to find with his description, but it was
there nonetheless. And all they needed to do was push the wall.
Gee, she hadn't ever encountered that before. Rolling her eyes,
she prepared to make the wall turn before pausing as Tingle
continued, talking about the passage beyond and how they'd need
to turn, as well as to duck under the spike traps that were
already sprung.
She waited for another moment or two, watching Tingle with a
deadpan expression to see if he had aaaaaanything else to say,
before finally pushing against the wall and making it turn. It
was about as simple as he'd mentioned it would be. Narrow
corridor. Dusty. Dark. Leading into the unknown. She took a deep
breath for a moment before sighing quietly and stepping forward,
wishing for a moment her flashlight had a brighter setting to
help guide her better in the darkness. The way it was now, it
felt like she'd barely be able to see her hoof in front of her
face, despite the light strapped to her chest.
But all she could do was move forward. Being as bland as
previously described, AJ had no idea how much time had passed
before they came across the left turn Tingle had previously
mentioned. After turning a bit into the hallway, she paused and
glanced back to Darrus and his burden to see how they were
faring, only to note that with Darrus being behind
Tingle--probably to make sure he'd actually keep on--that the
two were lagging behind thanks to Tingle's wounds. So she'd need
to slow down just a tad to keep in pace with them... but given
the new stallion's penchant for a wandering gaze, she definitely
didn't want to stay too close.
When they'd caught up to her, Applejack lead the way down this
new corridor... which was just about as droll as the one they'd
been walking through. Not that she should've expected much, she
supposed. But there was something a little different about this
one. She didn't think much of it at first, but every so often,
Applejack flinched and spat at cobwebs that were strewn about
the corridor. It wasn't all that bad at first, but it was
certainly enough to make her constantly sweep herself off in
disgust and worry that there were still spiders milling about in
the webs. Then, eventually, a larger web was seen up ahead after
another few moments of walking, making AJ stop in realization as
she glanced over her shoulder. "Hold up a sec--if you'd gone
this way before, these cobwebs wouldn't still be here like this.
They'd already all be broken... You sure this is the right way?"
#Post#: 4047--------------------------------------------------
Re: Takes Two To T̶i̶n̶g̶l̶e̶ T&#
822;a̶n̶g̶l̶e̶ Tango
By: Darrus Date: December 4, 2014, 8:32 pm
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"Uhhh..." Tingle replied, wincing at the pain caused bu his
wound as he glanced around the annoyingly narrow passageway, his
eyes falling on cobwebs here and there as he appeared to pause
to think. Darrus, stuck behind him due to being forced into a
single file, crossed his front hooves over his chest as he
waited for an answer from the hurt pony, him raising a brow in a
show of impatience. He opened his mouth to speak up, but before
he could get a word out Tingle beat him to it.
""Huh... maybe not. I admit, I wasn't leading when my friends
and I came through here ourselves, so I could have just
remembered wrong. Unless this place has some kind of crazy
species of spider that really know how to rush their work. Guess
we'll have to trn back!" Awkwardly, the stallion turned himself
around, having just enough room to manage and showing the rusty
red pegasus now in front of him a little smirk.
Darrus narrowed his eyes in disapproval over the apparent screw
up, him not wanting to think about how long he might have had to
deal with this pony hitting on his mare if he'd gotten them lost
deep in the bowels of this labyrinth. No telling what might have
happened, though Darrus believed it a good thing that the guards
wouldn't ave been there for when a line was crossed.
Sighing, he looked over Tingle's shoulder and to Applejack, "No
choice in changing the line up now. Hey, AJ, pass me the light
and I'll take lead."
Tingle, being the literal middle man for the moment, took the
flashlight from AJ, him sneaking in a quick eyebrow waggle and
wink at the mare in the process while also ignoring the glare he
received in return. Darrus, not being blind even with how dark
it was in there, aggressively snatched the flashlight away when
it was offered to him, him starting to wonder whether or not he
should just punch Tingle for being unable to take a hint or
acknowledge his persistence, then punch him for being incapable
to take a hint while also wondering how well he'd be able to
navigate these halls with no light source and a broken leg. He
turned the flashlight around in his hooves for a moment before
deciding to just hold it in his mouth since he lacked a vest
like AJ.
Sighing, he turned around, taking the lead in guiding the small
group out of the halls with his magnificent navigational skills
perfectly suited for following a narrow hallway headed in a
single direction. It was uneventful on the way back, the
occasional duck of the head or careful stepping over of
triggered traps being the only sign of danger up till around
halfway down the evidently correct corridor.
Tingle had started to lag, complaining that his wound was
starting to make him feel weaker and weaker and forcing him to
walk slower and slower. It had gotten to the point where Darrus
would have to either keep his pace purposefully slow or stop
every few dozen or so steps to allow the others to catch up,
shining the light back on the floor behind him to allow them to
see where they were going. It was during one of these times
where Darrus was walking a little bit ahead of them that Tingle
spoke up again.
"... So..." he began, looking forward at Darrus as he started,
and for what must have been the seventh time slowing his pace
down again, "Miss Honesty Necklace, tell me something," he
glanced over his shoulder at AJ before looking forward at Darrus
again and pausing his speech for a few seconds before
continuing, his voice being hushed as if trying to keep the
conversation a secret but being loud enough for all to hear
anyway, "If somepony were to, hypothetically, take you out on a
romantic night on the town involving a candle light dinner and
maybe a nice hotel room, what would be good spots to consider?"
"Arr yu idding?" Darrus reacted from around the flashlight in
his mouth, turning back to the two with a voice sounding both
annoyed and surprised over how Tingle was still trying and being
so blunt and weird about bothering his marefriend, "Look yu-!"
He wasn't able to finish however as he was interrupted by the
sound of something being released, him snapping his attention
back forward in time to see something glint in the light of his
flashlight, reflexes alone taking over as his body forced him to
duck just in time to feel something tear through the tip of his
mane right where his neck used to be as the flashlight fell to
the ground with a clatter, landing face down and causing the
entire corridor to be plunged into darkness save for a small
spot on the ground giving away the flashlight's resting place at
his hooves. Whatever had swung for him had struck the stone wall
of the corridor with a metallic cling, chipping part of the
masonry away from the force of the impact which then fell on and
bounced off of Darrus.
Darrus was gasping a bit from surprise, the sudden dodge having
robbed him of his breath and forcing him to stay in a low stance
as he waited, watched and listened for anything else that might
happen. When things remained quiet and uneventful in terms of
danger however, he slowly stood back up and picked the
flashlight back up, the first thing he did being to look back
and check on AJ to see if she was okay and the second thing
being to examine what had nearly gotten him. There, gleaming
under the flashlight, was a long and sharp blade attached to
some kind of normally hidden spring loaded style trap. Darrus
reached up to his mane, him quickly noticing that a few locks
had been lost in the near death experience.
"... Woah... You guys see that?" Darrus asked, looking back to
the others and then doing a boxing bob and weave before
claiming, "I was like lighting! No trap in this old joint is
fast enough to catch this example of divine reflexes. Also, what
the Hell!?" he directed that towards Tingle, "I thought you said
this passage was safe!"
"I-uh-well..." Tingle, having worn an expression of surprise
ever since his face had become visible again, continued to look
the same as he tried to form an answer, "Well-I-uh-... I thought
it was?"
#Post#: 4051--------------------------------------------------
Re: Takes Two To T̶i̶n̶g̶l̶e̶ T&#
822;a̶n̶g̶l̶e̶ Tango
By: Applejack Date: December 6, 2014, 11:20 pm
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Applejack's first instinct when Tingle replied that he
remembered wrong was to roll her eyes in exasperation. Not only
were they taking a really long time in getting out of the castle
thanks to Tingle's wounds and the small corridor, he was also
slowing them down by making them take wrong turns. At this
point, she was beginning to feel like they'd be down there for
days. And now, she was going to be stuck behind the slow moving
pony, and things were about to become agonizingly tedious.
Wouldn't be so bad if the pony was one she could tolerate...
It was all she could do, though. As Darrus asked for it,
Applejack nodded to him and took the flashlight from her vest so
she could pass it along. She started to offer him her vest as
well, but she doubted he'd want to wear anything "made for a
mare". Even if it was just a simple green vest. Not to mention
he did have that cape that might have made it a little
difficult. Shrugging a bit to herself, she began walking behind
the other two as they moved through the castle once again.
For every few steps Tingle took, Applejack took her own couple
of baby steps forward before stopping for a few seconds to give
him some time to move ahead. She kept this up the entire way,
eventually ducking under or avoiding the already activated traps
as necessary, a couple of close calls made thanks to the lack of
personal light. All she had to go off of was what she'd seen
when Darrus shined the light over it, as well as what blocked
her view from the ponies ahead as they arrived.
Eventually, when Tingle began talking to her as he slowed down
once more, Applejack half-heartedly perked her ears in
attention, only to roll her eyes as he began flirting with her
once again. "Ah don't even know why yer askin' since ya got no
chance, stranger." She then looked to Darrus as he began to
speak, only to jump and gasp in horror when something nearly
took off Darrus' head and made a loud noise as it collided
against the wall. She froze for a second in shock before trying
desperately to see if Darrus had come out alright.
She did give a slight sigh of relief when he spoke again,
apparently coming out of it unharmed, but she still tried to
squeeze past Tingle--pushing him to the side just enough that
she could look past him and inspect Darrus out of concern. "You
alright, sugar?" she asked after Darrus and Tingle finished
talking. "You got both yer ears intact? Not bleedin' anywhere?"
She paused for a second, then, in spite of the situation, asked
playfully, "Ah don't need ta kiss anythin' ta make it better, do
Ah?"
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Re: Takes Two To T̶i̶n̶g̶l̶e̶ T&#
822;a̶n̶g̶l̶e̶ Tango
By: Darrus Date: December 7, 2014, 2:01 am
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"Agh- What ar- Come o- Stahp i-" Tingle complained with a few
pained grunts as Applejack pushed him aside to better look past
him, him giving a slight and kind of wimpy whine over his boo
boo before clearing his throat and trying to play it off while
her attention was still off of him.
"Yeah," Darrus answered Applejack, both of his ears momentarily
flicking as he spoke to make sure he was actually correct in
assuming they were both still just as pretty as ever as he
walked back down closer to her and Tingle with a not very happy
expression on his face, "And I'm pretty sure it missed me. Heh,
that thing couldn't catch me even on my slowest day," he added
on to reply to her second concern - though he didn't actually
know for sure yet whether or not he was bleeding due to the
awkwardness of his light - as he moved right onto his intended
voicing of his dissatisfaction over the wounded stallion's
directions so far.
"But thi- Well..." and then he seemingly instantly forgot
whatever it was he was going to say as he gave AJ one of his
usual smirks upon hearing her playful remark, him dropping into
his usual flirtatious tone as well as Tingle was stuck being
pressed against a wall between them where he could only grumble,
"I haven't been able to get too good a look at myself yet since
there's so little room in here, so for all I know I may be dying
right now. It may take a whole lot more than a simple kiss to
nurse me back to health..." his smirk evolved into a suggestive
grin for a few moments before he evidently remembered what was
on his mind a moment before AJ had taken it over and gave Tingle
another upset look.
"But Tinkle here," he began, giving the stallion a poke in his
wound and eliciting a small gasp of pain, "might be needing a
cast to go with his bandages in a minute. First you lead us down
the wrong way and now you send us walking down a passage still
laced with traps? Are you trying to get us killed, or are you
just dense?"
Tingle winced over his pain while Darrus accused him of idiocy,
him giving the stallion a sideways look that probably meant he
wouldn't have shed any tears had the unfortunate happened a few
seconds ago, "Back off! ... So I remembered wrong, big deal.
Maybe I'm not thinking straight over being fatigued and having
lost blood, ever think of that? I'm not even sure how long I've
been down here for since I got left behind, so who knows what
this place has been doing while I was fixing myself up. You ever
hear about the halls shuffling around by themselves down here?
Who's to say the traps don't reset after some amount of time?"
"Bull! The other traps are still sprung. If it really reset like
you said, then why didn't they go off on us on our way through?"
"Old magic? Being broken? Gremlins in the wall- I don't know!
Hey," tingle looked back at Applejack and jerked his head
towards Darrus, "Mind calling him off? I think he's getting
jealous about us."
Darrus glared at Tingle, the things he'd love to do to him at
the moment being easy to guess though difficult to pull off in
such cramped conditions.
"... AJ, I say we go back the way we came," he spoke up, eyes
still locked on Tingle as he spoke, "This fool doesn't know what
he's doing, and even if he's right that would mean any traps
further ahead might have reset and are waiting for us. If so,
the ones we've passed might start resetting as well, so we would
need to get back to the regular hall quick before that happens
and we get stuck in the middle."
"Now hold on a sec here," Tingle argued, looking between the
ponies, "look, I screwed up, sure, but I know we're almost to
the other end of this passage already. It... feels right, if
that makes any sense. I remember paying close attention to how
long it took to get through this in case me and my party needed
to get back through it quick, and I know we're almost out,
making a trip back longer and more dangerous. Also, the traps
were few and far between where we entered, so that one might
have been the last - or rather first - one coming in. Besides,
for all we know the traps behind us could have already reset
while we were here bullying me. We should just keep going."
Darrus shook his head, clearly not a fan of the idea, but he
only looked to AJ to see what she thought.
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Re: Takes Two To T̶i̶n̶g̶l̶e̶ T&#
822;a̶n̶g̶l̶e̶ Tango
By: Applejack Date: December 10, 2014, 5:38 pm
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Applejack nodded a bit in satisfaction when Darrus responded
that he was fine, pleased to hear that he'd come to no harm to
the unexpected trap. No good in him getting injured down here,
too... Then, Darrus mentioned that it may take more than a kiss
to nurse him back to health, earning a light-hearted roll of her
eyes from AJ. Yep, that's about what she expected, and it was
about as cheesy as anything she'd guessed he would say.
She backed off a little bit when Darrus and Tingle began going
at it again, Darrus putting the blame on him and Tingle
defending himself--followed by asking AJ to call him off because
he was jealous of 'them'. Annoyed, Applejack 'accidentally'
pressed a little harder against Tingle as she tried to back out
so she was no longer pinning him against the wall. This was
tailed by Darrus suggesting they go back the way they came--and
quickly.
This caused AJ to gently bite her lower lip and quirk her mouth
to the side as Tingle responded, saying they should keep going
down the way they were. When it was finally her time to respond,
she said, "Honestly, there's no 'quickly' with us with our dead
weight here," she said, smacking Tingle's side where she thought
his wound was. "So if this one's reset... and we've spent this
much time stoppin' to chat about it, he's right. Turnin' back
prolly wouldn't be the best idea. It's not even that; even if we
went back out there, there ain't no tellin' if we'd just get
even more lost. We were already perty deep, before we went
through that wall--and Ah dunno where that is now. So Ah think
our best bet's ta just keep goin' forward here, an' see where it
takes us.
"Besides, this's the adventurous path, ain't it? And these
things cain't catch ya on yer slowest day, right?"
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Re: Takes Two To T̶i̶n̶g̶l̶e̶ T&#
822;a̶n̶g̶l̶e̶ Tango
By: Darrus Date: December 11, 2014, 9:15 pm
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Darrus looked back to Tingle, expression one of uncertainty and
suspicion over another possible screw up, but soon returned a
smile to Applejack, "Any path is the adventurous path if I'm on
it!" he claimed, putting his hoof currently holding the
flashlight to his chest and looking sure of how what he'd said
was a fact, "be it claustrophobic passages, well traveled roads
leading anywhere or quiet paths through a park, once these
handsome hooves of mine grace them with a clip and a clop they
become worthy of epic poems suited for retelling across the
world!
"Anyway, if we are going to just ride this out the rest of the
way then we'll need to put some more space between me and you
two. With just one light, I'll have to pretty much sniff the
ground all the way forward since I doubt you'd be able to pull
off too many feats of agility with... this load getting in your
way," Darrus gave Tingle a sideways look as he turned himself
back around to walk forward once more, "so a few extra paces
should work."
"Pfft. Don't you worry, Honesty," Tingle spoke up, his earlier
having been pushed against the wall by AJ evidently having done
little to discourage him from what he'd been doing as he merely
continued, "anything happens, I'll be there to save you, injury
or no."
"He can act as a meat shield at least," Darrus said half to
himself, his dislike of the stallion having, to no real
surprise, only escalated substantially with every passing moment
he'd been forced to deal with him.
"Your stalker is a jerk." Tingle informed the mare bhind him
just before Darrus tried his best not to practice his apple tree
bucking and instead ask him a question.
"So what triggers these traps? The last one doesn't seem to have
anything all that noticeable. Least not from a glance, and
things went too fast for me to recall if I hit anything."
"Tripwires," Tingle replied, glancing at his bandages and
sighing, "tripwires and junk like that. Probably pressure plates
or proximity triggers if it's going by magic."
"Probably? You're going off of probablys? Don't you even
remember from the last time you came through here?"
"... I wasn't in the lead. Someone else dealt with the traps and
crap, duh."
Shaking his head, Darrus figured he'd just have to be careful
and began to walk forward once more, his flashlight scanning the
floor, walls and even ceiling as he looked for anything that
might set some other death trap off. Thankfully, things went
pretty uneventful as they walked along for the most part,
Tingle's occasional complaints that they needed to stop so he
could rest for a second or two not helping though, and it looked
like it was going to end with everypony escaping into the clear.
That was till they neared the end, according to Tingle.
"Woah..." Darrus said, holding a hoof up to signal for AJ and
Tingle to stop where they were for the moment as his flashlight
showed him something odd. Lowering his head to get a better look
at the ground where his hoof had just about been ready to settle
his weight, he noticed a slightly off colored section of the
floor which, through angling his light, also appeared to be
raised just a hair more than the surrounding rock.
"... So, what's the purpose of this passage even supposed to be
if it's trapped?" Darrus wondered aloud as he examined the
trigger and measured how far he'd need to step to avoid it,
double checking for secondary ones as well while he was at it
since that would make for a poor surprise, "Supposed to be some
kind of escape route? I mean, this is the Princesses old castle,
yeah? Would Celestia even be able to fit in here with how tall
she is and stuff? And why trap something you'd need to use to
flee through?"
"... Maybe she was shorter back then. Can we go now? Stopping to
ponder irrelevant questions is such a wonderful way to spend our
time."
Ignoring the other stallion with a flick of his ears, Darrus
took a wide step forward and was careful to make sure his back
hooves did the same as he navigated over the plate.
"AJ, there's a pressure plate right where I am right now," he
warned his marefriend, taking a some steps back to allow both
she and Tingle some room to cross while keeping his light fixed
onto the issue so they could see, "Dunno how well you can see it
with Tinkle in the way, but it's a discolored section of the
floor thats raised a bit right at the center of the light. Not
too hard to step over if you're careful."
"No sweat!" Tingle claimed, "Though I'll need your hooves on me
to help me make it over," he told Applejack.
"Alternatively, we can toss him onto the plate just to satisfy
our curiosity on what this one will do." Darrus suggested,
Tingle giving him a cross look as he stepped forward to deal
with the trap. Nearing it, he paused and gave it a look, then
glanced around at the walls and the ceiling before settling his
gaze back down onto the pressure pad. Glancing back at AJ, he
took another step forward.
"So- agh!" he suddenly cried, appearing to stumble forward where
one of his hooves slammed directly onto the pressure plate, his
then seeming to lose strength in his legs even further as he
dropped down onto the ground, this being where he stayed as
several spikes in the walls triggered and shot outwards.
There were three in total, spaced in a way intended to prevent
easy escape as the first came out no problem above Tingle who'd
hit the ground beyond the plate, it striking outwards just too
late to catch him and driving itself into the wall opposite it's
starting point. The other two though, one coming out directly
above the plate and the other aimed for AJ behind it, thankfully
seemed slower on the draw as, while they too were triggered
right away they only came out an inch or so. However, the sound
of something grinding within the walls, and the fact that they
were shuttering constantly and violently, showed they were only
temporarily stuck, giving only a moment at best to react.
Darrus, obviously having seen Tingle trigger the trap and
witnessed the spike that came as a result, had instantly and
instinctively felt his wings snap open to attempt a speedy
assistance of the much more important pony behind the one now
laying on the ground, but, due to the cramped conditions of the
passage, only succeeded in slamming his wings into the walls and
causing his first step forward to be uneven. Darrus did however
somehow manage to keep the light level enough for AJ to have a
clear view of the danger with Tingle out of the way.
#Post#: 4074--------------------------------------------------
Re: Takes Two To T̶i̶n̶g̶l̶e̶ T&#
822;a̶n̶g̶l̶e̶ Tango
By: Applejack Date: December 16, 2014, 8:19 am
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Once Darrus and Tingle finished their exchange--having had
little to nothing to say or add in that time--Applejack followed
along behind them both, once more wishing that she didn't have
to move at such an antagonizingly slow pace. She was really
starting to regret agreeing to transport him, but it was much
too late to back out of it now. So disinterested was she that
even when Darrus wondered aloud about the previous use of the
tunnel they were currently using, she barely paid any attention
to it--especially when Tingle responded moments later.
Her ears perked when a trap was called to attention, however.
Doing her best to try and see it past Tingle, Applejack craned
her neck and leaned her body to try and get a good look at it,
barely succeeding in doing so. Well, she knew where it was, all
she had to do now was wait for Tingle to get past it first. But
he wasn't moving. Her brow arched at him as she noticed him
looking around... then at the pressure plate... then back at
Applejack.
When she finally managed to put two and two together, she opened
her mouth to tell him off--but was much too late. He did exactly
what she was afraid he'd do: step on the plate in question,
probably 'accidentally'. Adrenaline shot through her body as she
wondered briefly if she was going to get caught by the trap, and
time seemed to slow down a bit for her. The first spike nearly
immediately shot out of the wall--though that wasn' t the last
of it. She could hear grinding in the walls next to her, and
could see the very tips of the spikes peeking out of the walls.
She didn't have much time to react, though.
So she did the first thing that came to mind: drop down to the
ground and press herself as flat as she could. Her eyes wrenched
tightly shut as she fell, jaw clenched just as hard as she
waited to feel, or see if she'd succeeded in avoiding the trap.
Once the proverbial dust settled, and she realized the trap was
over, she dared open her eyes as her body shook from the
near-death experience. Plagued with shock and a clouded mind
from what had just happened, Applejack's gaze nearly immediately
found Tingle--and just as quickly filled with rage. Her entire
body quivered as she just glared angrily at him, her mouth open
as if she wanted to speak, but squeaks of fury were the only
noises she produced.
#Post#: 4076--------------------------------------------------
Re: Takes Two To T̶i̶n̶g̶l̶e̶ T&#
822;a̶n̶g̶l̶e̶ Tango
By: Darrus Date: December 16, 2014, 10:55 pm
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Tingle, from his place on the ground, watched Applejack make her
squeaky noises for a couple of moments, his eyes darting between
the spikes that had recently missed her and the mare. Eventually
he put on a nervous looking smile and tried his best to give an
innocent shrug as his ears pinned back in the face of her anger.
"Um... Oops? Woah-!" His attempt to speak was interrupted as he
was gruffly dragged backwards by Darrus now that the pegasus had
closed the distance, Darrus pulling him out from under the spike
in order to be able to strike him with a hoof. On his wound.
Really really hard. Tingle gave a cry of pain from the blow and
immediately attempted to curl up as best as he was able in the
cramped passage, Darrus just giving a furious "oops" through
clenched teeth from above the injured pony before locking his
light onto AJ.
"Are you okay? Or am I about to become a murderer?" Darrus
lacked his usual jokey tone as he asked this, his eyes searching
Applejack as well as they could for any signs of injury that
would be, in Darrus' eyes, plenty excuse to do mean things to
the other pony beneath him.
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Re: Takes Two To T̶i̶n̶g̶l̶e̶ T&#
822;a̶n̶g̶l̶e̶ Tango
By: Applejack Date: December 19, 2014, 6:49 am
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Normally, Applejack might have reprimanded Darrus for outright
smacking Tingle to deliberately hurt him. But he'd just tried to
hurt her. Grievously, if she hadn't been able to react. So she
was, at that moment, severely lacking in the sympathy
department. At Darrus' approach and his questions of if she was
okay, and if he was about to become a murder, Applejack shakily
pushed herself onto her hooves as she replied to both questions
with, "Yeah" and "No" respectively. Her tone was curt and easily
showed just how she felt at that moment, though her anger wasn't
toward Darrus--as he could probably tell.
"Partin' ways when we get outta here," she gruffly told Tingle
as she glared at him once more, then continued with, "Move." By
her tone, it was obvious she wasn't interested in any funny
business. If he took too long moving, she'd 'help' him along...
though it wouldn't be gentle, nor pleasant for the stallion.
#Post#: 4131--------------------------------------------------
Re: Takes Two To T̶i̶n̶g̶l̶e̶ T&#
822;a̶n̶g̶l̶e̶ Tango
By: Darrus Date: January 24, 2015, 11:42 am
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"Jeez! Would you relax if I said I was sorr-" Tingle tried to
say, his being hefted up by Darrus and not so much helped as he
was forced back to his hooves. Darrus held a glare on him for a
few seconds before turning to continue walking, Tingle
momentarily opening his mouth to try and defend himself and hold
true to his claim that what just happened was an accident, but
his mouth soon clamped back shut when it became obvious neither
of the other ponies were willing to listen.
Fortunately the rest of the way was uneventful, the trio
escaping the claustrophobic confines of the narrow passage and
entering back into the regular sized rooms and halls of the
castle's lower level, albeit much closer to the exit as was
promised. Their speed was also much faster now, it being blessed
by Darrus' utter lack of patience with the wounded stallion and
Applejack's occasional "assistance" in encouraging Tingle to
keep pace, though Darrus at this point would have preferred to
just ditch the stallion in the dark and leave him for whatever
he had coming. He even momentarily considered letting AJ in on
his idea - I mean they'd brought him most of the way so it's not
like they hadn't helped him far more than he was deserving of
already - but he decided to keep it to himself since he figured
she'd want to make good on her word to at least drag him outside
before leaving him for the wild things.
Outside he was indeed dragged too after some time spent
navigating old rooms full of dust and abandoned items of varying
value, none of which shiny enough to catch Darrus' eye but a few
things here and there being note worthy enough to at least be
made a mental note of. Such as an old bookcases still holding
tomes that Darrus wanted to believe were ancient steamy romance
novels possibly taken straight from the Princess' old personal
collection and deemed just too questionable to have been brought
with her when she left. Or an odd hovering sphere over the
center of a table giving off a slight hum. A small collection of
pillows stuffed into a corner of one room also seemed to have a
strange allure to them that Darrus couldn't quite place. All of
these things Darrus would have found fun to check out, maybe
especially so if he could convince AJ to check the pillows out
with him, but ultimately the chance had been pretty ruined by
the dead weight being forced to only trail slightly behind him
thanks to Applejack's efforts.
Anyway, past the oddities and whatchamathings lay the outside
world, the air feeling less heavy and tasting much fresher now
that they had escaped the dark bowels of the castle, Darrus
stretching his wings just at the sight of the heavily canopied
sky while Tingle limped his way to a spot near the doors to
rest, slumping down onto the ground with a heavy groan of pain
caused by his now very worked wound. Darrus didn't even seem to
hear it as he turned back to AJ.
"Well that was fun," he said sarcastically, eyes giving her
another quick examination now that they weren't stuck in such
heavy darkness to see if he'd missed anything from her earlier
encounter with spikes, "Glad that's done with. Shall we?" he
asked with a gesture of his hoof for them to abandon Tingle
right then and there, Tingle of course noticing and speaking up
in protest.
"Hey! Woah! Hold on a second now! You can't just leave me out
here like this! Bleeding and waiting for something to come eat
me? You gotta get me somewhere safe, or who knows what might
happen?"
"Those guards should be finished with whatever they're doing
down there pretty soon, shouldn't they? Pretty sure they can
deal with you then."
"Pfft! Those guards are probably dead by now. Seriously, you
can't be okay with knowing I'll just be stuck in perpetual
danger just waiting around in this condition? Honesty," he
turned his attention to Applejack, doing his best to slap on
puppy dog eyes and even going so far as to almost muster up some
sad and desperate tears, "come on, you at least should be able
to recognize how that would basically be the same as murder,
right? Leaving somepony who can't defend himself out here in one
of if not the most dangerous place in the country? Can't you at
least drag me back to my camp? I have suplies there that I can
treat myself better with and it's secluded way better than this
collection of ancient rubble."
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