Already Making Friends [closed]

[Comet Swirl]

Noon, December 29th

Comet's hoofs clopped against the cobble pathway leading into the city. Smaller buildings gave way to towering structures and the wide highway that is Main Street. There was so much history there- in addition to being the biggest city in Equestria pre-war, Manehattan was also said to be the second biggest victory during the war next to Stalliongrad.Comet looked about curiously at his surroundings; he had never been to Manehattan before, and was eager to begin searching for clues to the location of the artifact he was after.  Hopefully somepony would know something, anything about it. He would first look for a museum, or a school, or a library; anyplace that would have some sort of archives on it. It was so difficult to find an in-tact collection after the carnage each city had been through. Manehattan was bad, but not near as bad as Stalliongrad or Hoovington. He had no idea where to go, or where to look. Same as before, there just seemed to be so much to look at and sift through, he had no idea where to begin. It was even possible that the city didn't contain any of the information he needed, but he had to rule out every possibility before abandoning it. 

He stopped, and looked about. His horn flared blue and pushed his hood back off of his head, letting his ears stretch out and feel the brisk wind. Ponies and griffons wandered down the sidewalk and streets, dancing around rubble and obviously in some sort of hurry, as each one Comet greeted walked straight past him and kept going. Despite being from a city himself, he often couldn't stand the acrimony and selfishness of city ponies.

"Excuse me," he'd say to one pony, holding a hoof out in front of her. She stepped around him and continued down the sidewalk. "Um- hello?" he said to the next, who also ignored him. "Excuse me, I'm looking for a library-" he asked a griffon who simply stiffed him and even bumped him out of the way as he trudged down the side of the road. "If you'd be so kind as to point me in the right direction!" he called after the griffon as he continued to ignore the unicorn stallion. "Fine, I don't need your help anyway!" he called back, then kicked a loose chunk of brick into the street.

Finally, he glanced down a nearby ally way as a pony called out to him. "Hey, horny!" he called. Comet looked into the dark ally at the figure. "I know where a library is."

Comet smiled widely, and lept down the ally after the figure. "Excellent! If you'd be ever so kind, I'd very much appreciate--" he went on as he walked, before suddenly noticing more ponies moving in around him, as well as a griffon. "Oh..." he grunted, realizing he had just walked into a pickle.

"You're a fancy looking fuck... I bet you have tons of gems and gold in that bag," the griffon said, pointing a claw as Comet's satchel. The griffon was white, mostly beside the dirt staining his coat. He had yellow talons, and a dark brown head with bright red eyes. He was rather frightening, but Comet took him for an average ally way mugger. His four counterparts were all ponies of various race and gender, but they each looked just as scary.

Comet grinned a bit, he loved messing with ponies minds. "Me? Oh yes, loaded. I have tons of gems and gold, and you can have all of it! Everything in this bag. On one condition..." Comet began. The griffon raised his brow some, intrigued. He decided to humor the unicorn. "Tell me where the library is." Simple enough, that was all Comet really wanted to know anyway.

The griffon smiled a bit. "And if I don't?" he wondered, leaning in some.

"Then you don't get the contents of my satchel and walk away disappointed," he went on.

The griffon and his friends laughed. "Okay, fine. What's left of the library is twelve blocks that way, and five blocks down," the griffon stated, using his claws to make gestures.

"Outstanding. I'll just be on my way, then..." Comet said, turning and beginning to trot back out of the ally.

The griffon took off and landed directly in front of him. "Hey! I did my part, now you do your's!" the griffon demanded, a fierce look in his eye.

"Oh, but I have. I said I'd give you everything in my satchel; but since there is nothing in my satchel, you get nothing," Comet explained.

The griffon looked befuddled and furious, but mostly dumbfounded. The ponies behind them looked at each other, and waited to see what happened. "Show me," the griffon demanded. Comet smirked, and without hesitation his horn lit up and lifted his satchel, popping the flap open. Since his horn was lit already, nopony there would've suspected he was also casting a spell to hide everything in the bag.

He lifted it and held it up for the griffon to see, who leaned forward and squinted, peering into the empty darkness. "See? Empty. Now, if you don't mind..."

"Hang on, squirt!" The griffon lifted a talon and shoved Comet back some. "You don't get off that easily... I'm sure you could help us... another way?"

Comet's face went a bit pale, unsure of what he meant by that. "H-how about... um..." Left with no other alternative, Comet's horn lit up once again and a giant explosion was heard nearby. Blue flames burst from the top of a dumpster, sending trash flying out into the ally. Thrown off by the blast, the muggers jumped in fright and began to scramble to get away from the dumpster. That was Comet's opportunity, and he bolted down the ally deeper into the city. Just as soon as Comet was at the other end of the ally, the flames vanished and the dumpster returned to normal, the flames coming from it being nothing more than a light show. An illusion spell.

"Hey!" the griffon hollered, then took off after him, the other ponies chasing. Comet was smaller, and easily squeezed through tight passes and around debris, while the griffon had trouble staying on his trail, and the other less athletic muggers struggled to keep up.

[Doppelbob]

[Restless Nightmare]

Restless entered the city a few days ago. she was searching for a new hideout. Her armory and weapons were hidden outside in a small shack, but she had to geta better place before someone would find her armor and weapons.

She flew above the rooftops, just making herself a plan of the city, as some noise catched her attenton. She flew to the edge of a building and looked down a small alley.
since she is a batpony her vision at days wouldnt be great, but her awesome dayvision goggles negated that.

She saw a unicorn getting surrounded by some muggers. "could get interresting" she mumbled to herself, as she watched the show. if the muggers would attack the unicorn she definitly would help. but it seemed the unicorn was able to handle it by himself. She tried to stay stealth, while she followed him after he did that light show.

[Paradox]

Quantum Flash meandered along the main street of the city, as opposed to the hurried rush of ponies and griffons around him.  Today he was in no great hurry; he had decided to take a stroll to help him think.  It had been nagging about him for a few weeks now how Scintillance could hold light in his telekinesis.  It wasn't so much that any more but the idea that it could probably be done to other things not necessarily tangible, perhaps even something as useful as gravity itself.

Unfortunately for his concentration, there was a talkative filly following him.  Hijinks, as he had discovered the filly's name to be soon after she had mugged him, was talking about what appeared to be some incredible action adventure story, which had been going on for near an hour now.  Progress on his theories had been slow.

To his great and sudden surprise, a sizable explosion tore out of the alleyway he was passing before suddenly and inexplicably disappearing.  His concentration shattered, Quantum gave up.  In any case, the explosion, which had been blue of all things screamed of magic.  He headed down the alleyway to see a griffon and a few ponies giving chase to another pony.  Quantum, quite honestly, hated just about any griffon and disliked any pony who would aid such.  All signs pointed to the griffon's group being a guilty party and he headed after them to give what aid he could to the lone pony.

[Comet Swirl]

Comet rounded a corner and continued down the ally, darkness creeping in as fire escapes and clotheslines blocked most of the sun's light through the already cloudy sky. Then, out of nowhere, the ally stopped. A solid brick wall about six stories tall stood between Comet and freedom. He looked back in time to see the griffon barreling toward him aflight, the four ponies staggering behind, gasping and panting from the running. Comet looked around desperately for something, anything he could use. He spotted something odd looking, a bent tin can? He couldn't tell if it said carrots on it or... something else. He kicked the can into the middle of the ally, and stared down at it as the muggers stormed toward him.

"Stop!" Comet shouted, holding a hoof up to the griffon. The griffon was surprised, but stopped and landed. "What the heck is that?!" Comet questioned, glaring at the can. The griffon blinked, then looked down at the can just as the other muggers approached. When they arrived, they gathered around panting heavily, and also started to look at the can. "Does that say... carrots? Or... no... I don't know."

The griffon tilted his head. "Corn... ets? What?" Thoroughly distracted, Comet grinned. His horn lit up, and the can suddenly flashed in a brilliant light. The griffon and the muggers shrieked in agony, clenching their eyes as they stumbled about trying to recover. Comet had covered his face with his hood, and lifted it away to see his work. Clearly distracted, Comet lept over a mugger pony who was sprawled out on the ground crying about her poor, poor eyes, and made a break for it.

The griffon stood up and rubbed at his eyes, seeing too many spots to tell what was going on. Though through the confusion, he could see the figure of a pony running away. "He's getting away! Get up!" he hollered at his friends, who began to stagger back to their hooves and continue the pursuit.

[Hijinks]

"And so when the cannibal cowboy seals of the West invaded from the East, that left me and the power ponies stuck in the middle. So what we did was link up the ray of near doom and plugged in the tot-" Hijinks had been rambling like this for a good hour now and showed no signs of stopping. She was taking a stroll around mainstreet when she happened to notice her 'friend' Flashie, so she started following him around and she shared tales of her exploits.

"And that's when I roundhouse kicked cap'n Blubber into the-" Hijinks didn't get to finish as Flash started to run off into a random alleyway. "Hey! Come back!" She yelled, chasing after him.

[Freyia]

What a boring morn, Freyia sighs as she makes another turn in the sky. The day isn't so bad though, there are much worse duties than sky patrol. Wearing her light armor, spear on her back, she watches the little blips of ponies, griffons, and a few other creatures skitter about on the streets. Them almost looking like bugs at this height. A gust of wind blows by, bringing with it the smell of the countryside. At this height, most of the bad odors are gone, leaving a sweet peaceful scent. Freyia closes her eyes and glides, enjoying this serene moment.

That is, until a loud bang, almost like a bomb. Her ear twitches into that direction. "What in the-" she turns and looks towards the noise. A blue flash pulsing far off. Something is obviously going on, magic maybe --> illegal use, her mind begins to make theories as a strong flap sends her to the origin. 

A smirk manages to sneak its way onto her face, Finally, some action.

[Nele Hawkeye]

Nele Hawkeye sits in the library composing some music on a scroll and periodically playing the on his mandolin, however most of the time, he merely stares at the front doors deep in thought. His song only has 2 measures currently, making it very short, but the pony continues his work patiently. The tune is played rather quietly, but any pony within 500 feet of Nele would be able to hear it at the same, quiet volume, no matter how close they are to the bard.

[Doppelbob]

[Restless Nightmare]

Restless was amused by the tricks of the unicorn. the flash even hit her, but not as much as the other ponies. she just needed a second before continuing following them. it was long ago she had some action and she maybe even wanted a fight. of course she hadn´t her weapons with her to avoid getting caught by the griffons. The scene already caught attention of other ponies as She saw a gray stallion and a small filly  chasing the  others aswell. "it seems like this gets mor attention than its good for it" she said, thinking of helping the unicorn.

[Oberleutnant Windhover]

Windhover stopped in his tracks upon hearing the bang, his ears twitching about to locate it source. He had been collecting dry sticks and twigs for a fire, and resided on the ruined roof of an abandoned home.

He slowly moved his head up and peeked around the corner of a crumbled brick wall. Just a little. Scouting out what was going on.

A small altercation, it seemed. Nothing too serious.
The pegasus would decide to get a closer look, however, and began to bound between the old housings, jumping, leaping, and flying to his destination in short bursts of movement. It had been a while since he'd seen anything... interesting... He'd lay low for now, sticking to the shadows. Merely observe from a close rooftop.

[Tida]

Over the past few weeks, Tida had been following Quantum and the filly whenever he got the chance, who he learned that her name was Hijinks.  Hijinks always seemed energetic, a trait that he admired about the filly.  Also, it reminded him about a friend that he had back in Neighpon, so it brought him some comfort being around her.  Following both Flash and Hijinks down the street, he was listening to Hijinks action - adventure story which he enjoyed listening to.  The longer he stayed around Hijinks, the more he was amazed by her imagination, and ability to shrug off the horrors that was going on around her.

Hearing a loud explosion, Tida saw Quantum run after a group of ponies and a Griffon chasing a lone pony.  He followed Quantum to see what kind of help he could offer the lone pony as well as to keep an eye on Hijinks, as he knew what kind of trouble she could get into.

[Comet Swirl]

Comet continued to run, bounding over debris and using his magic to scatter obstacles behind his pursuers. He threw a trash can down, which the griffon flew over without slowing down, but one of the other ponies tripped over it and fell down, which knocked another one of them down. He was in a long, wide ally now, and the griffon was still hot on his tail. He peered back and saw the bird soaring toward him. He ground his teeth and pushed harder, the street and the open ahead of him. He knew they wouldn't dare attack him out there and they could slink back into the shadows. But first he had to get there. He smiled hopefully as he was close, before the griffon pounced on his back.

Comet struggled, flailing his limbs as the griffon held him down. "Shouldn't have run, slick! Now you're gonna get it!" the griffon barked as his companions caught up, still exasperated by the run. "Jeeze, you guys should work out more," the griffon added, looking back at them. "Now, how about these robes, they look pretty valuable!"

"No!" Comet shouted, and bucked into the griffons gut. The griffon growled, then threw comet at the wall. Comet hit the wall and fell flat to the floor. He lifted his head weakly and watched the muggers move closer. Last ditch effort to scare them, Comet's horn lit up and a blue sword suddenly conjured itself from... what looked like the air. He waved it in their faces, making them back away some.
"Back! Back I say! I'll-I'll use this!" he threatened, standing slowly to his hooves.

[Doppelbob]

[Restless Nightmare]

Restless landet on a near roof and saw how the griffon slamed the unicorn against the wall. as he made the sword. she knew it was another trick and something told her the griffon wouldnt fall the trick this time. She looked around and just saw the others approaching a bit more away.

"i have to help him" she told herself before jumping down into the alley. She stood between the griffon and the unicorn. "Let him go, filthy scum" she said to the griffon as she looked into his eyes with her black googles. then she turned her head towards the unicorn "you alright?" she asked, followed from "also you can stop faking now." Then she turned back and got inot a combat pose.

[Paradox]

Quantum finally caught up to the group when the griffon managed to tackle the unicorn to the ground.  The unicorn fought, but was obviously no match.  The sword he conjured was curious, foolish that he had not used it earlier.  Quantum slowed down when he saw an odd looking pegasus land between the unicorn and griffon and prepare to combat the griffon.  

There was still the matter of the other ponies though.  They would need to be... convinced to back off.  Fortunately he had the element of surprise.  In Quantum's estimation this was best achieved by the use of a certain spell he had learned to light a smith's furnace with.  His horn glowed for a few seconds as he shaped the spell to cause a brief burst of flame to leap up from the ground in a line before the pony muggers.  It would be much diluted but would provide quite the shock.

[Hijinks]

Hijinks noticed that Flash had stopped up ahead. "Hey, what's the big idea? I only have little legs." She stopped to take a breath. "What are you-" She finally noticed the muggers and the sword unicorn in the alley. She looked up at Flash to see he was casting a spell. "Oohhh, which side are we on? Please tell me it's on sword pony side, that's pretty awesome."

She poked Flash. "Hey! Listen!" she said in a whiny voice.

[Freyia]

Freyia arrives at the source to see quite the spectacle; illegal magic, robbery, many ponies, and even a griffon in the fray. Hmm, what to do, she thinks as she takes full assessment. A few ponies, two spell-slingers, a griffon, and...she pauses as her eyes catch the filly. A battle is no place for a young one. She glares at the stallion beside her, the one that is now throwing fire, highly illegal, and dangerous.

Freyia scowls at the criminals as she decides on a plan. Putting her hooves together, she closes her eyes and begins praying. An old Northr prayer, something to aid should a fight break out. For their sake, it better not come to that.

[Nele Hawkeye]

Nele scribbles out the notes on the paper, sighing in frustration. That song wouldn't work. It was obvious to him that the note progression would derail far away from the desired effect. The song was not what he was looking for. He stands up and walks out of the library with a sigh, taking his mind away from his work.

Then he hears ruckus a few blocks down. He rushes up to investigate and finds what appears to be a fight about to break out. Quickly scanning the environment, he notices a lot of things taking place.

What chaos he thinks to himself, It's like the worst sounding notes placed in a chord... He sighs and begins playing a calming tune ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSYZmTguXP8 ) as he walks inward towards the group. "Griffons and Stallions. There is no need for violence." He stands before the two groups, playing his instrument calmly "I'm confident that we can come to an agreement that results in nopony here getting hurt, but it will require cooperation from all of you." He tips up his hat slightly, the shadow covering his face shifting upwards revealing his smile, a long piece of grass extending from his teeth "Do we have a deal?"

[Oberleutnant Windhover]

Windhover remained perched upon the edge of the roof. By now he was directly above them. He wouldn't do anything yet, no, no. Perhaps this could be settled with diplomacy.

A fight wasn't needed. Not here. Not now.
He crouched down and peered at them all from above, getting a rather good view of the top of all their heads from three storeys.

[Tida]

Reaching Quantum and Hijinks, Tida looked at his surroundings.  There were many ponies currently gathered in one area, and that slightly concerned him.  He knew that if a griffon official saw this, they would most likely think that they were planning to do something against the griffons, which would make this already chaotic situation worse.  Added to this, Quantum's horn glowed, and a line of fire appeared in front of the pony muggers, as well as a Pegasus praying, speaking in a strange language.

Yet another pony, playing some sort of tune came out, trying to use diplomacy to solve this situation.  Seeing that the situation could explode at any moment, Tida waited, looking around and preparing to react if this turned out worse than it already was.

[Comet Swirl]

Comet was so confused. He looked about at the ponies before him, still holding the sword up. A batpony had landed in between him and the ring leader of the mugger gang, which was good because Comet couldn't actually use his sword for anything. (It often made for a good flashlight, however; but there were more specific spells for that.) Other ponies began to show up, and then a fire, and then a bard playing songs. Comet's head darted back and forth as he took it all in.

The griffon squinted at the bat pony in front of him. At first when she appeared out of nowhere, he was quite confident if he tried to go through her he could. Then others showed up. The mugger ponies were split away from him by a line of fire, which caused them to panic and back away until they bumped into the pony who made the fire and stopped, seeing the filly and the other stallion there as well. Then somepony playing music wandered up. It was all very odd, the scene before them. Praying, music, light tricks, fire... The griffon mugger was so dumbfounded his eyes almost went crossed.

"Whatever. Should've known you'd have better friends than me." The griffon turned, and using his powerful wings blew out the fire. "Let's roll," he ordered, and the five muggers made their way out of the ally into the street and down the side walk to find another unsuspecting and gullible victim. 

After it was over, Comet let his back legs fold and he sat on his haunches, lowering the sword some but still not putting it away. "Who are you ponies??" he questioned very seriously with the utmost curiosity. "I mean, don't get me wrong, I appreciate the help but... Seriously, who and why?" he asked again with a small giggle. Even he, now that the danger was subsided for the moment, couldn't help but see the humor in it.

[Doppelbob]

[Restless Nightmare]

Restless looked at all the ponies arived. One made a fire, the other one played a song. there also was a pretty young filly. this scene seemed a bit unreal.

As the griffon and the muggers ran away she turned around. "I am...." she started. if she would say she´s an ex-mayor form the EQ army it could draw too much attention. "well i am just a nice pony who tried to help you." she stopped. "but since the situation is cleared now, i think i can leave now." she said, slowly moving to the streets. No one needed to know her. since she had no idea which pony she could trust.

as she left she recognized the pony with the spear. "had to be one of those filthy traitors. better get to disappear in the crowd" she thought. as she walked into the streets.

[Paradox]

Quantum released his spell, carefully ignoring Hijinks's whining.  A thin line of fire indeed sprung up before the muggers, but it was neither very bright nor very hot.  Nonetheless, it did the job and caused the muggers to back off in confusion.  It also nearly knocked Quantum over since the original spell had not ever been intended for something like that. The rushed modification had both diluted its power significantly and increased the focus and energy requirements, so Quantum was rather surprised it had worked at all.

The line of flame started to peter out almost immediately, and a quick gust of wind from a thoroughly confused griffon finished it.  As the griffon and his gang ran, Quantum managed to get the world to stop spinning and freaking out to catch the last notes- notes?- of some song.  He sat down heavily, a little too far off to catch the unicorn's question.

[Hijinks]

Hijinks was prepared to poke Flashy harder, but as she looked around, she noticed that things were getting crazy. soooo many random ponies... "Did we run into a circus, eh Flashie?" She turned to look at Flash, noticing he was sitting down and breathing heavily. "Really? You could have blinded everypony here, but you can't make a little bit of flame? Magic is so confusing." She sighed.

Hijinks gave Flash a pat on the back. "You take a nap Mr Flashie, can't say you earned it, but... whatever." She looked at fancy unicorn with the equally fancy sword. "I am Me! The consumer of sweets and the devourer of confectionery!"

[Freyia]

Freyia's prayer only took a few words, but she remained hovering, eyes pretending to be closed, moving her lips in no particular pattern. This was one of her first times on patrol, and the first time she witnessed anything happen in the city. Thus, she decides it better to watch what happens, keeping a close eye on the filly. If something were to threaten her, there would be no hesitation. She watched what transpired; more ponies joined the fray, the muggers left, and now the ponies seem to be scattering. T'is odd this encounter, this thought leading to more questions. What is going on, is this an organized counter? Are they just trying to help their fellow citizen? Is there more to this than kindness? The situation, while circumstantial at best, is something to report to her superiors.

But first, the illegal use of magic. Freyia lands at the entrance of the alley, her armor and weapon clanging the ground, clearly griffonic. Her mane and tail neatly braided, blowing in the midday breeze. She lets the bat pony go, not even acknowledging its existence, it did nothing illegal. "You, stay there," she says in a harsh, commanding voice to the blue unicorn, giving him a glare to show her gravity, "and it would be best to sheath that away from me." She begins a trot over to the grey unicorn, passing the bard without so much as a glance, her eyes fixed on her target. Her right foreleg is wrapped around her spear, locked between her shoulder and hoof. She uses it similar to a leg, a clang ringing with each step.

"You there," the same serious tone, "that magic is dangerous." She notices the heavy breathing of the stallion, but does not care. She glances to the filly next to him, a happy little young one, she thought before returning to the grey unicorn. "You should know better than to bring one so young into such a situation ... you're under arrest."

She looks back to the blue unicorn, "As well as you, to use magic in such a way is illegal." She looks around to the spectators, eyeing them for any sign of intervening. This would be her first time arresting anyone in the city, though she has authority to. She looks back the filly, a glint of shame crossing her eyes for only an instant, if she has no other to take care of her...a pause in her mind...I'll have to let them go.

[Nele Hawkeye]

The bard flips his mandolin to his back and steps in front of the to-be-arrested ponies "Now hold on a second, ma'am. I'm sure this is all just a misunderstanding. No need to be ordering arrests." He tips up his hat revealing his green eyes. His words are diplomatic in nature, but the gleam in his eyes suggest he won't take no for an answer. "I'm sure that we can just chalk this down to a failed attempt at mugging. And besides, being that the muggers have fled, don't you have bigger problems to deal with?" he gestures to the direction the muggers fled to "Surely you don't want the REAL criminals to get away."

[Oberleutnant Windhover]

Windhover vaulted overhead, crossing the buildings with a beat of his wings.
Upon getting to the other side, he hopped down the caved in roof of the next building, sneaking his way downstairs to the second floor, where he peered out the window.

Seven of them in total. Seven? Really now?
Where did all of them come from? Was this some sort of get together party?
Perhaps they were drawn by the explosion. None of them looked... Blatantly hostile... Not really. The one in armour seemed to be a loyalist.

"Hm..."
He decided to hide his weapon under his thick winter garb for now, holding it out.

[Tida]

Walking up to where Hijinks and Quantum was, Tida heard Hijinks say something in the direction of the blue unicorn.  "Umm..." Tida began, poking Hijinks on the shoulder "I don't think that this is a good time for that."  Looking around, Tida noticed that the Pegasus that was praying stopped and started barking out orders, one of which involved arresting Quantum, as well as moving towards Quantum.

Now, for the Pegasus to decide on the spot that Quantum was guilty without taking the situation and circumstances into consideration irked Tida slightly.  It made the Pegasus seem like a mindless tool.  He moved to Quantum to make sure that he was ok and to help him if he passed out, as well as to put himself between Quantum and the advancing Pegasus.  "Their magic..." motioning towards Quantum and the cobalt blue pony "didn't hurt anypony, so how can you say that their magic is dangerous?  Also, you're going to arrest somepony who was only trying to defend themselves because using magic to defend yourself is illegal?  That's a bit harsh and near - sighted, don't you think?"  Adding to what the tan unicorn said to her already.

[Comet Swirl]

Comet looked around as everypony talked. They were defending him, and the other unicorn that the loyalist was scorning. He looked down as the small, purple filly covered in what appeared to be crayon markings as she spoke to him. Even at a moment like that he couldn't help but smile.

"So you're the one the legends speak of. You're meant to bring great happiness to all the land some day." Then he looked back to the loyalist. "I have not hurt anypony, I couldn't if I wanted to. Nor could my magic. Look," he explained, then hit his sword against the cobble causing it to dissolve like hot steam into the air. If steam were blue. "Besides. Do you really want to do this in front of the fabled queen of confectioneries?" he challenged, referring to the foal and looking to the pegasus, awaiting a response.

[Doppelbob]

[Restless Nightmare]

Restless nearly was at the street as she heard what the loyalist had to say. arrest them for defending themselves. this was the world they lived in now. She turned around and spoke to the loyalist.

"sure, let the criminals run away and punish the innocent that just tried to defend themselfs or others. thats exactly what i expect from traitors and griffon scum." she said angered. mayb she shouldnt ave said that. but it was already too late and she really thought that way. so she would even risk a fight.

[Paradox]

(OOC: I'm not sure where you're getting the idea that I'm breathing hard, it was meant to be really light headed and dizzy from mental tiredness)

Quantum took a second to close his eyes and calm his head. The spell had actually not taken more energy than usual, but it had simply required a lot of mental effort to shape a spell designed for a specific purpose into a very different purpose on the fly. Everything righted quickly.

What stuck out though was the clomp and jingle of someone wearing armor approaching him spouting some line about dangerous magic and him being under arrest. He looked up to see the a white pegasus with a yellow mane glaring at him. Before he could respond, several other ponies jumped in and thankfully, defended his actions. He used the opportunity to get up and stand among the ponies. He saw no need at the time to say anything further especially since one of the ponies issued an obvious challenge to the loyalist arresting him.

[Hijinks]

Hijinks puffed up her chest proudly. She looked up at Freyia, "Oh yes dear." She said in one of those fake posh voices that fancy ponies use when they want to sound sophisticated. "I am the queen of whoville, and I would be greatly 'disappointed' if you were to arrest anypony."

Before Hijinks could finish her queen act, that funny looking pony with goggles came in and was like blah blah blah. "Hmm" She licked her hoof and held it up to the air, looking like she was testing to see what direction the wind was blowing, even though there was a lack of wind.. cause alleyway. "Oh yes" She said, lowering her hoof. "Tensions seem to be rising. Maybe we can settle this over a game of hoofball? Maybe pin the tail on the pony? Or maybe you more of a hopscotch sort of pony, eh?" She nudged the griffon loyalist, "C'mon, Goldilocks."

[Freyia]

Freyia does not look at the other ponies as they speak, letting their words appear to fall on deaf ears. Her stare at the grey unicorn unflinching. That is, until the filly spoke up. Freyia opens her eyes in surprise at the fillies words and gestures. She had no idea what the filly was talking about, queen? games? very odd. She let the filly rub against her, the cold armor shifting under the small weight. She looks up to the others that addressed her. Words are not her strong suit, and there was much accusation and challenge in these ponies, certainly this city is far worse than the commanders realize. She decides to quickly try and respond to each pony individually, something she will soon regret, she was sure.

In a professional, quick, and even tone, she looks to the first one, with the hat and green eyes, "The others fled like cowards, they are no threat to anyone." She gives a glance to the blue unicorn, "That one is lucky they were so incompetent."

To the stallion next to the grey unicorn, "Its not about whether it did or didn't do something, its about the recklessness of the action. I have seen fire spells rip the feathers and flesh off of creatures. I've no tolerance for that kind of magic, regardless of its use, when one so young is nearby." She looks to the grey unicorn, "If any had been hurt, you'd be in a much worse situation," her tone lower, more serious, if that was possible.

To the one she let walk away, now interfering, she turns to the side giving her a one eyed look, "Well, we're all criminals for something then, aren't we. The only difference is when we get caught." She turns back.

The grey stallion was now upright. It wasn't breathing before, but something had thrown the unicorn off earlier. Freyia thought back to the early days in the war, when unicorns had to convert spells from one purpose to another, that must have been what he did. She looks to the ground, no one was hurt, many other ponies challenging her --> I cannot fight them, for fear of injuring the young one. She looked briefly at the filly, her eyes full of sadness and exhaustion. This, however only lasted for a moment as she blinked and returned to her previous look.

Finally she addressed the grey unicorn, motioning for the bard to step aside as she takes one more step towards him. She opens her mouth, pauses for a moment, searching for the right words, then continues, "You should know better. What if she'd been hurt? What if she'd been taken? If more of the gang had shown up, grabbed her and ran off." She was speaking loud enough for all to here. "What if by accident she was knocked into your fire? What if she was burned? You'd be responsible, your careless disregard for the future costing the life and well being of another. What if one of them had a weapon? What if something much worse happened to her?" She paused, ensuring that her words were getting through. "You are so very lucky your reckless did not lead to one hair on her mane being harmed. If I ever see you in another altercation, and this filly is right next to you..." she lets it end there, honestly not sure what she would do, but the imagination is rather creative.

She looks around again at all the other ponies, hoping her intention is now clearly understood by all of them. She looks to the mare that insulted her honor, "I may be for the other side, but I'm not a traitor because of that." She doesn't wait for a response, moving straight on to the blue unicorn, "Your magic is a trick of the mind, I understand. But making anything that resembles a weapon is dangerous. Your lucky it was me that came and not one of my griffon..." she pauses, finding herself unable to say the finishing word.

With that she walks back to the alley entrance and takes to the sky. Within a moment she was gone over the buildings. "I have to report this," she whispered as she made for the HQ.

[Nele Hawkeye]

Nele calls out to her as she leaves "Have a nice day, ma'am!" He leans back against a wall, playing a calming tune "Aside from pride, is anyone hurt?" He looks up at the sky "It's a pity that the authorities are more worried about stopping petty magic tricks than real criminals."

[Comet Swirl]

Comet furrowed his brow some as she spoke to everypony. Of course she wasn't going to listen. Griffon soldiers didn't necessarily give a hoot what anypony had to say. It was like this pony wasn't even a pony anymore. Comet felt bad for her, even, but said nothing as she eventually flew away. It was a problem indeed when ponies were being arrested for using magic to defend themselves. Ponies, in order to avoid trouble from authorities, were basically expected to roll over and let criminals kill them. Comet was not okay with that. He was glad she was gone, and as soon as she flew off he stood back up and watched her.

He turned to the others when she was gone. "She will probably be back. And with help. We should clear out of here. Thank you all for the help; if you'd like to accompany me I'm heading to the library to do some research." He looked at each of them again, and then lifted his hood back over his head before turning and trotting back onto the sidewalk. 

He stopped, though, and looked back at them. A thought had occurred to him. Why had they helped him in the first place? In every city he had ever gone to, when he was in trouble he had to escape on his own. He had done well eluding trouble and the authorities until this day; this faithful day when he would meet all these ponies and realize the true nature of the griffon occupation, and the possible strength of unity, friendship and possibly even passion for freedom in the inhabitants of Manehattan.  Made sense, after the war. Manehattan was a historical location, no doubt some of the ponies before him could've even been residents of the city before the war, or possibly part of its defense.

He looked back to the sky then to them. "I do hope some of you will come with me. Making some friends would be a good thing in Manehattan, it seems." He understood the most powerful form of magic in Equestria was friendship, even if griffon oppression was rampant. It would only be beneficial to him and others.

[Oberleutnant Windhover]

Windhover hopped over the windowsill and fell down to the alleyway, his wings making a swooshing sound as he landed gently on the street.

He remained relatively quiet, looking around at everypony around.
Hopefully he didn't... well... Scare any of them. Especially the little one. She was rather cute.

[Tida]

Watching the Pegasus fly away, Tida couldn't help but stare in disbelief that she was that rigid.  Well, that wasn't entirely true... her job was probably to patrol Manehatten like the other griffons, but why was she working for them in the first place if that was the case?  Had she been conscripted by the griffon military?  Or had she gone of her own free will?  In any case, she was gone now and nopony was hurt, so that was the main thing.

Tida saw yet another pony in a cloak land in the streets, which surprised him.  He looked... shady.  He didn't do or say anything malicious, so it seemed that he wasn't working for the griffons like the Pegasus that flew off.  However, that didn't mean that he wasn't actually working for the griffons, so Tida continued to be on guard in case the cloaked - pony decided to do anything to the other ponies present.

"The blue unicorn is right"  Tida said to both Quantum and Hijinks.  "We should probably get moving or else we might have to deal with a worse situation later, when she brings other griffon soldiers."

[Doppelbob]

[Restless Nightmare]

Restless was surely no criminal. she tried to defend her country from the invading griffons. she was a bit insulted by the pegasus. as the pegasus flew away , restless yelled to her "yeah, fly back to your dirty griffon friends." she was angry, but also happy no one got injured.

she once turned back to the other ponies "have a nice day" she said, before flapping her wings and continue her search for a new resting and hidng place.

[Paradox]

Quantum exhaled and let go of the the tension he had not even been aware he was holding. It had been a very close thing; he had seen the desire to arrest him in that pegasus's eyes. It would probably not have ended well for him, since she obviously was used to that spear and he know that the griffons and their agents were authorized to use lethal force just about whenever they felt like it.

He turned to the bard and all the rest who had defended him. "Thank you. It's quite rediculous what's illegal in this city now, isn't it?" He turned to the unicorn he himself had aided as the unicorn spoke and agreed. "Certainly. I could probably do with going to the library for some reasearch of my own and I would not mind learning about those illusion spells. Fascinating."

[Hijinks]

Hijinks continued to look in the direction that Goldilocks flew off to. She blinked twice, and shook her head. She turned to Tida, "Okay, Kitten. Let's go somewhere nice and quiet, just for you." She turned her head to Flash, who was talking to the magical sword unicorn. "I think Flashie made a new friend."

Hijinks skipped over to Flashie and the blue unicorn, ignoring the new hooded ninja pony, and the fancy shmancy bard. "Hey you guys! You're not gonna leave without Me, are you?" She jumped up on Flashie's back, hoping he would give her a free ride for 'endangering' her earlier. "Where are we headed? Please tell me we are stopping for ice-cream."

[Comet Swirl]

Comet looked at the grey unicorn who stepped forward from under his hood. He smiled a bit at hearing this unicorn agree to accompany him. "You cast that fire spell; it wasn't really meant to do that, was it. You seem like a hardy unicorn, maybe we can study together," Comet said, starting to trot slowly. "I'm not sure there is time for ice-cream now. But maybe after?"

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