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Title: The Nightly Run (Reserved for Tinder)
Post by: Foxtrot on August 09, 2015, 09:34:30 pm
Foxtrot takes short breaths as he exits the woods on the outskirts of Ponyville. The sky is clear and full of stars, a crescent moon occupying the expanse as well. Looking around, the brown unicorn trots across the field onto the first worn path in town; everything is quiet, the streets empty of residents as well. He walks to the side of a nearby house and sits down, resting his back against the building's wall he pulls out his canteen by hoof and takes a gulp of water. "Alright Fox, just find a place to stay for tonite, then get to the station in the morning; easy as cake." Some distance away, shouting can be heard as a party searching for him reach the field a short distance away. Sighing in annoyance, Foxtrot pushes himself back up to his hooves, slowly but surely making his way further into town. His gear is light; a backpack, guitar, and machete accompany the stallion as he strolls through the streets of Ponyville, keeping an eye out for anyplace he can hide for the night.
Title: Re: The Nightly Run (Reserved for Tinder)
Post by: Tinder on August 09, 2015, 09:50:33 pm
Tinder is out in front of her ran down apartment building pacing back and forth. She had spent the first bit of the night sitting in her bed, trying to force herself to sleep, but unfortunately for her it just wasn't working. So instead of spending the rest of the night in her house, doing nothing but staring at the ceiling, she decided to get out for a bit. So she tossed her bag on and went out to try to get some fresh air and maybe become tired enough to sleep. After pacing for a minute she realizes that there is no reason for her to be staying next to home like this, so off she goes, farther into town to get some air and perhaps even pick a couple pockets if anyone was out and about. Using a bit of magic to light up her horn enough to see where she's going, the dull yellow light illuminating her face and a bit of the road ahead.
Title: Re: The Nightly Run (Reserved for Tinder)
Post by: Foxtrot on August 10, 2015, 08:59:17 am
Swerving through alleys, ducking through corners and bounding across the occasional roof, Foxtrot finds himself crossing the town in little time. About halfway though, he rounds a corner to find the group of ponies looking for him. Immediately he back pedals, unknowingly knocking over a trash can and gaining their attention. Not even waiting to see if they heard or not, the unicorn sprints away down the street. More concerned with who is behind him, Foxtrot fails to notice the mare in front of him until the last moment. Before colliding with her he spins away, losing his balance and landing against a cart. By now hoof steps in the distance become louder as the group chasing him start to get closer.
Title: Re: The Nightly Run (Reserved for Tinder)
Post by: Tinder on August 10, 2015, 05:11:17 pm
Tinder walks down the street, pretty oblivious to the things around her as she focus' on the magic she is using to light up her way as well as using a bit to keep the air around her chilled a bit. She doesn't notice the pony running towards her until he gets quite close, and even then doesn't have time to react to him. She watches as he crashes in the cart and quickly makes her way over to him, mumbling to herself as she worries about this unknown pony. She stops the spell that is chilling the air and instead focus' more of her magic on just lighting up her horn to try to see if he is okay. When she hears the group that was chasing him she quickly turns off the light of her horn. She's been chased her fair share of times and she knows that lighting up the road like that won't help. So off goes the light and she starts to whisper at the pony, "I don't know what you did, but I don't really care either. My place isn't all that far from here, there is a empty next to mine, they'd have no reason to check there. Unless you want to get caught."
Title: Re: The Nightly Run (Reserved for Tinder)
Post by: Foxtrot on August 11, 2015, 10:28:43 am
Foxtrot cringes as he tries to get up, his body already sore from all the running. He looks up to the mare and her words, and simply nods; normally he would formally introduce himself, but this wasn't a normal situation. With a muttered curse he finally pushes himself up from the busted cart and looks to where the group is coming from. "Thanks. Lead the way."
Title: Re: The Nightly Run (Reserved for Tinder)
Post by: Tinder on August 11, 2015, 12:36:07 pm
Tinder smiles a little as she watches him get up, glad to see that he isn't seriously hurt. She turns back the way she came and decides that it's probably a good idea to light up a tiny bit of the road in front of them. So back on goes the light from her horn, though very low, just enough to light up right in front of them so they don't trip over anything. "It's this way." She says as she heads off towards her apartment building, her strides long as she tries to puts some distance between herself and the group chasing this unknown stallion, hoping that he will follow suit and keep up with her.
Title: Re: The Nightly Run (Reserved for Tinder)
Post by: Foxtrot on August 12, 2015, 08:13:51 am
Without saying a word Foxtrot follows the mare as the group begins to fade away into the background. Some time passes and no shouts from them are heard, a sign that the two unicorns have lost their tails. Foxtrot looks around at the town around them, "Thanks again for that, I really appreciate it. My name is Foxtrot, by the way."
Title: Re: The Nightly Run (Reserved for Tinder)
Post by: Tinder on August 12, 2015, 11:07:05 am
Tinder grins as she hears the sound of the group dissipate, lighting up her horn a bit more to light up the road now that the threat has passed. She continues to walk at the same speed though, not wanting to slow down, just in case the people aren't as far away as they seem. "It's nothing, least I could do to help out a pony in need. Name's Tinder. The building is only about 5 more minutes away if we keep up this speed."
Title: Re: The Nightly Run (Reserved for Tinder)
Post by: Foxtrot on August 12, 2015, 03:19:25 pm
"5 minutes? That should be fine." Foxtrot replies as he follows in step with the mare. The sounds of the group had diminished to silence, leaving only the ambient sounds of the night. Foxtrot looks over his shoulder to ensure they weren't being tracked. "Hey Tinder, I appreciate the help, but I don't want to drag you into my ugly business. If these ponies show up for me, just walk or run away, or hide. They've gotten rather physical in our past confrontations and I don't want anypony getting hurt because of me."
Title: Re: The Nightly Run (Reserved for Tinder)
Post by: Tinder on August 12, 2015, 03:57:08 pm
Tinder looks around as they walk, eventually becoming too warm and chilling to air around them with her magic. She glances over at him as she hears him say this and shakes her head, "Sorry, but no can do. I've been in my fair share of fights, I can hold my own if they come sniffing around my building. I'm not just gonna run at the first sign of trouble, I'll take care of myself and help you not get hurt."
Title: Re: The Nightly Run (Reserved for Tinder)
Post by: Foxtrot on August 12, 2015, 10:25:07 pm
Foxtrot honestly was speechless for a moment when he heard those words, his pace slowing down ever so slightly before picking back up. "I-" he sighs, "Look Tinder, I appreciate the gesture. Heck, only two other ponies I know would ever do that; still, these are dangerous individuals." The unicorn looks up at the night sky, "Direct confrontation will not go well, not now. I can deal with them myself... after some rest... and a plan... and a second plan, should the first one mess up." Foxtrot looks over to Tinder, "I wish I can repay you for the help, but I'm not in the position where I can right now."
Title: Re: The Nightly Run (Reserved for Tinder)
Post by: Tinder on August 13, 2015, 03:36:42 pm
Tinder glances back at him as he says this and gives a quick glare. "Listen, I don't care if it's dangerous to help you, I'm still going to do it. I've dealt with my fair share of really dangerous ponies in my life time, so I am going to protect you if I need to. I am not hiding from them." She turns back around to continue walking, "And don't worry about paying me back, I don't need payment for this."
Title: Re: The Nightly Run (Reserved for Tinder)
Post by: Foxtrot on August 13, 2015, 09:46:01 pm
Foxtrot grins as he hears Tinder's words, "Alright, if you say so." He knew not to look a gift pony in the mouth, and simply nods in agreement. The unicorn feels a cold chill in the air. "Ice magic, I haven't seen a user of it in some time."
Title: Re: The Nightly Run (Reserved for Tinder)
Post by: Tinder on August 13, 2015, 09:58:37 pm
Tinder smiles as Foxtrot finally stops trying to stop her, glad that she might actually be some help to him. She had forgot she was even chilling the air now, it had gotten to a nice temperature for her and just let the spell continue since she had no reason to stop it. "Yeah, it's a useful skill. Make my own weapons, cool down places, freeze things. Only downside to it is that I can hardly stand even normal temperatures now, everything needs to be cold or else my magic goes on the fritz and I become to warm to move." She chuckles a little as she turns the corner leading to her apartment building. The medium size building holds 4 apartments, 2 basement and 2 upstairs. The building is in awful shape, the paint is all peeling off the outside, windows are boarded up, the stairs to the upstairs apartments are broken and ****. Even from this distance it's easy to where the roof has been patched repeatedly by a tenant who really didn't know what he was doing. The two bottom doors have padlocks on them to keep them locked tight while the occupants are away.
Title: Re: The Nightly Run (Reserved for Tinder)
Post by: Foxtrot on August 13, 2015, 10:21:19 pm
Foxtrot looks over to the apartment, noting it's features as Tinder points them out. "I see, well I'm going to count this as a step up. It's much better than having no roof at all." He looks over to the unicorn, "The magic sounds very useful as well, sucks about the temperature thing. Does chilling the air drain your magic quickly?"
Title: Re: The Nightly Run (Reserved for Tinder)
Post by: Tinder on August 13, 2015, 10:27:16 pm
Tinder shakes her head as she makes her way towards the staircase on the right, "No, not usually. It's a pretty easy spell to do, so often I can do it for quite a long time without even feeling slightly tired. If I am already tired, or if it's a very hot climate, it will take a lot of energy out of me. So doing something like visiting a desert is kind of off the cards for me." She carefully walks up over the stairs, skipping the broken ones and the ones that look like they could break at anytime, "Careful on the stairs, don't want you to fall through."
Title: Re: The Nightly Run (Reserved for Tinder)
Post by: Foxtrot on August 14, 2015, 10:14:52 pm
"Yea I'm pretty sure falling would suck after all of this travel." He steps over a broken stair as he continues up the steps. "So how long have you lived here in Ponyville?"
Title: Re: The Nightly Run (Reserved for Tinder)
Post by: Tinder on August 14, 2015, 10:25:36 pm
Tinder pops open the door and walks into her apartment, standing near the door as she waits for him to get in, "About 3 years now, used to live in Manehattan before I lived here. Sorry about the mess by the way, haven't cleaned in a while." It's easy to tell from even outside that this room is much colder then it is outside. The room itself is an absolute mess, along with being badly maintained. The wallpaper in the walls is all half peeled off, the carpet is covered with what looks like a lot of coffee stains. There is a couch in the middle of the room that is covered in holes and tears, the stuffing poking out through. A coffee table sits in front of that, it has a few mugs laid on it that haven't been washed yet and a couple bottles of pills, one of them tipped over and a few of the pills have fallen out and onto the table. A large pillow that looks like a dog bed sits is on the floor against one of the walls. There is a door to the left that lead to the next apartment over. A small kitchen can be seen at the end of a small hallway that has two doors in it. After a second Tinder notices the pills on the table and goes over to them, taking two and then putting the rest back into the bottle and putting the cover back on it.
Title: Re: The Nightly Run (Reserved for Tinder)
Post by: Foxtrot on August 14, 2015, 11:17:30 pm
As Foxtrot walks in, he immediately feels the cold air surround him. "I gotta chill here during the summer, nice and brisk." Looking around he sees the quality of living, nonetheless, he sighs in relief knowing he won't be on the streets for the night. "How much is this place for a month? I may need a lair to relax in for a while."
Title: Re: The Nightly Run (Reserved for Tinder)
Post by: Tinder on August 14, 2015, 11:24:29 pm
Tinder smiles a little as he talks about the temperature, happy that she won't have to heat up the room for him to be comfortable. She grabs the couple pill bottles off of the coffee table and shoves them in her saddle bag, not wanting Foxtrot to see them. "I can't remember exactly, but it's not very much at all, it's the cheapest place around here." As he actually enters the house there are a couple things that are easy to spot, including the 2 throwing knives sticking into the wall across from the couch, the large black cloak that is shoved under the coffee table and the pieces of paper that are scattered around the floor with drawing of scenery and ponies on them.
Title: Re: The Nightly Run (Reserved for Tinder)
Post by: Foxtrot on August 17, 2015, 11:54:25 am
As Foxtrot looks around and surveys the room, he notes the cloak, knives, and drawings. It's the latter item that gets his attention, "Oh cool, you're an artist too. These aren't shabby at all. I'm guessing you also are a competitive knife thrower who has a good sense of fashion, I'm a bit jealous actually." He trots over to the sofa, "Does the other room have furniture like this?"
Title: Re: The Nightly Run (Reserved for Tinder)
Post by: Tinder on August 17, 2015, 04:03:17 pm
Tinder chuckles a bit as she picks up all the paper with her magic and puts it on the coffee table, "Thanks. You're first guess is correct, I am an artist, used to do ice sculptures to earn a bit of extra cash. Other two not so much, I got annoyed with something the other day and threw those, never bothered to remove them. And my fashion sense is far from good, it's quite awful actually." She smiles and goes over to the dog bed near the wall, she plops down on it and nods, "Yeah, other one is about the same. In a bit better shape then this one because a lot of this damage is from me." She thinks for a second before looking over, "You haven't told me why you were being chased."
Title: Re: The Nightly Run (Reserved for Tinder)
Post by: Foxtrot on August 17, 2015, 07:29:43 pm
Foxtrot finds a spot on the sofa and sits down, avoiding a loose spring popping up. "Well, let's narrow down my list." He looks up at the ceiling for a moment, "Thankfully it's not the guard, sorted out a royal bounty with them a while back. So it's probably either bounty hunters or mercenaries that a criminal gang hired because..." The unicorn chuckles, "I tend to irritate a lot of bad guys on my travels, seems to be a gift of mine."
Title: Re: The Nightly Run (Reserved for Tinder)
Post by: Tinder on August 17, 2015, 08:22:23 pm
Tinder nods as she listens to him, using her magic to grab the throwing knifes from the wall. She polishes one of the blades with a small clothes that she hauls out from her bag. "Heh, we have that in common it seems. Both of us irritate bad guys, though I feel we do that in very different ways." She looks over at him and smiles, "So, tell me, what did you do to get on the bad side of this gang? Did you rat to the guards about something? Owe them money?"
Title: Re: The Nightly Run (Reserved for Tinder)
Post by: Foxtrot on August 17, 2015, 10:15:05 pm
Foxtrot leans back on the sofa with a light chuckle, "Nah, nothing like that." His smile fades as he looks around the room, "I don't really know exactly. They were speaking Saddle Arabian, and if that's the case..." The unicorn remains silent, looking at the floor for quite some time. When he speaks again, his tone is more somber, "I've done some bad things Tinder, hurt those who didn't deserve it. Unfortunately some of those who are chasing me aren't bad guys, just... trying to get their own justice." Foxtrot looks back to the mare, "If it's alright with you, I'm gonna call it a nite."
Title: Re: The Nightly Run (Reserved for Tinder)
Post by: Tinder on August 18, 2015, 11:27:53 am
Tinder listens to him quite intently as he talks, trying to figure out what she will be up against if they come looking for Foxtrot while he's sleeping. She's not planning on waking him up, so the more she know's about those chasing him now, the more she'll be able to work out a plan. "Trust me, we've all done bad things, some more then others, but we've all done something." She points at the small hallway, "Bedroom is the door on the left in the hallway, bathroom is on the right. There are blankets in the closet, people have told me that it's quite cold in there. Get some rest and I'll keep watch out here."
Title: Re: The Nightly Run (Reserved for Tinder)
Post by: Foxtrot on August 18, 2015, 09:58:20 pm
Foxtrot gets up from the sofa and stretches, "Thanks Tinder, once again I really appreciate it." He gathers his things and heads to the door, "I'm going to Canterlot tomorrow. There's a contact I know who can help." The unicorn looks over to the other unicorn. "I never forget a favor. If you need anything in the future, just ask." With that said he opens the door and goes to his room. After a moment of silence he pops his head out, "Oh if anyone shows up looking for me... I don't know, tell them I'm dead. Goodnight!" After that he goes to his room for real this time.
Title: Re: The Nightly Run (Reserved for Tinder)
Post by: Tinder on August 19, 2015, 01:21:24 pm
Tinder stands up when he does and drags her dog bed over closer to the door, "I'm sure I'll need something at a later date, but right now unless you have a contact that can erase a whole lot of debt, I don't need anything." She chuckles a little and levitates the two throwing daggers over to the pillow and lays back down on it, "And don't worry, I'll deal with anyone that comes sniffing around. You just get some rest and if you need food the kitchen is at the end of the hall! Night." She smooshes down into the large dog bed and makes sure that the two daggers are laid within reaching distance, readying herself for almost anything.