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Post by shiftyPotentate on Jan 4, 2012 12:48:31 GMT -5
((Location: Equestria, pre-Dimensional Island interlink. OOC Roleplay between Me and NN1 for now, as a time-killer.))
All was standard fare in Ponyville. Ponies were going about their business as usual. Trades and chatter in the marketplace, businesses running smoothly, everypony was happy.
The skies were clear, well-tended to from the dutiful work of the ever-loyal pegasi.
The animals were fed and well-behaved, reciprocating the kindness of their caretakers.
The fillies and colts were enthralled, an after-effect of parties and fun full of laughter.
Favors traded, some ponies showed off the careful work of themselves and others, added to with generous contributions from friends.
Food and drink were supplied, and provided by the good honest labor of hard-working ponies.
The world was filled with energy, as the sun shined down on the land. Magic seemed to pulsate through the land. All of Equestria was in harmony.
~~~~~
Part of the harmony that was present in Equestria was thanks to the hard work of public servants. Politicians, the guardscolts, and especially, mailponies. One such pony was currently flying through the air, on her way back from Appleloosa. The mailcolt there had gotten a little sick so she eagerly volunteered to take over his duties for the time being as well as her own.
She dropped a letter off at a small cottage on the edge of town, before heading back to Ponyville proper. A sudden gust of wind, though, knocked her off her flight plan, as she stalled and fell to the ground. She managed to catch herself, before half-staring at a light that had appeared in the distance.
Curiously, Derpy Hooves started off toward it to see what happened.
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Post by nintendonut1 on Jan 4, 2012 13:32:55 GMT -5
John: Land in... the Medium?
You're not entirely sure what happened. Currently, you are flat on your ass out on the balcony, staring up into the clear blue skies. With no giant-ass meteor in sight. Well, that's an excellent start right there.
You sit up and observe your immediate surroundings. The apple and tree have both vanished, but your house seems pretty intact. Even the front yard, tree and Pogo Ride and all, are still there. However, the grass of the front lawn is clashing with a different kind of grass, like an incomplete paint job.
You look up to gaze upon the Land you've ended up in.
There has to be some kind of mistake. Some glitch. Maybe you didn't bite the apple in the right place or something.
Because this is the girliest fucking planet you have ever seen.
Is that a pegasus flying towards you? Or have you just completely lost your mind?
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Post by shiftyPotentate on Jan 5, 2012 15:28:18 GMT -5
The pegasus looked in wonder at the house, which looked much more sophisticated and yet less interesting than the houses in Ponyville! She fluttered beside the balcony, looking at the strange person sitting on it. She'd never seen anything like it! She decided to be friendly of course.
"Hi there!" she waved, fluttering a little closer to John. A few other ponies started to take notice, watching from the distance. But Derpy just went right in there, throwing caution to the wind. "Welcome to Equestria, I'm Ditzy Doo, but you can call me Derpy if you really really want to." The nickname she'd grown up with didn't really hurt anymore, or at least she pretended it didn't. Coming right out with it to new people was a way she'd conditioned herself against it.
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Post by nintendonut1 on Jan 5, 2012 16:27:34 GMT -5
John: Behold the mighty pegasus
Wide blue eyes lock with wide off-center eyes as you gawk at the beast that should only be real in fantasy. Well, maybe Dave's fantasy anyway. Haha. Good one. You'll have to remember it.
You wonder what kind of psychoanalytical hogwash Rose would have to say about this obvious hallucination you're having, when it occurs to you that pestering your server player MIGHT help.
"Um... excuse me just a second, uh... Derpy," you address the pegasus (as if she were real haha right), then take out your pda.
ectoBiologist started pestering tentacleTherapist
EB: rose.
EB: rooooooooooooose.
EB: rose?
EB: argh oh my god okay i think i might have escaped death.
EB: and landed in a land of magic and ponies or whatever.
EB: is this what was supposed to happen?
EB: ........
EB: ok you're not answering
EB: that means i AM dead.
EB: awesome.
John: Come to terms with being dead
You forget about the pegasus and flop back to your previous position, staring up at the bright blue skies in mounting dismay. Well... at least it didn't hurt to die. That was kind of nice.
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Post by shiftyPotentate on Jan 5, 2012 16:50:36 GMT -5
She saw John pull out a little device, and tried to fly closer to see what he was doing. She saw blue words scroll up the screen. It looked like some fancy letter writing device. When he sat down, she assumed he was done and plucked the PDA out of his hands with her mouth gently.
Before he could protest, Derpy tucked it into her mailbag. "I'll deliver this, don't you worry!" She smiled, confident she was being helpful.
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Post by nintendonut1 on Jan 6, 2012 17:56:40 GMT -5
==>
"Wha."
That's about as much as you could get out before your jaw slacks as what you thought was a hallucination plucks your PDA right out of your hands. Oh, so you hadn't gone crazy. That was a nice thought.
"H...hey, that's mine!" you begin to protest, facing the pegasus' sweet, well-meaning smile. The eyes are weird and kind of creeping you out, but you're kind of busy considering your dismal existence in the afterlife, so it doesn't bother you as much as it should.
"Aww, just... keep it." You flop back down on your back again in defeat. "It's pretty much useless anyways."
John: Think about your friends.
You mean the ones you probably won't ever talk to ever again?
Bad idea. Your lower lip starts quivering. Fuck all.
(Sorry it's so sad, i'll pick it up with derpy's help!)
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Post by shiftyPotentate on Jan 7, 2012 2:41:22 GMT -5
Satisfied for a moment with a job well done, she expected to see some form of happiness or gratitude in John's face... but the pegasus pony saw none. Instead John appeared as though he was giving up. Derpy frowned at this, looking back to the mailbag, before looking back to the odd human.
She shrugged off her mailbag, letting it slump softly to the ground, before doing the only thing she knew to do in a situation like this. She stepped in toward the laying human, using a hoof underneath him to lift him back into a sitting position, before wrapping her front legs around his midsection, the top of her head nuzzled against his shoulder. The most affectionate, apologetic, comforting hug she could muster. She closed her eyes, her wings spread wide.
"I'm sorry, I did not mean to hurt you," she said, her sentence clearly labored to be as fluent as possible. She was really trying, fighting against her handicap, but she had to cheer this person up. She just had to.
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Post by nintendonut1 on Jan 7, 2012 3:21:15 GMT -5
==>
You choke a bit in surprise when she sits you up and throws herself at you in an adorable, nuzzling hug. You're not sure it's what you need right now, but... but the thought is real nice. And you guess you've been a little unfair to this very real pegasus.
"Hey, no, it... it's not your fault." Awkwardly, you place a hand on her head and stroke her mane. You find yourself appreciating the warmth of her embrace with every passing second as you lean your head into hers. "I'm just kinda, well. I don't know. I think something was supposed to happen, and it did happen, but it didn't happen the right way."
Wow you aren't making a lick of sense. So you decide to stop talking until you've composed yourself a little better. For now you just hug her, hoping it'll help the both of you.
John: Compose yourself and ask where you are.
Yeah, that was a good first step. You lean back and wipe your eyes of any rogue moisture, then address the pegasus, a bit more meekly than you'd like. "So, um, Derpy... where am I? Is this some kind of afterlife thing? Am I dead? Because if I'm actually not, that would be pretty awesome."
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Post by shiftyPotentate on Jan 7, 2012 5:05:19 GMT -5
The blonde pegasus enjoyed the return contact. Sure enough, John's meaning is lost on her.
"Well it happened and then you happened to be here, with your house here, it definitely happened to be here!" she said, grinning mildly. When he asked where he was, she knew the answer! "This is Ponyville, in Equestria! Oh, um. ... I don't know about afterlife but you seem very alive to me! Unless I'm not either! That too!" she finished, poking herself with her own hoof to see if she felt it. Yep. Definitely alive.
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Post by nintendonut1 on Jan 8, 2012 2:41:16 GMT -5
==>
You take in her response to your question, and mimicing her, you pet your chest in confirmation. You are warm still, and she was definitely warm when you were hugging her.
"Yeah...yeah!" You brighten up considerably, nodding. "I do feel pretty alive, now that you mention it. Sorry, before I woke up here in... Ponyville, I was kind of about to be hit by a giant meteor. So I was just assuming the worst."
You consider this development. Maybe you were knocked off course, and that's why you couldn't reach Rose. That or her internet went out again and you WERE in the right place. There were a lot of possibilities, and you have no idea why you automatically thought of the worst-case scenario. You gotta stop jumping to conclusions like that.
You're spacing out again. "Uhhhh," you articulate beautifully, blinking up at Derpy and shaking your head. "Bluuhhhh sorry. Wow I've been all kinds of rude. Um, I'm John!"
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Post by shiftyPotentate on Jan 9, 2012 0:24:24 GMT -5
"A giant meteor?" She blinked. "You were flying around in a meteor shower? That's not very safe, why did you do that??" Derpy asked protestingly. "You could have gotten hurt." Her tone almost seemed motherly, protective. Raising Dinky, she found she liked being a caretaking pony, the motherhood role suited her tastes. She could work hard at it just like she did the mail.
She heard his name, and committed it to memory. "John, that's... a strange name, but I like it. It's quick and easy." Being used to names like Dinky Doo, Carrot Top, Doctor Whooves, and the like, "John" was a very unusual name. It didn't quite occur to her that different cultures would mean different naming schema.
"You don't know Ponyville, do you?" she said, reaching down to pull her mailbags back on, suddenly remembering to pull the PDA out and hand it back to John. "I can show you around on my mail route!"
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Post by nintendonut1 on Jan 9, 2012 0:34:17 GMT -5
==>
"Pffff, not like I was doing it on purpose..." You shrug, getting to your feet as Derpy drew back. "I was just playing a game that I guess triggered the apocalypse, I dunno--oh, thanks." You take the pda into hand and double-check your status. It says you're online, and hey, TG and GG are online too! Not TT though, but that isn't surprising. She'll pester you once she gets her connection back. Until then, you guess it wouldn't hurt to wonder around a bit.
"Is it?" you reply to Derpy's analysis of your name. "Well, I mean, Ditzy Doo is a pretty weird name to me too, but... yeah. Okay. Show me around Ponyville." You might as well hang out with Derpy until you get the game going again.
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Post by shiftyPotentate on Jan 9, 2012 0:42:37 GMT -5
Derpy smiled, levering her neck under John, using a surprising amount of force to lift him up and slide him onto her back, letting him ride her like... well, a horse. No saddle, though, he'd have to ride her bareback. "Up and at em!" she said as he slipped into place. "Let's go!" She took off, showing an impressive amount of strength present in ponies. They were equine, after all, bearing powerful muscles. Even the weakest pony could outlift an average human.
She first headed to the next stop on her mail route, a house that looked a lot like a gingerbread house. "This is Sugarcube Corner. They make lots of sweets and treats!" She licked her lips. "Their muffins are the best! Mr. and Mrs. Cake live here, and Pinkie Pie lives on the second floor up there!" She dropped off the mail, taking out a rather impressive amount of letters from the box. Seems Pinkie was throwing another party!
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Post by nintendonut1 on Jan 9, 2012 15:25:33 GMT -5
John: Flop onto the pony's back
"Whoa-OHP! Oof!" Your arms waggle around in attempts to keep your balance atop Derpy's head, and cringe at the noticeable friction as you slide down her neck onto her back. You won't readily admit that you're nervous, but you do make a conscious effort not to squeeze her too tightly.
Still, you cry out and clutch to her tightly when she takes off with the kind of speed and power you were not expecting from such a girly-looking horse. You curl inwardly and screw your eyes shut and immediately wish to be back on solid ground again.
==>
But...
The feeling doesn't last very long.
You start to calm down, even as the wind howls around your ears and tussles your hair wildly. In fact, the wind is exactly what is bringing peace to you at all. You're not sure how you know that. It's all an innate feeling, a forgotten familiarity of sorts. It just... feels right with your body. As weird as that sounds.
You faintly open your eyes and watch Ponyville scroll past underneath you, coming to a slow stop as Derpy reaches her first landmark. You purse your lips just a little at the mention of baked goods, but your current whimsical mood keeps you from saying anything tactless.
"Neat," you simply respond instead, waiting for her to take to the air again.
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Post by shiftyPotentate on Jan 10, 2012 2:32:56 GMT -5
In short order, the grey pegasus took off again, reaching a good cruising altitude. After feeling John's vicegrip of panic the first time, she slowed her flight down, to let him actually enjoy his time in the air. Even without a saddle, John was in no danger of falling, as she was instinctively careful to keep him squarely on her back. The colorful panorama of Ponyville played out underneath them, and their height let him get a good look at greater Equestria.
Off in the distance on the mountainside, a royal township could be seen. Out toward the west, a more rural community adjacent to a large apple orchard. To the northeast, a larger city. And above them, a sprawling cloud metropolis.
After a few minutes in the air, Derpy came in lower towards a large house resembling a merry-go-round. "This is where Ponyville's best fashion comes from, Carousel Boutique!" She came in close enough to take the mail from the building and put in the delivered mail, before rising back up to a good height.
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