He followed me home [Closed]

by **Hijinks** Mon Dec 09, 2013 11:08 am

12th of December, Morning

It was a bit chilly in the West residential district. Hijinks didn't really mind as the cold was a nice change to the burning building she just escaped. The filly in question was making her way down the street with a masked pony in tow. She didn't pay him, nor any of the other ponies on the street any heed. She was making a beeline for Tayari's shop.

Hijinks was still slightly injured, cuts and splinters covered her body, and her snout showed signs of bruising. Hijinks kept walking though, ignoring the protest of her limbs. She didn't really show signs of being bothered by it. Her wide, signature smile was still spread across her face. Her fur was a bit black though, from all that black stuffs from the burning building. Now was probably one of the only times Hijinks wanted a bath.

Upon seeing her target destination, a small building with a few glowing bottles hanging on the outside, she quickened her pace. She walked up to the door and thumped on it a few times before swinging it open. "I'm BAAAAAAaaaack!" she yelled loudly, taking a step inside.

by Insane Masquerade Mon Dec 09, 2013 5:42 pm

Insane silently followed the filly to her destination. he also had some black patterns on his coat, but he didn´t minded them. he was just happy to have somebody to acompany. he also was exited to find out about hijinks home. as he saw it it looked very interresting with all those potions and stuff. "this is your home?" he asked.

by **Tayari** Wed Dec 11, 2013 1:49 am

Tayari was standing behind the counter, thinking quietly while the room was empty of customers, when he heard the knocks on the door. 'I don't see why they knocked, this is a store open for business,' he thought, before the door was opened to reveal Hijinks and an unknown masked stallion, the former of whom promptly announced, "I'm BAAAAAAaaaack!"

Responding to the filly's yell, he began to say, "Yes, I can see..." He trailed off, though, as he saw the bruises, cuts, and blackened marks on the two ponies. "What happened to you two‽" he asked, shocked.

by **Hijinks** Wed Dec 11, 2013 2:04 am

Hijinks strolled across the room and jumped up on the counter. If this caused any pain, she didn't show it. "Good to see you too, TayTay!" she laughed. She reached out and hugged the zebra, leaving behind a black mark. "It's a loooong story, and I'm a bit tired at the moment, so good night!" She collapsed on the counter, apparently fallen asleep. Her soft snoring was the only noise she was making.

by Fire Ruby Wed Dec 11, 2013 8:51 pm

Ruby walked on the streets of the Western District, his skateboard on his back. He wondered why he was trotting to Mimi's home. She was clearly interested in his rocket skateboard, but it was rather useless now with the melted wheels. But then he remebered that he had nothing else to do. Besides buying new wheels and taking a shower. Ruby shuddered as he thought about the shower. Even he just escaped a burning building he wasn't a big fan of showers. He didn't like a wet coat.
Ruby approached the building that was marked on the map. "A potion shop," he thought. "I wonder what potions would intensify my fireworks." As he entered the shop he saw a zebra behind the counter and two old friends. More or less. He wasn't sure yet, if he wanted the crazy masked stallion as a friend. He saw Mimi sleeping on the counter. "Hello everypony," he said with a quiet voice.

by Insane Masquerade Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:31 am

Insane looked around in the store. he didn´d spoke the the zebra. everywhere he saw potions and other mystical stuff. he wasn´t sure what most of this stuff was, maybe some dremcatchers and other esoterism crap. He turned around as he saw the "professor" how the pink filly named him, entered. he didn´t answeeared. he just nodded. since two of the three ponies where here he met in the tower, maybe prism would come too, he thought and started to look out for a weapon.

by **Tayari** Fri Dec 13, 2013 6:26 am

Tayari took a couple of seconds to compose himself, before getting to work. He began inspecting Hijinks' injuries to see how serious they seemed, and instructed the others, "Tell me what happened."

by Fire Ruby Sat Dec 14, 2013 8:00 am

"Just the usual stuff," Ruby said absent-minded as he walked around the shop, poking things and looking at potions. "Science going horribly wrong, a burning building, two crazy stallions fighting in that building, explosions. That kind of stuff."

by **Hijinks** Mon Dec 16, 2013 12:53 am

Hijinks snored softly on the counter as Tayari inspected her wounds. Most of the wounds consisted of very minor cuts and scrapes, particularly on her back and her left foreleg. Along with the cuts, there are a few splinters in her left foreleg. Her snout is heavily bruised and lightly bleeding. Overall, the injuries seem to be fairly minor, and she is most likely sleeping now because of the smoke or possibly sleep deprivation. Hijinks isn't known for staying still, so sleep could possibly be something she put off until now.

Even with all the talking, Hijinks remained asleep on the counter.

by Void's Mirror Tue Dec 17, 2013 7:49 pm

In the moment Fire Ruby said the last word, the door opened again. Inside walked a young mare with a saddlebag. The first thing she saw was a filly sleeping on a counter, a zebra and a brown pony. By the sight of the sleeping filly, she helt her head to the side. "Hello", she said half-loudly. Where did she just walk into?

Mira had decided to look into the shop with the potions. Maybe, she thought, the owner could need some herbs she got. It was a zebra, she had seen him already. No griffon. So maybe she was lucky. That's why she walked outside the morning with her bag full of herbals in hope to sell some at last. It was not that she sold much lately. It was quite difficult in a city full with griffons as in this one here.

A movement, seen out of the corner of her eyes and she looked to the sight, getting aware of another pony. Fire red. Oh, she thought. And blinked confused, unsecurely. The young stallion she just met three days ago.

by **Tayari** Wed Dec 18, 2013 5:10 am

Tayari looked at Fire Ruby, unimpressed. "I'll forgive the joke, because for all I know, whatever really did happen may have triggered shock; and because neither she," indicating Hijinks, "nor any of you seem to be seriously hurt. I'd have appreciated a serious answer, though."

Taking a moment to address the newly-arrived Mira, and noting the bags she carried, he said, "Good morning. I'll be able to help you shortly, but I'm afraid there are some issues that may need to be addressed first."

by Insane Masquerade Sat Dec 21, 2013 8:09 pm

Insane was not paying atentioan as he looked around the store. He was still looking for something that could be used as weapon. There were some bottels he could crush to have at least something sharp.

He turned around to speak to the shop owner as he saw the new pony entering.
He totally freezed and just stared at her. in his mind the thoughts where fighting if he could attack her.

by Fire Ruby Sat Dec 21, 2013 8:22 pm

Ruby turned around to cast an eye on the new guest. A smile appeared on his face as he saw the familiar light orange coat and then it changed to a slightly panicked face expression. He totally had forgotten to look for some herbals at the Undermarket. "Hey there...er...Mirror? Right? I'm sorry. I'm not very good with names at all," he said with a chuckle. Ruby just hoped that she wouldn't need the herbals right now and he could get them another time.
He turned back to Tayari to give him a better answer. "Well, my rocket skateboard failed and crushed into a building, setting it ablaze. Your young marefriend over there," he said and pointed at Mimi. "Wanted to have a look at my skateboard and followed me inside. I got trapped inside a room and as I tried to get out there, this stallion showed up." He pointed at Mask. "And started a fight with another stallion. Don't ask me why. Crazy ponies do crazy stuff. And as it seemed that they forgot me I had to blow open the door with a small charge." Ruby couldn't suppress a grin. "Well, it seemed it was bigger than I thought and slammed the door against Mimi. Long story short. I think she has a shock and needs some medical treatment as soon as possible."

by Void's Mirror Sun Dec 22, 2013 1:25 pm

Mira, who had been looking at Fire Ruby, looked back towards the zebra and smiled.
Back to the young stallion she nodded a little bit touched that he remembered, and wanted to say something like "yes, that's right, don't worry", but then Fire Ruby had already turned towards the shop owner and began apparently a kind of explanation. Since Mirra just came in and didn't know what the matter was about, she first didn't realize what she was hearing, but with the time she understood that something must have happened. Something with fire. Something dangerous.
Mira's mouth and eyes widened speechlessly as she heard that. And she couldn't believe that Fire was still able to grin! about that. But as he said the filly on the counter would need medicine aid, she listened up. "Maybe I can help", she said.

by **Tayari** Thu Dec 26, 2013 6:39 pm

Tayari gave Fire an unimpressed stare. "Might I suggest that there are far better occasions than this to tell absurd jokes? Or at least try to make them sound reasonable."
He then turned his attention to Mirror. "Ma'am, if you are able to help, that would be very greatly appreciated. Assuming you have medical training, at least."
He took a step away from Jinks, as an indication that he was leaving Mirror free to act without interference; at least, that was the intention. From there, he looked around and decided on what the next task was for him; he addressed the silent masked stallion, saying, "Excuse me, sir. Are you alright?"

by Void's Mirror Sat Dec 28, 2013 8:51 am

Mira slowly stepped forward to the sleeping filly. The little one seemed to have some bruises and some burns. But comcluding from what Fire Ruby had said, she could also have breathed in some burnt air.
Mirror bent down, so her saddle bag slipped to the ground. She opened it with her muzzle and took out two boxes. "Water", she said and looked around if anypony could help her. "I need water. For her to drink", she nodded towards the filly, "and to clean her wounds."

by Insane Masquerade Mon Dec 30, 2013 4:29 pm

Mask didn´t reacted to tayari. he still stood there doing nothing than staring at the new pony. in his inside teh feelings were going up and down. one thought followed another and went in the exact opposing direction. it was like a war inside him. and the fronts were "attacking her" and "leave her alone". he was completely out of the real world, not hearing or feeling anything from there. just looking at the new pony.

by Fire Ruby Wed Jan 01, 2014 12:27 pm

Ruby heard Mirror's instructions and looked around for something that could be water. In a shelf he found a bottle with a clear liquid in it that seemed to be water. Ruby grabbed it quickly and nudged the bottles besides, almost tossing them down. He opened it and as he sniffed on it he surely knew that this wasn't water at all. It had an acrid smell and made him feel dizzy. He staggered for a second and sat down on the ground. It felt like the shop would start to spin around him. Was he drunk? By just sniffing on something? "I think it's better, if the zebra gets you some water. He should know where it is", Ruby said slowly, concentraiting on every single word.

by **Tayari** Sat Jan 04, 2014 2:42 am

Tayari turned his attention away from the silent masked stallion, slightly reluctantly, though he figured that the stallion was perhaps simply mute and reluctant to show it.

Listening to what Fire said, he nodded wordlessly and walked into the back rooms of the building to get some water, making a mental note to later check the vial that Fire had sniffed. He'd be gone for a couple of minutes as he got the water.

by Doppelbob Sun Jan 05, 2014 5:20 pm

[Insane Masquerade]

Insane didn´t wanted to harm anyone now. not after he semed to have found a friend. But his inner side wanted to attack mirror lone so badly. he slowly walked towards her.
He built himself up in front of lone to show his hieight. But before he could harm her his "good side" gained back control. He Quickly turned around and chased towards the door. He slamed it open (which maybe cracks it) and flew away like a lightning bolt.

by Void's Mirror Sun Jan 05, 2014 6:31 pm

Mira looked around to see if anypony would help her. Fire Ruby apparently failed. Concern brought a frown between Mira's eyes but he seemed to be alright.
Then the zebra walked into another room, promising to bring water. Good. Now Mirra could concentrate on that third stallion in the room. Strange, she thought, why is he wearing a mask?
As he then walked towards her, she looked towards Fire Ruby out of the corner of her eye. The masked pony seemed a bit threatening to her. He came closer and Mira didn't move. She couldn't. But then, the pegasus suddenly turned around and flew out.
All Mirra could do was to look astonished after him. Had that been her fault?

by Fire Ruby Tue Jan 07, 2014 1:13 pm

Ruby continued to sit on the floor, since he didn't really feel like he could already stood now. So he just looked at Masquerade as he approached Mirror and just looked after him as he left the room. "As I said before: 'Crazy ponies doing crazy stuff'." Ruby said and then tried to stand up. Still a bit doddery, Ruby walked over to Mirror and leant against her side. "Will she be ok?" he asked as he looked at Mimi.

by Void's Mirror Tue Jan 07, 2014 2:35 pm

As Fire Ruby stood up and said what he said, she looked back at him. Seeing him kinda unsecurely on his legs, she got worried about him.
And she was kinda speechless as he leant against her.
"Yes. But I would rather want to know if you are okay...", she managed to say in a steady voice, not showing her surprise. He needed a crutch now of course. Nothing to marvel about.

by Fire Ruby Wed Jan 08, 2014 8:04 pm

Ruby waved his hoof. "Nah, it's fine. I just shouldn't sniff on everything near me", he said with a wink."I just hope Mimi will be alright soon. I have planned some nice things. But first I need to fix my skateboard and I won't leave this place before Mimi is okay. So, how long does Mr. Zebra need to bring us some water?!" Ruby yelled over the counter.

by **Tayari** Wed Jan 08, 2014 8:24 pm

Tayari walked into the front room, carrying a bucket of water which he placed on the counter near Hijinks. "About that long. I'm sorry, would you have liked me to take longer?" he asked, sarcastically.

Looking around the room, he noticed one less pony present in the room than there was before. "What happened to that masked pony?"

by Void's Mirror Wed Jan 08, 2014 8:59 pm

Planned some nice things?!? That was a strange choice of words. Mirra blinked a few times in confusion, thinking about either she should laugh but then the zebra came back with a bucket of water. Mira immediatly reached for it, ignoring the zebra's sarcastic statement.
"Thank you", she said. "I cannot tell you what happened. Not really", she carried on while she began cleaning the filly's wounds. To do so she took a cloth out of her bag and dunked it into the water. "He stared strangely and then left. Without a word. Away." Now she ook the wooden box from before and opened it. In it was a beige-greenish cream.

by Fire Ruby Fri Jan 10, 2014 7:42 pm

Ruby blinked back at Mirror. Did he say something stupid? It had be or why would Mirror look like that? Ruby tried to analyse his last sentence, but before he could think of something the zebra came back into the room with some water. Ruby made a step backwards as Mirror began to clean Mimi. He wouldn't get into her way.
As she cleaned her Ruby looked down himself. He could need a bath as well, but as long as nopony would say something, he could wait until he'll be home.

by **Hijinks** Sat Jan 11, 2014 10:48 am

Hijinks stopped her light snoring sometime during the incident with the masked pony, but she continued to lay down on the counter. As the wet cloth touched her, she giggled quietly. Eventually, she couldn't hold it in and she started laughing. "Nooooo, stooop!" She giggled, sitting up from her position on the counter. She looked at the mare who was cleaning her wounds. "Hiya!" She said simply.

Hijinks suddenly gasped, and moved to look at her left flank. Her cutie-mark, or the piece of paper with what she says is her cutie-mark, was covered in that nasty black stuff, and the image was no longer visible. "No! not again!" She quickly tore off the paper, ripping out a few hairs with it. She winced, but that was about it. Her flank was now clearly visible, revealing the hideous scar. Her attention though, was focused on the piece of paper. She tried rubbing the black off, but to no avail. She sighed, finally giving up. "aww..."

by Void's Mirror Sat Jan 11, 2014 8:56 pm

Mirra got startled and stepped one step backwards. She stared some seconds at the filly before she finally found some words again.
"I would have more expected it to hurt than to tickle." Which was the only explanation she got for the filly's laughter.
She followed the pony's movement and saw the scar. Speechlessly she looked at it. This poor thing must have been through hell. Once again, the war took over. Mira shaked her head to get the thought away.
"Maybe you want to drink something?", she asked. "To clean your lungs..." At least the filly wasn't as badly injured as expected.

by Fire Ruby Tue Jan 14, 2014 9:10 am

Ruby let out a sigh of relief as Mimi sat up. At least she wasn't dead. Yet. Ruby raised an eyebrow as Mimi ripped of her "cutie-mark". Since when was the paper there? Did Ruby really overlook it or did he just block it out? In the burning building he had different things to do and after he entered the shop the potions distracted him. But anyway, Mimi seemed to be sad. Maybe he could cheer her up a bit. "Uhm...Mimi, if you still want to test my skateboard I'm okay with that", Ruby said. "Well, we would first need new wheels, but that shouldn't be a big problem. But only if the doc gives her okay." Ruby looked over to Mirror hoping for an okay.

by **Tayari** Sun Jan 19, 2014 8:54 am

The zebra quietly considered the mare's comment on what had happened with the masked stallion. "Hmm. I can only guess at why he'd do that." His guess, in fact, was that the stallion had left out of a lack of ideas on how to contribute. Seeing as Tayari's guess was also that the stallion was mute, having forgotten the instance of him speaking earlier, one can probably see how far off the mark the zebra really is.
After Jinks' awakening and subsequent removal of the paper cutie mark, Tayari was quite visibly unsurprised; while he hadn't known of that particular scar before, he had known of some others she'd had, and this revelation served mostly to answer the question of 'what was the paper doing there?'
Out loud, though, he said nothing at this point.

by **Hijinks** Wed Jan 22, 2014 11:18 am

Hijinks' face lit as the professor talked. "Professor!" She cheered happily. "You're here!" She would have gone for a hug, but sitting seemed nicer. She turned to the doctor mare. "You will let me play on the skateboard, won't you? I would be terribly disappointed if you were to say no..." She said with the old puppy dog eyes tactic.

by Void's Mirror Wed Jan 22, 2014 4:38 pm

Mirra needed some seconds before she realized that she was spoken to. "I am no doctor", she said to both Fire and the filly. "I am just... well, I sell these creams. You know them, Fire, don't you? This is the cream against burnings."
She faced the filly, seeing her puppy dog eyes and sighed. "If you're okay with it, I would put it onto your wounds. I made the cream myself. It's quite good." She looked asking into the filly's eyes. "It's your decision if you feel well enough to go straight to the next accident. As I said, I am no doctor at all."

by Fire Ruby Fri Jan 24, 2014 3:12 pm

Ruby nodded. "Yeah, their pretty good. My burnings are better now", he said and looked over to Mimi. "If you let her patch you up we can quickly go on adventure. Finding new wheels for my skateboard."
Ruby scratched his chin,cogitating. "Mhmmm...Where could we find those? Mmmhmm....probably where I bought this skateboard. I just hope they have spare parts. I don't want to start from scratch again with my skateboard."

by **Hijinks** Sat Jan 25, 2014 10:17 am

Hijinks looked at the cream. She made a scrunchy face. She really doesn't feel like having that cream put on her, as it would probably make her look a baby. But she finally gave in after hearing the Professor's argument. "Fine." She sat on the counter, as perfectly still as she could manage, which is quite impressive for the energetic filly.

by Void's Mirror Sat Jan 25, 2014 10:59 am

Mirra smiled. "It may hurt a little but probably not worse than your wounds already do."
Carefully she put her hoof into the cream and spread it onto the filly's injuries, regarding her expression whether the pony felt any pain.
When she was done she looked up. "As I said, I am no doctor, I just hope, the cream will help. Maybe you should go to one..."
Mira was pretty sure the filly didn't want to hear that, so she looked to the zebra who seemed to be something like a father to the pony that Fire called Mimi.

by **Hijinks** Sat Jan 25, 2014 12:17 pm

Hijinks sat fidgeted slightly while the cream was applied to her wounds. She sat there grinning, while pretending to be hurt by the cream. "Oooowww." She moaned in a monotone voice. It did sting, but Hijinks is a professional at hiding the small pains.

She giggled slightly after it was done. "Don't worry" she replied, "I play with explosives and injure myself almost daily, and I have hardly ever needed to go to a doctor before. Besides, this just tickles." She announced confidently.

by **Tayari** Sat Jan 25, 2014 10:38 pm

Tayari noticed the medical not-a-doctor mare look at him, and was caught off guard, especially as he wasn't sure exactly why she was looking to him. He could, at best, guess; and guess he did, saying, "I, uh... a doctor would probably be a good idea, especially if she's had several unchecked injuries. I couldn't say which one would be ideal, though."

by Fire Ruby Sun Jan 26, 2014 9:38 am

Ruby nodded. "We'll visit a doctor on the way." He was pretty sure that they'll need a doctor to patch them up anyway after they tested the rocket skateboard again. So why going twice? "So, are you ready, Mimi?"

by Void's Mirror Fri Jan 31, 2014 10:54 am

Mira nodded. "Well then, do whatever you like. And ask the doctor if he got some water and soap for you..."
Then she turned towards the zebra. "Well... I better leave, too. It was nice to meet you." She looked again to the other two. "You all." Her gaze rested on Fire. The words didn't quite fit with him for she had already met him before but she didn't know what else to say. So she simply smiled a little smile, put the empty box back into her bag, took it and walked towards the door.

by **Hijinks** Fri Feb 07, 2014 2:06 am

3 against 1? How could she compete?! Unless... "Okay, I will go." She replied in a cheery tone. 'Good thing they didn't specify WHEN I should go to a doctor', Hijinks thought. Though she will have to pretend to go, in order to trick the professor... Eh, details.

"Goodbye miss doctor!" She waved to the doctor. She turned to the professor, "Now... Do you have any gunpowder, professor? I'm thinking we might need lots of it!" She could imagine it now... Flying to the moon on a rocket powered skateboard... so awesome...

by **Tayari** Fri Feb 07, 2014 6:18 am

Tayari smiled as he was addressed. "Likewise, it was nice to meet you. Farewell."

His smiled dissipated as he heard Jinks' statement, though. "What's this about 'lots of gunpowder'? That doesn't seem like your first concern right after injury. Or ever, unless you can use it right."

by Fire Ruby Sat Feb 08, 2014 6:57 am

Ruby stepped torwards the door. "Don't worry Mr. Zebra, the two rockets I have left aren't enough to shoot Mimi to the moon", he said with a wink and stepped outside on the cold street. "So, where's the next entry to the sewers?", Ruby murmured.

by **Hijinks** Tue Feb 11, 2014 9:17 am

Hijinks gave Tayari an annoyed "Hey! exploding is always my first concern, thank you very much." Hijinks quickly adds, "And that means I am very good at using explosives, properly and sensibly!" Hijinks has best logic.

Hijinks gave Fire a baffled look as they walked outside. Mentally, she added 'mind reader' to the professor's list of abilities. "The sewers? I don't like going down there, it's boring and empty... Plus it smells." Though she did wonder what kind of hidden Daring Do type passages were hidden in that maze. That stinky, stinky maze. "But how hard could it be to find a ponyhole thing? I say we start off in a random direction and move on from there." Hijinks has best plans.

by Fire Ruby Tue Feb 11, 2014 5:28 pm

"The thing is that there are ponywholes which lead more or less directly to the Undermarket and there are ponywholes which lead you to the smelly part of the sewers", Ruby said and looked around. "Some of them have secret markings and maybe we can find one of them."

by Void's Mirror Sat Mar 22, 2014 10:35 am

I declare this THE END of the thread.

Hijinks, Masquerade and Fire Ruby went to Tayari's shop. Tayari was there. Mirror entered it some time later. Masquerade behaved strangely towards her but then suddenly went away without a word. Nopony knows why. Mira gave the rest of her burning creme Hijinks who acted as if she were asleep which she wasn't. Then Mira left and Fire Ruby and Hijinks had the plan to go to the undermarket because his skateboard was broken.

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