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#Post#: 3320--------------------------------------------------
Re: Derivation
By: Darrus Date: September 3, 2014, 1:55 pm
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Hmm...
Yeah...
Wait!
...
No, yeah, Darrus was doomed.
Whatever ground he would gain from his attempts to push forward
was minimal at best as he was met with AJ's resistance, the mare
then managing to make up for it quickly and prevent him from
getting a solid lead. He could tell that she was trying to wear
him down, similarly to how he was trying to do the same to her,
but she had taken the option of only using more of her strength
when he tried to push and, as he was quickly learning, she
seemed to be just naturally stronger than he was in terms of
sheer muscle strength. A lifetime spent as an earth pony on a
farm made such a revelation far from surprising. Still, just as
he had with the race, Darrus refused to admit to the defeat
heading his way until it had actually fully arrived, and he
fought to keep himself in the game using whatever reserves of
energy he still had stowed away within him after a full day of
farm work coupled with a race across town.
Feeling near his end, Darrus was preparing himself for when his
muscles would start to give out when suddenly he felt AJ's
strength give way, his hoof suddenly pinning hers in the blink
of an eye which triggered the pegasus to immediately jump into
the air over his sudden and unexpected victory with a small
cheer of "woo!"
"Oh, AJ," he began after performing a couple of small loops in
the air, "I forgot to mention how I can bend solid steel! Sorry
about that! Next time I'll warn you about my amazing super pony
abilities!" When noticing her rubbing her shoulder, Darrus at
first wondered if maybe she'd was putting on a show, giving her
a brief skeptical look before remembering how she was the
Element of Honesty.
"You alright?" he asked, wings making little flutters as he
lowered himself down to the ground as if about to present
himself to a group of sheering fans, "I didn't go and dislocate
your shoulder there when I locked in my win, did I?" While he
couldn't help his usual cocky attitude forcing him to slip in a
sarcastic jab, Darrus raised a brow afterwards to show he had
actually been serious about his question towards her shoulder
and whether or not it was alright. Neither of them had properly
stretched really during this competition of theirs, so he
recognized the potential of having such an oversight back fire
on them into a minor injury.
The question of what Darrus was going to have AJ do now that
he'd won caused him to hum and rub his chin in thought, the
massaging AJ was giving her shoulder sparking a quick idea as he
felt his wings and how achy they were. He'd been ignoring it
most of the night since he'd only been hovering and making quick
trips mostly, but they did still feel rather worked from the
daily chores he and AJ had finished earlier that day.
'You can do me favor with my wings here," he answered, extending
out his wings fully as he spoke and giving her a smile, "they've
been bugging me ever since we called it a day for the farm work,
so I wouldn't mind a good rubbin. Also, you would then need to
allow me to return the favor for your shoulder there and give
you a massage myself." his idea of something embarrassing for AJ
having been proposed, his smile grew a bit more mischievous.
"Course, if you don't want to bother with all that I'd be
willing to settle for a quick little kiss."
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Re: Derivation
By: Applejack Date: September 4, 2014, 10:05 am
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Applejack opened her mouth to respond after Darrus' initial
question of if she was alright, only to pause and stare at him
from beneath her brows as he went on to immediately make a joke
at her expense after. Shaking her head after his jab, she took a
breath to replace the one she'd exhaled during Darrus' quip.
"Ah'll be fine. Just gotta ride it out," she said flatly,
flexing and contracting her leg over and over as she rubbed her
shoulder.
Then, when he suggested she massage his wings, she arched a brow
for a moment, only to begin blushing once more soon after when
he said he'd give her a return massage. Her awkward moment only
seemed to compound on itself when he gave her the alternative of
a kiss, to which she nearly immediately shook her head to.
"Massage it is. Cain't say Ah've ever handled wings like that
before, so yer gonna hafta tell me what Ah'm doin' right or
wrong. Let's get it over with," she mumbled to herself as she
pushed herself up on her hooves and stepped over to Darrus' side
of the crate so she could seat herself beside him.
Once there, she rubbed her hooves together in awkward
anticipation, before setting them on the wing on her side. If
the wing was still furled against his side, she'd simply try to
knead her hooves against the wing, starting at the base against
his body and slowly making her way to the tip. If the wing was
extended for her, she'd set her hooves on either side of his
wing at the base to knead in slow circles along the span of his
wing.
#Post#: 3327--------------------------------------------------
Re: Derivation
By: Darrus Date: September 4, 2014, 11:42 am
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"Eh, it ain't as complicated as you might assume," Darrus
assured after having given a small and jokingly exaggerated
motion of his hoof to show his disappointment over having AJ
shoot down the idea of a kiss, "and come on, loosen up a bit,
eh? You might just like it." Darrus, being Darrus, couldn't help
a small waggle of his eyebrows as he extended his wing out for
AJ to massage. When she began to knead his wing Darrus let out a
small sigh and relaxed into the massage, closing his eyes as she
was already doing a decent job for somepony not having ever done
this for another pegasus before as she'd mentioned.
"You sure you haven't done this before? You ain't doin' half
bad. Feel free to put a bit more pressure on, by the way," he
said, looking back at the mare with a smile carrying a shade of
gratitude as this was already doing wonders for his wing as he'd
been thinking about checking out that spa in town about their
massages on offer for some time now.
"I find most ponies like to believe that pegasi wings are
fragile to the point of being made of glass, but those same
ponies seem to forget how often pegasi deal with hard landings
and just how durable they can actually be. Or maybe it's just
different between each pegasus..." Darrus, hoping not to have
this be entirely awkward for AJ, tried to have some small talk
to promote a more comfortable mood, "my wings at least seem to
be almost as tough as my legs so they can usually handle
whatever you would normally have in mind for them...
"... For this kind of thing." he tagged on, realizing what he
said had the chance of possibly being taken as one of his
dirtier suggestion... though he then noticed that he may not
have actually made it all that suggestive and actually changed
that with his addition at the end... Eh.
"So anyway, I've been wondering about something I over heard
some ponies talking about while in town last weekend," he tried
to shift focus, extending his other wing out for AJ to start on
once she finished with his first, "Kept slipping my mind. Was
something about a... what was it... Zap jam? Zapple jam?
Something like that. Heard you guys make it at some point?
What's that all about? And is there any other fancy stuff you
guys produce round here that I don't know about yet?"
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Re: Derivation
By: Applejack Date: September 4, 2014, 11:05 pm
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A slight look of surprise played on Applejack's face when Darrus
said that she wasn't doing too bad. "Ah haven't done this
before, no," she replied when she got the chance. "Ah really
haven't even massaged other ponies all that much... But more
pressure it is," she acknowledged, immediately putting a little
more force behind her kneading. She listened idly to him as he
went on to talk about wings being a lot more sturdy than most
thought, the conversation helping to distract her a little bit
and reduce the flush at her cheeks. She kept this up until he
started talking about zap applejam, to which her ears perked up
as the idle listening turned into active listening, eyes coming
back into focus now that it was time to talk about something she
really knew.
"There's a few things. We don't grow just apples. Ah'm sure
you've already seen the corn, an' grapes 'n' stuff. Most o'
that's taken care of by a few o' mah family you've seen
wanderin' 'round here--dunno if you've had the chance ta talk to
'em yet. Anyway, what yer thinkin' of is the Zap Apple Jam. The
apples come from the Everfree, believe it or not. Granny Smith
went into the Everfree and picked some apples from there, then
planted their seeds out here in the orchards. Almost instantly,
they grew into full-sized trees.
"First sign we get that the zap apples are comin', is that the
timber wolves will start howlin'. Last year it started
overnight, an' we woke up ta Granny Smith runnin' around outside
cryin' that out an' bangin' pots an' pans... Apparently that's
one o' the best ways ta keep 'em away. In mah experience, a few
good rocks does the trick just fine, too.
"Second sign is the leaves'll start growin'. This really strong
wind starts blowin', an' some dark clouds come over the
orchard... Then, the trees'll start glowin' with these blue
sparks, an' when they disappear, the zap apples leaves are in
its place.
"Third sign are the crows. There's usually more strong wind,
accompanied by a murder o' crows that make an apple shape with
their flight pattern. At the same time, these glowin'
star-shaped flowers sprout on the trees, with more sparks.
"Fourth sign's the best in mah opinion. The night before the
harvest, we get this really beautiful meteor shower. Ah've never
missed a year watchin' it. Anyway, durin' the shower, the
flowers will start growin' into the apples, but they're grey an'
not ready fer pickin' yet.
"That's fer the followin' day. There's one final lightnin' storm
over the orchard before a rainbow shines over it an' the trees
get the sparks again. The aurora lasts while the apples grow an'
ripen, then when that's over, it's finally time ta start
harvestin'.
"'Course, there's, as Granny Smith says, 'a whole mess o' steps'
ta makin' Zap Apple Jam, an' ya 'gotta get every one of 'em just
right or there's no zap apple jam'. Like, ya gotta be friendly
with the bees so the honey'll be sweet, ya talk to the glass
jars ta keep 'em strong an' in line, an'--Ah still kinda don't
understand this one--the zap apples like pink polka dots. Also,
ya gotta hop over full waterin' cans in bunny suits while
singin' the alphabet. Ah know how ridiculous that sounds, but
apparently that's the way it has ta be, an' as Granny Smith
says, 'magic is as magic does--just funny that way'... An' with
how much profit those things rake in, Ah ain't about ta change
it just 'cause o' how silly it is. Just like with the cider,
ponies line up ta get some o' our jam. An' one o' the richest
ponies in Ponyville always buys a large batch of it every
year--Filthy Rich, if you've heard o' him.
Still having been massaging Darrus' wings through her
monologue--and even moving around to his other side so she could
massage that one too--she stopped talking for a moment as if
realizing how much she'd been speaking, before asking, "Why
d'you ask?"
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Re: Derivation
By: Darrus Date: September 5, 2014, 2:11 am
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Darus had approved of the increased pressure behind the massage,
this being evident by his slight widening of his smile and
second sigh given just before AJ began to respond to his
questions. The mention of their being more than just apples
being grown around the farm and how other Apple family members
tended to the other produce earned only a slight shrug from
Darrus. Chances were indeed high that if said corn, grapes and
what have you were present on the farm that Darrus would have
seen it at some point, but since his work revolved around the
apple orchard AJ cared for Darrus paid little mind to the rest
as it wasn't his responsibility and they didn't seem to have as
many fancy and or famous products being made out of them. He did
recall spotting the occasional pony working on other parts of
the farm though, however as he too at the time was working and
AJ never seemed to say anything objecting towards their presence
Darrus had always just left them to their work figuring that if
he were to eventually meet them proper that it would most likely
happen after hours or something along those lines. This led
Darrus to only give a small shake of his head as AJ mentioned
them to indicate that he hadn't yet had the pleasure.
Moving on, Darrus sounded a low hum and gave a short nod of his
head when AJ spoke the correct name for the jam that sent them
down this branch of the conversation, the ring of Zap Apple Jam
clicking in his mind as it cleared up his memory of what the
ponies he'd heard talking about it were saying... which would
actually cause him some confusion during the ensuing
explanation.
His interest over this new thing doubled when it was revealed to
him that the apples needed to make the jam originated from the
Everfree, then tripled when apparently Granny Smith had gone out
to the Forest herself to pick the apples that were later used to
plant them onto the farm, at first causing Darrus to imagine the
elderly pony venturing out into the forest and going through who
knows what kind of obstacles to harvest these fancy apples and
bring them back home. The amusing mental image was dropped when
AJ went on to explain how quickly the apple trees grew, this
earning a slightly skeptical raising of Darrus's eyebrow at the
mare.
Instantly? Did she... need to at least add water? Well, if she
said so...
The skepticism only grew when AJ began to list off the many
signs that heralded the coming of these zap apples, the first of
which sounding more like a superstitious belief slash
coincidence to Darrus - a second amusing mental image of Granny
Smith managing to work its way into the pegasus's mind also -
while the second sign started off sounding normal but soon
escalated to incredible again. Leaves growing? Darrus could buy
that. A strong wind? Easy to believe. A mass of dark clouds
coming over the orchard? Uh... sure? The trees start to glow
while blue sparks-
Darrus furrowed his brow. AJ was the Element of Honesty, right?
This meant she never ever lied - or so Darrus felt safe to
assume - and in fact hated lying if Applebloom was to be
believed, but did that pure honesty extend to telling small
white lies for the sole purpose of messing with somepony for
fun? Like, for a prank? Darrus was starting to think there was a
bit of breathing room when it came to that rule, especially when
she began to explain the third sign as at that point it was
sounding like she was just making stuff up.
A murder of crows flying in an apple shaped pattern while
sparking glowy glowy flowers sprout on the trees? Right...
And then there's a meteor shower. Because space. Darrus was
beginning to wonder if she was going to toss in a solar eclipse
too while she was at it.
Finishing up with the events that lead to actually being able to
harvest the apples... she sounded like she was actually being
serious... and Applejack was the Bearer of Honesty, so...
Nah. No way. I mean, come on that many crazy things couldn't
seriously happen just as signs of a special type of apple
nearing its ideal harvesting time. no, she was most likely just
screwing with him... Maybe... Still weird how a couple of things
she'd mentioned had actually been what he'd heard those ponies
in town talking about, but maybe its just a local story or
something that all the ponies living here knew... Yeah...
Darrus then became certain that he wouldn't be able to help not
chuckling the next time he saw Granny Smith after picturing her
doing all of these extra things for the zap apples that AJ was
listing off, the most interesting of which being the bucket
bunny alphabet combo that caused Darrus to give AJ a questioning
look after she'd followed it up with claiming to know just how
ridiculous this all sounded, him wondering if she was indeed
hearing the same things he was, He dropped this when she began
to talk about how big of an event this jam was and how
profitable it is for them every year, the mention of whoever
that Rich pony was not meaning anything to Darrus as he didn't
recognize the name but the fact that somepony wealthy went out
of their way to secure themselves a large quantity of this jam
sure did catch his interest.
Hmm...
When AJ finally paused her very interesting yet hard to believe
explanation to ask why Darrus had brought up this topic in the
first place, he looked back at the mare, again appearing
skeptical for a few moments as he narrowed his eyes.
".. Really?" He asked simply, not sounding the least bit
sarcastic as he was just asking for confirmation that she hadn't
been pulling his leg this whole time, not that he'd complain
much mind but... never mind.
"Well, I brought up the jam because those ponies I mentioned
hearing about it from had been discussing a couple of the things
you just talked about," he turned his head back forward, him
flexing his wings to get a feel for how well AJ had done in
massaging them and smiling at how much better they felt as he
believed her to be a natural, not perfect mind but much better
in his opinion than most who would try it for the first time,
"and I thought once I'd mentioned it to you that we would both
have a chuckle over it before having you tell me that it's just
a special flavor of jam you make around here that just had some
added spice to it or something. But now... uh...
"Really?" Darrus asked again, once more turning his head to face
AJ though this time he looked more surprised than skeptical,
"... Huh... What comes first? Cider Season or these Zap Apples?"
Giving his wings one more flex, Darrus gave yet another happy
sigh at the improvement over his aches before spreading his
smile into a teasing grin and turning his body to face AJ fully.
"Also, I think I can start returning the favor of that massage
now, if you'd let me."
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Re: Derivation
By: Applejack Date: September 5, 2014, 7:47 am
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"Heh, really." Applejack said after Darrus' simple,
flabbergasted question. She knew exactly how it sounded, but it
was just something that ponies had to see for theirselves before
they really grasped what she meant. She went back to listening
when he explained why he asked, mentioning that he'd heard talk
of it around town. Not all that surprising to her. She just
grinned to herself when he admitted hoping it was something
she'd pass off as nothing more than a simple exaggeration,
something they could laugh off, finding his bewilderment over
the situation being fairly amusing.
Then, when moments after he mentioned being able to massage her
in return, she blushed again and froze for a moment before
nodding slightly as she returned to a sitting position nearby. A
deal was a deal, after all... And, though she wasn't quite ready
to admit it yet, she fairly liked the idea of a massage, partly
because she hadn't had one in so long, and partly because the
thought of Darrus' hooves kneading her muscles like that wasn't
one she tried shooing away. "The zap apples come first. They
come roughly around the middle o' spring. Thing is about the zap
apples--they all hafta be harvested in the same day they ripen
or else whatever's left goes away 'til next year. So bein'
efficient's... necessary. Anyway... What're some o' the more
interestin' jobs you've taken on while wanderin' Equestria?"
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Re: Derivation
By: Darrus Date: September 5, 2014, 8:18 pm
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Darrus stood up for a moment so as to reposition where he was as
AJ sat down, putting himself a little behind her and on the side
of the shoulder she'd been rubbing earlier. Rolling his hooves
as if to loosen them up in preparation of starting her massage,
Darrus felt a bit disappointed to learn that the Zap Apples had
already come and gone for the year as he was starting to become
increasingly curious as to just how accurate Applejack's
descriptions of the signs leading up them as well as the apples
themselves were. Well... looked like he'd missed out...
Anyway, moving on Darrus began to use his hooves to work the
muscles of AJ's shoulder, first trying to relieve her muscles of
any tension they may have had and loosen her muscles up before
putting a little bit more pressure on to try and assist with
relieving any pain she may still have had lingering from her
earlier arm wrastlin incident. Unlike Applejack who by her own
word had little experience in massaging other ponies, Darrus
seemed to have a much better idea of what he was doing, whether
that be due to experience of giving massages himself or just
picking up on what others did whenever he received one who could
say. Either way, his hooves worked with some knowledge as he
tried his best to make this pleasant for the mare.
"Interesting jobs..." Darrus echoed, keeping his eyes on what he
was doing as he thought on her question, "Hmm... Well, as I
mentioned before when we first met, most of the work I get is
simple labor and junk. The kind of stuff where somepony might
hire a walk in for some quick and cheap help in getting some
hole dug into the ground. I doubt you'd find a story where I'm
digging a ditch very interesting though unless I added in some
buried treasure, so give me a sec...
"Oh! Have I ever mentioned that I'm a movie star?" Darrus
eventually said after several seconds of thought, "Weeeeell...
Maybe not a movie star really, but I was in a film once. At
least I think I'm still in it. I was just an extra though for
the back ground so it's not like I got to do or say anything. I
made up for that by mugging for the camera like crazy every
single chance I had though, and since nopony ever seemed to
notice, care or say anything I guess it made it in to the film.
Unless they cut my in post production or had things set up to
keep everything in the background, like me, blurred, but
honestly who would do such things to a face like this?
"What else... I sailed on a ship for a couple weeks over on the
east coast. Was toying with the idea of maybe traveling to a
different country once and at the time couldn't figure out how
I'd afford or work my way onto an airship, so I signed up to
work on a boat running up and down the coast with cargo to see
if life out on the open water would suit me well enough to make
the trip. I decided no after the second week, I wasn't huge on
the lack of space on board and the constant rocking was kind of
bugging me, but there was one moment that came out of it that I
think was pretty cool.
"We were heading up north to drop off some stuff I forget for
some company that I forget when... Well, you know how some sea
life are supposed to jump up out of the water and alongside a
ship when it's sailing? That happened a couple times with us,
but once was weird. We'd taken a detour through deeper waters
than was normal for use to get around some winds or something, I
dunno, the captain just said we needed to change course for
whatever reason, and while we were out there some kind of
huge... thing started following us through the water. Most of us
assumed it was a whale of some sort, but even a couple of the
more veteran guys were a bit iffy about how accurate that was
from the silhouette we kept seeing in the water. Just looked
kinda funny for a whale... shape was kinda off, though I'm no
expert.
"That's not the best part though," Darrus claimed, taking one of
his hooves back so as to make a few gestures as he told his
story to convey some excitement he felt over what he'd seen, "at
one point, after it must have been following us for at least a
half hour, it came closer to the surface and broke it with what
we think was it's back. Like a hump or something. Was half the
size of our ship and a weird purple color, and it made this kind
of motion as if it was gonna rotate onto it's side in the water
which caused our ship to lean some, I guess because its fin or
whatever was right under us? Keep in mind I'm no expert.
"Anyway, I guess it changed it's mind for whatever reason and
decided to sink back under. We lost track of it a few seconds
later as it swam lower and after that we didn't see it again,"
he finished, resting his hoof that he'd pulled away onto AJ's
other shoulder as he started to work the muscles of both to give
her a better neck massage, "I'll admit that maybe my imagination
has exaggerated some of that a touch, but I still think it was
kinda cool. Still haven't really figured out what it might have
been though.
"For something less fantastical and much much easier to believe,
I once modeled for an art class," he informed with another grin,
"... nude." he tagged on as a joke.
"So, do you have any crazy stor- Oh. Right. Element and all.
Guess that was going to be a silly question. What about before
you were one of them famous ponies with one of them famous
necklaces? Did you ever get into any cool adventures back then
too? How am I doing by the way? There any other spots where you
feel stressed and could use a good rub?" Believe it or not,
Darrus was not actually trying to make a funny here and was
merely asking for serious, "Just say the word and I'll do what I
can."
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Re: Derivation
By: Applejack Date: September 6, 2014, 9:04 am
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Moments after Darrus began the massage, Applejack's jaw dropped
slightly as her eyes closed, a quiet moan escaping her as she
practically melted under his hooves. It felt so much better than
anything she'd expected, possibly even better than the mares
that worked at the spa. She guessed he'd done it quite a few
times in the past, but whatever it was... She certainly wasn't
complaining. With almost every movement of his hooves, her body
rocked gently in response, offering visible proof to how she was
at his mercy.
For the most part, Applejack stayed silent as Darrus responded
to her question, either offering more quiet moans of approval
because of his hooves, or hums of intrigue because of his story.
The extra in a movie thing was fairly interesting, and she made
a mental note to ask him about that later to see if maybe they
could look into watching that--if it sounded at all interesting
to her. Maybe they could just get it to see his part in it.
Then, he started talking about spending some time on a ship. It
wouldn't have surprised her if it was some kind of pirate crew
he'd become a part of and that he'd simply left that detail out,
but she decided to give him benefit of the doubt since it
probably wasn't that big of a deal. Unless he was actually some
kind of wanted criminal--or just criminal in general. Applejack
mentally shook the the thought from her head, trying to steer
her mind from that train of thought.
When he mentioned having modeled for an art class 'nude',
Applejack took the time to speak up and say, "Uh, Darrus. We
don't normally wear clothes," the joke apparently having gone
over her head partly because she couldn't see the grin that he
wore, and partly because of the massaging going on. After he
asked if there was anywhere else he could massage, Applejack
thought for a brief moment before nodding her head, realizing
that the thought of him stopping kind of disappointed her.
"Well, since yer offerin', Ah reckon mah back wouldn't mind
feelin' yer magic hooves there. Oh, an' Ah just wanna set
somethin' straight: Ah was Applejack a long time before Ah was
the 'Element o' Honesty'. We all were. Ah still don't like the
thought o' some silly magic necklace makin' me 'better' than
other ponies.
"Rant aside... Well, Ah've stopped a few stampedes from
demolishin' Ponyville. With a lotta help from Winona. Oh, here's
one you'd like: y'know that old castle out there in the
Everfree? Where the princesses used ta live? Ah had a bet with
Rainbow Dash recently ta see who was the bravest. We'd gotten
through a number o' challenges throughout the day, an' we kept
tyin' with every one of 'em... So, Ah had this idea: Granny
Smith told me this ancient legend when Ah was a filly, that when
Nightmare Moon was banished to the moon, not every last bit of
her dark magic went with her.
"Granny used ta say, when night falls on the castle, that magic
takes form of the 'Pony of Shadows'. So, we wanted ta see who
could stay in the castle the longest ta see who'd win. Let's
just say that one was a tie, too," she said plainly, not really
wanting to admit what had really happened. "Where'd ya learn ta
massage like this, anyway? Ah feel like Ah'm gonna go limp any
moment..."
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Re: Derivation
By: Darrus Date: September 6, 2014, 10:35 am
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Darrus's question could have easily come off as a silly one with
how Applejack had so clearly been giving him the answer since
he'd started, each moan and how easily she was moving to his
massage keeping an amused smirk on his face as he continuously
delivered pleasure with his hooves. He knew he was pretty decent
with giving a massage, but he hadn't thought he'd been so good
as to almost make a mare melt in his hooves. Maybe he was better
than he first thought? Hmm... Darrus played with the idea of
maybe applying to be a masseuse if ever he was looking for
another job to make some quick bits. If he could recreate this
kind of experience for other ponies as well he'd probably end up
pretty well off, though he didn't dismiss the possibility of
this just being unique to AJ as she may just not get massages
very often with all of her farm work keeping her busy.
At her failing to recognize his joke for what it was, Darrus
momentarily considered playfully pointing out how he actually
did normally wear clothes, albeit just a simple cloak, but
instead decided to focus on lowering his massage from the mare's
shoulders to her upper back at her accepting of his offer to
continue. At her rant Darrus would have just given a small shrug
as whether or not she was a bearer of any of the elements made
little difference to him right now as he just continued to
listen for any talk of older and less well known adventures she
may have been a part of.
"Real mare of action, ain't ya?" Darrus spoke in response to how
she'd saved the town from stampedes in the past. He perked his
ear in interest, just as Applejack probably predicted he would,
when she began to talk about a castle in the Everfree supposedly
haunted by some left behind magic of that Nightmare Moon pony.
Darrus hadn't actually known about there being a castle out in
the Everfree, his knowledge of the forest not being very in
depth, and this talk of AJ and her friend Rainbow having hung
around it in a test of courage was quite amusing to him.
"Castle in the Everfree..." Darrus echoed, interest evident in
his voice as his hooves started to work a little lower from AJ's
upper back.
"Oh, this? I just picked up a few things here and there," he
went on to answer her question, being kind of vague but not
really having any other way he could explain it as he lacked
having taken any lessons or proper classes, "I've given a few
before and received my fair share, and I'm pretty quick learner
so I just picked up on it." At her mention of being on the verge
of going limp, Darrus grinned at his own apparent skill and her
enjoyment of it.
"Well, we can't have you falling over. You should go ahead and
lay down. Besides, would make this easier for me and better for
you.
"So... this castle in the Everfree..." he continued, making it
evident that he didn't know about such a thing until now as he
either kept up with his current attempt to massage her back
should she remain sitting or managing to apply more pressure for
a deeper massage should she decide to lie down, "was what Granny
saying true? Did you or Rainbow manage to catch any sight of
this 'Pony of Shadows'? Or did it turn out to just be a spooky
story and it was really the creepy atmosphere that caused the
two of you to decide on a tie?"
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Re: Derivation
By: Applejack Date: September 6, 2014, 6:44 pm
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"Well whatever it is... Yer doin' a mighty fine job," Applejack
said after he explained how he'd learned how to massage, only to
perk her ears when he mentioned not wanting her to fall over and
that she should lie down. Nodding slightly in agreement,
Applejack lowered herself onto the ground and folded her legs in
front of her so she could rest her chin on top of her hooves,
then swiveled her ears back to him as he started asking about
the Everfree and the competition she'd had with Rainbow. "Ah
never said it was 'cause o' that that we decided ta call it a
tie... But yeah. Kinda. We kept runnin' into all these traps an'
scary things, then heard this organ bein' played... Just turned
out ta be mah friend Pinkie Pie, though. We just left when all
our friends did. Ah dunno if what Granny said was true, but that
place still gives me the spooks.
"You sound like you don't know about it, Darrus. This yer first
time hearin' 'bout the castle out there? Where the princesses
used ta live before Luna was banished to the moon? Oh, also, Ah
dunno if you knew, but the Everfree is there 'cause o' Discord.
Before he was imprisoned the first time, he apparently started
sowin' seeds o' some sort, an' those grew into the forest. Or so
Twilight says."
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