Hanging Out With a Retired Adventurer

19 October 2014

15:32 Lyjzet trots on out of his den, heading towards that his his friend's with a fresh layer of slime covering his body. The air was a little chilly underground with a wet coat, but he knew that once he and Zuthal went to the surface today that he'd appreciate it.

15:34 < Lyjzet> I'm gonna guess midmorning.

15:36 Zuthal is still asleep up as Lyjzet comes towards his home, sleeping so long as he had been out until late at night stargazing. As Lyjzet comes to the door, his father greets him, smiling at the other tatzlpony. "Oh, hello Lyjzet. Are you looking for Zuthal?"

15:43 Lyjzet smiles back at Zuthal's father and gives him a terse nod. "Yep, that I am. He's not doing anything important right now is he?" His coat glistens a bit in the torch light, turning his blue coat shades of orange from the flickering.

15:48 Zuthal can be heard snoring from his room, his door open slightly. Soraniz smiles at Lyjzet, giving a small chuckle. "He's asleep in his room. You know how he is, always out way after dark, looking at the stars," he says, stepping aside to let the blue-coated tatzlpony in. "But if you have something fun planned with him, I'm sure he'll wake up for that."

15:54 Lyjzet laughs back, shaking his head as its revealed that his friend is still asleep. "Well, its a good thing he doesnt have too many responsibilities yet, huh Soraniz? Maybe he can become an early riser before its too late." The stallion steps into the room. Fortunatly most of the loose slime had dripped off into the cooridor so he wasnt tracking much into Zuthal's home. He creeps into Zuthal's room and tenses his legs, and then pounces onto the green tatzl. "Hey Zuzu! Wake up! Quit being lazy!"

15:57 Zuthal Soraniz just gives a chuckle at that, giving Lyjzet a playful shove. "Hey, I don't mind him staying up late, as long as he does get up at some point." Zuthal is sleeping in quite an odd position, having managed to curl blanket around his tail like he often would while sleeping, and lets out a loud yelp of surprise as his friend pounces on him. "Hey! What was that for?" he asks, sounding definitely upset at being torn from his slumber in such a rough manner.

16:01 Lyjzet wraps his forehooves around the stallion in a loose hug drawing shiny trails across his friends coat and then cuddles there a bit while his friend fully rouses. "Well, you were being sleepy and lazy, plus..." He leans in and whispers into Zuthal's ear, "I was going to do that thing today, and I'd like you to help me."

16:04 Zuthal blinks the sleep from his eyes to look at his friend, loosely wrapping his forelegs around him as he nuzzles against him. "You know how I am... I was up all night, watching the stars. And, uhm... what thing specifically do you mean? Because if you mean what I think you mean, I don't know if that is such a good idea."

16:08 Lyjzet sighs and shakes his head before breaking the hug. "Oh cmon, you've always got your head in the clouds dreaming of an adventure. Cant you just stay here where its safe and all your friends are?" The blue tatzl rolls on off of Zuthal, standing up on the hard floor. "Oh, cmon, dont be like that. It'll be fun and maybe this time she'll learn."

16:11 Zuthal sighs, rolling out of bed and dragging the blanket with him, as it was entangled with his tail. "I just like looking up at the stars... I think they're pretty. I actually saw a shooting star last night, a pretty big one," he says as he looks at Lyjzet, still somewhat sleepy. "I don't know... you've seen what kind of magic she's got in that horn of hers... and I get along pretty well with her, I don't want her to get mad at me."

16:16 Lyjzet snickers as he watches the covers get dragged along and untangles it with his tentacles. "Oh, and what did you wish for then? And, I dont think she's hurt a tatzl in ages, so we'llbe fine despite her magic. Trust me," He says with a wink and a smile.

16:22 Zuthal chuckles a bit as he tosses the covers back onto the bed, slowly walking out the door of his room, not really wanting to do that. "Yeah... but if we do something to her... what if she gets mad at us? What do you have planned with her, anyways?"

16:26 Lyjzet shakes is his head, giggling as he follows Zuthal out of the room. "Well, its just that one of my friends was telling me that he heard that ponies have a really good flavor to them, and that the horn they heave causes a really nice tingling from teh magic once they're inside. One of his friends mothers swallowed up Shooting Star once apperently." He answers grinning toothily. "And, I'll even pass her to you once I get done if you'd like."

16:30 Zuthal lets his tail swish over the ground a bit, still not really wanting to do this. "Well... maybe we could just, I don't know... ask her if she's okay with it? I mean, with how long she's already lived with us... I'm actually kind of surprised she hasn't settled down with one of us already..."

16:35 Lyjzet snorts at Zuthal and gives him a little body bump. His tail swishes too, but with excitement. "Cmon, you know she has yet to actually agree to anything like that. Anyways, all I need you to do is distract her. Get her talking about equestria or what not. I still dont know why you bothered to learn so much of her language. It seems kind of silly."

16:36 < Inky> That would suck if she were stuck there

16:39 Zuthal bumps back against Lyjzet, making him sway a bit from the force. He steps out into the corridor, torches lining the walls in regular intervals, the ceiling dotted with occasional vertical shafts for ventilation. "I still don't think I would want to do that... but I guess there's no convincing you. And well, I like talking to her... hearing about Equestria and stuff. And it's not like she could really learn to speak our language."

16:50 Lyjzet fans out his wings to keep his balance as he sways to the side, nodding when Zuthal finally acquesses to his whim. "You know it'll be fun. Its not like I get you into trouble all that often. I mean what...I dont think I"ve gotten us yelled at by your parents, or mine for that matter, for at least a week. And She can often come close enough to get her meaning, even if its not great."

16:52 Zuthal chuckles a bit, shaking his head at him. "Why do you always want to get into trouble? You say that like it'd be a good thing," he says as he walks to where he knows Shooting Star lives, slowly letting himself fall behind. "And yeah, she speaks it probably as well as a pony can. Though I wonder why she's staying with us... I mean, I know she couldn't really leave, but from what I've heard from her, it seems like she actually likes it here."

16:53 Lyjzet and Zuthal make their way quickly to Shooting_Star's home and enter, greeting her with a smile.

05:31 Shooting_Star leans on Zuthal's shoulder.

05:32 Zuthal wraps his hooves around Shooting_Star, wriggling his tail around a bit in Lyjzet's jaws

05:32 Lyjzet lets go fo the tail and climbs ontop of Zuthal to stare down at Shooting_Star and prod her with a tongue.

05:34 Shooting_Star lets the younger tatzlpony hug her, though normally she avoided those things. She liked him, though. He was different. The same couldn't be said for his friend Lyjzet, though, and the old mare shoots him a glare when he pokes her with one of his coils.

05:35 Zuthal baps Lyjzet with one of his own coils, wriggling underneath the smaller tatzlpony. "Hey, you know she doesn't like that!" he says, before gently nuzzling against the older mare. "Lyjzet's just being silly..."

05:39 Lyjzet snickers at the glare and runs the tendril down to her horn despite the smack from Zuthal, responding, {I'm just having a bit of fun. I wont do her any harm.}

05:42 Shooting_Star relaxes a little, leaning against Zuthal. Despite their age difference, the tatzlpony was much larger than her, and she only came up to his chest. "Well, if he doesn't knock if off, he's going to get--" she starts before she feels the rubbery tip poke her horn. The unicorn clenches her teeth and grunts, the spiraled bone on top of her head flaring with light. Magic surges up Lyjzet's coil, leaving it numb and limp.

05:46 Zuthal chuckles as he sees Lyjzet run his coil over her horn, and then get zapped by the strange energies surging through it. He still was fascinated by her magic, by what she could do with it, and it is obvious in how he looks at her glowing horn. {Serves you right, Lyjzet,} he says, before sighing a little at Shooting_Star. "He... always wants to... do bad things, make... trouble? Things like this," he says, still not really certain about the workings or the pronounciation of the Equestrian language.

05:49 Lyjzet yelps as the magic surges up into him, pulling away from the mare startled. He slips off of Zuthal's back and tumbles onto the ground, landing on his back with a thud. {Ow! I cant believe she just did that . THat was really mean!" he growls out, trying to glare at her through the gap underneath his friend.

05:52 Shooting_Star hmphs and crosses her forelegs. "If he makes trouble, he's not welcome here." The mare's ears twist to listen to Lyjzet, and she barks back a rough approximation of {Your fault.}

05:55 Zuthal shakes his head at Shooting_Star, having not meant that. "No, he is not bad tatzl, he is just... what word, for want to cause little trouble lot of the time?" he asks, slowly moving between his friend and the unicorn.

05:58 Lyjzet lowers the numb tendril towards his hooves and begins to rub over it trying to bring sensation to the rubbery coil. When it finally comes back to him just a little he stands to his feet. {It was not my fault...you didnt even let me get a proper taste of you...something that's a customary greeting around here...which you've been for years.}

06:01 Shooting_Star looks up at Zuthal. "If you were feeling charitable, you'd say... he is mischievous. But that's far too generous for that colt." She doesn't dignify Lyjzet with anything more than a {No.}

06:03 Zuthal gently nuzzles against her, shaking his head. "No, he is good. Most of times. Is not so bad, like with you, with others of us," he says, before turning his head back towards Lyjzet. {You know she doesn't like that. Others can have different customs than we do. And you should respect that.}

06:07 Lyjzet moves around to a position where he can stare at the curiosity. He always felt a little bit intrigued by this creature he never got to actually explore. Sitting down on his flank he crosses his hooves into a pout. {I still cant believe you bothered to learn her strange tongue. Shes the /only/ one who even really speaks it here.}

06:09 Shooting_Star shakes her head. "I don't know what you see in him." She leans back against Zuthal and glares at Lyjzet, noticing how he was looking at her. {You know I hear you,} she says in somewhat halting tatzl.

06:11 Zuthal gently rubs a hoof through Lyjzet's mane, right behind his right ear. "I... he is nice, and a friend, a close friend," he says, unable to really explain what he saw in the other tatzlpony to her. {And Lyzjet, what is wrong with learning new things when you get the opportunity?}

06:16 Lyjzet raises a hoof up and pushes Zuthal's leg away, and then rolls his eyes at Shooting_Star. {If I cared I wouldnt be saying it.} He then turns his head to look at the stallion beside him, {Oh sure, and thats why you were so enthused to try and learn to brew desert cactus several months ago when I tried to teach you.}

06:19 Shooting_Star hmphs and stands up, shaking herself off. The mare walks over to one of the chests in her home, rummaging through it.

06:21 Zuthal sighs and looks at Lyjzet, shaking his head. {You know I'm not really interested in brewing. Or what comes out of it. And come on, when else will I get the opportunity to learn a completely new language?}

06:24 Lyjzet gets up from his spot and follows closely behind Shooting_Star but not actually touching her. {Oh, I just remembered, I brought you a gift.} The tatzl looks up and sticks one of his coils into his gut, pulling out a glass bottle of a milky white looking liquid and holding it in his tendril. The bottle was covered in gunk, dripping down to leave drops of slime on Shooting_Star's floor as he holds it out to her.

06:29 Shooting_Star turns as she hears Lyjzet talking to her, unfazed as he reaches into his gullet to pull out the bottle. She raises an eyebrow, and a yellow glow limns the bottle, pulling it out of Lyjzet's grasp. {What is this?}

06:31 Zuthal raises a brow as Lyjzet pulls out the bottle, eyeing the milky white liquid inside. {Lyzjet, I hope this is what I think it is and not what I fear it is,} he says, before turning to face Shooting_Star. "I think it is... cactus juice. That makes you do silly things."

06:34 Lyjzet smiles at the mare and is just about to answer when he hear's Zuthal's suggestion. {Oh! That's awful Zuthal. I may want to have a little fun with Shooting_Star, but I'd never do anything like that.} He then turns back to her and gestures to the bottle, {Its my cactus juice recipe. I've been working pretty hard on it and I think I got this one just right.}

06:37 Shooting_Star snorts and mumbles "foals" to herself. {Thank you, Lyjzet,} the mare says, a begrudging look of approval on her face. She sets down the bottle next to her chest, letting it drip its slime onto the floor. "Sorry if I don't try it right away."

06:41 Zuthal chuckles slightly and shakes his head at Lyjzet. {I'm not so sure... and if your fun entails what I think it does, I don't think she'll appreciate it,} he says, before looking at Shooting_Star. "What is in there? You never have showed me."

06:45 Lyjzet frowns and his tenacles droop as Shooting_Star sets the bottle down on the ground, but he's not terribly discouraged. Instead he just leaves the room, searching for the mare's kitchet to bring out a set of glasses. On his way he keeps an eye out for any of the sweets that the mare was known for occasionally baking.