Obtaining an Egg

9 March 2014

00:09 Shaken_Cola yawns as she wakes up, holding Shadelow close still, not getting out of that shared bed-roll and just gently nuzzling the other unicorn mare that agreed to be with her

00:09 Wicked stretches and yawn quietly. The stallion scratches his neck and stands up, looking around. All hooves on ground, still scratching. He wonders how, but when he turns around he only sees his tail, which looks strange to him. And feels strange. He gulps..

00:13 < Wicked> "This is not normal..." he says, twisting his tail as he never could. Just for curiosity he grabs his canteen. And looks very uprised he can. "Okay...?"

00:15 Shadelow still rested silently beside Cola, her little black form of her's holding her hooves close while leaned up against her.

00:16 Shaken_Cola smiles softly and kisses her horn before nuzzling Shadelow's neck gently "Come on dear, it's time to wake up" she whispers softly in the other's ears

00:17 Wicked sneaks to the little place between the huts and prepares his cooking set, but without food he can?t cook. The stallion turns and looks around nervous. Need distraction, something to do...

00:17 Shadelow scrunched up her face as she began to wake, batting at her eyes with her hooves as she grumbled out.

00:19 < Shaken_Cola> "There she is" she say softly, kissing Shadelow gently on the lips "Morning dear, how did you sleep, and, how was last night" she coo's out lovingly to the other, softly, but any one right outside their lil leanto could probably hear it

00:21 Wicked stops for a moment and smiles appreciating. He always wants everypony to be happy. Maybe going to his hut would be better... He sneaks into his hut again, trying not to disturb anyone.

00:21 < Shadelow> "I-It was pretty great.. I barely want to get up.." She smiled a little at her, blushing softly.

00:22 Shaken_Cola smiles and snuggles up close to the other mare "Well....I don't hear any one else up, so, maybe we can lay here like this for a while longer" she replies

00:24 Shadelow nodded and leaned on in, hugging her hooves around her, letting out a happy murr.

00:24 Smoldering_Ember snoozes quietly beneath the small shelter, somewhat tangled up in a certain zebra's legs. Every now and then, her wings twitch as she rides air currents in her dreams, and a smile faintly curls her lips.

00:25 Shaken_Cola mree's softly and gently kisses the other mare on the lips again, holding that kiss until the other breaks it

00:27 Wicked rolls on his back and rethinks his situation. Shakens words from yesterday still bothered him. This new, strange tail too. And he had to come out somehow, telling everypony the truth... This would be hard. How to do?

00:28 Shadelow let it go on for a good minute before moving back, wetting her lips.

00:30 Shaken_Cola smiles and snuggles in tighter to the dark colored mare "So.....about last night...I'm sorry if I did something wrong" she says suddenly

00:32 Shadelow waggled a hoof dismissively, "You did fine. Surprisingly well with your changes considered."

00:33 Shaken_Cola chuckles and blushes "Um....that was my first time period...so...that probably helped..."

00:38 < Shadelow> "All that pain and change.. It's really impressive."

00:39 < Shaken_Cola> "Well...I'm still rather numb to be honest...and well...you helped me through it" she says softly, nuzling the other filly gently

00:40 < Shadelow> me blushed and nuzzled her again, "We should get up."

00:41 < Shaken_Cola> "Five more minutes?"

00:41 Wicked stands up again, this time making sure he is heard. He didn?t want to bother, but not to listen uninvited too.

00:42 Shadelow giggled, "What do you want to do for five minutes?"

00:42 < EdenGM> Smoldering_Ember, Shadelow, and Shaken_Cola all hear a loud rumbling sound, though only Shaken_Cola could point out that it was coming from due north

00:49 Shadelow blinked and tensed up a bit, "Um.."

00:49 < Shaken_Cola> "It's upto you love~" she coo's in response her right ear flicking back at the distant rumbling but she doesn't want this to end, not yet

00:49 Smoldering_Ember startles awake, her feathers fluffing out as she rolls to her hooves...or rather tries to. Instead she rolls onto her back, one leg trapped beneath Ruzeth, wings flailing the grass several seconds before she pulls free and manages to right herself. "Who, what, where?" She looks around, finally managing to take off to gain a bit better vantage.

00:51 Wicked waits until Smoldering_Ember leaves her tent and greets her with a friendly smile. "Good morning, Miss Ember."

00:55 < Shadelow> "W-What was that Cola?"

00:55 Smoldering_Ember blinks down at Wicked, her feathers smoothing a bit as she calms down. "Wait, was that all a dream? Er, I mean...sorry, I meant to say, Good morning, Wicked. How are you doing?"

00:56 Wicked waves a hoof at her and smiles, for some reason his tail copies his hoofs motion. "Oh,eh... I am fine, I guess. Till now."

00:56 < Shaken_Cola> "Just some thunder off to the north love, and the path I tagged is north east from here, we may just want to rest for the day and hope it passes, unless you know a spell to get rid of bad weather...I'd...rather not have that weird rain again"

00:59 Smoldering_Ember glides down to him, not yet noticing the change in Wicked. "Oh? What do you mean 'till now'? Did you sleep poorly too?" She winces and reaches back to rub her croup. "Beds are okay, but sleeping on the ground sucks. Ugh. I've got twinges down my whole back."

00:59 Shadelow shook her head, "Can't, and storms are a little hard for pegasi to clear." She wriggled in the bedroll, "And I don't think what we have can take much rain."

01:00 < Shaken_Cola> "It worked decent enough last night"

01:01 < Wicked> "M-miss Ember? C-can I ask you something?" He looks a bit off, like some heavy burden bothers him. "And I can fix your back, but... there might be a problem."

01:03 Smoldering_Ember tilts her head attentively. "Sure, Wicked. What is it? Unless you suddenly had a revelation that you're a cannibal, frankly I can't imagine a problem that would make me pass up a massage," she replies with a smile.

01:03 < Shadelow> "Rain gets everywhere, and the ground could get really muddy." She gulped, "And it could spread.. Well.. More taint around."

01:04 < EdenGM> The rumbling appears again, this time strong enough to shake the leaves a little. This storm will be a doozy

01:04 Shaken_Cola frowns "Thats the rainbow rain, right?" she asks "If so, your right, we do need to get moving incase it heads this way"

01:05 Wicked looks down and away, then back at Smoldering_Ember. "I, err... you see... ehm..." He gulps again. "I wanted to tell this all. I am a *professional*."

01:05 Shadelow nodded and clambered along out first, nude little mare scrambling to her robes and pulling them on.

01:07 < Wicked> "I can understand if you dislike a massage from a... prostitude. It is okay, really." He digs a hoof in the ground.

01:07 Shaken_Cola comes out quickly after giving her a teasing lick over that exposed sensitive area before pulling on her own cloak, litterally the only clothing she owns, and rolling up the bedroll to store in her saddle bag "I'm ready when you are love"

01:08 < Shadelow> She gave a surprised meep and hopped up off her backlegs, catching herself down as she quickly got her clothing on, stepping out, "Mhm."

01:09 Shaken_Cola giggles at that response "Ooooh some one's a bit jumpy today, that means your full of energy, I know what we can do toniiiite~" she coo's out teasingly to the other mare before stepping out of the leanto and seeing Wicked and Smoldering_Ember

01:11 Shadelow was giving off a deep blush as they got to the others, "H-Heya.. I think we need to pack up and get going."

01:11 Smoldering_Ember smiles a bit wider. "And that's great. I've never had a massage from someone that really knew what they were doing." Her smile falters a little as a thought pops into her head. "Unless you mean you want money. I'm kinda low on caps right now, but I can provide if this is some sort of professional honor thing or..." And that's when she realizes what else he said. "...or I could be on entirely the wrong track. Heh...wow. Okay, well, no problem. I mean, you're disease free, right?"

01:12 Wicked waves Shaken_Cola and Shadelow, before adressing Smoldering_Ember again. "I am clean. Actually, I put some effort in good hygiene."

01:13 < Shaken_Cola> "Oh, your having -that- talk, I'm proud of ya Wicked, I know it's not easy to let others know things like that but, good for you, your a stronger fellah than I was....maybe that's why I'm a mare now, heeheehee" she says giggling "Anyway, thunder to the north, path is to the north east, second rumble was closer implies the storm is south bound, so we should really get a move on"

01:14 < Wicked> "Okay, just let me pack my things... and Miss Shadelow? I want to talk to you, too. Maybe on the way?"

01:15 Shadelow blinked in surprise, "Uh. Yeah, sure thing Wicked."

01:16 Wicked packs his cooking set again and makes himself ready to go. "Can we get around the storm, Miss Ember?" He nods to Smoldering_Ember. "As a pegasus you may know a bit more about weather then we do."

01:17 Smoldering_Ember shrugs it off. "Then no worries. As long as the only thing touching my back is your hooves and the normal amount of dirt that's all over the wasteland, I'm fine. Well, unless you come across some massage oil that's still in good condition. I have no idea what it feels like, but I once saw a pre-war magazine that showed a mare getting massage oil poured on her back and she seemed to be enjoying it."

01:18 < Wicked> "Massage oil IS enjoyable. And it can be mixed, I could make a recepy. But I know noone to mix it..."

01:18 Shaken_Cola blushes at the mention of pre war magazines and 'oils' "I....don't think that was massage oil just for a massage if it's the mag I'm thinking of..."

01:20 Wicked chuckles at Shaken_Cola ?s mention. "Oh, believe me. I could do thinks with THIS kind of massage oil..."

01:21 < Shaken_Cola> "H-hey now, I'm spoken for...." she says, blushing more and moving a bit behind shadelow, kind of half hiding behind the other mare

01:22 < Wicked> "So, Miss Ember. Which way?"

01:22 Smoldering_Ember breaks into a grin and pats Wicked's shoulder. "You may yet become my best friend ever. But..." She shakes her head. "...no, the storms here aren't like the ones back home. Maybe once we've been here a while, but right now I just can't read the breeze. It's like the wind was written in zebra or something."

01:24 Wicked now blushes too. "I am always happy to be of service... uh, that came out wrong."

01:24 Shadelow was blushing and revealed from an attempt to hide from the conversation. She walked over to Wicked, "W-What did you wanna talk about?"

01:26 < Wicked> "Uh yes... two things actually..." The stallion scratches his neck and smiles awry. "Errm... my tail..." He makes some strange movements with his tail to show it to Shadelow. "That isn?t normal..."

01:27 < Shaken_Cola> "So uh, east looks like a good way to go, we could skirt the storm then head north to hit the path again..."

01:29 Shadelow blinked, leaning in, "Well.. That is pretty weird.. But it's not hurting or doing bad things, right?

01:29 Smoldering_Ember chuckles softly and shakes her head. "I think I know what you meant. Don't worry, I may be a bad girl, but I'm not that bad. Anyway, with the storm coming south, heading we need to head perpindicular to its path," she says just before she takes to the air headed east to scout ahead of the group.

01:30 Wicked nods at Shaken_Cola and Smoldering_Ember. "Then lead, we follow." Then to Shadelow :"Actually, it feels ... normal?"

01:31 Shaken_Cola nods and pulls up his EFS again following the compas indicator for east

01:32 < Shadelow> "Well.. Let's see what happens in a while from now. We did all get some kind of change in taint. If it changed a colt to a mare before our eyes, who knows what else..

01:33 Wicked nods at Shadelow. "I thought I better tell of this. You are the medipony, after all."

01:34 < EdenGM> As the group heads East, they find themselves following a thin game trail

01:39 Wicked walks aside Shadelow. "Err... also, I think I... well... I am no medipony. Not even a nurse..."

01:42 Shadelow nodded, "We all just need a bit more experiance.. Just stick with me and we'll be sure no pony loses any hooves."

01:42 Shaken_Cola follows the trail, keeping his eye out for...suspicious activity!

01:43 Smoldering_Ember catches the breezes and flies as high as she can without losing sight of the others down below, trying to get a feel for things and see well ahead.

01:44 < Wicked> "Miss Shadelow, I am a professional." The stallion looks serious. "A medicpony needs trust from his patients. I think I would interfere for the worst."

01:47 < Shadelow> "Even then.. You can keep ponies relaxed. Heck, what we did yesterday was perfectly done with you around."

01:49 Wicked blushes proudly. "Y-you think? B-but if anyone has a problem with me? I tend to do more then relax, at least others suspect this from me..." He whinnies quietly. "And there is more. When we rest."

01:49 < EdenGM> Shaken_Cola notices some deep hoof prints in the trail ahead of them

01:51 Shaken_Cola stops and holds up a hoof "Something heavy came through here....see?" he says pointing at the tracks "I'm no survival expert but deep hoof prints mean whatever made them was heavy"

01:52 < Wicked> "Mister Ruzeth might know. Ruzeth? Can you take a look on these?"

01:55 Shadelow reached over and patted his back, "Just calm down.. You can do whatever you want now. Just try to learn to learn how to do it to sooth, not that.."

01:55 Ruzeth nods to wicked, "Sur thing." He trots up to the hoof prints and begins to examine them.

01:59 Wicked sighs at Shadelow. "Oh you are so kind... but I like to..." He blushes again. "It?s the one thing I am really good at."

02:00 < Shadelow> "Well.. You could always find somewhere to.. Let it out.."

02:01 Wicked now smiles kindly. "Not here. I will explain everything later."

02:02 Ruzeth hmms for a bit, looking them oever before turning to the group. "Well it looks like it was just a single pony that came through here, but these prints are /very/ deep, way too deep even for the mud we have last night. This pony was likely in armor and carrying something /quite/ heavy. And recently too, probably last night whilst it rained."

02:06 < Wicked> "Can you tell the direction, Ruzeth? We might want to avoid it..."

02:08 Ruzeth rolls his eyes at Wicked, "Its pretty easy to see...the prints head that way down the trail." He points a hoof in the direction they're going.

02:09 < Wicked> "What do we do then, Shaken? Still follow the trail?" He asks Shaken_Cola unsure. "We are faster this way..."

02:11 Smoldering_Ember glances back and notices everyone having stopped, so she circles around and drops altitude a bit to try and see what the hold up is.

02:12 < Ruzeth> "Its /only/ one pony, and if this is the direction towards the town then they probably will gives us no trouble. Raiders travel in groups after all."

02:13 < Shaken_Cola> "It's really the only safe way to go around this storm, and even if it's one pony it could still be trouble, just, keep your eyes open" she says in responce

02:13 Wicked nods to Ruzeth. He waves at Smoldering_Ember. "Hoofprints." His tail points at the prints on the ground.

02:15 < Shadelow> "Well.. Heavy could me lots of weapons and armor.. Or maybe an alicorn." She shrugged.

02:16 < Shaken_Cola> "Alicorn, you mean like the princesses, but they're both dead from what I heard, died in Canterlot"

02:17 < Wicked> "Still, we got to move on. Miss Shaken and Miss Ember will certainly not overlook a heavy armoured or giant pony. Let?s head on."

02:17 < Ruzeth> "Anyways, dont alicorns have a different body style? THats waht the pre war books seem to indicate. They'd make different tracks thanthis."

02:17 Smoldering_Ember is still too high up to quite make out what Wicked was saying, but she catches the gesture and turns to see the faint marks along the trail below and nods. As she starts to head off, she does a sudden doubletake that causes her to miss a beat and tumble halfway to the ground before catching herself. "Wait, wait, wait, did you just point with your tail, Wicked?" she calls out from fifty feet ahead of the group.

02:18 < Shadelow> "They might have a longer stride, but a particularly large pony could be alicorn in size, and something to fear either way.."

02:19 < Wicked> "Uuuhh..." The red coated stallion looks at his tail. A tail that looks like a giant, soft talon now. "Yes...?" he answers Smoldering_Embers question.

02:20 < Ruzeth> "But a larger pony would have larger hoofs as well."

02:20 < Shaken_Cola> "Not all the time, I've seen pony's with really big hooves that were tiny, and big ponies with tiny hooves"

02:21 Smoldering_Ember blinks a few seconds then zips over and down to grip the tail in her hooves, gently squeezing the 'talon'. "That's so neat! You never told us you could do that!"

02:21 Shadelow shook her head clear, "Sorry.. Uh, we should just focus on getting there."

02:23 Wicked eeps! Then blushes. "I-I c-couldn?t! It?s like this since this morning. C-could you... let go, please? It?s sensitive..."

02:24 Shaken_Cola nods some "Smoldering Ember, could you tell if heading north would be safe yet, while avoiding the storm?"

02:26 Wicked boops Smoldering_Ember with his flufftalon and points at Shaken_Cola. "Sorry, but we need to go on..."

02:27 Smoldering_Ember blinkies just as she's lifting the tail to her cheek to rub against it. "Huh? Oh...oh, sorry!" Realizing what she was doing, she quickly drops the tail and backs away. "Ah heh...I got a little carried away there. Um, so...back to scouting!" She snaps a salute then bolts into the blue with a bit more color to her cheeks than usual.

02:28 Wicked looks at Shaken_Cole, blushing hard and searching for help.

02:29 Shadelow kicked a hoof, "So.. Uh.." She looked to Ruzeth, "How are you?"

02:30 Ruzeth giggles at the twos interaction, covering his mouth with his hoof, before turning to Shadelow, "Well, better than those two I'd say." He indiccates at Shaken_Cola and Wicked.

02:31 < Shaken_Cola> "I'm doing much better today actualy" she says trotting up to kiss Shadelow on the cheek "Better then I have in years honestly"

02:33 Shadelow nodded and blushed, "Well.. I-I think Cola is.. Well.. She said it.."

02:34 < Ruzeth> "Well...I suppose it worked out for the best then..." he says quite skeptically

02:34 Wicked still looks at the others, looking for help. But he whinnies and nods forward. "We want to cover some ground, right? Miss Ember can find us certainly, let?s go."

02:35 < Shaken_Cola> "So, we'll just wait for Smoldering_Ember to finish checking if we can head north yet" she says smilling softly as apposed to the large grin she's normally characterized as having

02:36 Smoldering_Ember scans the skies around her. It's still really hard to read the wind, but it feels like it's still blowing due south with none of the cues she's familiar with to indicate it might change direction, and she can clearly see they just passed the edge of the large cloud promontory. Glancing down at the ground below, she finds the nearest path ahead that seems to point north and circles towards it. "This way!" she calls out as she passes over the group.

02:37 Wicked nods. "Come on, please. We want to get some distance done. I can mend hurt hooves later, I promise."

02:38 < Ruzeth> "I guess she's found us a safe path. I just hope it keeps us out of the rain now. Lets move on."

02:38 Shadelow nodded and followed with the team, gently resting her head against Cola

02:38 Shaken_Cola smiles and nods heading north "One good thing about EFS, it has a built in compass"

02:44 < EdenGM> Shaken_Cola manages to spot a large cave through the underbrush

02:44 < Shaken_Cola> "Oh hey look, a cave" she says pointing a hoof at it

02:47 < Ruzeth> "Well, perhaps we ought to check it out. Could be a good place to hide till the storm passes."

02:47 Wicked looks up to see how the storm was. He had memories on stories about giant spiders.

02:48 Shaken_Cola nods and starts to look toward the cave but catches a glance of Shadelow blushing and his eyes travel to look at her blushing face "Yanno Shade dear, you look really cute when you blush like that...."

02:49 Wicked now looks at the cave in suprise. Spiders do not breath fire, right?

02:50 Shaken_Cola ignores the heat, keeps looking at Shadelow

02:51 Shadelow was about to give a trot for the cave with a light smell and feels conflicted emotions. Worry, embarresment, fear, curiosity... All that's left is to explode!

02:54 < Wicked> "Shadelow? What is it?"

02:54 Smoldering_Ember glances back seeing the group has once again stopped but this time there seems to be...smoke involved? Just to be safe, she readies The Gift of Love as she circles around again.

02:54 Ruzeth follows them to the cave entrance, standing outside of it. He looks around for Smoldering_Ember, hoping to wave her down to join the group. "We found someting Smoldering."

02:57 < Shadelow> "I-I uh.. Um uh.. Are you okay Cola?"

02:57 Wicked pats Shaken_Cole with his flufftail. "Miss Shaken, can you see something?"

02:58 Smoldering_Ember swoops down to hover over Ruzeth's shoulder. "You found a cave that's belching smoke? I'm no expert, but caves don't usually do that where I'm from."

02:59 < Wicked> "How is the storm, Miss Ember? Can we move on? I do not like this cave..."

02:59 < Ruzeth> "Ya...we didn't see that at first. We just thought it might be a good way to wait out the storm...but I don't like the look of it now."

03:00 < Shaken_Cola> "Huh what?" she says shaking her head some "Oh, yeah, I'm...uh...I'm fine....is it just me or is it a bit warm?" she chuckles some blushing rather noticably

03:01 Wicked pats Shaken_Cola again. "The cave, please concentrate. We need your keen eyes."

03:01 Shaken_Cola shakes her head some "I um....need to take a minute or two first" she stammers out

03:03 Wicked growls unpatient. "Miss Ember? How is the weather? Do we HAVE a minute?" He asks Smoldering_Ember, making sure Shaken_Cola hears him.

03:03 Shadelow frowned, "What's wrong hun?"

03:04 Smoldering_Ember nods to Wicked. "I think it's safe to press on. As far as I could tell, this path heads more or less north and we passed the edge of the storm which is still moving south."

03:04 < Shaken_Cola> "I'll um....tell you later hun" she says softly to Shadelow rubbing her eyes gently "Okay, okay, let me look"

03:07 < EdenGM> Shaken_Cola can make out a faint reddish light in the back of the cave

03:07 Shadelow nodded softly at her.

03:10 < Shaken_Cola> "Hmmm....there's a soft red glow in there could be fire, a glowing plant, hell for all I know it could be magma or a gem or a terminal, but I do know it's a red glow"

03:11 < Wicked> "Better go then. Miss Ember thinks we can make it at hoof, and we are in no hurry..." The red stallion does not like going in caves with *something* in them...

03:12 < Shadelow> "Well/. We need the cover.. We could try and at least step in only far as we need to..

03:12 Shaken_Cola nods "And no telling what will happen with this storm either"

03:12 < Wicked> "B-but... Miss Ember..." He points at Smoldering_Ember.

03:14 Shadelow took a deep breath, "We shouldn't risk the weather or any more taint."

03:14 < Wicked> "But a *something* in a deep and dark cave?"

03:15 < Shaken_Cola> "A rock is a something too" she says "Plus I need to cool off some, okay?" she says blushing and shifting some

03:16 < Ruzeth> "A rock doesn't belch smoke."

03:16 Wicked looks between Shaken_Cola and Shadelow, then faces the zebra. "What do you think, Mister Ruzeth?"

03:17 < Ruzeth> "I think we should move on as well. I trust Ember's judgement that we can out pace the storm."

03:18 Smoldering_Ember smiles and shrugs. "Hey, if I'm right, we can sit right here and watch the storm go past. If they want to explore a cave, let 'em. Just don't anyone go in alone!"

03:18 < Wicked> "I am sorry Miss Shaken, but this has to wait until we find a town, or at least something edible." He shakes his head. "There is smoke and a red glow, and two of us are behaving unnormal, just the two wanting to go in..."

03:19 < Wicked> "I have seen much as a slave, and if there was unnormal behaviour... well... never trust it."

03:19 Shaken_Cola flushes more "I've got food, and yeah two pony's want to go in, what of it?"

03:22 Shadelow walked over to wicked, "Please? We've been through a lot in the forest, a little change migh be good, if it's that much more we'll betraveling through.

03:24 < Wicked> "Ehh... w-when you are sure... Just don?t do anything stupid..." He leans forward to whisper to Shadelow. "Animals can *smell* quite well..."

03:25 Wicked makes a hurt expression. "Okay, I feel with you. Just be aware."

03:25 Shadelow nodded and glowed her horn, "I'll get a spell setup in case of the worst."

03:26 Shaken_Cola looks down and nervously traces a hoof on the ground, giggling every now and then

03:27 < Ruzeth> "Well perhaps you can give us a little light Shadelow and maybe we can get a better picture of whats going on in there before we just jump in....I still dont like it though..."

03:27 < Wicked> "Okay, if we have some food I can try my hoof on cooking." He looks at Smoldering_Ember and Ruzeth. "Or is there anything else I could take care of?"

03:28 Smoldering_Ember chuckles and wriggles her body a little as she sets down. "Now that you mention it..."

03:29 Wicked smiles friendly at smoldering_Ember. "A massage, of course."

03:30 Smoldering_Ember gives a little whinny of excitement and flops down on the nearest patch of moss or ferns she can find and swishes her tail. "Ready when you are!"

03:30 Shadelow nodded, "Well.. I got this still." She lifted out her flare gun and pointed it into the cave through her magic.

03:31 Ruzeth grins at shadelow's flare gun. "I think that will do just perfect."

03:33 Wicked chuckles on Smoldering_Embers ?s unpatient expression. "Miss Ember, I have to ask for a little patience. When we settled down I can give you a full massage."

03:35 < EdenGM> The flare gun fires, but the round sizzles midair, going out almost immediately

03:35 Smoldering_Ember turns and gives Wicked a small pout, but she doesn't press the matter. After all, it was a free massage.

03:35 < Ruzeth> "Oh great...you bought bum flares..."

03:37 Shadelow lowered the gun and frowned, "Sorry.. I guess we oughta get in through hornlight alone.."

03:37 < Ruzeth> "Well, maybe its the gun...could you light one and levitate it in?"

03:37 < Wicked> "Anyone has a lantern, or at least a torch?"

03:38 Smoldering_Ember ponders the zebra's words for a moment then quips, "I don't know about anyone else, but I don't want a flare anywhere near my bum. I mean, I know some ponies don't think that I have a hot tail, but I'm not that eager to prove them wrong!"

03:39 < Shaken_Cola> "I have a lighter...."

03:39 < Wicked> "Mister Ruzeth, can you build some torches?"

03:41 Wicked then chuckles at Smoldering_Ember. "Who would say such a thing? I assure you, your tail is all kinds of hot. And take that from a professional." He even tries a wink.

03:41 Shaken_Cola coughs dryly "So....how bout them sports"

03:42 < Ruzeth> "Well, there are plenty of trees around us. I suppose that wouldn't be too difficult." He breaks a couple of branches off and gathers some tinder, trying to find the least damp stuff he could.

03:43 < Shadelow> "My horn is still a good light." She flashed it up and took a few steps to the entrance, gulping.

03:43 Shaken_Cola pulls out his lighter getting it ready "Hold on dear, more light is better, right?"

03:43 Ruzeth manages to fashion together a couple of torches and returns. "Well sure but you can levitate this out so that we can take a look first before just trotting in."

03:45 < Wicked> "Okay, lets go inside. If it is safe we let Shaken *cool down* and make ourseves comfy. I think Shadelow should look after her."

03:46 Shadelow nodded, "Alright, that'd work." She lifted one in her magic and gave it a quick look on the inside before stepping in.

03:46 Smoldering_Ember sighs and lays on the moss watching boredly as the zebra crafts some makeshift torches. This was probably a waste of time, but she didn't feel like arguing, and who knows, maybe they'd luck out and discover something nice.

03:47 Shaken_Cola after lighting said torches follows, fairly close behind shadelow, still blushing noticably and rather glad her cloak is larger now that she's gotten smaller

03:48 Shadelow blinked a bit at the light around her made it tough to see, but she walked into the cave still, taking a few steps further onto stone

03:49 Smoldering_Ember shakes herself out of her daze then smiles up at Wicked. "Why, my dear sir, you do flatter me. As to the who, well, let's just say I don't compare favorably with my mother."

03:50 Ruzeth takes up the rear of the group, following in close.

03:52 < EdenGM> Shaken_Cola hears a light skittering sound, and Wicked notices a glimpse of eerily red eyes flashing slightly in the light

03:52 < Shaken_Cola> "Okay, uh, I think they were right, this is a bad idea" she says grabbing shade's tail in her mouth and pulling

03:52 < Wicked> "Shaken? There are eyes in the dark..."

03:53 Wicked backs away, pushing any pony behind him back with his tail."

03:55 Ruzeth draws his sword out, getting ready for something to happen. "I heenk eee ough oo eave now" he says with the hilt in his mouth.

03:55 Smoldering_Ember had only reluctantly followed Wicked in and wasn't paying much attention to anything but the overly tight quarters they were in, so she's rather surprised when Wicked's tail starts shoving her back. "Hey, what gives?" she asks as she backs away from the rather insistent tail.

03:57 < Wicked> "Back Ember, there are creatures here..."

03:58 < EdenGM> Shaken_Cola manages to stop Shadelow just as a strange arrow-shaped head comes into the light, the triangular form completely still and the edges of the top angle lined with gently pulsing sacks

03:59 Smoldering_Ember blinks at that and starts backing away faster. "What kind of creatures? Can we see them? Are they after us?"

03:59 < Shaken_Cola> "Nofenofenofenofenofe" She says still pulling Shadelow and backing up as she throws a sheild up right infront of the other unicorn, trying to make a barier

04:01 Shadelow tensed up and found herself sliding back from the pushing of the mare. She merely blinked, very stunned.

04:04 Ruzeth backs up with the rest of the group, still clutching his sword in his mouth.

04:05 Wicked pokes Smoldering_Ember with his flufftalon and points up with the same. "Go up!"

04:06 < Shaken_Cola> "Ofay fielf if uf, fe neef foo fo" she says through a mouth full of Shadelow tail, flushed noticably and sweating some but other things are much much much more pressing

04:07 Smoldering_Ember nodnods and beats her wings to get off the ground as much as she can until she's out of the cave. The Gift of Love is held ready as well in case she needs it, and she prepares to cover their retreat.

04:07 Wicked runs a step forward, picks Shadelow up and shouts "Run!" at Shaken_Cola, and turns to give chase for the entrance.

04:09 < EdenGM> The strange creature doesn't move, the thing seemingly ignoring them

04:09 Shaken_Cola simply nods and half runs, half pulls out a stick of TNT on the way "MYBAD" she shouts as she readies the primer, not activating it just yet, just getting it ready

04:10 Shadelow blinked some more and meeped, charging off after her suddenly in fright.

04:11 < Shadelow> *Redact that >.>*

04:12 Shadelow meeped out loudly as she suddenly got picked up and lifted out, waggling around in his grasp.

04:13 Smoldering_Ember calls down to the others asking, "What did you see? I couldn't get a good look at it."

04:17 Shaken_Cola drops the dynamite as she clears the hole, last pony out, gotta close the door

04:19 Ruzeth jumps, startled as the dynamite goes off, turning quickly to see what had happend.

04:20 < EdenGM> The dynamite creates a large explosion, the cave entrance crashing in with plumes of dust

04:20 Wicked does not stop. He stops a few steps later. "Are you okay, Shadelow?" He puts the small mare down.

04:22 Ruzeth puts away his sword and turns to Shaken. "Wicked and I told yall this was a /bad/ idea," he huffs out in irritation. Looking over at Ember he asks, "Are we still good at keeping ahead of the storm? I don't think we wasted too much time there."

04:22 Shadelow ploped onto the jungle floor, limbs splayed out from out of her robe, "Uh.. More or less..."

04:23 Shaken_Cola flinches as he says that noding some and pulling up the hood on her mesh cloak again and laying down after tapping a few things on her pipbuck

04:23 Smoldering_Ember blinks at Ruzeth and shrugs. "I dunno. I think so, but let me check," she says then climbs into the sky for another look at the weather.

04:24 < Wicked> "Oh I am so sorry, but we need to go on. Please, can we just try to find a place to rest?"

04:25 Shadelow gulped, "I-I could try.."

04:26 < Wicked> "I would carry you, if needed. It would be no problem, at all."

04:28 < EdenGM> Wicked's ears start to ring from the explosion. Shadelow doesn't notice anything out of the ordinary. Shaken_Cola, Ruzeth, and Smoldering_Ember all hear a faint screeching sound from the cave, and Smoldering_Ember spots a small, nearly obsidian-colored object roll out of the debris.

04:29 Shadelow gave her ears a bit of a bat from the loud noise that happened earlier, but was almost fine, just weak and worried about the situation.

04:29 Smoldering_Ember blinks and points to the small, dark object. "What the hay is that?"

04:30 Shaken_Cola looks "Looks like a rock...."

04:30 Wicked pats his ears "I... err... sorry what are you all talking about?" He looks around with confused expression. "Hello?"

04:30 < Ruzeth> "Well, it sounds like me made it mad...but I think we're likely safe here."

04:31 Smoldering_Ember uses the scope on her varmint rifle to take a closer look at the dark object without actually getting close.

04:34 Wicked now turns in circles. "Oh, erm.. It seems I have gone deaf. Can someone point me to where we are heading next?"

04:35 Smoldering_Ember stares through the eyepiece for a few seconds to be sure her eyes aren't playing tricks on her then swoops down to where it landed. "Huh...I was right. It looks like an egg, but I've never seen anything like it."

04:36 Shadelow blinked over at the team, "Uh.. Egg?"

04:36 Smoldering_Ember carefully picks up the egg and carries it over to Ruzeth. "Any idea what kind of egg this is?"

04:38 < Wicked> "H-hello? What are we doing? Shadelow?" He looks around nervously. "Why aren?t we on our way now?"

04:38 Shadelow looked up at the colt, "I think we're all a bit shell shocked.."

04:39 < Ruzeth> "We're waiting to hear back from Smoldering_Ember to see if we can even get out in time or if we need to concentrate on finding shelter"

04:39 Ruzeth examines the egg carefully, looking it over with his hooves.

04:40 Ruzeth shrugs at ember after a bit. "Not actually too sure. I"ve never seen an egg like this before."

04:43 Smoldering_Ember shrugs and tucks the egg in her saddlebag for the moment then. "Okay, I'll keep it for now. We can worry about it later." With that she takes to the air to do that survey of the weather everyone wants.

04:47 < Wicked> "Oh, there it is again... Hello everypony, I missed your voices. What did I miss?" the red stallion jokes and looks around.

04:48 Shadelow blinked a bit more, then blushed, "O-Oh uh.."

04:49 Smoldering_Ember sees with relief that the storm is still aiming to miss them though it's passing a lot closer than she thought. Just to be safe, she looks for any trails that branch off to the northeast so she can direct the group along it once they get that far.

04:50 Wicked looks at Shadelow worried and pats her with his tail. "Are you well? I can still carry you, if it?s too much."

04:51 < Shadelow> "W-Well uh.. A-Alright."

04:53 Wicked picks up Shadelow again, but more gentla then before. He makes sure she lays comfy. "Okay. Shaken? What way?" He nods at Shaken_Cole promising. "Everything will be okay."

04:53 < Ruzeth> "Well Wicked, I think Ember might come back with a better idea of that.

04:54 Smoldering_Ember sighs in defeat thanks to the thick foliage and turns her gaze further out looking for any signs of civilization - buildings, major roads, smoke from chimneys and cook fires.

04:54 Wicked nods. "As long as we keep on moving."

04:56 Shaken_Cola stands and points north east with a hoof, looking down, just following behind

04:57 Shadelow wiggled a little on his back and looked at Cola, "Sorry.. Looks like it'll be a while before I could help you with whatever that was Cola.."

04:58 Smoldering_Ember frowns having figured that surely she should be able to see something, but no, there's still no signs of anyone else on the island. Quickly she descends to let the others know. "Hey, the storm is going to pass a little closer than I expected, but it's still going to miss us. That said, I'd feel safer if we took the first path we can find that's heading a bit more east."

04:59 Shaken_Cola shakes her head as Shadelow speaks to her some and points her hoof north east again

04:59 < Wicked> "Okay. Just lead the way, and prepare to set camp as soon as we find a good spot." He whinnies and puts a hoof down. "We all need a rest. Let?s keep moving."

05:02 Shadelow frowned, a little worried, "Shaken?"

05:03 Smoldering_Ember nods and sets out well ahead of the others but stays in sight, and she keeps her eyes open for possible threats.

05:03 < Ruzeth> "Well lets get a move on," he says, moving into the lead.

05:03 < Shaken_Cola> "Talk later....north east is that way" she says bluntly still pointing north east

05:04 Shadelow sniffled a little and laid her head down, resting beside Wicked's shoulder

05:05 Wicked looks worried at the mare. "Shaken..." Then he shakes his head. "It is fine if you don?t trust me, but you told me you didn?t ant to make ponys upset. Just think about it." Then he trots in front, following Ruzeth.

05:06 < Shaken_Cola> "I....would rather make some one upset....then continually put every one in danger...."

05:07 < Wicked> "We do not care for danger, Shaken. We care for friends." He says walking a tad slower for Shaken_Cola to close up. "I still do."

05:08 < Shadelow> "It's not your fault we were in danger. We decided to go in there too."

05:09 Shaken_Cola says nothing just, trots north east, adjusting any time she veers from the path "I'm....sorry..." she says softly

05:11 Wicked mourns and suddenly smiles. "Well, I already said where I came from. You can figure I do not kno any good jokes that do not involve hitting somepony, so, who knows some?"

05:16 < EdenGM> After another hour of walking along the trail, they find a clearing which has a recently-used fire pit in the middle

05:16 < Shaken_Cola> "I...know a number....just....not in the mood" she says stoping at the edge of the clearing and looking around it quickly

05:17 Ruzeth looks around the camp as well, trying to find indications of what types of ponies broke camp here, especially looking for signs of the one with heavy footprints.

05:18 < EdenGM> Shaken_Cola spots the heavy hoofprints from before leading out the opposite side, as well as a few still-smoldering embers in the fire

05:19 < Shaken_Cola> "Heavy hooves was just here, smoldering embers in the fire, same tracks as before"

05:19 Wicked sighs. The red stallion was sweating, hungy and also the bad mood took a toll on him. But he was still standing. His tail pats Shadelow. "Hello, Miss Shades. How about a rest, hm?"

05:21 Shadelow nodded, "Yeah, I'd like that." She took herself off and hopped onto the ground.

05:21 Smoldering_Ember is not in the fire, but she does warm her hooves near her namesake.

05:22 < Wicked> "Ruzeth, would you be so kind and build up some tents again? I will search for firewood."

05:22 < Ruzeth> "We're not expecting rain this time. Its alot of work for no realy benifit. Lets just sleep under the stars this evening. I'll find us some food instead."

05:23 Shadelow gently wandered around and settled her bedroll in a semi-secluded spot near the clearing, laying onto it.

05:24 Shaken_Cola lays down where she stands pulling out some food from her pack setting one little bunch for each person infront of her before eating a share of it herself

05:24 < Wicked> "I see... okay, I will collect some wood. Maybe I can cook, but the warmth will be good..."

05:25 Ruzeth searches around the outskirts of the camp to find some food and herbs for potions.

05:25 < EdenGM> Ruzeth finds a plethora of herbs in the clearing

05:25 Shadelow took a breath and called out, "C..Cola?"

05:26 < Shaken_Cola> "I'm sorry...." she replies out as Shadelow calls her name

05:26 < Shadelow> "C-Could you come over and talk?"

05:27 Ruzeth gathers them up and returns to the group. "Well...sadly it seems that there is no food around here. I did fortutanly find these though." He rolls out his yeild of herbs to the group. "These should do just perfect for some useful brews."

05:27 Shaken_Cola nods some and goeas around giving every one a hoof-full of the aguave fruit before laying near Shadelow

05:28 Shadelow looked up at her, "W-Why do you keep saying sorry?"

05:29 < Shaken_Cola> "I put every one in danger for stupid reasons"

05:29 < Wicked> "Is one of them warming and filling a stomach?" He smiles thankfully at Shaken_Cola and gives the two their space. "Ruzeth, I know it is work but... " He nods at the two. "Can we builds ome tents for... privacy?"

05:29 < Shadelow> "We all agreed though.. That makes us a little stupid too.."

05:30 Smoldering_Ember helps with preparing the bedding for the night, and when the fire is built, she gently fans the flames till the fire glows nice and warm for them all.

05:31 < Shaken_Cola> "But it nearly got you hurt....it....was like Humming Bird all over again....where I did or pointed out something...at least this time some one I care for didn't get hurt.....but...it was still....." she replies trailing off

05:32 < Shadelow> "Cola.. We're all safe now and you did well to be sure we all would be... C'mon, you can lay with me tonight."

05:32 Ruzeth giggles and shakes his head. "Sadly I think that food will have to be Shakens job this evening." The zebra huffs, "Ya...I suppose that might be for the best." He trots over to Ember and gives her a little nudge. "WOuld you mind helping me with a couple shelters?"

05:33 Shaken_Cola nods weakly "I'd....like that....but still....I'm sorry"

05:33 < Wicked> "I can help too, just tell me what to do." The earth pony stands up and looks at Ruzeth. "I can put my tail to good use now."

05:36 Smoldering_Ember hmms and turns to smile at Ruze. "Oh, sure thing. You lead, I'll follow, though I think I'm getting the hang of this."

05:37 Ruzeth flashes him a hesitant smile. "Its alright, Ember and I have this, plus she already knows the drill...though I suppose you could help out by gathering branches and vines.

05:38 Shadelow smiled at her, "Well.. I think the others kinda want what's good for you too.. They'll make some shelter for us."

05:38 Wicked smiles. "I see..." Then he walk towards the wood, silently chuckling zo himself.

05:38 Ruzeth grins back at Ember, "Thanks for your help, The ones you built the other night, hung up pretty well."

05:40 < Shaken_Cola> "I....don't know.....they were fairly blatant in pointing out that was my fault...."

05:40 < Shadelow> "I-I didn't remember hearing anthing myself."

05:40 Shaken_Cola motions Shadelow to lean in close

05:41 Shadelow blinked and did so.

05:43 < Wicked> After a while the stallion comes back with a round of branches and vines and dry wood. He puts the drier wood around the caampfire and hoofs the vines and branches to Ruzeth, smiling gamey. "Here. Just tell me if I can help."

05:43 Shaken_Cola whispers something to the other mare

05:45 Ruzeth shoos wicked away. "Go get the fire started or something." Collecting up some of the branches and vines, he nudges Smoldering_Ember with a girn, "Well...shall we?" before starting to build em.

05:45 Shadelow puckered her lips a little in thought, "I was thinking the same thing though, at leas to stay out of the rain, but I understand if you're feeling like that.. It was your first last night."

05:45 Smoldering_Ember smiles back at Ruzeth and scuffs a hoof along the ground. "Well, that's nice of you to say. I do know a bit about building things." As Wicked returns, she gathers appropriate lengths of wood for herself and glances at the zebra to make sure she's remembering correctly.

05:46 Shaken_Cola nods some "But...I still pointed it out....if I'd just kept my stupid trap shut no one would have even been in danger"

05:47 Ruzeth gives a nod of approval to ember as they work. "Yep, you seem to have this down pat."

05:48 Wicked sits down on his haunches and thinks. He has no sleeping mat, but that was just a slight casuality. More important, he didn?t want to offer Smoldering_Ember the massage, in fear he would bother Ruzeth. He would indeed.

05:48 < Shadelow> "We were in danger Cola.. But uh.." She bit her lip, thinking, "Well.. You know how we got shipwrecked? If that never happened and the captain never decided on this trip because of dangers, we wouldn't have met."

05:50 < Shaken_Cola> "That.....that's true..." she says softly "I just....I don't want a repeat of the past...I...don't think I could live with myself if.....if anything happened to you because of me"

05:52 Shadelow sat along up and held out a hoof for a hug, "I'm still fine. I can still handle myself."

05:53 Shaken_Cola gently pulls her down and holds her, using the cloak as an impromptu blanket as she holds the other

05:53 Smoldering_Ember sends another smile at Ruzeth as her hooves, wings, and muzzle work together to assemble the shelter. "Thanks, but it helped to have a good teacher."

05:55 Shadelow leaned against her, "They're getting at the shelters now.. Should we go and grab one?"

05:56 < Shaken_Cola> "N...not yet...please...just....I don't...." she says out still holding the other unicorn mare tight

05:57 Shadelow nodded "I understand.. I'm here.."

05:58 Ruzeth begins to speed up, seeing how well she had it down, to get the sheltes done quicker. "Oh, thanks," he says blushing, "I've never thought of myself as much of a teacher to be honest."

05:59 < Shaken_Cola> "Shade....you need to see something" she says softly "I'll show you in a while...and....explain it all to you....it's....maybe then you'll see why that...what happened....hurt so much"

06:00 Wicked puts up a teapot on the fire and pours some water in it. He collects some tools from his saddlebags and sorts them, smiling calmly. It is a manedressers kit, shears, combs and a hoofbrush. He begins to inspect his tail.

06:00 Shadelow cocked her head slightly, "Explain? Um.. Alright."

06:02 Shaken_Cola nods some and seeing the shelters built gets shakily to her hooves

06:03 Smoldering_Ember grins and speeds up to keep pace with the zebra, her wings helping her where her skill isn't quite enough to keep up otherwise. "Well I thought you did fine. You could always try to teach me something else if you really doubt yourself so much."

06:04 Shadelow helped her keep balance and walked along with her, "Any of them done?"

06:04 Wicked smiles. More to himself he states: "I just wish I had a mirror..." He tugs on his tail and looks strange of a sudden. "Uh... that?s odd..."

06:05 Wicked waves at Shadelow and Shaken_Cola. "Good night. Have some good rest, you two." Then he faces his tail again. "Odd..."

06:06 Ruzeth smiles even wider. Soon they finish up a second shelter. "I think I'd like that. Anything in particular you have in mind?"

06:08 Shaken_Cola leans on Shadelow and points to the first completed shelter "Sorry I'm so weak..."

06:08 Shadelow gulped and walked to one of them, floating in her bedroll. "It's all okay.."

06:09 Shaken_Cola smiles and crawls into the bedroll sliding out her cloak "Could you....cover the entrane with this?" she asks looking at Shadelow "I...would like some more privacy with this...."

06:10 Shadelow nodded and floated it over the entrance and laid by her, wriggling into the bedroll with her.

06:15 Smoldering_Ember checks their work then moves on to build a third shelter as she considers that. "Oh, I dunno, why don't you surprise me," she replies with another smile at the zebra.

06:18 Ruzeth hmms as he considers. "Alright, I'm sure I can come up with something that you'd enjoy."

06:22 Wicked suddenly screams painfully. He stares at his tail, a small curl of hair on the ground. "B-but this is HAIR! How?!" Then he looks at Ruzeth and Smoldering_Ember and ducks. "S-sorry."

06:25 Ruzeth is startled by the shreik and looks worriedly over at wicked. Leaving the shelter half finshed he trots over quickly. "Wh-whats wrong?"

06:25 Smoldering_Ember starts to chuckle only to jolt and nearly drop her sticks as Wicked screams. "Are you alright, Wicked?"

06:27 < Wicked> "I am s-sorry, r-really..." The stallions simply STARES at his tail. "How? I mean... this is hair... How??" In his hoof is a shear, like any earth pony manedresser has one or more, white hait lays on the ground.

06:29 < Ruzeth> "Sorry about what? What happened?"

06:30 Wicked shudders and lifts a hoof at the other two. "It..it is n-nothing.." Still staring at his tail like it is not part of his body, but a strange creature. "It hurts... HOW does it HURT?"

06:35 Ruzeth continues to frown worriedly. "So what...your tail feels pain now?"

06:36 Wicked nods frightened. He looks at Ruzeth and Smoldering_Ember with the same expression. "It is... from the rain. How do hair feel pain? It?just... HAIR."

06:36 Smoldering_Ember hurries over to Wicked and gently grasps his tail, looking it over carefully. "I don't pretend to understand this, but...I mean, this taint stuff changes things, right?"

06:39 < Ruzeth> "Well...I suppose that means you'll have to change your mane to match. Just dont try and cut it anymore."

06:40 < Wicked> "This is... scary. Sorry I bothered you... I am so sorry..." He slowly takes his tail from Smoldering_Ember. "It hurt. And I feel your touch, Ember. How is tthat possible?"

06:41 < Ruzeth> "Quit appologising, there's nothing to appolgise for. We're all here for each other Wicked."

06:44 Wicked whinnies at Ruzeth his statement and smiles shily. "Yes, right... Sor- erm.. Okay. Thank you. I didn?t want to bother you two, really." He makes an excusing expression at Ruzeth. "I am not used to have friends, and those things..." He shows him the tail. "... are also very confusing."

06:48 Ruzeth flashes him a smile back. "Dont' worry, its alright. You're shelter is done if you want." Turns to Smoldering_Ember with a grin. "You know, tis a beautiful night tonight. Why don't we just hang by the warm fire for the evening."

06:50 Smoldering_Ember shrugs uncertainly. "I can only guess, but...well, Cola changed gender, so that stuff is definitely able to change things, and you can move your tail in a lot more ways than before, right? And since you don't seem to be using magic, I guess that means there are now nerves in your tail."

06:52 Smoldering_Ember then turns to smile at Ruzeth and nods her agreement. "Sounds good to me. As long as no new weather blows in, a little star gazing could be really nice especially if the company is right."

06:52 Wicked suddenly stands up. "The water!" He takes the teapot from the fire and pours hot water in a flat bowl. "You are right, Ember." He smiles at Smoldering_Ember, then at Ruzeth. "Oh, and I could offer you a massage now. That?s the water for. actually... Does one of you... want one?"

06:53 Smoldering_Ember glances from Wicked to Ruzeth and back with a shrug. "I wasn't planning on doing anything else for a while and the stars aren't going anywhere."

06:54 < Ruzeth> "Ember here seemed especially eager to get one earlier today. I'd like one, but she needs it more."

06:57 Wicked smiles "I am just glad you didn?t take it bad... my profession... I get alot of bad things to hear." Then he takes the shear and cuts a small edge from a block of soap and drops it in the water.

06:58 Wicked washes his hooves in the water and takes out a blanket. "Okay, who wants first?"

07:00 Ruzeth gestures to Smoldering_Ember. "As I said...let the lady get it first."

07:02 Smoldering_Ember smiles at Wicked and shakes her head. "I could never think that way about your profession. My mother was a singer and performer, but there was a time she resorted to some performances that were...closely linked to the oldest profession." She gives Ruzeth a grateful smile then turns to ask Wicked, "What should I do?"

07:05 Wicked lays down his mantle on the ground and pats on it. "Lay down, get comfortable and relax. I will ask you occasionly, and you may have to give me some instructions on the wings. Tell me if I am going too far, okay?"

07:06 Ruzeth finds a spot near them to watch intently, kind of eager to learn the basics himself. "Do you mind explaining what you're doing as you go along?" the zebra asks hopefully.

07:08 < Wicked> "If Miss Ember is fine with it...?" He looks at Smoldering_Ember. "The customer is an emperor, if you know that saying."

07:11 Smoldering_Ember nods her understanding and after shedding her saddlebags, she lays down on the mantle and stretches out. "I'm sure you'll do fine, Wicked, but yeah, I'll let you know if you push any feathers the wrong way. Heh...and I certainly don't mind you teaching Ruzeth how to make a pegasus feel good."

07:14 Ruzeth bounces in place and clicks his hooves together excitedly. "Thanks Ember, thanks wicked you're the best."

07:15 Wicked smiles understanding and dries his hooves before he set his hooves on her back, gently, and first simply to set her in a good position. "The most important part, Ruzeth, is trust. Not the touch at all. It is a celebration, a ritual. Respect your customer and and value the situation." The air begins to smell of roses, as the soap fully dissolves in the *

07:16 < Wicked> *hot water. "No rush, no stress."