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#Post#: 526--------------------------------------------------
Re: Blank Pages
By: Applejack Date: January 10, 2014, 8:39 am
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Well, apparently by Rainbow's standards, the only book she read
was incredibly good. Which, considering her affinity for Daring
Do, counted for at least something. Though Applejack wondered
briefly just how much of the book she was playing up. Ah, who
gave a hoot? Rainbow liked it, and she got the chance to talk to
the author then and there; Applejack didn't need to rain on her
parade by getting her to stop embellishing. Of course, what
followed was a conversation that Applejack couldn't follow since
she knew nothing about the book, so she just contented herself
with focusing on her work for the moment. She'd been fully
prepared to sell all of her treats and converse with only the
few talkative ponies that got in line.
As such, she barely noticed when Marked went on to respond to
her question about his talent. She caught on only after he
mentioned creative dry spells, making her realize that he was
addressing her. A light, playful grin crossed her lips when he
mentioned the attempt at the romance novel he'd written.
Interesting. Maybe she could look into that to see if it was
really as 'eh' as he was saying. Plus maybe she could make
Rainbow groan in disgust with her asking about it.
Then, as Rainbow began talking about what happened with the
dragon with her own 'special twist', Applejack rolled her eyes
again, wondering just what she hoped to gain by 'enhancing' the
truth like that. She was caught off-guard by Rainbow's question
about the barn however, earning a wince as she thought maybe
she'd gotten off free with avoiding that subject... But
apparently Rainbow had actually been paying attention for once.
"What about the barn? It's in the past, an' all o' that helped
me learn a valuable lesson... an' saved the family reunion. So
everythin' worked out.
"Oh, an' there weren't no 'battle royale' with fire an' fangs
an' such, Marked. Most of us had one shot at tryin'a get the
dragon outta the cave; it just so happened Rainbow's brashness
ended with her literally roared outta his cave." She giggled for
a moment as she thought about something. "Heck, it's 'cause o'
her kickin' him that he tried ta come outta his cave an' attack
us. If it weren't fer Fluttershy, we'd prolly be dead right now.
Believe it or not, the puff o' smoke he blew at us was enough ta
make us shatter the rock he sent us flyin' against. It's a
wonder we came back home without any broken bones after that.
Shoot, Ah tell you what though, Fluttershy sure was scary as all
get out when she started yellin' at him. First time Ah've ever
seen a dragon cry. Didn't even think it was possible before
that."
She grinned for a moment or two longer as she recounted what had
happened then before continuing. "So, Marked, what's this
romance novel ya mentioned a few moments ago? What's it called?
Ah reckon with somepony who wrote somethin' so unpredictable as
what Rainbow described, this romance novel o' yers has gotta be
perty interestin' too. Ah've been lookin' fer a few new books ta
read when Ah cain't go out an' work on mah farm."
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Re: Blank Pages
By: Rainbow Dash Date: January 12, 2014, 6:43 am
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Rainbow Dash flipped over on her cloud, now laying on her
stomach as she shot a wry, backwards glance to Miss
Party-Pooper. She knew that Applejack was going to discredit the
awesome parts of the story, but hey, at least the Pegasus tried.
Then again, Dash didn't technically lie about anything, either.
"Brashness!?" she exclaimed, now propping her head up with a
hoof, using the other to continue her various gestures as she
spoke. "In my defense, nopony was doing anything that worked.
Action needed to be called for, or Ponyville was going to
smogged for the next century. So I flew in, bucked it in the
face, and told it what's what. Looking back on it, that may have
not been the best idea, but it worked, didn't it? Fire, fangs,
and claws aside, if that dragon really became a problem, I'm
pretty sure we could have taken it on." The mare fell silent for
a moment, scowling somewhat as she recounted those moments.
"Yeah, Fluttershy really saved our flanks there. She made a
grown dragon cry. A grown. Dragon. CRY. I'd hate to be on her
bad side... Not that she really has one, but still. I wonder if
she's ever used that stare on ponies before. Hmm..."
Lost in thought for a few brief moments, the Pegasus lazily
stretched out and fluffed up her cloud like a pillow before
returning to her original position, this time using both hooves
to support her head. Dash wasn't quite sure if Applejack was
still playing the 1-up game, but the orange mare was still
avoiding the subject about the barn. While Rainbow Dash would
normally keep up the pressure just at a chance to tease AJ, the
Pegasus actually didn't know anything of what had happened. But
she was bound and determined to find out. "Awwww, c'mon, AJ!
What kind of story is that? 'New barn', 'valuable lesson',
'everything worked out'? Where's the meat? Where's the
substance? You've been trying to drag me through the mud here,
so don't expect to come out of this clean." A short pause... A
sly smile... "Unless you're scared...~" That would certainly
catch her attention, although Dash wasn't quite sure she was
prepared for what may come.
Before Applejack reacted, Dash turned her attention to Marked,
flashing a bright smile as if nothing was fixing to happen.
"Romance shlomance. You should totally tell us about your horror
story!~ I'm a sucker for scary things. Not that I get scared or
anything." While Dash was actually somewhat interested in his
romance novel as well, just the fact that she was around
Applejack immediately discredited the idea... Perhaps she could
ask or find out later when she wasn't around. "Heck, science
fiction is cool, too! By the way, that thing in Chapter 24? How
would the double-double agent be predictable when he acted
suspicious? THAT was predictable, but in turn you predicted our
predictableness to predict the agent's prediction, thus turning
the suspicion away from the idea." *sage-nod*
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Re: Blank Pages
By: Marked Twine Date: January 13, 2014, 11:02 am
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Marked looked slightly disappointed when Applejack cleared up
that no epic battle had in fact taken place between the mares
and the dragon, his ears drooping slightly as his already formed
mental image of them facing the giant creature in a contest of
strategy and strength was shattered. Oh well, his ears didn't
stay droopy for long as they immediately picked back up and
tried as hard as they could to hear every little detail the
farmpony gave, him nodding then having his eyes widen a bit at
the mention of the dragons puff of smoke and roar being enough
to send them flying. Suddenly the stallion was very glad his
earlier idea of them fighting the beast was inaccurate, despite
Rainbows continued confidence in their ability to hold their own
against it, since the dragons breath seemed to be a dangerous
force on its own.
"Shattered the rock? By... throwing you against it using only
its breath?" He echoed in disbelief, now wondering if the mares
were made out of steel. He gave Rainbow an unsure glance at
their chances in light of this information, but her confidence
was contagious and his admiration for them convinced him that,
after facing down such powerful beings as the Spirit of Chaos
himself, if they really needed to they could probably find a way
to get the upper hoof on anything, including dragons, if they
put their minds to it. As such his unsure look turned into
another grin being worn by a fan as he nodded at the pegasus in
agreement. "Wow, Fluttershy sounds really brave. Funny, I've
only ever heard about how she's supposed to he quiet and kind.
Never thought for a second I'd ever hear about her making a full
grown dragon cry... What's 'the stare' thing you mentioned?"
Rainbow, going on to again remind Applejack of her barn, didn't
seem like she was going to be giving up on this now obvious
attempts to push buttons, Marked only growing more and more
curious with what happened every time it was brought up. "So,
was the barn knocked down by something, or..." He began to ask
but quickly abandoned, not knowing if it was actually a toy by
subject or not and being worried that he may offend the mare by
pressing, especially after shed blatantly said that it was "in
the past". Still, while his own questions on the subject were
being quieted with a biting of his tongue, the writer did keep
his ears open for any response to Rainbow's own attempts to dig
for info. Especially at the accusation of being scared. Marked
needed to raise a hoof to his mouth to try and hide his soft
amused chuckle as the farmponys response to the provocation was
to give a cross look then conveniantly become suddenly busy with
her customers in what Marked suspected may have just been an
excuse to avoid the subject further.
The interest in his romance novel brought another, albeit
lighter, blush to his cheeks accompanied by a bashful smile, him
again finding his eyes be drawn to his hooves and the ground
they rested on. That had been an odd choice of genre for him to
suddenly take interest in back then he'd admit, his adventure
novels on occasion having romance as a subplot but never being
the full on focus or driving point of the story. "Well, its
just, you know, I was kinda, well... I guess I was just in a
romantic mood and just put pen to paper. It's not, you know,
fantastic compared to those more experienced of course, but I've
been told its not too bad..." Ugh, stupid! Or so Marked told
himself, realizing that he'd been rambling over his nervousness
of Applejack reading his book instead of just giving the title
as shed asked. "Heh... Sorry... The title is 'A Rush of Wings'
and-"
Cut off by Rainbows apparant disinterest in the genre, and
seeing how Applejack really was becoming distracted by her
customers now to the point of being unable to comfortably chat
much more, Marked was asked to instead tell them of his horror
story, the shyness from earlier going away as he felt more
confident with this one. "Well, that ones called 'Frigida
Obscura', and its about a team of archeologists going to
investigate a newly discovered and ancient ruined city within
the jungles of Zebrica and... well... I'd be giving things away
if I said anything more. A thing to note with that story is that
its heavily based off of something that really happened a few
years ago. Lots of research went into it." Marked added with a
proud smile and small nod.
At her explanation on the predicted predictions prediction,
Marked returned her sagely nod with one of understanding,
everything shed just said making perfect sense to him. "The
science-fiction story, of course, takes place waaaaay in the
future," he continued, "when we've got all kind of crazy gadgets
and medical advances. It follows a stallion named Thatcher,
which is also the title of the book, who was a part of a project
to try and create the perfect pony, but he was only one of five
test subjects and was denied the enhancements made to the others
through body and mind augmentation. Basically, he's as good as a
pony can naturally be at everything, and the book is about his
adventures in that futuristic world." He paused and tapped his
chin with a hoof, him realizing he should probably get back to
his working on the books sequel... and that he might have been
rambling again...
"Of course, compared to what you and your friends have done,
these are probably all tame and boring. I mean, you guys faced
Nightmare Moon, Discord, King Sombra, saved Ponyville countless
times... Nothing I can come up with would ever be able to
compare to that. Have either of you ever thought about writing
an autobiography? I bet they would be amazing!"
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Re: Blank Pages
By: Rainbow Dash Date: January 29, 2014, 7:28 pm
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Rainbow Dash simply waved a hoof of dismissal as Applejack
buried herself in her work, no longer expecting to receive a
direct answer to her question regardless of all the poking and
prodding she's done. Perhaps at a later time, when she could
properly tease AJ and bait out the response she wanted. With a
small yawn, Rainbow flipped around to face Marked again. "Well,
Marked, allow me to reiterate. Fluttershy can be brave. When she
wants to. And most of the time it's only when we're in trouble,
so it kinda makes that a catch-twenty-two. Her affinity towards
animals have helped us quite a few times, and apparently that
affinity extends to include full grown dragons." She shrugs,
kicking her back hooves up a little to stretch. "And that stare
thing? Let's just say you don't want to see Fluttershy angry.
You wouldn't like it when she's angry." Rainbow chuckled to
herself at making such a bad reference, but she couldn't help
it. She had been waited ages to use that line.
"That horror story sounds awesome. Aaaaand it's based off of a
true event? Now that's what I like to hear! Although I'm curious
as to how you got the scoop on a place like Zebrica..." The mare
paused for a bit, her eyes drifting upward in thought. Rainbow
remembered Zecora talking a little bit about the place... She
thought... Then again, she wasn't really paying that much
attention. "See, now you got me curious. I'm going to have to go
pick up that book now. And perhaps the other one, too.
Super-enhanced ponies? Sign me up!~" Rainbow chuckled to herself
for a moment before she put herself in Thatcher's position,
wondering just how awesome it would be. Then again, such
alterations would require doctors... And needles... And tests...
And worst of all, being grounded for an undisclosed amount of
time. Rainbow suddenly frowned just thinking about it...
"Theeennnn again... Maybe not. But yeah, I'll definitely pick
that one up, too."
The mare rolled over on her back, seemingly not being able to
find a comfortable position with as much moving as she's done.
"I wouldn't describe it as tame and boring. I mean, it's hard to
top what we've done, but it's much different actually doing it,
rather than writing about it. Our first priority is keeping
everypony safe. I mean, we may hold the Elements of Harmony, but
we're just normal ponies like everypony else. If you want to
consider me normal, that is. And by normal I mean
super-awesome." Rainbow shrugged again, but this time with a
grin. "I'm actually writing a book now, believe it or not. But
it's not an autobiography. THAT stuff is more suited to somepony
like Twilight. Besides, if I were to write one, it would never
make it past publishing because it would be too awesome."
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Re: Blank Pages
By: Marked Twine Date: February 8, 2014, 9:23 am
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A glance back at Applejack showed that the mare was only
becoming increasingly busy, the queue that had formed growing
into a moderate, but rather eager and "mostly" straight, line
with a few individuals leaning or side stepping out further to
try and see their promised treats before quickly taking back
their spots and eyeing those who would try to cut past them.
Pony after pony were served, them munching away on their newly
obtained and delicious morsels as they dumped their bits then
walked away with difficulty keeping their eyes open above their
chubby smiles, but even still the line only seemed to be growing
as more ponies noticed what was being sold. Still, things seemed
to be running smoothly with the flow of satisfied customers
being steady and keeping the gathering from stretching around
the street corner, something every one of these ponies would
have most likely claimed was worth it had they been forced to
wait such a spell.
"She can get angry too?" Marked asked after a small roll of his
eyes at the reference, though he smiled in amusement all the
same, "I never would have guessed... Huh... Guess I barely knew
anything about her. Or that that kind of info isn't widely known
to most since it seems that today is just full of all kinds of
new information about the Bearer of Kindness." He'd never met
Fluttershy, not even recalling a time where he'd seen that
particular mare out in town since her more secluded home,
similar to his own actually, meant that chance meetings weren't
very likely. This meant that Marked wasn't exactly an expert to
consult when it came to the true personalities of the Bearers,
only ever having had the courage to do research and pick up bits
and pieces from them and never to speak to them personally...
well, until today at least... Suddenly he felt nervous again
just being around these two mares...
Smiling, a little forcefully now as his earlier difficulties
when talking to an important pony he personally admired
resurfaced briefly, Marked nodded at the comment over his horror
story. "Yup," he said, speaking with a small hint of pride over
the work he'd done to keep things as faithful to real events as
he dared for his book, "a lot of reading and letter tag went
into that one. The expedition was also led by a unicorn who
traveled down that way, so it wasn't as difficult as it could
have been for me to do my research, though I do still remember
some pretty late night's reading and trying to figure out who to
talk to next." At the mention of how she planned on picking up
not only this book, it his science fiction one as well,
Marked's forced smile only became a little more forced as the
nervousness he'd thought he'd gotten over previously returned,
worry of whether she would enjoy his stories springing back into
his mind, especially with these two novels as they strayed away
from his comfort zone of adventure and tried something new to
widen his range.
"W-well, you know, I-its okay if you p-put those two off for a
little w-while," he stuttured, rubbing the back of his neck out
of anxiety and having his eyes wander and avoid direct eye
contact with the speedy mare, "I'm sure you've got p-plenty of
other b-books lined up to read anyway, s-so you don't have to
try and f-fit mine in if you d-don't want to..." Marked still
wholeheartedly disagreed when Rainbow moved on to claim his
writing wasn't tame and boring when compared to what she had
done in real life. Of course it didn't seem as incredible to her
after having lived it, but if you were to put any of her and her
friends adventures down on paper then publish it, Marked was
confident it would quickly become an all time best seller.
Rainbows mention of writing her own- wait! She's writing her own
book!? Marked nervousness vanished as a hearty grin broadened
his features, him actually leaning forward with interest now as
his ears perked up and swiveled to focus better on her, him not
wanting to miss a single detail about this. "Oh! Oh! What's it
about? What genre? How long do you plan to make it? Who's the
main character? How long have you been working on it? Do you
need a proof rea-" he cut himself off there for two reasons, one
because he was rambling again, and two, because he was blushing
at his sudden and unexpected bravery in nearly asking if he
could help the mare with her work by being allowed to read it
early. Okay, well, maybe he just really really wanted to read it
early, but they'd still both benefit, right? ... Okay, well, he
wasn't going to actually ask since shed probably just say no
anyway, so instead the writer just clamped his mouth shut for a
few seconds to prevent anymore excited blabbering. "You know,"
he started up again with an attempt at playfulness, wanting to
make things less weird and fix whatever problems his constant
nervous behavior may have caused, "if an autobiography would
indeed be too awesome for any publisher to take on, you could
try publishing it yourself? If the world is truly prepared for
so much awesome that is..."
A stallion with a slice of pie balanced on a napkin on his hoof
attempted to eat and walk at the same time as he left
Applejack's stand, but didn't want to bother with trying to
multitask his attention as his senses mostly revolved around the
dessert he carried and not where he was going, him ending up
bumping into and smearing pie filling onto the shoulder of the
writer whom had been nodding along with Rainbow's words. Marked
looked over at his now messy shoulder, the smell of the filling
being pleasant on its own, but the fact that it was now probably
going to make his shoulder sticky causing him to frown a little
and wave off the stallions muffled apology with a simple "don't
worry about it." Oh... And then there's how this had happened to
him right in front of Rainbow... Marked cheeks heated up from
embarrassment, him doing his best to use his own already dirty
napkin to try and clean himself off while hoping to swipe a few
fresh ones from AJ's cart once she was less swamped.
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Re: Blank Pages
By: Rainbow Dash Date: February 12, 2014, 2:42 am
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"Fluttershy can get angry... Although it's very rare. It's
normally only when her friends or animals are in danger, but
even then she'll spout off something like 'sorry' or 'excuse me'
or even 'I didn't mean to' while angry... Which doesn't make
much sense, if you ask me." Rainbow Dash shrugged, taking a peek
back towards Applejack as if looking for another chance to
accost her, but quickly thinks better of it as she turned her
gaze towards Marked again. "Fluttershy is kind, even when angry.
Try and figure that one out. Oh, and here's one for you. Does
the name Discord ring any bells for you?" She seemed to spit out
his name in some sort of disgust, furrowing her brows in
discontent. "As much as I don't agree with it, and as much as I
think that it's impossible, Fluttershy managed to convert him to
our side. Through kindness and friendship. A bit of a tall
order, if you ask me. I still don't believe it myself, but
Discord truly seems content being our friend. I just can't
believe that a no good rotten spirit of chaos--" The mare
blinked, noticing that her words were increasingly raising in
volume. She looked around a bit nervously, hoping she wasn't too
loud.
"Um... Right. The books," Rainbow continued, fluffing up her
cloud a little bit before flopping on it once more. "I actually
don't have much to read right now. The last book I read was the
new Daring Do novel, which was amazing~~" The mare filled up
with glee, completely forgetting about what she was angry about
in the first place. "You should totally read it when you get the
chance. It's easily her best one yet." Rainbow's beaming smile
seemed to grow even wider as Marked suddenly showed interest to
her own book that she was writing. Well, attempting to write.
Truth be told, she's been much to lazy recently to keep up with
it properly. With her schedule of flying, training, sleeping,
and just general awesomeness, Rainbow hadn't really found the
time to sit down and further work on it. In fact, all she really
had was a basic idea...
"Oh, it's nothing much. Probably just the greatest adventure
book ever written!~... If I can get around to actually writing
it, that is. I took a page out of A.K. Yearling's book and I'm
trying to write my own adventure story. Thing is, I haven't
really had the time." Rainbow's gaze fell a bit, once more
glancing back at Applejack and her ever growing line. No doubt
she was probably listening and would immediately jump on the
chance to discredit the Pegasus again if Rainbow were to dive
off the deep. The mare didn't really even know the first thing
about writing a story, so explaining her plans or methods to an
actual author unnerved her slightly. What if it wasn't as good
as she let on? Rainbow bit her lip... Might as well tell the
complete truth, then. "Weeelllll... I haven't done much with it
at all, actually. I'm making myself the main character, and it's
this awesome story about traveling Equestria, shutting down
evil-doers left and right. With the help of friends along the
way, of course." Rainbow scrunched up her nose a bit... That
didn't sound nearly as awesome as she originally had thought.
But the mention of an autobiography immediately brought her to
smile again. "Well, I coouuulllddd publish my own story... Or
autobiography. But first I gotta find the time and the drive to
write it out."
She paused and shrugged again, eying the stallion that
inevitably bumped into Marked with a certain air of
carelessness... Perhaps he was just that hungry? Rainbow giggled
at the thought, putting together a little sitcom in her head.
"You know, I can get that out for you if you want... Although it
might require you getting a little wet. But that's why I have a
little something called 'Rainbow Dry'." She giggled again, very
tempted to not even give Marked a choice on the matter. But the
last time Rainbow did that, she had a rather angry unicorn after
her.
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Re: Blank Pages
By: Marked Twine Date: February 12, 2014, 3:55 pm
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Alright, now he had to try and think of a way to meet
Fluttershy. She apologized at the same time as she scolded
ponies? And it still works? From what he was learning, she was
either a master at persuading others, or that soft gentle mare
he'd heard so much about had a really intimidating tone when
upset. There was also that "stare" thing they'd mentioned...
Whatever that was must have played a part as well... Also, of
course the name "Discord" rung a bell! He'd even mentioned him
earlier himself, and he had indeed heard about how the Spirit of
Chaos was reformed by the Bearers. However, Marked had never
been clear on the details, him always having assumed that
Discord had been put under some strict rules or some such with
some kind of magical restraints set in place. He'd never guessed
that Fluttershy had been able to lake him turn over a new leaf
simply out of being nice to him. Marked ears had begun to pin
back as Rainbow raised her voice, him worried the subject may
possibly cause her to go off on some kind of rant... or drop the
conversation all together, neither being something Marked was
very eager to see happening. Despite all his nervousness, he was
loving this unexpected opportunity to get speak with and get to
know these mares.
Moving on as the rainbow named pony shrugged off her own anger,
much to Marked's relief, she both gave down news he wasn't
overly excited hearing and then mentioned something he wasn't
entirely happy about. First, her reading schedule was open for
his books to be next, this causing his nervous excitement to
return as he worried whether she would enjoy his works or not.
And then she mentioned the newest Daring Do novel... "I haven't
had the chance to pick it up yet. The last one was fantastic
though, so I'm sure this new one will be good as well..." Really
good, actually. A.K. Yearling was a pony Marked was both a big
fan of... and kind of jealous of at the same time. Her writing
always somehow managed to have such incredibly vivid detail,
almost as if what she was writing had not only actually
happened, but also been witnessed by her first hoof. He'd squee
if he ever got her autograph, but he'd also scuff his hoof into
the dirt if ever his own books were compared to hers, the
inevitable conclusion of the latter's superiority being
something he'd rather not think about. Again.
Marked's momentary lapse of enthusiasm was remedied when his
ears perked up as Rainbow went on to describe her own book, the
stallion grinning again as he eagerly listened for any details
he may be lucky enough to hear. Yearling was Dash's favorite
author if Marked had to guess, him probably admitting to her
being his as well when in private with those he trusted with his
life, but at least that meant shed chosen a good writer to be
inspired by. Progress has been minimal for the mares work it
seemed, not entirely surprising given how she was often out
saving the country or some such, but the idea itself... Well,
since Marked paid close enough attention to the Element Bearers
for the event of one of them writing a book to be noticed by
him, he could only assume that this was Rainbow's first, with
the relatively simplistic of idea of self inserting herself into
the role of the main protagonist to write out fantastical
journeys across the country sounding, at this point at least,
kind of on the fence when it came to success. An experienced
author could pull off a story where they were the hero, and a
few ponies make it their living to write such stories and
pretend that they were non-fictional re-tellings of true events,
but somepony new to writing could easily make it such a story a
bit... silly. Maybe a little ridiculous even. And given how
Rainbow seemed to view herself...
He could be completely wrong, and he hoped he was as he'd love
for the mare's book to be amazing, but he felt that the
possibility of the book playing up and focusing on just how
'awesome' Dash was could be viewed as pretty likely. "Y-you
know," Marked began nervously, again having his mind jump back
to an earlier question he'd cut himself off from asking, "if you
ever needed a h-hoof with your story, I could give some advice
whenever you might n-need it? Maybe be a pony to bounce ideas
off of? My special talent is in this kind of business after all,
s-so maybe I-I could help?" So... Now he had a few things
running through his mind. One, was he asking because he really
did want to help her? Seemed likely, Marked liked helping
ponies, and with his experience and talent in storytelling he
figured he'd do pretty okay when it came to helping out with
Rainbow's own attempt at a book. Two, did he just want to find a
way to get extra details on this new book early on? Much less
likely... buuuut he wouldn't exactly mind getting some insider
knowledge. Three, was he just asking so he could have an excuse
to be able to approach and talk to Rainbow again? ... Maybe.
This current talk was a surprise for him, but, as he'd noted
earlier, he was loving every second of it. Silly nervous
stuttering, flattered blushing and all. An excuse to speak with
a mare he was a fan of, instead of nervously wander off at the
sight of her, would be pretty nice...
"Oh, could you?" He asked, moving on to her offer to help with
the pie mess he was still trying to get out of his coat, "I'd
really appreciate it. Though, at the warning of getting wet, I'm
pretty sure I can guess where this is going..." He said with a
small chuckle, eyeing the cloud Rainbow was resting on before
stuffing whatever writing materials he still had into his saddle
bags and lightly tossing them to the side to avoid having them
get ruined by any... unexpected showers. "I don't mind a little
water, and it would definitely beat getting my hooves all sticky
from this mess then dirty from the ground, so give me your best
shot!"
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Re: Blank Pages
By: Rainbow Dash Date: February 17, 2014, 4:32 pm
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Rainbow remained silent for a moment, brows raised in thought
and ears peaked in interest as the author offered to lend a
helping hoof with her story, although her unflinching gaze
betrayed some hint of perplexity as if the idea of help was
foreign to her. And it was, at least to some extent... In the
past, Rainbow had let her fame and skill take over every facet
of her life, and she used to think that accepting help showed a
sign of weakness, no matter how small it was. It had gotten so
bad, in fact, that her friends staged the illustrious
Mare-Do-Well to force Rainbow back to her senses, and while she
harbored an extreme distaste for being tricked in such a way, it
helped break her of those egotistical tendencies. That being
said, some of Rainbow's narcissism still remained intact, as was
usually immediately apparent, but she had definitely learned her
lesson and was bound and determined not to let it happen again,
even if it meant swallowing her pride from time to time.
"You're stuttering again," the mare casually pointed out with a
smile, trying to poke a little fun at Marked. "You're among
friends, you know. Or am I just that awesome?" Rainbow's smile
grew into a wide grin as she sat up on her haunches, allowing
her wings to unfurl and fall loosely to her side. "You make a
pretty sound argument there, Marked. Perhaps we can arrange
something." While Rainbow Dash would rather chalk up her lack of
writing due to not finding the time, she truly was
inexperienced, just as Marked had thought. Truth was, she didn't
even really know where to start, much less develop and expand
the story correctly. All she had was a rather vague idea of what
the book should be about, and the more Rainbow thought about it,
the more keen she was to the idea of accepting the writer's
help. And what better way to get a good start and gather ideas
than from an actual author? "We could meet up somewhere. Your
preference, if you have any."
The mare turned her head to catch a brief glance at Applejack,
who was still buried in her work doling out apple-related sweets
and treats. Rainbow and Marked shouldn't be close enough to
affect her or her customers. One... The mare studied the
distance between the stand and herself. She wasn't too concerned
about it. But... Two... She flexed her wings a couple times,
turning her head back to Marked. Well... He asked for it.
Besides, it would do everypony good to have a little excitement,
right? She locked eyes with Marked. "Marked. Don't move." Three.
Without any kind of warning, Rainbow Dash threw all caution to
the wind and shot straight up into the sky with an incredible
burst of speed, disappearing for a mere second or two before
returning with a small cascade of water following freely close
behind her. It almost looked like magic, like the water was
being held and guided by some sort of spell, but it was actually
a simple exploit involving physics. In fact, any Pegasus could
do it if they were fast enough; the trick was to move quick
enough to create a powerful tailwind capable of carrying mass by
sheer force like a vacuum, similar to how a strong gust can
manipulate the direction of rain. Rainbow flew as low to the
ground as she could, slowing down just a hair as she passed
right over Marked, allowing the water to drop right on him with
a rather noisy splash. Without so much as a moment's delay, she
looped about and began to fly circles around the writer,
encompassing him in a colorful vortex of wind which would
ultimately leave him mostly or completely dry. Rainbow contained
it as best as she could, but she no doubt caused a bit of a
scene with all the water and wind. If that didn't catch
anypony's attention, then nothing would. The whole endeavor
lasted roughly ten seconds, give or take, and in that next
instant Rainbow Dash was once more situated on her cloud
straightening out her mane and tail. Marked's bag was clenched
between her teeth, having picked it up on her first pass to
avoid getting it wet. "How's that?" she stated proudly, lowering
his saddlebag to the ground by the strap.
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Re: Blank Pages
By: Marked Twine Date: February 17, 2014, 8:25 pm
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Marked rolled his eyes at himself when Rainbow pointed out his
falling back onto his nervous stuttering. He was stuttering. Of
course he was stuttering. He'd be more surprised if he managed
to not stutter right now. He then looked a little unsure at her
question as he wasn't entirely certain if she was joking or
really asking, him not really knowing given how she behaved. No,
no, it was a rhetorical question, of course it was rhetorical.
Marked shook off the silly thought of actually answering her,
something he'd actually been prepared to and nearly did do as he
instead tried to relax at her assuring that he was among
friendlies.
The next thing she said though was... unexpected. Great, yeah!
But... really unexpected. Given her attitude and who she is,
Marked had been expecting Rainbow to brush off his offer to help
with her book, not really thinking she would believe she would
need help from somepony like him. But no, she actually wanted
his help! So, after grinning like an idiot for a second, Marked
then tried to process the idea of meeting her somewhere to
discuss her book. And... Blank. Nothing was coming to mind at
that moment, the writer's brain still trying to figure out if
this was all some kind of incredibly lucid dream he was having.
Any moment now he'd start waking up, right after he looked down
and realized he'd been naked this whole time, that being
something that would have been preeetty weird. He always wore
hoodies when it was this cold out.
He put the question of where they would meet to discuss her
book, something he still wasn't entirely convinced was an actual
thing that was happening, to the side for now as the brief
moment where Rainbow locked her eyes onto his Marked felt a
slight tinge of worry about what she was about to do, her
instructions to not move not helping much as he wasn't left with
much time to even process the words and even less time to
attempt to open his mouth to request a moment to think about
things. By the time he'd taken a breath to speak Rainbow was
already off, the speedy mare returning immediately after take
off with water trailing behind her in the air. It was something
rather beautiful to see really, the liquid behind her being
pulled through the air and reflecting the colors of the rainbow
streak she seemed to leave behind whenever she dashed away, not
that Marked had very long to see it though, the brief glimpse
he'd caught of the water being ended when he got a much more...
hydrated view of things.
The writer gave a small surprised gasp as the water hit him, the
chilly day around him not complimenting things very well as he
was fully soaked down to the bone, him staying stuck in place
not because he was following Rainbow's instructions but because
the sudden dowsing froze him to his spot, locking his muscles up
as he gritted his teeth and tried not take in any more water
into his mouth and lungs than his gasp had already allowed. This
lock up of his body was still I'm affect when Rainbow quickly
followed up her delivery of water with flying circles around
him, this again probably being something pretty to see for those
outside of it watching though, also again, this was missed by
the writer as his eyes had screwed tightly shut from moments
before and refused to open yet, the writer only catching the
very end of the display when he chanced cracking open an eyelid
and saw the vortex shed created around his start die down before
dissipating.
Once things were finished, Marked took a large and audible gasp
of air, the pony only now noticing that he'd been holding his
breath as he then fell back into a sitting position and tried to
catch his breath. His breathing, slowing as he consumed the
oxygen his body was telling itself it desperately needed, began
to pick back up however when he remembered his bag that he knew
he hadn't tossed far enough away to avoid his sudden bath. He
had notebooks in there! Hos pens! His glasses! He glanced
around, in a slight panic for his belongings before finding them
being held by Rainbow, the mare lowering them back the ground
safely and eliciting a relieved sigh from the writer.
"That..." ...scared me out of my wits. Could have ruined my
things. Would have been easier had you given a better warning.
Could have ruined Applejack's stall.... "... was pretty
awesome." He ultimately decided on, that really being the most
prevalent of his thoughts on the matter as what little he'd seen
had been pretty darn cool to witness. Seeing that his bag and
its contents were fine, Marked turned his attention to his
shoulder, the now quite clean, and thankfully completely lacking
in stickiness, hoodie he wore now being almost good as new.
Maybe a little bit damp under his legs, but nothing a short walk
wouldn't take care of, even in this chill.
"And it certainly got the job done." He announced happily,
looking back to Rainbow and shining a smile her way as he felt
hos mane with a hoof to check for any wet spots. "What was it
you called that again? A 'Rainbow dry'? How often do you get to
use that on ponies?" He laughed a little, picturing the mare
sitting on a cloud and lying in wait for somepony to make some
kind of mess of themselves so she could swoop down with an
express bath. Marked coughed a bit, a few remnants of the water
that had been able to dig its way down his throat earlier
tickling him as he looked around st the other ponies he now was
noticing were staring at them after Rainbows stunt. He chuckled
nervously for a moment, then stood up and walked over to his bag
to pick it up. "I don't really have any preferences for where we
can meet to talk about your book," he said, speaking a bit
quieter and calling back to the earlier talk of assisting her,
"maybe we can just use the cafe? Or, if it gets warmer soon, use
the park? Really anywhere is fine with me, so whatever is more
convenient for you. And doesn't involve clouds obviously."
Blegh. Marked kinda felt silly for just reflecting Rainbow's
leaving the choice up to him back at her, but he really didn't
mind where they met up and, probably still put of being kind of
amazed of was even going to happen, would have liked her to
choose somewhere she liked for it. Might even help her think too
should she choose somewhere familiar, which would definitely aid
the creative process.
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Re: Blank Pages
By: Rainbow Dash Date: May 5, 2014, 4:38 am
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Rainbow Dash looked Marked over carefully at first from her
cloudy perch, examining his reaction, but more importantly, his
well being. Despite her giving a warning in what she thought
would be plenty of time to brace himself, Marked didn't seem to
have been quite ready for her stunt. Then again, now that Dash
stopped and thought about it, nopony could truly be ready for
it, even if they had experienced the Rainbow Dry before. It was
just simply that awesome. The cyan pegasus beamed brightly at
Marked's... remark, offering a rather proud nod of approval with
outstretched wings, like she had won a gold medal or something.
"Yup!" she exclaimed, now standing on all fours. "That would be
a Rainbow Dry. Consider yourself lucky; I don't get to do that
very often anymore. Most ponies get... uh... What's that word?
Irate? With me. The last time I did this, I had a very angry
unicorn come after me with the very cloud I was sitting on. I
think it just kinda comes as a shock to them, even if they know
what to expect." Rainbow Dash shrugged, now looking over her
shoulder to see multiple ponies staring her down. She wasn't
quite sure how to gauge their reactions, but she was going to go
with the word 'speechless'.
"Maybe if I gave them five seconds," Dash continued, rubbing a
hoof thoughtfully against her chin. "Aaaaaanyways, sorry if I
didn't give you enough time." The mare finally decided to hop
off of the cloud entirely, lazily poking it out of the way, most
likely towards Applejack's stall, before moving to stand in
front of Marked. As the stallion reflected his preferences back
on her, Rainbow Dash began to cycle through different places
without a second thought. Her first idea was her very own loft,
but when the pegasus opened her mouth to mention it, she
suddenly remember that she would have to find a way to get
Marked up there. She frowned at herself, quickly abandoning that
particular idea while she pondered upon new ones. The cafe? Too
bland. Park? Maybe... The Plaza they were standing in now would
be too crowded, and most of the outdoors-y diners would likely
be busy. Swimming hole? Nah... Rainbow bit her bottom lip,
looking in every direction for new ideas. After a few moments of
making various, strange faces, Rainbow puffed out her cheeks and
finally gave an answer. "I guess we can use the cafe. Not quite
my style, but they do have excellent food. Count me in!."
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