Meeting the Mailbird

23 May 2014

01:45 GyroTech makes a face as he slowly trudges off of the griffon fishing vessel, having spent all day in the holds and voids fixing a broken rudder control on the vessel. The unicorn was covered in sweat and smelled heavily of fish oil and carrying a bag of tools on his back.

01:48 Nadine walks back away from one of the stands happily carrying a fish in her beak that she was eating as a snack as she was taking in the usual port activities.

01:53 GyroTech sees a griffon purchase a fish and scowls at her. "Filthy chickens and their disgusting food," he grumbles under his breath. He walks past Nadine carrying himself with an air of superiority.

01:54 Nadine tilts her head and turns to face him, taking the fish into her claws "You wanna try that again?"

01:59 GyroTech squeaks loudly in fright and turns to face Nadine. He tucks his tail and folds his ears down. "Umm whatever do you mean heh heh heh." He asks shakily with a nervous laugh.

02:00 Nadine frowns as she approaches him, accidentally squishing the fish in her claws letting it spray onto the brickwork below "You think I'm deaf?"

02:06 GyroTech gulps audibly and takes a couple steps backwards, stumbling on an uneven brick and falling on his rump. "I'm s-sorry for whatever you think you heard."

02:10 Nadine raises her eyebrows "All I heard was the harsh sylables of filthy, and I don't appreciate it. I can show you filthy. Let me get you a mirror!"

02:13 GyroTech forces a smile and nods. "You're right. I am absolutely from working in a nasty fish hold all day. That's what I was grumbling about," he insists. "I don't know how yall can eat that stuff."

02:16 Nadine shakes her head "Some of it actually tastes good. Most of it I'd preffer to be cooked first, but not all of it. Just watch your attitude. It really looked like you were directing the comment at me from the look you gave me"

02:22 GyroTech picks himself up off the ground and dusts himself off. "You don't have to tell me twice. It's encounters like this that make worried I'm going to become lunch." He turns away from the griffon and takes in a deep breath.

02:23 Nadine blinks a few times before flapping a couple of times and following the sticky pony "You're afraid somegryph wants a pony for lunch?"

02:28 GyroTech grunts and flicks his tail at her. "Well... You know it wouldn't be the first time that a pony has disappeared in griffon territory." He continues walking towards the town quickly.

02:30 Nadine shakes her head and continues following "Most of the time it's because some loony. I'll be the first to admit there are some menacing looking gryphons, but most of them don't mean any harm towards you."

02:40 GyroTech let's out a song sigh and keeps the griffon in the corner of his vision as she follows. "And I suppose you're just following me to keep me safe and not so that you can wait to ambush me if I take an alley shortcut. This scent probably smells lovely to you...." He responds unconvinced.

02:46 Nadine shakes her head "Actually no, you smell absolutely vile. I'm following you because it seemed like you insulted me and since you have a case that's strong enough to make me think that you weren't I wanted to talk and see if you really were that type of pony."

02:50 GyroTech grumbles his displeasure under his breath incomprehensibly. "What makes you think I'm that type of pony?" he huffs out, picking up his pace.

02:53 Nadine ponders for a second "You seem to have an air about you. Not the stench that's coating you. It's the way you hold yourself. Full of pomp."

03:00 GyroTech rolls his eyes and says in a snide tone, "Well of course I carry myself proudly, you /are/ in pony country country after all, not that backwater country of..." He turns to Nadine, "What is your country called again?"

03:03 Nadine frowns and shakes her head again "You're going to get pecked really hard in the eyes at the rate that you're going."

03:08 GyroTech finds a little bit more courage than he had earlier and stands by his statement continuing his journey. "As I said, you're in Equestria now. Such violence is /not only/ frowned upon but illegal as well. You shouldn't make such threats."

03:10 Nadine glides down and picks the pony up by the tools on his back and carries him into the air "Yes, but a little scarefest has nothing to be said for it"

03:14 GyroTech yelps as he feels himself lift off the ground. He struggles for a bit as he begins to rise before going still as the height gets to be too much, worried about slipping out of his harness. "Hey put me down!" He shouts.

03:16 Nadine chuckles to herself as he squirms under her in his harness, wondering how long she could keep it up while bearing the weight of another "You going to play nice? If not I'll find us a nice perch somewhere quite high and we can talk it out up there!"

03:22 GyroTech quits looking down in fear and instead faces up at her, watching as her powerful feathery wings flap. "Yes! Yes! I'll play nice and stuff just let me down," he begs frantically.

03:25 Nadine giggles quite loudly "Alright I'll set you back down." She dives back towards the ground and pulls up at the last moment as she can

03:30 GyroTech screams in fright as she dives. "You're gonna kill me you stupid feather brain!" He curses as they drop.

03:31 Nadine glides closely to the ground as she starts slowing down ready to drop him off "Trust me I know what I'm doing."

03:34 GyroTech squeaks in fear and frowns his legs up away from the ground as they were near to scraping along it. "You've carried off ponies before?" he asks in an accusatory tone.

03:35 Nadine shakes her head as she sets him down "Nope, but I've certainly carried loads as heavy as you are." <Gyro>

03:40 GyroTech sets his leg down on the ground letting out a long sigh of relief. Sweat was dripping off his body from fear. "safe on the ground..."

03:44 Nadine sighs and shakes her head at him "What a chump. Heights scare you?"

03:46 GyroTech nods back at her. "unicorns aren't meant to fly. If we were we'd have wings."

03:47 Nadine nods and chuckles "What about the tall structures that were designed by you smartiepants' and built my the earth ponies?"

03:50 GyroTech shakes his head. "Nope I trust those entirely. There's no risk of some feather brain or chicken losing their grip and dropping me."

03:52 Nadine tilts her head "That should be your least worry. Running into things should be your top priority."

03:58 GyroTech looks down at the ground and huffs under his breath, "Ya, like me running into you..." He perks up again and waves at na Nadine. "Well I really do need to clean this fowl stuff off my coat."

04:00 Nadine nods and stifles a little chuckle "I agree. Have fun getting all of that out of your coat."

04:04 GyroTech walks till he thinks he's out of earshot and grumbles "Celestia damn chicken wasting my time..."