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Post by nintendonut1 on Jan 10, 2012 12:52:54 GMT -5
John: Fly through the air with the greatest of ease.
You are much more prepared when Derpy takes flight again, though she has noticeably slowed down on your behalf. You don't mind, that only means more time in the air, which you are growing to crave more and more. A dormant passion is rapidly beginning to awaken in your bosom, like a flower blooming after a long winter cold.
Confident now that the pegasus won't let you fall, you sit up from where you were slouched over her neck and spread your arms out on either side, the wind tearing at your shirt and hair and you laugh. You've never felt more free-spirited in your entire life.
Not mention the scenery! Even if it is girly, it really is beautiful and fantastic.
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You calm yourself down so you don't make much of a ruckus when Derpy touches down again. You aren't really into fashion at all, but you reply with a curt, "Cool."
She's giving you the experience of your life, the least you can do is be polite in return.
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Post by shiftyPotentate on Jan 11, 2012 12:31:21 GMT -5
Relieved and excited that John is enjoying his ride, you fly on high, higher and higher, up to the lowest level of clouds around Ponyville. Far far up was the city of Cloudsdale, but down in Ponyville's airspace was a nice home built among the clouds. Rainbow rivers and waterfalls adorned it.
"This... well this isn't a business. But the weather pony lives here!" She deposited the mail in the box just as before. "Rainbow Dash is her name. She's really fast!" She tilted slightly in her hovering flight, giving John a good look at just high up they were.
"I wonder if she's home..." She set down on the clouds, able to stand on them, being a pegasus. Derpy stood still for a moment, looking through the windows.
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Post by nintendonut1 on Jan 11, 2012 12:58:49 GMT -5
John: Be lightheaded.
Least you SHOULD be. Look how high up you are! You should be needing to pop your ears at this altitude.
But, you aren't. And you don't need to. Wow how weird is that. Surely it can't mean anything important, right?
"Rainbow Dash. Nice," you reply. That IS a pretty cool name, actually.
John: Dismount
As cool as riding a pegasus is, you're starting to feel numb in your nether regions, so as soon as Derpy lands you move to dismount, swinging your leg over and hopping down.
You don't think much about your landing because you are unaware of the rules of Equestria. You do not know that only pegesi can walk on clouds, that earth-bound folk fall right through.
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Post by shiftyPotentate on Jan 11, 2012 13:51:10 GMT -5
As Derpy felt the weight shift and eventually vanish from her back, it hit her.
John wasn't a pegasus.
"Oh no! John! Wait!" She stuck her head through the cloud trying to see where he fell through, plummeting to Earth and an untimely death, screaming and tumbling-- wait where the heck was he?
She pulled her head back, still expecting to see thin air.
But sure enough, the human standing before her was... well, standing. Before her. On the clouds.
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Post by nintendonut1 on Jan 11, 2012 14:27:57 GMT -5
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Despite the weight in your descent, your landing isn't as jarring as you were expecting. Your feet sift through a thin layer of plush before finding purchase on a solid surface. You lift your feet a few times as a test, and you determine walking on clouds is a lot like walking on dirt softened after a heavy rain; not all that slippery, but not completely rock solid either. Whisps of cloudy mist swirl around your ankles.
Wow this is the fucking coolest.
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Instinctually, you stiffen up at Derpy's cry, thinking you had done something wrong. Then she pokes her head down into the cloud and oh.
Was she expecting you to fall through?
You meet each other's gazes with equal confusion. As reassurance, you stomp your foot a couple times, confirming that you are indeed on a solid surface.
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Post by shiftyPotentate on Jan 12, 2012 11:34:54 GMT -5
The pegasus blinked, looking down at where John's feet met cloud. Sure enough, he was standing, the non-solid clouds supporting his weight just like a pegasus. Even though he clearly wasn't one!
"Whoa... I didn't expect that..." She smiled. "That's okay though! It's better actually!" She smiled and went back to checking Rainbow Dash's windows. No sign of her.
"I should show you Cloudsdale sometime!" she added, walking back up to John and crouching a bit, letting him climb on whenever he was ready. If he wanted to explore the cloudiness he could apparently use, though, she didn't mind that either.
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Post by nintendonut1 on Jan 12, 2012 12:20:25 GMT -5
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So, wait. 'Didn't expect that?' What was that supposed to mean?
Either way, this is by far the most awesome thing that's happened so far in Equestria for you, and you almost wish you could stay in the clouds forever. You feel like you belong here.
But Derpy is crouching down and expecting you to mount again. Normally you'd say fuck it and run off to frolick in the clouds like a happy school girl, but she DOES have a mail route and you don't want to mess that up for her. Plus she was your only ride back down to the surface.
As you mount her again, however, adjusting yourself, you note, "It would be great to come back here again later on, actually. This place is awesome!"
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Post by shiftyPotentate on Jan 12, 2012 12:53:30 GMT -5
"We can do that!" Derpy gleefully replied, letting John get adjusted and comfortable on her back. She decided it was time for something fancy. She saw Rainbow Dash do it once and wanted to try it. "Hang on tight, John!" She used her mailbags' straps to secure him to her anyway.
With a gallop, she leapt off the cloud property, arcing into a dive, and angling her wings to start them into a spin. The ground approached rapidly in a spiral of green and brown. Angling her wings further, Derpy entered not just a spin, but a corkscrew, and before they hit the ground, she sharply curved her wings, slicing them back up into the air, maintaining the steady corkscrew motion.
Coming to a high roof, Derpy slowed out of the spiral and landed on a run, galloping across the roof and jumping off, swooping down to in front of the local library.
"Whew! That was fun!" she said, glad John was still on her back.
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Post by nintendonut1 on Jan 12, 2012 14:17:36 GMT -5
John: Go on the ride of your fucking life.
You have gotten well used to flying by now. To be honest, you welcome a more daredevil flight. And wow does Derpy Hooves ever deliver.
You hold onto her tight and howl with laughter in wild abandon and scream your throat dry during the entire trip, the same sensation as riding a roller coaster. Except this roller coaster has no restricting metal bars, no loud electric noises, nothing but the flapping of powerful wings and the wind roaring and tearing around you.
It is, quite possibly, the best sensation in the entire universe. At least, for you it is.
You jerk a bit when Derpy lands on the roof and descends to the ground once again. Listlessly you flop on her neck again, panting. Your entire body is limp with dwindling adrenaline and your hair is a absolute rat's nest. You blink slowly behind skewed glasses, and finally you let loose a burble of a chuckle.
"That... was amazzzzzzing," you slur out, launched into a small chuckling fit.
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Post by shiftyPotentate on Jan 13, 2012 1:35:53 GMT -5
Afterwards, she felt John lay down against her neck, tired. She giggled, feeling a little tired herself. "Are you okay?" Derpy reached into her back and pulled out a pristine muffin. Chocolate, soft and a little moist inside, baked with care. She always had a stash on her, and she seemed to produce them from nowhere. (How did it stay in such perfect condition in her mail bag through all that?)
Nevertheless, she offered it to John, holding it atop her hoof. "Here, this will give you your energy back!" She had no idea of John's aversion to a certain baked goods' conglomerate's products. It was simply a kind gesture.
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Post by nintendonut1 on Jan 13, 2012 1:44:59 GMT -5
John: Revile at the confectionary treat.
What? No way, that'd be beyond rude.
To be honest, you ARE sick of cake. Dad's been kind of shoving them in your face all day. You're hope he's okay, by the way. You should check your house later, if he doesn't wander off before you get back.
Back to the offer at hand. Well... it's a muffin. That's different, right? It's not cake, at least.
John: Take muffin.
You DON'T captchalogue it for once, looking it over with reasonable caution. "So wait. Is this homemade? There weren't any batterwitches involved in making this muffin right? Also, does it have nuts? Me and nuts don't get along."
Wow, way to grill her, you mondo jerk.
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Post by shiftyPotentate on Jan 13, 2012 1:56:11 GMT -5
She nodded. "Remember Sugarcube Corner? I buy every muffin I can from them." Batterwitches? "Um..... I don't think so. And no, no nuts! I don't like those in muffins..." Derpy looked up in thought. "Well except banana nut because you don't really notice them! But no this is not banana nut! This is chocolate."
She grinned, taking out a chocolate muffin of her own, eyeing it adoringly before biting into it. Flecks of chocolate muffin were stuck in her teeth, her muzzle a little messy as chocolate bits stuck to her coat.
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Post by nintendonut1 on Jan 13, 2012 2:03:30 GMT -5
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"Ohhhhh, okay." Mom-and-pop bakeries seem more legit, as far as you're concerned. And there isn't anything detrimental to your health in them (unless you count chocolate as fattening but screw that noise chocolate is awesome), so now you have no real reason not to eat it. Derpy is enjoying hers, so you might as well do the same!
John: Eat Muffin
The first bite is... not bad! You're not really into "moist" texture in food due to the overload on cake, but the taste makes up for the texture. You don't finish yours with as much gusto as Derpy, but you still finish it.
"Thanks," you speak before you forget, looking up at the tree-shaped house you two now stood before. "Sooooo what's this place?"
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Post by shiftyPotentate on Jan 13, 2012 2:19:45 GMT -5
The blonde pegasus finished her muffin, spinning her tongue around her muzzle, speed-cleaning the crumbs that got stuck to her face, before grinning with a smile, her teeth clean as a whistle.
"This is the Books and Branches Library!" She opened the mailbox that looked recently installed. "It's... well, a library, but a unicorn moved in a little while back. And her baby dragon." She took out a letter. From Spike, to Rarity. She giggled a bit, having seen several of these before. She tucked that letter in a special pouch on her bag, putting in Twilight and Spike's mail.
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Post by nintendonut1 on Jan 14, 2012 13:30:12 GMT -5
John: Help Derpy clean off her face.
Well, you would have if she didn't take care of it herself in a rather comical fashion. Nice.
You observe the library as she explained. "Oh, you guys have unicorns too? AND dragons?" Damn, that's... some kind of awesome.
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