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Re: Blank Pages
By: Marked Twine Date: May 10, 2014, 12:10 pm
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Marked spared the staring ponies another glance as Rainbow
replied, his expression being half an apology and half an amused
smile over the way Rainbow was saying he should consider himself
"lucky" that he'd been able to have her dump a bunch of water
over him and then be at the center of her drying vortex of wind.
Well, he couldn't really disagree there. It was definitely a
story he could tell at least the next time he goes out to the
tavern or something. He'd probably need to reserve such a tale
for a tavern outside of Ponyville though since, from what she
was telling him, talking about it around here would probably
only earn a few rolled eyes and a sarcastic twirling of
somepony's hoof in a fake display of enthusiasm.
Looking back to Rainbow, Marked raised a hoof up to his mouth in
an attempt to quiet and hide the small chuckle the various faces
she was making had managed to get out of him, Marked then
perking up and seeming to completely forget about the other
ponies nearby as he gave an enthusiastic grin when Rainbow
settled on the cafe. "Awesome!" He said, punctuation it with a
nod before letting slip something he'd immediately regret, "oh,
and would you like me to bring one of those books of mine with
me when we meet?"
No! Stupid! Stupid and dumb! Marked, you are made of dumb!
Stupid dumb! Or so his brain was suddenly shouting at him,
Marked apparent moment of excitment and achieved comfort letting
casually slip the offer he'd normally have tried to avoid
entirely. The quick shift toward mentally lashing himself made a
tiny twitch pluck at his right eye for a split second as he was
suddenly torn in what he wanted. On one hoof he was still
nervous about Rainbow seeing anything he ever wrote ever again,
but on the other hoof he was kind of wanting to share some more
of his work with her both cause he wanted her to know his
writing style as best s she could, since he'd be helping her
with her story and all, and because he... just... kinda wanted
to now a bit...
#Post#: 2686--------------------------------------------------
Re: Blank Pages
By: Rainbow Dash Date: May 15, 2014, 7:23 pm
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Rainbow Dash blinked, curious about Marked's sudden twitch as
she tilted her head a little to one side. Her curious
implication didn't last long, however, as it suddenly registered
that the stallion was offering to bring one of his books. Like,
to read! From the author himself! Oh, maybe she could get it
signed, and-- The Pegasus stopped herself, realizing that a
goofy smile was plastered all over her face. Keep cool, Rainbow
Dash. It's just... a book. A book that she's never read before,
full of who knows what. Adventure? Suspense? Horror? All three?
This could possibly be the best book ever written, and the
author just offered to bring it~--
The mare stopped herself again, shaking her head as she cleared
her throat, hoping that she didn't make too big of a spectacle
out of herself. "That would be... So! Awesome!" Despite her
attempts, Rainbow Dash couldn't help but prance in place, if
only for half a second before catching herself again. "Umm,
yeah," she giggled nervously, trying to play herself off as cool
at the same time. "What time do you want to do this thing? I'm
free practically all day, every day. Unless I get pony-napped by
Pinkie. But that's a completely different story."
#Post#: 2759--------------------------------------------------
Re: Blank Pages
By: Marked Twine Date: May 22, 2014, 11:53 am
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Ooooooh boy. Something was starting to give Marked the
impression that Rainbow was excited over the idea of him
bringing one of his books, and while that did plenty to convert
his slightly forced and nervous smile he'd adopted after his
slip up into a genuinely flattered one that came coupled with a
warm and fuzzy feeling over seeing someone be so interested in
what he'd written, it also caused him to worry only that much
more. Was she getting her hopes up? He hoped she wasn't getting
her hopes up... What if his book failed to deliver? What if she
hated it? She might just think the other one shed read of his
was a lucky idea or something, and would probably then laugh at
the idea of him helping her...
Oooooh boy... He guessed he'd just pick one of the books he'd
mentioned earlier by random or something... Oooooh boy...
The worry didn't kill his smile though, as, having offered
already, there was no longer much he could do about it aside
from awkwardly retract his offer and possibly look like an
indecisive jerk, so he tried to simply move on and cross that
bridge when it came.
She was free pretty much all day every day, huh? Well that
sounded familiar. What was Marked even doing today again? Before
the whole somehow managing to meet two of the most famous ponies
in the country thing. He was... Just wandering around trying to
brainstorm ideas wasn't he? It was odd, but with how things have
gone, what was only a short while ago felt like it had been
months in the past. His oh so busy schedule for that day and
everyday that would probably follow for the foreseeable future -
it more than likely including going home, napping, wandering
around his house, staring at his typewriter for an hour or two,
and then napping again - meant that it would be "tricky", but
the stallion figured he could fit Rainbow in somewhere if he
tried hard enough.
"It's practically the same for me. Er, minus the random
ponynappings at least," he answered, wondering briefly how that
normally went down for the mare, "I usually have a lot of free
time, so I actually wouldn't mind meeting up later today...? Or
tomorrow or, you know, whenever is more comfortable for you
since this is going to be for your story and all. Like i said,
im equally as free and flexible."
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Re: Blank Pages
By: Rainbow Dash Date: September 20, 2014, 4:33 pm
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"Ohhhhhh, I dunno~..." Rainbow replied with somewhat of a
sarcastic smirk, once again poking fun at the stallion. "I mean,
I have so many clouds to patch up and thread together. You'd be
surprised just how intangible the things are. You know... Being
condensed water and all..." The mare trailed off, shifting her
gaze towards the sky which was clearly blanketed by an unbroken,
gray mass of clouds. She frowned a bit, her joke immediately
lost, even if it was a bad one. "Well, would you look at that!
Looks like I'm free the rest of the day.~" The Pegasus blinked,
returning her cerise gaze back to the author along with an
awkward grin in hopes that she didn't make a terrible impression
in making that blunder. "Sorry. I'm horrible at teasing, I
know," she stated rather bluntly, searching the stallion's
features for any kind of negative reaction. Truth was, she was
just as nervous as Marked was, and she did a terrible job of
hiding it. The persistent twitching and swaying of her tail was
perhaps the most noticeable thing, probably in an effort to keep
some part of her moving in anticipation.
"How about... Four in the afternoon?" Rainbow continued,
brushing her mane out from in front of her eyes. "It's early
enough where it won't be crowded, but late enough we can stay
and enjoy their evening specials. I'll even buy. It's the least
I can do for an awesome author like you offering to help me out
on this." Now that she thought about it, what exactly did she
need help with again? What material should she bring? Were her
ideas good enough? Well, of course they were, coming from
somepony like Rainbow Dash... But that was besides the point.
She would only have a hoof-full of hours to come up with
something that Marked could work with. She sighed inwardly... So
much for a good nap before the meeting.
#Post#: 3564--------------------------------------------------
Re: Blank Pages
By: Marked Twine Date: September 21, 2014, 11:29 am
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'Uuuuhwhayuegh?' was the only hing that played through Marked's
mind as he listened to Rainbow claim to be busy for the day with
work. First she says she was free almost all day every day and
then she turns around to say shes busy with clouds? A mere
glance upwards made it obvious that there was very little to no
need for any patches or repairs with how heavy and thick the
cloud layer already was, but Marked guessed he wasn't exactly an
expert? He wasn't a pegasus, and Rainbow was on the weather team
so... He felt his smile dip a little, feeling disappointed even
if he should have also basked in that sliver of relief washing
over him over not yet needing to risk disappointing and then
receiving criticism over another one of his books from a pony he
respected. When Rainbow gave her own look towards the sky and
flipped her mind, however, Marked put on a kinda desperate and
confused smile. He didn't get it. Was she just having second
thoughts now?
Ooooh! She was just messing with him. Silly Marked. He kicked
himself mentally for letting his nervousness feed into paranoia
and probably make himself look like a stick in the mud. He gave
a relieved sigh along with a small and veeeeery slightly forced
chuckle to show that he'd finally allowed his brain to click
with the teasing and then tried to relax. His success in doing
this was less than impressive.
"Four sounds great!" Marked replied, maybe a little too eagerly
as he caught himself and cleared his throat and tried to chill,
"Uh, well, I'll definitely be free by then I mean. Heh... And,
pfft, you probably won't really need my help all that much..."
He wanted to dispute the idea of Rainbow paying for his meal as
he felt it would be plenty fair to just split the bill since
he'd be helping her and she'd most likely feed his own
creativity through her personality, but he was unsure if he
would seem rude to refuse the generous offer. Maybe it would be
best to offer once that bridge was near being crossed? Or would
that be worse?
And what would he bring? He'd promised to bring one of his books
for Rainbow to check out, but which one should he risk possibly
having her hate? Which one was the "best" for her and would suit
her tastes well enough for her to enjoy? Agh! Why was this so
hard to figure out! The writer wanted to bump his head with his
hoof in some vain attempt to joggle his brain into not being so
jittery and worried. She'd expressed interest in his horror and
science fiction stories earlier. Should he just bring both? Or
would that seem like too much? Maybe he should just go with a
safer bet and let her read one of his adventure novels that
resided safely within his comfort zone...
Marked would have groaned had he not been in front of Rainbow.
So much for calming down and relaxing before the meeting...
"So I'll see you there then?" Marked went on, feeling reluctant
to leave as he was worried this would turn out to be a dream
that he would wake up from should he stray too far away, "Okay.
Um..." he started to trot backwards. Smooth exit. Well done
Marked. It was made even smoother when he accidentally bumped
into another pony and nearly dropped his glasses, muttering a
few apologies as he fumbled to keep his delicate possession from
falling to the street below. He gave Rainbow another grin in
some silly attempt to recover from the small and embarrassing
collision, the other pony merely rolling her eyes and continuing
on with her day as the writer went back to trotting backwards
after having apparently failed to learn his lesson the first
time. "I'll see you at the cafe!"
#Post#: 3569--------------------------------------------------
Re: Blank Pages
By: Rainbow Dash Date: September 21, 2014, 4:32 pm
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The rainbow-maned Pegasus leaned forward a bit as Marked began
to make his leave, obviously expecting something a bit more
after the stallion's questioning 'um...' Perhaps she made the
situation a bit too awkward, especially considering how
uncertain Marked had looked after her terrible attempt at a
self-servicing joke. Way to go, Rainbow Dash, she thought to
herself. Might have to revoke my cool card after this... What a
mess. I mean, it's not like I'm talking to an established author
or anything. I bet I made a horrible impression. Feh.
The mare's cerise eyes dimmed a bit, and her tail's swaying
movements slowed to a halt before she finally shook herself out
of it. When Dash refocused her gaze on the retreating stallion,
she did so just in time to see him bump into another mare,
earning a slight chuckle despite his embarrassment. "Hey,
Marked!" She shouted after him, quickly trotting up to the
stallion before spinning him around in the correct direction.
"It helps if you face the direction you're going. Unless you
have eyes in the back of your head, but that would be creepy.
Not that it would actually scare me, though." She grinned to
herself, pulling Marked a bit closer for a brief, inconspicuous
hug before leaning down to whisper. "Hey, you'll be fine. Just
be cool. Like me.~" Even though Dash had failed in practically
all accounts to be 'cool' in the past few minutes, she was
certainly trying to maintain her image. "Just take your time.
I'll be waiting.~"
With those last little words of encouragement, if Marked were to
see it as such, Rainbow Dash would take to the air, pausing for
a few moments to catch her bearings before racing home. She
certainly had some work to do, and she wasn't going to miss an
opportunity to impress somepony, naturally.
#Post#: 3570--------------------------------------------------
Re: Blank Pages
By: Marked Twine Date: September 21, 2014, 5:58 pm
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Oh no, she noticed him looking like a goof and bumping into
ponies. Marked kicked himself again when Rainbow called out to
him and caught up, him first keeping up an embarrassed smile
then blinking a bit in surprise when he was whirled around to
face the proper direction he was headed in. Her hug earned
another blink, and words encouraging him to just be cool gave a
mixed feeling, first another desire for a near groan over how he
probably was indeed looking like the nervous pony he knew he was
and the other a wish to give it a shot. Be cool? Yeah! He could
do that! I mean how hard could it be? Rainbow seemed to be able
to do it without even giving it any kind of thought. Maybe.
Marked had no idea for sure, but the point was that she made it
seem so very simple.
He gave a short wave to the mare as she headed off, Marked then
trying to straighten himself out and practice this "cool" he
wanted to try before meeting her again later that day. He tried
to look more confident, puffed out his chest a bit, put on a
smirk as he put away his currently unneeded reading glasses
and... then realized that he was probably the least cool looking
guy around. Like a balloon his chest deflated back to its usual
unimpressive size as he let out a long breath. Eh. Well, he did
at least manage to look normal again now that he wasn't in the
presence of the two Element Bearers and was able to trot off
with his normal rhythm of step, a brief pause being made to
adjust his hoodie and give the sky another glance to gauge the
weather even if his mind was instead focused almost solely on
what book he was going to be bringing to his meeting with the
recently departed pegasus. Then it hit him once again that he
had indeed just met who he thought he'd met. Marked would have
done a flip if he knew how and was capable of it, him picking
back up his trot with a new bounce instead as he smiled his way
down the street.
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