A Disasterous Double Date

18 June 2014

00:56 GyroTech walks through the park where he knows Saphling likes to hang out, not quite sure what he's doing that day, just knowing that he wants to be out of the house.

01:00 AppleDash had been wandering around all day looking for Gyro, having visited the stallion's house and found him not to be home. Eventually, he wandered to the park, starting to wander around it in search of the unicorn whom he had been seeking, quickly spotting him but not yet approaching him yet, wanting to wait and see what he was doing here.

01:04 Saphling snores loudly from up in her tree, blissfully unaware of the coming ponies.

01:09 GyroTech heres a strange snoring and looks up to see a very familiar pony sleeping up in a tree. The stallion prepares himself to catch the mare before slowly cutting away at the branch with his magic till it snaps, attempting to 'rescue' Saphling as it breaks.

01:13 AppleDash continues to watch GyroTech, beginning to silently sneak up behind the stallion as he appeared to be attempting to disturb another pony in a tree, whom he recognized as a mare he had briefly met and "attacked" a few days before. AppleDash doesn't yet quite approach the pair yet, though, waiting to see what came of the unicorn's attempt to disturb the mare.

01:15 Saphling jerks awake as the branch snaps from underneath her. She instictively shoots out all hooves toward the ground, kicking the branch away as she falls.

01:19 GyroTech makes his calculated rush towards the falling mare, breaking her fall with his body, the pair landing in a heap. "Oh my gosh Sapling!" he says in an agitated voice, "Are you alright there? Maybe you shouldnt sleep in trees, seems dangerous." He would get up, but he was straddled by the mare in the opposite direction. Looking up he could her bits and the base of her tail.

01:23 AppleDash decided that now was an alright time to approach the two ponies laying in a heap underneath the tree, the stallion doing so and quickly trotting over to stand over the pair, looking down at them and smiling slightly. "Oh my, what have we here?" the stallion asked, noting the two ponies' suggestive position.

01:32 Saphling stares outward silently until the adrenaline dies down. She can vaguely hear somepony saying something through her sleep addled brain, and something much softer than her branch beneath her. She plops her head down groggily and groans.

01:37 GyroTech sighs defeatedly to himself as Saphling doesnt even seem to notice that he saved her life. Still, he's kind of stuck in the awkward position, not really wanting to move from it. THat is, anyways, until he hears appledashes voice. "Hey, Saphling, get off of me!" He shouts frantically as the pegasus comes close.

01:40 AppleDash continued to look down at the pair with a friendly smile on his face. As he sees Gyro yell for Saphling to get off of him as soon as he speaks, the pegasus frowned slightly as he had a good idea of why the other stallion suddenly wanted to escape from under the mare so badly. "Oh come on, Gyro. I'm not here to attack you or hurt you or kidnap you or anything like that... I just saw you and decided to come by and say hello!" he said, sincerely.

01:44 Saphling grumbles and rolls off of Gyro onto her back. "Stop yelling at me.." She rubs her eyes and looks beside her to see Gyro, then cranes her neck to see AppleDash. "Oh, it's you guys.." She relaxes, letting her head drop with a thunk to the ground. "What are you two doing here?"

01:50 GyroTech smiles brightly at Saphling as she gets off of him, keeping one eye on the pegasus the entire time. "Well, you see, I was just strolling throught he park and I saw your branch snap. I jsut saved your life is what I'm saying." THe stallion gives an uneasy glance towards AppleDash, "Sure you are, just like eveery other time I've seen you."

01:55 AppleDash gets tired of standing and decides to move into a sitting position next to the two other ponies. "I just saw Gyro over here and decided to come say hi." he said towards Saphling. He then turned his head to look at Gyro, frowning slightly. "Come on, we already talked about this... I'm not ever planning on doing anything like that again after what nearly happened. At least give me a bit of a chance." he said, before turning back towards the mare lying on the ground. "Oh, and... He didn't save your life. I was watching for a moment before I decided to walk over, and I saw him break your branch on purpose." he said, correcting Gyro's lie.

01:59 Saphling says, "Is that right?" She sighs and glances over at GyroTech. "Did you break my branch?"

02:03 GyroTech bites his lip and attempts to lie to the mare, thinking he's putting on a very convincing facade. "No! Of clorse not, I cant believe I'd even be acused of such a thing. Look at the end of the branch. Its all jagged and stuff. No natural looking cuts at all."

02:05 AppleDash shrugs, figuring it wasn't really worth arguing too much over something like that, also noting to himself that GyroTech's lying to the mare was pretty obvious. "Whatever you say, Gyro... I'm just saying what I saw."

02:10 Saphling looks into GyroTech's eyes and frowns. "Gyro, what's this about? You told me earlier that you were always genuine, and as I thought about it, I believed you. Now, just a few hours later, you're lying to me and deliberately putting me in danger. How can I trust you when you act like this?" She turns her head to AppleDash. "And you. You saw him cutting the branch and did nothing."

02:14 GyroTech eeps and shrinks back under Saphling harsh gaze, looking down at the ground. "But...but...I was just trying to give you a little bit of excitement in your life. You were never in danger, I was there to help..." The unicorn shoots a death glare at the pegasus who happened to blow his cover.

02:17 AppleDash begins to smile as Saphling begins to speak somewhat harshly to GyroTech, his smile quickly fading again as she turns to him. "Well I... I saw what he was trying to do and I figured he'd be able to catch you... And even if I did try to do something, I wouldn't have been able to get over in time to do much other than perhaps push him away and have you fall straight onto the ground..."

02:23 Saphling climbs to her hooves and sits back with a sigh. "Well, I'm up now. Were you just passing through, or did you want something?"

02:30 GyroTech shrugs and attempts to nuzzle her. "I dont know...I was just bored and looking for somepony to hang out with today. But...please tell me you arn't going to be hanging out with /that/ crazy pony."

02:35 AppleDash frowns further as he is called crazy by GyroTech. "Awh, come on, I'm trying to improve..." he said, opting not to point out how he /hadn't/ just abducted Gyro like he probably would have tried to before, deciding that probably wouldn't help his case any. He continues looking over at Saphling for a moment. "What are you doing here, anyways?" he asked, curious why the mare had been sleeping in a tree in the park.

02:37 Saphling says, "I live here." She suppresses a yawn. "I was sleeping. Peacefully, I might add. And then I was falling. And now I'm explaining that I was sleeping."

02:40 GyroTech saddles up beside the mare after seeing that she hadn't reacted adversly to his quick nuzzle and drapes a hoof around her withers with a grin. That grin turns to a frown as AppleDash claims he's reformed. "Thats not saying much considering you abducted me and tied me up in my own house last time I met you...and even then thats probbaly only becasue of this cute mare here. Wouldn't want to make a bad impresion afterall I'm sure."

02:47 AppleDash nods at Saphling. "Ah, I see..." he says, before turning to Gyro again as he begins to speak. His frown deepens as the unicorn reveals just what he had done to him, in front of the cute mare that he had had hopes of befriending. "That's not true... I mean, it's not true that I'm only saying that because of this cute mare... I really do feel bad for what I did to you and even worse for what I almost did to you, and the fact that you try to suggest that that isn't genuine is honestly a little bit insulting to me..." he said, again being sincere with his words, the pegasus' mood beginning to drop as he thinks back to what happened and a general feeling of regret and sadness at what he did to the innocent GyroTech washed over him.

02:53 Saphling says, "Stop it, Both of you, before I start knocking heads together," she practically growled. "I'm tired. I'm cranky. I had my nap interrupted. I am /not/ going to deal with mud-slinging right now." As she leans down and rubs her forehead, she finally becomes aware of the leg wrapped around her. "And let go of me. I may just bite."

03:00 GyroTech continues to glare daggers at AppleDash, rolling his eyes at the ponies insistance that he's now reformed and all good. "I'm allowed to be insulting to you after all you--" Gyro shuts his mouth instantly as Saphling begins to growl. He slowly withdraws his hoof, rubbing gently against her mane as he does so. "Oh...ummm sorry...Hey Saphling~ you wanna get some lunch/breakfast then? It might help you feel a little bit better. I know a pretty good diner down the street."

03:00 < GyroTech> It might help you feel a little bit better. I know a pretty good diner down the street."

03:05 AppleDash almost begins to speak as GyroTech starts taking, but stops immediately at Saphling's words. The pegasus' frown lessens slightly, but only slightly, as he sees GyroTech being told to let go of the mare, finding it somewhat amusing. He just sighs softly and continues to sit, considering trying to convince Gyro to let him come to get lunch if the mare agreed.

03:08 Saphling 's ears perk up. "Food is good. What do they serve?"

03:11 GyroTech grins brightly at Saphling, trying to pretend as if the other stallion didn't exist at all. "Oh, well its mostly a mareteranian food place. Youve got vegitable kebobs and stuffed grape leaves and the like. You know, standared mareteranian fare, but it spretty good." What the stallion fails to mention is that this place is has a bit of a romantic feel to it, candles in the center of the table and everything.

03:15 AppleDash 's expression changes from a frown to a more neutral one as GyroTech speaks about food, the hungry stallion's stomach growling somewhat at the thought. He had never been to or even heard of the place that the unicorn was talking about, and thus didn't know about the romantic atmosphere of the place. He looked at the both of them and spoke. "I uhh... I hope you don't mind if I tag along... I'm pretty hungry myself..." he said, already knowing that Gyro would probably indeed mind.

03:17 Saphling nods, not realizing Gyro's true intentions. "I don't see why not. Lead the way, Gyro."

03:21 GyroTech folds his ears back as AppleDash offers to come along with him. He opens his mout to speak only to have Saphling invite the pegasus along. Gyro huffs at that, but doesn't say anything. He leads the pair over to the restraunt. From the outside the glass is heavily tinted and its hard to see much inside. The unicorn leads them in and asks for a table for two, pretending to forget taht AppleDash was with him.

03:26 AppleDash gladly follows GyroTech to the restaurant, entering in behind the two other ponies. He overhears the unicorn asking for a table for just two, and, not realizing that it wasn't an accident, he decided to tap Gyro on the shoulder and speak up. "Uhh, Gyro, there's 3 of us here."

03:33 Saphling shrugs and yawns. "It's ok. I can sit at a different table." She walks inside to find a table.

03:44 GyroTech is real quick to correct himself when Saphling begins to wander off to find another table. "Wait no! I meant a table for three." He says sticking out a hoof to block the mare before she wanders off.

03:47 AppleDash can't help but smile slightly as GyroTech blocks the mare, the pegasus not sure if the other stallion was desperate to not be left alone with him, or just desperate to be able to sit with Saphling. He continues to stand there, waiting patiently for the 3 of them to be shown to their table.

03:56 Saphling suppresses a smirk. "Oh, so /now/ you want to include me on your date? I wasn't going to get between you two." The clerk between the three of us, wondering who exactly the third wheel is.

04:01 GyroTech sputters at the implication. "D-d-date? Him?! Nononono! if anything I was trying to take you out to a nice place and you just happened to invite him along.." GyroTech moves closer to Saphling as they're led to the table. He lets her pick her spot and then sits down directly opposite of her, shifting the candle so that it was more in between just them two, no longer in the center of the table.

04:05 AppleDash waits for the other two ponies to sit down at their table, before picking the spot closest to GyroTech and sitting down, moving his chair slightly closer to the unicorn as he did so, just to see if the stallion would notice or comment. He looked around and noticed that the place did have a bit of a romantic atmosphere to it, the pegasus then realizing why Gyro had wanted to take Saphling here.

04:25 Saphling watches in slight amusement as Gyro fusses over the table, her mind more awake now that she's had a walk and the smell of food is prevalent. "So, how did you two meet? You seem to have a history, and by the way you keep acting around each other, it wasn't exactly the best."

04:31 GyroTech bites his lip and turns to glance ath the pony that Saphling suddenly brought back to the forefront of his mind. "Well, as a side affect of being so very attractive to everypony, I sometimes get undesirable stallion," the unicorn waves a hoof towards AppleDash, "Who seem to become interested in me. This one decided it would be a funny idea to turn into a mare, get me to bring him home and turn back in the middle of our fun." The unicorns voice turns more sour as he continues the tale. "Then he forced me to continue sex and ate me... You can see why I dont' really want him at this table..."

04:31 < GyroTech> The unicorns voice turns more sour as he continues the tale. "Then he forced me to continue sex and ate me... You can see why I dont' really want him at this table..."

04:36 AppleDash is slightly unhappy at being called an undesirable stallion, but knows that it's both true and also one of the nicer things the unicorn could be calling him right now. As GyroTech finishes speaking, he nods. "That's true... But I didn't intend for the potion I used to turn into a mare to wear off, and I just wanted to finish... And as for the eating, if I recall, Gyro, you were the one who asked me what you could do to get me to leave you. I just told you one of the only things that would convince me to do that, and I went through with it rather than leaving you there forever." he said, trying to somewhat justify his actions.

04:40 Saphling shakes her head. "Honestly, I don't know what you see in him, Gyro."

04:45 GyroTech groans loudly as Saphling continues to insinuate that they're dating. He angles the menue he's holding in such a way as to prevent himself from looking at AppleDash. "I dont see anything good in him. I just see a terrible pony who sexually assaulted me multiple times," he says, without a hint of irony in his voice.

04:50 AppleDash looks over at GyroTech as he speaks. "Awh, come on, I'm not that terrible... And like I've said multiple times, I finally realized that what I was doing to you was wrong. I've never gone that far with any other ponies, and I never plan to again, not even with you." he said, reiterating what he had already said several times before. He decides not to point out that they weren't dating, the pegasus realizing what Saphling was doing, and being quite amused by it.

04:53 Saphling glances at AppleDash. "Wait, Gyro's the only pony you've ever assaulted... And now he's taking you on a date?" She gasps in mock shock. "Gyro, I didn't know you were into that sort of pony!"

04:57 GyroTech huffs and rolls his eyes, shoving AppleDash's chair away with his back leg. "I could be that type of pony, if that's the type of pony you want me to be Saphling. It could be alot of fun. I've even got some rope back at my place," he insinuates, ignoring Saphling's teasing.

05:00 AppleDash tries to scoot back towards GyroTech as he is shoved away, succeeding to move himself even closer to the stallion than he originally was. As Saphling eases Gyro, the pegasus just listens and smiles, not saying anything and glancing down at his own menu for a little bit as well.

05:10 Saphling suddenly becomes very serious, speaking in a hushed tone. "You know what I want? I want you to realize the frustration and the discomfort that he gives you, because you give me the exact same thing. Every time you hug me, stroke my mane, pin me down, I get this wrenching churn in my gut. You don't like it when somepony advances like that. What makes you think /I/ do?"

05:21 GyroTech shrinks back under Saphling sudden bout of seriousness. "Oh well umm...its just...most of the ladies seem to be pretty charmed by me...I actually don't mind most of those things myself...as long as I don't hate the pony in question." He responds, rationalizing.

05:25 AppleDash listens to Saphling, wondering to himself if his abuse of Gyro might actually have helped the stallion understand how others feel about stuff like that. At GyroTech's words, he looks at the unicorn, somewhat confused. "I don't think that's really true... You only started hating me because of what I did. I don't think you hated me before that, since we didn't know each other then."

05:40 Saphling says, "Gyro, you just don't get it. When I look at you, all I see is a pony who will do what it takes to bed me. That's the only side of you I've ever really seen, and I'm not interested in that." She glances at AppleDash. "And from what he tells me, you're much the same way only way more direct." She pauses and sighs.

05:52 GyroTech looks away from Saphling, a hurt look crossing his face. "No! Thats not true at all...well actually its partially true that I wouldnt mind having some fun with you, but you're a sweet mare as well Saphling. You don't think I just see you as some pony to be conquered do you? I'd love to get to know you beyond that...its just usually some fun is appart of the journey."

05:54 GyroTech then turns to AppleDash and blinks. "No, I enjoyed you plenty before you decided to force me into sex after changing back. I'd of probably forgiven you for that strange little incident..."

05:58 AppleDash turns towards Saphling and shakes his head. "That's not true... I've never been this way with anypony but Gyro, really. I don't usually do stuff like that." he says, before looking back at Gyro and sighing. "Yeah, I know... I never meant for any of that to happen, I guess I just really wanted to finish that one time, and then when I realized I could force you to do stuff, I kinda got out of control without thinking that I might hurt you."

06:06 Saphling exchanges a glance between the stallions. "Gyro, when I am a mare, you see me as a mare. You also see me as a pony, but first and foremost, I am a mare. One that you haven't claimed yet. That's what I think. Appledash, I've never known you outside of licking me and what Gyro has said. You could be the kindest, gentlest soul on the planet, but I've never seen that."

06:11 GyroTech folds his ears down and flags the waitress over to order to avoid having to respond to Saphling or AppleDash. As he orders his vegetable kabobs and a mug of cider, his eyes play across the waitresses body longingly and very obviously.

06:18 AppleDash sighs and looks at Saphling. "Well, I'm sure I'll get a chance to show you that I'm not only what Gyro makes me out to be." he said, hoping that that would be true true. He doesn't quite yet order any food himself, his hunger temporarily forgotten as he focuses on talking. He does, however, notice the way that Gyro was looking over the waitress, the pegasus kicking the other stallion under the table to get him to cut it out.

06:28 Saphling notices how Gyro looks at the waitress and sighs. "See, /that's/ what I'm talking about. The way you look at her is the way you feel about me. You can deny it all you want, but at the core, that's all I am to you. That may be all I'll ever be to you, and I'm not interested in being another number."

20:42 GyroTech bites his lip and looks away from the waitress, jolting at the stallions kick. "N-no, you'd be more than just a number to me. I hang out with Inky all the time, and Naisol, and Lupine and many other mares who I was initially just interested in. THere's no reason it wouldnt be the same with you. I just know you've got a wonderful personality to accompany your stunning looks."

20:45 AppleDash sighs to himself and just continues to sit, idly glancing at his menu from time to time but not really reading it as he listened to Saphling and GyroTech talk, not wanting to say anything for frear of making one or the other dislike him further.

20:50 Saphling sighs. "If you say so." She picks up her menu and glances it over, so as not to keep the waitress waiting. "Hmm... I've never had Mareteranian food. What should I get?"

21:05 GyroTech shrugs at Saphling, glad that a certain pegasus wasn't interjecting anymore. "Well, I don't know, everything here is pretty great. Maybe the stuffed grape leaves? They're pretty good."

21:09 AppleDash looks up from his menu and sighs. "I'm not really hungry anymore for some reason." he said, not really sure himself why he'd lost his appetite, the food looked delicious, but he just wasn't feeling like it.

21:24 Saphling nods. "That does sound good right about now." She looks up to the waitress and smiles. "I'll have the stuffed grapes, please." She hoofs over her menu and leans back.

21:58 GyroTech turns to AppleDash looking slightly irriteated, "Oh come now, you insisted that you wanted to come crash my da-friendly get together with Saphling, and now you arn't even going to eat? Just pick something..."

22:02 AppleDash sighs softly. "Alright, fine..." He turned to the waitress and also smiled. "I'll have what she's having, please." he said, gesturing to Saphling. He hadn't really been paying attention to the menu, and was only ordering because he realized he'd probably get hungry again later, and plus he didn't want to come off as rude or something to Gyro right now.

22:03 Saphling looks at GyroTech. "What about you? What are you going to have?"

22:27 GyroTech puts down his menu, and smiles at the pair. "Oh, when you were accusing me of being some pony who didn't care about you, I already ordered kebabs. They should be pretty great."

23:29 AppleDash just sighs again as the other two ponies talk, not really having to add to the conversation right now, and instead quietly scoots his chair closer to GyroTech, hoping he wouldn't notice, and just sits back in it and begins to patiently wait for the food he wasn't really in the mood for.

21:10 Saphling smirks. "Gyro, do you see the irony of what you're implying? You're calling me out for saying you don't care, yet in the same breath telling me you didn't care enough to pay attention." She turns toward Appledash. "You've been awfully quiet. Care to share your thoughts?"

21:17 GyroTech shakes his head and argues back, "If I wasn't paying attention, then you how would I know what you were saying. I, like you, am perfectly capable of multitasking." He rolls his eyes and snorts at the question. "Sure, let's ask the pony who assaulted me how one should treat somepony they're interested in."

21:23 AppleDash looks at Saphling and shrugs, frowning as he hears GyroTech's words. "I don't really have anything to say right now... If I did I would have. And Gyro, while it's a bit rude of you to talk about me like that, and even though I'm trying to get past that, I'll admit that I'm still not really the best pony to ask about stuff like this..."

21:28 Saphling sighs. "Gyro, don't start that. You aren't exactly a shining rolemodel of how to treat somepony either."

21:33 GyroTech folds his ears back as both ponies chastise him, shrinking down in his seat. "I... Sorry..." He says softly.

21:36 AppleDash nods at Saphling's words in agreement. The pegasus didn't know GyroTech all that well, but he thought he'd seen enough to trust that Saphling's words carried truth. As Gyro spoke, he looked over at him. "What are you sorry for?" he asked, his voice carrying a small hint of confusion.

21:44 Saphling sighs and smiles at GyroTech. "I forgive you, Gyro. What's done is done, and there's no sense in dwelling on mistakes in the past, especially if we're trying to become better for the present."

22:02 GyroTech brightens up a little at saphlings words, resuming his normal stance. "Alright well, umm..." He turns towards AppleDash and gives a forced smile, "So...what wisdom do you have to bring to the table...?"

22:11 AppleDash shrugs again at GyroTech, noting but not really caring about the fact that his question wasn't answered by either of the other ponies. "I dunno... I don't really know what to say, honestly. I kinda just expected to sit here and listen to two ponies who actually somewhat liked each other talk, and not say anything myself unless I thought of it..." he said. "Perhaps you being here was also part of the reason I wanted to come..." he added, with a little half-smile.

22:19 Saphling glances between the two, wondering how Gyro would react to AppleDash's reply.

22:23 GyroTech scooches away from AppleDash at that revelation. "Ugh...well, I'm not supprised at /all/ by that. Saphling didn't seem to particulasrly fond of you. I think she invited you to spite me mostly..."

22:26 AppleDash frowns slightly at GyroTech's words, but shrugs, glancing at Saphling for a moment. "Maybe she did. But I don't think she really knows me well enough yet to decide whether she likes or dislikes me..." he said, before quietly scooching his chair closer to Gyro once again, not letting the unicorn get away.

22:39 Saphling stands up just as the waitress returns with their food. "Gyro, I had hoped you would be a better stallion and forgive AppleDash like I forgave you, but it looks like that's too much to ask." She glances over at AppleDash. "Might I recommend a slower approach? You still have a lot of proving to do before this supremacist is going to accept you." She reaches into her mane and pulls out a small coin case, hoofing a few bits to the waitress. "T

22:39 Saphling "This is for the meal, plus a little tip. You can give my order to another patron."

22:48 GyroTech sticks out a hoof to Saphling as she gets up. "Wait! Wait! Don't go Saphling! I'll forgive AppleDash if you stay. I...I really want to be around you. At least let me pay for your meal..." He gets up from his chair and drops an equal number of bits on the table, and tries to levitate hers back to the mare.

22:52 AppleDash frowns as Saphling gets up, but understands and nods at her words, thinking that he'll keep them in mind. As GyroTech gets up, he can't help but smile somewhat at how obviously desparate the stallion was for the mare to stay with them, the pegasus himself making no move to try and get Saphling to stay, instead reaching his own hoof out to Gyro. "Ugh, Gyro... If she wants to leave, let her. Come on... And we both know that you wouldn't actually forgive me that easily, you're just trying to get her to stay. Stop."

23:00 Saphling pauses as GyroTech floats her bits back into her coincase. "What's the /real/ reason you're trying so hard to keep me around? Why are you acting so desperately?"

23:06 GyroTech smiles a bright genuine smile at Saphling. "Because I like you being around, and you never seem to stick around long enough and...I'm partially worried he'll overpower me and do things to me again...it happened last time I was alone with him."

23:13 AppleDash sighs as GyroTech speaks, not really believing him. "I don't really those are the only reasons you want her to stay, even if at least the first one might be a part of it. And come on Gyro... I've told you so many times... I'm never going to do anything like that again, and even if I did want to, I would honestly have done it way before now."

23:14 Saphling says, "Not without repercussions." She gives AppleDash a hard glare.

23:39 GyroTech looks disbelieving at AppleDash before turning his smile back on Saphling. "So? Will you stay? Pretty please? I'm sure you're still hungry."

23:43 AppleDash looks away from Saphling and back at GyroTech at her glare, sighing and just continuing to sit there as Gyro begs the mare to stay.

23:44 Saphling 's belly rumbles.

23:58 GyroTech sighs as she seems pretty adamant about leaving, not even responding to his request. "Alright... Fine... Go if you must Saphling..." He says in a dejected voice, looking down at the ground.

00:02 AppleDash looks up at Saphling. "I can't stop you from leaving, but it was nice to spend a little bit of time with you and talk some, even if the talking wasn't exactly about the subject I would have picked." he said, before looking over at GyroTech and watching him.

00:05 Saphling continues grumbling in protest. "W-well, I guess I /could/ stay for a bit. Out of respect for the chefs and our patient watiress."

00:12 GyroTech brightens up quickly, a bright grin spreading across his face and his ears shooting eight back up. "Only if you'd want to..." He says politely, though inside he was very happy that she'd be staying.

00:14 AppleDash smiles slightly too, not quite as widely as GyroTech, and looks back up at Saphling. "It would be nice if you would stay, yes... Not sure if Gyro would want to be around me much longer if you left, anyways."

00:17 Saphling sits back down and looks up at the waitress. "I'm sorry you had to bear through that." She takes her food as the waitress gives the others their meals.

00:22 GyroTech breathes a sigh of relief as the mare sits back down. He levitates his plate over to him and AppleDash's over to the stallion. Then be proceeds to eat some of the grilled veggies of the stick, crunching them and murring in delight.

00:32 AppleDash smiles over at Saphling and nods to her as she sits down, before noticing that his meal had been placed in front of him by GyroTech. He looked down at the plate and sighed, prodding at one of them with a hoof. They looked delicious to him, and he would have normally been digging in by now, but he just wasn't really in the mood for eating. Still, not wanting to be rude, he lifted one of them to his mouth and bit it in half, chewing and swallowing it before finding that he enjoyed the taste despite the fact he wasn't really in the mood, and popped the rest into his mouth and ate it.

00:41 Saphling pops a stuffed leaf into her mouth and swirls it around a bit, enjoying the savory flavors. "Mmmmm..."

00:46 GyroTech giggles at Saphling's enjoyment, "See I told you they were good and they were. So obviously you can trust my judgment, and I think you need to relax a little. I can help you with that later if you'd like" He says taking another bite of his food.

00:54 AppleDash just sits back and watches as GyroTech talks to Saphling, the pegasus slowly regaining his appetite and figuring he might as well enjoy his meal, popping another one of the stuffed leaves into his mouth and eating it.

00:59 Saphling lifts an eyebrow at GyroTech. "And why would I need to relax, Gyro? I woke up from a nice, peaceful sleep not two hours ago."

01:04 GyroTech bites his lip scrambling for a reason before coming up with one. "Oh Umm... Because you just seem super stressed today for some reason, like your nap hasn't helped you at all today."

01:08 AppleDash interjects for a moment, looking at GyroTech and smiling slightly. "If I recall, Gyro, you are the one who interrupted her nap..."

01:11 Saphling simply closes her eyes and enjoys her food. "You may be right. I /could/ use a little stress relief."

01:19 GyroTech gives another "mmmm" as he finishes off his food. "Well I'll definitely offer my house and my services to help you."

01:22 AppleDash sighs as he seems to be ignored by the other ponies, just continuing to eat and at least somewhat enjoy his meal as he sat there listening to the conversataion.

01:27 Saphling glances between the two stallions, then tosses a grape leaf sneakily, smacking AppleDash with it before resuming an unassuming posture.

01:33 GyroTech turns to face AppleDash, figuring that he had to play nice to win Saphling over. "And what were you doing at the park today AppleDash?

01:36 AppleDash squeaks as he is suddenly hit with a piece of food, the stallion immediately looking over at Saphling. "Hey, what was that for?!" he asked, before sighing. "Oh well, more for me..." he said, picking it up from where it had landed and popping it into his mouth. He looked over at GyroTech, smiling slightly. "Actually... I was looking all over for you, and not for the reason you'd assume. I just wanted to talk to you is all."

02:11 Saphling was about to speak up when she felt a bout of something traveling swiftly through her bowels. "Urgh... I'm gonna... step into the little mares room... for a bit..." She rushes off and crashes through the restroom door, leaving the stallions together.

02:14 GyroTech stares at AppleDash and twiddle his hooves, munching on the rice pillaf side. "So... You were trying to stalk me again huh?" he says flatly

02:15 AppleDash looks back at GyroTech and smiles to the stallion. "No, not at all... Like I said, I just wanted to say hi and maybe do a bit of talking."

02:25 Saphling hears a scuffle from inside the restroom. "I wonder what's going o- urgh... It can wait..."

02:26 GyroTech rolls his eyes, obviously not buying it. "And the reason why you think I should give you any time of day is...?

02:29 AppleDash looks at GyroTech as he seems to not believe the pegasus' words. "Seriously... That's all I wanted to do. Like I said, just wanted to talk a bit and see if maybe you might be able to start forgiving me for what I did..." he said. "And, well, I think you should because I think we could be friends one day if you can forgive me."

02:34 GyroTech sighs as AppleDash claims that he's seeking forgiveness once again. "Ugh well thus far you haven't proven yourself to be to friendly. Plus your probably just hoping for benefits later on aren't you?"

02:36 AppleDash sighs himself as GyroTech speaks. "I know... I wasn't thinking and things got way out of hand, and I could say I'm sorry and I'd mean it, but I've already said that so much and it hasn't seemed to help any. And well, I will admit that stuff like that would be nice, but I'd understand fully if you never wanted that to happen, and I wouldn't try and force it." he said sincerely.

02:43 GyroTech returns to his food, finally finishing up his plate. "Well then... I suppose you've been pleasant enough today anyways. How do you intend to make every thing up to me?"

02:47 AppleDash eats a little bit more of what's on his plate as well as GyroTech eats, the meal not filling him, but still a good meal. He smiled again as the unicorn commented on his pleasantness. "Well... I'm not really sure... The most I can think of is just doing stuff like this with you and proving that I mean what I say. What do you think would help make it up to you?"

02:48 Saphling flushes and leaves the restroom quite relieved. She stealthily makes her way through the kitchen, unnoticed by the chefs until she reaches the door and makes her way home, leaving the two stallions alone.

02:50 GyroTech shakes his head, getting up from his seat. "Well... I told told you that you need to come up with that." The stallion drops his bits on the table, turning to leave.

02:58 AppleDash sighs again, wondering how he was supposed to figure out what would make happy another stallion whom he barely knew. "Alright..." he said. He quickly ate the last of his meal and then got up from his chair too, placing his own payment down on the table before turning to exit too, planning on walking out with GyroTech.

03:02 Saphling looks around before stepping out and following the pair around toward the alley from the shadows.

03:04 GyroTech takes the opposite direction that AppleDash goes even though it wasn't a direct route to his house. Still he was not yet comfortable with being alone with AppleDash.